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Activities of Gianna GANCIA

Plenary speeches (14)

Humanitarian assistance in the Mediterranean (debate)
2019/07/17
Common charger for mobile radio equipment (RC-B9-0070/2020, B9-0070/2020, B9-0072/2020, B9-0074/2020, B9-0075/2020, B9-0076/2020, B9-0085/2020)
2020/01/30
Dossiers: 2019/2983(RSP)
Iran, in particular the case of 2012 Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh
2020/12/17
Dossiers: 2020/2914(RSP)
Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2019 (debate)
2021/03/09
Dossiers: 2020/2125(INI)
Global approach to research and innovation: Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (debate) (debate)
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2021/3001(RSP)
Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)
2022/05/04
The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
2022/06/08
Dossiers: 2022/2700(RSP)
The future European Financial Architecture for Development (debate)
2022/11/23
Dossiers: 2021/2252(INI)
EU-Armenia relations (debate)
2023/03/14
Dossiers: 2021/2230(INI)
Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now (topical debate)
2023/04/19
Fighting cyberbullying of young people across the EU (debate)
2023/05/10
Adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (debate)
2023/05/10
Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (debate)
2023/09/12
Dossiers: 2022/0347(COD)
Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)
2023/11/08
Dossiers: 2022/0365(COD)

Shadow reports (11)

REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax and Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty as regards defence effort within the Union framework
2019/11/19
Committee: ECON
Dossiers: 2019/0096(CNS)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(78 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Paul TANG', 'mepid': 125020}]
REPORT on the outcome of the Committee on Petitions’ deliberations during 2019
2020/11/23
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2020/2044(INI)
Documents: PDF(497 KB) DOC(388 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI', 'mepid': 124884}]
REPORT on the activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2019
2021/02/03
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2020/2125(INI)
Documents: PDF(205 KB) DOC(69 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sylvie GUILLAUME', 'mepid': 96952}]
REPORT on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2020
2021/11/16
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2021/2019(INI)
Documents: PDF(253 KB) DOC(93 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Gheorghe FALCĂ', 'mepid': 197649}]
REPORT on the EU Citizenship Report 2020: empowering citizens and protecting their rights
2022/02/03
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2021/2099(INI)
Documents: PDF(181 KB) DOC(69 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Yana TOOM', 'mepid': 124700}]
REPORT on engaging with citizens: the right to petition, the right to refer to the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens’ Initiative
2022/02/03
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2020/2275(INI)
Documents: PDF(231 KB) DOC(84 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE', 'mepid': 197502}]
REPORT on the EU Gender Action Plan III
2022/02/11
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Dossiers: 2021/2003(INI)
Documents: PDF(326 KB) DOC(138 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU', 'mepid': 197499}]
REPORT on the implementation of the European Innovation Council
2022/11/04
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2022/2063(INI)
Documents: PDF(224 KB) DOC(83 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Christian EHLER', 'mepid': 28226}]
REPORT on the outcome of the Committee on Petitions’ deliberations during 2021
2022/11/10
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2022/2024(INI)
Documents: PDF(272 KB) DOC(109 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Loránt VINCZE', 'mepid': 98582}]
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast)
2023/07/05
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2022/0347(COD)
Documents: PDF(687 KB) DOC(324 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Javi LÓPEZ', 'mepid': 125042}]
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption
2023/12/04
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2023/0105(COD)
Documents: PDF(359 KB) DOC(162 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Alexander BERNHUBER', 'mepid': 197648}]

Shadow opinions (18)

OPINION on the recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020/05/05
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2020/2023(INI)
Documents: PDF(112 KB) DOC(68 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Gheorghe FALCĂ', 'mepid': 197649}]
Opinion on EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa
2020/06/02
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2020/2002(INI)
Documents: PDF(97 KB) DOC(64 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Tomas TOBÉ', 'mepid': 197402}]
OPINION on the implementation of the common commercial policy – annual report 2018
2020/06/18
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2019/2197(INI)
Documents: PDF(124 KB) DOC(51 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Benoît BITEAU', 'mepid': 197512}]
OPINION on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty
2020/09/10
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2019/2188(INI)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(71 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Cristina MAESTRE MARTÍN DE ALMAGRO', 'mepid': 197719}]
OPINION on the Turkey - Annual progress report 2019 and 2020
2020/10/29
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2019/2176(INI)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(68 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Emmanouil FRAGKOS', 'mepid': 198490}]
OPINION on the new Circular Economy Action Plan
2020/12/05
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2020/2077(INI)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(53 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Patrizia TOIA', 'mepid': 28340}]
OPINION on human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
2021/01/18
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2020/2116(INI)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(72 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Miguel URBÁN CRESPO', 'mepid': 131507}]
OPINION on the trade-related aspects and implications of COVID-19
2021/05/11
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2020/2117(INI)
Documents: PDF(128 KB) DOC(67 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU', 'mepid': 197695}]
OPINION on an intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
2021/07/15
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2021/2007(INI)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(48 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Patrizia TOIA', 'mepid': 28340}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC
2021/09/28
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2020/0361(COD)
Documents: PDF(418 KB) DOC(266 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Henna VIRKKUNEN', 'mepid': 124726}]
OPINION on better regulation: joining forces to make better laws
2022/02/07
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2021/2166(INI)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(70 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Pernando BARRENA ARZA', 'mepid': 197684}]
OPINION Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
2022/03/04
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2021/2209(INI)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(51 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'György HÖLVÉNYI', 'mepid': 124715}]
OPINION on the Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law report
2022/03/15
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2021/2180(INI)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(75 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA', 'mepid': 197679}]
OPINION on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union – annual report for the years 2020-2021
2022/04/21
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2021/2186(INI)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(79 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Mario FURORE', 'mepid': 197795}]
OPINION on the future of EU-Africa trade relations
2022/04/23
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2021/2178(INI)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(52 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Tomas TOBÉ', 'mepid': 197402}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts
2022/06/14
Committee: ITRE
Dossiers: 2021/0106(COD)
Documents: PDF(272 KB) DOC(201 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Eva MAYDELL', 'mepid': 98341}]
OPINION on the implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU
2022/12/01
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2020/2202(INI)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(48 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Dolors MONTSERRAT', 'mepid': 197711}]
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC
2022/12/09
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2021/0422(COD)
Documents: PDF(295 KB) DOC(217 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Vlad GHEORGHE', 'mepid': 209140}]

Institutional motions (1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage
2021/03/08
Dossiers: 2021/2577(RSP)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(43 KB)

Oral questions (1)

Rebuilding European production capacity for active pharmaceutical ingredients
2022/11/16
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(10 KB)

Written explanations (530)

Eurojust and Serbia Cooperation Agreement (A9-0009/2019 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

Ho espresso il mio voto favorevole all'accordo tra Eurojust e la Serbia, in quanto tale strumento giuridico, in linea con quelli firmati da Eurojust in passato con altri paesi extra europei, contribuirà a rafforzare la cooperazione nella lotta contro le forme gravi di criminalità, specialmente la criminalità organizzata e il terrorismo.
2019/10/10
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Genetically modified maize MZHG0JG (SYN-ØØØJG-2) (B9-0107/2019)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di risoluzione che vieta importazione o la coltivazione di granturco geneticamente modificato, per le stesse ragioni di cui al punto precedente.
2019/10/10
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) (A9-0015/2019 - Vilija Blinkevičiūtė)

Il Fondo europeo di adeguamento alla globalizzazione nasce per fornire un sostegno supplementare ai lavoratori che risentono delle conseguenze dei grandi cambiamenti strutturali del commercio mondiale. Ho quindi ritenuto necessario esprimere il mio voto favorevole alla mobilitazione del fondo, affinché nel processo di adeguamento dell'Unione europea al fenomeno epocale della globalizzazione, nessuno venga lasciato indietro.
2019/10/22
Fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels in United Kingdom waters and fishing operations of United Kingdom fishing vessels in Union waters (A9-0014/2019 - Chris Davies)

Ho espresso il mio voto favorevole a questa proposta di regolamento, la quale, in linea con la regolamentazione dell'anno precedente, mira a garantire la sostenibilità della pesca nelle acque dell'Unione europea e del Regno Unito, conformemente alla politica comune di pesca, oltre ad assicurare la condizione di reciprocità del godimento dei diritti di pesca nella zona economica esclusiva e nelle acque territoriali degli Stati membri e del Regno Unito.
2019/10/22
Periods of application of Regulation (EU) 2019/501 and Regulation (EU) 2019/502 (Committee on Transport and Tourism)

Considerata la situazione di profonda incertezza in cui versano i negoziati tra Regno Unito e Unione europea, specialmente a seguito della richiesta britannica di prorogare il termine per il recesso, mi sono espressa a favore dell'estensione del periodo di applicazione del regolamento UE. Finalizzato a garantire la continuità dei collegamenti stradali tra l'Irlanda e l'Irlanda del Nord, il regolamento in questione si propone di garantire la libertà di circolazione dei cittadini dell'Unione europea, in attesa che il Regno Unito e l'Unione europea giungano a una definizione della procedura di recesso.
2019/10/22
Discharge 2017: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) (A9-0011/2019 - Petri Sarvamaa)

Ho votato a favore del rifiuto della procedura di discarico per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2019/10/23
Discharge 2017: EU general budget - European Council and Council (A9-0010/2019 - Isabel García Muñoz)

Ho votato a favore del rifiuto della procedura di discarico per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2019/10/23
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: partially granting an authorisation for a use of chromium trioxide (Cromomed S.A. and others) (B9-0151/2019)

Ho deciso di votare contro l'obiezione presentata dalla Cromomed S.A, finalizzata a richiedere l'autorizzazione all'uso del triossido di cromo, in quanto tale sostanza è stata inserita nell'elenco delle sostanze cancerogene e mutagene nell'ambito della normativa REACH (il regolamento della Commissione sull'autorizzazione e la restrizione delle sostanze chimiche). Se ne fosse autorizzato l'utilizzo, il triossido di cromo verrebbe impiegato nei processi produttivi dell'industria siderurgica, con conseguente pericolo per la salute dei consumatori.
2019/10/24
Effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group (RC-B9-0118/2019, B9-0118/2019, B9-0119/2019, B9-0120/2019, B9-0121/2019, B9-0122/2019, B9-0124/2019)

Condivido la ratio della risoluzione in questione, finalizzata a garantire la tutela dei lavoratori e consumatori in caso di insolvenza o bancarotta degli operatori del settore turismo. Ciò premesso, non posso fare a meno di esprimere alcune riserve circa il ricorso a strumenti, quali il Fondo europeo di adeguamento alla globalizzazione per sostenere i lavoratori in esubero, o la proposta di istituire un fondo di garanzia, per assicurare assistenza, risarcimento, rimborso e protezione dei consumatori. In effetti, ritengo che avvalersi di tali misure sia rischioso, nella misura in cui incoraggia l'interventismo statale e sovranazionale nel libero esercizio dell'attività di impresa.Per questi motivi, ritengo necessario mantenere una posizione di astensione.
2019/10/24
State of play of the disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches - public country-by-country reporting (B9-0117/2019)

Mi sono espressa in senso favorevole nei confronti di una risoluzione, che si prefigge l'obiettivo di imporre alle grandi imprese, l'obbligo di dichiarare i propri dati fiscali, al fine di aumentare la trasparenza e contrastare l'evasione fiscale internazionale. Il fatto che la risoluzione preveda che solo le imprese che registrano in un anno di esercizio finanziario 750 milioni di euro (di fatturato netto consolidato) siano obbligate a fornire tali dati, garantisce che la misura non sia inutilmente vessatoria nei confronti delle piccole e medie imprese.
2019/10/24
Search and rescue in the Mediterranean (B9-0130/2019, B9-0131/2019, B9-0132/2019, B9-0154/2019)

Ho espresso la mia posizione contraria nei confronti di una proposta di risoluzione che, nonostante si proponga il condivisibile obiettivo di superare il regolamento di Dublino III, non prevede un meccanismo automatico di ripartizione dei migranti soccorsi in mare. Inoltre, non vi è alcun riferimento nel testo, all'obbligo delle ONG impegnate nel soccorso in mare, di rispettare le leggi nazionali degli Stati membri dell'Unione. Finché le proposte di risoluzione presentate al Parlamento europeo non si occuperanno di questi due punti cardine, sarà impossibile porre fine alla tratta di persone e tutelare effettivamente chi richiede asilo politico.
2019/10/24
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece (A9-0040/2019 - Eva Kaili)

Alla luce dei gravi danni subiti dall'isola di Creta a seguito di eventi metereologici eccezionali, mi sono espressa in senso favorevole alla mobilitazione del fondo di solidarietà per la Grecia, in quanto ritengo doveroso che l'Unione europea intervenga in soccorso degli Stati membri in momenti di difficoltà. Il sostegno dell'Unione ad uno Stato membro in una circostanza di tale gravità è espressione di quello spirito di leale collaborazione che dovrebbe sempre caratterizzare l'azione comune europea.
2019/11/27
Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2020 (A9-0036/2019 - Monika Hohlmeier)

La proposta in questione non mira a destinare risorse per far fronte a una catastrofe naturale specifica, quanto piuttosto a iscrivere nel bilancio generale dell'Unione per il 2020 un importo sufficiente a garantire il versamento di anticipi, nel caso in cui dovessero verificarsi catastrofi il prossimo anno. Questa misura, finalizzata a garantire l'efficienza e la prontezza di risposta a situazioni di emergenza, si inquadra nel generale rafforzamento dei meccanismi di assistenza e di collaborazione tra Stati membri, ed ha perciò ottenuto il mio pieno sostegno.
2019/11/27
Climate and environmental emergency (RC-B9-0209/2019, B9-0209/2019, B9-0211/2019, B9-0212/2019, B9-0215/2019, B9-0216/2019, B9-0218/2019, B9-0220/2019)

Sebbene l'urgenza di contrastare, o quanto meno ritardare, i cambiamenti climatici sia fuori discussione, non sono del parere che l'adozione di misure emergenziali ed estemporanee, costituisca la migliore soluzione ad un problema tanto complesso. È importante che le Istituzioni europee, adottino una strategia comune, di ampio respiro, che tenga conto degli interessi dei vari stakeholder e che non sia potenzialmente nociva per la crescita di lungo periodo dell'intero continente.Per le ragioni appena espresse, ho votato contro l'adozione della risoluzione che proclama l'emergenza climatica e ambientale.
2019/11/28
2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) (B9-0174/2019)

Seppur convinta della necessità di agire in fretta per evitare ulteriori conseguenze dannose provocate dal cambio climatico, ho espresso voto negativo all'adozione della risoluzione sulla COP25. In effetti, credo che la soluzione a questo problema di portata mondiale, debba passare attraverso un piano strategico di potenziamento del settore delle nuove tecnologie, e di sostegno alla diffusione delle energie rinnovabili, al fine di giungere a risultati concreti. Non ritengo che la convocazione di un'ulteriore conferenza internazionale possa produrre quelle soluzioni concrete di cui hanno bisogno, non solo i cittadini europei, ma tutti gli abitanti di questo pianeta
2019/11/28
EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (B9-0224/2019, B9-0225/2019, B9-0226/2019)

È ormai evidente che il tema dell'eguaglianza di genere debba trascendere le divisioni partitiche ed essere posto in cima ad ogni agenda politica, vista la diffusione planetaria della problematica della violenza di genere. Gli Stati membri dell'Unione europea hanno già provveduto in gran parte a ratificare la Convenzione di Istanbul, ma è importante che l'Unione europea vi aderisca quale entità sovrannazionale, affinché il fenomeno della violenza di genere venga contrastato in maniera coordinata ed integrata.Per questo motivo mi unisco all'appello del Parlamento europeo affinché l'Unione provveda quanto prima, a divenire parte contraente della Convenzione di Istanbul.
2019/11/28
Measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute (RC-B9-0197/2019, B9-0197/2019, B9-0198/2019, B9-0201/2019, B9-0203/2019, B9-0204/2019, B9-0206/2019, B9-0208/2019)

. – Ho votato a favore della risoluzione in questione perché ritengo inaccettabile che il settore agricolo, debba farsi carico di gran parte dei costi di una disputa giuridica, che ha avuto origine in un settore del tutto estraneo. Inoltre, molti dei dazi imposti ai prodotti dell'Unione europea, sono stati concepiti per colpire in modo disuguale diversi Stati membri, nel tentativo di dividere la posizione dell'Unione: questa sleale manovra merita una risposta equilibrata ma ferma. È dovere delle istituzioni europee, proteggere il comparto agricolo nel suo complesso, perché quest'ultimo oltre a rappresentare uno dei capisaldi su cui si è sviluppata l'azione comune europea fin dalle origini dell'Unione, è uno dei settori nei quali maggiormente risalta l'eccellenza europea.
2019/11/28
Macro-financial assistance to Jordan (A9-0045/2019 - Luisa Regimenti)

. – Mi sono espressa a favore di tale progetto di risoluzione perché sono fermamente convinta che la priorità della politica estera europea sia assicurare sostegno effettivo ai propri alleati in Medio Oriente, a maggior ragione in un contesto di crescente tensione tra attori statali e non statali. A seguito del conflitto siriano, il Medio Oriente è stato protagonista di una imponente ondata migratoria, la quale ha interessato la Giordania più di ogni altro paese arabo. Nonostante l'indubbio impegno profuso dalla monarchia giordana per fornire assistenza ai profughi siriani, l'economia del paese è sempre più vulnerabile agli shock esterni. La Giordania rappresenta uno dei più fedeli alleati europei nell'area mediorientale, ed oltre ad aver avviato un'imponente opera di democratizzazione, fornisce sostegno al nostro continente nella lotta contro il terrorismo. Per questi motivi, è necessario che l'Unione non faccia mancare il proprio appoggio ad uno Stato amico che si trova attualmente a dover fronteggiare il rischio dell'instabilità economica.
2019/12/17
EU-Switzerland Agreement on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (A9-0043/2019 - Roberta Metsola)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole al progetto di decisione del Consiglio relativa alla conclusione dell'accordo tra l'UE e la Svizzera perché ritengo la cooperazione fondamentale per contrastare efficacemente reati che per definizione non conoscono barriere statali ed amministrative, tra Stati membri dell'UE e non. Se l'UE non provvederà ad adottare un insieme di misure volte a fronteggiare adeguatamente tali fenomeni, essi saranno destinati a sfuggire dal controllo delle istituzioni nel prossimo futuro, specie grazie allo sviluppo delle nuove tecnologie.
2019/12/17
EU-Liechtenstein Agreement on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (A9-0044/2019 - Roberta Metsola)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole al progetto di decisione del Consiglio relativa alla conclusione dell'accordo tra l'UE e il Liechtenstein perché ritengo la cooperazione fondamentale per contrastare efficacemente reati che per definizione non conoscono barriere statali ed amministrative, tra Stati membri dell'UE e non. Se l'UE non provvederà ad adottare un insieme di misure volte a fronteggiare adeguatamente tali fenomeni, essi saranno destinati a sfuggire dal controllo delle istituzioni nel prossimo futuro, specie grazie allo sviluppo delle nuove tecnologie.
2019/12/17
Protocol to EU-Switzerland Agreement concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland regarding the access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes (A9-0025/2019 - Jadwiga Wiśniewska)

. – Accolgo con favore la scelta del Parlamento europeo di approvare la conclusione del protocollo attuativo dell'Accordo UE-Svizzera: tale decisione provvede infatti a sbloccare una situazione di stallo, creatasi con la mancata attuazione della disposizione del trattato che prevedeva l'accesso della Svizzera alla banca dati Eurodac a fini di contrasto al terrorismo. Se il Consiglio deciderà di confermare la decisione del Parlamento, le autorità di polizia svizzere avranno accesso alle informazioni custodite in Eurodac e potranno inserire ulteriori dati, con conseguenze senza dubbio positive per l'attività di contrasto al terrorismo portata avanti dall'UE e dai suoi alleati.
2019/12/17
Accession of Solomon Islands to the EU-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement (A9-0050/2019 - Bernd Lange)

. – Ho votato a favore dell'adesione delle Isole Salomone all'accordo di partenariato con gli Stati del Pacifico perché ritengo che la progressiva estensione degli accordi commerciali a nuovi partners sia il miglior vettore di crescita e di sviluppo generalizzati.
2019/12/17
Association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ('Overseas Association Decision') (A9-0033/2019 - Tomas Tobé)

. – Ho accolto con favore la decisione del Parlamento europeo di disporre l'applicazione del sistema degli esportatori registrati (REX) per la compilazione delle dichiarazioni di origine per le merci originarie dei Paesi e Territori d'Oltremare. In effetti, tale sistema semplifica le procedure doganali di esportazione, consentendo agli esportatori registrati di certificare l'origine preferenziale dei prodotti, con la conseguenza di rendere più rapido l'espletamento delle formalità doganali e di permettere un più semplice accesso di tali prodotti sul mercato continentale europeo.
2019/12/17
CAP: Financial discipline as from financial year 2021 and flexibility between pillars in respect of calendar year 2020 (A9-0042/2019 - Norbert Lins)

. – Ho votato a favore della richiesta di tale proposta di regolamento, perché, in considerazione dell'attuale situazione di transizione ad un nuovo quadro finanziario pluriennale, è possibile che gli Stati membri si trovino a dover far fronte ad incertezze giuridiche, relative ai ritardi nelle procedure di transizione. Per queste ragioni, credo sia necessario adottare misure che favoriscano la flessibilità tra i pilastri, ossia la facoltà prevista in capo agli Stati membri ,di spostare una parte delle risorse destinate dal QFP dal primo pilastro (cioè i pagamenti diretti agli agricoltori) verso il secondo pilastro (lo sviluppo rurale) della PAC.
2019/12/18
Protocol to the Agreement between the EU, Iceland and Norway concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Iceland or Norway regarding the access to Eurodac for law enforcement purposes (A9-0053/2019 - Jadwiga Wiśniewska)

. – Condivido la scelta del Parlamento europeo di includere anche Stati non membri dell'UE, quali la Svizzera e la Norvegia, nel coordinamento delle attività di contrasto al terrorismo. Il Protocollo si propone infatti di estendere anche alle forze di polizia islandesi e norvegesi l'accesso alla Banca Dati Eurodac, affinché possano usufruire delle informazioni in essa contenute e procedere all'inserimento di nuovi dati: ciò determinerà effetti senz'altro positivi sull'efficienza delle attività di contrasto al terrorismo sul continente europeo.
2020/01/15
EU-China Agreement on certain aspects of air services (A9-0041/2019 - Tomasz Piotr Poręba)

. – Accolgo con favore la decisione del Parlamento europeo di concludere con la Cina un accordo sull'erogazione dei servizi aerei, che si conformi alla giurisprudenza della Corte di giustizia. Secondo il consolidato indirizzo giurisprudenziale della Corte infatti, non sarebbero conformi al diritto UE i trattati bilaterali tra uno Stato membro e uno Stato terzo che permettessero a quest'ultimo di rifiutare autorizzazioni o licenze a un vettore aereo, designato da uno Stato membro, il cui controllo effettivo non facesse capo a tale Stato membro. Ciò rappresenta un'evidente discriminazione nei confronti di prestatori di servizi stabiliti in uno Stato membro, ma il cui controllo effettivo faccia capo ad un altro Stato membro o ai suoi cittadini. L'accordo UE-Cina, attualmente in fase di approvazione, consente quindi di proseguire sulla strada del rafforzamento delle relazioni economico-commerciali con Stati terzi, ma sempre nel rispetto dei core values che caratterizzano il diritto dell'Unione europea.
2020/01/15
Situation in Venezuela after the illegal election of the new National Assembly Presidency and Bureau (parliamentary coup) (B9-0051/2020, B9-0052/2020, B9-0053/2020, RC-B9-0048/2020, B9-0048/2020, B9-0049/2020, B9-0050/2020)

. – Ho espresso il mio fermo sostegno alla dichiarazione del Parlamento europeo, che denuncia la condotta illegale dell'ex presidente Maduro, volta ad attentare alla libertà e all'integrità del Parlamento bolivariano. Ancora una volta, il populismo di ultra sinistra, mostra il suo vero volto: dietro le promesse di giustizia sociale e democrazia, declamate a gran voce per assicurarsi l'appoggio di una parte della popolazione in oggettiva difficoltà, si nasconde un'ideologia che distribuisce equamente solo povertà, capace di calpestare senza vergogna quei valori democratici e sociali di cui si autoproclama paladina. Il popolo venezuelano si è da tempo reso conto dell'inganno, ed ha già espresso più volte la propria volontà di procedere ad un cambio di rotta per salvare il paese. Juan Guaidó è l'incarnazione di questa volontà, e finché continuerà a combattere per assicurare al proprio paese il diritto ad una rappresentanza genuinamente liberale e rispettosa dei diritti umani, a lui andrà il mio personale incondizionato sostegno.
2020/01/16
Ongoing hearings under article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (B9-0032/2020)

. – Ho espresso senza riserve, il mio voto contrario a quella che ritengo essere una ingerenza eccessiva nelle questioni interne di due Stati membri dell'Unione, sulla base dell'asserito non rispetto di valori, la cui interpretazione, non ritengo competa alle istituzioni governative europee. Ritengo infatti che la valutazione circa l'effettivo non rispetto dei valori e principi stabiliti all'articolo 2 TUE, debba spettare in primo luogo alla Corte di Giustizia, in quanto organo giudiziario, terzo e imparziale, rispetto agli interessi politici dei vari paesi membri.
2020/01/16
Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2018 (A9-0032/2019 - Peter Jahr)

. – Ho votato a favore della risoluzione del Parlamento sull'attività del Mediatore europeo, perché ritengo che sia doveroso continuare nel solco tracciato dall'azione della Mediatrice O'Reilly, improntata al rafforzamento della trasparenza e del diritto di accesso ai documenti amministrativi, da parte di tutti i cittadini dell'UE.
2020/01/16
Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (A9-0004/2020 - Guy Verhofstadt)

Ho espresso voto favorevole all'approvazione dell'Accordo di recesso tra Regno Unito e Unione europea per due ragioni: l'una materiale, l'altra di principio. Innanzitutto, ritengo che il contenuto dell'accordo costituisca, almeno nelle sue linee generali, un compromesso abbastanza equo tra le istanze di uno Stato la cui popolazione solo pochi mesi fa ha reiterato nettamente la propria volontà di uscire dall'Unione europea, e l'Unione europea, giustamente preoccupata di tutelare i diritti fondamentali dei cittadini europei sul suolo britannico. Inoltre, sono convinta che l'approvazione di tale accordo contribuirà a fondare una relazione di solida amicizia e vicinanza tra due grandi attori della scena internazionale, i quali contribuiranno insieme a rispondere alle nuove e grandi sfide della nostra epoca.
2020/01/29
Parliament's calendar of part-sessions – 2021

Ho votato a favore del calendario dei periodi di sessioni per il 2021, perché non ho riscontrato irregolarità nella procedura, e ritengo che la ripartizione dei periodi di sessione, risponda al criterio di efficienza.
2020/01/30
Gender pay gap (B9-0069/2020, B9-0073/2020, B9-0083/2020, B9-0084/2020)

In una tematica complessa come l'eguaglianza di genere nella retribuzione del lavoro prestato, è facile scivolare nella promozione dell'interventismo di Stato. Finché le donne continueranno ad essere concepite dal legislatore europeo come "categoria protetta", il cui inserimento nel mondo del lavoro deve essere incoraggiato dallo Stato e non lasciato al libero mercato, non si colmerà il gender pay gap. Infatti, secondo la concezione liberale, che io sposo pienamente, lo Stato deve limitarsi a creare le condizioni, affinché le donne possano accedere al mercato del lavoro, senza dover essere costrette a scegliere, tra la vita professionale e la cura dei figli o degli anziani. Questo atto normativo mira invece, a indurre le imprese a procedere a discriminazioni positive a favore delle donne, per inserirle nel mercato del lavoro, non in base alle loro competenze e conoscenze, ma per il solo fatto di essere di sesso femminile.Per questo motivo, ho espresso voto contrario.
2020/01/30
Objection pursuant to Rule 111: Union list of projects of common interest (B9-0091/2020)

Ho espresso voto contrario alla proposta di risoluzione del PE che mira a modificare il regolamento sui progetti di interesse comune, volto ad escludere i nuovi progetti di infrastrutture per il gas. Sebbene condivida l'impegno, assunto dall'Unione europea, di mantenere il tasso di crescita della temperatura globale ben al di sotto dei 2 gradi in base agli Accordi di Parigi, non ritengo che la maniera più efficiente di raggiungere l'obiettivo sia interrompere i finanziamenti alla creazione di infrastrutture per il gas. Infatti, il sistema economico ha bisogno di approvvigionamento continuo di materie prime e combustibili, senza i quali non si può sperare di mantenere livelli di crescita necessari a garantire il benessere dei cittadini. La transizione all'economia verde è una necessità, ma il sistema produttivo europeo è ancora profondamente legato all'approvvigionamento di combustibili come il gas naturale, motivo per cui interrompere ex abrupto il sostegno europeo a tali progetti avrebbe impatti molto negativi sulla crescita e sull'occupazione. La transizione green dovrà essere graduale, al fine di permettere al sistema economico ed al tessuto sociale europeo di assorbirla nella maniera meno traumatica possibile.
2020/02/12
An EU strategy to put an end to female genital mutilation around the world (B9-0090/2020, B9-0092/2020)

Ho votato a favore di questa proposta di risoluzione, perché ritengo doveroso che l'Unione europea rinnovi il suo impegno a combattere, contro ogni forma di violenza sulle donne, con particolare riguardo, alle fattispecie più aberranti, come la mutilazione genitale. Accolgo con favore la decisione del Parlamento di invitare gli Stati membri a perseguire, anche il fenomeno della medicalizzazione delle pratiche di mutilazione genitale: questa spregevole tendenza, dietro il pretesto di una presunta garanzia di sicurezza sanitaria, cela la volontà di far passare le MGF come una normale operazione chirurgica, aprendo anche la strada a chi miri a trarne profitto.
2020/02/12
The illegal trade in companion animals in the EU (B9-0088/2020)

Ho votato a favore del Piano di azione, volto a contrastare il fenomeno del commercio illegale di cani e gatti nell'UE, e mi compiaccio della scelta del Parlamento europeo di proporre mezzi concreti ed efficaci, per la lotta a questa pratica. L'obbligo imposto agli Stati di verificare la presenza di microchip nei collari dei cani e dei gatti acquistati e di collegare l'esistenza del microchip al passaporto europeo per gli animali, rappresentano presupposti fondamentali, per garantire la provenienza degli animali da compagnia, ed assicurarsi che le condizioni degli allevamenti siano dignitose e compatibili con il benessere animale.
2020/02/12
Allocation of slots at Community airports: common rules

Ho accolto con favore la proposta del Parlamento di estendere la deroga al regolamento sulle bande orarie dei vettori aerei fino alla fine della stagione estiva (24 ottobre 2020).Il regolamento CE n. 793/2004 sull'assegnazione delle bande orarie negli aeroporti europei prevede infatti l'obbligo delle compagnie aeree di utilizzare l'80% degli slot loro assegnati per evitare di perderne la titolarità, con conseguente rimessa sul mercato della banda oraria a favore di altri competitors.In seguito alla crisi dovuta allo scoppio dell'epidemia, molte compagnie aeree hanno dovuto cancellare parte dei loro voli a causa delle restrizioni ai trasporti imposte ai vari Stati membri. A causa della forte riduzione del traffico si sono viste costrette a percorrere alcune tratte pur senza passeggeri, dando così origine al fenomeno dei cosiddetti "voli fantasma".Le modifiche sono necessarie per preservare i diritti degli slot non utilizzati, che altrimenti le compagnie aeree perderebbero.
2020/03/26
Specific measures to mobilise investments in the health care systems of the Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative)

. – Ho votato a favore dell'iniziativa della Commissione volta a promuovere gli investimenti in risposta al coronavirus attraverso la mobilitazione delle riserve di liquidità disponibili nei Fondi strutturali e di investimento. Sono infatti convinta che l'eccezionalità della situazione, creata dallo scoppio dell'epidemia, non solo a livello europeo ma mondiale, necessiti di una risposta rapida ed efficace.Nel documento presentato oggi in Parlamento, la Commissione propone di destinare 37 miliardi di EUR nell'ambito della Politica di coesione per la lotta contro il coronavirus.A tal fine, la Commissione propone di rinunciare quest'anno all'obbligo di chiedere agli Stati membri il rimborso dei prefinanziamenti che non sono stati spesi nel quadro del Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale (FESR), del Fondo sociale europeo (FSE), del Fondo di coesione (FC) e del Fondo europeo per gli affari marittimi e la pesca (FEAMP) fino alla chiusura del programma.E' innegabile che all'inizio della crisi l'Europa abbia esitato a reagire rapidamente, e che pertanto siano stati i singoli Paesi membri a dover adottare strategie di contenimento e di risposta.Tuttavia, il documento presentato oggi all'Assemblea plenaria dimostra la volontà dell'Unione europea di reagire alla crisi mediante un approccio coordinato e coerente, il quale le permetterà di vincere questa nuova, immensa sfida che l'intero pianeta si trova oggi ad affrontare.
2020/03/26
Financial assistance to Member States and countries negotiating their accession to the Union that are seriously affected by a major public health emergency

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta di regolamento mirante ad estendere l'ambito di applicazione del FSUE, affinché comprenda le gravi emergenze sanitarie. In effetti, il Fondo di Solidarietà aveva principalmente come obiettivo, fornire assistenza finanziaria agli Stati membri (o associati) colpiti da calamità naturali. Pare ormai doveroso estendere i campi di intervento del FSUE anche alle minacce per la sanità pubblica. La proposta di modifica prevede di innalzare il livello degli anticipi per le singole catastrofi di tutte le categorie al 25 % del contributo del FSUE previsto, con un limite massimo di 100 milioni di euro. Infine, essa si propone inoltre di aumentare il livello totale degli stanziamenti per gli anticipi del FSUE nel bilancio annuale da 50 milioni di euro a 100 milioni di euro.
2020/03/26
Regulation amending the Multiannual financial framework 2014-2020

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole sia alla domanda di applicazione della procedura d'urgenza (ai sensi dell'articolo 163 del regolamento interno al Parlamento europeo), sia alla proposta nel merito della Commissione di estendere alle misure di contrasto al COVID 19 il cosiddetto Global Margin for Commitment (Margine Comune per gli Impegni). Originariamente previsto nel Quadro Finanziario Pluriennale solo per l'occupazione giovanile, le politiche migratorie e le misure di sicurezza, il Global Margin for Commitment è uno strumento creato per garantire maggiore flessibilità nell'ambito della programmazione pluriennale del bilancio europeo. Esso permette il riutilizzo delle somme previste e non impiegate in altri settori, per costituire una riserva per spese supplementari nell'ambito dell'occupazione giovanile, della politica migratoria e di sicurezza. La misura proposta dalla Commissione permetterà di stanziare 3 miliardi di euro per fronteggiare l'emergenza sanitaria attuale: senza un'operazione di riallocazione dei fondi di questa portata, non sarà possibile tornare in tempi brevi alla normalità di cui l'Unione necessita, e nuove politiche di sostegno all'occupazione giovanile e all'emergenza migratoria non saranno semplicemente pensabili.
2020/04/16
Draft amending budget No 2/2020: Providing emergency support to Member States and further reinforcement of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak

. – Ho espresso il mio voto favorevole alla proposta di rettifica al bilancio generale 2020 mirata a fornire sostegno di emergenza agli Stati membri e al Meccanismo di protezione civile perché ritengo che tale strumento incarni il principio di leale collaborazione e mutua assistenza interstatale su cui l'Unione fonda il proprio complesso valoriale. La proposta della Commissione si propone di stanziare tre miliardi di euro finalizzati al finanziamento di diverse azioni, provvedendo così ad organizzare in un framework europeo tutte quelle azioni di collaborazione che hanno avuto luogo in questo periodo tra singoli Stati membri. Mi riferisco ad esempio al trasporto transfrontaliero di pazienti verso ospedali di diversi Stati partner, al fine di alleviare la pressione sui sistemi sanitari europei più colpiti, sull'esempio della collaborazione tra Italia e Germania cui si è assistito nelle ultime settimane. Il riferimento va inoltre all'acquisto di forniture mediche e dispositivi di protezione da Paesi terzi, e la loro conseguente messa a disposizione del personale ospedaliero di tutta l'Unione. Sono convinta che il nostro Paese beneficerà largamente di una misura già da tempo auspicata, che contribuirà senza dubbio ad aiutare il nostro Sistema sanitario nazionale a fare fronte all'emergenza.
2020/04/17
Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for 2020: migration, refugee inflows and security threats; immediate measures in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; reinforcement of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (C9-0096/2020)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta di applicazione della misura di urgenza per la mobilitazione degli strumenti di flessibilità finalizzati ad aumentare il budget sicurezza. In un momento così critico per la storia del nostro Continente, l'Unione europea non può permettere che il diffondersi della pandemia le impedisca di discutere sul mantenimento di un efficiente sistema di prevenzione delle minacce alla sicurezza. È necessario altresì che il Parlamento europeo discuta in tempi rapidi circa il perseguimento di un'efficace politica di gestione migratoria e di un'efficiente Procura europea, al fine di evitare che la gestione dell'ex pilastro Giustizia e Affari Interni diventi caotica, con inevitabili ripercussioni sulle garanzie previste dallo Stato di diritto.
2020/04/17
Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2020: providing emergency assistance to Member States and further reinforcing the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

. – Mi sono espressa favorevolmente sia a procedere con voto d'urgenza sia nel merito della proposta sulla mobilizzazione del margine per imprevisti all'interno del Quadro finanziario pluriennale 2014-2021. Finora, il regolamento sul QFP prevedeva una mobilizzazione di un massimo dello 0,03% del reddito nazionale lordo dell'UE, come strumento di emergenza, per far fronte ad imprevisti. La proposta votata in Parlamento prevede la mobilizzazione del margine per imprevisti per il 2020 per 714 milioni e mezzo di euro, al fine di mettere il bilancio europeo in condizioni di fronteggiare l'emergenza.
2020/04/17
Specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

. – Mi sono espressa in senso favorevole sia alla richiesta di discussione d'urgenza, sia nel merito della proposta di misure specifiche di flessibilizzazione dei Fondi strutturali. In effetti, nel momento di crisi che gli Stati membri, nessuno escluso, stanno vivendo, essenziale diventa l'adozione di un pacchetto di misure che permettano la mobilitazione di tutto il sostegno finanziario inutilizzato a titolo di Fondi strutturali e di investimento europei. I fondi citati dalla proposta in esame sono il Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale, il Fondo di sviluppo europeo, il Fondo di coesione: insieme costituiscono il cuore della politica di coesione europea. Tra le misure specifiche previste vi è la possibilità di un tasso di cofinanziamento dell'UE pari al 100% per i programmi della politica di coesione per l'esercizio 2020-2021. Il pacchetto di misure specifiche di flessibilità mira inoltre a semplificare le fasi procedurali relative all'attuazione dei vari programmi. Come emerge chiaramente da questo insieme di misure le Regioni, gli Stati e gli Enti locali di tutta Europa saranno i veri protagonisti di un piano di contrasto al virus, unito ad una strategia finalizzata alla ripartenza economica dell'intero continente, secondo quello spirito federalista che personalmente ritengo debba sempre ispirare l'azione istituzionale europea.
2020/04/17
Introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis

. – Ho votato favorevolmente sia all'applicazione della procedura d'urgenza, sia nel merito della proposta di introdurre misure specifiche per far fronte alla crisi COVID-19. Le misure cui la proposta si riferisce riguardano principalmente il FEAD (Fondo europeo per gli aiuti agli indigenti): trattasi di uno strumento che fornisce aiuto a persone bisognose, con elargizioni di generi alimentari, indumenti, e articoli di igiene personale. È necessario che in questo frangente le autorità di gestione e i vari organismi coinvolti nella gestione del FEAD reagiscano con prontezza, per evitare che proprio le categorie sociali più deboli siano costrette a pagare il prezzo più alto del diffondersi della pandemia. Tra le misure proposte figurano la previsione di un tasso di cofinanziamento del 100% (anziché l'85%) da applicare durante il protendersi dell'epidemia (ossia, per l'esercizio 2020/2021), e la possibilità di fornire aiuti alimentari e assistenza di base anche per via elettronica (diminuendo così il rischio di contagio) e requisiti di monitoraggio più leggeri durante l'epidemia per le autorità impegnate nelle operazioni legate al FEAD.
2020/04/17
Specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector

. – È ormai noto che il settore della pesca, soprattutto in Italia, versa da anni in una situazione difficile, dovuta alla non sufficiente valorizzazione del ruolo dei pescatori e all'implementazione di alcune politiche di conservazione delle risorse marine che non tengono sufficientemente conto dell'importanza di tale settore nell'industria alimentare nostrana. Le misure di lockdown implementate in queste settimane per far fronte all'emergenza COVID-19 hanno ulteriormente peggiorato la già critica situazione. Motivo per il quale la decisione di flessibilizzare del 10% il budget destinato a tale settore e di erogare misure di compensazione per far fronte all'emergenza non può che ricevere il mio supporto. Egualmente, ritengo che una decisione così carica di conseguenze per un settore nevralgico dell'economia europea debba essere discusso con procedura d'urgenza.
2020/04/17
Medical devices (C9-0098/2020)

. – Ho votato a favore della richiesta di applicazione della procedura d'urgenza ai sensi dell'articolo 163 del regolamento interno del Parlamento, al fine di rinviare di un anno la data di applicazione del regolamento sui dispositivi medici del 2017. Ho espresso voto favorevole anche al merito della proposta. Il regolamento in questione impone infatti un'armonizzazione, tra le altre cose, della regolamentazione delle procedure di accertamento della sicurezza dei dispositivi medici ed un'espansione del termine "dispositivo medico" anche a dispositivi che non hanno una destinazione d'uso in ambito medicale. L'applicazione di tale regolamento in una circostanza eccezionale come quella che stiamo vivendo potrebbe nuocere alla fornitura di dispositivi medici essenziali.
2020/04/17
EU-Montenegro status agreement on actions carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Montenegro (A9-0018/2020 - Bettina Vollath)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo fondamentale che l'Agenzia europea della Guardia di frontiera e costiera, meglio nota come Frontex, goda dell'autorizzazione ad effettuare controlli nel territorio di paesi terzi, confinanti con l'UE. È in tal modo, infatti, che si possono gestire efficacemente i flussi migratori, prima ancora che gli individui raggiungano i confini dell'Unione. Accordi di tale genere contribuiranno senza dubbio a rafforzare la cooperazione con i nostri vicini e ad adottare un approccio più coordinato nella gestione ordinata dei flussi.
2020/05/13
EU-Serbia status agreement on actions carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in Serbia (A9-0019/2020 - Bettina Vollath)

. – Ho votato a favore della raccomandazione per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2020/05/13
Renewal of the EU-India Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation (A9-0096/2020 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta di rinnovo dell'accordo di cooperazione tra l'Unione europea e l'India perché tale impegno internazionale ha dato prova, nei 18 anni nei quali è stato in vigore, di essere un valido strumento di rafforzamento della cooperazione scientifica e tecnologica tra due attori principali sulla scena internazionale. Nella specie, il trattato ha dato vita a una fruttuosa collaborazione tra le comunità scientifiche europea e indiana, che si è concretizzata in decine di progetti di ricerca e sviluppo, in particolare nell'ambito delle energie alternative, del trattamento delle acque reflue e della depurazione delle acque potabili. Tali strumenti di collaborazione costituiscono senza dubbio un importante vettore di crescita di lungo periodo, e per tale ragione ritengo doveroso che il Parlamento continui a sostenere e a favorire iniziative di questo tipo.
2020/05/13
Renewal of the EU-Ukraine Agreement on cooperation in science and technology (A9-0095/2020 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta di rinnovo dell'accordo per gli stessi motivi di cui sopra.
2020/05/13
EU-Belarus Agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation (A9-0097/2020 - Petar Vitanov)

. – Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché considero che un accordo relativo alla riammissione delle persone in soggiorno irregolare costituisca la necessaria componente sanzionatoria di un accordo sulla liberalizzazione del rilascio dei visti. Il rimpatrio di chi abusa delle facilitazioni alla circolazione, garantite ai cittadini degli Stati che ne fanno parte, contribuisce a instaurare un rapporto di fiducia tra Paesi, il quale a sua volta porta ad un graduale rafforzamento delle relazioni interstatali. La convivenza pacifica tra gli Stati del continente europeo, siano essi appartenenti all'Unione o meno, è uno dei pilastri su cui si è fondata la nostra prosperità.
2020/05/13
EU-Belarus Agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas (A9-0090/2020 - Ondřej Kovařík)

. – Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché sono convinta che questo tipo di accordo sia un utile strumento per rafforzare i legami tra Stati membri dell'Unione e Stati terzi, specie quando questi ultimi rientrano nella politica europea di vicinato. Inoltre, ritengo che ogni iniziativa che si proponga di estendere l'acquis di Schengen ad altri Stati sia vantaggiosa per l'Unione nel suo complesso e per i singoli cittadini.
2020/05/13
Amending the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) - Protocol (A9-0089/2020 - Rosanna Conte)

. – Sono assolutamente favorevole alla decisione del Consiglio di emendare la Convenzione ICCAT sulla protezione dei tonnidi dell'Atlantico. In effetti il progetto del Consiglio prevede di includere altre specie marine, come gli squali e le razze, nell'ombrello normativo a protezione della biodiversità e della sostenibilità della pesca. La decisione inoltre si propone di rafforzare i poteri delle Organizzazioni regionali di gestione della pesca e di imporre ulteriori obblighi di trasparenza alle imprese del settore. Tali decisioni, volte a proteggere le risorse ittiche per il bene delle generazioni future, non possono che godere del mio pieno sostegno.
2020/05/13
International road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Germany and Switzerland (A9-0006/2020 - Markus Ferber)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2020/05/13
International road passenger transport services by coach and bus in the border regions: cabotage operations between Italy and Switzerland (A9-0007/2020 - Markus Ferber)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta perché ritengo sia un passo fondamentale verso la risoluzione di problemi che da tempo interessano il settore dei trasporti su gomma nelle regioni di confine tra Italia e Svizzera. La proposta prevede infatti l'autorizzazione all'Italia a negoziare un trattato con la Svizzera, che preveda l'estensione dei diritti di cabotaggio. Tramite un nuovo accordo, che l'Italia verrebbe autorizzata a negoziare e concludere con la Svizzera, si potrebbero risolvere problemi legati all'accesso al mercato delle imprese ed ai permessi di lavoro per i conducenti: la competitività e l'efficienza dei mercati, sia europeo sia svizzero, ne risulterebbero decisamente rafforzate. Per di più, la proposta votata dal Parlamento concerne una decisione dell'Unione, con unica destinataria l'Italia: tale decisione autorizza l'Italia a concludere l'accordo, in un settore normalmente di competenza esclusiva dell'UE. Questa scelta si dimostra rispettosa del principio di sussidiarietà e di proporzionalità, e permette un attivo coinvolgimento degli Enti locali coinvolti, in particolare Piemonte, Lombardia, Valle d'Aosta, Trentino Alto Adige. Auspico che i due Stati parte sapranno concludere un accordo equilibrato, che garantisca eguaglianza dei diritti di accesso al mercato, che assicuri il rispetto dei principi della libera concorrenza e tuteli il principio di reciprocità.
2020/05/13
Automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in the United Kingdom (A9-0100/2020 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione di esecuzione, nonostante a proposito di essa siano sorte opinioni contrastanti. Il progetto di decisione del Consiglio è finalizzato a garantire la continuazione della fruttuosa collaborazione tra UE e UK sullo scambio di informazioni su sospettati di attività terroristiche, in particolare le impronte digitali. Certi gruppi politici cercano di dissuadere il Consiglio dal continuare la procedura di collaborazione, allegando motivi giuridicamente piuttosto pretestuosi, ma personalmente ritengo che non sia il momento di sollevare polemiche. La lotta al terrorismo deve rimanere la priorità per tutti gli Stati dell'UE e per gli Stati terzi che collaborano con noi. Il fatto che il Regno Unito abbia deciso di esercitare il proprio diritto di recesso dall'Unione, chiaramente previsto dai Trattati Istitutivi, non deve in alcun modo frapporsi, nemmeno surrettiziamente, nella cooperazione interstatale che si prepone l'obiettivo di garantire sicurezza ai cittadini.
2020/05/13
Labelling of tyres: fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (A9-0094/2020 - Henna Virkkunen)

Quello della comune etichettatura dei pneumatici a livello europeo è un tema su cui le istituzioni dell'Unione sono al lavoro da anni. Infatti, lungi dall'essere una semplice pratica burocratica, la standardizzazione delle caratteristiche dei pneumatici tra tutti gli Stati europei avrebbe impatto ambientale positivo importante, in vista degli obiettivi di decarbonizzazione previsti dal Green New Deal. Le innovazioni tecnologiche hanno permesso di creare pneumatici sempre più performanti, rendendo necessaria una nuova revisione dei parametri previsti dai primi regolamenti europei. Per questi motivi, ho ritenuto doveroso votare a favore della proposta.
2020/05/13
Discharge 2018: EU general budget - European Ombudsman (A9-0028/2020 - Tomáš Zdechovský)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole al discarico per l'esecuzione del bilancio in relazione all'operato del Mediatore europeo perché ritengo di fondamentale importanza l'ulteriore rafforzamento della legittimità democratica delle istituzioni dell'Unione: l'operato del Mediatore, a protezione della trasparenza e del principio di accountability , mira a realizzare questo obiettivo. Il Mediatore ha implementato il concetto di programmazione di bilancio basata sulla performance e di corretta gestione delle risorse umane, adempiendo alle proprie funzioni in maniera secondo me più che soddisfacente.
2020/05/14
Discharge 2018: EU general budget - Court of Auditors (A9-0031/2020 - Tomáš Zdechovský)

. – Ho espresso il mio voto favorevole al discarico per l'anno 2018 relativo all'operato della Corte dei conti. L'attività della Corte dei conti è fondamentale per garantire i principi di trasparenza e responsabilità, necessari a rafforzare la legittimità e la legittimazione democratica delle istituzioni dell'Unione. Attraverso il concetto della programmazione di bilancio basata sulla performance e della corretta gestione delle risorse umane, la Corte contribuisce a garantire l'accountability dell'intero apparato istituzionale europeo. Mi compiaccio del fatto che le relazioni speciali della Corte siano oggetto di un interesse crescente da parte degli organi di informazione, grazie anche allo sforzo di pubblicizzazione attraverso il sito ufficiale ed i social media.
2020/05/14
Discharge 2018: EU general budget - European Council and Council (A9-0038/2020 - Tomáš Zdechovský)

. – Ho votato a favore della decisione di posporre il discarico per il bilancio UE relativo all'attività del Consiglio e del Consiglio europeo per l'anno 2018. Infatti, sebbene la gestione finanziaria del Consiglio sia risultata nel complesso sana e prudente, emergono criticità troppo gravi per essere ignorate. In primo luogo, la richiesta di scindere il bilancio del Consiglio europeo e del Consiglio, più volte avanzata dal Parlamento, non è stata presa in considerazione. La scissione dei bilanci delle due istituzioni permetterebbe di migliorare la trasparenza, la rendicontabilità e l'efficienza della spesa di entrambe le istituzioni. Inoltre, destano preoccupazione le allarmanti informazioni riferite dai media circa la costruzione del nuovo edificio Europa. Il Consiglio deve perciò effettuare ricerche approfondite sull'appaltatore principale e sull'intera catena di subappaltatori, nonché sulle condizioni di lavoro dei lavoratori impiegati, e fornire alla commissione per il controllo dei bilanci del Parlamento tutte le constatazioni emerse. Occorre in aggiunta ricordare la decisione del Mediatore europeo del giugno 2019 (alla quale il Consiglio non ha dato seguito): essa prevede che il Segretariato generale del Consiglio tenga un registro completo delle riunioni organizzate tra i rappresentanti di interessi e il Presidente del Consiglio europeo, registro che andrebbe reso pubblico.
2020/05/14
Discharge 2018: General budget of the EU – European Economic and Social Committee (A9-0078/2020 - Tomáš Zdechovský)

. – Ho votato a favore della decisione di posporre la concessione del discarico per l'anno finanziario 2018, in relazione all'attività del Consiglio economico e sociale. In effetti, sebbene si registrino alcuni oggettivi miglioramenti nella gestione finanziaria ed in generale, logistica dell'organo, come il rafforzamento delle relazioni con l'OLAF (Ufficio europeo antifrode), il contrasto al fenomeno delle "porte girevoli" (che prevede un follow-up delle attività esterne svolte dagli ex alti funzionari), il tentativo di promuovere l'economia circolare, restano tuttavia importanti criticità. In primis, sono aumentate considerevolmente alcune spese di gestione interna, come i servizi di traduzione, e si è registrato un aumento dei casi di molestie sui luoghi di lavoro, elemento che non può che avere un impatto negativo sulla produttività ed il morale dei funzionari. In secundis, è stata riscontrata la presenza di amianto in luoghi critici del palazzo in cui si svolgono le attività principali del Comitato, elemento che mette in serio rischio la salute dei dipendenti e che determinerà ulteriori spese per la bonifica.
2020/05/14
Temporary measures concerning the general meetings of European companies (SE) and of European Cooperative Societies (SCE)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole, sia all'applicazione della procedura d'urgenza, sia al merito della proposta, perché lo scoppio della pandemia ha avuto un grave impatto sulle società e sulle società cooperative, comprese le SE e le SCE. In particolare, a causa delle misure di confinamento e di distanziazione interpersonale, nonché della necessità di concentrare gli sforzi sulla gestione dei vincoli imposti alle attività economiche, le SE e le SCE incontrano notevoli difficoltà a rispettare il termine ,per lo svolgimento dell'assemblea generale, i cui termini sono previsti nel regolamento del Consiglio 2157/2001. Poiché le circostanze eccezionali dovute all'epidemia esulano dal controllo sia delle SE e delle SCE, sia degli Stati membri, la proposta stabilisce a livello dell'UE, una deroga temporanea ai termini previsti dal regolamento. Tale deroga temporanea dovrebbe consentire alle SE e alle SCE di tenere l'assemblea generale entro 12 mesi dalla chiusura dell'esercizio, ma comunque non oltre il 31 dicembre 2020. Tale deroga temporanea è necessaria per consentire alle SE e alle SCE di provvedere ai preparativi necessari per l'assemblea generale, e fornire la certezza del diritto, per quanto riguarda l'adempimento degli obblighi previsti dai regolamenti SE e SCE.
2020/05/14
Temporary measures concerning the operation of air services

. – Ho votato a favore del merito della proposta, perché ritengo necessario modificare temporaneamente alcune disposizioni legislative vigenti, in materia di aviazione. Secondo la regolamentazione vigente, gli Stati membri devono sospendere o revocare la licenza operativa di qualsiasi vettore aereo, che non sia in grado di adempiere ai suoi obblighi finanziari per i successivi dodici mesi. Tuttavia, in una congiuntura economica così peculiare, una manovra di questo tipo rischia di inviare un segnale negativo al mercato, sulla capacità di sopravvivenza di una compagnia aerea, il che a sua volta, aggrava i suoi problemi finanziari, in particolare in termini di flusso di cassa. Di conseguenza, il testo propone che, da marzo 2020 al 31 dicembre 2020, l'autorità deputata al rilascio delle licenze possa decidere prima della fine di tale periodo, di non sospendere o revocare la licenza operativa del vettore dell'Unione, a condizione, tra l’altro, che vi siano realistiche prospettive di ricostruzione finanziaria. Gli Stati membri dovrebbero poter rifiutare, limitare o imporre condizioni all'esercizio dei diritti di traffico aereo, per poter affrontare i problemi derivanti dalla pandemia. Ovviamente, è necessario che tali misure di emergenza rispettino i principi di proporzionalità e trasparenza e si basino su criteri obiettivi e non discriminatori.
2020/05/15
Temporary measures concerning the validity of certificates and licences (omnibus)

. – Ho votato a favore del merito della proposta. Infatti, gli operatori dei trasporti e altre persone interessate, potrebbero non essere in grado di completare le formalità o le procedure necessarie per conformarsi a determinate disposizioni del diritto dell'Unione, relative al rinnovo o all'estensione di certificati, licenze o autorizzazioni o per completare altre fasi necessarie per mantenerne la validità. Si pensi ad esempio alle patenti di guida, ai controlli tecnici dei veicoli a motore e dei loro rimorchi, alle licenze comunitarie e agli attestati di conducente per le disposizioni relative ai servizi di trasporto di merci su strada, ai certificati o alle autorizzazioni di sicurezza ferroviaria, ai certificati dei comandanti delle navi o alle valutazioni di sicurezza dei porti ecc. È molto probabile che tali certificati, licenze, autorizzazioni, prossimi a scadenza, non possano essere rinnovati a tempo debito. Pertanto, è necessario adottare disposizioni temporanee che estendano la validità dei documenti che scadano tra il 1° marzo 2020 e il 31 agosto 2020 e garantire che rimangano validi, per un periodo di tempo ragionevole, durante e dopo l'epidemia Covid-19.
2020/05/15
Port infrastructure charges

. – Mi sono espressa a favore sia dell'applicazione della procedura d'urgenza che del merito della proposta. In concreto, quest'ultima ha come obiettivo, la temporanea flessibilizzazione del sistema di riscossione dei diritti di infrastrutture portuali. In considerazione delle conseguenze dell'epidemia di Covid-19, è opportuno consentire agli Stati membri, di fornire agli organismi di gestione di un porto o alle autorità competenti la possibilità di rinunciare, sospendere, ridurre o differire il pagamento dei diritti di infrastruttura portuale, almeno per un certo periodo.
2020/05/15
4th railway package: extension of the transposition periods

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta di estendere il termine di trasposizione del quarto pacchetto di direttive, sul sistema ferroviario. Poiché l'epidemia Covid-19 ha colpito durante la fase finale, dell'adozione delle misure nazionali di recepimento, si propone che agli Stati membri venga concesso un periodo supplementare di tre mesi, per completare il processo di recepimento di alcune direttive relative al sistema ferroviario europeo.
2020/05/15
Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Guinea-Bissau (2019-2024) (Resolution) (A9-0013/2020 - João Ferreira)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione non legislativa sull'accordo di pesca tra Unione europea e Guinea Bissau, che autorizza le navi di diversi Stati membri dell'UE a pescare nelle acque della Guinea-Bissau. Sono convinta infatti che l'accordo contribuirà a migliorare l'indipendenza operativa del paese, a sostenere la sua strategia di sviluppo e a garantirne la sovranità. Altri paesi limitrofi potranno inoltre beneficiare delle conseguenze positive apportate da tale accordo in termini di opportunità occupazionali e di sviluppo. Dal punto di vista europeo, questo accordo permetterà di rafforzare le relazioni UE con i paesi dell'Africa nord-occidentale, oltre a consentire una probabile diminuzione dei flussi migratori sia dalla Guinea, sia dal Senegal.
2020/06/17
EU-Swiss Confederation Agreement on the modification of Switzerland’s WTO concessions (Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994) with regard to seasoned meat (A9-0092/2020 - Jörgen Warborn)

Ho votato a favore dell'accordo UE-Confederazione svizzera sulla modifica delle concessioni della Svizzera per quanto riguarda le carni insaporite. In effetti, questo accordo rappresenta il punto di arrivo di un lungo negoziato iniziato nel 2015, quando la Svizzera, dovendo far fronte ad un aumento delle sue importazioni di carne, ha adottato una riclassificazione di alcune carni stagionate, compresa la cosiddetta ''carne insaporita'' e ciò ha comportato un aumento dei dazi doganali. L'UE, principale importatore sul mercato svizzero, è stata particolarmente colpita da tale misura, e dopo lunghi negoziati di fronte all'OMC, la Svizzera ha accettato di compensare l'aumento dei dazi e l'accordo oggi esaminato dal Parlamento rappresenta il coronamento di tale procedura di negoziazione. Ho espresso voto favorevole perché questo accordo presenta vantaggi per entrambe le parti: la Svizzera mantiene il regime di riclassificazione da lei implementato e, allo stesso tempo, l'aumento delle quote previsto dall'accordo sarà favorevole agli allevatori europei che esportano in Svizzera.
2020/06/17
Request for funding for biomedical research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (B9-0186/2020)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione che chiede di aumentare i finanziamenti dell'Unione alla ricerca sull'encefalomielite mialgica, in particolare nell'ambito del bilancio di Orizzonte Europa. L'EM/SSC è una malattia cronica debilitante, le cui cause scatenanti sono ancora sconosciute ed i cui sintomi, gravità e progressione sono estremamente variabili; è classificata dall'OMS come disturbo del sistema nervoso nel quadro della classificazione internazionale delle malattie (ICD-11). Ritengo che, data la limitatezza delle nostre conoscenze nell'ambito di questa malattia, sia fondamentale aumentare i fondi destinati alla ricerca, al fine di poter sviluppare cure più efficaci.
2020/06/17
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria (A9-0105/2020 - José Manuel Fernandes)

Ho votato a favore di questa proposta perché si tratta della decisione che consente la mobilitazione del Fondo di solidarietà dell'Unione europea per circa 279 milioni di euro, dei quali 2 milioni e 110 000 EUR, destinati all'Italia, per le alluvioni di ottobre e novembre 2019, che hanno prodotto danni in 17 regioni, colpendo Venezia con particolare violenza.
2020/06/17
Draft amending budget No 3/2020: Entering the surplus of the financial year 2019 (A9-0104/2020 - Monika Hohlmeier)

Ho votato a favore di questa relazione, perché statuisce sostanzialmente che per l'esercizio 2020 gli Stati membri saranno tenuti ad una contribuzione nazionale inferiore rispetto a quella erogata per l'esercizio 2019. Infatti, l'obiettivo del progetto di bilancio rettificativo è iscrivere nel bilancio 2020 l'eccedenza derivante dall'esecuzione dell'esercizio 2019. Questo surplus è determinato da maggiori entrate, per quasi due miliardi e mezzo di EUR, e da una sottoesecuzione delle spese, pari a 800 milioni di euro. Questo saldo positivo ridurrà in proporzione le contribuzioni nazionali dovute dai diversi Paesi in base al proprio reddito nazionale lordo.
2020/06/17
Draft amending budget No 4/2020: proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria (A9-0106/2020 - Monika Hohlmeier)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto si tratta del rettificativo di bilancio necessario a sbloccare i fondi (circa 279 milioni di euro) destinati alla mobilitazione del Fondo di solidarietà dell'Unione europea per fornire assistenza al Portogallo, alla Spagna, all'Italia e all'Austria. È importante sottolineare che di questo genere di misure beneficerà in primo luogo l'Italia, che otterrà la quota più alta delle attribuzioni, in considerazione del maggior danno da essa subito a seguito dell'emergenza COVID, motivo per cui questa misura deve ricevere il nostro pieno sostegno.
2020/06/17
Conclusion of the EU-Moldova Common Aviation Area Agreement (A9-0084/2020 - Roberts Zīle)

Sono a favore della conclusione dell'accordo poiché esso introduce una progressiva apertura del mercato, su base reciproca, per quanto concerne l'accesso alle rotte e la capacità, la parità di condizioni per gli operatori economici, in base ai principi dell'Unione, e prevede l'allineamento della legislazione in materia di aviazione della Moldavia a quella dell'UE, in questioni come la sicurezza e la gestione del traffico aereo.
2020/06/17
Amendment of the EU-Moldova Common Aviation Area Agreement (accession of Croatia) (A9-0083/20202 - Roberts Zīle)

Mi sono espressa favorevolmente alla modifica dell'accordo UE - Moldavia sullo spazio aereo comune, al fine di includere la Croazia tra gli Stati membri dell'UE. È infatti doveroso che le istituzioni europee adattino il diritto UE al fine di includere i paesi che man mano aderiscono all'Unione.
2020/06/17
Amendment of the EU-Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement (accession of Bulgaria and Romania) (A9-0005/2020 - Sven Schulze)

Mi sono espressa favorevolmente alla modifica dell'accordo bilaterale tra UE e Marocco nel settore del trasporto aereo, al fine di includervi la Bulgaria e la Romania, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2020/06/17
Conclusion of the EU-China Civil Aviation Safety Agreement (A9-0087/2020 - Tomasz Piotr Poręba)

Ho votato a favore della conclusione dell'accordo UE-Cina sulla sicurezza dell'aviazione civile, in quanto esso mira a potenziare gli aspetti tecnici e di verifica reciproca sulla sicurezza aerea. Comporterà obblighi per entrambe le parti in materia di collaborazione e consultazioni, oltre a prevedere un sistema di riconoscimento reciproco dei certificati che attestano l'effettuazione dei controlli di sicurezza: quest'ultimo elemento eviterà che le autorità preposte di entrambe le parti siano obbligate a ripetere i controlli già svolti dalla controparte, con inevitabili benefici in termini di efficienza operativa.
2020/06/17
Conclusion of the EU-Georgia Common Aviation Area Agreement (A9-0082/2020 - Andris Ameriks)

Ho votato a favore del progetto di risoluzione legislativa, che dà la sua approvazione alla conclusione dell'accordo tra UE e Georgia sullo spazio aereo comune ed allo stesso tempo implementa la sentenza della Corte di giustizia n. C/2015/282. In essa, la Corte ha annullato la decisione del Consiglio sulla firma dell'accordo sui trasporti aerei (e la sua provvisoria applicazione) da un lato, tra UE e gli USA, e, dall'altro, l'Islanda e la Norvegia. Tra le ragioni della decisione della Corte, spicca la violazione da parte del Consiglio del principio di leale cooperazione stabilito all'articolo 13, paragrafo 2, TUE. L'atto normativo votato in Parlamento è finalizzato innanzitutto ad approvare la conclusione dell'accordo con la Georgia, fondamentale per rafforzare le relazioni bilaterali tra l'UE e gli Stati limitrofi, ma anche a rispettare il principio di leale cooperazione interistituzionale, in quanto necessario a garantire l'efficacia dell'azione dell'Unione.
2020/06/17
Conclusion of the EU-Israel Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement (A9-0085/2020 - Andor Deli)

Sono assolutamente favorevole alla conclusione di un accordo tra l'UE e Israele nel settore del trasporto aereo. Esso infatti apporterà notevoli vantaggi a entrambe le parti, in termini di aumento della connettività e incremento del volume degli scambi commerciali. L'accordo introduce l'obbligo per Israele di adeguarsi all'acquis dell'Unione nel settore dell'aviazione, prevedendo inoltre disposizioni ad hoc relative alla protezione della concorrenza, al rispetto delle norme sociali e del lavoro, alla tutela dei diritti dei passeggeri e alla cooperazione nel settore ambientale.
2020/06/17
EU disability strategy post 2020 (B9-0123/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla Strategia per la Disabilità post 2020, perché sono convinta, che in un momento così peculiare nella storia del nostro continente, la categoria sociale dei diversamente abili, non possa essere lasciata indietro. Ho accolto con particolare favore, che nel testo di questa strategia, vi sia il riferimento alla necessità di garantire il reciproco riconoscimento dello stato di disabilità negli Stati membri, al fine di stabilire norme e diritti comuni (civili, politici, economici e sociali) per le persone con disabilità. Si tratta infatti di un passo importante verso la garanzia di parità di trattamento indipendentemente dal paese membro in cui l'interessato si trovi.
2020/06/18
Setting up a subcommittee on tax matters (B9-0187/2020)

. – Ho votato a favore della decisione del Parlamento di creare una sottocommissione in materia fiscale, finalizzata alla lotta alla frode fiscale, all'evasione fiscale e all'elusione fiscale, nonché preposta alla trasparenza finanziaria a fini fiscali. Sono infatti sempre più convinta che non si possa procedere verso un rafforzamento dell'integrazione europea, senza passare attraverso un'armonizzazione delle disposizioni in materia di frode fiscale. Accolgo con particolare favore la decisione del Parlamento di costituire quest'organo in modo che sia in rapporto interorganico di dipendenza con la commissione per i problemi economici e monetari, perché, ciò garantirà, un controllo della seconda sull'operato del primo, e non determinerà una moltiplicazione disordinata dei centri decisionali.
2020/06/18
Setting up a special committee on beating cancer, its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office (B9-0188/2020)

. – Ho votato a favore della decisione del Parlamento europeo, sulla creazione di una commissione speciale per la lotta al cancro, perché ritengo che né a livello unionale, né a livello statale, debbano essere risparmiati gli sforzi per contrastare questa malattia di cui troppo spesso si ignorano ancora, eziologia e cura. La commissione speciale, assicurerà uno stretto legame con la missione di ricerca sul cancro, nel futuro programma Orizzonte Europa, rafforzando quindi la connessione con uno dei più importanti programmi europei nel quadro dello sviluppo sociale. Essa svolgerà un'attività coordinata con gli sforzi degli Stati membri, concentrandosi sui settori in cui essi non possono da soli conseguire risultati sufficienti, ad esempio per quanto riguarda il cancro infantile o i tumori rari.
2020/06/18
Setting up a special committee on artificial intelligence in a digital age, its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office (B9-0189/2020)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione finalizzata alla creazione di un Comitato per l'Intelligenza artificiale. Infatti, attualmente è impossibile negare l'importanza che l'intelligenza artificiale ricopre e ricoprirà nell'elaborazione delle strategie di crescita, sia a livello nazionale che europeo. La concorrenza extra europea in questo settore è sempre più spietata, e se l'Unione europea non adotterà un approccio coerente e coordinato nello studio e nell'approfondimento di questo tema, rischierà di perdere un'occasione irripetibile in termini di innovazione, a vantaggio di altri attori sul mercato internazionale. La costituzione di un comitato ad hoc, contribuirà senz'altro a rendere più efficiente l'approccio allo studio dell'intelligenza artificiale, permettendo di analizzare più organicamente, eventuali iniziative legislative da attivare in quest'ambito.
2020/06/18
Guidelines for the 2021 Budget - Section III (A9-0110/2020 - Pierre Larrouturou)

Ho deciso di votare contro il testo normativo, contenente le linee guida del Parlamento per l'approvazione del bilancio UE per il 2021. In effetti, è innegabile che questo testo contiene riferimenti condivisibili, circa la necessità di concentrare gli sforzi economici europei, nell'innescare la ripresa, ma dall'altro lato, continua a richiamare la necessità per le imprese e gli Stati membri, di rispettare obiettivi ambientali concepiti prima dell'emergenza COVID. Attualmente, tali obiettivi appaiono di difficile realizzazione, nei tempi e nei modi previsti dalla Commissione, proprio a causa della situazione economica disastrosa cui si trovano a far fronte, Stati membri e imprese. Non discuto l'importanza e la necessità del rispetto di tali obiettivi climatici, ma ritengo che siano doverose proroghe di alcuni termini, per evitare che le imprese e gli Stati membri sopportino un peso economico eccessivo, che potrebbe soffocare sul nascere la ripresa economica. Inoltre, il testo fa riferimento alla necessità di creare nuove risorse proprie, che confluiscano direttamente nel bilancio UE. I tentativi da parte di qualsiasi amministrazione centrale di aumentare costantemente le proprie fonti di entrate fiscali, a spese degli amministrati, difficilmente trovano il mio sostegno, in quanto suscettibili di rafforzare ed aumentare una macchina burocratica che a mio avviso andrebbe invece rimodellata e flessibilizzata.
2020/06/19
The PRC national security law for Hong Kong and the need for the EU to defend Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy (RC-B9-0169/2020, B9-0169/2020, B9-0171/2020, B9-0173/2020, B9-0174/2020, B9-0176/2020, B9-0181/2020, B9-0193/2020)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione comune perché ritengo che non si debba abbassare la guardia, su quanto sta succedendo ad Hong Kong in questo periodo. In effetti, il regime comunista cinese, sfruttando il clamore causato dalla pandemia, ha arrestato indiscriminatamente oltre 200 persone scese in piazza in modo pacifico, per chiedere libertà, democrazia e il ritiro della legge che assoggetterebbe definitivamente il Paese a Pechino. In tutto questo, la comunità internazionale si mostra come spesso accade troppo timida, con il grave silenzio dell'Unione europea che non ha ancora espresso una posizione forte di condanna verso un regime che, dall'estate scorsa, ha arrestato oltre 8 mila manifestanti. Credo inoltre che nei trattati commerciali in via d'attuazione, l'UE debba imporre delle sanzioni a Pechino e inserire delle clausole legate al rispetto dei diritti umani a Hong Kong.
2020/06/19
European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis (B9-0172/2020)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di risoluzione perché ritengo sia uno strumento necessario, a garantire la sicurezza e proteggere i diritti fondamentali dei lavoratori, che esercitano la libertà di circolazione all'interno dell'Unione. È fondamentale che la Commissione e gli Stati membri sviluppino sinergie anche in questo settore, per garantire che vengano adottate disposizioni permanenti che regolino sia la mobilità, ad esempio individuando e mantenendo dei "corridoi verdi" provvisti di misure di sicurezza e condizioni di viaggio ben definite e chiaramente comunicate, e a maggior ragione, la salute dei lavoratori, così come il rispetto di tutte le condizioni di lavoro applicabili e la loro efficace applicazione. Tali elementi dovrebbero essere i principi guida di qualsiasi misura adottata alla luce della crisi e della via verso la ripresa, soprattutto considerando la situazione particolarmente vulnerabile dei lavoratori transfrontalieri e mobili durante e dopo l'epidemia di COVID-19.
2020/06/19
International and domestic parental abduction of EU children in Japan (B9-0205/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione perché sono preoccupata per l'aumento del numero di casi relativi alla sottrazione di minori in Giappone, da parte di un genitore. Nel testo si chiede alle autorità giapponesi di rispettare le norme internazionali sulla protezione dei minori e di introdurre delle modifiche al loro sistema giuridico per consentire l'affidamento condiviso. Ai sensi della Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti del fanciullo (UNCRC), ogni bambino ha il diritto di mantenere un rapporto personale e un contatto diretto con entrambi i genitori, a meno che ciò non sia contrario ai loro interessi.
2020/07/08
The rights of persons with intellectual disabilities in the COVID-19 crisis (B9-0204/2020)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché rappresenta un tassello decisivo per il rispetto e la tutela dei diritti delle persone con disabilità intellettive che, mai come in questo grave periodo di crisi, hanno visto le proprie necessità e i propri bisogni intaccati e messi a rischio.
2020/07/08
Ειδικοί κανόνες για την απόσπαση οδηγών στον τομέα των οδικών μεταφορών και απαιτήσεις επιβολής (A9-0114/2020 - Kateřina Konečná) (A9-0114/2020 - Kateřina Konečná)

Sostengo l'accordo raggiunto tra Parlamento e Consiglio, anche in considerazione del quadro più ampio di misure previste dal I Pacchetto Mobilità. Il testo di compromesso può essere considerato accettabile, soprattutto alla luce del fatto che ad oggi non esiste una normativa che regolamenti il settore. Punto importante è quello di disincentivare l'impiego da parte delle imprese dell'Est di conducenti a paghe ridotte che operano stabilmente in Italia, creando condizioni di dumping salariale e concorrenza sleale.
2020/07/08
Daily and weekly driving times, minimum breaks and rest periods and positioning by means of tachographs (A9-0115/2020 - Henna Virkkunen)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di direttiva in quanto parte di un insieme di proposte legislative della Commissione europea che costituiscono il "I Pacchetto Mobilità". La proposta di direttiva sui tempi di guida e di riposo e sui tachigrafi migliora le condizioni sociali degli operatori del settore e risolve una serie di problematiche che migliorano, in generale, il lavoro degli autotrasportatori, evitando così fenomeni di concorrenza sleale e dumping salariale.
2020/07/08
Adapting to development in the road transport sector (A9-0116/2020 - Ismail Ertug)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di modifica perché introduce alcuni elementi per ridurre il fenomeno di cabotaggio sistematico da parte di imprese dell'Est, riducendo così la concorrenza sleale nei confronti delle imprese italiane.Il mantenimento della disposizione di 3 operazioni di cabotaggio in 7 giorni è accettabile, in quanto la problematica era costituita dalla difficoltà dei controlli, che potranno ora divenire più efficaci con l'entrata in vigore dei tachigrafi intelligenti. Infine, l'applicazione di requisiti di stabilimento più stringenti consente di limitare il proliferare di società fittizie.
2020/07/08
Amending Directives (EU) 2017/2455 and (EU) 2019/1995 as regards the dates of transposition and application due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis (A9-0122/2020 - Ondřej Kovařík)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di direttiva per il rinvio di 6 mesi (dal 1° gennaio 2020 al 1° luglio 2020), causa COVID-19, dei termini di recepimento e attuazione, negli Stati membri, delle direttive sull'IVA nel commercio elettronico. Il rinvio di date di adempimenti e/o recepimenti della legislazione europea, in questo caso, soprattutto se giustificati dalla crisi dovuta alla COVID-19, non può che trovarmi d'accordo.
2020/07/09
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2018 (A9-0118/2020 - Bas Eickhout)

Ho espresso voto contrario alla relazione, perché fortemente ideologica, in quanto vorrebbe l'azione della BEI incentrata, in maniera esasperata, sul raggiungimento di obiettivi climatici difficilmente raggiungibili senza un forte impulso alla cooperazione globale. Inoltre, nella relazione non si tiene conto degli ultimi drammatici sviluppi legati alla crisi pandemica.
2020/07/09
Protection of the European Union's financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2018 (A9-0103/2020 - Joachim Kuhs)

Ho votato a favore della relazione perché sottolinea la necessità di migliorare l'efficacia dell'Ufficio europeo anti-frode e della Procura europea, nonché della cooperazione tra Stati nazionali al fine di combattere le diverse tipologie di frodi, che ormai hanno assunto una dimensione transnazionale e transfrontaliera.
2020/07/09
Humanitarian situation in Venezuela and migration and refugee crisis (RC-B9-0211/2020, B9-0211/2020, B9-0212/2020, B9-0213/2020, B9-0214/2020, B9-0215/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione che denuncia la grave crisi umanitaria in Venezuela perché invita il regime di Nicolas Maduro a prendere atto della gravità della situazione e ad agire di conseguenza nell'interesse della popolazione: è necessario creare le condizioni per arrivare ad elezioni presidenziali e legislative libere, trasparenti e credibili, sotto la vigilanza imparziale di osservatori internazionali, evitando categoricamente qualsiasi forma di violenza, minaccia o azione militare.
2020/07/09
Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Certain uses of chromium trioxide (B9-0202/2020)

Ho espresso voto contrario a questo atto, che verte sul progetto di atto delegato della Commissione sulla concessione di un'autorizzazione parziale, ai sensi della normativa sanitaria REACH, in relazione ad alcuni usi del triossido di cromo. In effetti, più che concentrarsi sulla protezione della salute umana come bene supremo in sé considerato, ritengo che il testo normativo votato in Parlamento si focalizzi eccessivamente sul rafforzamento dei poteri istruttori della Commissione, al fine di obbligare le imprese a fornire informazioni tecniche piuttosto delicate e giustificando l'intervento di quest'ultima con l'approccio precauzionale finalizzato alla protezione della salute umana. Sono convinta che il compito delle istituzioni europee sia quello di facilitare l'operato delle imprese che lavorano onestamente sul territorio europeo e di creare un circolo virtuoso, improntato alla fiducia, tra istituzioni e sistema produttivo. Eccessivi poteri istruttori affidati agli organi dell'UE sull'operato delle imprese, e troppo gravosi adempimenti imposti alle stesse, specie in termini di erogazione di informazioni piuttosto sensibili, non costituiscono certo il modo migliore per instaurare tale circolo virtuoso.
2020/07/10
A comprehensive European approach to energy storage (A9-0130/2020 - Claudia Gamon)

Mi sono espressa in senso favorevole alla relazione su un approccio europeo globale allo stoccaggio dell'energia. Infatti, in considerazione degli impegni di decarbonizzazione assunti dall'UE, in vista del raggiungimento della neutralità climatica entro il 2050, è necessaria una transizione accelerata, passando, come fonte di energia primaria, dai combustibili fossili alle fonti di energia rinnovabili. Si prevede, in tutti gli scenari, che la decarbonizzazione avvenga principalmente attraverso l'elettrificazione dei settori principali (energia, trasporti, riscaldamento e raffreddamento), portando a un massiccio aumento della domanda di energia elettrica: secondo la Commissione, tale domanda nel 2050 sarà più che raddoppiata. Poiché ci siamo impegnati a decarbonizzare il settore energetico, la quota di elettricità generata a partire dalle fonti di energia rinnovabili aumenterà. Una quota più elevata di fonti di energia rinnovabile si traduce inevitabilmente in una maggiore volatilità della rete elettrica. Pertanto, se vogliamo onorare l'impegno da noi assunto circa la neutralità climatica, occorre un forte aumento della capacità di stoccaggio per garantire la sicurezza dell'approvvigionamento energetico.
2020/07/10
Conclusion of an EU - New Zealand agreement, under negotiation, on the exchange of personal data for fighting serious crime and terrorism (A9-0131/2020 - Annalisa Tardino)

Ho votato a favore della relazione sulla raccomandazione del Parlamento europeo al Consiglio e alla Commissione, concernente la conclusione di un accordo, in corso di negoziazione, tra l'Unione europea e la Nuova Zelanda sullo scambio di dati personali tra l'Agenzia Europol e le autorità neozelandesi competenti in materia di lotta contro le forme gravi di criminalità e il terrorismo. Ho votato sì alla relazione perché per principio non faccio mai mancare il mio appoggio all'elaborazione di strumenti che permettano di migliorare la cooperazione tra l'UE e gli Stati terzi, specie in materie così delicate come la lotta al terrorismo e alla criminalità transnazionale. Tuttavia, occorre che l'accordo contenga tutte le salvaguardie ed i controlli necessari per la protezione dei dati personali, in conformità con le garanzie previste dalla Carta di Nizza in materia di diritto al rispetto alla vita privata, e dalla Convenzione europea sui diritti dell'Uomo (CEDU); quest'ultima consacrata dall'articolo 6 del Trattato UE a principio generale del diritto dell'Unione.
2020/07/10
Transitional provisions in order to address the impact of COVID-19 crisis (amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628) (C9-0161/2020)

Ho votato sì alla proposta del Parlamento e del Consiglio mirante a prorogare alcune disposizioni transitorie relative alle procedure di omologazione UE di motori destinati alle macchine mobili non stradali (es: trattori e macchinari agricoli). Le modifiche in questione sono state introdotte per far fronte alla situazione causata dallo scoppio della pandemia di COVID-19. Essa infatti ha causato una perturbazione nella catena di approvvigionamento dei componenti essenziali per i motori di macchine mobili non stradali: è quindi improbabile che i costruttori di queste ultime siano in grado di garantire che i motori e le macchine munite di tali motori (che beneficiano del periodo di transizione ai sensi del regolamento n. 2016/1628) rispettino i termini fissati in tale regolamento, senza subire un grave danno economico. È necessario quindi prorogare alcune disposizioni transitorie del regolamento n. 2016/1628, per garantire la certezza del diritto e la parità di trattamento ai costruttori, indipendentemente dal fatto che abbiano prodotto macchine mobili non stradali, prima o dopo la data di entrata in vigore del presente regolamento.
2020/07/10
Conduct of clinical trials with and supply of medicinal products for human use containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms intended to treat or prevent coronavirus disease (C9-0185/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione legislativa mirante ad autorizzare sperimentazioni cliniche con medicinali per uso umano contenenti OGM e destinati alla cura e prevenzione della malattia da COVID-19. Infatti, ritengo che la protezione della salute umana sia uno dei fini supremi dell'ordinamento, e se è vero che occorre adottare il principio di precauzione nell'impiego di organismi geneticamente modificati in medicinali ad uso umano, è parimenti certo che l'attuale situazione di emergenza non ci consente di rimanere inerti di fronte ad una pandemia che minaccia di scuotere nuovamente l'Europa e il mondo con una seconda ondata. Le istituzioni dell'Unione europea hanno il dovere giuridico e morale di attivarsi per rimuovere gli ostacoli che limitano e rallentano il lavoro degli esperti che si stanno adoperando per trovare una cura alla malattia da COVID-19, ed il Parlamento europeo oggi ha fatto la sua parte.
2020/07/10
EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa (A9-0129/2020 - Javier Nart)

La relazione presenta molte parti condivisibili (in specifico, sulla minaccia del terrorismo islamico, sulla sfida rappresentata dalle migrazioni, sulle violazioni dei diritti umani) ma, dall'altra parte, non condivido alcuni punti poco chiari circa gli strumenti di finanziamento a favore di questa regione africana. Inoltre, non trovo condivisibile la richiesta al Consiglio di addebitare agli Stati membri le spese operative derivanti dall'attuazione del Fondo europeo per la pace. Per questo ho espresso voto di astensione.
2020/09/15
Implementation of the EU Association Agreement with Georgia (A9-0136/2020 - Sven Mikser)

Ho espresso voto di astensione sulla relazione in oggetto perché, accanto ad aspetti positivi nell'ambito del dialogo politico col completamento della riforma costituzionale, o ancora nella richiesta di assicurare il pluralismo dei media e il rispetto dell'indipendenza giudiziaria, non mancano aspetti problematici come quelli legati alla poca chiarezza su tempi e modalità dell'ulteriore integrazione europea del Paese.
2020/09/16
Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (A9-0137/2020 - Hannah Neumann)

Ho espresso voto di astensione sulla relazione in oggetto perché, accanto ad aspetti positivi come i richiami al rispetto degli otto criteri della posizione comune e allo scambio di informazioni tra Stati membri, rimangono perplessità circa la mancanza di coordinazione tra convergenza europea e accordi bilaterali o multilaterali già presi tra Strati membri.
2020/09/16
Strategic approach to pharmaceuticals in the environment

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione in oggetto perché affronta, per la prima volta in modo organico, il problema della creazione dell'antibiotico resistenza derivante dalla possibile dispersione eccessiva di farmaci nell'ambiente.
2020/09/17
Preparation of the Special European Council, focusing on the dangerous escalation and the role of Turkey in the Eastern-Mediterranean

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla relazione congiunta perché condanna esplicitamente l'aggressività, anche nei toni e nel linguaggio, e le azioni unilaterali della Turchia, che stanno ulteriormente destabilizzando un'area importante dall'equilibrio geopolitico precario. Si mette, inoltre, la giusta pressione al regime di Erdogan.
2020/09/17
Digital Finance: emerging risks in crypto-assets - regulatory and supervisory challenges in the area of financial services, institutions and markets (A9-0161/2020 - Ondřej Kovařík)

Ho espresso voto di astensione sulla normativa attesa in materia di finanza digitale perché in essa ho riscontrato aspetti positivi e negativi: da un lato riveste un valore aggiuntivo per lo sviluppo di attività finanziarie in termini di efficienza, riduzione dei costi, trasparenza, tracciabilità delle operazioni e rafforzamento dei flussi finanziari. Dall'altro, invece, poiché non sempre passa attraverso il tradizionale sistema bancario, nasconde dei rischi molto insidiosi per la stabilità finanziaria, per le potenziali attività criminali e per la protezione dei dati del consumatore.
2020/10/08
Intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies (A9-0176/2020 - Stéphane Séjourné)

Ho espresso il mio voto positivo sulla relazione riguardante l'intelligenza artificiale e i diritti di proprietà intellettuale perché ritengo spetti all'Unione europea dotarsi di un quadro giuridico operativo, nonché di politiche pubbliche all'altezza della sfida.Tale quadro deve necessariamente comprendere una riflessione sui diritti di proprietà intellettuale (DPI) al fine di stimolare e proteggere l'innovazione e la creazione nel settore: bisogna valutare il diritto dei brevetti in quanto il brevetto tutela le invenzioni tecniche e i suoi prodotti, nonché gli stessi autori.
2020/10/20
Report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (A9-0166/2020 - Dragoş Tudorache)

Le constatazioni della commissione AFET forniscono un'immagine contrastante dell'attuazione dell'accordo di associazione con la Moldavia. In alcuni dei settori contemplati dall'AA/DCFTA vi sono stati innegabilmente degli sviluppi positivi, in particolare le azioni adottate per migliorare il settore finanziario e, di conseguenza, ridurre il rischio di frodi bancarie di varia natura, come quella scoperta nel 2014; si è vista inoltre crescente cooperazione nel settore dell'energia e un costante aumento degli scambi commerciali bilaterali mediante l'attuazione della DCFTA. Tuttavia, tali sviluppi sono stati offuscati da un generale arretramento sul fronte della qualità della vita democratica del Paese, che costituiscono un "elemento essenziale" dell'accordo di associazione e che sono connessi sia all'assistenza finanziaria dell'UE allo Stato della Moldavia sia al regime di esenzione del visto per i suoi cittadini. Andrebbe per questo avviata una riflessione più ampia e accurata sui risultati economici e politici dell'AA/DCFTA. Si spiega così il mio voto di astensione.
2020/10/20
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the VPC/HR on relations with Belarus (A9-0167/2020 - Petras Auštrevičius)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla relazione perché, come ho già ribadito in altre occasioni e con altre iniziative personali, condanna nettamente il regime di Lukashenko e ribadisce la richiesta di nuove elezioni che siano libere, trasparenti e regolari. Si rammenta inoltre la necessità inequivocabile di rispettare i diritti fondamentali dei cittadini bielorussi e si esprime la netta condanna di ogni forma di violenza e repressione, con la richiesta esplicita di rilasciare i prigionieri politici.
2020/10/21
Deforestation (A9-0179/2020 - Delara Burkhardt)

Alla luce dei recenti risultati di studi e consultazioni avviati dalla Commissione e delle risultanze accademiche sulla questione, è necessario un intervento normativo dell'Unione.Il Parlamento europeo ha sistematicamente raccomandato alla Commissione di intensificare l'azione dell'Unione contro la deforestazione globale attraverso controlli, monitoraggi, attuazione e accesso alla giustizia.La mia perplessità, che comporta poi la mia astensione sulla relazione in oggetto, è dovuta al fatto che tale regolamentazione amplia di fatto le zone interessate: non sono più solo le foreste ma anche zone torbiere e umide. Di conseguenza, risulta poco efficace e non offre un quadro di soluzioni coerenti.Infine non è stato chiarito qual è l'organo di giustizia che dovrebbe controllare il rispetto delle norme.
2020/10/22
Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy (A9-0145/2020 - Ernest Urtasun)

Ho espresso voto di astensione sulla relazione in oggetto. Da un lato, essa persegue l'obiettivo fondamentale di migliorare i diritti delle donne e delle ragazze nei Paesi terzi combattendo ogni forma di discriminazione. Inoltre, si esprime la condanna ad ogni forma di violenza sulle donne (tra cui anche le mutilazioni genitali, la tratta di esseri umani, i matrimoni forzati), la parità retributiva e il maggiore coinvolgimento delle donne nei processi decisionali politici. Dall'altro lato, non ho apprezzato l'impronta fortemente ideologizzata di taluni passaggi e l'assenza di considerazioni sui diritti delle donne ove vige il fondamentalismo islamico. Infine, ho espresso il mio sostegno agli emendamenti che assicurano l'accesso all'aborto legale in condizioni di sicurezza e l'accesso senza limiti ai servizi per la salute sessuale e riproduttiva, nel pieno esercizio dei diritti umani della persona.
2020/10/23
EU/Seychelles Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Implementation. Protocol (2020-2026) (A9-0185/2020 - Caroline Roose)

Ho espresso voto di astensione sull'accordo in oggetto perché se da un lato presenta dei risvolti positivi in termini occupazionali per la popolazione indigena, con conseguente miglioramento delle condizioni di vita, dall'altro è, in alcuni suoi punti, eccessivamente limitativo per le navi da pesca UE, soprattutto per quel che concerne i controlli a bordo e la pesca solo delle risorse eccedentarie.
2020/11/11
Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”) (A9-0196/2020 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

Ho espresso voto favorevole al programma d'azione dell'Unione perché potrebbe rappresentare un'efficace soluzione all'annoso problema della fornitura di materie prime e principi attivi farmaceutici, per cui l'Unione europea dipende ancora troppo da Paesi terzi. È stato un primo passo per costruire una vera autonomia europea in ambito medico e farmaceutico che renderebbe l'Unione più resiliente e pronta a rispondere ad eventuali shock esogeni come quello della pandemia di Covid-19 che stiamo vivendo.
2020/11/13
Tackling homelessness rates in the European Union (B9-0363/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione in oggetto che esamina la situazione di oltre 4 milioni di cittadini europei senzatetto, un numero che nell'UE è aumentato di oltre il 70% negli ultimi 10 anni a seguito di diversi fattori tra cui la crisi economica, la crescita dei prezzi degli immobili e i progressivi tagli allo stato sociale. In particolare, ho apprezzato il richiamo a lavorare sulla prevenzione e sull'intervento precoce per fornire pari accesso ad assistenza sanitaria e istruzione, sostenere l'integrazione nel mercato del lavoro, con strategie nazionali a lungo termine per combattere il fenomeno, ponendo fine ad esso entro il 2030.
2020/11/23
The Schengen system and measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis (B9-0362/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole sulla risoluzione in oggetto che esamina gli impatti delle misure anti-COVID sulla libera circolazione nello spazio Schengen, ed in particolare sulle aree transfrontaliere.In particolare, ho condiviso i passaggi del testo in cui si nota che il ripristino dei controlli alle frontiere ha prodotto effettivi negativi per il settore turistico e per quello commerciale. Ho inoltre apprezzato il passaggio sui lavoratori transfrontalieri, particolarmente penalizzati dall'insufficiente coordinamento sulle diverse restrizioni poste in essere a livello nazionale.
2020/11/23
Addressing product safety in the single market (A9-0207/2020 - Marion Walsmann)

Ho espresso voto favorevole al testo di compromesso perché, in particolare, viene affrontato l'importante tema del "Made In ": viene infatti introdotto il riferimento alla tracciabilità lungo la supply chain , ribadendo l'importanza di una tracciabilità efficace e funzionante a garanzia della sicurezza e della qualità dei prodotti. Auspico che sia un primo passo verso l'etichettatura con indicazione di origine e tracciabilità obbligatoria.
2020/11/25
Improving development effectiveness and efficiency of aid (A9-0212/2020 - Tomas Tobé)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione in oggetto perché vengono finalmente introdotti i concetti di efficacia dello sviluppo ed efficienza degli aiuti ai Paesi terzi. Gli aiuti allo sviluppo e gli investimenti pubblici europei devono promuovere priorità e obiettivi strategici comuni, compresa la gestione del fenomeno migratorio.
2020/11/25
Escalating tensions in Varosha following the illegal actions by Turkey and the urgent need for the resumption of talks (B9-0355/2020)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché esprime ferma condanna delle azioni della Turchia sull'isola turca, a seguito della riapertura della città di Varosia dopo quarantasei anni, in totale violazione delle risoluzioni delle Nazioni Unite. Nella risoluzione, inoltre, si sottolinea la necessità di attuare l'acquis dell'Unione europea in tutta l'isola di Cipro, a seguito della soluzione del problema sull'isola, che deve essere la sua riunificazione sotto l'egida delle Nazioni Unite.
2020/11/26
Elimination of customs duties on certain products (A9-0217/2020 - Bernd Lange)

Il mio voto a favore sul regolamento è motivato dal fatto che l'Italia e l'Unione europea hanno tutto l'interesse a mantenere ottime relazioni commerciali con gli Stati Uniti, e questo passa dalla soppressione del regime dei dazi. Tale regolamento è un mini-accordo di cinque anni che prevede la soppressione dei dazi doganali da parte europea per le aragoste americane e la riduzione da parte americana dei dazi su alcuni prodotti europei.
2020/11/26
Union General Export Authorisation for the export of certain dual-use items from the Union to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (C9-0345/2020 - Bernd Lange)

Ho votato a favore di questo regolamento che prevede l'inserimento del Regno Unito e dell'Irlanda del Nord nella lista di Paesi idonei all'esportazione di prodotti a duplice uso a basso rischio. Tale misura è dettata dall'imminente uscita del Regno Unito dall'Unione europea.
2020/11/26
EU Trade Policy Review (B9-0370/2020)

Il mio voto a favore tiene conto dell'attuale crisi economica scatenata dalla pandemia da Covid-19. La revisione della politica commerciale europea si pone l'obiettivo di aumentare la competitività degli operatori europei, con una menzione importante per il settore agricolo. Si ribadisce l'impegno dell'Unione europea per un sistema commerciale aperto, multilaterale e fondato sulle regole dell'Organizzazione mondiale del commercio. Nel testo, si ribadisce il sostegno alle PMI, spina dorsale delle economie dell'intero continente europeo.
2020/11/26
Rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (A9-0187/2020 - József Szájer)

Ho espresso voto favorevole, alla relazione ,perché mira a rafforzare la trasparenza e la responsabilità, nell'attuazione del diritto dell'Unione, in alcuni settori di intervento estremamente controversi, come la salute umana e animale. Il testo propone una serie di misure specifiche per limitare l'utilizzo degli atti di esecuzione da parte della Commissione e, al contempo, stabilisce la necessità di sensibilizzare i cittadini europei, non solo sul processo decisionale, ma anche sulle motivazioni alla base dello stesso.
2020/12/17
European Citizens' Initiative - Minority Safepack (B9-0403/2020, B9-0405/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole al Minority SafePack, perché trattasi di un'iniziativa dei cittadini europei, che chiede all'Unione europea, di intraprendere iniziative, volte a tutelare e promuovere le minoranze nazionali, incluse quelle linguistiche, presenti nell'Unione.
2020/12/17
Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (B9-0400/2020)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione perché si sottolinea, giustamente, il ruolo importante che l'istruzione e la formazione professionale, svolgono nel mercato del lavoro, soprattutto in un contesto di continuo cambiamento. Esse forniscono infatti, a studenti e lavoratori, gli strumenti necessari per approcciarsi al mondo del lavoro per la prima volta o per reinserirsi, con nuove competenze, richieste dalle imprese.
2020/12/17
Exercise of the Union's rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules (A9-0133/2020 - Marie-Pierre Vedrenne)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla relazione, perché una modifica del regolamento è funzionale alla protezione e promozione degli interessi europei in ambito commerciale, soprattutto alla luce dei recenti sviluppi in sede di Organizzazione mondiale del commercio e del blocco dell'Organo d'appello, che hanno messo in luce, gravi lacune del quadro legislativo attuale.
2021/01/19
Achieving an effective policy legacy for the European Year of Cultural Heritage (A9-0210/2020 - Dace Melbārde)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla relazione, perché condivido la posizione del relatore, nel ritenere che il patrimonio culturale europeo, fisico e non fisico, rappresenti qualcosa dal valore inestimabile, in particolare nella sua componente linguistica regionale. Un migliore coordinamento a livello europeo tra tutti gli attori coinvolti non potrà che migliorare e rafforzare tale posizione dell'Unione europea.
2021/01/20
Artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law (A9-0001/2021 - Gilles Lebreton)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla relazione, perché punta ad esaminare in che misura le norme del diritto internazionale pubblico e privato e del diritto dell'UE, siano adeguate rispetto agli impieghi civili e militari di tecnologie di IA, robotica e tecnologie correlate, mettendo in risalto sfide e rischi, che queste tecnologie pongono per le autorità e le istituzioni.
2021/01/20
Revision of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) guidelines (A9-0251/2020 - Jens Gieseke)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla relazione, in quanto trattasi di una relazione bilanciata e che tiene conto di molti punti di cui l'Italia potrebbe beneficiare: in particolare, l'importanza di garantire la manutenzione delle infrastrutture e i relativi standard di sicurezza; la necessità di garantire la competitività delle imprese nella definizione delle politiche volte alla decarbonizzazione; sburocratizzazione e semplificazione delle procedure amministrative per la realizzazione dei progetti; rafforzamento delle infrastrutture nel Mediterraneo e nelle isole, riconoscendo un ruolo strategico al Mar Mediterraneo stesso; protezione dell'infrastruttura strategica delle reti TEN-T; l'importanza di completare le tratte ferroviarie transfrontaliere Torino-Lione e Brennero.
2021/01/20
The arrest of Aleksei Navalny (B9-0090/2021, B9-0091/2021, B9-0092/2021, B9-0093/2021, B9-0094/2021, B9-0095/2021)

Ho espresso voto favorevole, al testo in cui si sottolinea che l'attentato a Alexei Navalny e il suo arresto immediato al ritorno in Russia, mirino a scoraggiare un'ulteriore denuncia della grave corruzione nel regime e facciano parte di uno sforzo sistemico, per zittire ed eliminare l'opposizione politica e altre voci dissidenti nel paese, in particolare in vista delle imminenti elezioni parlamentari dell'autunno 2021; si esprime la sua solidarietà alle forze democratiche in Russia, impegnate per una società aperta e libera. Condanna l'uso ripetuto da parte della Federazione russa di agenti nervini contro i cittadini russi e ricorda che l'uso di armi chimiche in qualsiasi circostanza costituisce un crimine riprovevole ai sensi del diritto internazionale, in particolare ai sensi della Convenzione sulle armi chimiche; esorta le autorità russe a indagare, assicurare alla giustizia e indicare i responsabili del crimine commesso contro Alexei Navalny.Si chiede anche agli Stati membri dell'UE di stabilire un approccio comune con la Russia, basato su un sostegno alla società civile, alla democrazia, allo stato di diritto.
2021/01/21
The latest developments in the National Assembly of Venezuela (RC-B9-0056/2021, B9-0056/2021, B9-0060/2021, B9-0062/2021, B9-0064/2021, B9-0065/2021)

La risoluzione non riconosce la legittimità o la legalità dell'Assemblea nazionale fraudolenta, istituita il 5 gennaio 2021, sulla base di queste elezioni non democratiche. Al contrario riafferma che, finché in Venezuela non si terranno elezioni veramente libere, credibili, inclusive, trasparenti e pienamente democratiche, si continuerà a considerare come unico organo politico rappresentativo e democratico legittimo, l'Assemblea nazionale eletta nel dicembre 2015, il suo Presidente Juan Guaidó e la sua Commissione delegata guidata anche da Juan Guaidó.Si esprime solidarietà e sostegno al popolo del Venezuela, che soffre gli effetti di una grave crisi umanitaria e politica attualmente aggravata dalla pandemia COVID19; si chiede inoltre il rilascio incondizionato e immediato degli oltre 350 prigionieri politici in Venezuela.Per tutti questi motivi ho espresso voto favorevole.
2021/01/21
Reforming the EU list of tax havens (B9-0052/2021)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione sul tema delle giurisdizioni non cooperanti e i paradisi fiscali. Nello specifico la risoluzione riguarda la riforma e l'implementazione della lista europea dei paradisi fiscali. Essa, attualmente, sembrerebbe coprire meno del 2% delle perdite di gettito fiscale mondiale, rendendo lo strumento confuso e inefficace. Se ne chiede dunque un rafforzamento, attraverso una maggiore trasparenza, coerenza, criteri di elencazione più severi e imparziali e misure difensive più forti, contro l'elusione fiscale.
2021/01/21
Public access to documents for the years 2016-2018 (A9-0004/2021 - Ioan-Rareş Bogdan)

La risoluzione presenta una valutazione del grado di trasparenza dei processi decisionali delle istituzioni europee, per gli anni dal 2016 al 2018. In particolare, il testo osserva che, un elevato grado di trasparenza ed accesso pubblico ai documenti potrebbe avvicinare i cittadini al lavoro quotidiano delle Istituzioni europee, spesso percepite distanti e lontane dai bisogni della popolazione degli Stati membri.Apprezzabile che il testo inviti la Commissione ad incrementare il livello di trasparenza, in merito alla gestione dei fondi europei ed in particolare circa i contratti d'acquisto, spesso secretati in assenza di motivazioni sufficienti.Molto condivisibile anche l'auspicio che la Commissione dia maggiore pubblicità alle decisioni in merito alle procedure d'infrazione contro gli Stati membri, le quali talvolta, appaiono avviate più per motivazioni politiche che tecniche. Importanti le disposizioni volte ad assicurare un più agevole accesso ai documenti per i cittadini, così come il rafforzamento delle inerenti procedure di ricorso.Per tutti questi motivi, ho espresso il mio voto favorevole.
2021/02/09
Reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty (A9-0006/2021 - Özlem Demirel)

L'obiettivo della Commissione per il 2020 di ridurre di 20 milioni, il numero di persone a rischio di povertà, non è stato raggiunto. Al contrario, le disuguaglianze nell'UE sono aumentate, sia all'interno, che tra i vari Stati membri. Con la pandemia di COVID-19 e le imminenti conseguenze economiche e sociali, il rischio è che queste disuguaglianze diventino ancora più acute. La relazione di iniziativa fa un resoconto puntuale della situazione attuale, ma le proposte che propone non sono sempre condivisibili: si chiedono, infatti, provvedimenti e quadri legislativi europei su reddito minimo, salari e pensioni, che andrebbero ad aumentare la sovraregolamentazione e i sussidi, che non rappresentano la risposta che i cittadini e le imprese chiedono.Per questo motivo, ho espresso un voto di astensione.
2021/02/09
Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (“EU4Health Programme”) (A9-0196/2020 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

Ho votato a favore del Programma d'azione dell'Unione nel quadro della sanità per il periodo 2021-2027, perché con esso, l'Unione si prepone di fornire una risposta coordinata e coerente alle sfide presentate dalla pandemia attuale e da quelle future. L'impostazione del programma verte sugli aspetti organizzativi e logistici finalizzati a garantire la velocità di reazione, ma anche sulla tutela della salute intesa in senso più ampio. In particolare, prevede il rafforzamento della capacità di pianificazione e reazione dei sistemi sanitari dei 27 Paesi europei al rischio pandemico, e rinforza un approccio preventivo completo, finalizzato alla prevenzione della malattia intesa in senso lato, quale promozione di uno stile di vita sano, protezione della salute mentale e prevenzione di malattie cardiovascolari.
2021/03/09
Implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (A9-0012/2021 - Christian Doleschal)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione, in quanto essa rappresenta un passo ulteriore nella rimozione di alcuni ostacoli tecnici alla circolazione delle merci nel mercato dei materiali da costruzione, mediante l'armonizzazione delle norme sulla marcatura CE dei prodotti, in base alle loro caratteristiche e prestazioni. Tale regolamento non mira a imporre standard minimi comuni per tutti gli Stati membri, quanto piuttosto a creare un linguaggio tecnico comune, che recepisca le più efficaci pratiche industriali, e che contribuirà a rilanciare l'innovazione nel settore.
2021/03/10
Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD (A9-0014/2021 - Katrin Langensiepen)

Mi sono espressa a favore della proposta di risoluzione mirante a garantire la parità di condizioni di accesso al mercato del lavoro alle persone con disabilità. Ritengo infatti che le istituzioni dell'Unione siano tenute a rimuovere gli ostacoli che impediscono di fatto a intere fasce della popolazione di godere di uno dei principi fondamentali stabiliti all'articolo 2 del Trattato UE, ossia l'eguaglianza. Sebbene io sia tendenzialmente contraria all'introduzione di "quote", in quanto sono convinta che la loro conseguenza sia l'ulteriore marginalizzazione del destinatario di tale tipo di protezione, credo anche, che il fenomeno della disoccupazione fra i disabili stia raggiungendo livelli preoccupanti e che sia necessario un intervento rapido ed efficace delle istituzioni europee, per garantire che la tutela dell'eguaglianza delle condizioni non si riduca nei fatti, ad una vuota perifrasi.
2021/03/10
Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2019 (A9-0013/2021 - Sylvie Guillaume)

Ho espresso voto favorevole al rapporto sull'attività svolta dalla Mediatrice europea per il 2019. Da sempre mi schiero a favore delle iniziative rivolte a garantire e incrementare la trasparenza della Pubblica Amministrazione e la sua vicinanza alle necessità dei cittadini, e ritengo che la Mediatrice abbia svolto un lavoro rimarchevole in questo senso. Sebbene la figura del Mediatore non sia dotata di poteri coercitivi è innegabile che la sua autorità si esplichi in un soft power, capace di condizionare l'attività amministrativa delle istituzioni europee e di incoraggiarne, in molti casi, il buon andamento.
2021/03/10
Review of the European Union Solidarity Fund (A9-0052/2021 - Younous Omarjee)

Ho votato a favore del report relativo al Fondo di solidarietà dell'Unione europea, che esprime in primis preoccupazione per la decisione della Commissione di unire il Fondo di solidarietà dell'Unione ‒ di cui l'Italia è il principale beneficiario ‒ alla riserva per gli aiuti di emergenza. Infatti, in questo modo risulteranno più incerte le possibilità di finanziamento attraverso il Fondo di solidarietà dell'Unione, in un momento dove è molto sentita l'esigenza della certezza dei finanziamenti. Inoltre, la relazione auspica una flessibilizzazione delle procedure e un accorciamento dei tempi per i pagamenti, elementi che di certo gioveranno alle categorie produttive più colpite dalla pandemia di COVID-19.
2021/05/18
Exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (Pericles IV programme): extension to the non-participating Member States (A9-0165/2021 - Clare Daly)

. – Ho votato a favore della prosecuzione del Programma Pericle, che si occupa di contrastare il preoccupante fenomeno della contraffazione di euro, perché' lo ritengo uno strumento fondamentale nella difesa dell'integrità della nostra valuta.
2021/05/18
EU/Cuba Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (A9-0129/2021 - Gabriel Mato)

Ho votato a favore del progetto di raccomandazione finalizzato a ripartire i contingenti tariffari tra UE e Cuba a seguito del recesso del Regno Unito.Quando nel 1994 la Comunità europea accettò l'accordo istitutivo dell'OMC e i connessi accordi commerciali multilaterali, l'elenco delle concessioni e degli impegni allegato per le Comunità europee all'accordo generale GATT 1994 fu allegato contemporaneamente per il Regno Unito. L'elenco dell'UE riporta quindi impegni che sono applicabili anche al Regno Unito in quanto membro dell'OMC. Le concessioni per le merci continueranno ad applicarsi al territorio dell'UE, ma, rispetto a oggi, gli impegni quantitativi dell'UE devono essere adattati in considerazione del recesso del Regno Unito dall'UE, in particolare in termini di contingenti tariffari.
2021/05/18
Protocol to the EU/Central America Association Agreement (accession of Croatia) (A9-0148/2021 - Karol Karski)

Ho votato a favore dell'approvazione della conclusione del protocollo aggiuntivo che prevede l'adesione della Croazia all'accordo concluso dall'UE con l'America centrale perché è importante garantire il coinvolgimento di tutti gli Stati membri dell'Unione nella conclusione di accordi internazionali con Stati terzi.
2021/05/18
Agreement EU/USA/Iceland/Norway: Time Limitations on Arrangements for the Provision of Aircraft with Crew (A9-0125/2021 - Maria Grapini)

Ho votato a favore della relazione all'accordo con gli USA per la fornitura di aeromobili con equipaggio perché ritengo importante che l'Unione mantenga buone relazioni commerciali con gli Stati Uniti, soprattutto in un settore strategico come l'aeronautica.
2021/05/18
Dock dues scheme in the French outermost regions (A9-0138/2021 - Younous Omarjee)

Ho votato a favore della relazione perché, in ragione della situazione eccezionale che il mondo sta vivendo da un anno e mezzo a questa parte, ritengo accettabile la proroga del regime di deroga alle norme fiscali di cui godono certe regioni ultraperiferiche dello Stato francese come la Martinica, la Guadalupa e la Guyana. Questo regime permetterà a tali regioni di compensare gli svantaggi derivanti dalla loro perifericità e di mantenere la produzione locale.
2021/05/18
Common system of value added tax: exemptions on importations and on certain supplies, in respect of Union measures in the public interest (A9-0155/2021 - Irene Tinagli)

Ho votato sì alla risoluzione del Parlamento che si riferisce alla proposta di direttiva del Consiglio in relazione alle esenzioni fiscali applicabili alle importazioni effettuate dall'Unione nell'interesse pubblico durante un intervento di emergenza. Ci si riferisce potenzialmente alle importazioni di qualsiasi bene, ma principalmente materiale sanitario (come camici o mascherine), dispositivi di salvataggio (come gommoni o giubbotti), antibiotici, licenze farmaceutiche.Ho votato a favore perché sono convinta che la particolare situazione emergenziale in cui l'Unione si è trovata in questo anno e mezzo di pandemia giustifichi tale misura.
2021/05/18
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/002 EE/Tourism - Estonia (A9-0158/2021 - José Manuel Fernandes)

Ho votato a favore della richiesta presentata dall'Estonia di accedere al fondo di adeguamento per far fronte alla situazione del comparto turistico estone, fortemente colpito dalle conseguenze economiche della pandemia. Il fondo è finalizzato a sostenere il reinserimento nel mercato del lavoro dei disoccupati e ritengo che il suo corretto utilizzo rappresenti un utile strumento per rafforzare la ripresa economica post-pandemica.
2021/05/18
Challenges of sports events organisers in the digital environment (A9-0139/2021 - Angel Dzhambazki)

Mi sono espressa a favore dell'iniziativa perché ritengo che la vigente normativa europea in materia di protezione della proprietà intellettuale non protegga adeguatamente gli organizzatori di eventi sportivi, in particolare per quanto riguarda la concessione di licenze per i diritti di diffusione.È necessario introdurre un meccanismo in grado di garantire all'autorità giudiziaria dei paesi membri di intervenire efficacemente per contrastare il fenomeno della pirateria online; in particolare, tramite lo strumento dell'ingiunzione, sarebbe possibile impedire l'accesso a siti illegali che mostrano in diretta gli eventi sportivi e che causano un danno economico notevole agli organizzatori, soprattutto in termini di sponsorizzazione.È importante che anche in quest'ambito la normativa europea preveda validi meccanismi di rafforzamento della cooperazione tra i paesi membri, per far sì che la reazione a queste violazioni della proprietà intellettuale sia la più univoca ed efficace possibile.
2021/05/18
Research Fund for Coal and Steel (A9-0102/2021 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

Mi sono espressa in senso favorevole riguardo alla proposta della Commissione di creare un fondo per la modernizzazione e la produzione ecosostenibile di carbone e acciaio.È ben noto che l'Unione ha con queste due materie prime un legame storico indissolubile, essendo stata la CECA il primo nucleo sulla base del quale si è poi sviluppata l'Unione europea. Ma al di là dell'eredità storica, la produzione dell'acciaio ha tuttora un'importanza strategica, soprattutto se consideriamo l'impatto che la guerra dei dazi tra USA e Cina ha avuto nella determinazione del prezzo internazionale di questo bene. Anche il carbone ha a suo modo una grande importanza strategica, perché è necessario accelerare al massimo il meccanismo di transizione ecologica, soprattutto nelle regioni europee dove se ne fa ancora abbondante uso ai fini della produzione energetica.È quindi importante che l'UE finanzi meccanismi in grado di garantire la sostenibilità della produzione di queste materie prime, come parte della più ampia strategia della transizione ecologica.
2021/05/18
Artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector (A9-0127/2021 - Sabine Verheyen)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione che analizza l'impatto dell'intelligenza artificiale nel settore culturale perché credo sia conforme ai valori che da sempre difendo. Infatti, essa sottolinea la necessità di mantenere la centralità del controllo umano nell'ambito dell'istruzione tramite intelligenza artificiale, si concentra sulle particolari esigenze delle persone con disabilità e, in ultima analisi, rileva come gli strumenti di intelligenza artificiale non debbano porsi in contrasto con la tutela dei diritti fondamentali, in particolare la libertà di espressione.
2021/05/19
Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy (A9-0060/2021 - Tineke Strik)

Ho votato contro l'adozione della relazione sulla protezione dei diritti umani e sulla politica migratoria esterna dell'UE perché ritengo che affronti il tema migratorio secondo una concezione molto ideologica e poco pragmatica. Quello migratorio è uno dei temi più complessi che la società occidentali si trova oggi ad affrontare e tentare di approcciarvisi in modo partigiano e ideologico non è di aiuto a nessuno, primi tra tutti i migranti.
2021/05/19
2019-2020 Reports on Montenegro (A9-0131/2021 - Tonino Picula)

Ho votato a favore della relazione sul Montenegro perché fornisce varie raccomandazioni su alcuni punti nodali, in assenza dei quali un paese non può sperare di poter un giorno entrare a far parte dell'UE. In particolare, la relazione si concentra sulla necessità di proteggere lo stato di diritto e la tutela della libertà dei media e delle minoranze. Inoltre, si concentra sull'impegno assunto dall'Unione di assistenza allo Stato nella lotta all'emergenza pandemica.
2021/05/19
Reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments (A9-0061/2021 - Daniel Buda)

Mi sono espressa in senso favorevole alla relazione che fotografa il problematico fenomeno del declino demografico, specie nelle zone rurali e periferiche. A questo declino si aggiungono ulteriori problemi quali, ad esempio, livelli di reddito inferiori a quelli della media UE e rischio di ulteriore spopolamento dovuto alla scarsa capacità di integrazione con le aree core del continente. È quindi necessario che l'Unione intervenga (tramite strumenti quali il Fondo europeo di sviluppo regionale) per sostenere economicamente tali aree e favorire la creazione di un sistema economico maggiormente inclusivo.
2021/05/19
Accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 (B9-0263/2021)

Ho votato sì alla proposta di risoluzione perché sono totalmente convinta che l'Unione europea debba aumentare il proprio impegno nel contrastare le diseguaglianze causate dal virus HIV. Certo, la comunità internazionale in geniale e l'Unione europea in particolare hanno fatto progressi notevoli nella lotta al virus e alle sue conseguenze, in primis dal punto di vista terapeutico, ma è pur vero che, anche a causa dello scoppio della pandemia di Covid, negli ultimi tempi è scemata l'attenzione riservata all'AIDS e alla lotta alla discriminazione di chi ne è affetto.Inoltre, impegnarsi nella lotta alla discriminazione nei confronti dei malati di AIDS implica anche un'azione concreta nel campo della protezione del diritto alla salute sessuale e riproduttiva degli individui, in particolare delle donne. La lotta all'AIDS diventa un vettore di rafforzamento del principio della parità di genere. In questo senso, è necessario che questo principio governi l'azione non solo del Parlamento, ma di tutte le istituzioni dell'UE, e ispiri anche l'azione diplomatica europea nei riguardi dei paesi terzi.
2021/05/19
Chinese countersanctions on EU entities and MEPs and MPs (RC-B9-0269/2021, B9-0269/2021, B9-0270/2021, B9-0271/2021, B9-0273/2021, B9-0274/2021, B9-0275/2021)

. – Ho votato a favore della mozione di risoluzione congiunta che esprime solidarietà ai rappresentanti delle istituzioni colpiti dalle controsanzioni cinesi.La decisione cinese di reagire con sanzioni nei confronti delle istituzioni internazionali, colpevoli solo di aver criticato la condotta cinese nei confronti dei musulmani uiguri, testimonia ancora una volta quanto sia necessario che l’Unione risponda in maniera risoluta a questa sfida. La tutela dei diritti umani e la lotta alla discriminazione non sono solo norme riconosciute dai principali strumenti di diritto internazionale quali la carta delle Nazioni Unite, ma fanno parte di quei principi generali metagiuridici riconosciuti dalle nazioni civili. Dobbiamo quindi coordinarci sia a livello europeo che NATO per dare una risposta univoca e risoluta a queste vergognose violazioni.
2021/05/20
Digital future of Europe: digital single market and use of AI for European consumers (A9-0149/2021 - Deirdre Clune)

Ho votato a favore della relazione sul futuro digitale dell'Europa perché, a mio avviso, intercetta due punti fondamentali: la necessità di sostenere le nostre PMI nel processo di digitalizzazione e l'esigenza di proteggere i dati personali dei consumatori.Con riguardo al primo punto, la digitalizzazione è un passaggio obbligato nell'ambito della transizione economica che il mondo sta attraversando, ma è anche vero che comporta un sacrificio economico che spesso le PMI non sono in grado di reggere, a maggior ragione a seguito dello scoppio della pandemia. È necessario quindi che gli Stati e l'UE supportino PMI e start-up in questo processo, per aumentare la loro competitività sui mercati internazionali.In relazione al secondo punto, è ovvio che l'intelligenza artificiale è una colonna portante del processo di digitalizzazione, è necessario però che il diritto del consumatore alla tutela dei dati personali non venga sacrificato sull'altare della transizione tecnologica.Accolgo quindi con favore il fatto che la relazione sul futuro digitale dell'Europa ponga l'accento su questa tematica.
2021/05/20
The adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom (B9-0272/2021)

Ho votato no a questa risoluzione che rigetta la decisione di adeguatezza del meccanismo di protezione dei dati personali da parte del Regno Unito. In effetti, la Commissione ha svolto un'attenta valutazione del meccanismo di protezione dei dati personali previsto dalla normativa britannica e ha concluso che è equiparabile al sistema previsto dall'Unione europea.Bisogna ricordare che uno dei principi ispiratori dell'azione dell'Unione, fin dalla fine degli anni 50, è stato l'abbattimento delle barriere che si frappongono tra gli Stati, in primis sul versante economico. Se il sistema di protezione dei dati personali del Regno Unito fosse dichiarato inadeguato rispetto agli standard europei, il costo di questa nuova barriera al commercio di beni e servizi cadrebbe unicamente sulle spalle delle imprese e l'Unione non può permettere che questo avvenga. Per di più, la decisione di determinare la non corrispondenza degli standard britannici a quelli europei avrebbe ripercussioni sulla cooperazione in materia penale e di polizia, nella misura in cui renderebbe più difficile per le autorità sia britanniche che europee l'accesso alle banche dati biometriche; a uscirne indebolita sarebbe prima di tutto la capacità di risposta europea al crimine transnazionale.
2021/05/21
ETIAS consequential amendments: police and judicial cooperation (A9-0254/2020 - Jeroen Lenaers)

. – Ho espresso il mio voto favorevole alla proposta, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/06/07
ETIAS consequential amendments: borders and visa (A9-0255/2020 - Jeroen Lenaers)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta che stabilisce le condizioni di accesso agli altri sistemi di informazione dell'UE, ai fini dell'ETIAS. L'ETIAS è una banca dati istituita dall'Unione nel 2018 ed è l'acronimo di Sistema europeo di informazione e autorizzazione ai viaggi. Si tratta di un sistema informatico automatizzato, creato per identificare i rischi per la sicurezza, o legati alle migrazioni irregolari, connessi ai visitatori esenti dal visto che viaggiano nello spazio Schengen, garantendo nel contempo i diritti fondamentali e la protezione dei dati. La proposta in questione si prepone l'obiettivo di facilitare l'integrazione dell'ETIAS ad altri sistemi di informazione dell'UE, in modo da garantire un controllo più efficace e capillare di coloro che entrano nello Spazio europeo ed è quindi uno strumento in più, nella lotta all'immigrazione illegale.
2021/06/07
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/003 DE/GMH Guss - Germany (A9-0189/2021 - Jens Geier)

. – La richiesta di mobilitazione del FEG riguarda in particolare l'esubero di 585 lavoratori di un'azienda metallurgica tedesca, la Guss GMBH. Il settore metallurgico europeo sta attualmente attraversando un periodo di difficoltà, derivante da fenomeni inerenti al processo di globalizzazione: sovrapproduzione in Cina e delocalizzazione da parte di imprese occidentali, in paesi con minori standard di tutela dell'ambiente e dei lavoratori.Ho votato sì alla domanda di mobilitazione del FEG a favore di tali lavoratori, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/06/07
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/005 BE/Swissport – Belgium (A9-0188/2021 - Olivier Chastel)

. – Il Belgio ha richiesto la mobilitazione del Fondo europeo di adeguamento alla globalizzazione, per far fronte alle necessità di più di un migliaio di lavoratori della Swissport Belgium, collocati in esubero, a causa della situazione economica post-pandemica. La mobilitazione del fondo è finalizzata a garantire il reinserimento di queste persone ,nel mercato del lavoro, e serve quindi ad ammortizzare l'impatto economico causato dalla crisi.Non posso quindi che essere favorevole all'utilizzo di tale strumento e per questo motivo, ho votato sì alla proposta.
2021/06/07
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/004 NL/KLM - Netherlands (A9-0187/2021 - Monika Vana)

. – La domanda di mobilitazione del FEG riguarda 1.851 collocamenti in esubero presso la compagnia KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, colpita duramente dalla crisi economica, causata dalla pandemia di COVID.Ho votato sì alla proposta, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/06/07
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2020/007 FI/Finnair - Finland (A9-0186/2021 - Eero Heinäluoma)

. – La domanda di mobilitazione del FEG riguarda più di 500 esuberi nel settore dei trasporti aerei finlandesi, duramente colpiti dalla crisi economica post pandemica.Ho votato sì alla proposta, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/06/07
ETIAS consequential amendments: ECRIS-TCN (A9-0083/2021 - Jeroen Lenaers)

. – La proposta in questione serve a integrare e rafforzare lo scambio di informazioni tra il sistema ETIAS (sistema europeo di informazione e autorizzazione ai viaggi) e i casellari giudiziari degli Stati membri dell'Unione, per verificare più rapidamente, se la persona che richiede un visto di ingresso nell'Unione, abbia precedenti penali.Non posso quindi che dichiararmi favorevole alla proposta, poiché essa mira a combattere l'immigrazione illegale e a stimolare la cooperazione di polizia e giudiziaria, tra i vari Stati membri dell'UE.
2021/06/08
Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument 2021-2027 – Global Europe (A9-0198/2021 - Michael Gahler, Charles Goerens, Maria Arena, Rasa Juknevičienė)

. – Global Europe è il nuovo strumento di Politica europea di vicinato. Con questo termine, si indica il complesso di azioni e principi che regolano le relazioni politiche ed economiche dell'Unione con i paesi terzi che si trovino nelle vicinanze dello spazio geografico dell'Unione europea: quindi Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaigian, Bielorussia, Egitto, Georgia, Israele, Giordania, Libano, Libia, Moldova, Marocco, Palestina, Siria, Tunisia e Ucraina. La Politica europea di Vicinato ha come obiettivo il rafforzamento della prosperità, della stabilità e della sicurezza di tutti i paesi interessati. Il voto in questione si riferisce ad un solo emendamento, che riguarda il rafforzamento delle capacità degli attori militari a sostegno dello sviluppo e della sicurezza. Il gruppo parlamentare della Sinistra ha proposto di stornare il riferimento alle capacità militari in quanto, secondo loro, esse si discostano dagli obiettivi della PEV. Non condivido quest'affermazione, perché se è vero che tra le finalità principali della PEV si annoverano la sicurezza e la stabilità, il capacity building degli attori militari è imprescindibile, per garantire il raggiungimento di tali obiettivi.
2021/06/09
Regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (A9-0174/2021 - Paulo Rangel)

. – Ho votato sì alla proposta che mira a modificare lo statuto del Mediatore europeo, al fine di rafforzarne i poteri e a migliorare l'efficacia della sua azione. Da sempre infatti mi schiero a favore degli organi e delle istituzioni poste a tutela della trasparenza e dell'inclusività del processo decisionale, sia a livello nazionale che europeo. La pubblica amministrazione deve essere al servizio dei cittadini e la trasparenza dei procedimenti, sia decisionali sia esecutivi, è lo strumento più importante per garantire tale principio, che sta alla base dello stato liberale.
2021/06/09
Transitional provisions in order to address the impact of COVID-19 crisis (amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628) (C9-0185/2021)

. – Ho votato a favore della richiesta di procedura d'urgenza, in relazione all'esame delle disposizioni transitorie per la produzione di alcuni macchinari, per far fronte all'impatto della crisi COVID-19. L'articolo 163 del regolamento procedurale del Parlamento, prevede la possibilità di ridurre i tempi di discussione di alcuni atti normativi se ricorrono particolari ragioni di urgenza. In questo caso, ritengo che la situazione integri i requisiti dell'urgenza: in effetti, per ragioni di tutela ambientale, il regolamento (UE) 2016/1628 ha fissato per il 30 giugno 2021 la scadenza per la produzione di trattori dotati di motori con determinati requisiti di potenza. Il problema è che a causa dei ritardi negli approvvigionamenti dovuti all'emergenza pandemica, risulta materialmente impossibile rispettare la scadenza prevista, con inevitabili ricadute negative sull'intero settore dei macchinari agricoli europei ed italiani.
2021/06/09
The EU's Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade (B9-0305/2021)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta di risoluzione perché lo considero un testo equilibrato, che fotografa efficacemente la situazione di vulnerabilità informatica in cui versano soprattutto le Piccole e Medie Imprese. Queste ultime, anche a causa dell'impatto economico della pandemia, hanno oggi grandi difficoltà ad effettuare gli investimenti necessari a proteggersi dagli attacchi informatici. Il testo si concentra inoltre sull'importanza di garantire un uniforme ed efficiente sistema di protezione sia dei dati UE, che della proprietà intellettuale. Ciò passa anche attraverso un più profondo impegno da parte delle istituzioni europee a far fronte ai rischi di applicazione extraterritoriale delle leggi sui dati.
2021/06/10
Promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers (A9-0163/2021 - Susana Solís Pérez)

. – Durante tutta la mia attività politica, da quando sono stata Consigliere regionale del Piemonte ad oggi, mi sono spesa per la tutela dell'eguaglianza di genere in ogni ambito. In particolare, sono convinta che uno degli strumenti più efficaci per assicurare una vera parità di genere sia incoraggiare la presenza sempre più significativa delle donne nei settori STEM. Come promotrice del progetto Dire Donna Oggi, mi sono impegnata grandemente per affermare questo principio, che ancora deve farsi strada in una società, come quella italiana, ancora legata ad antichi stereotipi di genere.Ho espresso quindi senza indugio, il mio voto favorevole alla proposta.
2021/06/10
Conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) (Isabel Carvalhais - A9-0220/2020)

. – Ho votato a favore della modifica del regolamento (UE) 2019/833, che stabilisce le misure di conservazione e di esecuzione, da applicare nella zona di regolamentazione dell'Organizzazione della pesca nell'Atlantico nord-occidentale. Le modifiche apportate al regolamento riguardano, tra le altre, misure volte a garantire la conservazione della fauna marina, ad esempio l'inclusione di un periodo di chiusura per la pesca del merluzzo e la protezione dello squalo di Groenlandia.Ho votato a favore di tal modifiche, perché le ritengo necessarie per lo sfruttamento responsabile delle risorse biologiche del mare.
2021/06/23
Cross-border payments in the Union (codification) (A9-0202/2021 - Karen Melchior)

. – Mi sono espressa a favore della proposta di codificazione del regolamento relativo ai pagamenti transfrontalieri in UE, perché l'opera di codificazione dei testi normativi, serve a rendere più organica e coerente la disciplina di particolari materie. L'azione delle Istituzioni europee dovrebbe essere sempre improntata a principi di coerenza e semplificazione normativa, ed è per questo motivo, che sostengo la proposta.
2021/06/23
Regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (A9-0174/2021 - Paulo Rangel)

. – Ho votato sì alla proposta, che mira a modificare lo statuto del Mediatore europeo, al fine di rafforzarne i poteri e a migliorare l'efficacia della sua azione. Da sempre infatti, mi schiero a favore degli organi e delle istituzioni poste a tutela della trasparenza e dell'inclusività del processo decisionale, sia a livello nazionale che europeo. La pubblica amministrazione deve essere al servizio dei cittadini e la trasparenza dei procedimenti, sia decisionali sia esecutivi, è lo strumento più importante per garantire tale principio, che sta alla base dello stato liberale. La proposta era già stata discussa durante la precedente plenaria di giugno, ma il Parlamento aveva deciso di posticipare il voto sulla risoluzione, ai sensi dell'articolo 46 del regolamento interno del Parlamento, che prevede tale facoltà per il Parlamento nel caso in cui il Consiglio e la Commissione non abbiano ancora formulato una posizione sulla proposta di risoluzione in oggetto.
2021/06/23
EU/Indonesia Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (A9-0182/2021 - Heidi Hautala)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta che ha l'obiettivo di modificare i contingenti tariffari previsti dall'accordo OMC,nelle relazioni commerciali tra UE e Indonesia. A seguito della Brexit, era necessario che i contingenti previsti dall'accordo UE-Indonesia venissero rivisti, per evitare di incorrere in una controversia internazionale che avrebbe dovuto essere risolta dal Dispute Settlement Body dell'OMC, con inevitabili conseguenze negative sul piano delle relazioni tra i due attori internazionali.Dato che mi pongo sempre a favore di ogni decisione che miri a facilitare gli scambi commerciali e le buone relazioni diplomatiche, non potevo che votare a favore di tale proposta.
2021/06/23
Public sector loan facility under the Just Transition Mechanism (A9-0195/2020 - Johan Van Overtveldt, Henrike Hahn)

. – Mi sono espressa a favore di tale strumento di prestito, in quanto ritengo rappresenti un'ottima opportunità di investimento per il settore pubblico. Tale strumento di prestito, rappresenta una componente fondamentale del Just Transition Fund, il fondo creato dalla Commissione europea, per incoraggiare la transizione ecologica in tutte le regioni europee, soprattutto quelle periferiche, il cui sistema industriale si basa ancora grandemente sull'utilizzo di combustibili fossili. Le erogazioni sono costituite da una parte di finanziamenti ed un'altra, di sovvenzioni, le quali possono arrivare fino al 25% per le regioni meno sviluppate. Il Just Transition Fund, e lo strumento di prestito per il settore pubblico, che è una parte del JTF, traducono in termini pratici, l'obiettivo già stabilito dai trattati, di crescita sostenibile ed inclusiva.
2021/06/24
Official controls on animals and products of animal origin in order to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials (A9-0195/2021 - Pascal Canfin)

. – Ho votato in senso positivo alla proposta mirante ad inserire nel regolamento (UE) 2017/625, controlli sull'uso prudente dei farmaci antimicrobici nei prodotti provenienti da paesi terzi dell'Unione. È ben noto infatti ,che l'uso massiccio di antimicrobici causa il sorgere di fenomeni di resistenza microbica, sia nelle piante che negli animali. Ciò significa, in sostanza, che l'eccessivo utilizzo di antibiotici e anti microbici rende sempre più resistenti i batteri, e sempre più inefficaci i farmaci stessi. Per questo motivo il regolamento (UE) 2017/625 ha introdotto obblighi di utilizzo prudente di antibiotici e antimicrobici nella coltivazione dei prodotti agricoli europei. È giusto quindi che questo tipo di controlli vengano estesi anche ai prodotti provenienti dai paesi terzi, prima di tutto per tutelare la salute dei consumatori europei, e in subordine, anche per ragioni di eguale trattamento e non discriminazione dei prodotti europei.
2021/06/24
Regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality - report on Better Law Making 2017, 2018 and 2019 (A9-0191/2021 - Mislav Kolakušić)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione della Commissione, sulla sussidiarietà, l'adeguatezza e la proporzionalità, del processo legislativo dell'Unione (Better Law-Making, in italiano, Legiferare Meglio). Ho accolto con particolare interesse l'accento posto dalla relazione sull'importanza di rafforzare il principio di sussidiarietà, mediante il maggiore coinvolgimento dei parlamenti nazionali nel processo legislativo unionale, ai sensi dell'articolo 12 TUE. In effetti, il mio credo e il mio percorso politico, sono sempre stati ispirati al federalismo, di cui proprio il principio di sussidiarietà è il più importante garante.
2021/06/24
Use of technologies for the processing of data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse (temporary derogation from Directive 2002/58/EC) (A9-0258/2020 - Birgit Sippel)

. – Ho votato a favore della deroga temporanea alle disposizioni della direttiva sulla privacy perché l'esigenza di tutelare i minori contro gli abusi sessuali online è preponderante rispetto al diritto alla privacy degli utenti delle piattaforme social.Infatti, dal dicembre 2020 le imprese fornitrici di servizi online non hanno più il diritto di individuare, segnalare e rimuovere eventuale materiale che costituisce abusi sessuali sui minori. Visto che, dopo lo scoppio della pandemia, il tempo trascorso online dai minori è aumentato considerevolmente, sono del pari aumentati i rischi di adescamento e di abuso sui social networks. La Commissione ha quindi proposto la deroga temporanea delle disposizioni della direttiva che vieterebbero la segnalazione e rimozione dei contenuti illeciti da parte dei fornitori di servizi online. Comunque, il diritto alla privacy non risulta totalmente sacrificato perché la relazione prevede anche la supervisione umana sui contenuti da rimuovere e un meccanismo di reclamo per i contenuti rimossi per errore.
2021/07/06
Recognition of third countries certificates in inland navigation (A9-0210/2021 - Andris Ameriks)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione che si prepone di modificare la direttiva europea 2017/2397, la quale stabilisce misure transitorie per garantire il mantenimento della validità dei certificati di qualifica, dei libretti di navigazione e dei giornali di bordo rilasciati prima della fine del termine di recepimento. In altre parole, la direttiva individua misure provvisorie per far sì che alcuni documenti certificativi rilasciati a imbarcazioni di paesi UE prima del termine di recepimento, restino validi per un certo periodo di tempo, in modo da permettere ai membri dell'equipaggio di richiedere il nuovo certificato all'Unione.Il problema è che la disciplina attualmente vigente si concentra solo su imbarcazioni dei Paesi membri e non contempla l'ipotesi di certificazione rilasciata a paesi terzi, riconosciuti dagli Stati membri in conformità con obblighi nazionali o accordi internazionali. La modifica della direttiva mira a includere anche le certificazioni di paesi terzi, assicurando così che questi ultimi abbiano il tempo necessario per allineare gli obblighi a quanto previsto dal diritto UE.
2021/07/06
Draft amending budget No 3/2021: surplus of the financial year 2020 (A9-0218/2021 - Pierre Larrouturou)

. – Ho votato a favore del progetto di bilancio rettificativo per il 2021, in quanto la rettifica si riferisce al riconoscimento di un saldo positivo per il primo trimestre del 2021, in gran parte derivato da entrate doganali maggiori del previsto.Accolgo con favore questa notizia, perché significa che l'esborso in termini di imposte per i cittadini europei sarà inferiore alle previsioni.
2021/07/06
Internal Security Fund (A9-0221/2021 - Monika Hohlmeier)

. – Ho votato contro la proposta di rigetto della proposta di regolamento istitutivo del Fondo di Sicurezza interna. In altre parole, sono a favore dell'istituzione del Fondo di Sicurezza interna, perché sono convinta sarà un ottimo strumento nelle mani delle forze di polizia europee per la gestione coordinata della risposta al terrorismo e alle minacce ibride.
2021/07/06
European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (A9-0222/2021 - Gabriel Mato)

. – Ho votato contro la proposta di rigettare la posizione del Consiglio in seconda lettura in relazione al Fondo europeo per gli affari marittimi e la pesca. In altre parole, sono favorevole alla posizione del Consiglio su questo tema e non ritengo che vi siano ragioni sufficienti perché il Parlamento se ne debba discostare. Tra le altre cose, il nuovo FEAMP stanzia 6,108 miliardi di euro per il periodo 2021-2027 per contribuire alla pesca sostenibile, all'acquacoltura e alla trasformazione, per rafforzare un'economia blu sostenibile e per promuovere la governance internazionale degli oceani.In linea con il Green Deal, le azioni del Fondo contribuiranno all'obiettivo generale di dedicare il 30% dei fondi all'azione per il clima. Esso prevede inoltre un nuovo meccanismo di gestione delle crisi per consentire l'assistenza di emergenza ai settori della pesca e dell'acquacoltura nel caso di una grave perturbazione del mercato dovuta, per esempio, a una crisi sanitaria come la pandemia di COVID-19.
2021/07/06
Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (A9-0181/2021 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione di iniziativa sull'ERTMS perché si prepone di dare priorità al finanziamento di tale sistema di segnalamento, con notevoli ricadute positive in termini di aumento della sicurezza dei passeggeri e di velocità dei veicoli.Per sistema ERTMS si intende un meccanismo di gestione del traffico ferroviario europeo che contribuisce a ridurre i costi di manutenzione e dei sistemi di segnaletica lungo l'intera area ferroviaria europea. La relazione in questione si è concentrata anche sulla valutazione dello stato di tale meccanismo e ha rilevato la necessità di destinare risorse alla manutenzione dell'infrastruttura.Posto che da sempre mi schiero a favore degli interventi necessari a migliorare lo stato della rete infrastrutturale europea, ho votato a favore.
2021/07/06
Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2020 (A9-0200/2021 - Pedro Silva Pereira)

. – Ho espresso voto positivo alla relazione annuale della BEI perché essa pone al centro la necessità per la BEI di sostenere le PMI nella ripresa economica post-pandemia. Inoltre, da quest'anno c'è un chiaro riferimento anche alle microimprese, che non possono essere lasciate indietro nel processo di ripresa. È importante per l'Italia continuare a sostenere l'attività della BEI, visto che il nostro Paese figura tra i primi beneficiari degli investimenti.
2021/07/06
The impact on the fishing sector of offshore windfarms and other renewable energy systems (A9-0184/2021 - Peter van Dalen)

. – Ho votato a favore di questa risoluzione che, tra le altre cose, stabilisce chiaramente che i parchi eolici offshore possono essere costruiti solo nei luoghi in cui essi non determinino un impatto negativo dal punto di vista ecologico e ambientale.
2021/07/06
Measures necessary for the implementation of the Protocol on the financial consequences of the expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (A9-0229/2021 - Johan Van Overtveldt)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta, che funge da espressione di consenso da parte del Parlamento alla posizione del Consiglio. Quest'ultima si limita a introdurre modifiche minori e di natura tecnica alla proposta iniziale della Commissione e, in particolare, una revisione delle basi giuridiche del Fondo.Dopo il termine del trattato istitutivo della CECA nel 2002 è stato istituito il programma FRCA, con il compito di sostenere progetti per migliorare la sicurezza, l'efficienza e la competitività dell'industria del carbone e dell'acciaio dell'UE. La revisione della base giuridica del fondo permetterebbe di mettere in vendita una parte degli attivi CECA in liquidazione. Il ricavato andrebbe a finanziare progetti soprattutto nell'ambito della produzione di acciaio a basso impatto ambientale.
2021/07/07
EU-NATO cooperation in the context of transatlantic relations (A9-0192/2021 - Antonio López-Istúriz White)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione sulla cooperazione UE-NATO perché ritengo doveroso riaffermare la stabilità del legame transatlantico, specie in un'epoca densa di sfide e interrogativi come quella che stiamo vivendo oggi. Le minacce non provengono solo dalla Cina e dalla Russia, ma anche dalla crescente instabilità nel Medio Oriente e in Siria, così come, ovviamente, dalla precaria condizione economica in cui versano molti paesi a seguito dello scoppio della pandemia.È per questo che è importante rinforzare le relazioni con i nostri alleati americani, mettendo al centro dell'agenda la collaborazione multilaterale. È inoltre indispensabile il coordinamento delle ambizioni europee di costituire una difesa comune, con gli obblighi che derivano dalla nostra partnership NATO.
2021/07/07
A new ERA for Research and Innovation (B9-0370/2021)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta di risoluzione mirante alla rivitalizzazione dell'attività dell'European Research Area.Questa entità, nata all'inizio degli anni 2000, è sempre stata finalizzata alla cooperazione nel campo della ricerca medica e scientifica tra tutti i paesi membri dell'UE. Tuttavia, gran parte degli obiettivi stabiliti dall'ERA Plan del 2000 non sono stati raggiunti: pochi Stati membri hanno effettivamente destinato il 3% del PIL alle spese di ricerca e sviluppo e l'Unione non è stata particolarmente in grado di sviluppare coerenti e incisive politiche a livello nazionale e regionale in quest'ambito. Tuttavia, le sfide scaturite dal cambiamento climatico e dalla pandemia costringono oggi l'Europa a impegnarsi di più nel sostegno alla ricerca medico-scientifica e a incoraggiare meccanismi e strumenti di cooperazione e di knowledge-sharing tra organizzazioni scientifiche e accademiche dei vari Stati membri.
2021/07/08
Community plant variety rights: extension of the term for certain varieties (A9-0171/2021 - Bert-Jan Ruissen)

. – Sono a favore dell'accordo interistituzionale che mira a prolungare la durata della protezione della privativa comunitaria per alcuni ritrovati vegetali quali le specie di asparago e per i gruppi di specie di piante bulbose, piante legnose a piccoli frutti e piante legnose ornamentali.La privativa comunitaria per varietà vegetale conferisce al titolare un diritto esclusivo sul materiale di propagazione della varietà in tutto il territorio dell'Unione europea. In più, conferisce una protezione limitata in base alla quale il titolare ha la possibilità di chiedere un ragionevole compenso per gli atti di terzi che, a partire dalla concessione della protezione, sono considerati contraffazione della privativa.L'accordo interistituzionale ha come obiettivo la proroga della durata della privativa da 25 a 30 anni. Infatti, il processo di sviluppo delle piante menzionate dall'accordo è lungo, complesso e costoso, motivo per cui è ragionevole prevedere un'estensione dei termini della privativa.
2021/09/13
Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union (A9-0244/2021 - Tomas Tobé)

. – Ho votato a favore di questo progetto di decisione perché ritengo molto importante che l'Unione europea persegua una strategia finalizzata a coinvolgere maggiormente i Paesi e Territori UE d'Oltremare (PTOM) nel processo di sviluppo, affinché nessuno dei territori legati ai paesi dell'Unione europea da vincoli costituzionali sia lasciato indietro.Accolgo quindi con favore la decisione dell'Unione europea di finanziare i programmi di assistenza ai PTOM non più tramite il Fondo europeo di sviluppo, ma attraverso il bilancio generale dell'Unione.
2021/09/13
Towards future-proof inland waterway transport in Europe (A9-0231/2021 - Caroline Nagtegaal)

. – Ho votato sì alla relazione perché ritengo giusto che il Parlamento si concentri anche sulla transizione ecologica del settore delle vie navigabili interne europee.Importante è, inoltre, il riferimento alla digitalizzazione e la navigazione autonoma, al ruolo dei porti come hub dell'economia circolare, oltre che alla necessità di procedere al completamento delle reti transeuropee di trasporto (TEN-T).
2021/09/14
Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions (A9-0241/2021 - Stéphane Bijoux)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione che aspira a costruire un partenariato più forte con le regioni ultraperiferiche europee, perché è importante che in un momento così difficile nella storia europea l'Unione dimostri con i fatti la sua intenzione di non voler lasciare nessuno indietro.Territori quali la Guadalupa, la Guyana francese, la Martinica, Riunione, Saint Martin, le Azzorre, Madera e le isole Canarie sono parte integrante di alcuni Stati membri dell'Unione e sono abitati da cittadini europei, che hanno diritto a che l'Unione garantisca loro parità di trattamento nei confronti dei cittadini che vivono sul continente. Il che deve passare anche attraverso politiche mirate, finalizzate a contrastare il sottosviluppo strutturale e le disuguaglianze.Non possiamo, inoltre, dimenticare l'importanza di settori chiave per l'economia di queste zone, quali l'agricoltura e la pesca, che devono pertanto essere sostenuti ed accompagnati nel processo di transizione ecologica.
2021/09/14
A new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy (A9-0243/2021 - Younous Omarjee)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole alla relazione sul nuovo Approccio alla Strategia Marittima Atlantica, perché quello della blue economy è uno dei settori più promettenti per la costruzione di un sistema economico europeo fondato sulla sostenibilità e la biodiversità, ed è quindi necessario che la strategia europea in quest'ambito sia ambiziosa e adatta ad affrontare le sfide attuali e future. Secondo i dati della Commissione europea, il settore ha impiegato direttamente quasi 4,5 milioni di persone nel 2018 e ha generato circa 650 miliardi di euro di fatturato e 176 miliardi di euro di valore aggiunto lordo.Inoltre, attività emergenti come l'energia oceanica, la biotecnologia marina e la robotica si stanno sviluppando rapidamente e svolgeranno un ruolo importante nella transizione dell'Unione europea verso un'economia a zero emissioni di carbonio. È necessario aumentare i nostri sforzi per aumentare il coinvolgimento dei singoli Stati membri nel perseguimento di tale strategia, perché finora i risultati sono stati inferiori alle aspettative: la relazione evidenzia, infatti, il fatto che nell'ambito del precedente piano d'azione, solo pochi progetti siano stati effettivamente sostenuti.È importante, inoltre, fare un passo ulteriore, iniziando a concepire una vera e propria macro regione atlantica, per meglio coordinare gli sforzi profusi dagli Stati membri nell'implementazione della strategia.
2021/09/14
Extension of validity of safety certificates and licences of railway undertakings operating in the Channel tunnel (C9-0314/2021)

. – Ho votato a favore dell'applicazione della procedura d'urgenza per esaminare la validità dei certificati di sicurezza del sistema ferroviario operante nel Canale della Manica. Ciò implica che il testo sottoposto a procedura d'urgenza venga votato direttamente in Assemblea Plenaria, senza passare tramite l'esame in commissione competente.Ritengo che tale decisione sia funzionale alla necessità di garantire in tempi brevi certezze agli operatori del settore della connettività tra Unione europea e UK dopo il recesso della Gran Bretagna, oltre ad assicurare l'efficienza del servizio ferroviario.
2021/09/15
Official controls on animals and products of animal origin in order to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials (A9-0195/2021 - Pascal Canfin)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione relativa alla proposta di modifica del regolamento europeo (UE) 2017/625. Il fine è quello di arrivare a modificare il regolamento UE relativo ai controlli ufficiali su animali e prodotti di origine animale esportati dai paesi terzi nell'Unione, per garantire il rispetto del divieto di alcuni usi degli antimicrobici.Infatti, in alcuni paesi terzi certi antimicrobici nocivi alla salute umana sono ancora utilizzati per aumentare la produttività dell'allevamento, ed è quindi importante che le autorità degli Stati membri abbiano la possibilità di intervenire direttamente con controlli alla frontiera, purché ovviamente ciò non determini ingiustificate disparità di trattamento.
2021/09/15
Brexit Adjustment Reserve (A9-0178/2021 - Pascal Arimont)

. – Ho accolto con favore la decisione presa nel 2020 dal Consiglio dell'Unione europea di prevedere una riserva di adeguamento alla Brexit, al fine di ridurre l'impatto economico derivante dal recesso della Gran Bretagna dall'UE. Essa verrà in particolare utilizzata per compensare perdite commerciali e mantenere posti di lavoro a rischio, soprattutto in settori sensibili come la pesca.La relazione A9-0178/2021 approvata dal Parlamento nella plenaria di settembre configura un accordo interistituzionale tra Parlamento e Consiglio e rappresenta un passo avanti verso l'elaborazione del regolamento UE che porterà alla creazione della riserva di aggiustamento alla Brexit.Da questo accordo l'Italia trae numerosi benefici, il più importante dei quali è la messa a disposizione di una dotazione pari a 147 milioni di euro per sostenere il settore.
2021/09/15
Visa Facilitation Agreement between the EU and Cabo Verde (A9-0264/2021 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

. – Ho espresso voto favorevole al testo che approva la proposta della Commissione di modificare l'accordo tra l'UE e la Repubblica di Capo Verde per facilitare il rilascio di visti per soggiorni di breve durata.Ritengo infatti che non vi siano motivi ostativi al miglioramento delle condizioni di rilascio dei visti, data le buone relazioni politico-istituzionali che intercorrono tra Capo Verde e l'Unione europea.
2021/09/15
Amending Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA, as regards its alignment with EU rules on the protection of personal data (A9-0236/2021 - Jeroen Lenaers)

. – Ho votato sì alla proposta di modifica della decisione quadro del Consiglio 2002/465/GAI, che mira ad allineare alla legislazione dell'Unione in materia di protezione di dati personali la disciplina relativa alle squadre investigative comuni.Trattandosi di un intervento che non modifica l'ambito di applicazione della decisione in questione non vi sono ragioni per non votare in senso positivo.
2021/09/15
European Investigation Order in criminal matters: alignment with EU rules on the protection of personal data (A9-0237/2021 - Marina Kaljurand)

. – Ho votato a favore di questo testo, che mira ad allineare la disciplina relativa all'ordine europeo di indagine con la normativa UE in materia di protezione dei dati personali, in particolare relativi alla protezione dei dati nelle attività di polizia e giudiziarie.L'ordine europeo di indagine è una decisione giudiziaria emessa o convalidata dall'autorità giudiziaria di un paese dell'UE per ottenere atti di indagine effettuati in un altro paese dell'UE, al fine di raccogliere elementi di prova in materia penale.Visto che l'allineamento non modifica l'ambito di applicazione della direttiva 2014/41/UE, non vi sono ragioni per non votare in senso positivo.
2021/09/15
Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Criteria for the designation of antimicrobials to be reserved for the treatment of certain infections in humans (B9-0424/2021)

. – Ho espresso voto fermamente contrario all'approvazione di questa risoluzione.Essa prevede che vengano vietate per l'uso animale alcune categorie di farmaci, al fine di ridurre l'indice di resistenza antibiotica.Essa parte dalla premessa, ribadita nel programma europeo di approccio alla salute One Health , secondo cui l'utilizzo di antibiotici in ambito clinico umano e veterinario favorisce una selezione di microorganismi resistenti: secondo la Federazione nazionale ordini veterinari italiani, i dati degli ultimi anni mostrano una riduzione del 30 % dell'uso veterinario di antibiotici. Ciò dimostra una tendenza positiva verso una diminuzione progressiva dell'uso di farmaci che hanno come effetto collaterale il sorgere della resistenza antibiotica.Tuttavia una misura volta a impedire tout court l'accesso a tali farmaci finirebbe solo per infliggere sofferenze inutili, e in alcuni casi portare alla morte, animali sia d'allevamento che d'affezione, colpiti da malattie che sarebbero a tutti gli effetti curabili.Oltre ad essere moralmente ingiusto, ciò è contrario al principio di tutela del benessere animale, previsto dalla strategia della Commissione europea in materia di benessere degli animali, che definisce gli obiettivi strategici, con l'obiettivo di migliorare il benessere degli animali nell'UE, responsabilizzando nel contempo i consumatori a compiere scelte favorevoli al benessere degli animali.
2021/09/15
A new EU-China strategy (A9-0252/2021 - Hilde Vautmans)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione perché credo stabilisca alcuni imprescindibili punti fermi che devono ispirare le relazioni europee con la Repubblica popolare cinese.Ritengo anche che la relazione sia stata perfino eccessivamente prudente nel delineare le potenziali minacce provenienti dalla Cina e le possibili risposte europeeCertamente condivido la necessità che l'UE adotti un approccio più assertivo nei riguardi del partner cinese: la Cina è un partner economico e commerciale di indubbio rilievo per il nostro continente, ma è anche potenzialmente un rivale geopolitico in diversi scenari.Inoltre il mancato riconoscimento da parte della Repubblica popolare delle più basilari libertà fondamentali, quali la libertà religiosa, quella di stampa e manifestazione del pensiero, a cui l'Europa ispira la gestione della propria politica estera, pongono più di un interrogativo circa l'opportunità di continuare a scindere le considerazioni economiche da quelle politiche nelle relazioni con la Cina.
2021/09/15
Direction of EU-Russia political relations (A9-0259/2021 - Andrius Kubilius)

. – Ho votato a favore della raccomandazione relativa ai rapporti tra l'UE e la Russia perché in un momento così delicato nella storia delle relazioni tra l'UE e la NATO è fondamentale ribadire che l'Europa è sempre stata e resterà atlantista, che i legami con i nostri alleati americani sono solidi e che l'UE contrasterà con determinazione le minacce, sia di natura tradizionale che ibrida, provenienti dalla Russia.È importante ribadire che nessun interesse di natura economico-strategica può sovrastare la necessità di rispettare il regime democratico; condivido quindi in maniera particolare il passaggio della relazione Kubilius che auspica che gli Stati UE non abbiano relazioni di natura nemmeno economica con la Federazione Russa se quest'ultima dimostra di non rispettare i principi democratici e i diritti fondamentali della popolazione. Inoltre, l'Unione deve continuare a rappresentare una garanzia di libertà e indipendenza per quegli Stati membri che, essendo situati sul confine orientale, sono più a rischio di ingerenze russe o veri e propri attacchi di natura ibrida, come le Repubbliche baltiche.
2021/09/15
Fishers for the future (A9-0230/2021 - Manuel Pizarro)

. – Ho votato a favore di questa risoluzione in quanto l'importanza della pesca è innegabile, non solo perché è uno dei settori produttivi primari essenziali per alimentare una popolazione mondiale in continua crescita, ma anche in ragione della percentuale di popolazione che dipende da tale attività per il proprio sostentamento (tra il 10 e il 12 %, secondo la FAO).Alcuni dati mostrano tuttavia che una quota considerevole di lavoratori nel settore è in età avanzata, di conseguenza occorre trovare soluzioni per migliorare le condizioni di sicurezza, di lavoro e di vita a bordo delle imbarcazioni, la formazione e il riconoscimento professionale, nonché per coinvolgere le donne, contribuendo ad agevolare così il ricambio generazionale.Tuttavia, soltanto garantendo migliori condizioni di lavoro e di vita a bordo dei pescherecci sarà possibile attrarre giovani verso questa attività. Favorire il ricambio generazionale non è soltanto doveroso nei confronti delle giovani generazioni, che hanno diritto di avere accesso alle stesse opportunità di cui hanno beneficiato le generazioni precedenti, ma contribuirà a migliorare la gestione delle risorse marittime, poiché sarà associato a una formazione maggiore e di qualità più elevata per i pescatori.
2021/09/15
Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education (RC-B9-0425/2021, B9-0425/2021, B9-0426/2021, B9-0427/2021, B9-0428/2021, B9-0429/2021, B9-0432/2021)

. – Ho votato sì a questa risoluzione perché è tempo che l'Unione apra la strada alla transizione verso un sistema che non preveda sperimentazione sugli animali quando ciò non sia assolutamente necessario.La sperimentazione animale oggi infligge atroci sofferenze a milioni di animali in tutta Europa e sebbene gli esperti ritengano che non sia ancora possibile prescinderne, soprattutto nel settore della lotta contro il cancro, è doveroso che vi si ricorra solo quando altre alternative non sono percorribili. In questo senso, molti laboratori a livello dei singoli Stati membri hanno già adottato protocolli interni per ridurre il ricorso a tale pratica, il più famoso dei quali è lo schema delle tre R: rimpiazzare (replacement ), ridurre (reduction ) e alleviare (refinement ). Ciò significa che, per ogni sperimentazione, i ricercatori sono tenuti a spiegare se è disponibile un metodo alternativo per sostituire (replace ) gli esperimenti con gli animali, come intendono ridurre (reduce ) al minimo il numero di animali qualora siano comunque obbligati a utilizzarli e come hanno previsto di migliorare (refine ) le loro condizioni, minimizzando lo stress e il dolore.Ora è importante che le istituzioni europee guidino gli Stati verso un progetto comune di graduale transizione verso un modello privo di sperimentazioni animali.
2021/09/15
Proposal on the setting-up of a delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Assembly, and defining its numerical strength (B9-0479/2021)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta perché, ora che il Regno unito non è ufficialmente più parte dell'Unione, è necessario che le relazioni del Parlamento con esso siano regolati dagli stessi principi che regolano i rapporti parlamentari con gli altri Stati terzi.È importante istituire quanto prima una delegazione funzionante, in modo da poter moltiplicare le occasioni di dialogo e confronto con uno Stato la cui storia e identità si intrecciano inestricabilmente con l'Unione e gli Stati che la compongono.
2021/10/05
Temporarily suspending autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial products into the Canary Islands (A9-0267/2021 - Younous Omarjee)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione sulla sospensione temporanea dei dazi specifici previsti dal regolamento UE 1386/2011. Quest'ultimo riguarda in particolare alcuni prodotti industriali importati nelle isole Canarie e nasce con l'obiettivo di aiutare le Isole Canarie, regione classificata come ultraperiferica dell'Unione, a far fronte alle difficoltà economiche causate dalla loro collocazione geografica.Oltre alle difficoltà di natura strutturale che l'economia delle Canarie si trova ad affrontare, occorre ricordare che la pandemia ha avuto un impatto considerevole sui due settori trainanti, quello turistico e quello edilizio: ciò non ha fatto che danneggiare ulteriormente una situazione economica già piuttosto compromessa.
2021/10/05
Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters (A9-0232/2021 - Petar Vitanov)

. – Ho votato contro la relazione sull'utilizzo dell'intelligenza artificiale da parte delle autorità giudiziarie e di polizia. La risoluzione in questione infatti vieterebbe sostanzialmente l'utilizzo di strumenti di intelligenza artificiale, oltre che il ricorso a dati biometrici e droni, in quanto suscettibile di tradursi in una pratica razzista.Ritengo assurda questa presa di posizione: è ben noto, ed anche la relazione ne prende atto, che l'Intelligenza artificiale offre grandi opportunità nella repressione di alcuni gravi reati, spesso di respiro transnazionale, come il riciclaggio o l'abuso sessuale di minori in rete. Fornisce anche un ausilio fondamentale nella lotta alla tratta di esseri umani e all'immigrazione clandestina.È evidente che il diritto UE dovrà vegliare affinché non venga violato il diritto di ciascuno al rispetto e alla vita privata e familiare, ma la decisione di non avvalersi di strumenti fondamentali nella lotta contro gravi reati basandosi unicamente sul preconcetto che le autorità statali li useranno a fini razzisti è faziosa ed infondata.
2021/10/05
EU Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030 – Recommendations on next steps towards "Vision Zero" (A9-0211/2021 - Elena Kountoura)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione relativa all'indirizzo adottato dal Parlamento sulla strategia della Commissione UE in materia di sicurezza stradale.Nel 2020 sono state quasi 19 000 le vittime della strada, un numero che seppure in diminuzione rispetto agli anni precedenti continua ad essere troppo alto.La relazione affronta i temi della sicurezza delle infrastrutture e dei veicoli, in particolare sostiene l'introduzione nel regolamento di sistemi di intelligenza artificiale come il controllo elettronico della velocità e i sistemi di mantenimento di corsia.Oltre a ciò, la relazione chiede che siano introdotti incentivi fiscali per promuovere il commercio di veicoli a elevati standard di sicurezza.
2021/10/05
Rebuilding fish stocks in the Mediterranean (A9-0225/2021 - Raffaele Stancanelli)

. – Ho votato a favore di questa proposta di risoluzione perché affronta in maniera lucida ed equilibrata le criticità che colpiscono il settore della pesca nel Mediterraneo.In primo luogo, il tasso di sfruttamento delle risorse ittiche del Mediterraneo è uno dei più elevati al mondo e ciò si sta traducendo nella progressiva e costante riduzione dello stock di alcune specie. La relazione invita la Commissione a identificare gli ostacoli al processo di ricostituzione degli stock ittici e a consentire ai paesi affacciati sul Mediterraneo di accedere a finanziamenti che incoraggino lo sfruttamento sostenibile.Inoltre, la relazione solleva un problema di non poco momento: mentre i paesi europei mediterranei sono tenuti al rispetto di regole stringenti relative allo sfruttamento delle risorse, lo stesso non vale per i paesi della sponda sud, che in tal modo, oltre a deteriorare l'ambiente marino, effettuano concorrenza sleale ai danni degli Stati membri.
2021/10/05
The future of EU-US relations (A9-0250/2021 - Tonino Picula)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione sul futuro dei rapporti UE-USA.In qualità di membro della delegazione parlamentare per i rapporti con gli Stati Uniti, credo sia fondamentale non dare mai per scontata l'importanza delle relazioni transatlantiche. Dobbiamo quindi ribadire il ruolo della NATO, oggi più che mai oggetto di critiche, ma anche l'unità di indirizzo nei confronti di Cina e Russia, così come rispetto alle sfide globali, ovvero la ripresa economica, la lotta ai cambiamenti climatici e alla disuguaglianza e la difesa dei diritti umani.
2021/10/06
State of EU cyber defence capabilities (A9-0234/2021 - Urmas Paet)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione sullo stato delle capacità di ciberdifesa dell'Unione perché il testo è completo ed equilibrato.In termini di strategia di contrasto alla guerra ibrida, l'Unione europea è indietro rispetto ai suoi competitors geopolitici: c'è bisogno di un maggiore coordinamento tra vari programmi ed istituzioni che trattano la materia.La ciberdifesa rappresenta uno dei capisaldi del contrasto alla minaccia ibrida ed anche in questo frangente è necessario che gli Stati membri, coadiuvati dalle Istituzioni unionali, coordinino gli sforzi per evitare sovrapposizioni tra iniziative come il CARD e cooperazioni come la PESCO, o le missioni nell'ambito della PSDC.
2021/10/06
The Arctic: opportunities, concerns and security challenges (A9-0239/2021 - Anna Fotyga)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione perché conferma e sottolinea l'obbligo non solo degli stati limitrofi, ma dell'intera comunità internazionale, di garantire lo sviluppo sostenibile dell'Artico e di vegliare sulla conservazione dell'ecosistema dell'area.Un ruolo fondamentale nella preservazione dell'equilibrio ecologico dell'area è riservato alle popolazioni indigene: occorre che le loro culture e tradizioni vengano preservate e che vengano introdotti meccanismi per garantire il coinvolgimento attivo delle popolazioni nei processi decisionali riguardanti lo sviluppo dell'area.Il testo guarda inoltre con preoccupazione all'attivismo di Russia e Cina nelle regioni artiche: la prima ha avviato la rimilitarizzazione delle zone adiacenti e ricadenti sotto la propria sovranità, mentre la seconda si è dichiarata "potenza polare" e ha manifestato l'intenzione di includere anche l'Artico nella sua iniziativa Belt and Road .L'Artico è una zona di grande importanza strategica per l'Unione europea, che dovrà aumentare i propri sforzi per essere geopoliticamente più presente nell'area, ad esempio lavorando attivamente per essere accettata come osservatore permanente nel Consiglio artico.
2021/10/06
The protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt (A9-0261/2021 - Alex Agius Saliba)

. – Ho votato a favore di questa relazione di iniziativa perché, oltre ad analizzare gli ostacoli che le persone con disabilità devono affrontare in vari settori, si propone di sollecitare gli Stati membri dell'UE affinché garantiscano la corretta applicazione della legislazione UE in materia di disabilità e incoraggia la Commissione a migliorare la normativa esistente, laddove si accerti che non è adeguata a tutelare i diritti delle persone con disabilità.
2021/10/06
Reforming the EU policy on harmful tax practices (including the reform of the Code of Conduct Group) (A9-0245/2021 - Aurore Lalucq)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione di iniziativa perché affronta una serie di punti che ritengo completamente condivisibili.In primo luogo la necessità di individuare un'aliquota fiscale minima a livello europeo come meccanismo di riequilibrio delle asimmetrie presenti in Europa sul piano fiscale. Si concentra inoltre sulla lotta ai paradisi fiscali, anche e soprattutto in Europa.Ritengo che questa relazione rappresenti un significativo passo avanti verso un maggior coordinamento a livello fiscale tra Stati membri, uniti nella lotta contro la massiccia evasione fiscale operata dalle multinazionali.
2021/10/07
Protecting workers from asbestos (A9-0275/2021 - Nikolaj Villumsen)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione di iniziativa legislativa, che propone di elaborare una strategia europea globale per la rimozione dell'amianto. La procedura di rimozione dell'amianto è particolarmente difficile e costosa, necessita di strumenti tecnologi avanzati, e comporta quindi ingenti sforzi economici che spesso le piccole e medie imprese, non sono in grado di sostenere. Esiste inoltre la necessità di garantire disponibilità di adeguate strutture per depositare le scorie. È giusto quindi che le istituzioni e gli Stati membri prevedano una strategia in grado di armonizzare i vari piani e strumenti di finanziamento europei, quali il Piano europeo di lotta contro il cancro, il Quadro finanziario pluriennale dell'UE (QFP), il Piano per la ripresa, il nuovo Quadro strategico dell'UE per la salute e la sicurezza sul luogo di lavoro e il Piano d'azione per l'economia circolare, affinché si possa far fronte ad un problema tanto urgente, quanto attuale.
2021/10/19
The effectiveness of Member States' use of EU Solidarity Fund money in cases of natural disasters (A9-0273/2021 - Corina Crețu)

. – Ho votato a favore della risoluzione sul Fondo di Solidarietà dell'UE, perché affronta un insieme di tematiche a mio avviso di grande importanza. Innanzitutto, evidenzia il problema delle complicazioni burocratiche da affrontare per usufruire di questo importante strumento. Inoltre, sottolinea la necessità di sinergie efficaci con altre politiche e altri programmi dell'Unione, in particolare con i fondi della politica di coesione, con il meccanismo di protezione civile dell'Unione, con il Green Deal europeo e con le politiche e i programmi dell'Unione a sostegno della prevenzione delle catastrofi e della gestione dei rischi, in modo che i vari strumenti di finanziamento disponibili a livello UE possano contribuire in maniera coerente a creare un sistema il più possibile rapido e flessibile.
2021/10/19
EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation (A9-0265/2021 - Charlie Weimers)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione sulla cooperazione tra UE e Taiwan per varie ragioni. Innanzitutto, Taiwan si caratterizza per essere uno degli esempi più virtuosi nel campo della protezione dei diritti umani e della libertà religiosa nella regione indo-pacifica. In secondo luogo, con la sempre maggiore pressione militare cinese soprattutto nella zona del Mar Cinese meridionale antistante l'isola, l'Unione deve rimarcare il proprio sostegno al tradizionale alleato, al fine di scoraggiare ogni intento di ingerenza e destabilizzazione. Inoltre, ho votato a favore perché credo che il testo rappresenti un passo avanti verso il rafforzamento delle già molto strette relazioni economiche bilaterali
2021/10/20
Insurance of motor vehicles (A9-0035/2019 - Dita Charanzová)

. – Ho deciso di votare a favore della risoluzione legislativa relativa all'assicurazione sugli autoveicoli, perché ritengo che garantisca una protezione adeguata e completa alle vittime di incidenti stradali in situazioni transfrontaliere. In primo luogo, prevede una maggiore protezione per le persone lese anche quando gli incidenti sono causati da un conducente di un altro Paese. Inoltre prevede un'armonizzazione degli importi minimi di copertura in tutta l'UE e obbliga gli Stati membri ad istituire organismi incaricati di risarcire rapidamente i danneggiati in caso di insolvenza dell'impresa di assicurazione interessata.
2021/10/21
Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe (A9-0246/2021 - Maria da Graça Carvalho)

. – Ho votato a favore della relazione sulla proposta di istituzione di imprese comuni nell'ambito di Orizzonte Europa perché da sempre sono favorevole a qualsiasi iniziativa finalizzata, a incoraggiare il fiorire della libera impresa. La relazione si inquadra nell'ambito del programma di finanziamento Orizzonte Europa, in continuazione con il predecessore Orizzonte 2020, e mira a favorire la creazione di partenariati in nove aree chiave per il settore dell'innovazione, tra cui l'economia circolare, l'aviazione, i carburanti ad idrogeno, il trasporto ferroviario e la salute.
2021/10/21
Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance (B9-0527/2021, RC B9-0530/2021, B9-0530/2021, B9-0531/202)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta di risoluzione congiunta sull'evasione e l'elusione fiscale, perché è tempo che gli Stati membri dell'Unione avviino una strategia comune per lottare contro queste pratiche inique e dannose, per l'economia nel suo complesso. Accolgo con favore l'intenzione espressa nella risoluzione di intensificare gli sforzi per arrivare a una più efficace cooperazione amministrativa a livello transfrontaliero. Essa rappresenta infatti un passo in avanti verso una maggiore collaborazione interstatale, in un settore, quello della cooperazione fiscale, da sempre terreno di confronto e scontro tra diversi Stati membri.
2021/10/21
2019 Discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (A9-0270/2021 - Ryszard Czarnecki)

. – Ho deciso di votare a favore del discarico del Bilancio per l'anno 2019, relativo all'Agenzia europea Frontex, in quanto il testo, pur sottolineando criticità di gestione sia finanziaria che amministrativa, appare nel complesso equilibrato e condivisibile.
2021/10/21
Insolvency proceedings: replacing Annexes A and B to the Regulation (A9-0293/2021 - Adrián Vázquez Lázara)

Ho votato a favore del testo normativo, perché si occupa di aggiornare le procedure di insolvenza nazionali alle quali si applica il regolamento, al fine di rendere sempre più efficiente la cooperazione interstatale in materia civile, soprattutto per quanto riguarda le situazioni di insolvenza transfrontaliera. È senza dubbio uno strumento importante per rafforzare le sinergie tra i sistemi giudiziari dei diversi Stati membri, garantendo al contempo un'efficace protezione dei creditori e un più rapido espletamento delle procedure amministrative.
2021/11/23
Integrated farm statistics: Union contribution under the MFF for the years 2021 to 2027 (A9-0310/2021 - Riho Terras)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, poiché ritengo che questo strumento normativo, sia necessario per assicurare il buon andamento e la corretta gestione della PAC. Infatti, le statistiche agricole forniscono i dati che occorrono per l'attuazione e il monitoraggio della PAC, e possono contribuire a costituire un importante volano per l'occupazione e la crescita nell'UE. La politica per lo sviluppo rurale, parte integrante della PAC, oltre che a conseguire i suoi obiettivi sociali, punta a migliorare la competitività e la sostenibilità della produzione agricola.
2021/11/23
Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs): key information documents. Extension of the transitional arrangement (A9-0297/2021 - Jonás Fernández)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di modifica del regolamento (UE) n. 1286/2014 che riguarda la proroga del regime transitorio per le società di gestione, le società di investimento e le persone che prestano consulenza su, o vendono, quote di organismi di investimento collettivo in valori mobiliari (OICVM) e non OICVM (in inglese UCITS, Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities). La proposta di modifica mira a dare ai destinatari il tempo di prepararsi alla fine del regime transitorio, per prepararsi all'obbligo di produrre il cosiddetto documento sintetico informativo, o Key Information Document (KID), che contiene informazioni sui prodotti di investimento e assicurativi preassemblati (PRIIPs), destinate a guidare gli investitori nell'assunzione di decisioni d'investimento consapevoli. Si tratta di un'iniziativa mirante a proteggere soprattutto i piccoli investitori, che spesso non dispongono di informazioni complete circa la qualità dei prodotti finanziari che acquistano, e che sono perciò più esposti a rischi. Se da un lato è necessario proteggere i consumatori guidandoli a prendere decisioni di investimento consapevoli, è egualmente importante far sì che ai fornitori di tali servizi sia garantito il tempo necessario per adeguarsi alle nuove normative, motivo per cui votare in senso favorevole a questa proposta mi è sembrato doveroso.
2021/11/23
Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS): the use of key information documents (A9-0301/2021 - Jonás Fernández)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di direttiva, per le stesse ragioni, per cui ho votato favorevolmente alla proposta di modifica del regolamento (UE) n. 1286/2014.
2021/11/23
EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward (A9-0318/2021 - Tomasz Frankowski)

Mi sono espressa in senso favorevole alla proposta, perchè ritengo sia un testo equilibrato e pragmatico, che concepisce lo sport come strumento capace di facilitare il superamento di barriere, sia di natura sociale che culturale. Grande importanza nel testo è data al volontariato, elemento caratterizzante della politica sportiva europea, e alla necessità di offrire a tutti la possibilità di praticare uno sport sicuro, inclusivo ed equo.
2021/11/23
Digitalisation of the European reporting, monitoring and audit (A9-0311/2021 - Maria Grapini)

Ho votato in senso favorevole alla proposta di raccomandazioni alla Commissione sulla digitalizzazione della rendicontazione, della sorveglianza e dell'attività di audit a livello UE. Infatti, il testo mira a velocizzare il processo di digitalizzazione, in un'ottica di garanzia di trasparenza, che io ritengo essere funzionale ad assicurare la fiducia nella gestione finanziaria dei fondi dell'Unione, al fine di garantire la fiducia generale nelle istituzioni dell'Unione e di conseguenza la credibilità del progetto di un'ulteriore integrazione europea.
2021/11/23
Draft amending budget No 6/2021: Additional vaccines doses to low and lower-middle income countries, UCPM reinforcement and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue (A9-0329/2021 - Pierre Larrouturou)

Ho votato a favore della proposta che ha come obiettivo, l'accelerazione delle vaccinazioni nel mondo, rafforzando lo strumento di vicinato, cooperazione allo sviluppo e cooperazione internazionale (NDICI), al fine di donare 200 milioni di dosi di vaccino contro la COVID-19, ai paesi a reddito basso e medio-basso. Inoltre, il testo mira anche a potenziare il Meccanismo unionale di protezione civile (UCPM/rescEU), per finanziare le nuove emergenze, tra cui i voli di rimpatrio dall'Afghanistan, il supporto ad Haiti dopo il recente terremoto e altre operazioni in sospeso, compresi gli incendi boschivi.
2021/11/24
A European strategy for critical raw materials (A9-0280/2021 - Hildegard Bentele)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione sulle materie prime critiche, perché in quest'epoca di sempre maggiore incertezza per ciò che concerne l'approvvigionamento energetico, l'Unione europea deve elaborare una strategia comune, che regoli il suo approccio nei confronti delle cosiddette "materie prime critiche. In effetti, proprio sulla disponibilità di questo tipo di materiali si fonda la Transizione Ecologica, a cui il Green New Deal ha dato il via.
2021/11/24
A Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe (A9-0317/2021 - Dolors Montserrat)

Ho votato a favore della proposta per una serie di ragioni tra loro collegate. Essa serve a garantire ai pazienti l'accesso a medicinali a buon mercato e rispondere alle esigenze mediche non soddisfatte - per esempio per quanto riguarda la resistenza antimicrobica, il cancro e le malattie rare - a favorire la competitività, la capacità di innovazione e la sostenibilità del comparto farmaceutico dell'UE e la produzione di medicinali di alta qualità, sicuri, efficaci e più ecologici, nonché migliorare i meccanismi di preparazione e risposta alle crisi, predisporre catene di approvvigionamento diversificate e sicure, affrontare le carenze di medicinali e assicurare una posizione solida dell'UE sulla scena mondiale.
2021/11/24
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2021/001 ES/País Vasco metal – Spain (A9-0319/2021 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial)

Ho votato a favore della richiesta di mobilitazione del FEG (Fondo Europeo di adeguamento alla Globalizzazione) da parte della Spagna, per ottenere un contributo finanziario, che possa facilitare il reinserimento nel mercato del lavoro, di centinaia di lavoratori in esubero nel settore della lavorazione del metallo nei Paesi Baschi, duramente colpito dalla crisi COVID.
2021/11/25
Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Philippines (A9-0300/2021 - Gilles Lebreton)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione del Consiglio, che autorizza gli Stati membri ad accettare, nell'interesse dell'UE, l'adesione della Giamaica alla Convenzione dell'Aia del 1980, sugli aspetti civili della sottrazione internazionale di minori. Personalmente, accolgo con favore l'adesione dei paesi terzi a tale Convenzione, perché ciò favorisce grandemente la cooperazione tra le autorità amministrative e giudiziarie dei vari paesi, in casi di sottrazione di minori, da parte dei genitori.
2021/11/25
Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Jamaica (A9-0299/2021 - Heidi Hautala)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/11/25
Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Bolivia (A9-0307/2021 - Heidi Hautala)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/11/25
Hague Convention (1980) on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: accession of Pakistan (A9-0308/2021 - Heidi Hautala)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/11/25
Union tariff rate quota for high quality beef from Paraguay (A9-0333/2021 - Jordi Cañas)

Ho votato a favore della relazione. I contingenti tariffari consentono di importare un quantitativo predeterminato di un prodotto, a un dazio inferiore (dazio applicabile al contingente), rispetto all'aliquota normalmente prevista per quel prodotto. Il recesso del Regno Unito dall'UE, ha implicazioni anche per quanto riguarda gli impegni assunti con l'accordo che istituisce l'Organizzazione mondiale del commercio (OMC). UE e Regno Unito, sono entrambi membri originali dell'OMC. Quando, nel 1994, la Comunità europea, accettò l'accordo istitutivo dell'OMC e i connessi accordi commerciali multilaterali, l'elenco delle concessioni e degli impegni allegato all'accordo GATT, fu allegato contemporaneamente per il Regno Unito. L'elenco dell'UE riporta quindi impegni che sono applicabili anche al Regno Unito in quanto membro dell'OMC. Le concessioni per le merci continueranno ad applicarsi al territorio dell'UE, ma rispetto ad oggi, gli impegni quantitativi dell'UE dovranno essere adattati in considerazione del recesso del Regno Unito dall'UE, in particolare in termini di contingenti tariffari. Dopo la Brexit, si è provveduto a negoziare la ripartizione dei contingenti tra UE e UK, mediante redazione di un regolamento ad hoc.La relazione in questione ha come obiettivo quello di correggere un errore tecnico commesso dalla Commissione europea, che ha incluso il contingente tariffario relativo alla carne di alta qualità proveniente dal Paraguay, all'interno del processo di ripartizione dei 143 contingenti tariffari l'UE27 e il Regno Unito, per cui dal 1° gennaio 2021, l'acceso al mercato dell'UE al Paraguay per tale prodotto è stato limitato da 1000 tonnellate a 711 tonnellate.Trattandosi di una modifica di natura puntuale e tecnica, volta peraltro a rendere la normativa conforme a quanto previsto dai negoziati, non vedo motivi per non votare a favore.
2021/12/13
Joint investigation teams: alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data (A9-0236/2021 - Jeroen Lenaers)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, che mira ad allineare la decisione quadro 2002/465/GAI relativa alle squadre investigative comuni, alla legislazione dell'Unione in materia di protezione di dati personali. Nello specifico, la direttiva sulla protezione dei dati nelle attività di polizia e giudiziarie, definisce il quadro giuridico per le attività di prevenzione, indagine, accertamento e perseguimento di reati o esecuzione di sanzioni penali, incluse la salvaguardia e la prevenzione di minacce alla sicurezza pubblica, svolte dalle autorità competenti. Il testo discusso nella plenaria di dicembre riguarda una modifica molto tecnica, finalizzata a permettere un allineamento della normativa alle questioni concernenti la protezione dei dati.Per questo motivo, non ho ravvisato motivi per non votare a favore della procedura.
2021/12/14
European Investigation Order in criminal matters: alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data (A9-0237/2021 - Marina Kaljurand)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, per gli stessi motivi di cui sopra.
2021/12/14
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Croatia (A9-0343/2021 - Karlo Ressler)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di mobilitazione del Fondo di solidarietà, a seguito della richiesta della Croazia, colpita da una serie di violenti terremoti tra il 28 dicembre 2020 e il 21 febbraio 2021. Il Fondo di Solidarietà dell'UE interviene principalmente in caso di catastrofi naturali gravi o regionali o di gravi emergenze di sanità pubblica, che hanno profonde ripercussioni sulle condizioni di vita, sulla salute umana, sull'ambiente naturale o sull'economia di una o più regioni di uno Stato membro. Concretamente, si tratta di una sovvenzione che integra i fondi pubblici stanziati dallo Stato beneficiario e serve a finanziare misure essenziali di emergenza e di ripresa destinate, in linea di principio, a far fronte ai danni non assicurabili. Ritengo che il Fondo di solidarietà sia un efficace strumento di sostegno per affrontare le calamità, e che rappresenti un esempio virtuoso di ciò che gli Stati membri dell'Unione possono raggiungere se agiscono in maniera organizzata e coordinata.
2021/12/14
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2021/003 IT/Porto Canale - Italy (A9-0345/2021 - Janusz Lewandowski)

Ho votato a favore della proposta per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2021/12/14
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2021/002 IT/Air Italy - Italy (A9-0346/2021 - Janusz Lewandowski)

Ho votato a favore della proposta per le stesse decisioni di cui sopra.
2021/12/14
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2021/004 ES/Aragón automotive - Spain (A9-0344/2021- Esteban González Pons)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione sulla mobilitazione del FEG (Fondo Europeo di adeguamento alla Globalizzazione), a seguito della domanda presentata dalla Spagna. In effetti, a causa della crisi legata alla pandemia da COVID-9, il settore economico della fabbricazione di autoveicoli, rimorchi e semirimorchi nella regione dell'Aragona ,è stato colpito in maniera particolare e le imprese della zona hanno registrato un totale di 529 esuberi. I contributi finanziari provenienti dal FEG sono funzionali a fornire assistenza alle persone interessate per il reinserimento nel mercato del lavoro. Ritengo che il FEG rappresenti uno degli strumenti più utili dal punto di vista pratico, per aiutare il mercato del lavoro ad adattarsi agli shock esogeni e, in ultima analisi, un efficace sostegno alle piccole e medie imprese, che costituiscono il tessuto connettivo dell'Unione europea e sono spesso le più esposte agli shock strutturali dell'economia.
2021/12/14
EU-US air transport agreement (A9-0335/2021 - Maria Grapini)

Ho votato a favore della ratifica del Protocollo negoziato al trattato tra UE e USA sui trasporti aerei. Il 25 e il 30 aprile 2007, l'Unione europea ha firmato un accordo globale sui trasporti aerei con gli Stati Uniti, che è stato modificato da un protocollo firmato il 24 giugno 2010 (congiuntamente denominati "ATA tra l'UE e gli Stati Uniti"). Il protocollo approfondisce l'ATA e ne amplia la portata, aggiungendo disposizioni volte a istituire un partenariato globale nel settore dei trasporti aerei, con vantaggi per i consumatori, le compagnie aeree e i lavoratori. Particolarmente degno di nota è il fatto che per la prima volta in un accordo sui trasporti aerei, si sono inserite disposizioni sociali specifiche, oltre alla previsione di un impegno a favore di norme ad hoc in materia di lavoro. Inoltre si sono previste disposizioni ambientali finalizzate a istituire un quadro per affrontare le sfide ambientali locali e globali legate al trasporto aereo.
2021/12/14
International procurement instrument (A9-0337/2021 - Daniel Caspary)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, che mira a restringere l'accesso al mercato europeo degli appalti pubblici da parte degli operatori economici originari di Paesi terzi, che applicano misure restrittive o discriminatorie nei confronti delle imprese dell'UE. In effetti, è risaputo che il mercato europeo degli appalti è tra i più aperti al mondo, in ottemperanza a quanto previsto dall'accordo dell'OMC sugli appalti internazionali. In reazione ad un aumento del ricorso a misure protezionistiche da parte degli Stati terzi, è sorta la necessità di uno strumento normativo per gli appalti pubblici unico a livello europeo. Tale strumento consentirebbe di limitare o escludere, in base ai casi, l'accesso al mercato europeo degli appalti pubblici da parte degli operatori economici originari di Paesi terzi che applicano misure restrittive o discriminatorie nei confronti delle imprese dell'UE, senza pregiudicare gli impegni esistenti dell'UE nei confronti dei Paesi terzi. La proposta in questione contiene due tipi di misure IPI (International Procurement Instrument), tra di loro combinabili, che la Commissione può imporre attraverso atti di esecuzione: una misura di aggiustamento del punteggio sulle offerte inviate dagli operatori economici del Paese terzo in questione e l'esclusione delle offerte inviate dagli operatori economici in questione.
2021/12/14
Transitional provisions for certain in vitro diagnostic medical devices and deferred application of requirements for in-house devices (C9-0381/2021)

Ho votato a favore, sia dell'applicazione della procedura di urgenza che alla proposta nel merito. Infatti, la pandemia COVID-19 ha confermato la necessità di un solido quadro normativo per i dispositivi medici diagnostici in vitro nell'UE. I dati sulla prontezza del mercato raccolti dalla Commissione europea nella prima metà del 2021, mostrano che gli Stati membri, le istituzioni sanitarie, gli organismi notificati e gli operatori economici non saranno in grado di garantire la corretta attuazione e applicazione del regolamento dal 26 maggio 2022. In particolare, con solo sei organismi notificati designati finora, c'è una grave carenza di capacità di organismi notificati, che rende impossibile per i produttori condurre in tempo le procedure di valutazione della conformità legalmente richieste.La proposta della Commissione suggerisce di estendere la portata e le scadenze delle disposizioni transitorie esistenti. Così facendo, la Commissione intende ridurre la pressione sui fabbricanti, sugli organismi notificati, sulle istituzioni sanitarie, sulle autorità competenti degli Stati membri e su altri attori ed evitare carenze di dispositivi.
2021/12/15
The impact of organised crime on own resources of the EU and on the misuse of EU funds (A9-0330/2021 - Tomáš Zdechovský)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché è innegabile l'impatto diretto delle attività criminose transnazionali, in termini di minor flusso di entrate per l'Unione europea. La frode sul versante delle entrate è un ambito in cui i danni arrecati dalla criminalità organizzata sono particolarmente consistenti, compresa la frode doganale. Inoltre, le frodi di questo tipo sono spesso commesse falsificando le dichiarazioni di importazione, utilizzando documenti fraudolenti per la dichiarazione delle merci e dichiarando falsamente l'origine delle merci al fine di eludere i dazi antidumping dell'UE. In aggiunta a ciò, condivido la considerazione secondo la quale la prevenzione, la lotta contro le frodi commesse dalla criminalità organizzata, dovrebbero costituire una priorità delle autorità di gestione, certificazione e audit, nonché essere oggetto di indagini finanziarie specializzate; la lotta contro i gruppi della criminalità organizzata richiede anche norme e misure rafforzate in materia di congelamento e confisca dei beni, compreso, se del caso, il sequestro temporaneo di proprietà di valore equivalente ai proventi di reato, al fine di evitare il trasferimento o la cessione di tali proventi di reato prima della conclusione del procedimento penale.
2021/12/15
Challenges and prospects for multilateral weapons of mass destruction arms control and disarmament regimes (A9-0324/2021 - Sven Mikser)

Ho votato a favore della relazione che analizza le sfide e le prospettive sul controllo multilaterale delle armi e delle armi di distruzione di massa, e i regimi di disarmo. Ritengo infatti che ogni individuo che abbia a cuore il perpetrarsi di un ordine mondiale, basato sul rispetto del diritto internazionale e sulla tutela dei diritti fondamentali, debba votare a favore di un testo come questo. Particolarmente degno di nota è il rinnovo dell'impegno a favore del mantenimento di regimi internazionali efficaci per il controllo degli armamenti, il disarmo e la non proliferazione. Grande importanza riveste anche il richiamo al divieto di armi chimiche, impedendo l'impunità per il loro uso: a tale proposito accolgo con favore la decisione di includere all'interno del testo i casi Skripal e Naval'nyj, con le relative sanzioni imposte a funzionari russi a seguito di tale palese violazione delle norme internazionali.
2021/12/15
Cooperation on the fight against organised crime in the Western Balkans (A9-0298/2021 - Lukas Mandl)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché mi sembra nel complesso equilibrata ed affronta tematiche condivisibili nella loro quasi totalità. La relazione richiama il fatto che la criminalità organizzata e la corruzione danneggiano in primo luogo i cittadini dei paesi dei Balcani occidentali, in quanto minano il loro diritto alla sicurezza e alla coesione sociale nonché la loro fiducia nel sistema democratico, rendono difficili le riforme democratiche e ostacolano il processo di adesione. Vengono inoltre evidenziati i vari tipi di attività criminali presenti nell'area, menzionando tra l'altro la tratta di esseri umani, che colpisce in particolare donne e bambine destinate allo sfruttamento sessuale, il traffico di migranti (aumentato in questi ultimi anni), il traffico illegali di armi da fuoco, il traffico di droga (anche per la sua produzione) e un aumento dell'attività della criminalità informatica organizzata.
2021/12/15
European Medicines Agency (A9-0216/2021 - Nicolás González Casares)

Ho votato a favore della relazione sulla proposta di regolamento, perché ritengo che si preponga un obiettivo fondamentale, vale a dire dotarsi di un quadro istituzionale adeguato per far fronte alle emergenze sanitarie. Il presente regolamento è in linea con le prime tre proposte dell'Unione in campo sanitario: il meccanismo per combattere le gravi minacce per la salute a livello transfrontaliero – che disciplina l'azione a livello dell'Unione in ambito di preparazione, sorveglianza, valutazione dei rischi, allarme rapido e risposta – e i mandati rafforzati, sia dell'Agenzia europea per i medicinali che del Centro europeo per la prevenzione e il controllo delle malattie, come pilastri essenziali, potenziando il coordinamento e le sinergie tra di essi.Inoltre, non bisogna dimenticare che la pandemia ha acuito il problema della carenza di medicinali considerati critici e ha messo in evidenza la dipendenza esterna dell'Unione in termini di produzione interna di dispositivi medici, la mancanza di coordinamento e i limiti strutturali della capacità dell'Unione e degli Stati membri di reagire rapidamente ed efficacemente a tali sfide durante le crisi di salute pubblica, la necessità di sostenere e rafforzare il tessuto industriale attraverso politiche adeguate.Questo regolamento costituisce uno strumento utile che può contribuire alla trasparenza nel funzionamento della catena di approvvigionamento al fine di prevenire carenze che possono rivelarsi critiche nelle emergenze sanitarie.
2022/01/19
Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/817 (B9-0061/2022)

Ho espresso voto contrario alla risoluzione, che si propone di impugnare gli atti delegati presentati dalla Commissione, relativi all'interoperabilità dei sistemi di informazione. Innanzitutto, occorre sottolineare che al fine di garantire la corretta identificazione dei viaggiatori all'interno dello Spazio Schengen, e contrastare la frode di identità, è necessario che le banche dati e i sistemi informatici di tutti i Paesi membri, si integrino reciprocamente: un sistema di prevenzione frammentato, nel quale i servizi di sicurezza non comunicano fra loro, rende la lotta ai furti di identità impossibile da portare avanti in maniera integrata ed efficace. La risoluzione contro la quale ho votato è stata presentata da gruppi parlamentari, preoccupati che le proposte della Commissione, per rilevare le identità multiple, non siano proporzionate e possano nuocere al diritto alla privacy. In realtà, io sono convinta che tali atti delegati non siano sproporzionati né nei fini, né nei mezzi e ritengo inoltre, che vadano adottati in tempi brevi, al fine di dotare al più presto le forze di contrasto di tutti gli strumenti operativi necessari all'identificazione delle frodi di identità, le quali peraltro non fanno che favorire l'immigrazione clandestina.
2022/01/19
Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/818 (B9-0062/2022)

Ho espresso voto contrario alla risoluzione, per le stesse ragioni di cui sopra.
2022/01/19
Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean: accession of the European Union (A9-0008/2022 - Bert-Jan Ruissen)

Ho votato a favore della relazione che richiede al Parlamento europeo di approvare la proposta di adesione dell'UE alla Convenzione sulla conservazione e la gestione delle risorse della pesca d'alto mare nel Pacifico settentrionale.Infatti, questa adesione dovrebbe consentire alle navi dell'UE di pescare nell'Oceano Pacifico settentrionale e rappresenta dunque un indubbio vantaggio per il settore della pesca europea, anch'esso duramente colpito dalla pandemia di Covid.
2022/02/14
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund – application EGF/2021/005 FR/AIRBUS – France (A9-0013/2022 - Valérie Hayer)

Ho votato a favore della proposta di decisione sulla Mobilitazione del FEG (Fondo Europeo di adeguamento alla Globalizzazione), a seguito della domanda presentata dalla Francia.In effetti, a causa della crisi legata alla pandemia da Covid 19, si è verificato il crollo generale dell'aviazione commerciale, in particolare nel settore dei voli passeggeri. Airbus, la cui divisione dell'aviazione commerciale rappresenta il 77% del fatturato complessivo dell'impresa, ha dovuto ridurre di un terzo i suoi livelli di produzione a partire dall'aprile 2020 e poi attuare un piano di ristrutturazione che ha portato al licenziamento di 4 248 persone. I contributi finanziari provenienti dal FEG sono funzionali a fornire assistenza alle persone interessate per il reinserimento nel mercato del lavoro.Ritengo che il FEG rappresenti uno degli strumenti più utili dal punto di vista pratico per aiutare il mercato del lavoro ad adattarsi agli shock esogeni, di cui la pandemia rappresenta forse l'esempio più chiaro.
2022/02/15
European Central Bank – annual report 2021 (A9-0351/2021 - Dimitrios Papadimoulis)

Ho votato a favore della relazione annuale della Banca Centrale Europea. È infatti innegabile il ruolo svolto dalla BCE nel salvaguardare la stabilità dell'euro; l'operato della BCE è dimostrazione tangibile della sua indipendenza statutaria, cosi come sancita dai trattati.Considero, inoltre, di grande importanza il richiamo nel testo al riesame della strategia di politica monetaria della BCE, adottata all'unanimità e annunciata l'8 luglio 2021, che stabilisce come raggiungere l'obiettivo primario del mantenimento della stabilità dei prezzi e contribuire al conseguimento degli obiettivi dell'Unione, che includono una crescita economica equilibrata e sostenibile, un'economia sociale di mercato altamente competitiva che mira alla piena occupazione e al progresso e alla convergenza sociale, nonché un elevato livello di protezione e miglioramento della qualità dell'ambiente, fatto salvo l'obiettivo della stabilità dei prezzi. Si tratta, infatti, del primo riesame della strategia in 18 anni.Accolgo, inoltre, con favore il richiamo alla decisione della BCE, espressa anche dalla presidente Lagarde durante il dialogo monetario tenutosi il 27 settembre 2021, di valutare periodicamente l'adeguatezza della strategia di politica monetaria, con la prossima valutazione prevista per il 2025, rafforzando in tal modo anche la sensibilizzazione e il coinvolgimento del pubblico nella politica monetaria.
2022/02/15
Implementation report on on-farm animal welfare (A9-0296/2021 - Jérémy Decerle)

Ho votato a favore della relazione perchè contiene un sistema di regole armonizzate per un miglioramento del benessere animale, tema etico che sta sempre più a cuore dei consumatori e della nostra società in generale.Infatti, l'interesse dei consumatori per la qualità dei prodotti alimentari acquistati e il benessere degli animali non è mai stato così forte e i cittadini dell'UE, in qualità di consumatori, aspirano a poter compiere scelte maggiormente informate.Non dobbiamo dimenticare, inoltre, che la qualità dei prodotti alimentari in relazione al benessere e alla salute degli animali svolge un ruolo importante nel conseguimento degli obiettivi della strategia "Dal produttore al consumatore”.È inoltre di grande importanza che il testo preveda un aiuto finanziario specifico per accompagnare allevatori a migliorare gli standard, con un sistema di etichettatura per il benessere degli animali.
2022/02/15
Macro-financial assistance to Ukraine(C9-0028/2022)

Ho votato a favore della decisione, poiché si prepone come obiettivo la concessione dell'assistenza macrofinanziaria di emergenza all'Ucraina al fine di sostenerne, in particolare, la resilienza e la stabilità economica. L'assistenza macrofinanziaria dell'Unione dovrebbe essere uno strumento finanziario eccezionale di sostegno non vincolato alla bilancia dei pagamenti, destinato a coprire l'immediato fabbisogno di finanziamenti esterni del beneficiario, e che dovrebbe sostenere l'attuazione di un programma di politica che preveda energiche misure di aggiustamento e di riforma strutturale, per migliorare a breve termine la situazione della bilancia dei pagamenti del beneficiario e a medio termine la sua resilienza economica.Dato che la perdita di accesso al mercato e il deflusso di capitali hanno determinato un ingente fabbisogno residuo di finanziamenti esterni nella bilancia dei pagamenti ucraina, superiore alle risorse fornite dall'FMI e da altre istituzioni multilaterali, ritengo che una rapida concessione di assistenza macrofinanziaria di emergenza all'Ucraina da parte dell'Unione costituisca, nelle attuali circostanze eccezionali, una risposta adeguata per far fronte nel breve termine ai notevoli rischi cui è esposto il paese.
2022/02/16
Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive (A9-0349/2021 - Brando Benifei)

Ho espresso voto favorevole al testo perchè condivido pienamente lo spirito con cui è stata redatta la relazione secondo il quale i bambini, in quanto consumatori particolarmente vulnerabili in un'età delicata, dovrebbero godere del massimo livello possibile di protezione durante il gioco e tutto ciò attuando una legislazione che consenta flessibilità e adattamenti rapidi per tenere il passo con i nuovi sviluppi tecnico-scientifici.L'obiettivo della relazione è assicurare un elevato livello di protezione dei bambini in tutta l'UE e garantire la libera circolazione dei giocattoli nel mercato interno. A tal fine, essa introduce disposizioni e obblighi precisi per i fabbricanti, gli importatori e i distributori, con disposizioni di applicazione ad opera delle autorità di vigilanza del mercato per i giocattoli non conformi.
2022/02/16
Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer (A9-0001/2022 - Véronique Trillet-Lenoir)

Ho votato a favore del testo considerato nella sua interezza, ma ho espresso tutta la mia contrarietà agli emendamenti miranti a penalizzare le nostre produzioni vitivinicole, le eccellenze del nostro del made in Italy, senza fare alcuna distinzione tra consumo moderato e abuso di bevande alcoliche.Tali emendamenti, se approvati, avrebbero potuto aprire, letteralmente, le porte alla distruzione di un'intera filiera e conseguentemente di migliaia di posti di lavoro, oltre che di una secolare tradizione dei nostri territori.Tuttavia, non bisogna dimenticare che abbiamo vinto solo una battaglia: ora dobbiamo continuare a lottare perché venga ribadito e rafforzato l'invito a migliorare l'etichettatura delle bevande alcoliche con l'inclusione di informazioni su un consumo moderato e responsabile di alcol.
2022/02/16
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 (A9-0354/2021 - David McAllister)

Ho votato a favore della relazione sull'attuazione della PESC perchè è strutturata sulla base di principi che sostanzialmente condivido. Tra i più importatni figurano:- assumere un ruolo guida nel rafforzamento del partenariato con le Nazioni Unite, e nella protezione e promozione della democrazia e dei diritti umani a livello globale;- conseguire la sovranità europea collegando in modo coerente le azioni esterne e le politiche interne dell'UE, e coniugando la capacità di agire in modo autonomo, ove necessario, alla disponibilità a perseguire una solidarietà strategica con partner che condividono i medesimi principi;– rafforzare il controllo democratico, la sorveglianza, la responsabilità e la dimensione parlamentare della PESC dell'UE.Il testo presenta, nel complesso, svariate parti condivisibili inerenti più aspetti della PESC dell'UE, sottolineando le molteplici sfide da affrontare e analizzando a tutto tondo i differenti scenari mondiali con cui ci confrontiamo: emergenza COVID, minacce ibride, allargamento ai Balcani occidentali, Turchia, partenariato orientale, Caucaso meridionale, Israele e il processo di pace in Medio Oriente, Iran e accordo sul nucleare JCPOA, rapporti UE-NATO, Russia, Ucraina, Afghanistan, Africa e Sahel, America latina e Caraibi, Cina, Artico.In particolare quest'anno viene dato ampio risalto al rafforzamento della politica di sicurezza e difesa comune (PSDC) e alla questione dell'autonomia e sovranità strategica dell'UE.
2022/02/16
Tackling non-tariff and non-tax barriers in the single market (A9-0336/2021 - Kosma Złotowski)

Ho espresso voto positivo al testo principalmente per due ragioni: la prima è che condivido in generale il principio alla base della relazione. Esistono infatti barriere non tariffarie che impediscono il normale svolgimento dell'erogazione di servizi e beni all'interno dell'Unione e che di conseguenza danneggiano imprese e cittadini.Inoltre, mi compiaccio che nel testo siano stati inseriti due emendamenti chiave: a) il riferimento al fatto che alcune delle restrizioni individuate nell'ambito della direttiva sui servizi (la cosiddetta Bolkenstein) siano il risultato dell'incertezza giuridica che la direttiva ha provocato dalla sua entrata in vigore riguardo al suo ambito di applicazione, in particolare per le PMI del settore del turismo;b) il fatto che il settore degli autotrasporti internazionali è soggetto a barriere non tariffarie, suscettibili di ridurre l'accesso ai mercati nazionali limitandone la competitività.
2022/02/16
Protection of workers from the risks relating to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work (A9-0114/2021 - Stefania Zambelli)

Accolgo con favore l'accordo in prima lettura che modifica la direttiva 2004/37/CE. Con questa revisione si stabiliscono nuovi limiti di esposizione professionale per alcune sostanze chimiche, garantendo un nuovo livello di protezione professionale ad oltre un milione di lavoratori in tutta l'UE, in numerosi e differenti settori, tra cui il settore petrolifero, tessile, manifatturiero, edile e chimico. Oltre a queste sostanze, sono state inserite all'interno dello scopo di questa direttiva ben 11 sostanze tossiche per la riproduzione.Infine è stata dedicata particolare attenzione ai lavoratori del settore ospedaliero: per la prima volta infatti si parla di medicinali pericolosi (i citotossici, quelli per la cura contro il cancro e altri). All’interno della direttiva viene infatti introdotta una formazione specifica per chi lavora con questi medicinali pericolosi e degli orientamenti specifici per la preparazione, la somministrazione e lo smaltimento dei medicinali pericolosi sul luogo di lavoro.
2022/02/17
Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (A9-0006/2022 - Giuseppe Ferrandino)

. – Ho votato a favore della proposta, in quanto mira a rendere più coerente ed armonizzato il sistema della tassazione nel settore degli autotrasporti. Infatti, la situazione è attualmente molto eterogenea negli Stati membri, e caratterizzata da molte sensibilità politiche.Pur prevedendo una certa flessibilità e periodi di transizione, la direzione dell'accordo è molto chiara, vale a dire passare da 27 sistemi individuali a norme comuni applicabili a tutti, il che si conforma maggiormente al mercato interno del trasporto su strada in vigore.Nello specifico, la proposta prevede, tra i vari elementi degni di nota, l'eliminazione graduale dei bolli di circolazione (diritti "calcolati in base alla durata") per gli autocarri sulla rete transeuropea centrale e il passaggio a una tariffazione basata sulla distanza percorsa, con alcune deroghe specifiche e la possibilità di disporre di un sistema combinato.In tal modo si intende sancire i principi "chi inquina paga" e "chi utilizza paga" e questo è stato un punto molto importante per il Parlamento nei negoziati. La proposta prevede inoltre l'"inverdimento" dei pedaggi stradali per autocarri e veicoli commerciali leggeri mediante l'introduzione dell'obbligo di differenziare i pedaggi stradali in funzione delle emissioni di CO2 e/o delle prestazioni ambientali del veicolo, nonché l'imposizione obbligatoria di oneri per i costi esterni per gli autocarri a copertura dei costi esterni dell'inquinamento atmosferico.Ciò costituirà un importante incentivo per la diffusione di autocarri a basse e a zero emissioni e per il rinnovo del parco veicoli.
2022/02/17
Future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean (A9-0042/2022 - Manuel Pizarro)

Ho votato a favore di questa relazione di iniziativa, che propone che l'UE difenda gli interessi dei suoi pescatori. Si parla anche di sfruttare appieno i fondi della riserva di adeguamento Brexit per aiutare i pescatori europei penalizzati dal taglio delle quote (si veda, in questo senso, il caso delle quote per la pesca del tonno in Italia che sono lievemente diminuite causa Brexit) o dal ritardo nell'ottenimento della licenza di pesca nella zona britannica
2022/04/05
Equivalence of field inspections and of certain seed produced in Bolivia (A9-0053/2022 - Veronika Vrecionová)

Ho votato a favore del testo perché mi sembra, nel complesso, bilanciato e ragionevole. La decisione 2003/17/CE del Consiglio, riconosce l'equivalenza di alcuni paesi terzi per quanto riguarda le ispezioni in campo e la produzione delle sementi di determinate specie, effettuate conformemente alle direttive 66/401/CEE, 66/402/CEE, 2002/54/CE, 2002/55/CE e 2002/57/CE. È stato accertato che le disposizioni nazionali applicabili alle sementi raccolte e controllate in tali paesi offrono, per quanto concerne le caratteristiche, il regime di esame, l'identificazione, la marcatura e il controllo delle sementi, le stesse garanzie delle disposizioni applicabili alle sementi raccolte e controllate nell'Unione europea. Di conseguenza le sementi provenienti da tali paesi, come la Bolivia possono, essere commercializzate nell'Unione.
2022/04/05
Draft amending budget No 1/2022: adjustment of the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (A9-0051/2022 - Karlo Ressler)

Ho votato a favore del testo non ravvedendovi particolari criticità, dato che si tratta essenzialmente di un trasferimento delle risorse destinate ai fondi in gestione concorrente, originariamente previste per l'esercizio finanziario 2021, ma che non sono ancora state utilizzate.
2022/04/05
Minimum level of training of seafarers (codification) (A9-0080/2022 - Manon Aubry)

Ho espresso voto positivo alla proposta, perché è in linea con l'obiettivo generale di semplificare e chiarire il diritto dell'Unione. Inoltre, essa si limita a una mera codificazione dei testi esistenti, relativi ai requisiti minimi di formazione della gente di mare, senza modifiche sostanziali. Scopo della proposta è procedere alla codificazione della direttiva 2008/106/CE, che recepisce la Convenzione dell'Organizzazione marittima internazionale STCW del 1978. Il nuovo provvedimento sostituisce i vari atti e le modifiche succedutesi nel tempo in materia, preservandone integralmente la sostanza e limitandosi a riunirli con aggiustamenti formali
2022/04/05
Data Governance Act (A9-0248/2021 - Angelika Niebler)

Ho votato a favore della relazione, perché ritengo che bilanci sufficientemente le sensibilità dei diversi gruppi, relative alla governance dei dati. Tra i punti particolarmente degni di nota, figura il riconoscimento della necessità di sfruttare la potenzialità dei dati posseduti dalle aziende e dalle amministrazioni pubbliche, considerando che l'80% oggi è inutilizzato. La relazione riconosce inoltre l'importanza di regolamentare l'utilizzo incondizionato e quindi pericoloso dei dati. Importante è anche il fatto che sia stato introdotto il concetto di "altruismo dei dati" tale per cui, si possono concedere i propri dati per garantire il bene comune. A questo proposito, assume particolare rilevanza il principio dell'unbundling, cioè che la cessione dei dati non si possa combinare con altri servizi già comprati come "cloud storage" o "business analytics".
2022/04/06
Global approach to research and innovation: Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (B9-0174/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, di cui sono stata relatrice in commissione ITRE, perché ritengo che il testo sia equilibrato e rispecchi le diverse sensibilità dei vari gruppi parlamentari. I temi trattati dalla risoluzione spaziano dalla tutela della libertà accademica, al rafforzamento della competitività europea nei settori della Ricerca e Sviluppo, alla necessità di collaborare con Paesi terzi che condividano i nostri principi e valori, al fine di poter beneficiare vicendevolmente dei risultati ottenuti dai progetti congiunti di Ricerca e Sviluppo. Credo che la risoluzione sia espressione di un atteggiamento inclusivo verso tutte le posizioni in campo e ciò è doveroso, quando si tratta di una tematica, quella della ricerca scientifica, che deve rimanere lontano dalle ideologie e possibilmente dalle contrapposizioni politiche.
2022/04/06
Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (B9-0173/2022)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione che esprime profonda preoccupazione per il notevole ritardo nell'attuazione della Politica di Coesione per il periodo 2021-2027. Essa sottolinea inoltre che gli attuali ritardi stanno mettendo a dura prova la capacità delle autorità nazionali, regionali e locali di pianificare efficacemente i fondi della politica di coesione dell'UE per il periodo 2021-2027 e di garantire la ripresa economica e la resilienza delle regioni europee. Tali ritardi ostacolano la capacità degli Stati membri di reagire, nel contesto della complessa situazione causata dalla guerra in Ucraina, non solo alla crisi dell'energia e dell'approvvigionamento, ma anche alla crisi dei rifugiati a medio e a lungo termine. Accolgo con favore la flessibilità temporanea e le misure supplementari offerte dalla proposta CARE e dall'ultima proposta della Commissione, sull'aumento dei prefinanziamenti di REACT-EU.
2022/04/06
Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified soybean MON 87769 X MON 89788 (B9-0178/2022)

Ho votato a favore dell'obiezione al progetto di decisione della Commissione, mirante a permettere l'immissione in commercio di prodotti contenenti, costituiti od ottenuti da soia geneticamente modificata MON 87769 × MON 89788. In effetti, ritengo che il progetto di decisione di esecuzione della Commissione non sia coerente con il diritto dell'Unione, in quanto non garantisce un elevato livello di tutela della vita e della salute umana, della salute e del benessere degli animali, dell'ambiente e degli interessi dei consumatori.
2022/04/06
Investigational medicinal products made available in the UK with respect to Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta (C9-0476/2021 - Pascal Canfin) (vote)

Ho votato a favore del testo, perché mi sembra, nel complesso, bilanciato e ragionevole. Gli obiettivi di queste proposte sono di affrontare le questioni relative ai medicinali per uso umano, di prevenire le carenze di medicinali e di garantire un adeguato livello di protezione della salute pubblica in Irlanda del Nord, Cipro, Irlanda e Malta. Queste proposte permettono eccezionalmente che: i medicinali generici possono essere autorizzati secondo le procedure nazionali del Regno Unito, nel rispetto delle norme UE sui medicinali. Le persone residenti in Irlanda del Nord avranno quindi accesso a questi medicinali allo stesso tempo delle persone nel resto del Regno Unito; le persone residenti in Irlanda del Nord avranno anche accesso a farmaci innovativi salvavita (compresi i nuovi farmaci contro il cancro) allo stesso tempo di qualsiasi altra persona nel Regno Unito. Una "soluzione ponte" permetterà a qualsiasi nuovo farmaco autorizzato nel Regno Unito di essere fornito all'Irlanda del Nord, fino a quando la relativa autorizzazione sarà data anche nell'UE dall'EMA attraverso la procedura autorizzata a livello centrale.
2022/04/07
Increased pre-financing from REACT-EU (C9-0127/2022)

Ho votato a favore sia della procedura d'urgenza, che del contenuto del testo, perché interventi come questo sono necessari per permettere agli Stati membri di far fronte alle straordinarie difficoltà legate alle vicende geopolitiche odierne. Al fine di sostenere gli Stati membri che accolgono e ospitano i rifugiati in fuga dalla guerra in Ucraina, la Commissione ha proposto di aumentare di 3,4 miliardi di euro il prefinanziamento totale a titolo dell'assistenza alla ripresa per la coesione e i territori d'Europa (REACT-EU). L'attuale proposta integra quella relativa all'azione di coesione a favore dei rifugiati in Europa (CARE), adottata l'8 marzo, e la possibilità per gli Stati membri di utilizzare la tranche REACT-EU relativa al 2022, per sostenere misure volte ad assistere le persone in fuga dall'Ucraina
2022/04/07
Gas storage (C9-0126/2022 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi) (vote)

Ho votato a favore sia dell'applicazione della procedura d'urgenza, sia del merito della proposta di risoluzione, la quale mette al voto la proposta della Commissione sul regolamento 2022/0090, emendativo di due regolamenti sul gas in vigore del 2009 e del 2017. Gli articoli trattati da questi regolamenti si occupano di approvvigionamento sicuro di gas e delle possibilità di stoccaggio per bisogni di flessibilità nella gestione del relativo mercato. Questo tipo di possibilità di stoccare il gas naturale in appositi spazi fisici predisposti dagli Stati membri diventa ora una necessità improrogabile come uno degli strumenti cruciali per rendersi indipendenti, almeno nella fase di criticità iniziale di qualche anno, dal gas che proviene dalla Russia (circa il 40% del totale dell'approvvigionamento dell'Unione secondo i dati fino al 2022).L'obiettivo della Commissione è arrivare al mese di novembre 2022 con gli stoccaggi dell'Unione all'80% di riempimento per ogni Stato membro e di fissare per ogni Stato membro una traiettoria di riempimento specifica.È prevista una clausola di solidarietà fra Stati membri, tale per cui uno Stato membro può richiedere fino al 15% del proprio fabbisogno annuo di gas a Stati che abbiano stoccato oltre le proprie necessità di consumo. Essa rappresenta un buon punto di partenza per legiferare in maniera efficiente e rapida in quest'ambito. Da accogliere con favore anche la previsione di delegare la commissione competente, ITRE, di cui sono membro, alle negoziazioni.
2022/04/07
Right to repair (B9-0175/2022)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla proposta perché la ritengo ampiamente condivisibile. La risoluzione nasce dall'intenzione della Commissione di adottare un'iniziativa focalizzata sul rafforzamento del diritto del consumatore europeo, ad ottenere la riparazione dei prodotti, nell'ottica di garantire la sostenibilità della produzione industriale.Nel testo si evidenziano alcuni aspetti legati al tema della riparazione dei prodotti, tra i quali: la necessità di garantire agli utenti finali e ai fornitori indipendenti di servizi di riparazione, un migliore accesso ai pezzi di ricambio e ai manuali di istruzioni entro un termine ragionevole e a un costo ragionevole, per un periodo corrispondente alla vita utile prevista del prodotto.La risoluzione insiste inoltre sul fatto che i consumatori che acquistano prodotti online dovrebbero ricevere un livello di informazione analogo a quello riservato a chi acquista offline e che gli Stati membri dovrebbero monitorare e imporre che i venditori online, includano le informazioni necessarie sui loro siti web e quando offrono i loro prodotti sui mercati online;L'attuale quadro giuridico previsto dalla direttiva sulla vendita di beni prevede un periodo minimo di responsabilità di soli due anni per i beni difettosi e si incoraggiano gli Stati membri a prorogarlo.
2022/04/07
EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (B9-0207/2022, B9-0212/2022, B9-0213/2022)

La risoluzione presenta la posizione del Parlamento rispetto alle misure da adottare a livello europeo per tutelare i bambini e i giovani in fuga dalla guerra in l'Ucraina. Il testo condanna fermamente l'aggressione russa ai danni dell'Ucraina e chiede una serie di misure specifiche a tutela dei minori. Appare condivisibile la raccomandazione alle autorità degli Stati membri a scambiarsi i dati relativi alla registrazione di minori al fine di poterli identificare e prevenirne la scomparsa. È altresì opportuno che il personale chiamato ad interagire con minori traumatizzati sia adeguatamente formato e che le strutture ricettive per minori isolati siano separate da quelle destinate ad accogliere adulti. Apprezzabile in tal senso è la richiesta di assegnare dei tutori ai minori non accompagnati, oltre a garantire loro, opportuno accesso ai servizi educativi e sanitari.
2022/04/07
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (RC-B9-0197/2022, B9-0197/2022, B9-0200/2022, B9-0201/2022, B9-0203/2022, B9-0210/2022, B9-0211/2022)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché ne condivido ogni aspetto. È fondamentale condannare con fermezza la guerra di aggressione portata avanti dalla Russia nei confronti dell'Ucraina. La Russia deve interrompere immediatamente tutte le attività militari in Ucraina e ritirare incondizionatamente tutte le forze e l'equipaggiamento militare dall'intero territorio. Il testo invita le istituzioni dell'UE a prendere tutte le azioni necessarie nelle istituzioni e nei procedimenti internazionali, ICC o altri tribunali internazionali appropriati e tribunali, per perseguire le azioni di Putin e Lukashenko come crimini di guerra e crimini contro l'umanità e partecipare attivamente alle loro indagini e chiede l'istituzione di un tribunale speciale delle Nazioni Unite per i crimini in Ucraina.
2022/04/07
Application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the area of Schengen Information System in Cyprus (A9-0082/2022 - Peter Kofod)

Ho votato a favore della proposta. Il Sistema Informazione Schengen (SIS) è una banca dati europea in cui sono segnalati oggetti rubati e persone ricercate dalla polizia a scopo di estradizione, colpite da un divieto d'entrata o scomparse. La relazione ha quindi per obiettivo di applicare a Cipro le disposizioni relative all'applicazione del sistema SIS.Ritengo che offrendo alle autorità cipriote la possibilità di inserire e consultare segnalazioni relative a individui o oggetti nel SIS, si garantiranno livelli più elevati di sicurezza pubblica in tutta l'Unione.
2022/05/03
EU strategy to promote education for children in the world (A9-0058/2022 - David Lega)

Ho votato in senso favorevole alla proposta, perché l'educazione scolastica è alla base della vita dei bambini sotto tutti punti di vista (sociale, alimentare, educativo). Con la pandemia alcuni Paesi hanno avuto difficoltà nel garantire la continuità scolastica, con ricadute sociali ed educative notevoli.Importante è inoltre l'appello, presente all'interno della relazione, a tutti gli Stati membri delle Nazioni Unite che non l'hanno ancora fatto a ratificare la Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti del fanciullo, perché è necessario rendere efficace a livello mondiale questo strumento fondamentale per la tutela dei diritti umani.
2022/05/03
Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment (A9-0096/2022 - Pernille Weiss)

Ho votato a favore della relazione perché credo fermamente in tutti i valori che rappresenta. Non si può pensare di raggiungere la vera uguaglianza di genere se la società non prende coscienza della necessità per le donne di ottenere l'indipendenza economica. L'impresa e il lavoro autonomo sono due dei principali vettori di indipendenza economica.Accolgo con favore l'invito agli Stati a garantire un accesso effettivo ai sistemi e ai diritti di protezione sociale, compresi la pensione e i congedi per tutti i lavoratori autonomi, e ad attuare tutti i principi stabiliti nel pilastro europeo dei diritti sociali, in modo da garantire la non discriminazione e promuovere la parità di genere.Gli Stati membri e la Commissione devono inoltre integrare la dimensione di genere in tutte le fasi della progettazione di misure di sostegno per le imprenditrici.
2022/05/03
Strengthening Europol’s mandate: cooperation with private parties, processing of personal data, and support for research and innovation (A9-0290/2021 - Javier Zarzalejos)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, che prevede, tra le altre cose, di consentire a Europol di cooperare con le parti private per combattere l'utilizzo di servizi transfrontalieri - come i servizi di comunicazione, bancari o di trasporto - per attività criminali. L'iniziativa legislativa dispone che Europol possa ricevere dati personali direttamente da soggetti privati e analizzarli oltre che fungere da canale tecnico per gli scambi fra gli Stati membri e le parti private. Inoltre, propone il potenziamento della cooperazione di Europol con i Paesi terzi, in situazioni specifiche e in singoli casi, a fini di prevenzione e di contrasto di reati che rientrano nell'ambito degli obiettivi dell'agenzia. In aggiunta a ciò, prevede un rafforzamento della collaborazione di Europol con gli Stati membri o con la Procura europea nelle indagini penali, grazie all'analisi di serie di dati ampie e complesse, affrontando la sfida dei "big data" per le autorità di contrasto.
2022/05/04
Distortive foreign subsidies (A9-0135/2022 - Christophe Hansen)

Ho votato a favore della proposta. Il nuovo strumento nasce per affrontare gli effetti distorsivi delle sovvenzioni estere nel mercato unico e dovrebbe colmare la lacuna normativa esistente in tale ambito, per cui le sovvenzioni concesse da governi di Paesi terzi, attualmente sono ampiamente incontrollate, a differenza di quelle concesse dagli Stati membri che sono soggette a un attento esame. Questo strumento entra a fare parte degli strumenti di difesa di cui l'UE si sta dotando, soprattutto negli ultimi anni per fare fronte a pratiche sleali provenienti da alcuni Paesi terzi.
2022/05/04
Transitional rules for the packaging and labelling of veterinary medicinal products (C9-0054/2022)

Ho votato a favore della relazione, perché mi sembra un testo equilibrato e necessario a far fronte ad un problema molto rilevante. La direttiva 2001/82/CE e il regolamento 726/2004 hanno disciplinato i medicinali veterinari (circa 240 prodotti autorizzati a livello centrale e circa 25.000 prodotti autorizzati a livello nazionale). Tuttavia, dal 28 gennaio 2022, è subentrato il regolamento 2019/8, che prevede nuove regole per l'etichettatura e l'imballaggio. Le aziende e le autorità nazionali competenti non sono state in grado di rispettare le disposizioni e di rilasciare nuove versioni di etichette e imballaggi (alias varianti) in tempo utile. Di conseguenza, i prodotti non conformi non dovrebbero essere immessi sul mercato, il che potrebbe portare a carenze di farmaci veterinari.Così, la Commissione ha proposto un periodo di transizione di 5 anni, necessario, sia per i titolari delle autorizzazioni all'immissione in commercio, sia per le autorità competenti per controllare le variazioni delle autorizzazioni all'immissione in commercio.
2022/05/05
State of play of the EU-Moldova cooperation (RC-B9-0240/2022, B9-0240/2022, B9-0241/2022, B9-0242/2022, B9-0243/2022, B9-0244/2022, B9-0245/2022)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché mi sembra equilibrata e condivisibile. Essa infatti sottolinea come la Repubblica di Moldova sia stata colpita in modo sproporzionato dalla guerra di aggressione russa contro l'Ucraina, principalmente a causa dell'arrivo di oltre 450 000 rifugiati dall'inizio dell'invasione. Elogia inoltre la grande solidarietà mostrata dai cittadini della Repubblica di Moldova verso i profughi ucraini che sono fuggiti dalla guerra di aggressione della Russia, e accoglie con favore gli sforzi intrapresi dalle autorità della Repubblica di Moldova per sostenere i profughi ucraini.Da ultimo, ma non per importanza, il testo ribadisce il fermo e incrollabile sostegno all'indipendenza, alla sovranità e all'integrità territoriale della Repubblica di Moldova entro i suoi confini internazionalmente riconosciuti.
2022/05/05
Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (B9-0223/2022)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione perché ne condivido quasi ogni aspetto. La risoluzione prende in considerazione gli impatti della guerra in Ucraina sui settori dei trasporti e del turismo. Il testo, nel condannare l'aggressione russa in Ucraina e accogliere favorevolmente il meccanismo di sanzioni adottato dall'UE, prende atto delle conseguenze economiche negative che impatteranno anche sui nostri sistemi produttivi e della necessità di porre in essere misure compensative e di diversificazione.Importanti il riferimento al settore del turismo e la richiesta di sostenere finanziariamente le imprese, anche con meccanismi di agevolazione fiscale.
2022/05/05
Extension of the Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of Galileo and GPS satellite-based navigation systems and related applications (A9-0153/2022 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

Ho votato a favore della raccomandazione, perché questa collaborazione è basata su un progetto condiviso con gli Stati Uniti per lo sviluppo dei sistemi satellitari per applicazioni civili e militari. La messa in comune di informazioni e abilità di alto livello e una positiva analisi costi/benefici, che risulta da questa collaborazione, sono vantaggi molto preziosi sia per l'Unione europea che gli Stati Uniti.
2022/06/07
2021 Report on Turkey (A9-0149/2022 - Nacho Sánchez Amor)

Nonostante sia d'accordo con i valori espressi sull'importanza dello Stato di diritto, democrazia, libertà di espressione, manifestazione e associazione e i diritti umani, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione sul testo. Ritengo che la Turchia abbia molte situazioni che deve ancora affrontare, come la gestione dei rifugiati e dei migranti, l'unione doganale e la liberalizzazione dei visti. Senza adeguate garanzie dalla Turchia, queste situazioni rischiano di indebolire ancora di più la posizione europea.Riconoscendo che la Turchia è un partner importante per l'Unione europea, sostengo che sia cruciale continuare con i negoziati con la Turchia.
2022/06/07
The EEAS’s Climate Change and Defence Roadmap (A9-0084/2022 - Thomas Waitz)

Ho espresso voto contrario al testo perché, a causa della guerra tra la Russia e l'Ucraina, è irraggiungibile, in questo momento, l'obiettivo sui cambiamenti climatici come stabilito nella proposta. Nonostante sia d'accordo con alcune parti del testo, come la collaborazione con la NATO su questi ambiti, sostengo che sia importante affrontare la situazione in questione, prima di apportare modifiche che riguardano l'ambiente in questo settore.
2022/06/07
The EU and the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific (A9-0085/2022 - David McAllister)

Ho votato in favore di questa relazione, perché ritengo che sia importante, a causa delle crescenti tensioni nella regione, stabilire una strategia UE per la cooperazione nell'Indo-pacifico. La relazione propone una strategia basata sulla protezione della democrazia, dello Stato di diritto, dei diritti umani, e del diritto internazionale. È importante stabilire un'architettura di sicurezza regionale aperta e vie di comunicazione marittime sicure per rafforzare il dialogo tra l'Unione europea e i quattro partner della NATO che si trovano nella regione: Australia, Giappone, Repubblica di Corea e Nuova Zelanda.
2022/06/07
EU islands and cohesion policy (A9-0144/2022 - Younous Omarjee)

Riconoscendo che legalmente, le isole dell'UE, sono territori svantaggiati, ho espresso voto positivo alla relazione, che chiede agli Stati membri di stabilire una strategia per rispondere meglio alle sfide che affrontano le isole. Principalmente sostengo la proposta della relazione di definire, sul modello del Patto Urbano, una politica comune dell'UE per le isole.
2022/06/07
Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (A9-0152/2022 - Caroline Roose)

Ho espresso voto contrario alla relazione, perché tanti Stati membri non hanno ancora modificato il proprio sistema di assegnazione delle possibilità di pesca, per introdurre tali criteri. Questa relazione fornisce pochi incentivi ai pescatori che stanno già usando tecniche di pesca a basso impatto. Nuovi metodi di assegnazione dovrebbero essere decisi insieme alle associazioni di pescatori e garantire un tempo adeguato per un periodo di transizione, affinché i pescatori si adattino alle nuove normative.
2022/06/07
EU-Mauritania Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement and Implementing Protocol (Resolution) (A9-0154/2022 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica)

Nonostante il nuovo protocollo preveda la possibilità di pesca su nove categorie di pesce differenti e istituisce un nuovo metodo di coordinamento, sembra che non ci sia la possibilità per il coinvolgimento, di tutte le flotte UE e che il contribuito economico dell'UE aumenterà.Perciò, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione, sul testo.
2022/06/08
Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (A9-0162/2022 - Peter Liese)

Ho votato contro questa proposta, perché ritengo che ci sia ancora tanto da fare, per far sì che economia, aziende, e cittadini europei, siano pronti per nuovi regolamenti come questo. Per esempio, in primo luogo, alcuni settori, come il settore dei termovalorizzatori, sono stati inclusi senza un base di una valutazione d'impatto. In secondo luogo, l'aumento del numero di quote da immettere nella riserva alza il prezzo del carbonio che conseguentemente impatterà anche il prezzo dell'energia elettrica.Infine, l'inclusione nella proposta dei settori trasporto su strada e edifici, aumenta significativamente i costi per cittadini e imprese.
2022/06/08
Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (A9-0155/2022 - Sunčana Glavak)

Ho votato contro questa relazione, perché gli obiettivi di questa proposta, vanno a colpire un settore già fortemente impattato dalla pandemia. Principalmente, non mi trovo d'accordo perché cancellerebbe voli di breve durata e le emissioni gratuite per le compagnie aeree.
2022/06/08
Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) (A9-0163/2022 - Jessica Polfjärd)

Ho votato contro questa relazione, perché aumenterebbe le quote per ogni Stato membro e in particolare l'Italia. La proposta dovrebbe essere ulteriormente sviluppata e questi obiettivi per ora non sono ancora realizzabili.
2022/06/08
Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) (A9-0161/2022 - Ville Niinistö)

Ho votato contro questa relazione, perché si tratta di competenze nazionali e non di competenze dell'UE. I target e gli obiettivi sono ancora troppo generici, senza indicazioni su modalità e tempistiche.La proposta dovrebbe essere ulteriormente sviluppata.
2022/06/08
CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (A9-0150/2022 - Jan Huitema)

Ho votato contro questa relazione ,perché ritengo che questa proposta non sia stata pensata usando misure basate sul mercato e su risultati misurabili del cambiamento climatico. Questa proposta limiterà l'accessibilità alle automobili per i cittadini e minaccerebbe milioni di posti di lavoro all'interno dell'UE. Inoltre, la proposta non tiene in conto le esternalità negative ed emissioni, nella produzione delle auto elettriche.I cittadini, produttori e l'economia dell'UE non sono ancora pronti per una transizione così drastica.
2022/06/08
The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (A9-0164/2022 - David McAllister, Nathalie Loiseau)

Ho votato in favore di questa proposta che chiede al Parlamento europeo, di rafforzare le relazioni con l'Assemblea parlamentare della NATO e di controllare l'attuazione della Bussola Strategica. La proposta riconosce la dichiarazione di Versailles e condanna l'invasione dell'Ucraina da parte della Russia. Inoltre, la proposta chiede di rafforzare il Fondo europeo per la difesa, con una revisione del quadro finanziario pluriennale.
2022/06/08
Security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of the common security and defence policy (A9-0168/2022 - Witold Jan Waszczykowski)

Ho votato in favore della proposta per vari motivi. Per esempio, in primo luogo, riconoscendo le alte tensioni in Europa in questo momento a causa dell'invasione dell'Ucraina da parte della Russia, è importante rafforzare il partenariato orientale per condannare aggressioni come questa e per proteggere la sicurezza dei propri cittadini. In secondo luogo, ritengo che la missione consultiva dell'UE per la riforma del settore della sicurezza civile in Ucraina (EUBAM) sia cruciale.Infine, sono d'accordo con la proposta di ulteriore utilizzo dell'EPF per aumentare le capacità dei paesi nel partenariato orientale.
2022/06/08
Parliament’s right of initiative (A9-0142/2022 - Paulo Rangel)

Nonostante sostenga la proposta di dare il diritto di iniziativa al Parlamento, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione sul testo, perché chiede di finalizzare l'istituzione di un meccanismo per la protezione della democrazia europea e dei valori scritti nell'articolo 2 TUE all'interno degli Stati membri. Questo darebbe un ruolo rafforzato al Parlamento in questo ambito, pari a quella del Consiglio e la Commissione.
2022/06/09
The call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties (B9-0305/2022, B9-0307/2022)

Ho votato contro questa proposta, perché ritengo che attribuirebbe maggiori competenze all'UE, spingendo troppo sull'integrazione, al punto che sarebbe dannoso per la protezione degli interessi dei singoli Stati membri.
2022/06/09
A new trade instrument to ban products made by forced labour (B9-0291/2022)

Ho votato a favore di questa proposta, perché condanno fortemente qualsiasi tipo di lavoro forzato. Ritengo che questa proposta sia un importante passo in avanti per creare una strategia efficace per eliminare completamente il lavoro forzato.
2022/06/09
Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (A9-0162/2022 - Peter Liese)

Ho deciso di astenermi in sede di votazione sul testo, perché ritengo che ci sia ancora tanto da fare, per far sì, che l'economia e i cittadini europei siano pronti per nuovi regolamenti come tali. In primo luogo, l'inclusione nella proposta dei settori trasporto su strada ed edifici, aumenta significativamente i costi per cittadini e imprese. In secondo luogo, l'aumento del numero di quote da immettere nella riserva alza il prezzo del carbonio che conseguentemente impatterà anche il prezzo dell'energia elettrica. Tuttavia, penso che ci siano elementi di questa proposta che sono positivi, come il Fondo Sociale per il clima.Questa proposta va ulteriormente modificata con la cooperazione di tutti gli Stati membri, per assicurare che gli obiettivi elencati nel testo siano raggiungibili e fattibili.
2022/06/22
Social Climate Fund (A9-0157/2022 - David Casa, Esther de Lange)

Ho deciso di astenermi in sede di votazione sul testo, perché ritengo che dovrebbe essere ulteriormente sviluppato, per assicurarci che le risorse del fondo, aiutino veramente le famiglie e le micro imprese in difficoltà. Penso comunque che sia una proposta che andrà a sostenere le famiglie vulnerabili in modo efficace e quindi, non ho ritenuto giusto votare in senso contrario alla proposta.
2022/06/22
Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia (RC-B9-0331/2022, B9-0331/2022, B9-0332/2022, B9-0333/2022, B9-0334/2022, B9-0335/2022, B9-0336/2022)

Ho votato in favore alla proposta, perché ritengo che la domanda di adesione dell'Ucraina, la Repubblica di Moldova e la Georgia, sia un importantissimo passo in avanti per assicurare, proteggere e difendere la democrazia in paesi liberi. Sono favorevole a una cooperazione più stretta tra questi tre paesi e l'Unione europea. Ritengo che questi tre paesi rispettino i valori dell'Unione europea e quindi meritano lo status di candidatura.Inoltre, ritengo che accogliere questa proposta, mandi un chiaro messaggio politico, che l'Unione europea non accetta e non accetterà mai, nessun tipo di minacce alla democrazia e alla pace.
2022/06/23
Exceptional temporary support under EAFRD in response to the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (C9-0185/2022)

Ho deciso di astenermi sul testo, perché ritengo che sia importante continuare a fornire sostegno all'Ucraina, specialmente agli agricoltori e alle PMI maggiormente colpiti dalla guerra. Tuttavia, penso che la proposta debba ancora essere sviluppata, per stabilire una sicurezza alimentare nel paese.
2022/06/23
Gas storage (C9-0126/2022 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

Ho votato in favore alla proposta, perché garantisce agli operatori di ogni Paese, di ricevere, a norma di legge sugli aiuti di Stato, incentivi o compensazioni nel caso di un ulteriore aumento dei prezzi. Ritengo che la proposta e i suoi obiettivi siano raggiungibili per ogni Stato membro. Per esempio, la percentuale dell'80% di riempimento entro il 1° novembre 2022 permette agli Stati di trovarsi ancora più pronti dal 2023, per un 90% di riempimento.
2022/06/23
EU Digital COVID Certificate - Union citizens (A9-0138/2022 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

Ho votato contro questa proposta, perché non penso che sia ancora necessario prolungare l'uso del certificato digitale dell'UE.Ritengo che siamo arrivati a un punto dove questi tipi di restrizioni, per il momento, non siano più essenziali.
2022/06/23
EU Digital COVID Certificate - third-country nationals (A9-0137/2022 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

Ho votato contro questa proposta, perché non penso che sia ancora necessario prolungare l'uso del certificato digitale dell'UE. Ritengo che siamo arrivati a un punto dove questi tipi di restrizioni, per il momento, non siano più essenziali.
2022/06/23
Draft amending budget No 3/2022: financing reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine (A9-0181/2022 - Karlo Ressler)

Ho votato in favore della proposta, perché ribadisco l'importanza di continuare a fornire sostegno all'Ucraina e la necessità di mobilitare tutti gli strumenti UE disponibili, per dare il massimo sostegno finanziario ed economico all'Ucraina e i suoi rifugiati. Sono d'accordo con il testo che ritiene giusto, siccome sono la maggioranza dei rifugiati, dare la priorità al sostegno alle donne e i bambini.
2022/06/23
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2022/001 FR/Air France - France (A9-0183/2022 - Fabienne Keller)

Ho votato in favore della proposta, perché ha l'obiettivo di reintegrare rapidamente i beneficiari in un'occupazione sostenibile all'interno/esterno del loro settore di attività iniziale, preparandoli per un'economia europea più verde e digitale. Questa proposta aiuterebbe tutti coloro espulsi dal lavoro a causa della pandemia di COVID-19 e la crisi economica.
2022/06/23
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2021/008 EL/Attica electrical equipment manufacturing - Greece (A9-0185/2022 - Bogdan Rzońca)

Ho votato favorevole alla proposta perché ha l'obiettivo di dimostrare solidarietà con e per i beneficiari.Inoltre, questa proposta aiuterebbe a prevenire queste crisi e aiuterebbe tutti coloro che sono stati espulsi dal lavoro a causa della decisione dell'impresa Pitos di chiudere lo stabilimento di produzione e trasferirlo in Turchia.
2022/06/23
Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Antimicrobials or groups of antimicrobials reserved for treatment of certain infections in humans (B9-0327/2022)

Nonostante io ritenga che sia giusto limitare l'utilizzo in generale di antimicrobici, non penso che sia giusto fare soffrire gli animali che soffrirebbero la mancanza di cure adeguate. Perciò, ho votato contrario alla proposta.
2022/06/23
Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize DP4114 × MON 810 × MIR604 × NK603 and genetically modified maize combining two or three of the single events DP4114, MON 810, MIR604 and NK603 (B9-0328/2022)

Ho votato a favore del testo, in quanto sono d'accordo con il fatto che non dovremmo autorizzare l'importazione di colture geneticamente modificate tolleranti agli erbicidi, a causa dell'aumento dell'uso associato di erbicidi complementari e quindi dell'aumento dei rischi per la biodiversità, la sicurezza alimentare e la salute dei lavoratori.
2022/06/23
Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize NK603 × T25 × DAS-40278-9 and its sub-combination T25 × DAS-40278-9 (B9-0326/2022)

Ho votato favorevole al testo in quanto sono d'accordo con il fatto che non dovremmo autorizzare l'importazione di colture OGM tolleranti agli erbicidi, a causa dell'aumento dell'uso associato di erbicidi complementari e quindi dell'aumento dei rischi per la biodiversità, la sicurezza alimentare e la salute dei lavoratori.
2022/06/23
Renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil (A9-0176/2022 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo che quest'accordo di cooperazione scientifica e tecnologica tra la Comunità europea e la Repubblica federativa del Brasile sia molto importante, in quanto porta vantaggi a entrambe le parti. Per esempio, la messa in comune di risorse e condivisione di obiettivi di ricerca e sviluppo.
2022/06/23
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters: accession by the European Union (A9-0177/2022 - Sabrina Pignedoli)

Ho votato favorevole alla proposta perché garantisce una maggiore certezza nella circolazione delle sentenze straniere in materia civile e commerciale. Si devono rispettare le disposizioni dei trattati quando si decide in merito all'adesione di un paese terzo alla Convenzione.
2022/06/23
Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (A9-0174/2022 - Barry Andrews, Petros Kokkalis)

Nonostante ritenga che gli Obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile siano essenziali per raggiungere gli obiettivi climatici dell'Unione europea, penso che al momento l'economia e i cittadini europei non siano ancora pronti alle possibili conseguenze che proverranno da un aumento così drastico dei propri sforzi per raggiungere gli obbiettivi entro il 2030.Perciò, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione di questa proposta.
2022/06/23
Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020 (A9-0158/2022 - Laurence Farreng)

Ritengo che questa sia una proposta molto importante per lo sviluppo di Erasmus+ come programma e perché dà un'opportunità enorme a tutti i tipi di studenti dell'Europa.Ho deciso di astenermi dalla votazione di questa proposta perché rimane un po' vaga su come esattamente si voglia integrare la proposta nel programma.
2022/06/23
2021 Report on Montenegro (A9-0151/2022 - Tonino Picula)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo che la cooperazione con il Montenegro sia importante per assicurare la sicurezza europea.Il Montenegro si allinea con i valori dell'UE, condannando la Russia e sostenendo le sanzioni dell'UE contro di essa.
2022/06/23
Future of EU-Africa trade relations (A9-0169/2022 - Helmut Scholz)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione di questa proposta perché, nonostante la proposta parli di argomenti importanti, non si focalizza abbastanza sulle relazioni commerciali, priorità e politica commerciali e gli investimenti dell'UE nel continente africano.
2022/06/23
Future of EU international investment policy (A9-0166/2022 - Anna Cavazzini)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione di questa proposta perché, nonostante la proposta parli di argomenti importanti, non si focalizza abbastanza sugli investimenti internazionali dell'UE e le priorità della politica UE in materia di investimenti.
2022/06/23
Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (B9-0338/2022)

Ho votato contrario all'obiezione perché ritengo che la proposta della Commissione sia un passo importante per la diversificazione del paniere energetico nella fase di transizione.La Commissione ha proposto di classificare alcune attività legate al gas fossile e al nucleare come attività che contribuiscono alla mitigazione dei cambiamenti climatici per un periodo.Ritengo che questa proposta potrà aiutare le migliaia di lavoratori in questo settore nell'UE ad avere un adeguato tempo per una transizione efficace a un'Europa più verde. Perciò, ho votato contro a questa obiezione alla proposta della Commissione.
2022/07/06
Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Technical standards for the application of position limits to commodity derivatives and procedures for applying for exemption from position limits (B9-0345/2022)

Ho votato contrario all'obiezione della proposta della Commissione, perché ritengo che l'obiezione dovrebbe essere ulteriormente sviluppata. Sottolineo che la proposta non è stata nemmeno concordata in commissione ECON.L'obiezione rimane troppo vaga.
2022/07/06
Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Crisis measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors (A9-0182/2022 - Nuno Melo)

Ho votato a favore di questa proposta, perché ritengo che essa affronti con precisione le conseguenze dell'invasione russa dell'Ucraina sul settore della pesca. Mi trovo d'accordo con la proposta di consentire l'utilizzo della spesa residua del Fondo europeo per gli affari marittimi e la pesca per affrontare tali conseguenze e consentire agli operatori del settore di adottare misure per affrontare le conseguenze.
2022/07/06
2021 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (A9-0188/2022 - Paulo Rangel)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che la relazione sia ben equilibrata e che analizzi i positivi sviluppi portati avanti dalla Bosnia-Erzegovina per aderire all'UE. Ritengo, ovviamente, necessario per ogni paese che cerca lo status di candidato, di adottare i valori rappresentanti e importanti dell'UE. Riconosco i grandi passi in avanti della Bosnia-Erzegovina, ma deve ancora affrontare i propri problemi interni, come l'applicazione dello stato di diritto e i conflitti tra i diversi gruppi etnici.
2022/07/06
2021 Report on Serbia (A9-0178/2022 - Vladimír Bilčík)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che la relazione sia ben equilibrata e che analizzi dei positivi sviluppi portati avanti dalla Serbia per aderire all'UE. Ritengo che sia importante mantenere una forte relazione e collaborazione tra l'UE e la Serbia, specialmente ora alla luce dell'invasione dell'Ucraina e le sue conseguenze su tutti i paesi dell'Europa. Riconosco i grandi passi in avanti che ha intrapreso la Serbia per adottare i valori dell'UE nel proprio paese, però ritengo cruciale, vista la situazione critica in cui viviamo, che la Serbia condanni fortemente e pubblicamente la Russia per la sua invasione dell'Ucraina e la Cina per le sue connivenze in questo conflitto.
2022/07/06
2021 Report on Kosovo (A9-0179/2022 - Viola von Cramon-Taubadel)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo che la relazione sia ben equilibrata e che analizzi i progressi fatti dal Kosovo per aderire all'UE. Ritengo che il Kosovo debba ancora affrontare tantissimi problemi interni prima di poter diventare un paese candidato, come l'applicazione dello stato di diritto, il rispetto per i diritti fondamentali e dei diritti umani, la liberalizzazione dei visti, e il conflitto Belgrado-Pristina. Riconosco l'allineamento del Kosovo alle sanzioni UE sulla Russia per la sua invasione dell'Ucraina, però ritengo che la distensione del rapporto tra Belgrado e Pristina sia necessario da affrontare, prima dell'adesione del Kosovo all'UE.
2022/07/06
The EU and the defence of multilateralism (A9-0172/2022 - Javi López)

Nonostante io sia d'accordo con la proposta di rafforzare le relazioni e cooperazioni tra l'UE e l'ONU, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo. Ho deciso di astenermi perché ritengo che la proposta dovrebbe essere ulteriormente sviluppata, per garantire che le difese siano indistruttibili e eliminare le possibili contraddizioni di organizzazioni internazionali, per assicurare le basi per rafforzare il multilateralismo.
2022/07/06
Addressing food security in developing countries (A9-0195/2022 - Beata Kempa)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché la ritengo una proposta cruciale, vista la crisi alimentare che abbiamo in tutto il mondo per via della pandemia COVID-19 e dell'invasione della Russia dell'Ucraina. Sono particolarmente d'accordo con la condanna della speculazione finanziaria sui prodotti agricoli e alimentari. Ritengo che la proposta di rafforzare l'assistenza umanitaria sia estremamente necessaria per aiutare le persone più colpite dal conflitto e dalla crisi alimentare e anche per garantire la stabilità del mercato.
2022/07/06
EU action plan for the social economy (A9-0192/2022 - Jordi Cañas)

Ho votato contro questa proposta, perché ritengo che la questione della economia sociale vari molto da Stato a Stato e quindi non penso sia giusto standardizzare le varie entità dell'economia sociale. Le linee guida da rispettare per le entità, per ottenere supporto finanziario, sono troppe rigorose.Per le entità che non si allineano con questi tipi di valori, sarà difficile, se non impossibile, ricevere il supporto previsto.
2022/07/06
National vetoes to undermine the global tax deal (RC-B9-0339/2022, B9-0339/2022, B9-0340/2022, B9-0341/2022, B9-0342/2022, B9-0343/2022, B9-0344/2022)

Nonostante io sia d'accordo con tanti elementi della proposta, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo, perché affronta l'idea di superare il diritto di veto dei singoli paesi in sede di Consiglio.Non sono d'accordo con questo aspetto, perché ritengo che annullerebbe le istanze nazionali.
2022/07/06
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Temporary measures concerning driver documents issued by Ukraine (C9-0201/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che sia una proposta importante in materia di corridoi di solidarietà. La proposta affronta un argomento estremamente importante, rendendo più facile il rinnovo dei documenti e patenti di guida ucraine in questo periodo di guerra.
2022/07/07
Identification of the violation of Union restrictive measures as crimes under Article 83(1) of the TFEU (C9-0219/2022 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar) (vote)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che per adottare delle forti ed efficaci sanzioni contro gli oligarchi russi, dobbiamo armonizzare i sistemi legali nazionali come suggerisce la proposta. Per assicurare l'adozione delle sanzioni già esistenti è necessario aggiungere questi tipi di reati nelle aree di criminalità a cui si riferisce l'articolo 83, paragrafo 1 TFUE.
2022/07/07
Exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (C9-0221/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ribadisco l'importanza di continuare a fornire sostegno all'Ucraina e la necessità di mobilizzare tutti gli strumenti UE disponibili, per dare il massimo sostegno finanziario ed economico all'Ucraina e ai suoi rifugiati.
2022/07/07
Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (A9-0199/2022 - Søren Gade)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo, perché ritengo che la proposta abbia aspetti sia positivi che negativi. Il meccanismo di flessibilità per i SAF ("book and claim") per un periodo di transizione di dieci anni, consentirà a una maggiore flessibilità per gli operatori aerei. Dall'altro canto, la data di scadenza per l'inclusione dei biocarburanti nei SAF è il 2024. Questo non è sufficiente per un'efficace transizione senza causare gravi problemi economici. Inoltre, la definizione dei SAF, rimane sempre troppo restrittiva: dovrebbe includere i biocarburanti per fornire una maggiore flessibilità nella distribuzione e uso dei SAFs, aiutando le compagnie aeree e gli aeroporti.
2022/07/07
Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 (A9-0165/2022 - David Cormand)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo, perché nonostante riconosca il lavoro della BEI e i suoi traguardi molto importanti, ritengo che si debba ulteriormente lavorare sugli strumenti d'uso per la distribuzione degli investimenti, fuori e dentro l'UE.
2022/07/07
Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (A9-0173/2022 - Corina Crețu)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo, perché nonostante riconosca il lavoro della BEI e i suoi traguardi molto importanti, ritengo che debba ulteriormente sviluppare gli strumenti d'uso per la distribuzione degli investimenti fuori e dentro l'UE.
2022/07/07
Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2020 (A9-0175/2022 - Katalin Cseh)

Nonostante la proposta ritenga che il Parlamento debba essere coinvolto nell'utilizzo delle sovvenzioni e dei prestiti che l'UE fornisce all'Ucraina e affronta la lotta alle frodi, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo, perché ritengo ci siano troppi passaggi punitivi verso la Polonia e l'Ungheria.
2022/07/07
Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (A9-0167/2022 - Tiemo Wölken)

Nonostante ritenga che la proposta possa garantire vantaggi per i cittadini e imprese e una maggiore trasparenza del processo decisionale, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo. Data la crisi economica e alimentare che stiamo affrontando, a causa della guerra nell'Ucraina, ritengo che l'Europa non sia pronta in questo momento per ulteriori politiche in materia ambientale, come tali, che avranno inevitabilmente un impatto sia sull'economia che sul settore alimentare.
2022/07/07
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 (B9-0365/2022, B9-0366/2022, B9-0367/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ribadisco che non si possa tornare indietro su posizioni oscurantiste e di retroguardia, soprattutto sulle donne. Le donne, a partire da quelle più disagiate, pagano il conto di iniziative legate alle restrizioni sull'aborto, in cui la scienza e la coscienza, tanto preziose in questo campo, soccombono dinanzi al pregiudizio e all'irresponsabilità politica.
2022/07/07
Uniform procedures for checks on the transport of dangerous goods by road (codification) (A9-0228/2022 - Angel Dzhambazki)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto questa é in linea con l'obiettivo generale di semplificare e chiarire il diritto dell'UE e rappresenta inoltre una codificazione di testi già esistenti, senza modifiche sostanziali.
2022/09/13
Conclusion of the amendments to the International Sugar Agreement, 1992 (A9-0229/2022 - Bernd Lange)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo che gli emendamenti in questione siano sostenibili, in particolare per le nuove regole di calcolo per la ripartizione dei voti e la conseguente riduzione dei voti dell'UE. Quest'ultima permetterà di ridurre il contributo al budget dell'Organizzazione, pur consentendo all'Unione di esprimere la propria influenza.
2022/09/13
EU/Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement: fishing opportunities and financial contribution 2017-2021. Extension of the Protocol (A9-0211/2022 - Izaskun Bilbao Barandica)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo perché, nonostante la proroga sia importante per la preparazione del nuovo accordo e per continuare a garantire la possibilità di pesca alla flotta d'altura dell'UE nelle acque di Maurizio, non ritengo si prevedano particolari benefici per il settore della pesca.
2022/09/13
Draft amending budget No 2/2022: entering the surplus of the financial year 2021 (A9-0226/2022 - Karlo Ressler)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che questo surplus di esercizio si traduca in minori contributi nazionali in proporzione o in un aiuto significativo nei confronti dell’Ucraina.
2022/09/13
Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation in the area of resolution (“daisy chain” proposal) (A9-0020/2022 - Jonás Fernández)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo sia importante ai fini della realizzazione di Basilea III. La proposta rappresenta infatti l'esito del trilogo in tema di trattamento prudenziale dei gruppi di enti a rilevanza sistemica.Le modifiche proposte promuoveranno l'uniformità dei requisiti prudenziali, la convergenza delle prassi di vigilanza e condizioni di parità nel mercato unico dei servizi bancari.
2022/09/13
Responsible private funding of litigation (A9-0218/2022 - Axel Voss)

Ho deciso di astenermi dalla votazione in quanto il fenomeno del finanziamento dei contenziosi da parte di terzi é una pratica residuale e poco diffusa e non ci sono ancora elementi sufficienti per una normativa a livello sovranazionale, che comunque potrebbe risultare utile nel lungo termine.
2022/09/13
Interim report on the 2021 proposal for a revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (A9-0227/2022 - Jan Olbrycht, Margarida Marques)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo importante che gli intenti di revisione del quadro finanziario pluriennale siano volti a dare contributi al Fondo sociale per il clima e credo che quest'ultimo potrebbe essere di sensibile importanza per famiglie e piccole medie imprese in difficoltà.
2022/09/13
New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe (A9-0225/2022 - Ulrike Müller)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo sia molto importante salvaguardare il settore silvicolo italiano ed europeo. Ritengo che questo settore possa contribuire notevolmente alla lotta contro i cambiamenti climatici, nell'ottica degli ambiziosi e necessari obiettivi che l'UE si è prefissata entro il 2030 e il 2050.
2022/09/13
Deforestation Regulation (A9-0219/2022 - Christophe Hansen)

Ho deciso di astenermi in merito alla votazione del testo perché, se da un lato considero importante salvaguardare il settore silvicolo prendendo provvedimenti volti alla limitazione dell'approvvigionamento di materie prime che contribuiscono alla deforestazione, dall'altro ritengo che non ci sia un collegamento diretto tra la deforestazione e la produzione di pellame. Il rischio è che includendo gli articoli di pelletteria in questa proposta si verifichi una condizione di forte disparità tra i conciatori europei e quelli extraeuropei.
2022/09/13
Conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) (A9-0198/2022 - Isabel Carvalhais)

Ho deciso di astenermi in merito alla votazione del testo perché, nonostante il volume delle catture nella zona di regolamentazione della NAFO sia significativo rispetto alle dimensioni ridotte della flotta, ritengo che l'accordo non preveda particolari benefici nel settore della pesca.
2022/09/13
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area: conservation and management measures (A9-0009/2022 - Isabel Carvalhais)

Ho deciso di astenermi in merito alla votazione del testo in quanto, benché venga in rilievo l'importanza delle misure tecniche e di monitoraggio dell'uso di dispositivi di concentrazione del pesce, ritengo che questo accordo non preveda particolari vantaggi nel settore della pesca.
2022/09/13
The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU (A9-0216/2022 - Hannes Heide)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché questa relazione propone soluzioni interessanti, in particolare per quanto riguarda il rispetto delle esigenze delle diverse fasce d'età e l'incoraggiamento a praticare sport di base, che danno un importante contributo sociale in quanto momenti di contatto, soprattutto nelle realtà locali.
2022/09/13
Adequate minimum wages in the European Union (A9-0325/2021 - Dennis Radtke, Agnes Jongerius)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto contribuisce alla riduzione della pratica della concorrenza sleale e del dumping salariale.
2022/09/14
Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean (A9-0220/2022 - Antonio López-Istúriz White)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo sia importante rafforzare il dialogo e la cooperazione con il vicinato meridionale. Ritengo che contribuendo a garantire maggior equilibrio regionale si possa anche rafforzare il rapporto, dando vita a nuove opportunità e possibili sinergie.
2022/09/14
The new European Bauhaus (A9-0213/2022 - Christian Ehler, Marcos Ros Sempere)

Ho deciso di astenermi dalla votazione relativa al testo in quanto, nonostante il nuovo Bauhaus europeo promuova interessanti opportunità di riqualificazione urbana nei diversi territori, ritengo che le modalità operative e di destinazione dei fondi non siano ancora sufficientemente chiare e delineate e che sarà possibile avere una visione più concreta al momento dell'applicazione nella legislazione.
2022/09/14
Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report (A9-0210/2022 - Constanze Krehl)

Ho deciso di astenermi in merito alla votazione del testo, perché ritengo che sia necessaria la differenziazione tra mitigazione dei cambiamenti climatici e adattamento agli stessi. Inoltre, la proposta presenta ancora delle questioni piuttosto controverse.
2022/09/15
EU border regions: living labs of European integration (A9-0222/2022 - Younous Omarjee)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo che sia necessario procedere alla revisione dell'ECBM, così da facilitare l'introduzione di nuove iniziative transfrontaliere e la risoluzione di urgenti problemi (come la mancanza di servizi pubblici transfrontalieri).
2022/09/15
Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (A9-0223/2022 - Rainer Wieland, Charles Goerens)

Ho deciso di astenermi relativamente alla votazione del testo perché, nonostante riconosca alcuni elementi positivi nella proposta, come la trasparenza dei finanziamenti, la riduzione degli oneri amministrativi e l'aumento della certezza del diritto, ritengo che ci siano troppi punti controversi, tra cui per esempio la previsione di condizioni più severe sul rispetto dei valori dell'UE (ex articolo 2 TUE).
2022/09/15
Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (A9-0214/2022 - Tom Berendsen)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto questa riallinea la strategia complessiva focalizzandosi sulla necessità di facilitare gli investimenti pubblici e privati per migliorare la competitività dell'UE a livello globale. Si sottolinea inoltre l'importanza delle PMI in questo processo di crescita economica.
2022/09/15
Striving for a sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture: the way forward (A9-0215/2022 - Clara Aguilera)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che questi provvedimenti mirino ad aiutare le micro, piccole e medie imprese nazionali, operative nel settore dell'acquacoltura.
2022/10/04
Impact of new technologies on taxation: crypto and blockchain (A9-0204/2022 - Lídia Pereira)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che sia fondamentale regolamentare la tassazione in materia di criptovalute, per evitare disequilibri con altri settori attualmente tassati e per combattere sia l'evasione fiscale, sia il riciclo di denaro.Riconoscendo che il panorama delle criptovalute è mondiale, diventa necessario un approccio coordinato a livello internazionale.
2022/10/04
Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Area of Competence (A9-0312/2021 - Gabriel Mato)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che per garantire parità di condizioni a tutti gli operatori, sia necessario recepire in maniera rigorosa, le risoluzioni delle ORGP.
2022/10/04
Flexible Assistance to Territories (FAST-CARE) (A9-0232/2022 - Niklas Nienaß)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che sia necessario garantire un sostegno concreto e veloce ai rifugiati di guerra in Europa. Questa misura contribuisce a velocizzare ed agevolare l'aiuto degli Stati membri, all'integrazione dei cittadini di Paesi terzi e all'eventuale redistribuzione territoriale dei rifugiati.
2022/10/04
Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices (A9-0129/2022 - Alex Agius Saliba)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, poiché ritengo che sia un'agevolazione per i consumatori e che possa aiutare a ridurre il numero di caricabatterie e quindi anche la mole di rifiuti elettronici, prodotti ogni anno in Europa.
2022/10/04
AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (A9-0209/2022 - Katrin Langensiepen)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che l'istituzione di un Centro a livello europeo in ambito di accessibilità, possa aiutare milioni di europei affetti da disabilità ad avere un centro di riferimento che aiuti, al contempo, a migliorare le norme a livello nazionale.
2022/10/04
EU Customs Single Window (A9-0279/2021 - Ivan Štefanec)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché credo che l'Italia abbia interesse ad agire con una dogana efficiente e integrata con le altre autorità UE, nel comune obiettivo, di contrastare i fenomeni di commercio illecito e contraffazione.
2022/10/04
The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa (A9-0207/2022 - Fabio Massimo Castaldo)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che il testo sia nel complesso bilanciato e possa contribuire a riconoscere il potenziale e la rilevanza strategica della regione, sviluppando una relazione di cooperazione e di impegno.
2022/10/05
The EU’s response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (RC-B9-0416/2022, B9-0416/2022, B9-0417/2022, B9-0418/2022, B9-0419/2022, B9-0420/2022, B9-0421/2022, B9-0422/2022)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo, perché, nonostante la risoluzione sia ben strutturata e comprensiva di politiche sia a breve che a lungo termine, ritengo che vi sia ancora una mancanza di concretezza nell'applicazione delle indicazioni. Penso che sia necessario valutare un mix-energetico in questo periodo di transizione, dando un ruolo di rilievo in particolare a gas a basso impatto di carbonio e al nucleare.
2022/10/05
The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (B9-0425/2022, RC-B9-0434/2022, B9-0434/2022, B9-0435/2022, B9-0436/2022, B9-0439/2022, B9-0442/2022, B9-0455/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo sia necessario garantire il rispetto dei diritti umani in Iran e richiamare il regime alle proprie responsabilità, facendo luce sul caso Mahsa Amini e ponendo fine alle ripetute violazioni.
2022/10/06
Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine (RC-B9-0430/2022/REV, B9-0430/2022, B9-0432/2022, B9-0433/2022, B9-0438/2022, B9-0446/2022) (vote)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché ritengo che le azioni illegali della Russia siano da condannare e che l'Unione europea debba prendere misure efficaci ed urgenti per agire contro tali violazioni.In particolare si fa riferimento ai quattro "referenda" farsa con cui la Russia ha annesso le regioni ucraine di Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson e Zaporizhzhia, alla mobilitazione di oltre 300.000 riservisti russi per andare a combattere, nonché alle plurime violazioni dei diritti umani.
2022/10/06
Outcome of the Commission’s review of the 15-point action plan on trade and sustainable development (B9-0415/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo che questo nuovo approccio possa garantire maggiori condizioni di parità a livello ambientale, sociale e lavorativo.
2022/10/06
An EU approach for Space Traffic management - an EU contribution addressing a global challenge (B9-0423/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché credo che su questo tema l'UE debba prendere una propria posizione confermando il suo ruolo centrale nella gestione del traffico spaziale a livello mondiale.
2022/10/06
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (A9-0243/2022 - Alicia Homs Ginel)

Ho votato contro la proposta perché, nonostante gli orientamenti per le politiche in materia di occupazione costituiscano un elemento di coesione a livello dell'Unione europea, alcuni di questi limitano eccessivamente la libertà di azione degli Stati membri. Tra di essi è possibile citare il rispetto dello Stato di diritto e la conseguente condizionalità dei fondi e la piena attuazione del Green Deal.
2022/10/18
Discharge 2020: EU general budget - Council and European Council (A9-0236/2022 - Isabel García Muñoz)

Ho deciso di votare a favore della relazione che non garantisce il discarico al Consiglio poiché quest'ultimo agisce in violazione del dovere di leale cooperazione con il Parlamento e impedisce quindi all'Assemblea di prendere una decisione informata sulla concessione del discarico da oltre dieci anni.
2022/10/18
Discharge 2020: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee (A9-0238/2022 - Isabel García Muñoz)

Ho votato contro la proposta in quanto, benché il Comitato rappresenti un facilitatore nelle attività di democrazia partecipativa che coinvolgono cittadini e organizzazioni, questo non apporta un contributo sufficientemente tecnico ai colegislatori e talora non rispetta il dovere di trasparenza.
2022/10/18
Discharge 2020: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (A9-0235/2022 - Tomáš Zdechovský)

Ho deciso di votare contro la proposta in quanto, nonostante l'Agenzia sia stata coinvolta in numerose critiche relative alla gestione finanziaria e all'organo direttivo, quest'ultima ricopre un'importanza strategica nella gestione delle frontiere e sta operando una serie di riforme interne volte al miglioramento del suo funzionamento.
2022/10/18
Objection pursuant to Rule 112 (2) and (3): Active substances, including 8-hydroxyquinoline, chlorotoluron and difenoconazole (B9-0460/2022)

Ho votato contro l'applicazione della proposta perché ritengo che l'estensione del periodo di approvazione sia necessaria in queste circostanze, come previsto dal regolamento.Inoltre, alcune delle sostanze menzionate nell'obiezione sono utilizzate nelle colture italiane, cosa che richiede un'attenzione maggiore e una riflessione più approfondita.
2022/10/18
The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (B9-0462/2022, B9-0463/2022)

Ho deciso di astenermi in merito alla proposta in quanto, benché i due Stati membri abbiano soddisfatto tutti i criteri necessari per l'adesione allo spazio Schengen, il testo non è ancora sufficientemente realista, non ponendo, ad esempio, alcuna attenzione sulle procedure di controllo alle frontiere esterne.
2022/10/18
Draft amending budget 4/2022: Update of revenue (own resources) and other technical adjustments (A9-0240/2022 - Karlo Ressler)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto le previsioni inserite nel bilancio rettificativo sono adeguate e la quota destinata all'Italia in termini di allocazione delle risorse contribuirà a raggiungere più facilmente gli obbiettivi prefissati dal programma REPowerEU.
2022/10/19
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (A9-0241/2022 - Nicolae Ştefănuță, Niclas Herbst)

Ho deciso di astenermi in merito alla votazione della proposta in quanto, benché il progetto di bilancio presenti elementi positivi, come la tutela delle PMI e il sostegno alle generazioni future tramite progetti quali Erasmus+, il testo presenta alcune lacune, concentrandosi eccessivamente su determinate tematiche, come i finanziamenti nel settore della migrazione e lo strumento IPA, che tra l'altro offre sostegno anche alla Turchia.
2022/10/19
Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) (A9-0233/2022 - Jörgen Warborn)

Ho votato a favore della proposta e in particolar modo del testo di compromesso negoziato, il quale prevede importanti deroghe per escludere le tratte verso le isole minori e quelle coperte da obblighi di servizio pubblico, poiché è in linea con gli obiettivi del pacchetto "Pronti per il 55 %", senza porre obiettivi troppo ambiziosi e quindi di difficile realizzazione allo stato attuale.
2022/10/19
Specific provisions for the 2014-2020 cooperation programmes, following programme implementation disruption (C9-0289/2022 - Michael Gahler)

Ho votato a favore del testo poiché a seguito dell'interruzione di tredici programmi di cooperazione transfrontaliera e di due programmi di cooperazione tra nove Stati membri e l'Ucraina e la Moldova appare necessario facilitare l'attuazione dei programmi e alleggerire l'onere per i beneficiari e i bilanci nazionali nei paesi più colpiti dalla guerra.
2022/10/20
Non-recognition of Russian travel documents issued in occupied foreign regions (C9-0302/2022 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché gli Stati Membri non hanno riconosciuto l'annessione russa delle regioni ucraine e della Crimea e ritengo, quindi, che occorra sostenere questa iniziativa per inviare un forte messaggio politico comune alla Federazione russa.
2022/10/20
The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (B9-0470/2022, B9-0471/2022)

Ho votato a favore del testo in quanto esso sottolinea la necessità di garantire la libertà di stampa e di espressione in uno Stato democratico e fa luce sulle attività illegali compiute dal governo di Malta.
2022/10/20
UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) (B9-0461/2022)

Ho votato contro la proposta in quanto, benché gli obiettivi climatici prefissati dall'accordo di Parigi siano di importante realizzazione, alcune parti del testo, in particolar modo quella relativa alla fine dei sussidi ai combustibili fossili, sono di difficile attuazione.
2022/10/20
Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe (B9-0473/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo che sia importante dare un supporto economico all'Ucraina per salvaguardare la storia e le opere culturali presenti nel paese e dare sostegno alle imprese e alle realtà locali per la ripartenza.
2022/10/20
EU/Ukraine Agreement on the carriage of freight by road (A9-0263/2022 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, la quale presenta un carattere temporaneo, in quanto ritengo che sia necessario liberalizzare il trasporto di merci su strada tra l'Unione europea e l'Ucraina, a seguito delle perturbazioni causate dal conflitto che coinvolge l'Ucraina e la Russia.
2022/11/10
EU/Moldova Agreement on the carriage of freight by road (A9-0262/2022 - Marian-Jean Marinescu)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, la quale presenta un carattere temporaneo, in quanto ritengo che sia necessario liberalizzare il trasporto di merci su strada tra l'Unione europea e la Repubblica di Moldova, a seguito delle perturbazioni causate dal conflitto ucraino-russo.
2022/11/10
Conclusion of an agreement under GATS on the modification of schedules of specific commitments (A9-0257/2022 - Bernd Lange)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, in quanto ritengo sia nell'interesse collettivo, avere norme che facilitino lo scambio di servizi, in particolare modo per quanto riguarda i principali attori del commercio mondiale.
2022/11/10
Distortive foreign subsidies (A9-0135/2022 - Christophe Hansen)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, poiché, a seguito dei negoziati interistituzionali, sono state previste garanzie più efficaci, le quali permettono una maggiore tutela della parità di condizioni, tanto per le imprese europee nei confronti di quelle non-UE, quanto per le imprese europee, che ricevono sovvenzioni estere e quelle che non ne beneficiano.
2022/11/10
Digital finance: Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) (A9-0341/2021 - Billy Kelleher)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, in quanto ritengo sia necessario raggiungere una maggiore resilienza delle reti, in particolare modo, nel settore finanziario nel cui network, passano ogni giorno milioni di informazioni sensibili per cittadini privati e Governi, aziende private ed enti pubblici.
2022/11/10
A high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (A9-0313/2021 - Bart Groothuis)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, in quanto il testo tutela il rafforzamento delle garanzie e degli incentivi per le PMI, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la riduzione degli oneri amministrativi e la segnalazione degli incidenti di sicurezza, nonché l'uso di strumenti "open-source".
2022/11/10
REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (A9-0260/2022 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Siegfried Mureşan, Dragoş Pîslaru)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, in quanto lo strumento è di natura facoltativa e potrebbe garantire fondi adeguati per perseguire gli obiettivi, in materia di autonomia ed efficienza energetica a livello europeo.
2022/11/10
Esports and video games (A9-0244/2022 - Laurence Farreng)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, in quanto la relazione offre stimoli al mercato comunitario, a partire dalle aziende europee e dalle associazioni di categoria ed incorpora l'industria dei videogiochi anche nel settore didattico.
2022/11/10
Common fisheries policy (CFP): restrictions to the access to Union waters (A9-0206/2022 - Pierre Karleskind)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché in essa vengono previste disposizioni sensate in materia di politica comune della pesca.
2022/11/22
Decisions of European standardisation organisations (A9-0205/2022 - Svenja Hahn)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto il testo garantisce maggiori tutele agli attori europei rispetto alle possibili ingerenze degli organismi dei paesi terzi e prevede misure correttive qualora si verificassero situazioni di intrusione.
2022/11/22
EU/New Zealand Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV (A9-0273/2022 - Daniel Caspary)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché quest'ultima ha natura prevalentemente tecnica e stabilisce modifiche ragionevoli ai contingenti tariffari con la Nuova Zelanda.
2022/11/22
Amending Decision (EU) 2015/2169 on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea (A9-0277/2022 - Catharina Rinzema)

Ho votato a favore del testo in quanto quest'ultimo definisce il quadro entro il quale le Parti devono cooperare per facilitare gli scambi riguardanti attività, beni e servizi culturali.
2022/11/22
Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU (A9-0250/2022 - José Manuel Fernandes, Valérie Hayer)

Ho deciso di votare a favore della proposta, poiché ritengo che l'Italia possa beneficiare molto da una corretta attuazione del Piano Nazionale Ripresa e Resilienza, ricordando inoltre che il nostro paese è lo Stato membro che più ha goduto delle risorse di Next Generation EU.
2022/11/22
Implementation report on the European Innovation Council (A9-0268/2022 - Christian Ehler)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo che sia necessario prevedere meno limitazioni ed adempimenti nel veicolare i fondi dedicati alle start-up innovative tramite l'EIC.
2022/11/22
Draft amending budget 5/2022: Additional measures to address the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine - Union Civil Protection Mechanism reinforcement - Reduction in payment appropriations and update of revenues - Other adjustments and technical updates (A9-0280/2022 - Karlo Ressler, Damian Boeselager)

Ho deciso di votare a favore della proposta poiché tra le rettifiche proposte sono previsti sostegni all'Ucraina.
2022/11/23
2023 budgetary procedure: joint text (A9-0278/2022 - Nicolae Ştefănuță, Niclas Herbst)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché nonostante ogni incremento al bilancio UE si traduca in un aggravio dei contributi nazionali, ritengo che sia essenziale sostenere l'Ucraina e gli interventi in tema di ripresa economica post-pandemica.
2022/11/23
System of own resources of the European Union (A9-0266/2022 - Valérie Hayer, José Manuel Fernandes)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla proposta poiché se da un lato l'introduzione di queste nuove risorse proprie è strettamente legata all'attuazione di NextGenerationEU, dall'altro gli Stati membri perderebbero il (potere di) controllo dei flussi verso Bruxelles.
2022/11/23
New EU strategy for enlargement (A9-0251/2022 - Tonino Picula)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché ritengo sia stata una delle politiche di maggior successo dell'UE e che sia il più valido strumento in termini di pace, sicurezza e stabilità all'interno del continente europeo.
2022/11/23
Amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (C9-0386/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo sia necessario continuare a fornire un sostegno economico all'Ucraina tramite la modifica del QFP a seguito delle difficoltà provocate dalla recente invasione russa.
2022/11/24
Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as regards the establishment of a diversified funding strategy as a general borrowing method (C9-0374/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo sia fondamentale continuare a mostrare supporto nei confronti dell'Ucraina tramite la modifica al regolamento finanziario.
2022/11/24
'Macro-Financial Assistance+' instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (C9-0373/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché ritengo che sia necessario confermare il sostegno europeo nei confronti dell'Ucraina, in questo caso mettendo in vigore questo nuovo strumento finanziario.
2022/11/24
Non-recognition of Russian travel documents issued in occupied foreign regions (C9-0302/2022 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo opportuno sostenere azioni concrete volte a inviare un messaggio politico forte rispetto all'occupazione illegale di alcuni territori da parte della Federazione russa.
2022/11/24
Establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (A9-0159/2022 - Martina Dlabajová)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto questa prevede azioni concrete che possono permettere all'Unione europea di essere competitiva nel mercato globale.
2022/11/24
Recommendation for a decision not to oppose a delegated act: temporary emergency measures on collateral requirements (B9-0491/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché si tratta di misure temporanee e non si rilevano particolari criticità nell'atto delegato, soprattutto se si considera la fluttuazione dei prezzi dell'energia.
2022/11/24
Recommendation for a decision not to oppose a delegated act: value of the clearing threshold for positions held in OTC commodity derivative contracts and other OTC derivative contracts (B9-0490/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché non si rilevano particolari criticità nell'atto delegato, soprattutto se si considera la fluttuazione dei prezzi dell'energia.Si sottolinea inoltre che, secondo la sua analisi costi/benefici, l'ESMA non prevede alcun costo pubblico come diretto effetto dell'atto delegato.
2022/11/24
Outcome of the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (RC-B9-0498/2022, B9-0498/2022, B9-0502/2022, B9-0510/2022, B9-0513/2022, B9-0536/2022)

Ho votato contro la proposta poiché l'Italia non fa più parte del trattato sulla Carta dell'energia. Inoltre, il testo propone l'eliminazione dei combustibili fossili.
2022/11/24
Assessment of Hungary's compliance with the rule of law conditions under the Conditionality Regulation and state of play of the Hungarian RRP (B9-0511/2022)

Ho votato contro la proposta poiché ritengo necessario un coinvolgimento maggiore del Parlamento nel rapporto tra Commissione e governo ungherese.
2022/11/24
Improving EU regulations on wild and exotic animals to be kept as pets in the European Union through an EU positive list (B9-0489/2022)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché l'introduzione clandestina di animali selvatici ed esotici può rappresentare un pericolo per la saluta umana e ambientale e un rischio per la biodiversità.
2022/11/24
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund – application EGF/2022/002 BE/TNT - Belgium (A9-0043/2023 - Olivier Chastel)

Ho votato in favore della proposta di mobilitazione del FEG in quanto ritengo che sia un'importante richiesta a supporto dei lavoratori.Sostengo che i motivi presentati mirino ad evitare una duplicazione delle attività del TNT e a rafforzare la sua posizione all'interno di un settore connotato da un'agguerrita concorrenza a livello europeo.Perciò la proposta di decisione adottata sulla mobilitazione del FEG a favore del Belgio risulta idonea a sostenere il reinserimento nel mercato del lavoro di beneficiari ammissibili.
2023/03/14
Ro-ro passenger ships: stability requirements (A9-0255/2022 - Roberts Zīle)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché sostengo che la proposta miri a garantire l'allineamento e la coerenza con gli attuali standard di stabilità concordati a livello di IMO per le navi ro-ro da passeggeri.Inoltre il testo allinea le norme europee agli standard internazionali e regolando i requisiti di sicurezza e costruzione per le navi operanti nell'UE.
2023/03/14
Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) (A9-0163/2022 - Jessica Polfjärd)

Ho votato contro la proposta poiché limita la possibilità per gli Stati membri di scambiare quote di emissione con altri Stati membri al 10% delle quote per il 2021-2025 e al 15% per il 2026-2029.In aggiunta gli Stati membri non potranno più ricevere quote aggiuntive attraverso la cosiddetta riserva aggiuntiva, che sarà abolita.
2023/03/14
Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (A9-0045/2022 - Cyrus Engerer)

Ho votato contro la proposta poichè il funzionamento della MSR, che è impostata sostanzialmente per mantenere sopra una certa soglia il prezzo delle quote di emissione, in combinazione con il dispositivo del ETS aggraverebbe sicuramente il problema dei prezzi energetici in Europa. In aggiunta, ritengo che l'impact assessment di questo strumento è stato fatto prima dello shock energetico dovuto alla guerra in Ucraina.
2023/03/14
Energy performance of buildings (recast) (A9-0033/2023 - Ciarán Cuffe)

Ho votato contro la relazione sulla proposta di direttiva sulla prestazione energetica nell'edilizia perché sostengo che questa normativa impatti il sistema economico italiano. Per la maggior parte dei cittadini italiani, la casa rappresenta la parte preponderante del proprio patrimonio e molto spesso non si ha la possibilità economica di affrontare grosse spese di ristrutturazione.Nonostante sia stata aggiunta una flessibilità ulteriore rispetto alle deroghe già previste, il 22% di massima flessibilità è ancora troppo bassa per il nostro Paese. Il 70% degli edifici in Italia sono oltre la classe E e secondo i dati la maggior parte saranno da ristrutturare. Per lo Stato ci vorrebbero molte finanziarie in grado di bonificare la situazione italiana e portarla a livello desiderato dall'Europa. Inoltre, ritengo che questi requisiti per l'edilizia porteranno ad un incremento dei prezzi a vantaggio ancora una volta della Cina.
2023/03/14
Data Act (A9-0031/2023 - Pilar del Castillo Vera)

Nonostante molti aspetti del testo risultino condivisibili, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo. Ritengo che la proposta del "Data Act"contenga alcune incongruenze su tematiche come trasferimento dei dati a terze parti, sui segreti commerciali e sulla condivisione con le autorità pubbliche anche in casi di non-emergenza. Ho deciso quindi di astenermi sulla votazione di questa normativa.
2023/03/14
Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2021 (A9-0054/2023 - Anne-Sophie Pelletier)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perchè la relazione riassume in maniera dettagliata e precisa le attività del Mediatore europeo durante l'anno 2021, dai rigorosi passaggi sui richiami alla trasparenza al maggior controllo sui casi delle cosidette "sliding doors".Ritengo che nella relazione venga puntualizzata la modalità di accesso e di trasparenza dei documenti da parte dei cittadini europei ai fini dell'interesse pubblico e del rispetto degli stessi.
2023/03/14
Policy Coherence for Development (A9-0019/2023 - Janina Ochojska)

Ho espresso voto favorevole in merito alla relazione sulla coerenza delle politiche per lo sviluppo. Ritengo che, in un momento di ripresa dalla pandemia e dalle conseguenze dell'invasione russa dell'Ucraina, l'obiettivo della relazione di dare un nuovo impulso politico al concetto di CPS sia necessaria per garantire che essa fornisca un contributo unico dell'Europa all'attuazione degli OSS.Condivido le raccomandazioni contenute nella relazione poiché risultano dettagliate in merito alle modifiche e al miglioramento necessario che permetterebbero un'attuazione efficace della CPS.
2023/03/14
Law enforcement information exchange (A9-0247/2022 - Lena Düpont)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perchè ritengo che essa possa contribuire a rafforzare gli strumenti in dotazione alle autorità di contrasto e risulti in continuità rispetto al mandato dell'agenzia Europol e pacchetto e-evidence sullo scambio di prove elettroniche.Sostengo che la direttiva abbia un obiettivo importante nel rafforzare il ruolo di Europol nel processo di scambio sicuro di informazioni obbligando le autorità a stabilire l'utilizzo di un canale unico per lo scambio di informazioni. Il SIENA (Secure Information Exchange Network Application), gestito dall'Europol, che diventerebbe il canale di default per le comunicazioni tra forze dell'ordine dello spazio Schengen.
2023/03/15
The further repressions against the people of Belarus, in particular the cases of Andrzej Poczobut and Ales Bialiatski (B9-0163/2023, RC-B9-0164/2023, B9-0164/2023, B9-0165/2023, B9-0166/2023, B9-0167/2023, B9-0168/2023)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla risoluzione poiché il testo ribadisce la solidarietà al popolo bielorusso e al rilascio immediato e incondizionato di tutti i prigionieri politici e di tutte le persone arbitrariamente detenute, arrestate o condannate per motivi politici.Condivido, inoltre, molto importante l'invito rivolto agli Stati membri ad esercitare pressioni sul CIO affinchè revochi la decisione di non consentire agli atleti bielorussi di competere nelle qualificazioni per i Giochi olimpici di Parigi 2024 sotto una bandiera neutrale che va contro il multiforme isolamento imposto alla Bielorussia.
2023/03/15
Adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion (B9-0099/2023, B9-0116/2023)

Ho votato contro la risoluzione poichè il testo si presenta utopistico e concettualmente sbagliato. Ritengo che il modo più efficace per combattere la povertà sia creare un'occupazione stabile e di qualità.Pensare che una direttiva europea sul reddito minimo riesca a dimezzare la povertà entro il 2030, cosi come affermato nella risoluzione proposta risulta alquanto improbabile.
2023/03/15
The functioning of the EEAS and a stronger EU in the world (A9-0045/2023 - Urmas Paet)

Nonostante condivida le raccomandazioni fornite dal testo sull'aumentare l'effetto leve, rafforzare gli strumenti e i relativi pacchetti ed incrementare la legittimità per migliorare il ruolo dell'EEAS a favore di un'UE più forte, ritengo che nel complesso siano sbilanciate.Le proposte sono rivolte ad una sorta di Ministero degli Esteri europeo e perciò ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione di questa raccomandazione.
2023/03/15
European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023 (A9-0044/2023 - Irene Tinagli)

Nonostante il testo proposto si presenti più bilanciato in merito ai temi della riduzione drastica del debito sovrano e del rispetto delle CSR e presenti buoni spunti relativi agli orientamenti della Commissione in merito alla riforma della governance economica, ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo.Ritengo sia importante un monitoraggio efficace dell'attuazione delle raccomandazioni specifiche per paese e i PNRR debbano essere coerenti con le CSR. Mantengo un approccio moderato in atteso di un testo definitivo da esaminare.
2023/03/15
European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (A9-0051/2023 - Estrella Durá Ferrandis)

Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione del testo nonostante creda che analizzi tematiche importanti nell'ambito del semestre europeo. In particolare il Patto di stabilità e crescita, direttiva sul telelavoro, direttiva sul diritto alla disconnessione e politiche per l'inclusione dei migranti sul mercato del lavoro. Ritengo che risulti ancora poco chiaro.
2023/03/15
EU-Azerbaijan relations (A9-0037/2023 - Željana Zovko)

Ho votato a favore della relazione tra UE e Azerbaigian poiché ritengo che il testo analizzi, in modo lineare, la situazione nella regione e sottolinei le conseguenze derivanti dal perdurarsi della crisi del conflitto del Nagorno-Karabakh.Ritengo rilevante il riferimento all'attualità e quindi all'impatto della guerra di aggressione russa in Ucraina e al ruolo destabilizzante della Russia nell'area, così come si evidenziano i legami nel campo energetico, riconoscendo il ruolo strategico dell'Azerbaigian nella fornitura di combustibili fossili all'UE e le possibili sinergie future con la produzione di energia da fonti rinnovabili.
2023/03/15
The EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (A9-0034/2023 - Hannah Neumann)

Nonostante il testo affronti e difenda tematiche cruciali quali i diritti umani, la democrazia e lo Stato di diritto, ritengo che sia sbilanciato e troppo ideologico. La tutela e la difesa dei diritti umani sono nell'interesse dell'UE e dei suoi Stati membri, perciò è fondamentale proteggere i difensori dei diritti umani e riuscire a contrastare in maniera mirata ed efficace le gravi violazioni dei diritti in tutto il mondo. Ho deciso di astenermi sulla votazione di questa relazione.
2023/03/16
Machinery products (A9-0141/2022 - Ivan Štefanec)

Ho votato a favore del nuovo regolamento sui prodotti per i macchinari nell'UE in quanto stabilisce regole chiare e proporzionate che saranno applicate uniformemente in tutta l'UE.Aumenta la certezza giuridica per i produttori e chiarisce le questioni relative all'ambito di applicazione, alle definizioni, ai requisiti essenziali e alle procedure di valutazione della conformità.Sostengo che il testo finale specifichi anche il concetto di "modifica sostanziale dei prodotti" e stabilisca una più efficace sorveglianza del mercato attraverso nuove regole.
2023/04/18
Carbon border adjustment mechanism (A9-0160/2022 - Mohammed Chahim)

Nonostante il testo fornisca alcuni aspetti positivi per l'introduzione di una misura che prevede il rischio di rilocalizzazione delle emissioni di carbonio verso paesi terzi che hanno politiche ambientali meno rigorose, ho deciso di astenermi dalla votazione.Ritengo che permangono alcuni aspetti negativi tra cui l'assenza di un periodo di transizione maggiore, il supporto finanziario ai paesi meno sviluppati a discapito delle imprese europee e in particolare l'assenza fin da subito di un meccanismo di adeguamento per le esportazioni. Questo, a mio avviso, potrebbe causare grandi perdite di competitività internazionale da parte delle imprese italiane.
2023/04/18
Social Climate Fund (A9-0157/2022 - David Casa, Esther de Lange)

Nonostante le preoccupazioni riguardo al sistema ETS e alle politiche climatiche in Europa, ho votato a favore della relazione relativa a un fondo che sostiene le piccole imprese e le famiglie vulnerabili, poiché sostengo che l'Italia sarebbe il terzo beneficiario di questo fondo.
2023/04/18
Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (A9-0155/2022 - Sunčana Glavak)

Accolgo con favore le quote SAF e la decisione di limitare il campo di applicazione del sistema ETS ai voli intracomunitari, ma non condivido la possibilità di estendere il campo di applicazione dell'ETS a tutti i voli in partenza dallo Spazio economico europeo.Ho deciso di astenermi circa la votazione di questa relazione.
2023/04/18
Sustainable carbon cycles (A9-0066/2023 - Alexander Bernhuber)

Ho espresso voto favorevole alla comunicazione sui cicli sostenibili del carbonio poiché ritengo che definisca un piano d'azione per sostenere e diffondere l'agricoltura del carbonio come modello di business verde.Sostengo inoltre che la relazione tenga conto di aspetti fondamentali, quali i diversi punti di partenza e le diverse condizioni degli Stati membri, che dispongono delle competenze necessarie a livello nazionale e locale.
2023/04/18
eGovernment accelerating digital public services that support the functioning of the single market (A9-0065/2023 - Tomislav Sokol)

Nonostante vi siano alcuni punti discutibili, come il piano della Commissione di creare uno spazio europeo per i dati sanitari e i dati sugli appalti pubblici, il testo complessivo è considerato equilibrato; ho deciso di votare a favore della proposta.
2023/04/18
Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (A9-0068/2023 - Bernd Lange) (vote)

Nonostante il testo discuta un accordo che contiene elementi positivi, come i requisiti di trasparenza e notifica e il divieto di sovvenzioni per la pesca illegale, non regolamentata e non dichiarata, tuttavia rimango critica sull'approccio generale che considera le esenzioni fiscali per il carburante come sussidi "dannosi", in quanto rappresentano un'importante misura di sostegno per l'industria della pesca europea e italiana.Sono anche preoccupata per il divieto di sovvenzioni per gli stock sovrasfruttati, che potrebbe avere un impatto negativo sull'Italia, spesso accusata ingiustamente di sovrasfruttamento.Pertanto, decido di astenermi dal voto per sostenere l'importante settore della pesca in Italia.
2023/04/19
Deforestation Regulation (A9-0219/2022 - Christophe Hansen)

Ho votato in favore della proposta di regolamento poiché sostengo che miri a ridurre al minimo il consumo di prodotti provenienti da catene di apporvigionamento associate alla deforestazione.In aggiunta, la proposta stabilisce regole di due deligence obbligatorie per le aziende che vogliono immettere prodotti non regolamentati sul mercato dell'UE, ponendo così l'obiettivo di garantire che solo prodotti non causa di deforestazione siano ammessi sul mercato dell'UE.
2023/04/19
Methods and procedure for making available own resources based on the Emissions Trading System, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and reallocated profits and on the measures to meet cash requirements (A9-0046/2023 - José Manuel Fernandes, Valérie Hayer)

Ho deciso di astenermi dal voto poiché il testo afferma che la votazione riguarda l'introduzione di un nuovo paniere di risorse proprie per rimborsare il prestito contratto con il programma NextGenerationEU.Inoltre, la proposta è strettamente correlata alla precedente relativa alla modifica del sistema delle risorse proprie, in merito alla quale avevo già assunto una posizione di astensione.
2023/04/19
Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (A9-0124/2023 - Janusz Lewandowski)

Ho deciso di astenermi rigurdo al voto in quanto, sebbene gli obiettivi principali su cui dovrebbe basarsi il bilancio 2024 siano lodevoli, la relazione ripropone tutti i principi fondamentali dell'azione dell'UE, confermando che Bruxelles non comprende appieno le priorità su cui concentrarsi, soprattutto in tempi di profonda crisi.Di conseguenza, ciò conferma la convinzione di lunga data che il bilancio dell'UE sia uno strumento relativamente poco utile, da cui ogni anno traiamo meno benefici economici di quanti ne contribuiamo, e che sia destinato a sostenere le priorità di Bruxelles spesso scollegate dagli interessi nazionali.
2023/04/19
Challenges facing the Republic of Moldova (B9-0197/2023, RC-B9-0198/2023, B9-0198/2023, B9-0199/2023, B9-0200/2023, B9-0203/2023, B9-0204/2023)

Ho votato a favore della risoluzione in quanto descrive e sostiene i recenti sviluppi della Repubblica di Moldova e condanna i tentativi russi di destabilizzarla politicamente.Riconosce inoltre l'impatto dell'aggressione russa in Ucraina e propone di rafforzare le azioni e le misure adottate dall'UE per sostenere finanziariamente e politicamente il paese.
2023/04/19
Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCa) (A9-0052/2022 - Stefan Berger)

Il testo discute l'introduzione da parte dell'UE di una normativa sulla finanza digitale, in particolare nel nuovo settore della blockchain e delle criptovalute.Nonostante le preoccupazioni per le potenziali distorsioni della concorrenza, ho votato a favore del regolamento per combattere i flussi di denaro illegali e mantenere una disciplina leggera che possa essere aggiornata rapidamente, dato il rapido sviluppo tecnologico del settore.
2023/04/20
Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets (recast) (A9-0081/2022 - Ernest Urtasun, Assita Kanko)

Ho deciso di votare a favore del regolamento poiché credo che in plenaria si stia valutando un approccio più favorevole per bilanciare la lotta al riciclaggio di denaro e al finanziamento del terrorismo.Ritengo però che la Commissione debba sostenere una proposta più decisiva, che possa portare al trasferimento delle operazioni in paesi privi di regolamentazione.
2023/04/20
Application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas to certain products transferred to Northern Ireland (A9-0164/2023 - Seán Kelly)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in merito all'applicazione di tariffe sull'esportazione di prodotti provenienti dall'Unione europea verso l'Irlanda del Nord poiché ritengo che il regolamento miri a risolvere problematiche emerse in seguito alla Brexit.
2023/05/09
Specific rules relating to medicinal products for human use intended to be placed on the market of Northern Ireland (A9-0167/2023 - Pascal Canfin)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto questa garantisce un pari accesso a tutti i farmaci, compresi i nuovi, sia ai cittadini dell'Irlanda del Nord sia a quelli del Regno Unito.Ritengo sia importante implementare le soluzioni congiunte, con le relative misure di salvaguardia delineate nella relazione che assicurano il divieto di accesso di determinati farmaci nel mercato europeo.
2023/05/09
Macro-financial assistance to Moldova (A9-0166/2023 - Markéta Gregorová)

Ho votato a favore della proposta volta al sostegno macrofinanziario indirizzato alla Repubblica di Moldova poiché ritengo essenziale mostrare uno stabile e perpetuo supporto al paese.
2023/05/09
EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement: temporary trade liberalisation supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products (A9-0165/2023 - Sandra Kalniete)

Ho votato favorevolmente alla proposta di liberalizzazione degli scambi di prodotti provenienti dal territorio ucraino e ancora soggetti a dazi.Sono inoltre favorevole al prolungamento di un anno di tale misura in quanto ritengo essenziale mostrare un opportuno supporto all'Ucraina.
2023/05/09
EU/Brazil Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom`s withdrawal from the European Union (A9-0171/2023 - Jordi Cañas)

Ho votato contro la proposta che stabilisce un accordo UE-Brasile relativo ai traffici OMC poiché sono emerse delle preoccupazioni in seguito a modifiche delle quote tariffarie riguardanti prodotti sensibili.Inoltre, la mia posizione rimane coerente con la storica opposizione a un prossimo accordo commerciale con i paesi del Mercosur, in particolare inerente alla filiera agricola.
2023/05/09
Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector (A9-0162/2023 - Pascal Canfin, Jutta Paulus)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo che suggerisca modifiche che facilitano la misurazione e il monitoraggio delle emissioni di metano; inoltre, introduce varie misure di trasparenza con l'obiettivo di incoraggiare i paesi che forniscono energia fossile all'UE a ridurre le emissioni di metano.La proposta prevede la possibilità di disporre di tutte le informazioni prodotte dall'Osservatorio internazionale delle emissioni di metano; tale misura permetterà di aumentare la comunicazione e la trasparenza.
2023/05/09
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2022/003 ES/Alu Ibérica - Spain (A9-0154/2023 - Eider Gardiazabal Rubial)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto il Fondo europeo di adeguamento alla globalizzazione finanzierà varie iniziative a supporto dei lavoratori in Spagna.Ritengo particolarmente importante l'incentivo di partecipazione che potrà sostenere i lavoratori.
2023/05/09
New EU Urban Mobility Framework (A9-0108/2023 - Andrey Novakov)

Ho deciso di astenermi in merito alla votazione poiché, nonostante condivida alcuni aspetti della proposta, tra i quali la necessità di una nuova gestione della mobilità urbana anche attraverso le più recenti tecnologie, che apportano soluzioni alternative, ritengo che siano presenti altri aspetti non strettamente legati al tema che hanno un obiettivo distante da quello in materia di votazione, ad esempio l'imposizione a tappeto del limite di velocità nelle aree residenziali a 30 km/h.
2023/05/09
Critical technologies for security and defence (A9-0120/2023 - Riho Terras)

Ho deciso di votare a favore della relazione che esamina il modo in cui vengono attualmente sviluppate e prodotte le tecnologie critiche in ambito di sicurezza e difesa.Ritengo che questo tema sia importante nel periodo geopolitico che stiamo vivendo, soprattutto per l'inclusione di aziende italiane, in particolar modo per quelle che verranno coinvolte in questo progetto.
2023/05/09
Co-management of fisheries in the EU (A9-0119/2023 - Clara Aguilera)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché ritengo che sia necessaria una legislazione specifica dell'UE in materia di cogestione della pesca, vista la mancanza e le inefficienze che quest'ultima può produrre.
2023/05/09
Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (A9-0139/2023 - Petra Kammerevert)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché ritengo che sia necessaria un'apertura alla discussione in tema di intelligenza artificiale per poter comprendere come quest'ultima possa incidere sul nostro paese.Inoltre, rimarco nello specifico l'importanza dei tasti numerici sui telecomandi per garantire la visibilità e la reperibilità dei servizi di media audiovisivi di interesse generale.
2023/05/09
Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products (A9-0096/2023 - Carmen Avram)

Ho votato a favore alla proposta perché ritengo che la relazione sia ben equilibrata: il programma suggerito porterà innumerevoli benefici, proponendo un'esperienza che insegnerà ai più giovani l'importanza di un'alimentazione sana attraverso l'avvicinamento all'agricoltura e ad abitudini alimentari sane.
2023/05/09
Discharge 2021: EU general budget - Court of Justice of the European Union (A9-0073/2023 - Mikuláš Peksa)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico alla Corte di giustizia dell'Unione europea per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'istituzione o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Corte di giustizia.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: EU general budget - Court of Auditors (A9-0081/2023 - Mikuláš Peksa)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo che la Corte dei conti valuti efficacemente l'economia dell'Unione e la legalità delle sue azioni.Sono particolarmente d'accordo con il suggerimento della proposta secondo cui la Corte dei conti dovrebbe usare le sue capacità per contribuire ulteriormente a contrastare le frodi nel bilancio dell'Unione e a individuare i punti deboli che rendono i programmi soggetti a frode.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee (A9-0074/2023 - Mikuláš Peksa)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico al Comitato economico e sociale europeo per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato del Comitato o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto Comitato economico e sociale europeo.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: EU general budget - European Ombudsman (A9-0067/2023 - Mikuláš Peksa)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché, presentati tutti i dati, ritengo che non ci siano discostamenti in merito al bilancio dell'esercizio 2021, sezione VIII – Mediatore europeo.In particolare, reputo importante soffermarsi sul rafforzamento delle legittimità delle istituzioni europee.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: EU general budget - European External Action Service (A9-0088/2023 - Mikuláš Peksa)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico al Servizio europeo per l'azione esterna per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato del Servizio o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto Servizio europeo per l'azione esterna.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) (A9-0125/2023 - Olivier Chastel)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico al Centro europeo per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale (Cedefop) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato del Centro o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto Centro europeo per lo sviluppo della formazione professionale (Cedefop).
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (A9-0141/2023 - Ramona Strugariu)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia dell'Unione europea per i diritti fondamentali per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia dell'Unione europea per i diritti fondamentali.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (A9-0107/2023 - Ramona Strugariu)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Osservatorio europeo delle droghe e delle tossicodipendenze per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Osservatorio o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto Osservatorio europeo delle droghe e delle tossicodipendenze.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Environment Agency (A9-0143/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia europea dell'ambiente per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia europea dell'ambiente.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (A9-0122/2023 - Ramona Strugariu)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché, presentati tutti i dati, ritengo non ci siano discostamenti in merito al bilancio dell'esercizio 2021 dell'Agenzia dell'Unione europea per la cooperazione giudiziaria penale (Eurojust).
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Training Foundation (A9-0135/2023 - Alin Mituța)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché, presentati tutti i dati, ritengo non ci siano discostamenti in merito al bilancio per l'esercizio 2021 della Fondazione europea per la formazione.Mi unisco alla proposta nel lodare la Fondazione per la sua rapida risposta e revisione della cooperazione con la Russia e la Bielorussia dopo la guerra tra Russia e Ucraina.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Food Safety Authority (A9-0131/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché, presentati tutti i dati, ritengo che non ci siano discostamenti in merito al bilancio dell'esercizio 2021 dell'Autorità europea per la sicurezza alimentare.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (A9-0146/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico al Centro europeo per la prevenzione e il controllo delle malattie per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato del Centro o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto Centro europeo per la prevenzione e il controllo delle malattie.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Union Agency for the Space Programme (before 12 May 2021: European GNSS Agency) (A9-0116/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto riconosco l'importanza del programma spaziale dell'Unione, il quale implementa la sua capacità di garantire la sicurezza spaziale e la sicurezza dei cittadini dell'Unione, monitorando la Terra e contribuendo alla ricerca della navigazione satellitare.Ritengo importante l'obiettivo di rafforzare il programma aumentando la trasparenza e introducendo norme più sistematiche in materia di conflitto di interessi e di lobbismo illegale.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Fisheries Control Agency (A9-0112/2023 - Ilana Cicurel)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia europea di controllo della pesca per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia europea di controllo della pesca.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Chemicals Agency (A9-0133/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia europea per le sostanze chimiche per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia europea per le sostanze chimiche.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Euratom Supply Agency (A9-0126/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto questa sostiene la digitalizzazione dell'Agenzia di approvvigionamento dell'Euratom con l'obiettivo di evitare un divario digitale tra le agenzie dell'Unione.Ritengo particolarmente importante il fatto che la proposta sottolinei la necessità di sviluppare ulteriormente le sinergie dell'Agenzia al fine di facilitare l'efficienza e la cooperazione con le altre agenzie dell'Unione.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) (A9-0138/2023 - Ramona Strugariu)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo che Europol sia fondamentale per garantire la sicurezza dei cittadini europei.Sono particolarmente d'accordo con la proposta sulla necessità di Europol di aumentare la cooperazione con l'Agenzia dell'Unione europea per la cibersicurezza al fine di effettuare delle valutazioni dei rischi della sua infrastruttura informatica, di difendersi dagli attacchi informatici e di aumentare la sicurezza dei dati.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Institute for Gender Equality (A9-0121/2023 - Olivier Chastel)

Si indica un voto negativo alla in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Istituto europeo per l'uguaglianza di genere per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Istituto o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto Istituto europeo per l'uguaglianza di genere.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Banking Authority (A9-0110/2023 - Alin Mituța)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Autorità bancaria europea per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Autorità o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Autorità bancaria europea.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (A9-0103/2023 - Gilles Boyer)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Autorità europea delle assicurazioni e delle pensioni aziendali e professionali per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Autorità o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea all'Autorità europea delle assicurazioni e delle pensioni aziendali e professionali.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Securities and Markets Authority (A9-0137/2023 - Gilles Boyer)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Autorità europea degli strumenti finanziari e dei mercati per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Autorità o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Autorità europea degli strumenti finanziari e dei mercati.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (A9-0111/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia dell'Unione europea per la cooperazione fra i regolatori nazionali dell'energia (ACER) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia dell'Unione europea per la cooperazione fra i regolatori nazionali dell'energia (ACER).
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) (A9-0129/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia di sostegno al BEREC (Ufficio BEREC) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia di sostegno al BEREC (Ufficio BEREC).
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) (A9-0105/2023 - Ramona Strugariu)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia dell'Unione europea per la gestione operativa dei sistemi IT su larga scala nello spazio di libertà, sicurezza e giustizia (eu-LISA) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia dell'Unione europea per la gestione operativa dei sistemi IT su larga scala nello spazio di libertà, sicurezza e giustizia (eu-LISA).
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy) (A9-0092/2023 - Ryszard Czarnecki)

Ho votato a favore di questa proposta in quanto ritengo che l'Impresa comune europea per ITER e lo sviluppo dell'energia da fusione sia essenziale per trovare una soluzione in merito alle seguenti questioni: la guerra della Russia contro l'Ucraina e gli impatti della pandemia.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking (before 30 November 2021: SESAR Joint Undertaking) (A9-0118/2023 - Ryszard Czarnecki)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Impresa comune "Ricerca ATM nel cielo unico europeo 3" (prima del 30 novembre 2021: impresa comune SESAR) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Impresa o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Impresa comune dell'Impresa comune "Ricerca ATM nel cielo unico europeo 3".
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (before 30 November 2021: Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking) (A9-0078/2023 - Joachim Stanisław Brudziński)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Impresa comune "Aviazione pulita" (prima del 30 novembre 2021: impresa comune Clean Sky 2) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Impresa o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Impresa comune "Aviazione pulita".
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (before 30 November 2021: Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking) (A9-0093/2023 - Joachim Stanisław Brudziński)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Impresa comune "Europa biocircolare" (prima del 30 novembre 2021: impresa comune Bioindustrie) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Impresa o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Impresa comune "Europa biocircolare".
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (before 30 November 2021: Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking) (A9-0069/2023 - Ryszard Czarnecki)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Impresa comune "Iniziativa per l'innovazione nel settore della salute" (prima del 30 novembre 2021: impresa comune "Iniziativa in materia di medicinali innovativi 2") per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Impresa o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Impresa comune "Iniziativa per l'innovazione nel settore della salute".
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (before 30 November 2021: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking) (A9-0083/2023 - Ryszard Czarnecki)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché ritengo che sia necessario trovare soluzioni alternative, come l'opportunità che l'idrogeno pulito potrebbe rappresentare per tutta l'Unione.Pertanto sostengo l'investimento in questa direzione confidando che questa strada possa apportare un valore aggiunto all'UE.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (before 30 November 2021: Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking) (A9-0090/2023 - Ryszard Czarnecki)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Impresa comune "Ferrovie europee" (prima del 30 novembre 2021: impresa comune Shift2Rail) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Impresa o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Impresa comune "Ferrovie europee".
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (before 30 November 2021: ECSEL Joint Undertaking) (A9-0082/2023 - Ryszard Czarnecki)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Impresa comune "Tecnologie digitali fondamentali" (prima del 30 novembre 2021: impresa comune ECSEL) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Impresa o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Impresa comune "Tecnologie digitali fondamentali".
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: EU general budget - EDF (8th, 9th, 10th and 11th) (A9-0114/2023 - José Manuel Fernandes)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico per il bilancio generale dell'UE – FES (8°, 9°, 10° e 11°) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto bilancio generale dell'UE – FES (8°, 9°, 10° e 11°).
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Performance, financial management and control of EU agencies (A9-0144/2023 - Olivier Chastel)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico per le prestazioni, la gestione finanziaria e il controllo delle agenzie dell'UE per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alle suddette prestazioni, alla gestione finanziaria e al controllo delle agenzie dell'UE.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Labour Authority (A9-0117/2023 - Alin Mituța)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Autorità europea del lavoro per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Autorità o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Autorità europea del lavoro.
2023/05/10
2022 Report on Serbia (A9-0172/2023 - Vladimír Bilčík)

Ho votato a favore della proposta poiché ritengo che la Serbia, a seguito dell'analisi effettuata dall'UE negli ultimi anni riguardo al processo di partecipazione all'Unione europea, sia sempre più in linea con i valori europei. Questo è stato dimostrato ad esempio con la politica dei visti.È fondamentale soffermarsi anche sull'importanza strategica che l'eventuale entrata della Serbia potrebbe rappresentare per l'Unione europea.
2023/05/10
2022 Report on Kosovo (A9-0174/2023 - Viola von Cramon-Taubadel)

Nonostante riconosca i progressi verso l'obiettivo dell'adesione all'UE e i rapporti positivi tra UE e Kosovo, ho deciso di astenermi, perché credo ci siano alcuni elementi problematici e noto un estremo entusiasmo nel valutare la vicinanza di valori tra Kosovo e UE.
2023/05/10
Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs (A9-0163/2023 - Johan Van Overtveldt)

Nonostante riconosca possibili benefici riguardanti la proposta, ho deciso di astenermi durante la votazione sul testo.Dal momento che il bilancio europeo è un tema relativamente sensibile in Italia, le decisioni su tale argomento devono essere prese con maggiore cautela.
2023/05/10
Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union (A9-0169/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari)

Ho deciso di astenermi durante la votazione sulla prevenzione e la lotta contro la violenza domestica in quanto, nonostante mi trovi allineata con l'obiettivo della proposta, ritengo che la procedura applicata in questa circostanza crei un precedente inammissibile rispetto ai pilastri sui quali questa stessa Unione si fonda.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Medicines Agency (A9-0106/2023 - Katalin Cseh)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico all'Agenzia europea per i medicinali per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato dell'Agenzia o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Agenzia europea per i medicinali.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (A9-0104/2023 - Olivier Chastel)

Si indica un voto negativo alla concessione del discarico al Centro di traduzione degli organismi dell'Unione europea per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato del Centro o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea al suddetto Centro di traduzione degli organismi dell'Unione europea.
2023/05/10
Discharge 2021: European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) (A9-0079/2023 - Mikuláš Peksa)

Si indica un voto negativo in merito alla concessione del discarico alla Procura europea (EPPO) per l'anno 2021 in quanto non si registrano significativi miglioramenti nell'operato della Procura o comunque un'ottimizzazione nell'impiego delle cospicue risorse allocate dall'Unione europea alla suddetta Procura europea (EPPO).
2023/05/10
Own resources: a new start for EU finances, a new start for Europe (A9-0155/2023 - José Manuel Fernandes, Valérie Hayer)

Dato l'impatto della pandemia che ha interessato pressoché tutti i settori dell'UE, a mio avviso le decisioni sulle risorse proprie devono essere prese con maggiore cautela.Ho dunque espresso voto contrario, poiché ritengo che il rimborso dei prestiti contratti dall'UE con l'introduzione di nuove risorse proprie renderà più difficile affrontare gli interessi nazionali.Inoltre, ritengo che non si consideri appieno il possibile impatto che questo potrà avere sugli Stati membri dal momento che questa relazione è strettamente legata al programma NextGenerationEU.
2023/05/10
Empowering consumers for the green transition (A9-0099/2023 - Biljana Borzan)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo necessario che il consumatore sia più libero nell'ambito della scelta; pertanto è fondamentale che abbia quante più informazioni possibili in merito al prodotto che sta acquistando, come ad esempio l'indicazione della garanzia di durata commerciale, misura che tra l'altro non impatta troppo pesantemente sui produttori in quanto attualmente volontaria.
2023/05/11
Roadmap on a Social Europe: two years after Porto (B9-0235/2023, B9-0236/2023)

Ho espresso voto contrario alla relazione poiché sostengo che le iniziative legislative proposte portino a un controllo sempre maggiore da parte dell'UE su prerogative degli Stati membri.Non condivido la necessità di un ulteriore accentramento delle politiche sociali, del lavoro e ambientali, che renderebbe l'Europa più centralista e burocratica.
2023/05/11
Macro-financial assistance to North Macedonia (A9-0203/2023 - Angelika Winzig)

Ho votato a favore della proposta del pacchetto di AFM sotto forma di prestiti del valore di 100 milioni di euro, alla repubblica della Macedonia del Nord; in quanto l'operazione mira a ridurre le vulnerabilità economiche a breve termine della Macedonia rispetto alla sua bilancia dei pagamenti.Inoltre, rappresenterebbe un segno tangibile del sostegno dell'Unione europea al Paese nell'affrontare questa difficile situazione.
2023/06/13
Draft amending budget No 1/2023: Technical adjustments stemming from the political agreements reached on several legislative proposals, including with respect to REPowerEU, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Union Secure Connectivity programme (A9-0209/2023 - Fabienne Keller)

Ho espresso un voto favorevole al progetto di bilancio rettificativo, in quanto, quello di sopraggiungere a modifiche e ricalcoli, sia un procedimento standard in un esercizio finanziario.In questo caso, poiché le modifiche sono puramente tecniche e legate ad accordi politici già raggiunti, accolgo con favore la relazione.
2023/06/13
Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the referral of proposals for legally binding acts to committees and the procedure for solving conflicts of competence (A9-0198/2023 - Gabriele Bischoff)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché ritengo importante accelerare le procedure di deferimento e di risoluzione dei conflitti di competenza per consentire al Parlamento di affrontare rapidamente i dossier legislativi senza ritardi.
2023/06/13
Electronic evidence regulation: European production and preservation orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters (A9-0256/2020 - Birgit Sippel)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, affinché si garantisca un pari trattamento di tutti i prestatori di servizi con riguardo all'accesso alle prove elettroniche.Inoltre, ritengo importante che questa modifica al testo originale affidi alle autorità nazionali un utile mezzo di contrasto al crimine transnazionale.
2023/06/13
European Union Drugs Agency (A9-0289/2022 - Isabel Santos)

Ho deciso di votare favorevolmente alla proposta. Benché, la creazione di una nuova agenzia richiederà un notevole impegno in termini di risorse umane e finanziarie. Tuttavia, considerando la natura transizionale del traffico e del consumo di stupefacenti, è giustificato adottare un intervento normativo di tale portata.L'obiettivo è garantire i mezzi necessari nel rispetto delle competenze degli Stati membri. Personalmente, ritengo che sia fondamentale agire contro il traffico di stupefacenti a livello internazionale. La dimensione transnazionale di questo problema richiede una risposta coordinata ed efficace.
2023/06/13
Competition policy - annual report 2022 (A9-0183/2023 - René Repasi)

A seguito della proposta in Plenaria riguardante l'emendamento circa la relazione annuale sulla politica degli aiuti di stato e sulle concentrazioni di mercato, specie inerenti a quello digitale, si è discussa la negatività della concentrazione bancaria, e di un emendamento che richiede la raccolta individuale delle firme sulla necessità di investimenti nel nucleare per ridurre i costi energetici.Personalmente, voto contro entrambi gli emendamenti, considerando la sensibilità della delegazione austriaca che non supporta il secondo emendamento.
2023/06/13
Assessment of the new Commission communication on outermost regions (A9-0156/2023 - Álvaro Amaro)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo sia necessario rafforzare il partenariato tra l'UE e le regioni ultraperiferiche per mitigare l'impatto delle sfide che queste regioni devono affrontare e prevenire future crisi che possano avere un forte impatto sui loro settori primari come l'agricoltura e la pesca.Inoltre, condivido l'opinione che lo sviluppo delle regioni ultraperiferiche potrebbe trarre grande beneficio dalla creazione di programmi europei più specifici che potrebbero essere estesi ad altri settori essenziali, come i trasporti e l'energia.
2023/06/13
Large transport infrastructure projects in the EU (A9-0181/2023 - Andrey Novakov)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché la ritengo una normativa efficace e necessaria per il progresso dell'Europa, e anche dell'Italia, in materia di infrastrutture di trasporto.La proposta sostiene nuovi progetti che possono generare immense opportunità per l'UE, come la creazione di nuovi posti di lavoro e l'aumento della produttività e della competitività attraverso la realizzazione di reti di trasporto significative e stabili.
2023/06/13
New Regulation on Construction Products (A9-0207/2023 - Christian Doleschal)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché presenta delle chiare linee guida sulle modalità di sviluppo degli standard per i prodotti da costruzioni.Inoltre, ritengo importante sottolineare che il testo semplifica il processo di standardizzazione, rendendolo più efficace e chiaro.
2023/07/11
Industrial Emissions Portal (A9-0211/2023 - Radan Kanev)

Ho votato a favore della proposta in quanto ritengo che apporti migliorie al portale informatico in questione, protegga le informazioni commerciali e limiti la portata delle informazioni e dei dati a quanto strettamente necessario.
2023/07/11
European Chips Act (A9-0014/2023 - Dan Nica)

Ho votato a favore della proposta, perché la ritengo una normativa efficace e necessaria per il progresso dell'Europa, e dell'Italia, in ambito tecnologico.La normativa sui chip rafforzerà l'ecosistema Europa dei semiconduttori e mobiliterà 43 miliardi di euro in forma di investimenti per sviluppare determinati assets nel mercato. Costruire la capacità europea di innovare tecnologie complesse come i chip è una priorità per garantire che il mercato digitale europeo non rimanga indietro.
2023/07/11
Ecodesign Regulation (A9-0218/2023 - Alessandra Moretti)

Nonostante condivida alcuni aspetti della proposta, ho espresso voto contrario perché ritengo che potrebbe creare ulteriori pressioni per le imprese italiane che stanno già affrontando innumerevoli difficoltà nella implementazione degli attuali regolamenti della transizione verde.
2023/07/12
Digital information exchange in terrorism cases (A9-0261/2022 - Patryk Jaki)

Ho votato a favore della proposta perché ritengo che porterà ad una condivisione di informazioni più efficace e sicura tra gli Stati membri ed Eurojust. Trovo particolarmente importante il fatto che la proposta renderà più moderno il sistema di gestione delle cause di Eurojust integrandolo con il registro giudiziario europeo antiterrorismo, garantendo una più sicura elaborazione dei dati personali sensibili.
2023/07/12
Nature restoration (A9-0220/2023 - César Luena)

Ho espresso voto contrario a questa relazione in quanto ritengo che la proposta metta a rischio il lavoro dei nostri agricoltori. È sicuramente importante che l'Europa diventi un leader della transizione ecologica globale, ma servono strumenti adeguati e realistici che rispettino ogni settore produttivo.Trovo che le tempistiche degli obiettivi della proposta dovrebbero essere rivalutate per far sì che gli agricoltori possono organizzarsi per effettuare la "transizione verde" senza che venga compromesso il loro lavoro.
2023/07/12
COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (A9-0217/2023 - Dolors Montserrat)

Ho deciso di astenermi dalla votazione, poiché, nonostante condivida alcuni aspetti della proposta, tra i quali la richiesta di una maggior autonomia strategica nella produzione europea di farmaci e dispostivi medici, ritengo che per altri aspetti sia presente il rischio di accentrare nelle mani della Commissione una competenza oggi nazionale.
2023/07/12
Labelling of organic pet food (A9-0159/2023 - Martin Häusling)

Ho deciso di votare a favore perché ritengo necessario aggiornare la normativa vigente sull'etichettatura degli alimenti biologici per animali da compagnia allineandola alle norme sull'etichettatura degli alimenti destinati al consumo umano. Ciò comporta che, per portare il logo biologico dell'Unione, almeno il 95 % degli ingredienti presenti all'interno di un alimento devono essere di origine biologica.
2023/09/12
Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application (A9-0250/2023 - Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé)

Il mio voto di astensione in merito all'emendamento del regolamento SoHO è giustificato dal fatto che non ritengo la proposta interamente apprezzabile.Nonostante la modifica del regolamento potrebbe apportare significativi miglioramenti in senso di qualità e sicurezza per il paziente e per il professionista, non mi trovo in linea con la definizione di SoHO qui proposta. La bozza prevede infatti di considerare come SoHO utilizzabili per trattamenti medici anche gli embrioni risultanti dalla fecondazione e non solo le cellule, non permettendomi così di approvare l'emendamento.
2023/09/12
European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) (A9-0161/2023 - Michael Gahler, Zdzisław Krasnodębski)

Ho deciso di esprimere voto favorevole in quanto ritengo che lo strumento sia necessario per incentivare gli Stati all'acquisto comune, nel quadro della guerra di aggressione russa, di prodotti destinati alla difesa.L'approvvigionamento comune consentirà allo stesso tempo di diminuire i costi e aumentare la capacità tecnologica e industriale tanto della difesa militare in generale quanto delle PMI nello specifico.
2023/09/12
Surface water and groundwater pollutants (A9-0238/2023 - Milan Brglez)

Ho deciso di astenermi in quanto ritengo da una parte necessaria la revisione degli elenchi degli agenti inquinanti e degli standard di qualità ambientale, così come la preservazione della salute umana e dell'ambiente circostante; dall'altra, considerando la sostenibilità delle risorse umane ed economiche da impiegare, risulta difficile raggiungere gli standard di qualità fissati dalla nuova proposta di direttiva.Ho ritenuto un elemento di criticità, inoltre, il progressivo stringersi delle tempistiche previste dalla commissione ENVI per il raggiungimento dello standard di qualità ambientale.
2023/09/12
Consumer credits (A9-0212/2022 - Kateřina Konečná)

Ho deciso di votare a favore del progetto di relazione considerando la proposta di revisione bilanciata riguardo all'esigenza di assecondare la competitività del mercato interno e la necessità di tutelare i consumatori nella richiesta di prestiti.Ritengo importante continuare a osservare l'evoluzione dei modelli di business al fine di assicurare sempre la stabilità e l'efficacia del mercato del credito al consumo e garantire un intervento non appena necessario.
2023/09/12
Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products (A9-0049/2023 - Marion Walsmann)

In quanto sostenitrice del Made in Italy, ho deciso di votare a favore della proposta di regolamento. Ciononostante, ritengo che debba essere riservata più attenzione al requisito del legame con il territorio, al fine di promuovere l'obbligo di svolgimento delle principali fasi produttive nell'area geografica di riferimento e disincentivare la delocalizzazione produttiva in paesi esteri.Nel suo complesso, reputo che la proposta di regolamento sosterrà la crescita delle PMI e dell'artigianato italiano nel suo insieme.
2023/09/12
EU/USA agreement for scientific and technological cooperation: extension (A9-0242/2023 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi)

Considerando l'importanza e la storicità del rapporto con gli Stati Uniti in termini di cooperazione scientifica e tecnologica, ho deciso di votare a favore dell'estensione dell'accordo. Trovo importante tenere presente come gli Stati Uniti siano il paese che maggiormente interagisce con l'UE in materia di scienza, tecnologia e innovazione: un esempio ne è la grande collaborazione avvenuta per il programma Orizzonte 2020.
2023/09/13
Taxation: administrative cooperation (A9-0236/2023 - Rasmus Andresen)

Ho deciso di astenermi poiché, se da una parte la cooperazione amministrativa nel settore fiscale permette all'Italia di essere sempre più al corrente e trasparente riguardo i tentativi di elusione ed evasione fiscale, dall'altra la nostra amministrazione pubblica ne risentirebbe in termini di appesantimento degli oneri e obblighi amministrativi.Ad ogni modo, le modifiche proposte alla direttiva non rappresentano un problema di natura politica, riguardando in particolare l'adattamento della cooperazione amministrativa alla realtà delle criptovalute.
2023/09/13
Single market emergency instrument (A9-0246/2023 - Andreas Schwab)

Nonostante condivida alcune delle modifiche apportate durante il corso dei negoziati, ho deciso di astenermi.Riguardo all'attivazione dello stato di emergenza, considero giusta la volontà di riformulare il capitolo riguardante il divieto delle restrizioni alla libera circolazione di persone, beni e servizi; tuttavia, credo che modificare le procedure passando da atto di esecuzione del Consiglio a codecisione rallenti l'iter, andando così ad affaticare la gestione della crisi. Considerando questi e altri aspetti, l'impatto negativo sulle dinamiche di mercato potrebbe essere considerevole.
2023/09/13
Composition of the European Parliament (A9-0265/2023 - Loránt Vincze, Sandro Gozi)

Ho espresso voto favorevole perché ritengo che nessun paese venga penalizzato a seguito dell'approvazione del progetto di decisione del Consiglio europeo. La distribuzione dei seggi proposta risulta essere equilibrata anche tenendo in considerazione la crescita demografica verificatasi negli ultimi anni.Appoggio la posizione del Consiglio riguardo alla necessità impellente di adottare tale decisione, in modo che gli Stati membri possano organizzarsi in vista delle imminenti elezioni europee.
2023/09/13
Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure with a view to strengthening integrity, independence and accountability (A9-0262/2023 - Gabriele Bischoff)

Ho espresso un voto favorevole perché, nonostante rispetto alla relazione inizialmente presentata siano stati approvati degli emendamenti esprimenti una posizione discutibile, ritengo di assoluta importanza aumentare la trasparenza in materia di attività parlamentare dei deputati.
2023/09/13
Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (A9-0233/2023 - Javi López)

Ho espresso voto contrario a seguito della valutazione delle gravi implicazioni economiche e sociali che tale provvedimento comporterebbe sul territorio italiano. Il raggiungimento dei limiti previsti, basati sull'approccio "one size fits all", è difficilmente possibile in Italia a causa delle diversità morfo-climatiche che caratterizzano il paese.
2023/09/13
Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (A9-0199/2022 - José Ramón Bauzá Díaz)

Ho deciso di votare a favore in quanto considero necessario l'incremento dell'utilizzo di carburanti sostenibili per l'aviazione (SAF) da parte degli operatori aerei. In particolare, sostengo l'inclusione dei biocarburanti all'interno dei SAF al fine di adottare delle tecnologie già presenti sul mercato.
2023/09/13
2022 Report on Türkiye (A9-0247/2023 - Nacho Sánchez Amor)

Mi sono astenuta perché, nonostante la Turchia rappresenti un partner strategico per l'UE in settori di interesse comune come la migrazione, il commercio e la sicurezza, rimane ancora critica la situazione sul fronte dei rapporti internazionali con alcuni paesi limitrofi. Inoltre, la situazione economica attuale in Turchia, le incarcerazioni di giornalisti e oppositori politici e le continue violazioni dei diritti umani rendono problematico il processo di adesione.
2023/09/13
Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (A9-0260/2023 - Nicola Beer)

Ho espresso un voto favorevole poiché il nostro interesse è quello di proteggere gli interessi delle imprese minerarie e metallurgiche europee, i quali sarebbero fortemente tutelati da questa normativa.Nonostante sia discutibile la scelta di non dare alla disposizione forma di direttiva e di concedere così tanto potere alla Commissione nella negoziazione di partenariati con paesi terzi fornitori, ritengo giusto mettere in campo ogni sforzo possibile per indirizzare l'Unione europea verso una sempre più forte indipendenza da altri Stati per l'approvvigionamento di materie prima. Questo provocherebbe infatti enormi benefici sia per le imprese sia per le famiglie.
2023/09/14
Amending the proposed mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context (A9-0252/2023 - Sandro Gozi)

Ho deciso di votare a favore in quanto ritengo importante dotare gli Stati membri e le loro regioni frontaliere di uno strumento legislativo che li renda in grado di oltrepassare gli ostacoli che limitano il loro sviluppo economico e sociale.La libera circolazione dei lavoratori, l'accesso a strutture sanitarie, la fiscalità sono solo alcuni degli svariati ambiti della vita del cittadino che possono essere danneggiati dalla presenza di ostacoli transfrontalieri.
2023/09/14
Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights (A9-0240/2023 - Maria Noichl)

Tenendo a mente che la prostituzione rientra nelle materie di competenza esclusiva degli Stati membri, ho deciso di votare a sfavore del progetto di relazione.Sul territorio italiano, tramite la legge n. 75 del 20 febbraio 1958, si è previsto di abolire la regolamentazione della prostituzione e lo sfruttamento della prostituzione altrui attraverso la chiusura delle case di tolleranza e prevedendo il reato di sfruttamento e favoreggiamento della prostituzione.
2023/09/14
Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy (A9-0249/2023 - Alin Mituța, Niklas Nienass)

Considerando la criticità di alcuni passaggi presenti nella proposta, ho deciso di esprimere un voto a sfavore.Riguardo ai punti critici menzionati, oltre all'esperienza della Conferenza sul futuro dell'Europa e il superamento dell'unanimità in Consiglio, ritengo la stessa relazione uno di essi, in quanto si limita a sintetizzare questioni che più volte sono state raccomandate in diverse relazioni di iniziativa già approvate durante la legislatura corrente.
2023/09/14

Written questions (137)

Uncontrolled proliferation of the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) affecting crops in northern Italy
2019/09/17
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Requested deployment of emergency team and possible inspections in response to damage caused by brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha Halys) in southern Italy
2019/10/09
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Measles outbreak in Congo
2019/10/11
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Imposition of US trade tariffs and establishing an ad hoc protection fund
2019/10/11
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Possible suspension of aid to Turkey following the Turkish Government's decision to intervene militarily in northern Syria
2019/10/14
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Swift mobilisation of the EUSF – damage caused by bad weather in Italy
2019/11/20
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Disastrous flooding in Venice: urgent EU action required through deployment of the European Solidarity Fund and special funds
2019/11/21
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Iran failing to comply with the agreement on uranium – Commission position
2019/11/26
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Repression in Iran
2019/12/05
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Imposition of US trade tariffs in connection with the Airbus dispute
2020/01/10
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Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 488/2014 as regards maximum levels of cadmium in foodstuffs
2020/01/15
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The need to implement the European mental health strategy and combat depression
2020/01/31
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Failure to suspend the zero-duty import regime for rice from Cambodia
2020/02/04
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Credit Conversion Factor
2020/02/05
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Consultation of Parliament on future decisions concerning the multiannual plan for small pelagic fisheries in the Adriatic Sea
2020/02/07
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Foibe massacres – importance of European remembrance and the need to preserve it
2020/02/10
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EU commitment to remembering the Vajont disaster
2020/02/19
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Cyclamate in food poses a danger to our health
2020/02/19
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Extraordinary funds for advanced preparedness measures to address the COVID-19 emergency
2020/02/26
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EU plan to combat the COVID-19 emergency
2020/02/26
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European commitment to projects to exploit water reserves
2020/03/03
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Auchan crisis
2020/03/11
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Violence against women on the rise in Pakistan
2020/03/12
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Need to safeguard the Italian agrifood sector during the COVID-19 emergency
2020/03/18
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Extraordinary measures to protect the dairy sector following market disturbance as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic
2020/03/25
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Commission intervention measures to support the nursery garden sector hit by the COVID-19 crisis
2020/03/25
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Emergency eurobonds
2020/04/02
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Reshaping the EU-China relations framework
2020/04/08
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Revision of European food strategies in view of the COVID-19 emergency
2020/04/08
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Checking and punishing producers of unsuitable PPE medical devices, and the coordinating role of the Commission
2020/04/08
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Impact of coronavirus in relation to the front of packaging and the packaging of foodstuffs
2020/04/17
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The need to bring pharmaceutical production back to Europe
2020/04/24
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COVID-19 crisis and European digital sovereignty
2020/05/14
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EU funding of Palestinian organisations
2020/05/14
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Need for a health protocol on the systematic prescription of swab tests and serological tests
2020/05/20
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Against the introduction of lists of countries to which travel is not recommended within the EU
2020/05/20
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Fibromyalgia: need for research to improve access to diagnosis and treatment
2020/06/02
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Perpetrator of international child abuse images freed
2020/06/05
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Endometriosis: research under the new 2021-2027 health programme
2020/06/15
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Yemen War and COVID-19
2020/06/24
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Refinancing of Autostrade per l'Italia’s debt
2020/06/30
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New tariffs imposed on European goods by the US administration
2020/06/30
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Condemnation of continued human rights violations in Saudi Arabia
2020/07/03
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Casimirri – the Italian terrorist hiding in Nicaragua
2020/07/17
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European Banking Authority Guidelines on Loan Origination and Monitoring
2020/09/07
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On the need to ensure crew members stranded on vessels belonging to the Turkish shipping magnate Mansimov are allowed to disembark
2020/09/09
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European funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology
2020/10/21
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Child exploitation in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo
2020/10/26
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The militarised educational and training system in Tibet
2020/10/29
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Definition of grease wool
2020/11/02
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Need to step up prevention efforts with regard to hydrogeological instability
2020/11/16
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The case of Assadollah Assadi
2020/11/17
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The detention of Nasibe Semsai and Turkey’s migration policies towards totalitarian regimes
2020/11/19
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Immediate release of Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
2020/12/08
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Exploitation of Uyghur workers in China for the manufacture of protective equipment sold in the European Union
2020/12/23
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Measures to protect children on the internet
2021/01/30
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Bride market in Bulgaria
2021/02/04
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Proposal concerning a European plan to combat cancer is likely to penalise ‘Made in Italy’ products
2021/02/08
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Protection of Italian balsamic vinegar label
2021/02/26
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Association agreements between the EU and Andorra, Monaco and San Marino
2021/03/01
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Human rights situation in Algeria
2021/03/17
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Digital Services Act: national regulations vs Commission proposal
2021/03/25
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EUIPO decision on Facebook’s opposition to the application for registration of the trade mark Bikerface
2021/03/30
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New post for Carles Esteva Mosso, in light of the sliding doors phenomenon
2021/04/15
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Treatment of Italian nationals in the Republic of Ireland returning from abroad
2021/04/27
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Implementation of hepatitis C screening programmes in the EU
2021/05/03
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Completion of banking union and performance of the EBA
2021/05/05
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The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
2021/05/21
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Protecting European aluminium manufacturers from unfair Chinese trade practices
2021/06/08
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Breast cancer and diagnosis delays due to COVID-19
2021/06/17
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The election of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the EU-Iran relationship
2021/06/25
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Failure of Italy to properly implement Directive 2013/59/Euratom, in breach of the principle of proportionality and free competition
2021/06/25
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China’s data collection is a global threat
2021/07/13
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Fight against the proliferation of illegal ritual slaughter
2021/07/29
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Pakistan’s moral responsibilities in Taliban Afghanistan
2021/08/24
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Désir d’enfant
2021/09/16
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Global price increases and shortage of magnesium
2021/10/13
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Need to speed up efforts to achieve greater EU coordination on defence
2021/10/20
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Amazon’s alleged abuse of its dominant position in India and the implications for the EU
2021/10/22
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REACT-EU programme and funding for research to reduce the costs of beef cultivation
2021/10/29
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Stability in the Sahel region threatened by the activities of the Wagner Group in the Central African Republic
2021/11/09
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The EU’s forced labour ban as part of due diligence law
2021/11/24
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Call to change the rules of the automotive sector
2021/12/01
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Illegal funding to the Hamas terrorist organisation in the European Union
2021/12/16
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Increased energy costs
2021/12/22
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Chinese development of brain-control weaponry
2021/12/23
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Murder of Davide Giri: Europe remembers a European citizen killed on grounds of race in the US
2022/01/26
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Request for information to protect and promote the agri-food sector
2022/01/27
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Awareness-raising of the need for an action plan for rare diseases and the need to tackle health inequalities in the EU
2022/01/28
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The case of the journalist Sedef Kabas
2022/01/31
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Islamic terrorist alert: ISIS using fake passports to come to the EU
2022/02/02
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Means used by President von der Leyen to negotiate deal with Pfizer CEO
2022/02/07
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Call for balance with regard to biosecurity in European agri-food production
2022/02/10
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In Myanmar/Burma, parents are disowning their children in newspapers to save themselves from punishment
2022/02/16
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Proposal to extend the Nutriscore system to include alcoholic beverages
2022/02/22
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Potential adverse effects on meat and charcuterie products of the review of the EU's agri-food promotion policy
2022/02/23
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Finding solutions that address violence against women and girls in Africa
2022/02/23
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African swine fever in Piedmont and Liguria
2022/03/09
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Call for immediate action regarding price rises for energy and basic foodstuffs
2022/03/15
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EU initiatives to protect Ukrainian citizens with disabilities
2022/03/18
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Uyghur Tribunal Judgment
2022/04/01
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Request for guidance from the EU to support Member States in the recovery, rearing and selling of indigenous livestock breeds
2022/04/06
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Call for extraordinary economic measures against the African swine fever outbreak to support EU Member States
2022/05/19
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Recrudescence of the situation in Nagorno‑Karabakh through words and actions
2022/06/08
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Italian Government’s disbursement of funds for the clean-up of the former ILVA plant
2022/06/21
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The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
2022/06/22
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Request for an opinion on including poultry meat under the measures to combat deforestation
2022/07/01
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Controlling legionella outbreaks and the treatment of drinking water
2022/07/05
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On the forthcoming review of the Tobacco Products Directive
2022/07/06
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Using space technologies to cut water waste
2022/07/06
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‘Uber file’ revelations about ‘revolving doors’ in the EU institutions
2022/07/13
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GDPR enforcement in the light of new revelations about Google-led mass data breach for online advertising
2022/07/13
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Improving and enforcing the EU Air Passengers Rights Regulation
2022/07/15
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Difference in treatment of Meta and TikTok as regards EU citizens’ data
2022/08/09
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The use of in-app browsers by big tech companies
2022/08/23
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The case of Mahsa Amini: the Iranian regime’s brutality against women continues unabated
2022/09/22
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EU sanctions against Azerbaijan following its aggression against Armenia
2022/10/04
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Iranian weapons to Russia
2022/10/21
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Ability of TikTok staff in China to access EU citizens’ data
2022/11/08
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Request for an opinion on the sustainability and use of new technologies for the production of biofuels and biogas
2023/01/17
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Request for guidelines on positive measures to protect coasts from erosion by the sea in order to benefit biodiversity
2023/01/25
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Treatment of portable and light means of transport batteries in the new regulation on batteries
2023/02/09
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Supporting Member States’ fruit and vegetables exports through bilateral agreements and fair competition in the EU internal market
2023/03/30
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Derogations for active substances and sustainability in European agriculture
2023/03/30
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Protecting the baking profession
2023/06/14
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Aid for Türkiye
2023/06/14
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Iran's appointment to chair the 2023 UN Human Rights Council Social Forum
2023/06/14
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ECB interest rate rises: measures to alleviate the difficulties faced by households and businesses
2023/06/29
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Director-General of the FAO
2023/07/06
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Policies to prevent, research and raise awareness of diseases affecting women
2023/07/20
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Cancer medicine
2023/09/20
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EU legislation on use of hazardous substances in electrical equipment: consequences for animal welfare and biodiversity conservation
2023/09/21
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Including the Nice-Ventimiglia-Cuneo railway line in the TEN-T comprehensive network
2023/09/27
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Azeri community in Iran – inequality and discrimination
2023/10/20
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Proposal for a packaging and packaging waste regulation: transparency and impartiality of the impact assessment
2023/10/27
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The current situation in Madagascar
2023/11/08
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Giandujotto PGI
2023/11/08
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Individual motions (11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Christians in Nigeria
2020/01/21
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PROPOSTA DI RISOLUZIONE sullꞌemergenza relativa allꞌepidemia di 2019-nCoV
2020/03/05
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on placing the Antifa movement on the EU terrorist list
2020/06/10
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU humanitarian aid to the Polisario Front
2020/07/09
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the classification of the Grey Wolves as a group involved in terrorist acts and subject to restrictive measures
2020/11/23
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the introduction of joint applications for assistance from the EU Solidarity Fund by two or more Member States
2021/02/01
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on banking rules on non-performing loans: impacts of the pandemic and proposed temporary solutions
2021/03/25
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a comprehensive joint action plan for Afghanistan
2021/09/06
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need to promote female entrepreneurship
2021/09/21
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the ongoing breaches of human rights in Nigeria
2021/10/15
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Twitter files and the threat to our democracy from big tech oligarchs
2023/01/10
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Amendments (1636)

Amendment 12 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU recognises the potential of start-ups and scale-ups to drive innovation, economic growth and job creation within the EU, address societal challenges, promote a sustainability and contribute to the objectives set out le pathway for Europe’s energy transition, as well as recognising the European Green Deal,ir potential in the digital Europe programme, the new European innovation agenda and the updated EU industrial strategy;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 53 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop comprehensive policies, regulations and strategies that are aligned withstrategies that support the European start- up and scale-up initiative, while avoiding overregulation, and foster a favourable environment for start-ups and scale-ups, encompassing access to finance, regulatory simplification, talent retention and acquisition, and support for internationalisation;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the creation of the European Innovation Council Fund to support innovative start-ups, designed to ensure easy access, fast transfer and effective use of these means;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the European Investment Fund and national development banks to increase their investments in start- ups and scale-ups, particularly those operating in emerging and high-potential sectors and whose share capital is primarily owned by under 35s;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 117 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls onEncourages the Member States and the Commission, where applicable, to establish entrepreneur-friendly tax regimes, incentives and simplified administrative procedures to attract and retain talent, incentivise investment, also through tax breaks for private investors who decide to support start-ups and scale-ups, and encourage entrepreneurship;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recommends the establishment of regional start-up ecosystems that support local entrepreneurship, innovation hubs and incubators, and leverage each region’s strengths and resources; encourages these regional start-up ecosystems to provide opportunities for ideas and best practices to be exchanged;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages the Commission to consideassess the need for further measures to open up government and public sector data sets, in compliance with current regulations and in line with the European data strategy, enabling real-time data insights that empower better decision- making and drive innovation for start-ups and scale-ups;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 160 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Urges the Commission to consideassess the need for additional measures to ensure that start-ups and scale-ups are able to access and use data for research and to apply AI technology to solve day-to-day challenges, and that they benefit from the widest possible range of public and private data setspublic and private data sets, in compliance with current regulations and in line with the European data strategy;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 168 #

2023/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Implores the Commission to develop and adopt a ‘Start-up Test’, along the same lines as the SME Test that it adopted in 2021, in order to better assess the impact of legislation focusing on innovation, financing and competitiveness, and ensure that there is not overregulation discouraging the creation and development of start-ups in Europe;
2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1120 #

2023/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70
Orphan medicinal products addressing a 1. An orphan medicinal product shall be considered as addressing a high unmet medical need where it fulfils the following requirements: (a) there is no medicinal product authorised in the Union for such condition orwhere, despite medicinal products being authorised for such condition in the Union, the applicant demonstrates that the orphan medicinal product, in addition to having a significant benefit, will bring exceptional therapeutic advancement; (b) the use of the orphan medicinal product results in a meaningful reduction in disease morbidity or mortality for the relevant patient population. 2. A medicinal product for which an application has been submitted in accordance with Article 13 of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC] shall not be considered as addressing a high unmet medical need. 3. Where the Agency adopts scientific guidelines for the application of this Article, it shall consult the Commission and the authorities or bodies referred to in Article 162.Article 70 deleted high unmet medical need
2023/11/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1170 #

2023/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) nineten years for orphan medicinal products other than those referred to in points (b) and (c);
2023/11/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1173 #

2023/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ten years for orphan medicinal products addressing a high unmet medical need as referred to in Article 70;deleted
2023/11/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1210 #

2023/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3
3. Where a marketing authorisation holder holds more than one orphan marketing authorisations for the same active substance, those authorisations shall not benefit from separate market exclusivity periods whose duration is outlined in paragraph 2. The duration of theeach market exclusivity period shall start from the date when the firstcorresponding orphan marketing authorisation was granted in the Union.
2023/11/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1220 #

2023/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72
1. The periods of market exclusivity referred to in Article 71, paragraph 2, points (a) and (b), shall be prolonged by 12 months, where the orphan marketing authorisation holder can demonstrate that the conditions referred to in Article 81(2), point (a), and Article 82(1) [of revised Directive 2001/83/EC] are fulfilled. The procedures set out in Articles 82(2) to (5) [of revised Directive 2001/83/EC] shall accordingly apply to the prolongation of market exclusivity. 2. The period of market exclusivity shall be prolonged by an additional 12 months for orphan medicinal products referred to in Article 71(2), points (a) and (b), if at least two years before the end of the exclusivity period, the orphan marketing authorisation holder obtains a marketing authorisation for one or more new therapeutic indications for a different orphan condition. Such a prolongation may be granted twice, if the new therapeutic indications are each time for different orphan conditions. 3. The orphan medicinal products which benefit from the prolongation of market exclusivity referred to in the paragraph 2 shall not benefit from the additional period of data protection referred to in Article 81(2), point (d), of [revised Directive 2001/83/EC]. 4. Article 71(3) equally applies to the prolongations of market exclusivity referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2.Article 72 deleted Prolongation of market exclusivity
2023/11/21
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 81 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The conditions for placing and making available on the market of detergents and surfactants for detergents have been harmonised through Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . _________________ 29 Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents (OJ L 104, 8.4.2004, p. 1).
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 95 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In order to safeguard the functioning of the internal market and to ensure that the objective of providing a high level of protection of health and the environment is achieved, it is necessary to establish that detergents and surfactants from third countries entering the Union market also comply with this Regulation. In particular, it is necessary to ensure that appropriate conformity assessment procedures have been carried out by manufacturers with regard to those products. It is also necessary to lay down rules for importers to ensure that the detergents and surfactants they place on the market comply with those requirements and that the documentation drawn up by manufacturers and, where relevant, the CE marking areis available for inspection by the competent national authorities. Provision should also be made for importers to ensure that a product passport is available for those products.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) The CE marking, indicating the conformity of a detergent with this Regulation, is the visible consequence of a whole process comprising conformity assessment in a broad sense. Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 lays down the general principles of the CE marking. That Regulation should be applicable to detergents covered by this Regulation in order to ensure that products benefiting from the free movement of goods within the Union fulfil requirements providing a high level of protection of public interests such as health and the environment. In line with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, the CE marking should be the only marking of conformity indicating that the detergent is in conformity with Union harmonisation legislation. _________________ 36 Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30).deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 103 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Fragrance substances are organic compounds with characteristic, usually pleasant, odours, which are widely used in detergents but also in many other products such as perfumes and other perfumed cosmetics. Those substances could cause an allergic reaction upon contact, especially to sensitised persons, even when contained in low concentrations. Therefore, it is important to provide information on the presence of individual allergenic fragrances in detergents so that sensitised persons can avoid contact with the substance to which they are allergic. It is therefore necessary to lay down strict requirements for the labelling of allergenic fragrances. However, those substances could also trigger a labelling requirement under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. Specific labelling requirements should therefore be established that would apply only when the labelling thresholds under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 are not met. This will not only prevent the unnecessary burden for economic operators but also ensure that end-users receive this information presented in a clear manner thus providing a high level of protection of human health even for sensitised persons. As the fragrance allergens established in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 are directly applicable to detergents under this Regulation, the same transition periods should apply to both cosmetic and detergent products.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Digital labelling could improve the communication of labelling information both by avoiding overcrowded physical labels and by allowing users to rely on various reading options available only for digital formats, such as increased font, automatic search, loud speakers or translation into other languages. Providing digital labels could also lead to a more efficient management of the labelling obligations by economic operators, by facilitating the update of labelling information, reducing labelling costs and permitting a more targeted information of users. Therefore, economic operators should be allowed to provide certain labelling information only through the digital label subject to certain conditions to ensure a high level of protection of detergents’ users.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 111 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) To avoid imposing an unnecessary administrative burden for economic operators and since, in most cases, the digital label is onlyften complementary to the physical one, economic operators should be able to decide whether to use digital labels or provide all the information on a physical label only. The choice to provide a digital label should rest with manufacturers and importers, who are responsible for providing the accurate set of labelling information.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 114 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Digital labelling could also create challenges for the vulnerable population groups with no or insufficient digital skills and lead to an accentuation of the digital divide. For this reason, the specific information to be provided only in a digital label should reflect the current state of the digitalisation of the society and the particular situation of detergents users. In addition, all the labelling information concerning the protection of health and the environment, as well as minimum use instructions of detergents, should remain on the physical label, to enable all end- users to make informed choices before buying the detergent and to ensure its safe handling.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 116 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) An exception should, nevertheless, be made for detergents sold to end-users in a refill format. In order to fully reap not only the benefits offered by digitalisation but also the large environmental benefits in terms of reduction of packaging and related packaging waste that the practice of refill sales offers, it should be permitted to provide all labelling information digitally with the exception of dosage instructions for consumer laundry detergents.deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 122 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) Given the current development of the digital skills, economic operators should also provide the labelling information by alternative means to end- users when they cannot access the digital label. This obligation should be imposed as a safety measure to reduce any potential risks by the unavailability of the labelling information, in particular as regards refilled detergents, where all the information may be provided in a digital label.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 124 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Since detergents have the same use and present the same risks irrespective of the format in which they are made available on the market, economic operators making detergents available on the market in a refill format should ensure that these comply with the same requirements as the pre-packaged ones. In addition, consumers should receive the required labelling information also when opting for refilled detergents. A physical copy of the label should always be visible at the refill station. The refill sale of detergents should, therefore, be explicitly covered by this Regulation in order to ensure a high level of protection of health and the environment and a level playing field for economic operators.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 128 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) It is crucial to make clear to both manufacturers and users that by creating the product passport for detergent or surfactant and, where relevant, by affixing the CE marking, the manufacturer declares that the detergent or surfactant is in conformity with all applicable requirements and that the manufacturer takes full responsibility thereof.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 131 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) Where certain information is provided only digitally, it is necessary to clarify that this information needs to be provided separately and clearly distinguished from each other but through a single data carrier. This will facilitate the work of market surveillance authorities but also provide clarity to end users regarding the different pieces of information that are available to them in a digital format.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 139 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes rules for the free movement of detergents and surfactants in the internal market while, at the same time, ensuring a high degree of protection of health and the environment.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 143 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – introductory part
(11) ‘surfactant’ means any surface- active organic substance or mixture used in detergents, which has surface-active properties and which consists of one or more hydrophilic and one or more hydrophobic groups of such a nature and size that it is capable to perform allof fulfilling both of the following actionscriteria:
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 144 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – indent 1
to reduces the surface tension of water below 45 mN/m; (at a concentration of 0.5 wt% at 20 °C)
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 146 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – indent 2
– to form spreading or adsorption monolayers at the water-air interface;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 147 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – indent 3
to form emulsions and/or microemulsions and/or micelless a clear micellar solution or a translucent microemulsion or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5 wt% and left to stand for one hour at 20°C;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 149 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – indent 4
– to adsorpt at water-solid interfaces;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 152 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal persons established within the Union that have received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on their behalf in relation to specified tasks;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 153 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘economic operator’ means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer or the distributor;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 154 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) ‘CE marking’ means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the detergent is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 158 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 34
(34) ‘batch’ means a defined quantity of finished products that meets the following conditions: — is produced in a single manufacturing process or a series of processes during the same manufacturing cycle; — is intended to have a uniform composition when tested in accordance with the same test methods; and — is clearly defined by a type number, batch number or other element allowing its identification.deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 175 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 34 a (new)
(34 a) 'model' means a combination of the product name along with the unique formula (as per the provisions for the Unique Formula Identifier (UFI), irrespective of whether a UFI code is required under Annex VIII to the CLP);
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 205 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) where relevant, affix the CE marking in accordance with Article 14,deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 211 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the product passport for 105 years after the detergent or the surfactant covered by that documentation or product passport has been placed on the market.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 219 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
1. Manufacturers may, by a written mandate, appoint an authorised representative. 2. Where the manufacturer is not established in the Union, the detergent or surfactant may only be placed on the Union market if the manufacturer designates, by a written mandate, an authorised representative. 3. An authorised representative shall perform the tasks specified in the mandate received from the manufacturer. The authorised representative shall provide a copy of the mandate to the competent authority, upon request. The mandate shall allow the authorised representative to do at least the following: (a) verify that the product passport has been created in accordance with Article 7(2), point (a), that the technical documentation has been drawn up and the conformity assessment procedure has been carried out by the manufacturer in accordance with Article 7(2); (b) keep the product passport and technical documentation at the disposal of national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after the detergent or surfactant covered by those documents has been placed on the market; (c) further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide that authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the detergent or surfactant with the requirements laid down in this Regulation; (d) cooperate with the competent national authorities, at their request, on any action taken to eliminate the risks posed by a detergent or surfactant covered by the authorised representative’s mandate. (e) terminate the mandate if the manufacturer does not comply with the obligations of the manufacturer under this Regulation. 4. The obligations laid down in Article 7(1) and the obligation to draw up technical documentation referred to in Article 7(2) shall not form part of the aArticle 8 deleted Authorised representative’s mandate.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 222 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) keep the product passport and technical documentation at the disposal of national market surveillance authorities for 105 years after the detergent or surfactant covered by those documents has been placed on the market;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 225 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the detergent bears the CE marking referred to in Article 14;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 229 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Importers shall indicateWhen placing a detergent or surfactant on the market, importers shall indicate on the label of the detergent or surfactant their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal and email address ats which they can be contacted on the label of the detergent or surfactant. The contact details shall be in a language easily understood by end-users and market surveillance authoritiesell as email address or website address or phone number at which they can be contacted.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 231 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. Importers that consider or have reason to believe that a detergent or surfactant which they have placed on the market is not in conformity with this Regulation shall immediately takeinform the manufacturer and shall cooperate with the manufacturer and the competent authorities to ensure that the corrective measures necessary to bring that detergent or surfactant into conformity, to withdraw it or to recall it, as appropriate, are taken. Furthermore, where importers consider or have reason to believe that a detergent or surfactant which they have placed on the market presents a risk to health or to the environment, they shall immediately inform the manufacturer and the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the detergent or surfactant available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of any non-compliance and of any corrective measures taken.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 235 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the detergent bears the CE marking referred to in Article 14;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 239 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where a distributor considers or has reason to believe that a detergent or surfactant is not in conformity with this Regulation, the distributor shall not make the detergent or surfactant available on the market until it has been brought into conformity. Furthermore, where the detergent or surfactant presents a risk to health or the environment, the distributor shall inform the manufacturer and, where relevant, the authorised representative or the importer to that effect as well as the market surveillance authorities.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 241 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Distributors that consider or have reason to believe that a detergent or a surfactant which they have made available on the market is not in conformity with this Regulation shall make immediately inform the manufacturer or importer, as applicable, and shall cooperate with the manufacturer or importer and the competent authorities to ensure that the corrective measures necessary to bring that detergent or surfactant into conformity, to withdraw it or to recall it, as appropriate, are taken. Furthermore, where distributors consider or have reason to believe that a detergent or surfactant which they have made available on the market presents a risk to health or to the environment, they shall immediately inform the competent national authorities of the Member States in which they made the detergent or surfactant available on the market to that effect, giving details, in particular, of any non-compliance and of any corrective measures taken.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 244 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to ensure that the package bears his or her name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and postal address as well as email address or website address or phone number at which they can be contacted preceded by the words ‘packaged by’ or ‘repackaged by’;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 252 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Detergents and surfactants that are made available on the market in individual packaging or in a refill format shall be accompanied by a label. physical or digital label. The data carrier through which the digital label is accessible to the end-user shall be visible on the label or at the refill station. A physical copy of the label should always be visible at the refill station.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 253 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. An economic operator making a detergent available on the market directly to an end-user in a refill format shall provide the physical label or the data carrier through which the digital label is accessible to the end-user.deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 258 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the manufacturer’s and where relevant, the importer’s name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal and email address ats which they can be contacted. The postal address shall indicate a single point at which the manufacturerell as email address or website address or phone number at which they can be contacted;.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 263 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) on a physical label; or
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 271 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where detergents are made available on the market directly to an end- user in a refill format, the label elements set out in Article 15(3) and (4) may be provided in a digital label only, with the exception of dDosage information for consumer laundry detergents as set out in point 1 and 2 of part BD of Annex V, which needs to should be provided also on a physical label.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 280 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Where economic operators provide a digital label, the data carrier shall be accompanied by the statement ‘More comprehensive information on the product is available online’Please scan for more information’, or by a similar statement or pictogram.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 284 #

2023/0124(COD)

(b) when the digital label is temporarily unavailable, including at the time of purchase.deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 291 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it shall correspond to a specific batchmodel of the detergent or surfactant;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 297 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) it shall be accessible to end-users, market surveillance authorities, customs authorities, the Commission and other economic operators, taking into account the need to protect confidential business information and trade secrets;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 301 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) it shall be available for a period of 105 years after the detergent or surfactant is placed on the market, also in cases of an insolvency, a liquidation or a cessation of activity in the Union of the economic operator that created the product passport;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 311 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) all information included in the product passport shall be based on open standards developed with an interoperable format and shall be machine readable, structured and searchable; , taking into account the need to protect confidential business information and trade secrets;
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 315 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. BNo later than 60 months after entry into force of the implementing acts defining technical requirements for the digital product passport and the data carrier and the establishment of the EU registry for the unique product identifier and the unique operator identifier, economic operators shall upload, before placing a detergent or surfactant on the market, economic operators shall upload, in the registry established under Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products the unique product identifier and the unique operator identifier for the detergent or surfactant.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 327 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the CE marking has been affixed in violation of Article 14 or not affixed at all;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 331 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7
7. Where individual risk-based concentration limits for fragrance allergens are established in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27 amending Annex V in order to adapt the limit of the allergenic fragrances listed in Annex III to that Regulation accordingly. The transition periods established in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 shall also apply to detergents under this Regulation. _________________ 46 Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59).
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 338 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) shall belong to both of the following:Risk Group I as defined by Directive 2000/54/EC – biological agents at work.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 341 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) Risk Group I as defined by Directive 2000/54/EC – biological agents at work;deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 342 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) The Qualified Presumption of Safety (QPS) list issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 348 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5
5. When placed on the market, detergents containing micro-organisms shall have a standard plate count equal to or greater than 1x105 colony-forming units (CFUs) per ml in accordance with ISO 4833-1:2014, but not limited to, ISO 4833-1:2014, ISO 21149 method or equivalent.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 350 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 6
6. The minimum shelf life of a detergent containing micro-organisms shall not be lower than 24 months and the microbial count shall not decrease by more than 10 % every 12 months in accordance with ISO 4833-1:2014during this shelf life, the CFU count must remain equal to or greater than 1x105.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 351 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 7
7. Micro-organisms contained in detergents that are placed on the market in a spray format shall pass the acute inhbe evaluation toxicity test in accordance with the test method B.2., described in Part B of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 440/2008ed using appropriate non-animal approaches to ensure consumer safety of the end product.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 353 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 8
8. Detergents containing micro- organisms shall not be placed on the market in a refill format.deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 356 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 9
9. All claims made by the manufacturer regarding the actions of the micro-organisms contained in the product shall be supported by third-party testing.deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 357 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 11
11. The tests referred to in points 2, 5, 6, 7 and 9 shall be conducted by laboratories meeting any of the following conditions: (a) the laboratories are complying with the principles of good laboratory practice provided for in Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council49 or international standards recognised as being equivalent; (b) the laboratories are accredited in accordance with the standard for laboratories referred to in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008. _________________ 49 Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances (OJ L 50, 20.2.2004, p. 44).deleted
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 362 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part A – point 4
4. If added at concentrations exceeding 0,01 % by weight, the allergenic fragrances that are listed in entries 45, 67- 92 and [X] to [X] of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, shall be labelled using the system referred to in Article 33 of that Regulation. The first sentence shall not apply to allergenic fragrances that meet the labelling thresholds under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. For the placing on the market and making available on the market of detergents, the same transitional periods apply as for cosmetic products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 366 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part B – point 1 – point a
(a) the recommended quantities and/or dosage instructions expressed in millilitres or grams appropriate to a standard washing machine load, for soft, medium and hard water hardness levels and making provision for one or two cycle washing processes, or the recommended dosage instructions, expressed in number of units (e.g. tablets, capsules, sheets), corresponding to a standard washing machine load, adjusting the standard dosage, where relevant, for soft, medium, and hard water hardness,
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 372 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part B – point 3
3. The label of consumer automatic dishwasher detergents shall indicate the standard dosage expressed in grams or millilitres or number of tabletsunits (e.g. tablets or capsules) for the main washing cycle for normally soiled tableware in a fully loaded 12 place settings dishwasher, adjusting the standard dosage, where relevant, for soft, medium, and hard water hardness.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 378 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part D – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the recommended quantities based on medium/average water hardness and different degrees of fabric soiling; and
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 380 #

2023/0124(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part D – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) an indication of the washing machinreference load.
2023/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) Council Directive 2001/110/EC20 lays down definitions, names, common rules on composition, quality and labelling requirements for honey. _________________ 20 Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47).
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

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 objectives of the Green Deal and of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographic 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 packagingin decreasing order on the packaging. Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for complete transparency in this sector, the country or countries of origin where the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same field of vision as the product indication. 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 51 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Noting that the 2023 reports of DG Health – JRC – and of OLAF on the adulteration of honey ‘EU coordinated action ‘From the Hives’’ and ‘EU coordinated action to deter certain fraudulent practices in the honey sector – Analytical testing results of imported honeys’ show a very high proportion of imported honeys suspected of having been adulterated and confirm a range of cases of fraud in the honey sector; Given that some operators use ‘customised’ sugar syrups that are very difficult to detect even with the most sophisticated analytical techniques; Deploring the lack of official and validated analytical methods to detect new types of adulteration with sugar syrups, meaning that national authorities are unable to identify certain honeys as having been produced fraudulently; Stressing that a significant amount of honeys are present in the honey market that have been adulterated via the addition of sugar syrups either during honey production or at a certain stage in the packaging process.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 60 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Recognising that the term ‘filtered honey’ used in Directive 2001/110 is misunderstood by consumers, who confuse this industrial filtration with filtration carried out by beekeepers after extracting their honey to remove wax particles and other foreign elements from honey. Consequently, filtered honeys as defined in Directive 2001/110/EC should no longer be authorised for marketing under the name ‘honey’ and the definition of ‘filtered honey’ should be removed from the text of the Directive. Noting that the removal by filtration of a part or all of the pollen and figurative elements present in honey and a filter mesh size of less than 100 µm no longer enables correct identification of the geographical and/or botanical origin of a honey. This makes it much more difficult to distinguish between sugar syrup, or a blend of honey and syrup, and honey. Industrial filtration makes it impossible to trace honey using an analytical approach such as melissopalynology. Emphasising that Annex II to Directive 2001/110 should be amended to specify the permitted level of filtration, i.e. which should not significantly alter the density and pollen spectrum of honey, but rather removes most of the foreign substances present in honey.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 68 #

2023/0105(COD)

(3c) Pointing out that both the definition of honey in Directive 2001/110 EC and that of the Codex Alimentarius clearly specify the work done by bees in the hive after they have harvested their crop, which they transform by combining it with their own specific materials, deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave to ripen in the combs of the hive. Dehydration followed by ripening are operations carried out by bees. Outside the European Union, some countries accept that the work of bees in the production of honey is limited to harvesting nectar secretions from plants or honeydew. Unripe honeys produced in this way have a moisture content well in excess of the 20% threshold laid down in Directive 2001/110/EC. Operators work with heated vats under a vacuum to limit the boiling temperature of the water in the honey. However, this process degrades the final product by depleting its flavourings and enzymes. Insisting that the Honey Directive should prohibit this vacuum evaporation process for honeys.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 74 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Noting with concern that heat treatment above 40 °C (± 5 °C) causes degradation of certain constituents of honey. The indicators currently used, namely HMF and the diastase index, make it possible to assess the significant degradation of honeys, but do not make it possible to show the degradation of more sensitive honey constituents, such as invertase. The consumer must be able to distinguish between honeys that have not been exposed to treatments involving heating above 40°C (± 5°C) and other honeys. The words ‘virgin honey or unheated honey’ must therefore appear on the label. In order to check that the honey has not been degraded by heat treatment, a minimum threshold must be set for the honey’s invertase content as this is a much more sensitive enzyme that degrades very quickly at high temperatures.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 97 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Therefore, considering, in particular, that consumers are increasingly aware of health concerns linked to the consumption of sugar, it is appropriate to revise the rules on the use of statements on sugar for fruit juices to allow consumers to make informed choices. It is therefore appropriate to reintroduce, without a time limitation, the possibility for the industry to use the statement indicating that no fruit juices contain added sugars or, on the contrary, that the fruit juices do contain added sugars.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Considering the objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy to empower consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of food, and in the interest of preserving the efficient functioning of the internal market across the Union by harmonising labelling rules, in line with the requirements applicable to fresh fruit and in accordance with consumer expectations, there should be mandatory labelling of the place of origin of fruit used for the production of fruit juices and other similar products intended for human consumption.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Such products are becoming increasingly available on the Union market. In order to facilitate the placing on the internal market of those products, taking also into account the need to encourage product reformulation to reduce the amount of sugars present in fruit juices, a new category of products should be created for fruit juices whose naturally occurring sugars have been entirely or partially removed while keeping all the other essential physical, chemical, organoleptic and nutritional characteristics. These products should bear the product name ‘reduced-sugar fruit juice’ or ‘reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate’ and to have a Brix level lower than that of the juice extracted from the fruit. In order to ensure consistency with Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 the reduction of sugar content should be at least 30 % compared to fruit juice and fruit juice from concentrate. It is therefore appropriate to add the new category of products in Part I of Annex I to Directive 2001/112/EC as well as to lay down rules on the authorised ingredients for those products, as well as the authorised treatments and substances.deleted
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) In accordance with Annex I to Directive 2001/112/EC, fruit nectars may contain added sugars and/or honey. In order to support the production and marketing of fruit, while taking into account the need to stimulate product reformulation to reduce the amount of sugars present in fruit nectars, the proportion of sugars and/or honey that may be added to fruit nectars that are naturally low in acidity and palatable should be lowered.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 112 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) 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 of preserving the efficient functioning of the internal market across the Union by harmonising labelling rules, in line with the requirements applicable to fresh fruit and in accordance with consumer expectations, there should be mandatory labelling of the place of origin of fruit used for the production of fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 137 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2201/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(1a) Article 2(2), subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: "(2) the product names referred to in Annex I, points 2 and 3, shall apply onexclusively to the products defined thereinin that Annex and shall be used in trade to designate them. TheseSuch names may be replaced by the simple product name "honey", exceptsave in the case of filtered honey, comb honey, chunk honey or cut comb in honey and baker's honey. honey with cut comb and baker's honey. Or. it (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 141 #

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(2), the following point is added: ‘(ba) with the exception of honeys intended for industrial use, these names may be supplemented by indications of the absence of significant heat treatment. The term referring to the absence of significant heat treatments, such as “raw honey” or “unheated honey”, may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of honey if no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from collection to packaging, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Annex II, points 6 (Diastase Index and hydroxymethylfurfural content) and 7 (invertase index).’
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 146 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
(2) in paragraph 4, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following and points (c) and (d) are added:
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 156 #

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 and on the front of the packaging next to the product’s trade name. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the front label of packs containing more than 25 g in descending order;
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 173 #

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 purpoExcept in the cases 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.’honey intended for industrial use, those names may be supplemented by information concerning the honey’s: – floral or vegetable origin, if the product comes wholly or mainly from the indicated origin and presents the organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics of the indicated origin and possesses its organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics; – regional, territorial or topographical origin, if the product comes entirely from the indicated source; – specific quality criteria.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 180 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 3
Article 3 In the case of filtered honey and baker's honey, bulk containers, packs and trade documents shallis amended as follows: ‘Article 3 In the case of honey intended for industrial use, intermediate bulk containers, packaging and sales documentation must clearly indicate the full product name, as referred to in Annex I, point 2(b)(viii), and point 3.’ established in point 3 of the annex’ Or. it (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 198 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(viii) filtered honey: Honey obtained by removing foreign inorganic or organic matter in such a way as to result in the significant removal of pollen. Annex II, paragraph 2, point (b)(viii) is amended as follows: ‘(viii) raw or unheated honey: Honey obtained that has been extracted from combs, decanted and then, if necessary, sifted. Honey of that kind has not been heated to the extent that its enzymes and other temperature-sensitive elements have become so degraded that they no longer meet the criteria set out in points 6 and 7 of Annex II.’ Or. it (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 206 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 2
Annex II, paragraph 2 is amended as follows: ‘When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shallmust not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shallmust 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 been subject to vacuum evaporation. When sold as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey must conform to the composition characteristics set out in points 1 to 6. What is more, when sold as ‘raw honey’ or ‘unheated honey’, honey must also conform to the composition characteristics set out in point 7.’ Or. it (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 216 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 3
Without prejudice to point 2(b)(viii) of Annex I, neitherAnnex II, paragraph 3 is amended as follows: ‘No significant change to the number of 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. pollen spectrum of pollen smaller than 100 µm shall be permitted. No removal of honey constituents smaller than 100 µm shall be permitted.’ Or. it (02001L0110)
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 223 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 c (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex II – paragraph 6 a (new)
In Annex II, a new paragraph 6a is added: ‘6a. Invertase index (Gontarski unit) for ‘raw honeys’ or ‘unheated 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 230 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – introductory part
(a) the introductory sentence is replaced by the following: ‘Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council* shall apply to the products defined in Annex I to this Directive, subject to the following conditions: ___________ * Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).;’deleted
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 233 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph 3a is inserted: '3a.For products covered by Annex I, the country of origin where the fruit was harvested must be indicated on the label of packs. If the fruit used to made these products originates from more than one country, the countries of origin where the fruit was harvested shall be indicated on the label of packs. If the products are made from two or more species of fruit, the countries of origin where the fruit was harvested shall be indicated on the label of packs.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 266 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part I – point 6
(a) in Part I, the following point 6 is added: ‘6. Reduced-sugar fruit juice (a) The product obtained from the product defined in point 1(a) where naturally occurring sugars have been removed by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in Part II, point 3, of Annex I, which maintains all the other essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes. The mixing of reduced-sugar fruit juice with fruit juice and/or fruit purée is authorised in the production of reduced- sugar fruit juice. Reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate (b) The product obtained from the products defined in point 1(b) or point 2 where naturally occurring sugars have been removed by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in point 3 of Part II of Annex I, which maintains all the other essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes, and that have been reconstituted with potable water that meets the criteria set out in Directive 98/83/EC. The mixing of reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate with fruit juice, fruit juice from concentrate, fruit purée and/or fruit purée from concentrate is authorised in the production of reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate.; ’’deleted
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 273 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 1
Council Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 3
— For fruit juice, fruit juices from concentrate, concentrated fruit juices, reduced-sugar fruit juice and reduced- sugar fruit juices from concentrate: restored flavour, pulp and cells;;
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 279 #

2023/0105(COD)

— For products defined in Part I, points 1 to 65 of Part I, in order to regulate acidic taste: lemon and/or lime juice and/or concentrated lemon and/or lime juice, up to 3 g per litre of juice, expressed as anhydrous citric acid;;
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 280 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 4
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part II – point 2 – indent 10
— the following indent is added: ‘— For reduced-sugar fruit juice: water to the extent strictly necessary to restore the water lost due to the sugar-reduction process.’;’deleted
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 285 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii – indent 2
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex I – part II – point 3 – indent 14
– Processes to remove naturally occurring sugars, to the extent that they maintain all the other essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes: membrane filtration, yeast fermentation.;deleted
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 294 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex III – Part I – point ha (new)
(ha) in fruit juices containing added sugar, the presence and relative quantity of added sugar must be indicated on the pack.
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 295 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex V – row 20 a (new)
(2a) The following row shall be added to Annex V: 'Common name of the fruit: blood orange Botanical name: Citrus × sinensis Minimum Brix levels: 10"
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 317 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Council Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex I – part I – indent 2 – subparagraph 4 – indent 5
1090 g for passion fruit.;
2023/10/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Within the same context, the healthcare sector should be recognized as a relevant player in reducing the environmental pollution. It would therefore be essential for companies and healthcare professionals and beneficial for patients to establish a proper regulatory framework for using claims relating to biodegradability, sustainability, circularity and origin of the product’s components, both for medicinal products (according to Directive 2001/83) and medical devices (according to Regulations 2017/745).
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 173 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 64
(64) When setting penalties and measures for infringements, the Member States should foresee that, based on the gravity of the infringement, the level of fines should effectively deprive the non- compliant trader from the economic benefit derived from using the misleading or unsubstantiated explicit environmental claim or non-compliant environmental labelling scheme, including in cases of repeated infringements. The measures for infringements foreseen by the Member States should therefore also include confiscation of the relevant product from the trader or revenues gained from the transactions affected by this infringement or a temporary exclusions or prohibitions from placing products or making available services on the Union market. The gravity of the infringement should be the leading criterion for the measures taken by the enforcement authorities. The maximum amount of fines should be dissuasive and set at least at the level of 4% of the trader’s total annual turnover in the Member State or Member States concerned in case of widespread infringements with a Union dimension that are subject to coordinated investigation and enforcement measures in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/239488 . _________________ 88 Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1).
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 177 #

2023/0085(COD)

(67) Where based on the results of the monitoring and evaluation of this Directive the Commission finds it appropriate to propose a review of this Directive, the feasibility and appropriateness of further provisions on mandating the use of common method for substantiation of explicit environmental claims, the extension of prohibition of environmental claims for products containing hazardous substances except where their use is considered essential for the societysafe and improves the sustainability of the product, or further harmonisation as regards requirements on the substantiation of specific environmental claims on environmental aspects or environmental impacts should also be considered.
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 187 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive applies to explicit environmental claims made by traders about products or traders in business-to- consumer commercial practices. It does not apply to environmental claims made in business-to-business commercial practices.
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 208 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point o a (new)
(o a) Regulations (EU) 2021/2115, 2021/2116, 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and legislative acts based on these Regulations;
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 216 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point o b (new)
(o b) Regulation (EU) 2012/1151 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 218 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point o c (new)
(o c) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European parliament and on the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources;
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 538 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the requirements for the environmental labelling scheme have been developed by experts that can ensure their scientific robustness and have been submitted for consultation to a heterogeneous group of stakeholders, that apply or are impacted by them or to their representatives, that has reviewed them and ensured their relevance from a societal perspective;
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 619 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The verification and certification requirements shall apply to traders that are microenterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC only if they so request. In order to avoid unproportionate costs and burdens for microenterprises and SMEs, Member States shall put in place an alternative ad-hoc verification scheme.
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 664 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Member States may set up procedures to prioritise the verification of existing environmental claims made before the entry into force of this Directive and may introduce a transitional period during which existing environmental claims, submitted for verification, can still be used.
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 729 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Where, further to the evaluation referred to in the first subparagraph, the competent authorities find that the substantiation and communication of the explicit environmental claim or the environmental labelling scheme does not comply with the requirements laid down in this Directive, they shall notify the trader making the claim about the non- compliance and require that trader to take all appropriate corrective action within 360 days to bring the explicit environmental claim or the environmental labelling scheme into compliance with this Directive or to cease the use of and references to the non-compliant explicit environmental claim. Such action shall be as effective and rapid as possible, while complying with the principle of proportionality and the right to be heard.
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 746 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. When determining the type and level of penalties to be imposed in case of infringements, the competent authorities of the Member States shall give due regard to the following: (a) the nature, gravity, extent and duration of the infringement; (b) the intentional or negligent character of the infringement and any action taken by the trader to mitigate or remedy the damage suffered by consumers, where applicable; (c) the financial strength of the natural or legal person held responsible, as indicated for example by the total turnover of the legal person held responsible or the annual income of the natural person held responsible; (d) the economic benefits derived from the infringement by those responsible; (e) any previous infringements by the natural or legal person held responsible; (f) any other aggravating or mitigating factor applicable to the circumstances of the case; (g) penalties imposed on the trader for the same infringement in other Member States in cross-border cases where information about such penalties is available through the mechanism established by Regulation (EU) 2017/2394, where applicable.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 748 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the nature, gravity, extent and duration of the infringement;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 749 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the intentional or negligent character of the infringement and any action taken by the trader to mitigate or remedy the damage suffered by consumers, where applicable;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 751 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the financial strength of the natural or legal person held responsible, as indicated for example by the total turnover of the legal person held responsible or the annual income of the natural person held responsible;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 752 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the economic benefits derived from the infringement by those responsible;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 754 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) any previous infringements by the natural or legal person held responsible;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 757 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) penalties imposed on the trader for the same infringement in other Member States in cross-border cases where information about such penalties is available through the mechanism established by Regulation (EU) 2017/2394, where applicable.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 765 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide that penalties and measures for infringements of this Directive shall include: (a) fines which effectively deprive those responsible of the economic benefits derived from their infringements, and increasing the level of such fines for repeated infringements; (b) confiscation of revenues gained by the trader from a transaction with the relevant products concerned; (c) temporary exclusion for a maximum period of 12 months from public procurement processes and from access to public funding, including tendering procedures, grants and concessions.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 766 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) fines which effectively deprive those responsible of the economic benefits derived from their infringements, and increasing the level of such fines for repeated infringements;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 768 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) confiscation of revenues gained by the trader from a transaction with the relevant products concerndeleted;
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 770 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) temporary exclusion for a maximum period of 12 months from public procurement processes and from access to public funding, including tendering procedures, grants and concessions.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 771 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of point (a), Member States shall ensure that when penalties are to be imposed in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394115 , the maximum amount of such fines being at least at 4 % of the trader’s annual turnover in the Member State or Member States concerned. _________________ 115 OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 786 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 to the Commission on an biannual basis.
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 795 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) facilitating transition towards toxic free environment by considering introducing, on the basis of an impact assessment, a prohibition of environmental claims for products containing hazardous substances except where their use is considered essential for the society in line with the criteria to be developed by the Commisssafe and improves the sustainability of the product, in compliance with the relevant Union and national legislations;
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 816 #

2023/0085(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those measures from [OP please insert the date = 2436 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
2023/11/14
Committee: ENVIIMCO
Amendment 126 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The net-zero transformation is already causing huge industrial, economic, and geopolitical shifts across the globe, which will become ever more pronounced as the world advances in its decarbonisation efforts. The road to net zero translates into strong opportunities for the expansion of Union’s net-zero industry, making use of the strength of the Single Market, byand enabling competition to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions at the lowest cost to society by taking a technology neutral approach. Such an approach includes promoting investment in technologies in the field of renewable energy technologies , electricity and heat storage technologies, heat pumps, grid technologies, renewable fuels of non- biological origin technologies, electrolysers and fuel cells, sustainable fuels fired "recips" (reciprocating engines), and fuel cells, high efficiency cogeneration, efficient destrict heating, hydrogen-ready generators of heat and/or power, fusion, small modular reactors and related best-in- class fuels, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage technologies, and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies and their supply chainscarbon capture and utilisation technologies, other technologies enabling the production and/or storage net zero emission energy carriers and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies and their supply chains, and advance process technologies required for the production of the enavling chemicals and materials needed for the aforementioned technologies, as well as the recycling thereof, allowing for the decarbonisation of our economic sectors, from energy supply to transport, buildings, and industry. A strong net zero industry within the European Union can help significantly in reaching the Union’s climate and energy targets effectively, as well as in supporting other Green Deal objectives, while creating jobs and growth.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 140 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) To meet the 2030 climate and energy targets, energy efficiency needs to be prioritised. Saving energy, across the whole energy value chain, in energy production, transmission, distribution and end use, is the cheapest, safest and cleanest way to meet those targets. ‘Energy efficiency first’ is an overall principle of EU energy policy and is important in both its practical applications in policy and investment decisions. Therefore, it is essential to expand the Union’s manufacturing capacity for energy efficient technologies, such as heat pumps, high efficiency cogeneration, including stationary fuel cells, efficient district heating and smart grid technologies, that help the EU reduce and control its energy consumption.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The manufacturing of net-zero technologies depends on complex and globally interlinked Supply chains, as the components and final products require high-performing chemicals and materials. To achieve deep emissions reductions, all industrial sectors require large investments. Futher assessment of supply chains is needed, with a view to resolving potential bottlenecks.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 156 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) To achieve the 2030 objectives a particular focus is needed on some of the net-zero technologies, also in view their significant contribution towards the path to net zero by 2050. These technologies include solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies, onshore and offshore renewable technologies, battery/storage technologies, heat pumps and geothermal energy technologies, electrolysers and fuel cells, sustainable biogas/biomethane, carbon capture and storage technologies and grid technologies. These technologies play a key role in the Union’s open strategic autonomy, ensuring that citizens have access to clean, affordable, secure energy. Given their role, these technologies should benefit from even faster permitting procedures, obtain the status of the highest national significance possible under national law and benefit from additional support to crowd-in investments.deleted
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Rec. 12 a (new): Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is a technology that will contribute to mitigating climate change. It consists of the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial installation, its transport to a storage site and its injection into a sitable underground geological formation for the purposes of permanent storage. In addition to CCS, negative emissions technologies such as bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), direct air capture (DACCS) and other carbon dioxide removals (CDR) methods will play a key role to achieve the EU´s net-zero goals.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) A key bottleneck for carbon capture investments that are today increasingly economically viable is the availability of operating CO2 storage sites in Europe, which underpin the incentives from Directive 2003/87/EC. To scale up the technology and expand its leading manufacturing capacities, the EU needs to develop a forward-looking supply of permanent geological CO2 storage sites permitted in accordance with Directive 2009/31/EU36 . By defining a Union target of 50 million tonnes of annual operational CO2 injection capacity by 2030, in line with the expected capacities needed in 2030, the relevant sectors can coordinate their investments towards a European Net- Zero CO2 transport and storage value chain that industries can use to decarbonise their operations. This initial deployment will also support further CO2 storage in a 2050 perspective. According to the Commission’s estimates, the Union could need to capture up to 550 million tonnes of CO2 annually by 2050 to meet the net zero objective37 , including for carbon removals. Such a first industrial-scale storage capacity will de-risk investments into the capturing of CO2 emissions as important tool to reach climate neutrality. When this regulation is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, the Union target of 50 million tonnes of annual operational CO2 injection capacity by 2030 will be adjusted accordingly. To ensure the achievement of union´s target Member States shall take the necessary measures to facilitate and incentivize the deployment of carbon capture and storage projects. Such measures may include measures incentivizing emitters to capture emissions, funding support for investors for needed infrastructure to transport CO2 to the storage site and direct funding of CO2 storage projects. _________________ 36 Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance), (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114). 37 In depth analysis in support of the Commission Communication (2018/773) A Clean Planet for all. A European long-term strategic vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) By defining CO2 storage sites that contribute to the Union’s 2030 target as net-zero strategic projects, the development of CO2 storage sites can be accelerated and facilitated, and the increasing industrial demand for storage sites can be channelled towards the most-cost-effective storage sites. An increasing volume of depleting gas and oil fields that could be converted in safe CO2 storage sites are at the end of their useful production lifetime. In addition, the oil and gas industry has affirmed its determination to embark on an energy transition and possesses the assets, skills and knowledge needed to explore and develop additional storage sites. To reach the Union’s target of 50 million tonnes of annual operational CO2 injection capacity by 2030, the sector needs to pool its contributions to ensure that carbon capture and storage as a climate solution is available ahead of demanda value-chain approach shoul be fostered by actions taken both at EU and national level in order for licensees of oil and gas production in the EU to take the measures within their power to undertake the necessary investments in carbon capture and storage and inorder to develop a viable business model for the entire carbon dioxide value chain. In order to ensure a timely, Union- wide and cost- effective development of CO2 storage sites in line with the EU objective for injection capacity, licensees of oil and gas production in the EU should contribute to this target pro rata of their oil and gas manufacturing capacity, while providing flexibilities to cooperate and take into account other contributions of third parties.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 429 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) that by 2030, manufacturing capacity in the Union of the strategic net- zero technologies listed in the Annex approaches or reaches a benchmark of at least 40% of the Union’s annual deployment needs for the corresponding technologies necessary to achieve the Union’s 2030 climate and energy targets; the 40% target applies to each of the technologies listed in the Annex.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 437 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
aa) That by 2030, production capacity in the Union of biomethane approches or reaches a benchmark of at least 35bcm, in line with targets set by REPowerEU;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 449 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
ba) a technologically neutral approach.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 463 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article1a Art. 1 (new) The Commission shall review and, if necessary, update the list of net-zero technologies and strategic netzero technologies by [OP please insert: two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and every two years thereafter.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 474 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article2a Article 2 (a) new paragraph `blending operation´ means an action supported by the Union budget, including within a blending facility or platform as defined in point (6) of Article 2 of the Regulation (EU) 2018/1046, that combines non-replayable forms of support of financial instruments from the Union budget with repayable forms of support from development or other public finance institutions as well as from commercial finance institutions and investors; for the purposes of this definition, Union programmes financed from sources other than the Union budget, such as revenues stemming from the EU Emission Trading System allowances, may be assimilated to Union programmes financed by the Union budget;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 475 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘net-zero technologies’ means renewable energy technologies66 ; electricity and heat storage technologies; heat pumps; grid technologies; renewable fuels of non-biological origin technologies; all sustainable alternative fuels technologies67 ; electrolysers, sustainable fuels fired "recips" (reciprocating engines) and fuel cells; advanced technologies to produce energy from nuclear processes with minimal or zero waste from the fuel cycle, including fusion, small modular reactors, and related best-in-class fuels; carbon capture, utilisation, and storage technologies; and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies. They refer to the final products, specific componentscarbon capture and utilisation technologies; other technologies enabling the production and/or storage of net zero emission energy carriers; energy-system related energy efficiency technologies; and advance process technologies required for the production of the enabling chemicals and materials needed for the aforementioned technologies, as well as the recycling thereof. They refer to the final products, specific components, the enabling chemicals and materials, parts, materials, except raw materials identified as critical and strategic raw materials under the Critical Raw Materials Act, and specific machinery primarily used for the production of those products. They shall have reached a technology readiness level of at least 8. _________________ 66 ‘renewable energy' means ‘renewable energy’ as defined in 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 67 ‘sustainable alternative fuels’ means fuels covered by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport, COM/2021/561 final and by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport COM/2021/562 final.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 521 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘component’ means a small part of a net- zero technology that is manufactured and traded by a company starting from processed material, including materials and intermediate products;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 543 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘net-zero technology manufacturing and deployment project’ means a planned industrial facility or extension or repurposing of an existing facility manufacturing net-zero technologies; or value chains making use of the net-zero technologies, and manufacturing enabling chemicals and materials for these technologies.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 553 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) 'net-zero technology integration project' means a project building a new industrial facility or a project making changes to an existing industrial facility, that requires the retrofitting of existing production units or/and the integration of new process technologies to use, or increase the use of, net-zero technology final prodicts, which leads to a reduction or avaidance of greenhouse gas emissions from the industrial facility;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 605 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. By …[3 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], Member States shall designate one national competent authority or one authority per competent region which shall be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the permit-granting process for net-zero technology manufacturing projects, including for net-zero strategic projects, and to provide advice on reducing administrative burden in line with Article 5.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 618 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The national or regional competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the sole point of contact for the project promoter in the permit-granting process leading to a comprehensive decision for a given project and shall coordinate the submission of all relevant documents and information.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 622 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The responsibilities of the national or regional competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 or the tasks related to it may be delegated to, or carried out by, another authority, for any given project, provided that:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 635 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. The national or regional competent authority shall take into consideration any valid studies conducted, and permits or authorisations issued, for a given project before the project entered the permit- granting process in accordance with this Article and shall not require duplicate studies and permits or authorisations, unless otherwise required under Union law.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 639 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. The national or regional competent authority shall ensure that applicants have easy access to information on and simple procedures for the settlement of disputes concerning the permit-granting process and the issuance of permits to construct or expand projects, including, where applicable, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 672 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The permit-granting process for net-zero technology manufacturing projects shall not exceed any of the following time limits:9 months.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 703 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. For net-zero technology manufacturing projects for which a yearly manufacturing capacity is not measured in GW, the permit-granting process shall not exceed a time limit of 189 months.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 731 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The national competent authority shall ensure that the authorities concerned issue a reasoned conclusion as referred to in Article 1(2), point (g)(iv) of Directive 2011/92/EU on the environmental impact assessment within threewo months of receiving all necessary information gathered pursuant to Articles 5, 6 and 7 of that Directive and completing the consultations referred to in Articles 6 and 7 of that Directive.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 733 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The timeframes for consulting the public concerned on the environmental report referred to in Article 5(1) of Directive 2011/92/EU shall not be longer than 45 days. In cases falling under the second sub-paragraph of Article 6(4), this period shall be extended to 960 days.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 747 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. When preparing plans, including zoning, spatial plans and land use plans, national, regional and local authorities shall, where appropriate, include in those plans provisions for the development of net-zero technology manufacturing projects, including net-zero strategic projects and all the necessary infrastructure. Priority shall be given to artificial and built surfaces, industrial sites, brownfield sites, and, where appropriate, greenfield sites not usable for agriculture and forestry.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 821 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall recognise as net-zero strategic projects CO2 capture projects, and CO2 infrastructure projects necessary for the transport of captured CO2 to CO2 storage sites, and CO2 storage projects that meet the following cumulative criteria:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 832 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the CO2 storage site is located in the territory of the Union, the UK and the EEA, its exclusive economic zones or on its continental shelf within the meaning of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS);
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 843 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the CO2 capture project and the CO2 infrastructure projects necessary to transport the capture CO2 to CO2 storage sites relevant for the rollout of the plans referred to in Article 18(4).
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 904 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article12a Art. 12(5) new Net-zero strategic projects shall be considered to contribute to the Union´s 2030 target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% relative to 1990 levels and the Union´s 2050 climate neutrality target, as defined by Regulation (EU) 2021/119, and therefore net-zero strategic projects that produce environmental effects during the construction phase of the project, but reduce emissions when the net- zerostrategic projects are in operation, shall be considered to have fulfilled all requirements in Article 6(4) and 16(1) of Directive 92/43/EEC, Article 4(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC and Article 9(1)(a) of Directive 2009/147/EC and competent authorities shall not include these temporary construction emissions in the permit granting decision.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 913 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The permit-granting process for net-zero strategic projects shall not exceed any of the following time limit9 months:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 930 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. National competent authorities shall ensure that the lack of reply of the relevant administrative bodies within the applicable time limits referred to in this Article results in the specific intermediary stepsrelevant permit granting application to be considered as approved, except where the specific project is subject to an environmental impact assessment pursuant to Council Directive 92/43/EEC or Directive 2000/60/EC, Directive 2008/98/EC, Directive 2009/147/EC, Directive 2010/75/EU, 2011/92/EU or Directive 2012/18/EU or a determination of whether such environmental impact assessment is necessary and the relevant assessments concerned have not yet been carried out, or where the principle of. In either such event, the administrative tacit approval does not exist in the national legal system. This provision shall not apply to final decisions on the outcome of the process, which are to be explicitperiod shall be extended by a maximum of two months. All decisions shall be made publicly available.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 976 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Net-Zero Europe Platform as established in Article 28 shall discuss financial needs and bottlenecks of net-zero strategic projecttechnologies, potential best practices, in particular to develop EU cross-border supply chains, notably based on regular exchanges with the relevant industrial alliances.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 984 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Net-Zero Europe Platform shall, at the request of the net-zero strategic project promoter, discuss and advise on how the financing of its project can be completed, taking into account the funding already secured and considering at least the following elements:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 994 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Union budget may provide funding to net-zero strategic projects in any of the forms laid down in the Financial Regulation, including financing in the form of financial instruments within blending operations. Blending operations shall be carried out in accordance with Title X of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 (Financial Regulation) and Regulation (EU) 2021/523. A blending facility may be established.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 999 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Net-Zero Europe Platform shall propose the creation of an additional funding instrument at European Union level. This instrument shall provide an ambitious and accelerated financial support for large-scale net-zero technologies projects, both in terms of capital and operational expediture for the entire supply chains, to create a competitivo and attractive environment in the European Union and conditions of fair competition with third countries.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1035 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) make publicly available data on areas where all potential CO2 storage sites can be permitted on their territory, including saline acquifers.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1177 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The tender’s sustainability and resilience contribution shall be based ontake account of the following cumulindicative criteria which shall be objective, transparent and non- discriminatory:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1186 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) social and governance criteria, based industry best practices on supply chain transparency.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1215 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. By 1 June 2024, the Commission shall publish guidelines to clarify how contracting authorities and contracting entities should apply criteria for sustainability and resilience contribution in public procurement procedures. In doing so, the Commission shall consult relevant stakeholders.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1220 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Contracting authorities and contracting entities shall give the tender’s sustainability and resilience contribution a weight between 15% and 30% of the award criteria, without prejudice of the application of Article 41 (3) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 67 (5) of Directive 2014/24/EU or Article 82 (5) of Directive 2014/25/EU for giving a higher weighting to the criteria referred to in paragraph 2, points (a) and (b). The cumulative weight of sustainability and resilience criteria referred to in paragraph 2 of this article shall not be above 30% of the award criteria.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1231 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The contracting authority or the contracting entity shall not be obliged to apply the considerations relating to the sustainability and resilience contribution of net-zero technologies where their application would oblige that authority or entity to acquire equipment having disproportionate costs, or technical characteristics different from those of existing equipment, resulting in incompatibility, technical difficulties in operation and maintenance. Cost differences above 120% may be presumed by contracting authorities and contracting entities to be disproportionate. No later that [2 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall evaluate whether this cost difference threshold needs to be modified to provide for stonger safeguards for contracting authorities and contracting entities. This provision shall be without prejudice of the possibility to exclude abnormally low tenders under Article 69 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 84 of Directive 2014/25/EU, and without prejudice to other contract award criteria according to the EU legislation, including social aspects according to Articles 30 (3) and 36 (1), second intent of Directive 2014/23/EU, Articles 18 (2) and 67 (2) of Directive 2014/24/EU and Articles 36 (2) and 82 (2) of Directive 2014/24/EU.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1256 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The sustainability and resilience contribution shall be given a weight between 15% and 30% of the award criteria, without prejudice of the possibility to give a higher weighting to the criteria in Article 19(2), points (a) and (b), where applicable under Union legislation, and of any limit for non-price criteria set under State aid rules. The cumulative weight of sustainability and resilience criteria referred to in paragraph 2 of this article shall not be above 30% of the award criteria.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1264 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. The Member States, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law shall not be obliged to apply the considerations relating to the sustainability and resilience contribution of net-zero technologies where their application would oblige those entities to acquire equipment having disproportionate costs, or technical characteristics different from those of existing equipment, resulting in incompatibility, technical difficulties in operation and maintenance. Cost differences above 10% may be presumed by contracting authorities and contracting entities to be disproportionate. No later than [2 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall evaluate whether this cost difference threshold needs to be modified to provide for stronger safeguards for contracting authorities and contracting entities.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1276 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty and Article 4 of Directive 2018/200173 and in line with the Union’s international commitments, when deciding to set up schemes benefitting households or consumindustrial and private consumers and producers which incentivise the purchase, use, and operation of net-zero technology final products listed in the Annex, Member States, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law, shall design them in such a way as to promote the purchase, use, and operation by beneficiaries of net-zero technology final products with a high sustainability and resilience contribution as referred in Article 19(2), by providing additional proportionate financial compensation, tax credits, or other forms of state aid. _________________ 73 Directive 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
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1290 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The additional financial compensation granted by authorities in accordance with paragraph 1, due to the application of the criteria referred to in Article 19(2) (b) (c) and (d) shall not exceed 5 % of the cost of the net-zero technology final product for the consumer.deleted
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1297 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall publish on a single free access website all information relating to schemes pursuant to Article 21(1) for each relevant net-zero technology product, and the required upstream manufacturing supply chains, chemicals and materials.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1315 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall support, including through the provision of seed- funding, and building upon relevant existing initiatives such as the EU sectoral skills blueprints, the establishment of European Net Zero Industry Academies, which have as their objectives to:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1320 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) In full respect of national competences on vocational training as defined in article 166 TFUE, support member states in developing learning programmes, content and learning and training materials for training and education on developing, producing, installing, commissioning, operating, maintaining and recycling net- zero technologies, on raw materials, as well as to support the capacities of public authorities competent to issue permits and authorisations referred to in Chapter II and contracting authorities referred to in Chapter IV of this Regulation;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1321 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) enable and promote the use of the learning programmes, content and materials by education and training providers in the Member States, and where applicable, associated countries to Eu research and innovation programmes, such as Horizon Europe and Digital Europe, among others by training trainers and develop mechanisms to ensure the quality of the training offered by education and training providers in the Member States based on the above learning programmes, content and materials;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1337 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Net-Zero Europe Platform referred to in Article 28 shall support the availability and deployment of skills in net-zero technologies, and in competent authorities and contracting authorities referred to in Chapter II and Chapter IV, through the following tasks - while avoiding parallel structures with national vocational systems:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1341 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) monitsupport the activity of the European Net-Zero Industry Academies and of education and training providers who offer the learning programmes developed by the Academies, foster synergies with other national and Union skills initiatives and projects, and provide oversight;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1361 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The modalities and the conditions for the establishment and operation of the net-zero regulatory sandboxes under this Regulation shall be adopted through implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 36. The modalities and conditions shall to the extent possible support flexibility for national competent authorities to establish and operate their Net-zero regulatory sandboxes, foster innovation and regulatory learning and shall particularly take into account the special circumstances and capacities of participating SMEs, including start-ups. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 3 shall include common main principles on the following issues:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1365 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) eligibility and selection for participation in the net-zero regulatory sandboxes;deleted
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1367 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) procedure for the application, participation, monitoring, exiting from and termination of the net-zero regulatory sandboxes, including the sandbox plan and the exit report;deleted
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1368 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the terms and conditions applicable to the participants.deleted
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1399 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The Platform may advise and assist the Commission and Member States in relation to their actions to reach the objectives outlined in Chapter I of this Regulation, taking into account Member States’ national energy and climate plans submitted under Regulation (EU) 2018/199975 , and to address bottlenecks for the uptake of these technologies, in particular in energy-intensive industries where emissions are hard to abate. _________________ 75 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.), (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1404 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Commission and Member States may coordinate within the Platform on the Net-Zero Industrial Partnerships and also with relevant third countries to help promote the adoption of net-zero technologies globally, to collaborate in the development of innovative technologies as defined under this act and to support the role of Union industrial capabilities in paving the way for the global clean energy transition, in line with the overall objectives of this Regulation stemming from Article 1 of this Regulation. The Platform may periodically discuss:
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1423 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i
i) the potential contribution to security of supply, taking into account their manufacturing capacity of net-zero and innovative technologies;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1434 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall support the Commission in the implementation of the cooperation measures set out in the Net- Zero Industrial Partnership. Net-Zero Industrial Partnerships will have the objective of facilitating trade among participants, including by favouring necessary investments within the Union and in third countries, enhancing resilience and sustainability of the supportive value chains promoting industrial application of high-tech strategic options, and guaranteeing a level playing field.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1448 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall appoint a high-level representative to the Platform. Where relevant as regards the function and expertise, a Member State mayshall have more than one representative in relation to different tasks related to the work of the Platform. Each member of the Platform shall have an alternate.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1454 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6
6. The Platform may establish standing or temporary sub-groups dealing with specific questions and tasks. The sub- group related to the assistance of the European Net Zero Industry Academies shall include the relevant social partners as well as practitioners from the affected industries.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1457 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. paragraph 6 a (new) The Platform shall at least establish the following standing sub-groups: (a) a subgroup to discuss and coordinate financing for net-zero strategic projects pursuant to Article15; representatives of national promotional banks and institutions, the European development financial institutions, the European Investment Bank Group, other international financial institutions including the European bank for Reconstruction and Development and, as appropriate, private financial institutions shall be invited as observers;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1468 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 8
8. Where appropriate, the Platform or the Commission may invite experts and other third parties to Platform andOn a regular basis, the Platform shall organise open sessions, including of the standing or temporary sub- group meetings or to provide writtes referred to in paragraph 6, with representatives of European econtributions. omic operators.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1470 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 9
9. The Platform shall take the necessary measures to ensure the safe handling and processing of confidential and commercially sensitive informaWhere appropriate, the Platform or the Commission may invite experts and other third parties from Net-Zero Industrial Partnerships countries to Platform and sub-group meetings or to provide written contributions.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1490 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) net-zero technology developments and market trends, including average manufacturing investment costs and production costs, and market prices for the respective net-zero technologies, and domestic and global demand uptake;
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1517 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 a (new)
Article35a Article 35 a (new) Review and reporting by the Commission By ... [1 year after the date of application of this Regulation], and every 3 years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report on the resilience of supply chains of net zero technologies. (1) This report shall contain an assessment of: a) the Union's production capacity of chemicals, materials, and components for the production and assembly of net-zero technologies, and the competitiveness of the related sectors b) imports in the Union of materials, chemicals, and components for the production and assembly of net- zero technologies, and, in particular, stategic dependencies for such chemicals, materials, and components c) what further regulatory actions will secure achieving a manufacturing capacity in the Union of the stategic net-zero technologies to reach the objective referred to in Article 1(2), point a, of this Regulation and how export markets for such technologies can be developed d) the pathways to achieve net-zero emissions by the entire industry in the Union, and the bottlenecks that may exist (2). This report shall, if sppropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1529 #

2023/0081(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1
1. Solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies 2. Onshore wind and offshore renewable technologies 2 ‘sustainable alternative fuels’ means fuels covered by the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport, XXXX/XXXX and by the Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport XXXX/XXXX. 3 ‘sustainable alternative fuels’ means fuels covered by the Regulation of the European Parliament 3. Storage technologies, including battery/storage and heat storage 4. Heat pumps, geothermal energy technologies, high efficiency cogeneration, waste heat recovery for power and/or heat production 5. Electrolysers, hydrogen engines, hydrogen turbines, hydrogen refuelling stations and fuel cells 6. Bioenergy technologies, including sustainable solid biomass, biogas, biomethande of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport, XXXX/XXXX and by the Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport XXXX/XXXX. sustainable fuels and waste to energy technologies 7. Carbon Capture, Transport, Utilization and storage technologies and negative emissions technologies including, among others, BECCS (BioEnergy with 3. Battery/storage technologiesCarbon Capture and Storage) 48. Heat pumps and geothermal energy technologiesGrid technologies, efficient district heating and energy system integration 58a. Electrolysers and fuel cellsSustainable fuel fired ‘recips’ (reciprocating engines) 6. 8b. Sustainable biogas/biomethane technologies 7. Carbon Capture and storage (CCS) technologEnergy efficiency technologies for the construction and renovation of buildings 8c. Recycling technologies and related activities 8d. Grid technologies Railway products (rolling stock, infrastructure and signalling)
2023/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 69 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The REPowerEU Communication13 outlined a plan to make the Union independent from Russian fossil fuels well before the end of this decade. The Communication highlights the importance, among others, of further increasing the efficiency and reducing fossil consumption in the transport sector, where electrification can be combined with the use of fossil-free renewable fuels, including hydrogen to replace fossil fuels. __________________ 13 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 Plan, COM(2022)230 final of 18.5.2022.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 74 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to contribute to the reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990 and in conformity with the energy efficiency first principle, it is necessary to strengthenassess the reduction requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 for heavy-duty vehicles, by an intensive use of carbon neutral fuels. A clear pathway also needs to be set for further reductions beyond 2030 to contribute to achieving the climate neutrality objective by 2050.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Strengthening CO2 emission reduction requirements for heavy-duty vehicles and rolling-out the necessary recharging and refuelling infrastructure will play a key role in reducing the emissions of the entire heavy-duty vehicles fleet to zero as soon as possible and by 2050 at the very latest, but it should also be complemented by other initiatives aiming at accelerating a modal shift from road to rail and increasing rail freight.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 82 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The strengthened CO2 emission reduction requirements should incentivise an increasing share of zero-emission vehicles being deployed on the Union market whilst providing benefits to users and citizens in terms of air quality and energy savings, as well as ensuring that innovation in the automotive value chain can be maintained. Zero-emission vehicles currently include battery electric vehicles, fuel-cell and other hydrogen-powered vehicles, and technological innovations are continuing.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 84 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Following consultation with stakeholders, at the latest one year after the entry into force of the regulation, the Commission should make a proposal for registering heavy-duty vehicles running exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels for compliance purposes in conformity with EU law and with the Union’s climate neutrality objective.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 92 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Against that background, new strengthened CO2 emission reduction targets should be set for new consistent with the avy-duty vehicles for the period 2030 onwards. Those targets should be set at a level that will deliver a strong signal to accelerateailability of enabling conditions, namely sufficiently dense network of alternative fuels infrastructure, with the aim of promoting the uptake of zero-emission vehicles on the Union market and to stimulate innovation in zero-emission technologies in a cost- efficient way.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 109 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Due to the heterogeneous structure of the total truck fleet, it is not possible to fully predict whether for all niche uses, technological developments will be quick enough to ensure that zero-emission tailpipe technology isand that vehicles powered by carbon neutral fuels are a viable choice. This may include uses such as long-haul heavy- duty vehicles in specific territorial morphology and meteorological circumstances, coaches and lorries for critical security and safety applications that cannot be fulfilled by zero-emission tailpipe technologies. The vehicles in question should constitute a limin adequated share of the entire heavy-duty vehicle fleet, on the basis of typology of missions. In view of such considerations, some margin in the 204028 target should be left to accommodate developments in technology yet to occur. For this reason it is vital to consider the full life-cycle CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles at Union level. Therefore, at the latest one year after the entry into force of the Regulation, the Commission should evaluate the possibility of developing a common Union methodology for the assessment and the consistent data reporting of the full life-cycle CO2 emissions of heavy-duty vehicles placed on the Union market. Where appropriate, the Commission should adopt follow-up measures, including legislative proposals.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 123 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) With the stricter Union fleet-wide targets from 2030 onwards, manufacturers will have to deploy significantly more zero-emission vehicles on the Union market. In that context, the incentive mechanism for zero- and low-emission vehicles (‘ZLEV’) would no longer serve its original purpose and would risk undermining the effectiveness of Regulation (EU) 2019/1242. The ZLEV incentive mechanism should therefore be removed as of 20340.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 139 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 – paragraph 5
Vocational vehicles, such as garbage trucks, tippers or concrete mixers, should continue to be exempted from the calculation of average specific CO2 emissions of manufacturers. On the other hand, zero-and-Low emission vocational vehicles could be used for the purpose of this Regulation and for the purpose of determining manufacturer's compliance with its specific CO2 emissions targets.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 143 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) For the purposes of the newly introduced transfer of vehicles between manufacturers and of establishing an exemption for manufacturers producing only few vehicles, a definition of the term of ‘group of connected entities’ should be added to Regulation (EU) 2019/1242, in substance following the terminology used in Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 for light-duty vehicles. __________________ 20 Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 13).deleted
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 161 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) The zero- and low-emission factor should last be applied for the reporting period of the year 20239, because it is no longer considered necessary after that time as an incein order to contivnue to promote the market entrance of zero-emission vehicles in HDV sector.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 173 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) As commercial rather than legal entities should be considered for compliance, economically connected manufacturers should, within certain limits, be allowed to transfer vehicles between them for the purposes of accounting these vehicles under Regulation (EU) 2019/1242.deleted
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 175 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) Furthermore, in order to strengthen the development of new zero-emission technologies powered by carbon neutral fuels in specialized small- and medium- sized companies, it should also be possible to transfer zero-emission and vehicles powered by carbon neutral fuels between non-connected entities.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 188 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) This regulation aims to accelerate the transition towards carbon neutral mobility in a technologically neutral way. As a complement to the efforts towards an increasing availability of zero emission vehicles, a mechanism based on a carbon correction factor is introduced to duly account the contribution from the use of sustainable renewable transport fuels including biofuels, biomass fuels as well as RFNBOs when assessing the compliance with CO2 emissions reductions of newly registered heavy-duty vehicles.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 194 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) N1, which do not fall under Regulation (EU) 2019/631, N22 with a technically permissible maximum laden mass above 5 tons and N3;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 197 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) O3 and O4. It shall also apply, for the purposes of this Regulation, to zero-and-low emission vocational vehicles.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 209 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point g
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point g – point 11
(a) a heavy-duty motor vehicle with not more than 51 g/(t∙km) or 51 g/(p∙km) of CO2 emissions as determined in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 and vehicles powered by renewable fuels;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 229 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point i
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) “CO2 Neutral Fuel” means a biofuel, biogas, biomass fuel, Renewable liquid and gaseous transport Fuel of Non Biological Origin (RFNBO) or a Recycled Carbon Fuel (RCF), as defined by Directive 2018/2001, where the emissions of the fuel in use e(u) can be taken to be net zero, meaning that the CO2 equivalent of the carbon incorporated in the chemical composition of the fuel in use e(u) is of biogenic origin, or has been avoided being emitted as CO2 into the atmosphere or has avoided its existing fate;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 235 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point i
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 b (new)
(23b) ‘CO2 Neutral Fuel’ means a renewable and/or synthetic fuel as defined by Directive 2018/2001 including biofuel, biogas, biomass fuel, Renewable liquid and gaseous transport Fuel of Non Biological Origin – RFNBO or Recycled Carbon Fuel – RCF, where the emissions of the fuel in use (eu) can be taken to be net zero, meaning that the CO2 equivalent of the carbon incorporated in the chemical composition of the fuel in use eu is of biogenic origin and/or has been avoided being emitted as CO2 into the atmosphere or has been captured from ambient air or has avoided its existing fate. Other renewable and/or synthetic fuels not listed in Directive 2018/2001 can fulfil this definition provided that they meet the above criteria and the sustainability criteria of said Directive and associated delegated acts. A mixture of two or more CO2 Neutral Fuels is considered a CO2 Neutral Fuel;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 245 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point i
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 c (new)
(23c) ‘Carbon Correction Factor (CCF)’ means a factor which applies a correction to the CO2 tailpipe emissions of vehicles for compliance assessment, to reflect the GHG emission intensity and the share of CO2 Neutral Fuels, as defined in paragraph 79 of this article;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 250 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point j
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3 – paragraph 2
(j) the following paragraph is added: ‘ For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘a group of connected manufacturers’ means a manufacturer and its connected undertakings. ‘Connected undertaking’ means: (a) manufacturer has, directly or indirectly: (i) half the voting rights; or (ii) half the members of the supervisory board, board of management or bodies legally representing the undertaking; or (iii) the right to manage the undertaking’s affairs; (b) indirectly have, over the manufacturer, the rights or powers referreddeleted undertakings in which the the power to exercise more than the power to in appoint (a); (c)more than undertaking referred to in point (b) has, directly or indirectly, the rights or powers referred to in point (a); (d) manufacturer together with one or more of the undertakings referred to in point (a), (b) or (c), or in which two or more of the latter undertakings, jointly have the rights or powers referred to in point (a); (e) or the powers referred to in point (a) are jointly held by the manufacturer or one or more of its connected undertakings referred to in points (a) to (d) and one or more third parties.; ’s which directly or undertakings in which an undertakings in which the undertakings in which the rights
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 258 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3a – paragraph 1 – point (b)
(b) for all vehicle sub-groups for the reporting periods of the years 2030 to 2034 by 4530 %, including vehicles 100% powered by carbon neutral fuels.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 273 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3a – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) for all vehicle sub-groups for the reporting periods of the years 2035 to 2039 by 65 %,45%, including vehicles 100% powered by carbon neutral fuels.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 290 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3a – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for all vehicle sub-groups for the reporting periods of the years 2040 onwards by 970%, including vehicles 100% powered by carbon neutral fuels.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 326 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 3b – paragraph 1
1. For vehicles referred to in point 4.2 of Annex I, manufacturers shall comply with the minimum shares of zero-emission vehicles in their fleet of new heavy-duty vehicles as laid down in point 4.3 of Annex I. For new urban buses the share of zero- emissions vehicles shall be 80% as from the reporting period of the year 2030 and 100% as from the reporting period of the year 20305.;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 336 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
2. Member States may decide to exclude from the obligation under this Article a limited share of the urban buses registered in each reporting period, confirming that the purpose of the vehicle cannot be equally served by a zero-emission vehicle or vehicles powered by carbon neutral fuels and it is thus in the public interest to register a non- zero emission vehicle to fulfil that purpose, due to socio-economic cost-benefit in view of specific territorial morphology or meteorological circumstances.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 364 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the data reported for the manufacturer’s new heavy-duty vehicles registered in the preceding reporting period including zero-and-low emission vocational vehicles; and;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 368 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(5a) Following consultation with stakeholders, at the latest one year after the entry into force of the regulation, the Commission shall make a proposal for registering heavy-duty vehicles running exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels for compliance purposes in conformity with EU law and with the Union’s climate neutrality objective;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 382 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Starting from 1 July 2020 and for each subsequent reporting period until the reporting period of the year 2029, the Commission shall determine for each manufacturer the zero- and low-emission factor for the preceding reporting period.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 392 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The zero-emission and low- emission factor shall reduce the average specific CO2 emissions of a manufacturer by a maximum of 3 10%. The contribution to that factor of the zero-emission vehicles of category N, other than those in vehicles sub-groups 4-UD, 4-RD, 4-LH, 5-RD, 5- LH, 9-RD, 9-LH, 10-RD, 10-LH, shall reduce the average specific CO2 emissions of a manufacturer by a maximum of 1,5 3%.;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 395 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 6a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for the transfer of vehicles other than zero-emission vehicles, the transferring and the receiving manufacturer must belong to a group of connected manufacturers;deleted
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 399 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 6a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1– point c
(c) for transfers of zero-emission vehicles and vehicles powered by carbon neutral fuels between manufacturers not belonging to a group of connected manufacturers: the number of zero- emissions vehicles transferred to a manufacturer must not exceed 5 % of all its new heavy-duty vehicles registered in a given reporting period.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 412 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – point d
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Emission credits and emission debts acquired in the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2039 shall, where applicable, be carried over from one reporting period to the next reporting period. However, any remaining emission debts shall be cleared in the reporting periods of the year 2029, 2034 and 2039.;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 421 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) where, in any of the reporting periods of the years 2025 to 2028, 2030 to 2033, 2035 to 2038 the sum of the emission debts reduced by the sum of the emission credits exceeds the emission debt limit referred to in Article 7(1), third subparagraph;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 428 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) where, in the reporting period of the years 2029, 2034, 2039 and 2040 the sum of the emission debts reduced by the sum of the emission credits is positive;deleted
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 435 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 13 f – paragraph 4
4. The amounts of the administrative fines shall be considered as revenue for the general budget of the Union.’Social Climate Fund’s specific budgetary line for ‘support for goods and workers in the automotive sector’.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 450 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 15
The Commission shall, in 20287, review the effectiveness and impact of this Regulation and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council with the result of the review. ’ In this report, the Commission shall assess in particular, but not limited to, the following elements: (a) registrations of zero-emission heavy- duty vehicles in Member States; (b) the deployment of charging and refuelling infrastructure suitable for heavy-duty vehicles in Member States along the entire European road and motorway network [REFERENCE TO XXX AFIR]; (c) the implementation of road user charges differentiated by CO2 emissions in Member States [REFERENCE TO XXX Eurovignette]; (d) the level of the average price of allowances under the new emissions trading system covering road transport [REFERENCE TO XXX ETS2]; (e) measures to support haulage companies in renewing their fleets of vehicles; (f) Based on the results of the above assessment and on the evidence of lack of any of the above conditions, the Commission should consider making a proposal to review the CO2 targets and waive the excess CO2 emissions premiums as set out in Article 8 of this Regulation.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 458 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 15 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, in 20287, review the effectiveness and impact of this Regulation and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council with the result of the review.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 463 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 15 – paragraph 2
The report shall, where appropriate, be accompanied by a proposal for amending this Regulation. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the state of the enabling conditions for the market adoption of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles in the Union. In this report, the Commission shall assess in particular, but not limited to, the following elements: (a) registrations of zero-emission heavy- duty vehicles in Member States; (b) the deployment of charging and refuelling infrastructure suitable for heavy-duty vehicles in Member States [REFERENCE TO XXX AFIR]; (c) the implementation of road user charges differentiated by CO2 emissions in Member States [REFERENCE TO XXX Eurovignette]; (d) the level of the average price of allowances under the new the emissions trading system covering road transport [REFERENCE TO XXX ETS2]; (e) other measures that support the uptake of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. Based on the results of the above assessment and on the evidence of lack of any of the above of conditions, the CO2 targets should be reviewed and excess CO2 emissions premiums according to Art. 8 of this Regulation be waived.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 469 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(18a) At the latest one year after the entry into force of the regulation, the Commission shall evaluate the possibility of developing a common Union methodology for the assessment, and the consistent data reporting, of the full life- cycle CO2 emissions of new heavy-duty vehicles placed on the Union market. The Commission shall transmit that evaluation to the European Parliament and to the Council and complement it, where appropriate, by follow-up measures such as legislative proposals.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 471 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3b, Article 4 bis, Article 11(2), Article 13(4) second subparagraph, Article 13c(3), Article 13d(2), Article 13e(4), Article 13f(2) and Article 14(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [OP, please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation].;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 473 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The delegation of power referred to in Article 4bis, Article 11(2), Article 13(4) second subparagraph, Article 13c(3), Article 13d(2), Article 13e(4), Article 13f(2) and Article 14(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council.;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 475 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Article 17 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) in paragraph (6), “ Article 4 (bis), Article 11(2), the second subparagraph of Article 13(4) and Article 14(1)” is replaced by the following: “Article 11(2), Article 13(4) second subparagraph, Article 13c(3), Article 13d(2), Article 13f(2) and Article 14(1)”;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 484 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3 – point 2.3.2 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3
Reporting periods from 2025 to 2029onwards
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 494 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3 – point 2.3.3
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.3
2.3.3 Reporting periods as from 2030 ZLEV = 1deleted
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 498 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.4
Vsg is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer, including zero-and-low vocational vehicles in a subgroup sg;
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 500 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.4 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/1242
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.4
V is the number of new heavy-duty vehicles of the manufacturer including zero-and-low vocational vehicles.
2023/07/07
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 526 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2.1
2.1. Calculation of the specific CO2 emissions of a new heavy-duty vehicle The specific emissions in g/km of a new heavy-duty vehicle v attributed to a sub-group sg or of its primary vehicle shall be calculated in accordance with the following formula: 𝐶𝑂2𝑣 = ∑𝑊 𝑚𝑝 𝑚𝑝 𝑠𝑔,𝑚𝑝 × 𝐶𝑂2𝑣,𝑚𝑝 × (𝟏 ― 𝐂𝐂𝐅𝐢) 𝐶𝑂2p𝑣 = ∑𝑊 𝑚𝑝 𝑚𝑝 𝑠𝑔,𝑚𝑝 × 𝐶𝑂2p𝑣,𝑚𝑝 × (𝟏 ― 𝐂𝐂𝐅𝐢) Where, ∑𝑚𝑝 is the sum over all mission profiles mp listed in Table 2; sg is the sub-group to which the new heavy-duty vehicle v has been attributed according to Section 1 of this Annex; Wsg,mp, is the mission profile weight specified in points 2.1.1 to 2.1.3; CO2v,mp is the CO2 emissions in g/km of the new heavy-duty vehicle v determined for a mission profile mp, reported in accordance with Articles 13a and 13b and normalised pursuant to Annex III; CO2pv,mp is the CO2 emissions in g/km of the primary vehicle of the new heavy-duty vehicle v, determined for a mission profile mp, reported in accordance with Articles 13a and 13b; CCFi is the Carbon Correction Factor for the fuel or blend of fuels in use i, as defined in article 3 point (25) and calculated according to paragraph 7 of this Annex. For zero-emissions motor vehicles the values of CO2v,mp and CO2pv,mp shall be set to 0.
2023/07/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 532 #

2023/0042(COD)

2.1.1. Mission profile weights (Wsg,mp) for vehicles of category N Vehicle Mission profile (mp)** sub- group (sg)* RDL RDR LHL LHR UDL UDR REL, MUL MUL MUR COL COR RER, LEL, LER 53 0,2508 0,2579 0 0 0,025 0,2511 0 0 0 0 0 54 0,2508 0,2579 0 0 0,025 0,2511 0 0 0 0 0 1s 0,1 0,3 0 0 0,18 0,42 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0,1 0,3 0 0 0,18 0,42 0 0 0 0 0 2 0,125 0,375 0 0 0 0,15 0,35 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0,125 0,375 0 0 0 0,15 0,35 0 0 0 0 0 4-UD 0 0 0 0 0,5 0,5 0 0 0 0 0 4-RD 0,45 0,45 0,05 0,05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-LH 0,05 0,05 0,45 0,45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4v 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,25 0,25 0,25 0,25 5-RD 0,27 0,63 0,03 0,07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-LH 0,03 0,07 0,27 0,63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5v 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,5 0,5 9-RD 0,27 0,63 0,03 0,07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-LH 0,03 0,07 0,27 0,63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9v 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,25 0,25 0,25 0,25 10-RD 0,27 0,63 0,03 0,07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10-LH 0,03 0,07 0,27 0,63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10v 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,5 0,5 11 0,15 0,35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,15 0,35 12 0,21 0,49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,09 0,21 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,3 0,7
2023/07/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 547 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4.1. – table 4.2.
4.2. Vehicle sub-groups included in the calculation of average specific CO2 emissions and specific emissions targets of manufacturers X = 2025 X= NO X = MCO2 X= MZE vehicle sub- sub-groups of sub-groups of sub-groups of transport of persons groups, subject transport of transport of vehicles, subject to zero-emissions to CO2 goods vehicles, persons vehicle targets according to Article emissions subject to CO2 vehicles, 3b targets emissions subject to CO2 according to targets emissions Article 3a according to targets paragraph 1 (a) Article 3a according to paragraphs Article 3a 1(b), 1(c) and paragraphs 1(d) and 1(b), 1(c) and paragraph 3 1(d) 4-UD, 4-RD, All vehicle sub- 32-C2, 32-C3, 31-LF, 31-L1, 31-L2, 31-DD, 33-LF, 33-L1, 4-LH, 5-RD, 5- groups referred 32-DD, 34-C2, 33-L1, 33-L2, 33-DD, 35-FE, 39-FE LH, 9-RD, 9- to in points 34-C3, 34-DD, LH, 10-RD, 10- 1.1.1 and 1.1.3. 31-L2, 33-L2 LH
2023/07/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 560 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
ANNEX I – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4.3. – table 4.3.1.
4.3.1. The following CO2 emissions reduction targets rfsg and rfpsg pursuant to Article 3a shall apply to vehicles in the sub-group sg for different reporting periods: CO2 reduction targets rfsg and rfpsg groups sg Reporting period of the years Sub- 2025 – 2029 2030 – 2034 2035 – 2039 As from 2040 Medium lorries 53, 54 0 4315% 6450% 970% Heavy lorries > 7,4t 1s, 1, 2, 3 0 430% 6450% 970% Heavy lorries > 16 t 4-UD, 4-RD, 15% with 4x2 and 6x4 axle 4-LH, 5-RD, configurations 5-LH, 9-RD, 430% 6450% 970% 9-LH, 10-RD, 10-LH Heavy lorries > 16 t 11, 12, 16 0 with special axle 430% 6450% 970% configurations Coaches (rfsg) 32-C2, 32- 0 C3, 32-DD, 4315% 6450% 970% 34-C2, 34- C3, 34-DD Primary vehicles of 32-C2, 32- 0 coaches (rfpsg) C3, 32-DD, 43 15% 6450% 970% 34-C2, 34- C3, 34-DD Trailers 0 7,5% 7,5% 7,5% Semi-trailers 0 15% 15% 15%
2023/07/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 575 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4.3 – table 4.3.2
4.3.2. The following zero-emission vehicle targets zevMsg pursuant to Article 3b are applicable to vehicles in the sub-group sg for different reporting periods: Zero-emission vehicle mandates zevMsg Sub-groups Zero-emission vehicle mandates Reporting period of the years sg zevMsg before 2030 2030 – 2034 2035 – 2039 As from 2040 Urban heavy 31-LF, 31-L1, 31- 0 1080% 100% 100% buses DD, 33-LF, 33- L1, 33-DD, 35- FE, 39-FE, 31-L2, 33-L2
2023/07/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 585 #

2023/0042(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. CALCULATION OF THE CARBON CORRECTION FACTOR (CCF) For each fuel or blend of fuels i, the CCF shall be calculated according to the following method: 6.1. For CO2-Neutral Fuels, as defined in article 3 point (25) and used in compliance with Art. 4 bis, CCFi = 1; 6.2. For fuels other than CO2-Neutral Fuels, CCFi = 0; 6.3. For blends of CO2-Neutral Fuels and fuels other than CO2-Neutral Fuels, the CCF shall be calculated according to the following formula: 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑺𝒏,𝒊 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑬𝑺𝒏 ― 𝟏,𝒊 + 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑪𝑪𝑭𝒊 = 𝟐 Where: CCFi is the Carbon Correction Factor for a specific blend of conventional and CO2-Neutral Fuel i SHARESn,i percentage of renewable fuel i reported in Shares database, referred to the last available reporting period n and calculated as the average share over all EU member states. SHARESn - 1,i percentage of renewable fuel i reported in Shares database, referred to the second last available reporting period n and calculated as the average share over all EU member states. The Shares database is accessible at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/ data/shares
2023/07/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas protection of biodiversity not only has natural value, but also represents the true added value of agricultural production in the European Union, and whereas investing in distinctiveness is a necessary condition for allowing agricultural undertakings to distinguish themselves in terms of the quality of their production and thus to face the globalised market by safeguarding, defending and creating local economic systems around food value;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 19 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas consumer demand is increasingly oriented towards food that can offer health guarantees, towards healthy and sustainable products and, in particular, towards products of clear origin that are obtained through traditional methods of agricultural production, and whereas the high quality, welfare, sustainability and environmental protection standards of European agricultural and agri-food production have been verified;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 58 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the just transition to agro- ecologicalsustainable and organic farming; reiterates its support for the ambitions, targets andthat the goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those must neither lead to a reduction or lowering of food safety, quality and supply standards in the EU nor have negative effects on farms; welcomes, where possible, their proposals related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; stresses that these proposals must be supported by appropriate and comprehensive impact studies based on scientific evidence;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 70 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates the importance of supporting local production and the consumption of seasonal, local products from a short and verified supply chain that protects both small producers and, at the same time, consumers, reduces waste and losses, and is capable of providing healthy, certified, quality products with a reduced environmental footprint;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the strictreasonable application of the One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety must never be jeopardised;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 115 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet globala balanced diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, which involves consumption of quality food produced from sustainable agriculture and livestock farming, should be promotein needsd; acknowledges the positive impact that greater consumption of plant- based dietfoods haves on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that reducing the number and density of farmed animalssustainable management of livestock farming can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms; deplores the placing on the market of ‘zero-’, ‘-free’, ‘enriched’ or ‘functional’ products, made by the multinational food companies using transformation processes involving assembly and handling activities that make these foods artificial products far removed from nature, with a greater environmental impact than traditional agricultural production methods;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 137 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short-term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;deleted
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 149 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that it is necessary to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, such as RENURE1 a, digestate and any other useful and verified alternatives, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls, further, on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers and to review the Nitrates Directive and its limit of 170 kg/ha nitrogen per year; __________________ 1 a REcovered Nitrogen from manURE (RENURE).
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 156 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its position on new genomic breeding techniques1; regrets the biased naturepoints out that new genetic improvement targets can promote sustainability; calls, therefore, on the EU and the Member States to speed up research ofn the current impact assessment and callsuse of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view onf the Commission to restart the process droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an inclusive mannerreasing number of EU Member States; __________________ 1 Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 160 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of ensuring the security and diversity of seed and plant propagating material to provide stable yields and plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, and varieties suitable for organic production and low input farming systems, while ensuring transparency and freedom of choice for farmers and access to genetic resources and innovative plant breeding techniques in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases and to help farmers tackle the growing risks caused by climate change, ensuring an incentive for open innovation through plant variation;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 166 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2COVID-19 crisis and the current war in Ukraine have highlighted the risk to EU food security; reiterates the need to strengthen EU food security and sovereignty, to reduce dependence on third-country imports and to increase essential agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure to ensure the movement and supply of food and feed within the Union; stresses, further, the need to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/ 11/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and- the-global-politics-of-food/
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 173 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that the food safety of imported products requires observance of conditions of reciprocity in trade agreements with third countries, and that the same safety guarantees should be demanded as for EU products;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 183 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable animal and plant proteins;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 190 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Underscores the need for independent policymaking based on facts and values, and on the various impact studies conducted;
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 199 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policythat the EU should take the necessary measures to provide farmers and fishers with planning security, adequate financial resources and guarantees, also under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy, in order to maintain and, where necessary, increase food production in the EU.
2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 a (new)
A. Whereas supporting a vibrant and dynamic textile sector is strategic for the value chains and the competitiveness of the European Industry;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 2 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 b (new)
b. Whereas the long tradition and experience of European textile companies has a priceless value for the European historical heritage and technological development;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 c (new)
C. Whereas the European SMEs are in the frontline of production, research and active development of business models and practices that are increasingly compatible with environmental ambitions;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 11 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that more than 99 % of the EU textiles ecosystem consists of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); underlines that EU textiles companies face intense competition from Asia, mainly China1 , where environmental regulations are less strict or non-existentand labour standards are less strict or non-existent; the usually low prices of these goods often affects the competitiveness of the European productions, while their low quality can be harmful for the consumers; therefore, calls for better controls by customs and by national market surveillance authorities to avoid the import of counterfeit, unsafe and uncompliant textile products. Better market surveillance shall not hamper free trade and responsible business practices; _________________ 1 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, ‘Data on the EU Textile Ecosystem and its Competitiveness: final report’.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 15 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that more than 99 % of the EU textiles ecosystem consists of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); underlines that EU textiles companies face intense competition from Asia, mainly China1, where environmental regulations are less strict or non-existent; calls on the Commission to step up customs controls in order to ensure that imported products comply with the regulations governing EU companies; _________________ 1 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, ‘Data on the EU Textile Ecosystem and its Competitiveness: final report'.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the importance of recovering materials and, to this end, stresses the need for non-technical parameters to be included among the criteria for assessing end-product performance, so as to avoid unequal comparisons between products manufactured from recycled components and those manufactured from new materials;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 23 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. calls on the European Commission to stop unsustainable fast fashion practices and boost better consumption and production models which enhance the strategic value of the supply chain, promote sustainability, foster creativity based on quality;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 26 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Encourages the use of recycled materials, especially fiber-to-fiber, and support the conversion of textile waste from a costly disposal matter into new raw material generating value;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 31 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that ever-increasing regulation, which directly and indirectly affects the EU textiles industry, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, is seriously threatening the competitiveness of EU businesses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to only implement additional regulations if they facilitate sustainable business models, as many obligations drastically increase costs, especially for SME, the increase prices of commodities and energy, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, unfair trade behaviours of Extra-EU countries, is seriously threatening the competitiveness of EU businesses; calls for adequately weight extended producer responsibility obligations to safeguard subcontractors and intermediate processors;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 35 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a revision of the criteria for awarding the Ecolabel to associate this label with products for which at least three economically significant processes have taken place in accordance with clear sustainability criteria defined at EU level; underlines the need of organising and implementing a better and harmonised surveillance of the internal market. Customs and other market surveillance authorities need to be empowered to prevent the import of counterfeit and/or unsafe textile products lacking the requirements expressly demanded of those who produce and operate within the EU, in order to safeguard the consumer and the environment;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 40 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Emphasises that any action that could increase red tape for producers should be avoided and calls for stronger support for SMEs in this sector;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the challenges to achieving a fully circular business model for textile companies, in particular owing to current technological and physical constraints on production and recycling, such as the use of chemicals, the lack of circular design, digitalisation gaps and the workforce’s up- and reskilling needs; stresses the need to introduce incentives for products that meet ecological standards, thus enabling producers to support environmentally sustainable production processes while maintaining competitive price levels and supporting the value chain by promoting the reshoring of delocalised production in the EU;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 63 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the need to support an open approach to circular economy, especially concerning open loop recycling, in order to avoid a “silos approach” and to favour research, innovation and cross- fertilization between different industrial sectors;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 65 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the need to specify parameters for recycled materials regarding the presence of chemicals;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines the importance of improving transparency and traceability in the textile industry to increase its ability to manage the value chains more effectively, identify and address labour and human rights violations and environmental impacts, combat counterfeits, while embracing more sustainable production and consumption patterns; at the same time, traceability shall not become a barrier to trade, an unacceptable cost or burden, especially for the SMEs;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Underlines that a circular economy for textiles and apparel is the one that creates better products and services for customers, contributes to a resilient industry, and benefits the environment. Recycling of textiles, a crucial part of the circular economy for textiles and apparel, has the potential to reduce GHG emissions and freeing precious land for other uses. To this end, the European Union should support companies, associations, and initiatives like the ReHubs which are implementing plans to increase recycling and reduce textile waste;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Reaffirms the importance of traceability and transparency as a tool also to support customers’ informed choices about textile products;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to put an end to fast fashion; underlines the need to achieve a paradigm shift in the fashion industry to end overproduction and to make fast fashion go out of fashion, enhancing the strategic value of the supply chain, promoting as much as possible a sustainable production model opposed to the "fast-fashion" one, which combines creative capacity and production systems based on the quality of processes, materials and details;
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 89 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Recalls the need to support the EU textile value chain, which actively contributes to the EU competitiveness, while at the same time defending it from external unfair practices, which are also distortive of the internal market;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 105 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that a business- supportive environment that promotes research and innovation is key to maintaining the EU textiles industry’s leading position in innovation2 , especially in sustainable fibres such as bio-based fibres, in inventing and scaling up circular production and recycling technologies, and in harnessing the opportunities offered by digitalisation, e.g. with the Digital Product Passport or smart textiles, provided that such an initiative does not lead to more bureaucracy for producers, enabling micro and SMEs to better communicate their sustainability; _________________ 2 Ibid.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to introduce subsidises on taxation measures for products that meet ecological standards, thus enabling producers to sustain environmentally sustainable production processes while maintaining competitive price levels and supporting the value chain by promoting the reshoring of delocalised production in the EU.
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 110 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of supporting the reshoring of textile production in the European Union as a way to promote reindustrialization of the continent and, as well, as a way to shorten the usually very stretched supply chains involved in the production and distribution of textiles;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the importance of a traceability system that takes adequate account of the various processing stages so as to provide the market with a guarantee of uniform assessment throughout the production process;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the Commission to encourage development of the market for products made from recovered textile material, also outside the clothing sector, so as to ensure more widespread recycling;
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 117 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that several EU funding opportunities exist, such as via Cluster 2 of Horizon Europe or the European Innovation Council; calls for the creation of an EU research and innovation agenda aligned with the transition pathway for the textiles ecosystem; underlines the leading role the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) on Culture & Creativity3 and Manufacturing4 should play in this process; calls for the development at European level of 'Textile Hubs', i.e. innovative textile regeneration poles, made up of research centres and disposal plants, for the sorting and recovery of pre- and postconsumer waste, turning waste into value and creating new jobs in textile manufacturing districts. _________________ 3 https://eit.europa.eu/eit-community/eit- culture-creativity. 4 https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for a revision of criteria for awarding the Ecolabel to associate this label with products for which at least three economically significant processes have taken place in accordance with clear sustainability criteria defined at EU level.
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 125 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Invites the European Commission to publish, as soon as possible, a regulation containing harmonised European criteria for the End of Waste of textiles, to ensure an efficient and smoother marketing of products obtained from the recovery of textile waste, encouraging the use of recycled products and the dissemination of innovative research poles for textile regeneration.
2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses concern that from a consumption point of view, over their life cycle, textiles have on average the fourth highest negative impact on the climate and the environment, after food, housing and mobility7 ; points out that in 2020, the textiles sector was responsible for the third highest impact on water and land use and the fifth highest impact on the use of raw materials and greenhouse gas emissions8 ;, encourages the use of recycled raw materials and supports the conversion of the disposal cost of textile waste into added value of the secondary raw material. __________________ 7 7 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-and-the-environment-the 8 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-and-the-environment-the
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 142 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that textiles are the fourth biggest contributor to climate change from an EU consumption perspective, and that the industry’s emissions are only expected to increase9 ; calls for further legislation to fully decarbonise the industry, starting with more transparency on scope 3 emissions in textile supply chains; calls for ambitious science-based targets to be set by 2024 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the textiles sector, covering their entire lifecycle, in line with the Paris Agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures; recalls that around 70 % of the emissions related to the Union’s textile consumption take place outside of the EU10 ; calls for more robust information and disclosure on the impacts on biodiversity;, calls for the development at European level of " Textile Hubs", i.e. innovative textile regeneration poles, made up of research centres and disposal plants, for the sorting and recovery of pre- and post- consumer waste, turning waste into value and creating new jobs in textile manufacturing districts. __________________ 9 https://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular- economy/pdf/new_circular_economy_actio n_plan.pdf 10 https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/tex tiles-in-europes-circular-economy
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 184 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to regulate all textile products under the Ecodesign Regulation, starting with garments and footwear as a priority;
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 199 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the ecodesign requirements for textiles to set horizontal requirements swiftly, targeting a comprehensive group of products starting with garments and footwear, and later, when needed, to focus on differentiated requirements between different textile product groups;
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 250 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to set out harmonised EU rules on extended producer responsibility for textiles, with eco-modulation of fees as part of the revision of the Waste Framework Directive, and in particular that a significant proportion of the contributions made to extended producer responsibility schemes will be used for waste prevention and preparation for re-use measures; calls for adequately weight extended producer responsibility obligations to safeguard subcontractors and intermediate processors;
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 305 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the potential of the digital product passport to support full value chain coverage as part of a coherent framework with corporate due diligence legislation on sustainability; provided that such an initiative does not lead to more bureaucracy for producers, enabling micro and SMEs to better communicate their sustainability, calls on the Commission to require companies to use the digital product passport to disclose and submit site information throughout their supply chains, as well as information on the use of materials and chemicals; calls for environmental information to be complemented by information on social aspects and labour and working conditions;
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 327 #

2022/2171(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights that negative environmental impacts and social impacts in supplier countries cannot be avoided through due diligence legislation alone; calls on the Commission to provide additional support for local actors in partner countries and to take additional legislative measures to address these impacts in countries outside the EU;, underlines the need of organising and implementing a better and harmonised surveillance of the internal market, with specific custom controls to prevent the import of counterfeit and/or unsafe textile products lacking the requirements expressly demanded to those who produce and operate within the EU, in order to safeguard the consumer and the environment.
2023/01/20
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. UrgesCalls on the Member States to improve the accessibility of buildings, transport and communication, including web accessibility, in order to remove physical, digital, logistical and social barriers in all areas, and recalls that the Member States mustshould speed up the transposition of the European Accessibility Act10 ; _________________ 10 Petitions Nos 0954/2019, 1491/2020,1135/21 and 1213/2021.
2022/06/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 62 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urgescalls on the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11 ; _________________ 11 Petitions Nos 0608/2020, 1139/2021, 0226/21 and 0070/2022.
2022/06/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 92 #

2022/2026(INI)

8. Highlights that all PwD are exposed to discrimination most frequently, in particular those with intellectual, psychosocial and mental disabilities, and women and girls, migrants and members of the LGBTIQ community with disabilities; calls, in this respect, for anti- discrimination legislation to protect the rights of PwD and for the horizontal Anti- Discrimination Directive to be unblocked in the Council14 ; _________________ 14 Petitions Nos 0164/2020 and 0226/2021.all PwD;
2022/06/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 70 #

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. Iand 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-constituentsubstances is to be generated under the same conditions as data on any other substance with more than one costituent, 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 individualthe substance with more than one constituents is not available, multi- constituent and where relevant data onindividual constituents is available, thesesubstances 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-constituentsubstances. _________________ 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).
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 80 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) It is normally not possible to sufficiently assess theFor the assessment of 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 casboth whole substance data and data for the individual constituents of the substance with more than one constituent, impurity or additive should be used as the basis for hazard classification of those substances.
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 only allows for the use of fold-out labels if the general rules for the application of labels cannot be met due to the shape or form of the packaging or its small size, whilst it does not provide for a minimum font size of labels that would ensure readability. As a result of advancements in labelling technologies, more flexibility should be given to suppliers by providing for a broader use of fold-out labels, while readability of labels should be ensured by layadding down minimum font size and formatting requirementsmore examples of label in the Guidance on Labelling and Packaging.
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 124 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) To ensure that suppliers of (37) substances and mixtures have time to adapt to rules on classification, labelling and packaging, the application of some provisions of this Regulation should be deferred. Substances and mixtures which are already placed on the market before the end of that deferral period, should be allowed to continue being placed on the market without being re-classified and re- labelled in accordance with this Regulation, to avoid additional burden on suppliers of substances and mixtures. In addition, differentiated dates for substances and mixtures should be maintained.
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 134 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 2 – point 7a
(a) the following point is inserted: ‘7a. ‘multi-constituent substance’ means a substance that contains more than one constituent.’ deleted (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 2 point 7a (new))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 151 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3
A multi-constituent substance containing at least one constituent, in the form of an individual constituent, an identified impurity or an additive for which relevant information referred to in paragraph 1 is available, shall be examined in accordance with the criteria set out in this paragraph, using the available information on those constituents as well as on the substance, unless Annex I lays down a specific provision. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 156 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the evaluation of multi-constituentthese substances pursuant to Chapter 2 in relation to the ‘germ cell mutagenicity’, ‘carcinogenicity’, ‘reproductive toxicity’, ‘endocrine disrupting property for human health’ and ‘endocrine disrupting property for the environment’ hazard classesand ‘hazardous to the aquatic environment’ referred to in sections 3.5.3.1, 3.6.3.1, 3.7.3.1, 3.11.3, and 4.1. and 4.2.3.1. of Annex I, where relevant information referred to in paragraph 1 is not available on the substance itself, the manufacturer, importer or downstream user shall use the relevant available information referred to in paragraph 1 for each of the individual constituents in the substance. , impurities and additives in the substance. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 168 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5
For the evaluation of multi-constituentthese substances pursuant to Chapter 2 in relation to the ‘biodegradation, persistence, mobility and bioaccumulation’ properties within the ‘hazardous to the aquatic environment’ ‘persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic’, ‘very persistent and very bioaccumulative’, ‘persistent, mobile and toxic’ and ‘very persistent and very mobile’ hazard classes referred to in sections 4.1.2.8 4.1.2.9, 4.3.2.3.1, 4.3.2.3.2, 4.4.2.3.1 and 4.4.2.3.2 of Annex I3 and 4.4 of Annex I, where relevant information referred to in paragraph 1 is not available on the substance itself, the manufacturer, importer or downstream user shall use the relevant available information referred to in paragraph 1 for each of the individual constituents in the substance. , impurities or additives in the substance. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 170 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6
Rdelevant available information on the multi-constituent substance itself shall be taken into accted (This amendment applies throughount wthere one of the following conditions are met: (a) the information demonstrates biodegradation, persistence, mobility and bioaccumulation properties. (b) the information supports the conclusions based on the relevant available information on the constituents in the substance. text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 176 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 7
Rdelevant available information on the multi-constituent substance itself showing absence of certain properties or less severe properties shall not override the relevant available information on the constituents in the substance. ted (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 216 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Where the packaging of a substance or a mixture is either in such a shape or form or is so small that it is impossible to meet the requirements laid down in Article 31 for a label or a fold-out label in the languages of the Member States in which the substance or mixture is placed on the market, the label elements set out in Article 17(1), shall be provided in accordance with sections 1.5.1.1. and 1.5.1.2. of Annex I.; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Article 29 paragraph 1)
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 290 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 61 – paragraph 7
Substances and mixtures which have been classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Article 1(1), Article 4(10), Article 5, Article 6(3) and (4), Article 9(3) and (4), Article 25(6) and (9), Articles 29, 30 and 35, Article 40(1) and (2), Article 42(1), third sub-paragraph, Article 48, section 1.2.1. of Annex I, section 1.5.1.2 of Annex I, section 1.5.2.4.1 of Annex I, Parts 3 and 5 of Annex II, Part A, the first sub- paragraph of section 2.4, of Annex VIII, Part B, section 1, of Annex VIII, Part B, the third paragraph of section 3.1, of Annex VIII , Part B, section 3.6, of Annex VIII, Part B, the first row of Table 3 of Section 3.7, of Annex VIII, Part B, the first paragraph of Section 4.1, of Annex VIII, Part C, sections 1.2 and 1.4, of Annex VIII, and Part D, sections 1, 2 and 3, of Annex VIII as applicable on … [OP: please insert the date = the day before the entry into force of this Regulation] and which were placed on the market before [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 1824 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation ] are not required to be classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with this Regulation as amended by Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council* [OP: please complete the reference in the footnote – it should be the reference to this Regulation] until … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 42 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Article 61 – paragraph 7))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 292 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 61 – paragraph 7 a (new)
In Article 61, the following paragraph 7a is added: '7a. Mixtures which have been classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Article 1(1), Article 4(10), Article 5, Article 6(3) and (4), Article 9(3) and (4), Article 25(6) and (9), Articles 29, 30 and 35, Article 40(1) and (2), Article 42(1), third sub-paragraph, Article 48, section 1.2.1. of Annex I, section 1.5.1.2 of Annex I, section 1.5.2.4.1 of Annex I, Parts 3 and 5 of Annex II, Part A, the first sub- paragraph of section 2.4, of Annex VIII, Part B, section 1, of Annex VIII, Part B, the third paragraph of section 3.1, of Annex VIII, Part B, section 3.6, of Annex VIII, Part B, the first row of Table 3 of Section 3.7, of Annex VIII, Part B, the first paragraph of Section 4.1, of Annex VIII, Part C, sections 1.2 and 1.4, of Annex VIII, and Part D, sections 1, 2 and 3, of Annex VIII as applicable on … [OP: please insert the date = the day before the entry into force of this Regulation] and which were placed on the market before [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 36 months [VC1] after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] are not required to be classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with this Regulation as amended by Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council* [OP: please complete the reference in the footnote – it should be the reference to this Regulation] until … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 60 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].' (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Article 61 – paragraph 7 a (new))
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 301 #

2022/0432(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1272/2008
Annex I – Part 1 – Section 1.2.1.5
1.2.1.5. The text on the label shall have the following characteristics: (a) be white; (b) shall be equal or above 120 % of the font size; (c) easily legible and without serifs; (d) appropriate for thdeleted the background of the label shall the distance between two lines a single font shall be uselected font to be comfortably legible. For the labelling of innd that is the letter spackaging where the contents do not exceed 10 ml, the font size may be smaller than indicated in Table 1.3, as long as it remains legible for a person with average eyesight, where itis deemed important to place the most critical hazard statement and where the outer packaging meets the requirements of Article 17.shall be (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 229 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Council underlined in its Conclusions of December 202038, that the revision of Directive 94/62/EC should update and establish more concrete, effective and easy to implement provisions to facilitate sustainable packaging in the internal market and minimise the complexity of packaging in order to foster economically feasible solutions, to improve the reusability and recyclability as well as minimise substances of concern in packaging materials, especially concerning food packaging materials, and to provide for labelling packaging in an easily understandable way to inform consumers about its recyclability and where its waste should be discarded to facilitate sorting and recycling. At the same time it noted that hygiene and food safety standards have to be respected. _________________ 38 https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-13852-2020-INIT/en/pdf
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 232 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The European Parliament’s Resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan39reiterated the objective of making all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and called on the Commission to present a legislative proposal including waste reduction measures and targets and ambitious essential requirements in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to reduce excessive packaging, including in e-commerce, improve recyclability and minimise the complexity of packaging, increase recycled content, phase out hazardous and harmful substances, and promote re-use. In addition, it stressed that food safety or hygiene standards must not be compromised. _________________ 39 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0040_EN.html
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 240 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) An item, which is an integral part of a product and is necessary to contain, support or preserve that product throughout its lifetime and where all elements are intended to be used, consumed or disposed of together, should not be considered as being packaging given that its functionality is intrinsically linked to it being part of the product. However, in light of the disposal behaviour of consumers regarding tea and coffee bags as well as coffee or tea system single-serve units, which in practice are disposed of together with the product residue leading to the contamination of compostable and recycling streams, those specific items should be treated as packaging. This is in line with the objective to increase the separate collection of bio-waste, as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council41. Furthermore, to ensure coherence regarding end-of-life financial and operational obligations, also all coffee or tea system single-serve units necessary to contain coffee or tea should be treated as packaging. _________________ 41 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 247 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(21) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and with the requirement set in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the same Directive, which foresees that specific waste streams may depart from the hierarchy where this is in line with life- cycle thinking to deliver the best overall environmental outcome, the measures provided for under this Regulation aim at reducing the amount of packaging placed on the market in terms of its volume and weight, and preventing the generation of packaging waste, especially through packaging minimisation, avoiding packaging where it is not needed, and increased re-use of packagingand recycling of packaging while delivering the best environmental outcome. In addition, the measures aim at increasing the use of recycled content in packaging, especially in plastic packaging where the uptake of recycled content is very low, as well as higher recycling rates for all packaging and high quality of the resulting secondary raw materials while reducing other forms of recovery and final disposal.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 290 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Designing packaging with the objective of its recycling, once it becomes packaging waste, is one the most efficient measures to improve the packaging circularity and raise packaging recycling rates and the use of recycled content in packaging, while ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance. Packaging design for recycling criteria have been established for a number of packaging formats under voluntary industry schemes or by some Member States for the purpose of the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees. In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and provide industry with a level playing field, and with the objective to promote the sustainability of packaging ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, it is important to set mandatory requirements regarding the recyclability of packaging, by harmonising the criteria and the methodology for assessing packaging recyclability based on a design for recycling methodology at the Union level. In order to meet the objective set out in the CEAP that, by 2030, all packaging should be recyclable or reusable, in an economically viable manner, packaging recyclability performance grades should be established based on design for recycling criteria for packaging categories as listed in Annex II. However, packaging should comply with them only as of 1 January 2030 in order to give sufficient time to the economic operators to adapt.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 299 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) As design for recycling assessment in itself does not ensure that packaging is recycled in practice, it is necessary to establish a uniform methodology and criteria for assessing the recyclability of packaging in practice based on the state-of- the-art separate collection, sorting and recycling processes and infrastructure actually available in the Union. Related reporting from Member States and, where relevant, economic operators should support establishing the recyclability “at scale” thresholds and update, on this basis, the recyclability performance grades with respect to the specific packaging materials and categories. , preserving the added value conveyed to the final consumer with the packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 306 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to establish harmonised rules on packaging design to ensure its recyclability while ensuring packaging performs all its functions and ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, the power to adopt delegated acts should be delegated to the Commission to set out detailed criteria for packaging design for recycling per packaging materials and categories, as well as for the assessment of the packaging recyclability at scale including for categories of packaging not listed in this Regulation. In order to give economic operators and Member States sufficient time to collect and report the necessary data to establish the “at scale” recycling methodology, the manufacturers should ensure that packaging is recycled at scale as of 2035. That should ensure that packaging complies with the design for recycling criteria, and is also recycled in practice on the basis of the state of the art processes for separate collection, sorting and recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 313 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In order to stimulate innovation in packaging, it is appropriate to allow that packaging, which presents innovative features resulting in significant improvement in the core function of packaging and has demonstrable environmental benefits, is given limited additional time of five years to comply withexempt from the recyclability requirements. The innovative features should be explained in the technical documentation accompanying the packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 316 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect human and animal health and safety, due to the nature of the packaged products and the related requirements, it is appropriate that the recyclability requirements should not apply to immediate packaging as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council50and in Article 4(25) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council51, which are in direct contact with the medicinal product, as well as contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council52andof in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council53.These exemptions should apply until 1 January 2035and contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. _________________ 50 Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67). 51 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43). 52 Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1). 53 Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 332 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure a high level of human and animal health protection in accordance with requirements in Union legislation and to avoid any risk to the security of supply and to the safety of medicines and medical devices safety, it is appropriate to provide for the exclusion from the obligation of a minimum recycled content in plastic packaging for immediate packaging as defined in Article 1, point 23, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 25, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, as well as for contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and for contact sensitive packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 and of contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. This exclusion should also apply to outer packaging of human and veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 1, point 24, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 26, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 in cases where it has to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 336 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unit of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste calculated as an average of the plastic packaging placed by a producer on the Union market. This provision should not apply to food or feed contact plastic packaging in those cases when the recycled content risks affecting human and animal health and/or compromising the organoleptic characteristics of products.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 368 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The bio-waste waste stream is oftencould be contaminated with conventional plastics and the material recycling streams are oftencould be contaminated with compostable plastics. This cross-contamination could leads to waste of traditional and compostable resources, lower quality secondary raw materials and should be prevented at source. As the proper disposal route for compostable plastic packaging is becoming increasingly confusing for consumers, it is justified andTherefore, it is necessary to lay down clear and common rules on the use of compostableand disposal of plastic packaging, mandating it only when its use brings a clear benefit for the environment or for human health. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or dispose of bio-wastelabeled as compostable, including the possibility to mandating applications. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or recycle of bio-waste. All plastic packaging labeled as compostable shouldn’t go into material recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 373 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) For limited packaging applications made of biodegradable plastic polymers, there is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packagingThere is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packaging for specific packaging applications (e.g., those strictly linked to food and food waste), which enters composting plants, including anaerobic digestion facilities under controlled conditions. Furthermore, where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructures are available in a Member State as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98, there should be a limited flexibility in deciding whether to mandate the use of compostable plastics for lightweight plastic carrier bags on its territory. In order to avoid consumer confusion about the correct disposal and considering the environmental benefit of circularity of the carbon, all other plastic packaging not labeled as compostable should go into material recycling and the design of such packaging should ensure that it does not affect the recyclability of other waste streams.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 377 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Where justified and appropriate due to technological and regulatory developments impacting the disposal of compostable plastics and under the specific conditions ensuring that the use of such materials is beneficial for the environmental and human health, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend or extend the list of compostable packaging.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 381 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) In order to facilitate conformity assessment with requirements on compostable packaging, it is necessary to provide for presumption of conformity for compostable packaging which is in conformity with harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council56for the purpose of expressing detailed technical specifications of those requirements and take into account, in line with the latest scientific and technological developments, the parameters, including compostquality of the output, proper processingtimes and admissible levels of contamination, which reflect the actual conditions in bio- waste treatment facilities, including anaerobic digestion processes. _________________ 56 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 385 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) It should be recalled that all compostable packaging constituting a food contact material is to meet the requirements set out in the Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 388 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) Packaging should be designed, where relevant for a given shape, so as to minimise its volume and weight while maintaining its ability to perform the packaging functions, including those referred to in Article 3 (1). The manufacturer of packaging should assess the packaging against the performance criteria, as listed in Annex IV of this Regulation. In view of the objective of this Regulation to reduce packaging and packaging waste generation and to improve circularity of packaging across the internal market, it is appropriate to further specify the existing criteria and to make them more stringent. The list of the packaging performance criteria, as listed in the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200057, should therefore be modified. While marketing and consumer acceptance remain relevant for packaging designpresentation,design and differentiation functionality, they should not be part ofthe mainperformance criteria justifying on their own additional packaging weight and volume. However, this should not compromise product or packagingspecifications for craft and industrial products and food , beveragesand agricultural products that are registered aundprotected under theEU geographical indication protection schemeer or otherwiseprotected by Union intellectual property law orEU geographical indication protection schemes, including third country geographical indication/products that have been given distinctive recognition by the Union, as part of the Union’s objective to protect intellectual property,cultural heritage and traditional know- how.Traditional packaging associated with products that have been given distinctive recognition or are subject to geographical indications of origin protection shall nevertheless look to reduce packaging weight to the lowest weight possible whilst protecting the shape of the packaging in line with the overall ambitions of this proposal. On the other hand, recyclability, the use of recycled content, and re-use may justify additional packaging weight or volume, and should be added to the performance criteria. Packaging with double walls, false bottoms and other characteristics only aimed to increase the perceived product volume should not be placed on the market, as it does not meet the requirement for packaging minimisation. The same rule should apply to superfluous packaging not necessary for ensuring packaging functionality. _________________ 57 Packaging – Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition – Prevention by source reduction.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 409 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) It is necessary to inform consumers and to enable them to appropriately dispose of packaging waste, including compostable lightweight and very lightweight plastic carrier bags. The most appropriate manner to do this is to establish a harmonised labelling system based on the material composition of packaging for sorting of waste, and to pair it with corresponding labels on waste receptacles. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro- enterprises and SMEs.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 416 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) In order to inform end-users about reusability, availability of systems for re- use and location of collection points as regards reusable packaging, such packaging should bear a QR code or other data carrier that provides such information. The QR code should also facilitate tracking and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging should be clearly identified at the point of sale. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro-enterprises and SMEs.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 436 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) In order to ensure a high level of environmental protection in the internal market as well as a high level of food safety and hygiene, and facilitate the achievement of the packaging waste prevention targets, unnecessary or avoidable packaging should not be allowed to be placed on the market. The list of such packaging formats is provided in Annex V of this Regulation. In order to adapt the list to the technical and scientific progress the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the list.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 460 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
(67) In order to reduce the increasing proportion of packaging that is single use and the growing amounts of packaging waste generated, it is necessary to establish quantitative re-use and refill targets on packaging in sectors, which have been assessed as having the greatest potential for packaging waste reduction, namely food and beverages for take-away, large- white goods and some transport packaging. This was appraised based on factors such as existing systems for re-use, necessity of using packaging and the possibility of fulfilling the functional requirements in terms of containment, tidiness, health, hygiene and safety. Differences of the products and their production and distribution systems, were also taken into account. The setting of the targets is expected to support the innovation and increase the proportion of re-use and refill solutions. The use ofIn accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, restriction shall not apply for single -use packaging for food and beverages filled and consumed within the premises in the HORECA sector should not be alloweddelivering a better overall environmental outcome justified by life cycle thinking, as well as a better overall economic and health impact.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 465 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
(68) To increase their effectiveness and ensure the equal treatment of economic operators, the re-use and refill targets should be placed on the economic operators. In cases of targets for beverages, they should be additionally placed also on the manufacturers, as these actors are able to control the packaging formats used for the products they offer and decide based on thorough consideration of logistics, environmental, technical, industrial and consumer criteria. The targets should be calculated as a percentage of sales in reusable packaging within a system for re- use or through refill or, in case of transport packaging, as a percentage of uses. The targets should be material neutral. A detailed assessment should be carried out to ensure that reuse targets can be implemented in a safe, economically viable and environmentally sustainable way that would bring tangible benefits compared to recyclable alternatives. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of targets for re-use and refill, the power to adopt an implementing act in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty on the methodology for their calculation, should be delegated to the Commission.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 484 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
(78) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the recourse to common technical specifications, the power to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to lay down, amend or repeal common technical specifications for the requirements on sustainability, labelling and systems for re- use, and to adopt test, measurement or calculation methods. That should be limited to those cases where technical standardization is unable to provide a concrete response to the purposes of this Regulation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 495 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91
(91) To achieve an ambitious and sustained reduction in the overall packaging waste generation, targets should be laid down for the reduction of packaging waste per capita to be achieved by 2030. Meeting a target of 5 % reduction in 2030 compared to 2018 should entail an overall absolute reduction of approximately 19 % on average acmaterial (plastics, wood, ferrosus the Union in 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. Member States should reduce packaging waste generation by 10 %, compared to 2018, by 2035; this is estimated to reduce packaging waste by 29 % compared to the 2030 baseline. In order to ensure that the reduction efforts continue beyond 2030, a reduction target of 10 % from 2018, which would mean a reduction of 29 % compared to baseline, should be set for 2035 and, for 2040, a reduction target of 15 % from 2018, which means a reduction of 37 % compared to baseline should be establishedmetals, aluminium, glass and paper and cardboard) per capita to be achieved by 2040.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 503 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91 a (new)
(91a) Waste prevention through reduction at source by material should be a key guiding principle, as per the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200030, whereby the substitution of one packaging material by another is not a basis for source reduction.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 516 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 98
(98) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council66lays down rules on the traceability of traders, which more specifically contain obligations for providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers offering packaging to consumers located in the Union. In order to prevent free-riding from the extended producer responsibility obligations, it should be specified how such providers of online platforms should fulfil those obligations with regard to the registers of packaging producers established pursuant to this Regulation. In that context, providers of online platforms, falling within the scope of Section 4 of Chapter 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers should obtain from those producers information about their compliance with the extended producer responsibility rules set out in this Regulation. The rules on traceability of traders selling packaging online are subject to the enforcement rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. As it can be difficult to supervise the concrete application of the obligations of the Regulation in the case of distance selling, particular attention should be paid to tools and control methods that ensure the proper implementation of the provisions. _________________ 66 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 529 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103
(103) Deposit and return systems should be obligatory for single use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage containers. Member States might also decide to include other packaging in these systems, in particular single use glass bottles, and should ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging, where technically and economically feasible. They should consider establishing deposit and return systems also for reusable packaging. In such situations, a Member State should be allowed, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Regulation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 570 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 141 a (new)
(141a) For the sake of clarity for food business operators, the nomenclature codes referred to food categories mentioned in Article 26 and Article 44 are taken from the Combined Nomenclature as defined in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/871 and as set out in Annex I thereto, which are valid at the time of publication of this Regulation and mutatis mutandis as amended by subsequent legislation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 583 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to all packaging, with the exception of packaging approved for the transport of dangerous goods regardless of the material used, and to all packaging waste, whether such waste is used in or originates from industry, other manufacturing, retail or distribution, offices, services or households.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 588 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies without prejudice to Union regulatory requirements for packaging such as those regarding safety, quality, the protection of health and the hygiene of the packed products, or to transport requirements, as well as without prejudice to the provisions of the Directive 2008/98/EC as regards the management of hazardous waste and as regards the requirements provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 604 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
(f) permeable tea or coffee bagsingle- serve units necessary to contain a tea or coffee product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 616 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g
(g) coffee or tea systemprotective beverage single-serve unit necessary to contain a coffee or tea product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 634 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 642 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘composite packaging’ means a unit of packaging made of two or more different materials, excluding materials used for labels, closures and sealing, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integraloatings, linings, paints, inks, adhesives, closures and sealing which are considered as part of the weight of the main packaging material, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integral unit, unless a given material constitutes an insignificant part of the packaging unit and in no case more than 15% of the total mass of the packaging unit;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 695 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
(32) ‘recycled at scale’ means collected, sorted and recycled through installed state-of-the-art infrastructure and processes, covering at least 75 % of the Union populationthe existence of a clear pathway, including the development of sufficient capacity for the collected packaging waste to be directed towards defined and recognised waste streams through established industrial processes for reprocessing, including packaging waste exported from the Union that meets the requirements of Article 47(5);
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 702 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
(32a) 'high quality recycling’ means any recovery operation, as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Directive 2008/98/EC, that ensures that the distinct quality of the collected and sorted waste is preserved or recovered during that recovery operation, so that the resulting recycled materials are of sufficient quality to substitute primary raw materials with minimal loss of quantity, quality or function;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 716 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34
(34) ‘integrated component’ means a packaging component that may be distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, and may be of a different material, but is integral to the packaging unit and its functioning and does not need to be separated from the main packaging unit in order to consume the product and is typically discarded at the same time as the packaging unit, although not necessarily in the same disposal route;is recommended to be disposed together with the main body of the packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 723 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘separate component’ means a packaging component that is distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, which may be of a different material, that needs to becan be manually disassembled completely and permanently from the main packaging unit in order to access the product, and that is typically discarded prior to anbody of the packaging by the end consumer, and that is recommended to be disposed separately from the main body of the packaging unit;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 733 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
(38) ‘secondary raw materials’ means materials that have been obtained through recycling processes and can substitute primary raw materials;deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 741 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
(39a) “recycled content in plastic packaging” is the amount of material contained in the packaging obtained from any recycling process of pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, whether to be recycled mechanically, physically or chemically.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 746 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 b (new)
(39b) 'pre-consumer plastic waste' means plastic waste that is generated from production and converting of plastic material.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 783 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The definitions of ‘substance of concern’ and ‘data carrier’ laid down in Article [2 points (28) and (30)] of Regulation [Ecodesign for sustainable products] shall apply;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 799 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. In addition to the labelling requirements laid down in Article 11, Member States may provide for further labelling requirements, for the purpose of identifying the extended producer responsibility scheme or a deposit and return system other than those referred to in Article 44(1).deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 812 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Any additional Member State information and labelling requirements that go beyond the requirements of this Regulation shall not be considered as mandatory but used on a voluntary basis.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 816 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be so manufactured that the presence and concentration of substances of concernthat meet the criteria in Article 57 and identified in accordance with Article 59(1) in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight (w/w) as laid down the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as constituents of the packaging material or of any of the packaging components is minimised, including with regard to their presence in emissions and any outcomes of waste management, such as secondary raw materials, ashes or other material for final disposal.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 821 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice toOther than the substances criteria laid down in Article 5(1), shall be applied the restrictions on chemicals set out in Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 or, where applicable, to the restrictions and specific measures on food contact packaging in Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, the sum of concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium resulting from substances present in packaging or packaging components shall not exceed 100 mg/kg.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 843 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Recyclability requirements established in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(5)by CEN - European Committee for Standardization shall not restrict the presence of substances in packaging or packaging components for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety. They shall address, as appropriate, substances of concern that negatively affect the re-use and recycling of materials in the packaging in which they are present, and shall, as appropriate, identify the specific substances concerned and their associated criteria and limitations.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 875 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is designed for recycling or, for compostable packaging, is compliant with point a), b) and c) of Annex III;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 894 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) except for compostable plastics, it can be recycled so that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to substitute the primarya raw materials;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 910 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 934 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable packaging shall, from 1 January 2030, comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated actsCEN standards, where applicable, adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated actCEN standards adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those delegated actstandards, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (e).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 953 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
TWhitin 12 months from the adoption of the Regulation the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in close cooperation with stakeholders, in accordance with Article 58 to supplement this Regulation in order to establish design for recycling criteria and recycling performance grades based on the criteria and parameters listed in Table 2 of Annex II for packaging categories listed in Table 1 of that Annex, as well as rules concerning the modulation of financial contributions to be paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations set out in Article 40(1), based on the packaging recycling performance grade, and for plastic packaging, the percentage of recycled content. Design-for- recycling criteria shall consider state of the art collection, marketing and consumer acceptance criteria, sorting and recycling processes and shall cover all packaging components.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 974 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in close cooperation with stakeholders, in accordance with Article 58 to amend Table 1 of Annex in order to adapt it to scientific and technical development in material and product design, collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1027 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) detailed design for recycling criteria including material specific requirements on the quality of recycling, where and when needed, for each packaging formaterial and category listed in Table 1 of Annex II;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1052 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Where use is made of this derogation, innovative packaging shall be accompanied by technical documentation, referred to in Annex VII, demonstrating its innovative nature and showing compliance with the definition in Article 3(347) of this Regulation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1057 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1062 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1065 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1074 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. outer packaging as defined in Article 1, point (24), of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point (26), of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, in cases where such packaging is necessary to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product. Should the adoption of the delegated acts referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article be delayed, a presumption of compliance with the points a) and e) of paragraph 2 shall apply to all packaging placed on the Union market until such delegated acts are adopted.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1112 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1116 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % for contact sensitive plastic packaging made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as the major component;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1146 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1175 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1187 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1196 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1198 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1213 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compostable plastic packaging. as well as to inks, adhesives, varnishes and coatings used on packaging. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1230 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation, compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1232 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1240 #

2022/0396(COD)

6. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be modulated based on the percentage of recycled content used in the packagingtaking into account the cost of packaging waste management and the revenues from sales of secondary materials.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1246 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3). The implementing acts can specify that calculation of recycled content from packaging covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food is only included in the calculation of recycled content if the packaging application is also covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1287 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall assess the need for derogations from the minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, or for the revision of the derogation established under paragraph 3 for specific plastic packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1309 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for derogations from the scope, timing or level of minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, and, as appropriate,
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1312 #
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1347 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By 2030 [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities and therefore allowed to be collected in bio-waste receptacles.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1362 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1363 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are available to ensure that packaging referred to in paragraph 1 enters the organic waste management stream, Member States are empowered to require that lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be made available on their market for the first time only if it can be demonstrated that those lightweight plastic carrier bags have been entirely manufactured from biodegradable plastic polymers, which are compostable in industrially controlled conditions.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1372 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States which have transposed Article 22 of Directive 2008/98 and have appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are empowered to require that lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions. The same provision shall apply to compostable packaging formats.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1378 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. By [OP: Please insert the date = 24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], packaging, labeled as compostable, other than that referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including packaging made of biodegradshall comply with the criteria listed in Annex III. Packaging made with compostable material that is not labele plastic polymers,d as compostable shall allow material recycling without affecting the recyclability of other waste streams.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1381 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By [OP: please insert the date = 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation] compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1383 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. TAfter an assessment of the Expert Group, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article by addingdd other types of packaging to the types of packaging covered by those paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article when it is justified and appropriate due to technological and regulatory developments impacting the disposal of compostable packaging and under the conditions set out in Annex III. A public register containing the lists of such applications should be established and updated by the Commission.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1390 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be collected and managed by a dedicated extended producer responsibility scheme.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1402 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionalitys, as listed in the definition of packaging in Article 3(1), taking account of the material that the packaging is made of and its design, for a given material and a given shape.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1422 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin, shall not be placed on the market, unless the product or packaging design is subject to intellectual property protection or benefits from the Union's geographical indications of origin protection or have been given distinctive product recognition by the Union, in each case protected under Union legislation.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1432 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
EBy 1 Januart 2030, empty space shall be reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring the packaging functionality as follows:
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1437 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of assessing the compliance with this paragraph, space filled by paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene, styrofoam chips or other filling materials shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1445 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the identification of the design requirements, including those related to intellectual property rights , which prevent further reduction of the packaging weight or volume, for each of these performance criteria;
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1465 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) it has been conceived and designed to accomplish as many trips or rotations as possible in normally predictable conditions of use;deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1498 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
From [OP: Please ins36 months aftert the date = 42 months after the entry into forceadoption of the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 5 and 6, information ofn this Regulae material composition], of packaging shall be marked with a label containing information on its material composition. This obligation does not apply to transport packagingon the packaging or shall be available through digital means according to art 11(4), to facilitate sorting by citizens. This obligation does not apply to transport packaging, to packaging mentioned in Article 7, paragraph 3 and to reusable gas receptacles. However, it applies to e-commerce packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1530 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. From [OP: Please insert the date = 48 months after the date of entry into force of this Regul36 months after the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 5, information], on packaging shall bear a label on packaging reusability andreusability shall be marked on a label on packaging or shall be available through a QR code or other type of digital data carrier that provides further information on packaging reusability including the availability of a system for re-use and of collection points, and that facilitates the tracking of the packaging and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging shall be clearly identified and distinguished from single use packaging at the point of sale.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1541 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Labels referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the QR code or other type of digital data carrier referred to in paragraph 2 shall be placed, printed or engraved visibly, clearly legibly and indelibly on the packaging. Where this is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature and size of the packaging, information should be conveyed to consumers via digital means of communication (e.g., website, QR code) or they shall be affixed to the grouped packaging.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1547 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By way of derogation from paragraph 4, the information referred to in paragraph 1 to 3 may be provided by electronic means identified on the package or on a label attached thereto.In such cases, the following requirements apply: (a) no user data shall be collected or tracked; (b) the information shall not be displayed with other information intended for sales or marketing purposes.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1550 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where Union legislation requires information on the packaged product to be provided via a data carrier, a single data carrier shall be used for providing the information required for both the packaged product and the packaging. From [Please insert the date = 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt guidance regarding provision of information by digital means.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1557 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. By [OP: Please insert the date = 18 2 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish a harmonised label and specifications for the labelling requirements and formats for the labelling of or the digital provision of information related to packaging referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the labelling of waste receptacles referred to in Article 12. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1562 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. By [OP: Please insert the date = 124 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the methodology for identifying the material composition of packaging referred to in paragraph 1 by means of digital marking technologies. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1574 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Packaging included in an extended producer responsibility scheme or covered by a deposit and return system other than that referred to in Article 44(1) mayshall be identified by means of a corresponding symbol throughout the territory in which that scheme or system applies. That symbol shall be clear and unambiguous and shall not mislead consumers or users as to the recyclability or reusability of the packagingharmonised symbol to be established via an implementing act by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59 (3).
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1580 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Packaging referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, manufactured or imported before these deadlines, may be marketed until the stocks of the products are exhausted.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1607 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. Manufacturers shall indicate on the packaging or on a QR code or another data carrier their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark as well as the postal address, and where available, the electronic means of communication, where they can be contacted. Where that is not possible, the required information shall be provided as part of the information through the QR code referred to in Article 11(2) or the data carrier referred to in Article 11(4) or in a document accompanying the packaged product. The postal address shall indicate a single point at which the manufacturer can be contacted. Such information shall be clear, understandable and legible.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1619 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Paragraphs 1 to 6 do not apply to custom made transport packaging for configurable devices and systems designed to be used in industrial and healthcare settings.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1630 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Importers shall indicate on the packaging their name and their registered trade name or registered trade mark as well as the postal address, and, where available, the electronic means of communication, where they can be contacted. Where that is not possible, the required information shall be provided via the data carrier or in a document accompanying the packaged product. The contact details shall be clear, understandable and legible.deleted
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1643 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the manufacturer and the importer have complied with the requirements set out in Article 13(5) and (6) and Article 16(3) respectively.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1666 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators who supply products to a final distributor or an end user in grouped packaging, transport packaging or e-commerce packaging, shall ensure that the empty space ratio is maximum 40 %inimised subject to the provisions within Part 1 and Part 2 of Annex IV.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1684 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Space filled by filling materials such as paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene or Styrofoam chips, shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1697 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Restrictions on use of certain packaging 1. Economic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in Annex V. 2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, economic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in point 3 of Annex V as of 1 January 2030. 3. Member States may exempt economic operators from point 3 of Annex V if they comply with the definition of micro- company in accordance with rules set out in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361, as applicable on [OP: Please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and where it is not technically feasible not to use packaging or to obtain access to infrastructure that is necessary for the functioning of a reuse system. 4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend Annex V in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress with the objective to reducing packaging waste. When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall consider the potential of the restrictions on the use of specific packaging formats to reduce the packaging waste generated while ensuring an overall positive environmental impact, and shall take into account the availability of alternative packaging solutions that meet requirements set out in legislation applicable to contact sensitive packaging, as well as their capability to prevent microbiological contamination of the packaged product.Article 22 deleted formats
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2217 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall reduce the packaging waste generated per capita, as compared to the packaging waste generated per capita in 2018the year of entry into force of this Regulation as reported to the Commission in accordance with Decision 2005/270/EC, for each of the specific materials contained in packaging waste listed in article 46, by
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2253 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, Member States may use economic instruments and other measures to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, such as measures referred to in Annexes IV and IVa to Directive 2008/98/EC, or other appropriate instruments and measures, including incentives through extended producer responsibility schemes and requirements on producers or producer responsibility organisations to adopt waste prevention plans. Such measures shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory and be designed so as to avoid barriers to trade or distortions of competition in conformity with the Treaty and with Article 4 of this Regulation.
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2271 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. They shall, to that end, submit an application for registration in each Member State where they make packaging available on the market for the first timethe home country. Where a producer has appointed a producer responsibility organisation as referred to in Article 41(1), the obligations set out in this Article shall be met by that organisation, unless otherwise specified by the Member State in which the register is established.
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2305 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2352 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2353 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2711 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table 2 a (new)
Indicative parameters that may be considered when developing design criteria for recycling under Article 6: 1. Additives 2. Labels 3. Closure systems and small parts 4. Adhesives 5. Printing inks 6. Colours 7. Material composition 8. Barriers / coatings 9. Ease of dismantling
2023/05/15
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 189 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles, engines and replacement parts with regard to emissions (‘emission type-approval’) are currently set out in two Regulations that apply to emission type-approval for light- duty and heavy-duty vehicles respectively, i.e. Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Euro 6’)44 and Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Euro VI’)45 . The reason for having two Regulations was that the emissions of heavy-duty vehicles were checked based on engine testing, while for light-duty vehicles the basis was whole vehicle testing. Since then, methodologies have been developed that allow testing of both light- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road. It is therefore no longer necessary to base type-approval on engine testing. _________________ 44 Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information (OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 1). 45 Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to emissions from heavy duty vehicles (Euro VI) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 80/1269/EEC, 2005/55/EC and 2005/78/EC (OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 1).
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 197 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The type approval requirements for newly manufactured tyres C1, C2 and C3 are set in the General Safety Regulation ((EU) 2019/2144). Consequently, this Regulation complements those technical requirements – which remain the basis for new tyre type approval - with tyre abrasion requirements. The test method to measure tyre abrasion as well as tyre abrasion limits are being developed in the UN. In order to adopt such test method, relevant definitions, and tyre abrasion limits, this Regulation will have to be supplemented by secondary legislation along with the manufacturers’ obligations and relevant timeline for implementation as well as transitional period for tyres manufactured after a certain date according to Article 11 paragraph 3a (new).
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure that the exhaust emissions for both light and heavy duty vehicles are limited in real life, testing vehicles in real conditions of use with a minimum set of restrictions, boundaries and other driving requirements and not only in the laboratory is required.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 233 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The accuracy of the portable emission measurement equipment used for measuring the emissions of vehicles used on the road has improved significantly since their introduction. It is therefore appropriate to base the emission limits on such on-road measurements and therefore on-road testing no longer requires the use of conformity factors.deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 245 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Non-exhaust emissions consist of particles emitted by tyres and brakes of vehicles. Emissions from tyres is estimated to be the largest source of microplastics to the environment. As shown in the Impact Assessment, it is expected that by 2050, non-exhaust emissions will constitute up to 90% of all particles emitted by road transport, because exhaust particles will diminish due to vehicle electrification. Those non-exhaust emissions should therefore be measured and limited. The Commission should prepare a report on tyre abrasion by the end of 2024 to review the measurement methods and state-of-the- art in order to propose tyre abrasion limitsdeveloped in the UN with the view of ensuring consistency in the definition of tyre abrasion limits. In addition, the Report should include, to the extent possible, an impact assessment on tyre abrasion requirements, filling the gaps identified in this Regulation’s impact assessment.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 315 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to amend or supplement, as appropriate, 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 test conditions based on data collected when testing Euro 7 vehicles, brakes or tyres; test requirements, in particular taking into account technical progress and data collected when testing Euro 7 vehicles; introducing vehicle options and designations based on innovative technologies for manufacturers but also setting out brake particle emission limits and abrasion limits for tyre types in accordance with the test method and limits developed in the UN as well as minimum performance requirements of batteries and durability multipliers based on data collected when testing Euro 7 vehicles and setting out definitions and special rules for small volume manufacturers for vehicles of categories M2, M3, N2, N3, 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-Making51 . In particular, in order 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. _________________ 51 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 331 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes common technical requirements and administrative provisions for the emission type-approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units, with regard to their CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and energy consumption and battery durability. Technical requirements and administrative provisions established by this regulation for the emission type- approval and market surveillance of newly manufactured tyres, are to be considered together with the tyre technical requirements and administrative provisions of the General Safety Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 360 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 11
(11) ‘particulate matter’ or ‘PM’ means any material emitted from the tailpipe or the brakes and collected on a filter media according to the procedure described in this Regulation;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 364 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 14
(14) ’10 nm particle number above 10 nm’ or ‘PN10’ means the total number of solid particles emitted from the tailpipe or the brakes that have a diameter larger or equal thanmeasured according to the procedure described in this Regulation with a nominal cut-off at 10 nm;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 380 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 34
(34) ‘original pollution control systems’ means a pollution control system or an assembly of such systems covered by the type-approval granted for the vehicle concerned and fitted within the vehicle at the date of its first registration;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 385 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 37
(37) ‘on-board diagnostic system’ or ‘OBD’ means a system that can generate vehicle on-board diagnostic (OBD) information, as defined in Article 3, point 49, of Regulation (EU) 2018/858 and is capable of communicating that information via the OBD port and over the air, in the context of this Regulation, a system on-board the vehicle which has the capability of detecting malfunctions of the monitored emission control systems, identifying the likely area of a malfunction by means of fault codes stored in computer memory, and illumination of the Malfunction Indicator (MI) to notify the operator of the vehicle;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 395 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 38
(38) ‘on-board monitoring system’ or ‘OBM’ means a system on board a vehicle that is capable of detecting either emission exceedances omonitoring emissions under wthen a vehicle is in zero emission mode if applicable, and capable of indicating the occurrence of such exceedances by means of information stored in the vehicle, and of communicating that consideration of OBM measurement tolerances and providing information via the OBD port and over the air;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 436 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 62
(62) ‘power-to-mass-ratio’ means the ratio of rated power to the mass in running ordertechnically permissible maximum laden mass as defined in Annex XII of Regulation (EU) 2021/535;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 454 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 71
(71) ‘environmental vehicle passport’ or ‘EVP’ means a record on paper and digital form containing information on the environmental performance of a vehicle at the moment of registration, including the level of pollutant emission limits, CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, energy consumption, electric range and engine power, and battery durability and other related values;deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 467 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 77
(77) "snow tyre" means a tyre whose tread pattern, tread compound or structure is primarily designed to achieve in snow conditions a performance better than that of a normal tyre with regard to its ability to initiate or maintain vehicle motion;deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 472 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point 78
(78) "special use tyre" means a tyre intended for mixed use both on- and off- road or for other special duty. These tyres are primarily designed to initiate and maintain the vehicle in motion in off-road conditions.deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 484 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Manufacturers shall ensure that the new vehicles they manufacture, which are sold, registered or put into service in the Union, are type approved in accordance with this Regulation. MAs from the specific application dates of this Regulation, manufacturers shall ensure that the new components or separate technical units, including engines, traction batteries, brake emission systems and replacement pollution control systems requiring type- approval which they manufacture and which are sold or put into service in the Union are type approved in accordance with this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 492 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Manufacturers shall design, construct and assemble vehicles to comply with this Regulation, including complying with the emission limits set out in Annex I aund respecting the values declared in the certificate of conformity and in theer the conditions set out in Annex III and respecting type- approval documentation for the lifetime of the vehicle as set out in table 1 of Annex IV. These vehicles shall be designated as “Euro 7” vehicles.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 504 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
When verifying compliance with the exhaust emission limits, where the testing is performed in one extended driving conditions, the emissions shall be divided by the extended driving divider set out in Annex III.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 508 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Manufacturers shall design and construct components or separate technical units, currently only including engines, traction batteries, brake systems and replacement pollution control systems to comply with this Regulation, including complying with the emission limits set out in Annex I and the conditions set out in Annex III.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 520 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) OBD systems capable of detecting malfunctioning systems which lead to exhaust emission exceedances in order to facilitate repairs;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 525 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) OBM systems capable of detecting emissions above the emission limits due to malfunctions, increased degradation or other situations that increase emissionmonitoring exhaust within the capability of OBM measurement tolerances;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 528 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) OBFCM device to monitor their real-world fuel and energy consumption and for vehicles of category N2 and N3 other relevant parameters such as payload/mass which are needed to determine their real-world fuel and energy efficiency;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 535 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – point g
(g) devices communicating vehicle generated data together with the approval number and type approval variant used for compliance with this regulation and OBFCM data, for the purpose of periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection over the air, and for the purposes of communicating with recharging infrastructure and stationary power systems capable of supporting smart and bidirectional charging functionalities and for the provision of third-party services to the vehicle user in order to improve the vehicle’s usage, limit the vehicle’s energy consumption, its emissions or to extend the life of its battery in use.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 562 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Manufacturers may designate the vehicles they manufacture as “Euro 7+ vehicle” where those vehicles comply with the following: (a) for ICEV and NOVC-HEV by declaring compliance with at least 20 % lower emission limits than those set out in Annex I for gaseous pollutants and one order of magnitude lower emission limits for particle number emissions; (b) for OVC-HEV by declaring compliance with at least 20 % lower emission limits than those set out in Annex I for gaseous pollutants, one order of magnitude lower emission limits for particle number emissions and battery durability that is at least 10 percentage points higher than the requirements set out in Annex II; (c) for PEV by declaring battery durability that is at least 10 percentage points higher than the requirements set out in Annex II.deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 576 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Compliance of these vehicles with the requirements under paragraph 1 shall be checked against the declared values.deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 580 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Manufacturers may designate vehicles of category M1 and N1 as “Euro 7A vehicle” where those vehicles are equipped with adaptive control functions. The use of adaptive control functions shall be demonstrated to the type-approval authorities during type- approval and verified during the lifetime of the vehicle as set out in table 1, Annex IV.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 586 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Manufacturers may designate vehicles of category M1 and N1 as “Euro 7G vehicle” where those vehicles are equipped with internal combustion engines with geofencing technologies. The manufacturer shall install a driver warning system on those vehicles to inform the user when the traction batteries are nearly empty and to stop the vehicle if not charged within 5 km from the first warning while on zero- emission mode. The application of such geofencing technologies may be verified during the lifetime of the vehicle.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 596 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Manufacturers may construct vehicles combining two or more ofof category M1 and N1 combining the characteristics referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 or 33 and 4 and designate them using a combination of symbols and letters such as “Euro 7+A”, “Euro 7+G”, “Euro 7+AG” oras “Euro 7AG” vehicles.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 608 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Manufacturers shall ensure that these vehicles comply with the values regarding CO2 emissions, fuel and energy consumption and energy efficiency declared under the provisions of this Regulation for the lifetime of the vehicle as set out in Annex IV, Table 1.deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 614 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Manufacturers shall ensure that OBFCM, OBD and OBM devices and anti- tampering measures installed in these vehicles comply with the provisions of this Regulationremain unchanged as long as the vehicle is in use.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 630 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) communicating the data of the emission behaviour of the vehicle, including pollutant sensor and exhaust flow data, via the OBD port and over the air, including for the purpose of roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspections55 ,56 or for the purpose of providing third-party services that assist the vehicle user in reducing emissions in use phase; _________________ 55 Directive 2014/47/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC (OJ L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 134). 56 Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (OJ L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 129)
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 645 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The OBFCM devices installed by the manufacturer in these vehicles shall be capable of communicating thelegally appropriate and necessary vehicle data they record via the OBD port and over the air including but not limited to the provision of third-party services to the vehicle user.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 676 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Manufacturers shall issue the environmental vehicle passport (EVP) for each vehicle and deliver that passport to the purchaser of the vehicle together with the vehicle, extracting the relevant data from sources such as the certificate of conformity and the type-approval documentation. The manufacturer shall ensure that EVP data are available for display in the vehicle electronic systems and can be transmitted from on- to off- board.deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 689 #

2022/0365(COD)

Article7a Specific provisions relating to vehicle tires abrasion 1. Tyre classification and definitions for the purposes of abrasion emission type approval shall follow the uniform provisions developed in the UN concerning the approval of tyres with regard to Tyre Abrasion emissions Type Approval and be included in this Regulation through an implementing act as per article 14 paragraph 3. 2. Any derogation to these requirements should be developed in the UN and included in this Regulation by delegated act as per Article 15.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 703 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. In multistage type-approvals, manufacturers of the second or subsequent stages shall be responsible for the emission type-approval where they modify any part of the vehicle that, according to the data provided by the manufacturers of the previous stage, might affect emissions or battery durability.deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 708 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the administrative requirements and data to be provided by manufacturers of the previous stage in accordance with paragraph 1 and procedures for the determination of CO2 emissions of such vehicles. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17(2).deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 722 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. With effect from … [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation]the publication of the implementing or delegated acts, where a manufacturer so requests, the national approval authorities shall not refuse to grant EU emission type-approval or national emission type-approval for a new type of vehicle or engine, or prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of a new vehicle complying with this regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 723 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Starting 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation, and following the relevant timeline and specific provisions for components, and separate technical units, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and electric energy consumption or battery durability, refuse to grant EU emission type-approval or national emission type- approval with regard to new types of M1 vehicles which do not comply with this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 725 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Starting 36 months after the entry into force of this Regulation, and following the relevant timeline and specific provisions for components, and separate technical units, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and electric energy consumption or battery durability, refuse to grant EU emission type-approval or national emission type- approval with regard to new types of N1 vehicles which do not comply with this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 732 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. With effect from 1 July 202536 months after entry into force of this Regulation, and following the relevant timeline and specific provisions for components, and separate technical units, national authorities shall, in the case of new M1, N1 vehicles which do not comply with this Regulation consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of registration and shall, on grounds relating to CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and energy consumption or battery durability, prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 739 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. As of 48 months after entry into force of this Regulation, and following the relevant timeline and specific provisions for components, and separate technical units, national authorities shall, in the case of new N1 vehicles not complying with this Regulation, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of registration and shall, on grounds relating to CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and electric energy consumption or battery durability, prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 746 #

2022/0365(COD)

5. With effect from 1 July 2027, national authorities shall, As of 48 months after entry into force of this Regulation, and following the case of new M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles and new O3, O4 trailers, which do not comply with this Regulation consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of registration andrelevant timeline and specific provisions for components, and separate technical units, national authorities shall, on grounds relating to CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and electric energy consumption, energy efficiency or battery durability, prohibit the registration, srefuse to grant EU emission type-approvale or entry into service of such vehiclesnational emission type-approval in the case of new types of M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles and new O3, O4 trailers which do not comply with this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 755 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. As of 60 months after entry into force of this Regulation, and following the relevant timeline and specific provisions for components, and separate technical units, national authorities shall, in the case of new M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles and new O3, O4 trailers not complying with this Regulation, consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of registration and shall, on grounds relating to CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and energy consumption, energy efficiency or battery durability, prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 767 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. With effect from 1 July 20305, national authorities shall, in the case of new M1, N1 vehicles constructed by small volume manufacturers which do not comply with this Regulation consider certificates of conformity to be no longer valid for the purposes of registration and shall, on grounds relating to CO2 and pollutant emissions, fuel and energy consumption, energy efficiency or battery durability, prohibit the registration, sale or entry into service of such vehicles.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 776 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the administrative and technical elements required for performing tests, checks and inspections for the purposes of verifying compliance with paragraph 1, as well as the technical elements required for market surveillance checks under paragraph 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17(2) and shall enter into force at least [3] years before the applicable dates in Article 10 (4) and (5).
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 787 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 1 July 202536 months after entry into force of this Regulation, the sale or installation of a system, component or separate technical unit intended to be fitted on an M1, N1 vehicle approved under this Regulation, shall be prohibited if the system, component and separate technical unit is not of type approved in compliance with this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 791 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. With effect from 48 months after entry into force of this Regulation, the sale or installation of a system, component or separate technical unit intended to be fitted on an N1 vehicle approved under this Regulation, shall be prohibited if the system, component and, separate technical unit is not of type approved in compliance with this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 799 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. With effect from 1 July 202760 months after entry into force of this Regulation,, the sale or installation of a system, component or separate technical unit intended to be fitted on an M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicle approved under this Regulation, shall be prohibited if the system, component and separate technical unit is not type approved in compliance with this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 806 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. With effect from the date [2 years after the publication of the delegated act concerning the approval of C1 tyres with regard to abrasion emissions aligning with the limits established in UN WP29 Regulation], national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to the areas of C1 tyres covered by Article 7 a new (Specific provisions relating to vehicle tyres abrasion), to grant component/separate technical unit EC type approval in respect of new types of tyre which do not comply with this Regulation and its implementing measures. With effect from the date of [4 years after the publication of delegated act concerning the approval of C1 tyres with regard to abrasion emissions aligning with the established in UN WP29 Regulation], national authorities shall refuse, on grounds relating to the areas of tyres covered by Article 7 a new (Specific provisions relating to tyres abrasion emissions), to grant type-approval or national EC type approval in respect of newly manufactured C1 tyres which do not comply with this Regulation and its implementing measures. C1 tyres that were manufactured prior to the dates set out in paragraph 3a and which do not comply with the requirements of Annex I may be sold for a period not exceeding 30 months from those dates. The UN will expand an appropriate test method and limits for tyre abrasion performance to C2 and C3 tyres.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 834 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) anti-tampering, security and cybersecurity systems and security;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 837 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) brake system types and their replacement parts; specifically for the different vehicle categories that also take into account other on-vehicle systems that contribute to vehicle braking and braking of trailers;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 844 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) tyre types in respect to tyre abrasion as defined by the pertinent UN WP29 Regulation;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 860 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) for vehicles under the scope of Regulation (EC) 715/2007, the methods to measure exhaust emissions in the lab and on the road, including random and worst-casemeasures against biased driving and misuse during RDE test cyclesing, the use of portable emissions measurement systems for verifying real driving emissions, and idle emissions;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 869 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) for vehicles under the scope of Regulation (EC) 595/2009, to carry-over all laboratory and in-service conformity (ISC-PEMS) test procedures laid down in that Regulation and its subsequent amendments;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 878 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) the methods to measure brake particle emissions, including methods for HDV, real driving brake particle emissions on the basis of the completed UNECE GTR for M1 and N1 vehicles and to carry out an expansive inter-laboratory test program to determine the baseline for M1 and N1 vehicle brake wear emissions from which proportional brake wear limits can be considered, a similar approach for HDV when an appropriate test method has first been developed at UNECE level and regenerative braking;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 888 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) the methods to measure tyre abrasion in order to monitor tyre abrasion ratesrates in line with the relevant UN WP29 Regulation;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 894 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point j
(j) OBFCM device, OBD and OBM systems, including compliance thresholds, performance requirements and tests, methods to ensure performance of sensors and over the air communication of data recorded by these devices and systems;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 906 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point r
(r) specifications of reference fuels for testing that include in the Fuel Quality Directive 98/70/EC an improved environmental specification for market fuels to enable exhaust pollutant reduction;
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 912 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point t
(t) methods to measure tyre abrasion;deleted
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 931 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to take into account technical progress to amend the following: (a) Annex III, as regards the test conditions for M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles, based on data collected when testing Euro 7 vehicles; (b) Annex III, as regards the test conditions, based on data collected when testing Euro 7 brakes or tyres; (c) Annex V, as regards the application of test requirements and declarations, based on technical progress; (d) Article 5 by introducing options and designations based on innovative technologies for manufacturers.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 950 #

2022/0365(COD)

2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to supplement this Regulation in accordance with Article 16 in order to take into account technical progress by: (a) setting out brake particle emission limits in Annex I referring to the work performed in the UN World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP29); (b) setting out abrasion limits for tyre types in Annex I referring to the work performed in the UN World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP29); (c) setting out the minimum performance requirements of batteries laid down in Annex II, referring to the work performed in the UN World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP29); (d) setting out durability multipliers in Annex IV based on data collected when testing Euro 7 M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles and a report on the durability of heavy duty vehicles submitted to the European Parliament and Council; (e) setting out definitions and special rules for small volume manufacturers for vehicle categories M2, M3, N2, N3 under Article 3 and Article 8 of this Regulation.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 992 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) 715/2007 is repealed with effect from 1 July 20257.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 999 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Regulation (EC) 595/2009 is repealed with effect from 1 July 20279.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1008 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1 July 2025 for M1,24 months after entry into force of this Regulation for M1 vehicles, from 36 months after entry into force of this Regulation for N1 vehicles and components and separate technical units for those vehicles and from 1 July 202748 months after entry into force of this Regulation for M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles and components and separate technical units for those vehicles and O3, O4 trailers.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1017 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
It shall apply from 1 July 20305 for M1, N1 vehicles constructed by small volume manufacturers.
2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1021 #

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paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21
2 Measured in accordance with paragraph 5.3.2. of UN/ECE Regulation No 85 in the case of ICEVs and PEVs, or, in all other cases, measured in accordance with one of the test procedures laid down in
paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21
Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M1, N1 vehicles with internal combustion engine Pollutant M1, N1 Only for N1 Emission Emission emissions vehicles vehicles with budget for all budget for all power to mass trips less than trips less than ratio1 less than 10 km for 10 km only for 3540 kW/t M1,N1 forN1 vehicles vehicles with power to mass ratio less than 3540 kW/t
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1028 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Row 3
Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M1, N1 vehicles with internal combustion engine Pollutant Only for N1 Emission Emission emissions vehicles with budget for all budget for all M1, N1 vehicles power to mass Only for N1 trips less than trips less than ratio13 less than 10 km for M1, 10 km only for 35 kW/t N1 vehiclesvehicles with 10 km for M1, 10 km only for M1, N1 vehicles 12 Measured in accordance with paragraph 5.3.2. of UN/ECE Regulation No 85 in the case of ICEVs and PEVs, or, in all other cases, measured in accordance with one of the test procedures laid down in paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21 13 Measured in accordance with paragraph 5.3.2. of UN/ECE Regulation No 85 in the case of ICEVs and PEVs, or, in all other cases, measured in accordance with one of the test procedures laid down in paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21power to mass N 1 vehicles N 1 vehicles with ratio14 less than power to mass with power to 35 kW/t mass ratio less than than 35 kW/t per km per km per trip per trip NOx in mg 60 7125 600 750 2000
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1034 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Row 4
Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M1, N1 vehicles with internal combustion engine Pollutant Emission Emission emissions budget for all budget for all Only for N1 trips less than trips less than vehicles with 10 km for M1, 10 km only for M1, N1 vehicles power to mass N1 vehicles N1 vehicles with ratio256 less than power to mass 35 kW/t ratio less than 35 kW/t per km per km per trip per trip PM in mg 4.5 4.5 45 45 50
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1042 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Row 6
Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M1, N1 vehicles with internal combustion engine Pollutant Emission Emission emissions budget for all budget for all Only for N1 trips less than trips less than vehicles with 10 km for M1, 10 km only for M1, N1 vehicles power to mass N1 vehicles N1 vehicles with ratio2930 less than power to mass 35 kW/t ratio less than 35 kW/t per km per km per trip per trip CO in mg 500 63740 5000 6300 7400
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1050 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Row 7
36 Measured in accordance with paragraph 5.3.2. of UN/ECE Regulation No 85 in the case of ICEVs and PEVs, or, in all other cases, measured in accordance with one of the test procedures laid down in paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21 37 Measured in accordance with paragraph 5.3.2. of UN/ECE Regulation No 85 in the case of ICEVs and PEVs, or, in all other cases, measured in accordance with one of the test procedures laid down in paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21 Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M1, N1 vehicles with internal combustion engine Pollutant Emission Emission emissions budget for all budget for all Only for N1 trips less than trips less than vehicles with 10 km for M1, 10 km only for M1, N1 vehicles power to mass N1 vehicles N1 vehicles with ratio378 less than power to mass 35 kW/t ratio less than 35 kW/t per km per km per trip per trip THC in mg 100 1360 1000 13600
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1057 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Row 8
Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M1, N1 vehicles with internal combustion engine Pollutant Emission Emission emissions Only for N1 budget for all budget for all Only for N1 trips less than trips less than vehicles with 10 km for M1, 10 km only for M1, N1 vehicles power to mass N1 vehicles N1 vehicles with ratio45 less than power to mass 35 kW/t vehicles with trips less than trips less than M1, N1 vehicles power to mass 10 km for M1, 10 km only for ratio46 less than N1 vehicles N1 vehicles with 35 kW/t power to mass ratio less than 45 Measured in accordance with paragraph 5.3.2. of UN/ECE Regulation No 85 in the case of ICEVs and PEVs, or, in all other cases, measured in accordance with one of the test procedures laid down in paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21 46 ratio less thanMeasured in accordance with paragraph 5.3.2. of UN/ECE Regulation No 85 in the case of ICEVs and PEVs, or, in all other cases, measured in accordance with one of the test procedures laid down in paragraph 6 of UN Global Technical Regulation 21 35 kW/t per km per km per trip per trip NMHC in mg 68 90 108 680 900 1080
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1064 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 1 – Row 9
Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M1, N1 vehicles with internal combustion engine Pollutant Emission Emission emissions budget for all budget for all Only for N1 trips less than trips less than vehicles with 10 km for M1, 10 km only for M1, N1 vehicles power to mass N1 vehicles N1 vehicles with ratio512 less than power to mass 35 kW/t ratio less than 35 kW/t per km per km per trip per trip NH3 in mg 20 20 - 200 200 -
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1079 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 2
Euro 7 exhaust emission limits for M2, M3, N2 and N3 vehicles with internal combustion engine and internal combustion engines used in those vehicles Pollutant CO NMHC Hot emissions62 Emission budget Optional idle emissions ColdCH4 NOx NH3 PM PN10 for all trips less emission limits63 emissions61 than 3* mg/kWh mg/kWh mg/kWh mg/kWh mg/kWh mg/kWh WHTSC 1500 80 500 230 10 8 long 6x1011 (CI) and WHTC (CI and PI) RDE 2250 per kWh 120 per kWh750 345 per kWh15 8 per hour 61 Cold emissions refers to the 100th percentile of moving windows (MW) of 1 WHTC for vehicles, or WHTCcold for engines 62 Hot emission refers to the 90th percentile of moving windows (MW) of 1 WHTC for vehicles or WHTChot for engines 63 Applicable only if a system is not present that automatically shuts down the engine after 300 seconds of continuous idling operation (once the vehicle is stopped and brakes applied) NOx in mg 350 90 150 5000 PM in mg 12 8 10 PN10 in # 5x1011 2x1011 3x1011 CO in mg 3500 200 2700 NMOG in 50 75 200 mg NH3 in mg 65 65 70 CH4 in mg 500 350 500 N2O in mg 160 100 140 HCHO in 30 30 mg 9x1011 1) Calculation of specific emissions according to paragraph 8.6.3 of Annex 4 to UN-ECE Regulation No. 49-07. 2) Emissions evaluation shall be based on accumulated mass/number of emissions over a trip divided by the engine work.
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1124 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table 5
Euro 7 brake particle emission limits in applying from 1/1/2035 Emission limits in M1, N1 vehicles M2, M3 vehicles N2, N3 vehicles mg/km per vehicle Brake particle emissions 3 (PM10) Brake particle emissions (PN) Deleted
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1171 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table 2 – Section I – Row 1
Euro 7 Minimum performance requirements (MPR) for battery durability for NM1 vehicles Battery energy based Start of life to 5 Vehicles more than Start of life to 8 years Vehicles up to MPR years or 1060 000 km 5 years or 100 000 additional lifetime whichever comes km, and up to first whichever comes first of 8 years or 160 000 kmfirst OVC-HEV 75% 65% PEV 75% 65%
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1203 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Table 1 – row 2
Conditions for testing compliance of M1, N1 vehicles with exhaust emission limits with any market fuel and lubricant within the specifications issued by the manufacturer of the vehicle Parameter Normal driving Extended driving conditions* conditions - 1.6 (applies to measured Extended driving emissions only during the time divider when one of the conditions set Extended driving out in this column applies; and in divider the case two or more conditions are met, that partof the trip shall be excluded and set invalid)
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1218 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Table 1 – row 2
Conditions for testing compliance of M1, N1 vehicles with exhaust emission limits with any market fuel and lubricant within the specifications issued by the manufacturer of the vehicle Parameter Normal driving Extended driving conditions* conditions Trip composition Any - - Biased and rare driving Biased and rare driving conditions are not conditions are not allowed allowed
2023/07/12
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1228 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Table 2
Conditions for testing compliance of M1, N1 vehicles with exhaust emission limits with any market fuel and lubricant within the specifications issued by the manufacturer of the vehicle Parameter Normal driving conditions Extended driving for reference Ambient According to paragraph 4.2 of Annex 8 to conditions* - 2 (applies to measured Extended Driving emissions only during the time DividerCovering -7°C to temperature UN-ECE Regulation No.49-07 when one of the conditions set 38°C out According this column applies) Ambient -7°C to 35°C -10°C to -7°C or 35°C to 45°C temperature o paragraph 4.2 of Annex 8 to Maximum altitude 1 600 m From 1 600 to 1 800 m Not allowed 1700 meters UN-ECE Regulation No.49-07 Allowed according to Towing/aerodynami manufacturer specifications c modifications and up to the regulated speed Vehicle Payload Higher or equal than 10% Less than 10% Auxiliaries Possible as per normal use - Internal Combusparagraph 4.1 of Annex 8 to Vehicle payload ≥ 10% UN-ECE Regulation No.49-07 According to paragraph 4.5 of Annex 8 to Trip composition Any - Engine Loading at cold start Trip composition As per usual use Urban / rural / UN-ECE Regulation No.49-07 - 5 000 km for <16t TPMLM Between 3 000 km and 5 000 10 000 km for > 16t TPMLM km for <16t TPMLM motorway According to paragraph 3.2 of Annex 8 to Minimum mileage Between 3 000 km and 10 00025,000 km UN- km for > 16t TPMLMECE Regulation No.49-07
2023/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1254 #

2022/0365(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Table 5
Conditions for testing compliance with tyre abrasion limits M1, N1 vehicles M2, M3, N2 and N3 vehicles Tyre abrasion limits test Based on the testing Based on the testing methodologies developed methodologies developed in UN for testing tyre in UN for testing tyre abrasion in real world abrasion in real worl deleted
2023/07/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 201 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) The Zero Pollution Action Plan also sets out a vision for the year 2050, where air pollution is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to health and natural ecosystems. To this end, a staged approach towards setting current and future EU air quality standards should be pursued, establishing intermediate air quality standards for the year 2030 and beyond, and developing a perspective for alignment with the WHO Air Quality Guidelines by the year 2050 at the latest based on a regular review mechanism to take into account the latest scientific understanding. Given the links between pollution reduction and decarbonisation, the long- term objective to achieve the zero pollution ambition should be pursued hand in hand with reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as set by Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council42. _________________ 42 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. 1–17).
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 233 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In order to protect human health and the environment as a whole, it is particularly important to combat emissions of pollutants at source and to identify and implement the most effective emission reduction measures at local, national and Union level , in particular when it comes to emissions from agriculture, industries, transport and energy generation . Therefore, emissions of harmful air pollutants should be avoided, prevented or reduced and appropriate standards set for ambient air quality taking into account relevant World Health Organization standards, guidelines and programmes. Since diffuse air emissions are the most difficult to combat, close cooperation at all levels of governance is needed to tackle pollution at its source.
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 277 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Air quality plans should also be prepared ahead of 2030s soon as possible where there is a risk that Member States will not attain the limit values or ozone target value by that date in order to ensure that levels of pollutants are reduced accordingly.
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 297 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive sets out a zero pollution objective for air quality, so that within the Union air quality is progressively improved to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and natural ecosystems, as defined by scientific evidence, thus contributing to a toxic-free environment at the latest by 2050. The objective must be pursued while safeguarding the social cohesion and sustainable growth of the Member States and ensuring that measures taken to achieve the objective do not jeopardise the social well-being and economic development of the Member States.
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 306 #

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Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive sets intermediate limit values, target values, average exposure reduction obligations, average exposure concentration objectives, critical levels, information thresholds, alert thresholds and long-term objectivelimit values and average exposure reduction obligations (‘air quality standards’) to be met by the year 20340, and regularly reviewed thereafter in accordance with Article 3.
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 319 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive also sets target values, average exposure concentration objectives, critical levels, information thresholds, alert thresholds and long-term objectives. Furthermore, this Directive contributes to achieving: the Union’s pollution-reduction, biodiversity and ecosystem objectives in accordance with the 8th Environment Action Programme, as set out in Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council55. _________________ 55 Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22).
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 337 #

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Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 202830, and every 5 years thereafter, and more often if substantial new scientific findings point to the need for it, the Commission shall review the scientific evidence related to air pollutants and their effects on human health and the environment relevant to achieving the objective set in Article 1 and present a report with the main findings to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 531 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where, in a given zone , conformity with the limit values for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) or nitrogen dioxide cannot be achieved by the deadline specified in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, because of site-specific dispersion characteristics, orographic boundary conditions, adverse climatic conditions or transboundary contributions, a Member State may postpone - that deadline once by a maximum of 5 years for that particular zone , if the following conditions are met:
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 544 #

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Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Where, in a given zone, conformity with the limit values for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) cannot be achieved by the deadline specified in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, because of site- specific dispersion characteristics, orographic boundary conditions, adverse climatic conditions or transboundary contributions, due to the complex characteristics of its secondary formation in the atmosphere which complicate the task of assessing the feasibility of complying with strict limit values, a Member State may postpone that deadline for that particular zone if the following conditions are met: a) an air quality plan is established in accordance with Article 19(4) and meeting the requirements listed in Article 19(5) to (7) for the zone to which the postponement would apply; b) the air quality plan referred in point (a) is supplemented by the information listed in Point B of Annex VIII related to the pollutants concerned and demonstrates how exceedance periods above the limit values will be kept as short as possible; c) the air quality plan referred to in point (a) outlines how additional funding, including via relevant national and Union funding programmes, will be mobilised to accelerate the improvement of air quality in the zone to which the postponement would apply.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 546 #

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Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall notify the Commission where, in their view, paragraph 1 is applicable, and shall communicate the air quality plan referred to in paragraph 1 and all relevant information necessary for the Commission to assess whether the invoked reason for postponement and the conditions set out in that paragraph are satisfied. In its assessment, the Commission shall take into account estimated effects on ambient air quality in Member States, at present and in the future, of measures that have been taken by Member States as well as estimated effects on ambient air quality of Union measures . The Commission shall also consider the administrative and economic effort that the above mentioned measures imply, as well as the possible lack of Union source-based regulations.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 590 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where from [insert year 2 years after entry into force of this Directive], until 31 December 2029 in a zone or NUTS 1 territorial unit, the levels of pollutants are above any limit value to be attained by 1 January 20340 as laid down in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, Member States shall establish an air quality plan for the concerned pollutant as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which the exceedance of the was recorded to attain the respective limit values or ozone target value by the expiration of the attainment deadline.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 773 #

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Section 1 – table 1
Averaging period Limit value PM2.5 1 day 237,5 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times per calendar year Calendar year 105 μg/m³ PM10 1 day 450 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times per calendar year Calendar year 20 μg/m3 Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) 1 hour 200 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than once per calendar year 1 day 50 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times per calendar year Calendar year 20 μg/m3 Sulphur dioxide (SO2) 1 hour 350 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than once per calendar year 1 day 50 μg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times per calendar year Calendar year 20 μg/m3 Benzene Calendar year 3,4 μg/m3 Carbon monoxide (CO) maximum daily 8 – hour mean 10 mg/m3 (1) (1) 1 day 4 mg/m3 not to be exceeded more than 18 times per calendar year Lead (Pb) Calendar year 0,5 μg/m3 Arsenic (As) Calendar year 6,0 ng/m³ Cadmium (Cd) Calendar year 5,0 ng/m³ Nickel (Ni) Calendar year 20 ng/m³ Benzo(a)pyrene Calendar year 1,0 ng/m³ (1) The maximum daily 8-hour mean concentration will be selected by examining 8-hour running averages, calculated from hourly data and updated each hour. Each 8-hour average so calculated will be assigned to the day on which it ends i.e. the first calculation period for any 1 day will be the period from 17.00 on the previous day to 1.00 on that day; the last calculation period for any 1 day will be the period from 16.00 to 24.00 on that day.
2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 101 #

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Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Recent scientific knowledge underpinning several Commission strategies43highlight the need to take action to address the issue of micro-pollutants, which are now detected in all waters in the Union. Some of those micropollutants are hazardous for public health and the environment even in small quantities. An additional treatment, i.e. quaternary treatment, should therefore be introduced in order to ensure that a large spectrum ofmicro-pollutants ismicro-pollutants, present in water in quantities that pose risk to human health or environment, areremoved from urban wastewater. Quaternary treatment should first focus on organicmicro-pollutants, which represent a significant part of the pollution and for which removal technologies are already designed. The treatment should be imposed based on the precautionary approach combined witha risk-based approach.Therefore, all urban wastewater treatment plants of 100 000 p.e. and above should provide quaternary treatment, as those facilities represent a significant share of micro-pollutant discharges in the environment and the removal of micro-pollutants by urban wastewater treatment plants at such scale is cost-effective. For agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.,a risk-based approach consistent with the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). Member States should be required to apply quaternary treatment to areas identified as sensitive to pollution with micro-pollutants based on clear criteria, which should be specified and consistent with the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). Such areas should include locations where treated urban wastewater discharge to water bodies result in low dilution ratios, or where the receiving water bodies are used for the production of drinking water or as bathing waters. In order to avoid the requirement of quaternary treatment for agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to demonstrate the absence of risks to the environment or to public health on the basis of a standardised risk assessment. In order to give Member States enough time to plan and deliver the necessary infrastructures, the requirement of quaternary treatment should progressively apply until 20405with clear interim objectives. _________________ 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (COM/2018/028 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (COM(2019) 128 final); 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); 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).
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 114 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) The quaternary treatment necessary to remove micro-pollutants from urban wastewater will imply additional costs, such as costs related to monitoring and new advanced equipment to be installed in certain urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to cover these additional costs and in accordance with the polluter-pays principle expressed in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that the producers placing on the Union market products containing substances which, at the end of their life, are found as micro- pollutants in quantities posing risk to human health or environment in urban wastewaters plant effluents (‘micro- pollutant substances’) take responsibility for the additional treatment required to remove those substances, generated in the context of their professional activities. A system of extended producer responsibility is the most appropriate means to achieve this, as it would limit the financial impact on the taxpayer and water tariff, while providing an incentive to develop greener products. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetic residues currently represent the main sources of micro-pollutants found in urban wastewater requiring an additional treatment (quaternary treatment). Therefore, extended producer responsibility should apply to those two product groupof these micro-pollutants.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 123 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Exonerations from the extended producer responsibility obligations should nevertheless be possible where products are placed on the market in small quantities, i.e. less than 2 tonnes of products, since the additional administrative burden for the producer would in such cases be disproportionate compared to the environmental benefits. Exonerations should also be possible when the producer can demonstrate that no micro-pollutants are generated at the end of life of a product. It might be the case for instance where it can be proven that the residues from a product are rapidly biodegradable in the wastewaters treatment plants and the environment or not reaching the urban wastewater treatment plants. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts, including impact assessment to establish detailed criteria to identify the products placed on the European market that do not generate relevant micro-pollutants in wastewaterswhose removal requires the upgrading of wastewater treatment plants with a quaternary treatment stage at the end of their life. When developing these criteria, the Commission should take into account scientific or other available technical information, including relevant international standards. Exoneration should also be possible when there is no alternative and equivalent design which does not generate micro-pollutants if the benefits of the product to society outweighs the risk.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 140 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, minimum requirements for the implementation of the extended producer responsibility should be established in this Directive, while the practical organisation of the system should be decided at national level. The contributions of the producers should be proportionate to the quantities of relevant micro-pollutants contained in the products they place on the market and the hazardouness of their residues. The contributions should cover, but not exceed, the costs for the monitoring activities for micro-pollutants, the collection, reporting and impartial verification of statistics on the quantities and hazardouness ofby micro-pollutants in the products placed on the market, and the application of the quaternary treatment to urban wastewater in an efficient manner and in accordance with this Directive. Since urban wastewater is treated collectively, it is appropriate to introduce a requirement for producers to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 218 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission for the adoption of standards for the design of individual systems, for the adoption of monitoring and assessment methods for the indicators of the quaternary treatment, for the establishment and updating of the list of micro-pollutants, for the establishment of common conditions and criteria for the application of the exoneration for certain products from extended producer responsibility, for establishing methodologies to support the development of integrated urban wastewater management plans and to measure antimicrobial resistance and micro-plastics in urban wastewater, and for the adoption of the format of, and modalities for, presenting the information to be provided by Member States and compiled by the EEA on the implementation of this Directive. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council67. _________________ 67 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).
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 226 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) Pursuant to the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making68, the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive within a certain period of time from the date set for its transposition. That evaluation should be based on experience gained and data collected during the implementation of this Directive, on any available WHO recommendations, and on relevant scientific, analytical, and epidemiological data. In the evaluation, particular attention should be given to the possible necessity to adapt of the list of producdefinition ofmicro- pollutantsto be covered by extended producer responsibility according to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market, the improvement of knowledge on the presence of micro- pollutants in the wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data from the new monitoring obligations on micro- pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants. _________________ 68 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).
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 241 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘urban wastewater ’ means domestic wastewater ,and the mixture of domestic wastewater andwith non-domestic wastewater or the mixture of domestic wastewater and urban runoff , or both;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 243 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) ‘ non-domestic wastewater ’ means any wastewater which is discharged into collecting systems from premises used for eitherany of the following:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 245 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
(a) the exercise of a trade that produces wastewater with a quality different from the quality of domestic wastewater;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 248 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) activities carried out by an institution that produces wastewater with a quality different from the quality of domestic wastewater;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 252 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) ‘discharge’ means the point where urban wastewater or urban runoff is released into a receiving water body or the environment, or into a collecting system;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 261 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'agglomeration' means an area where the pollupulation load of urban wastewater is sufficiently concentrated (10 p.e. per hectare or above)and/or economic activities are sufficiently concentrated for urban wastewater to be collected and conducted to an urban wastewater treatment plant or to a final discharge point;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 272 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) 'storm water overflow’ means discharge of untreated urban wastewater in receiving waters from combined sewers caused by rainfall;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 275 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘urban wastewater treatment plant’ means any collective facility that treats urban wastewater before discharging it into the receiving bodies;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 277 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
(9b) ‘individual system’ means any system that treats domestic and non- domestic wastewater not entering collecting systems, achieving the same level of environmental protection as secondary or tertiary treatment;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 280 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘population equivalent’ or ‘(p.e.)’ means the unit expressingof load equivalent to the average potential water pollution load caused by one person per day, where 1 p.e. is the organic biodegradable load having a five- day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) of 60 g of oxygen per day;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 282 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘secondary treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by a process generally involving biological treatment with a secondary settlement or other process through which requirements established in Table 1 of Annex I are met;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 284 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) 'tertiary treatment' means treatment of urban wastewater by a process which removes nitrogen andor phosphorus from the urban wastewaters through which requirements established in Table 2 of Annex I are met;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 288 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘quaternary treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by a process which removes a broad spectrum of micro-pollutaapplied when needed after tertiary treatment, by a process which removes micro-pollutants that pose risk to human health or environments from the urban wastewaters;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 291 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13a) ‘equivalent treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by any process that ensures the same level of environmental protection in receiving water bodies as secondary, tertiary or quaternary treatments, allowing these water bodies to meet relevant quality objectives and other relevant provisions of this and other European Directives;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 294 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘sludge’ means any solid, semisolid, or liquid wastestream mainly made of organic material resulting from the treatment of urban wastewater ;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 298 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
(14a) "treated sludge" means sludge that has undergone treatment to enable it to be recycled or recovered;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 312 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘micro-pollutant’ means a substance, including its breakdown products, that is usuallythat is present in the environment and urban wastewaters in concentrations below milligrams per litre and which can be considered hazardous to human health or the environment based on any of the criteria set out in Part 3 and Part 4 of Annex I to Regulation EC69; _________________ 69 Regulation EC 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353 31.12.2008, p 1)at this concentration. The list of substances to be considered under this definition is included in Annex III.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 317 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘producer’ means any manufacturer, importer or distributor that on a professional basis places products on the market of a Member State, which at the end of their life are ending into the urban wastewater, on the Union market, including by means of distance contracts as defined in Article 2(7) of Directive 2011/83/EU means;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 328 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) `energy audit` means energy audit as defined in Article 2(25) of Directive 2012/27/EU;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 329 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
(19b) ‘hazard’ means a biological, chemical, physical or radiological agent in wastewater, or another aspect of the condition of the urban wastewater discharge, with the potential to cause harm to human health or the environment;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 332 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
(19c) ‘hazardous event’ means an event that introduces hazards into, or fails to remove them from, urban wastewater;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 333 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 d (new)
(19d) ‘risk’ means a combination of the likelihood of a hazardous event and the severity of the consequences if the hazard and hazardous event occur due to the urban wastewater discharge;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 336 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 e (new)
(19e) `risk assessment’ means risk assessment as defined in Article 2(7) of the Directive (EU) 2022/2557
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 350 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of a product on the Union market of a Member State.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 394 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that agglomerations where individual systems are usedin agglomerations are registered in a public registry and that regular inspections of those systems are carried out by the appropriatecompetent authority.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 397 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive byMember states shall establishing minimum requirements on the design, operation, and maintenance of individual systems and by specifyingshall establish the requirements for the regular inspections referred to in paragraph 2, second subparagraph. The Commission shall provide guidance on the abovementioned minimum requirements on the design, operation, and maintenance of individual systems across Europe.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 409 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) demonstrate compliance with the minimum requirements referred to in paragraph 3 where the Commission has exercised its delegated power under that paragraph.deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 419 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 202530, Member States shall establish a list of agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. where, considering historic data and state- of-the-art climate projections, one or more of the following conditions apply:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 479 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that discharges from 50 % of urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 492 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 512 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. that are discharging into areas included in the list referred to in paragraph 2 and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into those areas .
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 518 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20405, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 579 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that 50 % of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 588 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 600 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 20305, Member States shall have established a list a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants represents a risk for human health or the environment. Member States shall review that list every five years thereafter and update it if necessary.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 623 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e., urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 636 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20405, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 658 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that producers who place products containing any of the productsubstances listed in Annex III on the market have extended producer responsibility.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 675 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the full costs for complying with the requirements set out in Article 8, including the costs forthe operating expenses of the quaternary treatment of urban wastewater to remove micro- pollutants resulting from the products and their residues they place on the market, for the monitoring of micro- pollutants referred to in Article 21(1), point (a); and
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 682 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) other costs requirlated to exercise their extended producer responsibilityquaternary treatment of urban waste water.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 708 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the quantity of the product they place on the market is below 2 tonnes per year;deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 718 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the quantity of the productsubstances they place on the market is below 2 tonnes per year;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 722 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the productsubstances they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life that present a risk for the environment.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 730 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. On the basis of the state of scientific and technical knowledge, there is no alternative and equivalent design which does not generate micro-pollutants, and where the benefits of the product to society outweigh the risks.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 740 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When applying extended producer responsibility, Member States shall take into account the technical feasibility and economic viability and the overall environmental, human health and social impacts, respecting the need to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and considering the consequences for critical sectors and products. In case the extended producer responsibility fees would compromise the accessibility, availability and affordability of essential products, Member States shall ensure that fee reductions are applied and may establish alternative sources to cover the costs of quaternary treatment operations. The Member State wishing to use an alternative source shall communicate the proposed alternative to the European Commission.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 749 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish national- level extended producer responsibility organisations and ensure that producers referred to in paragraph 1 exercise their extended producer responsibility collectively by adhering to athe national producer responsibility organisation.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 757 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the annual quantities of the producmicro- pollutants listed in Annex III that they place on the market in the context of their professional activity;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 765 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) information on the hazardousness of the producmicro-pollutants referred to in point (i) in the wastewaters at the end of their life as defined by their hazardousness index in Annex III;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 776 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) when relevant, a list of micro- pollutants in their products exonerated in accordance with paragraph 2;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 781 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) the annual sales value of the products identified according to the procedure set in Article 9(1) that they place on the market in the context of their professional activity;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 782 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the producers referred to in paragraph 1 are required to contribute financially to the producer responsibility organisations in order to cover the costs as defined by Article 9(1), point (a), arising from their extended producer responsibility;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 784 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) each producer’s contribution, as referred to in point (b), is transparently determined based on the relative quantities and hazardouness in the wastewaters of the productsin the wastewaters of the micro-pollutants in the products, corrected by their respective hazardousness index, and the annual sales value that are placed on the market;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 796 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States should ensure that costs of the operations for the quaternary treatment of urban waste water to remove micro-pollutants are subject to annual independent audits, including to assess the costs which shall be covered by the extended producer responsibility.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 807 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any producer responsibility organisation established under Article 9(4):
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 809 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) has a clearly defined geographical coverage coherent with the requirements set out in Article 8;deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 820 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Where, in the territory of a Member State, there are multiple producer responsibility organisations, the Member State concerned shall appoint at least one body independent of private interests or entrust a public authority to oversee the implementation.deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 843 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by 31 December 20235 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and the collecting systems connected to them;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 859 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by 31 December 20340 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. and the collecting systems connected to them.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 866 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the total annual energy from renewable sources, as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, producgenerated at national level byon- and off-site urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above by their owners or their operators, or bought from external sources, is equivalent to at least:
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 883 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 50 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20340;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 895 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 75 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20345;
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 909 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 100 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20450.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 922 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The renewable energy above will be considered for the energy neutrality balance irrespective of whether it is used on or off-site urban wastewater treatment plants.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1212 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 27 to amend paragraph 2 and Annex VI by updating the information to be provided to the public online and to the persons connected to collecting systems in order to adapt these requirements to technical progress and the availability of data in the field.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1217 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may adopt implementing acts specifying the format and the methods of presenting the information to be provided in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1248 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – 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
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1275 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) an analyse of the possible need to adapt the list of productsubstances to be covered by extended producer responsibility to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market, improved knowledge on the presence of micro-pollutants in wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data resulting from the new monitoring obligations on micro-pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants.
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1313 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III
LIST OF PRODUCTS COVERED BY EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY 1. Medicinal products for human use falling within the scope of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council80. 2. Cosmetic products falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products81. _________________ 80 Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67–128). 81 Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59– 209).deleted
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1316 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1
LIST OF PRODUCTSUBSTANCES COVERED BY EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1320 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1 a (new)
Part A - List of detailed criteria to identify micropollutants for the implementation of the definition set in Article 2(16)
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1321 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1 b (new)
Part B - List of substances covered by extended producer responsibility on the basis of the criteria laid down in Part A Nr. Substance name CAS Nr Hazardousness Index (relative contribution to toxicity of Three-Stage UWWTP effluent)
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1322 #

2022/0345(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1 c (new)
List of detailed criteria on the uniform application of the condition laid down in Article 9 paragraph 2, point (b)
2023/05/10
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 154 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Chemical safety is a recognised element of product sustainability. It is based on chemicals’ intrinsic hazards to health or the environment in combination with specific or generic exposure, and is addressed by chemicals legislation, such as Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council58, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council59, Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council60, Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council61 and Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council62. This Regulation shouldmust not enable the restriction of substances based on chemical safety, as done under other Union legislation. Similarly, this Regulation should not enable the restriction of substances for reasons related to food safety. Union law on chemicals and food, however, does not allow addressing, through restrictions on certain substances, impacts on sustainability that are unrelated to chemical safety or food safety. To overcome this limitation, this Regulation should allow, under certain conditions, for the restriction, primarily for reasons other than chemical or food safety, of substances present in products or used that negatively affect products’ sustainability. Such restrictions should be assessed according their manufacturing processes which negatively affect products’ sustainabilityo proportionality criteria, taking into account the actual environmental impact of the substance in the finished product placed on the market, the availability of alternatives and the effectiveness of the product itself. This Regulation also should not result in the duplication or replacement of restrictions of substances covered by Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council63, which has as its objective the protection of human health and the environment, including the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste from electrical and electronic equipment. __________________ 58 Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 4). 59 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). 60 Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59). 61 Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176). 62 Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys (OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1). 63 Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88).
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 165 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) To improve environmental sustainability of products, information requirements should relate to a selected product parameter inherent to the product aspect, such as the product’s environmental footprint or its durability. They may require manufacturer to make available information on the product’s performance in relation to a selected product parameter or other information that may influence the way the product is handled by parties other than the manufacturer in order to improve performance in relation to such a parameter. Such information requirements should be set either in addition to, or in place of, performance requirements on the same product parameter as appropriate. Where a delegated act includes information requirements, it should indicate the method for making the required information available, such as its inclusion on a free-access website, product passport or product label. Information requirements are necessary to lead to the behavioural change needed to ensure that the environmental sustainability objectives of this Regulation are achieved. By providing a solid basis for purchasers and public authorities to compare products on the basis of their environmental sustainability, information requirements are expected to drive consumers and public authorities towards more sustainable choices.deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 190 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) The information requirements set under this Regulation should include the requirement to make available a product passport. The product passport is an important tool for making information available to actors along the entire value chain and the availability of a product passport should significantly enhance end- to-end traceability of a product throughout its value chain. Among other things, the product passport should help consumers make informed choices by improving their access to product information relevant to them, allow economic operators other value chain actors such as repairers or recyclers to access relevant information, and enable competent national authorities to perform their duties. To this end, the product passport should not replace but complement non-digital forms of transmitting information, such as information in the product manual or on a label. In addition, it should be possible for the product passport to be used for information on other sustainability aspects applicable to the relevant product group pursuant to other Union legislation. The design of the digital product passport must also factor in ease of use for businesses, especially SMEs.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 209 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) To deliver in the most efficient way on the European Green Deal’s objectives and to address the most impactful products first, the Commission should carry out a prioritisation of products to be regulated under this Regulation and requirements that will apply to them. Based on the process followed for prioritisation under Directive 2009/125/EC, the Commission should adopt a working plan, covering at least 35 years, laying down a list of product groups for which it plans to adopt delegated acts as well as the product aspects for which it intends to adopt delegated acts of horizontal application. TIn prioritising, the Commission should consider in particular those product groups identified in this Regulation, and base its prioritisation on a set of criteria pertaining in particular to the delegated acts’ potential contribution to the Union climate, environmental and energy objectives and their potential for improving the product aspects selected without disproportionate costs to the public and economic operators. Considering their importance for meeting the Union’s energy objectives, the working plans should include an adequate share of actions related to energy-related products. Member States and stakeholders should also be consulted through the Ecodesign Forum. Due to the complementarities between this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 for energy-related products, the timelines for the working plan under this Regulation and the one provided for under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 should be aligned.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 248 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 86
(86) In order to incentivise consumers to make sustainable choices, in particular when the more sustainable products are not affordable enough, mechanisms such as eco-vouchers and green taxation should be provided for. Incentives should also be provided for the repair, reuse and recovery of products already placed on the market. When Member States decide to make use of incentives to reward the best- performing products among those for which classes of performance have been set by delegated acts pursuant to this Regulation, they should do so by targeting those incentives at the highest two populated classes of performance, unless otherwise indicated by the relevant delegated act. However, Member States should not be able to prohibit the placing on the market of a product based on its class of performance. For the same reason, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by further specifying which product parameters or related levels of performance Member States’ incentives concern in case no class of performance is determined in the applicable delegated act or where classes of performance are established in relation to more than one product parameter. The introduction of Member State incentives should be without prejudice to the application of the Union State aid rules.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 269 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the presence of substances of concern in final products;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 293 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) energy carriers within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and Directive 2009/30/EC.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 299 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘intermediateunfinished product’ or ‘semi-finished product’ means a product that requires further manufacturing or transformationprocessing such as mixing, coating or assembling to make it suitable for end- users;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 344 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) ‘Product Environmental Footprint method’ means the life cycle assessment method to quantify the environmental impacts of products established by Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 or on the basis of other internationally-recognised standards;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 360 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point b – indent 6
— chronic hazard to the aquatic environment categories 1 to 42,
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 363 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point b – indent 9
— specific target organ toxicity – single exposure categories 1 and 2; ordeleted
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 378 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 28 – point c
(c) negatively affects the re-use and recycling of materials in the product in which it is present;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 476 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
When establishing ecodesign requirements in delegated acts referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall grant economic operators sufficient time to adjust to the new requirements, taking into special consideration any impact on micro-enterprises and SMEs or on specific product groups mainly manufactured by SMEs. The Commission shall also supplement this Regulation by specifying the applicable conformity assessment procedures from among the modules set out in Annex IV to this Regulation and Annex II to Decision No 768/2008/EC, with the adaptations necessary in view of the product or ecodesign requirements concerned, in accordance with Article 36.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 570 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a – point ii
(ii) relevant Union legislation, including the extent to which it addresses the relevant product aspects listed in paragraph 1, to ensure harmonisation and avoid duplication or overlaps of regulation;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 601 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) there shall be no disproportionate negative impact on the competitiveness of economic actors, at leastnd especially of micro-enterprises and of SMEs;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 611 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point f
(f) there shall be no disproportionate administrative or financial burden on manufacturers or other economic actors.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 619 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The Commission shallmay, where appropriate, requireest supply chain actors, based on the specific characteristics of the product groups concerned, to:
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 621 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) provide, upon request, manufacturers, notified bodies and competent national authorities with available information related to their supplies or services that is relevant in order to verify compliance with ecodesign requirements;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 624 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall, where appropriate and based on the specific characteristics of the product groups concerned, identify appropriate means of verification for specific ecodesign requirements, including directly on the product or on the basis of the technical documentation. Verification procedures must not entail any additional administrative burdens for actors in the supply chain.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 675 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
The information requirements referred to in paragraph 1 shall enable the tracking of all substances of concern throughout the life cycle ofof relevance within products, unless such tracking is already enabled by another delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 covering the products concerned, and shall include at least the following:
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 687 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) if relevant, the location of the substances of concern within the product;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 696 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) establish which substances fall under the definition in Article 2(28), point (c), and are of relevance for the purposes of the product groups covered; the assessment of relevance should be based on horizontal criteria established in dialogue with stakeholders.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 704 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) lay down deadlines for the entry into application of the information requirements referred to in the first subparagraph, using a step-by-step approach, with possible differentiation between substances; and
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 709 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) provide exemptions for substances of concern or information elements from the information requirements referred to in the first subparagraph.deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 713 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Exemptions referred to in the second subparagraph, point (c), may be provided based on the technical feasibility or relevance of tracking substances of concernSubstances of concern should be selected and reported on the basis of scientific evidence, technical feasibility, in terms of circularity for the specific product group, the need to protect confidential business information and in other duly justified cases.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 719 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Substances of concern falling under the definition in Article 2(28), point (a), shall not be exempted from the information requirement referred to in the first subparagraph if they are present in the relevant products, their main components or spare parts in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 758 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the actors that shall have access to information in the product passport and to what information they shall have access, including customers, end-users, manufacturers, importers and distributors, dealers, repairers, including independent repairers, remanufacturers, recyclers, competent national authorities, public interest organisations and the Commission, or any organisation acting on their behalf;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 843 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) consumers, economic operators, repairers, including independent repairers, collection and reuse operators, waste management operators and other relevant actors shall have free access, at no cost, to the product passport based on their respective access rights set out in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 885 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt and regularly update a working plan, covering a period of at least 35 years, setting out a list of product groups for which it intends to establish ecodesign requirements in accordance with this Regulation. That list shall include products aspects referred to in Article 5(1) for which the Commission intends to adopt horizontal ecodesign requirements established pursuant to Article 5(2), second subparagraph.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 923 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the market share in terms of volume of the signatories to the self-regulation measure in relation to the products covered by that measure is at least 850 % of units placed on the market or put into service;
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 945 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
In addition, without prejudice to applicable State aid rules, such measures mayshall include:
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 948 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) Financial support to facilitate the participation of SMEs and their representatives in standardisation bodies and in the Ecodesign Forum referred to in Article 17.
2023/01/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1061 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member State incentives shall also relate to the promotion of the repair, re- use and recovery of products. Such incentives shall be aimed at consumers who use authorised or independent producers or repairers to carry out certain work to repair or recover goods instead of replacing them.
2023/01/23
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1102 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) use of substances, on their own, as constituents of substances or in mixtures, during the production process of products, or leading to their presence in products, including once these products become waste;deleted
2023/01/23
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1103 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) use of substances, on their own, as constituents of substances or in mixtures, dur present ing the production process of products, or leading to their presence in products, including once these products become wasteend product that have a measurable negative effect on its sustainability;
2023/01/23
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 1109 #

2022/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) use or content of recycled materials as defined in other applicable European legislative specifications for products;
2023/01/23
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 131 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Physical products that obtain, generate or collect, by means of their components, data concerning their performance, use or environment and that are able to communicate that data via a publicly available electronic communications service (often referred to as the Internet of Things) should be covered by this Regulation. Electronic communications services include land- based telephone networks, television cable networks, satellite-based networks and near-field communication networks. Such products may include vehicles, home equipment and consumer goods, medical and health devices or agricultural and industrial machinery. The data represent the digitalisation of user actions and events and should accordingly be accessible to the user, while information derived or inferred from this data, where lawfully held, should not be considered within scope of this Regulation. This means that this Regulation only applies to raw data and its relevant metadata. Such data are potentially valuable to the user and support innovation and the development of digital and other services protecting the environment, health and the circular economy, in particular though facilitating the maintenance and repair of the products in question.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 139 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In contrast, certain products that are primarily designed to display or play content, or to record and transmit content, amongst others for the use by an online service should not be covered by this Regulation. Such products include, for example, personal computers, servers, tablets and smart phones, cameras, webcams, sound recording systems and text scanners. They require human input to produce various forms of content, such as text documents, sound files, video files, games, digital maps. Overall, existing contracts governing data sharing should be exempted from this Regulation.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) It is necessary to lay down rules applying to connected products that, at the time of the sale, rental or leasing agreement incorporate or are interconnected with a service in such a way that the absence of the service would prevent the product from performing itsone of its main functions. Such related services can be part of the sale, rent or lease agreement, or such services are normally provided for products of the same type and the user could reasonably expect them to be provided given the nature of the product and taking into account any public statement made by or on behalf of the seller, renter, lessor or other persons in previous links of the chain of transactions, including the manufacturer. These related services may themselves generate data of value to the user independently of the data collection capabilities of the product with which they are interconnected. Neither the power supply nor the supply of the connectivity are to be interpreted as related services under this Regulation. This Regulation should also apply to a related service that is not supplied by the seller, renter or lessor itself, but is supplied, under the sales, rental or lease contract, by a third party. In the event of doubt as to whether the supply of service forms part of the sale, rent or lease contract, this Regulation should apply. For the sake of legal certainty, electronic communication services are not in scope.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Before concluding a contract for the purchase, rent, or lease of a product or the provision of a related service, clear and sufficient information should be provided by the data holder to the user on how the data generated may be accessed. This obligation provides transparency over the data generated and enhances the easy access for the user. This obligation to provide information does not affect the obligation for the controller to provide information to the data subject pursuant to Article 12, 13 and 14 of Regulation 2016/679.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 399 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) ‘non-personal data’ means data other than personal data as defined in point (1) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 403 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
(1 d) "metadata" as defined in Data Governance Act European Commission proposal Article 2 means data collected on any activity of a natural or legal person for the purposes of the provision of a data sharing service, including the date , time and geolocation data, duration of activity, connections to other natural or legal persons established by the person who uses the service;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 408 #

2022/0047(COD)

(1 e) "diagnostic data" means data that is the product of diagnostics functions or algorithms which provide information on the correct functioning and performance of the product and potential malfunctions;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 409 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
(1 b) ‘raw data’ means data in the form and format in which they are generated or collected directly from a source and not processed in any way;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 410 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
(1 c) "falsified data" are data that have been edited, added, removed or whose results and / or data sets have been altered in order to make them artfully available to the media, States or communities of people to induce them to behave or act in an erroneous manner. In this context, also the partial exposure of data, deliberately carried out with the aim of providing a misleading picture of reality, is configured as falsified data.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 422 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘related service’ means a digital service, including software, which is incorporated in orbut excluding electronic communication services (ECS), which is at the time of the purchase, rental or leasing agreement, inter- connected with a product in such a way that its absence would prevent the product from performing one of its core functions;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 433 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘user’ means a natural or legal person that owns, rents or leases a product or receives a servicesrelated service from the data holder;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 442 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘data holder’ means a legal or natural person who de facto holds, controls and is able to grant access to the data, and who has the right or obligation, in accordance with this Regulation, applicable Union law or national legislation implementing Union law, or in the case of non-personal data and through control of the technical design of the product and related services, the ability, to make available certain data;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 457 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘public emergency’ means an exceptional situation negativesuch as major public health emergencies, emergencies resulting from major natural disasters, negatively and suddenly affecting the population of the Union, a Member State or a major part of it, with a risk of serious and lasting repercussions on living conditions or economic stability, or the substantial and immediate degradation of economic assets in the Union or the relevant Member State(s), and as determined according to the respective procedures in the Member States or of relevant international organisations;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 532 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) The user may grant or withdraw at any time consent for the data holder to the use of their data or to the third party nominated by the data holder (opt out).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 554 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The manufacturer shall have the right to access easily and securely the data generated by the use of the products it sells, rents or leases to users that are legal persons.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 565 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Where data cannot be directly accessed by the user from the product, the data holder shall make available to the user the raw data generated by its use of a product or related service without undue delay, free of charge and, where applicable, continuously and in real-time. This shall be done on the basis of a simple request through electronic means where technically feasible.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 576 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Trade secrets shall only be disclosed provided that all specific necessary measures are taken to preservehe data holder shall be under no obligation to share data theat confidentiality of trade secrets in particular with respect to third parties. The data holder and thstitute, or allow conclusions about trade user can agree measures to preserve the confidentiality of the shared data, in particular in relation tocrets of the data holder or third parties.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 612 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Upon request by a user, or by a party acting on behalf of a user, the data holder shall make available the data generated by the use of a product or related service to a third party, that has a registered seat in the European Union, without undue delay, free of charge to the user, of the same quality as is available to the data holder and, where applicable and technically feasible, continuously and in real-time.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 658 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) make the data available it receives to another third party, in raw, aggregated or derived form, unless this is necessary to provide the service requested by the user; the third party should have a registered seat in the European Union.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 763 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Upon request, a data holder shall make data available to a public sector body or to a Union institution, agency or body demonstrating an exceptional need and a public emergency to use the data requested.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 774 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where the data requested is necessary to respond to a public emergency;, meaning a public health crisis, a major natural disaster or a man- made disaster.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 810 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) specify what data are required;a. establish that it is acting as the single public sector body in charge of requesting data, authorized to this end by Union or Member State law as per Article 14(1) of this Regulation; b. specify what data are required; c. demonstrate the exceptional need for which the data are requested; d. explain the purpose of the request, the intended use of the data requested, and the duration of that use; e. specify the deadline by which the data are to be made available or within which the data holder may request the public sector body, Union institution, agency or body to modify or withdraw the request; f. submit a declaration on the lawful and secure handling of the data received; g. specify the names of the third parties it intends to share the obtained data with pursuant to paragraph 4.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 812 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) demonstrate the exceptional need for which the data are requesdeleted;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 815 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) explain the purpose of the request, the intended use of the data requested, and the duration of that use;deleted
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 819 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) state the legal basis for requesting the data;deleted
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 821 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) specify the deadline by which the data are to be made available or within which the data holder may request the public sector body, Union institution, agency or body to modify or withdraw the request.deleted
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 862 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body requests, transmits or makes data available under this paragraph, it shall notify the data holder from whom the data was received.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 868 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The data request cannot concern data already available within the public sector domain.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 871 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. A data holder receiving a request for access to data under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body where possible without undue delay, taking into account provision of time for the necessary technical, organizational, and legal measures.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 910 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Disclosure of trade secrets or alleged trade secrets to a public sector body or to a Union institution, agency or body shall only be required to the extent that it is strictly necessary to achieve the purpose of the request. In such a case, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body shall take appropriate measures to preserve the confidentiality of those trade secrets. and issue a statement declaring: a. the purpose for which trade secrets would be used b. the way the trade secrets would contribute to the achievement of such purpose c. the detailed measures that would be taken to protect them.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 919 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Data made available to respond to a public emergency pursuant to Article 15, point (a), shall be provided free of charge.in exchange for compensation not exceeding the technical and organisational costs incurred related to making the data available to the public sector body including, where applicable, the costs of anonymisation and pseudonymization and of other necessary technical adaptations;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 926 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Where the data holder claims compensation for making data available in compliance with a request made pursuant to Article 15, points (b) or (c), such compensation shall not exceedmust ensure fair compensation on investments made and cover the technical and organisational costs incurred to comply with the request including, where necessary, the costs of anonymisation and pseudonymization of technical adaptation, plus a reasonable margin. Upon request of the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body requesting the data, the data holder shall provide information on the basis for the calculation of the costs and the reasonable margin.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 940 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The data holder shall make available the data used for the production of European Statistics included in the European Statistical Programme in order to meet the timely information needs of European citizens. 3. Individuals or organisations receiving the data pursuant to paragraph 1 and 2 shall act on a not-for-profit basis or in the context of a public-interest mission recognised in Union or Member State law. They shall not include organisations upon which commercial undertakings have a decisive influence or which could result in preferential access to the results of the research.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 944 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. 4. Individuals or organisations receiving the data pursuant to paragraph 1 shall comply with the provisions of Article 17(3) and Article 19.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 956 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) terminating, after a maximum notice period of 30 calendar days, the contractual agreement of the service, unless the contracting parties explicitly agree on a different notice period on a contractual basis and provided that both parties are able to influence its content;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1002 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Providers of data processing services shall take all reasonable technical, legal and organisational measures, including contractual arrangements, in order to prevent international transfer or governmental access to non-personal data held in the Union where such transfer or access would create a conflict with Union law or the national law of the relevant Member State; when such transfer or access poses a concrete risk to the fundamental rights of individuals, the national security or defence interests of Member States, the protection of commercially sensitive data, including trade secrets, intellectual property rights and contractual undertakings regarding confidentiality, without prejudice to paragraph 2 or 3.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1012 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. If the conditions in paragraph 2 or 3 are met, the provider of data processing services shall provide the minimum amount of data permissible in response to a request, based on a reasonablen interpretation thereof by the relevant competent body or authority.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1040 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission may, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, request one or more European standardisation organisations to draft harmonised standards that satisfy the essential requirements under paragraph 1 of this Article. When drafting the European standards, such organizations should, whenever possible, take into account the standards, good practices, norms, technical specifications and relevant opensource norms which already exist.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1142 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall develop and recommend non-binding model contractual terms on data access and use to assist parties in drafting and negotiating contracts with balanced contractual rights and obligations. Such contractual terms shall be in line with Fair, Reasonable and Non- Discriminatory (FRAND) principles.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1160 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from [124 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 44 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU has been respondingis trying to respond effectively to the challenges of environmental degradation, climate change and the increasing scarcity of natural resources with far-reaching and ambitious political endeavours such as the European Green Deal, which is driving theabout to start on its quest for renewal and innovation;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 52 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas culture is a strategic sector for the EU which helps to bolster its economy, to enable us to live better together among ourselves and with other peoples and to build democratic and free societies, and yet unfortunately has been one of the areas hardest hit by the measures put in place to address the pandemic;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 68 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas architecture, urban and territorial planning, design, the arts, sociology and engineering are complementary and instrumental for building an inclusive societycan work effectively to become complementary and possibly also important for building an inclusive society with a higher rate of widespread well-being;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 78 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas building a better futurefuture in the medium and long term that enables all citizens to live a life of greater well-being starts with quality basic education and continues with affordable and effective ongoing professional training; whereas access to quality education is a fundamental right for all citizens;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 94 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas cultural heritage is increasingly impacted by climate and social change, and environmental and cultural degradation;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 116 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the historic Bauhaus movement createdontributed to creating a paradigm shift in design, architecture and the arts which delivered radical innovationincorporated elements of radical innovation into the context of the moment and reflected truesignificant cultural and social changes in a progressiven artistic and educational context that aimed to achieve socio-economic progress;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 132 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative and emphasises that it must primarily focus on improving the quality of people’s lives by transformingrationalising, where added value can be achieved and where there are no factors preventing its implementation, the spaces, buildings, cities and territories in which they live;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 146 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the NEB as a creativeneed for the NEB to be a creative, efficient and interdisciplinary initiative which brings together architecture, design, the arts and science at the forefront of EU policies for the first time, making the European Green Deal a tangible, positive and inclusive experience for alln experience that is tangible, positive from all points of view and inclusive for citizens and businesses;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 159 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Reaffirmcalls that the NEB has the potential to rebetter shape the way policies are conceived and to define a range of scenarios for the environment of the future by meeting the need for spaces also adapted to new ways of life;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 169 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the NEB must be accessible, affordable and profitable, socially fair and inclusive and must make it possible to actively involve EU citizens and community-based organisations in a bottom-up way – from project design to roll-out and evaluation – while avoiding any elitist approachethus ensuring the active participation of local authorities and small territories while avoiding any elitist approaches and inefficiency across the entire process;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 184 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that this innovative cultural movement has the potentialambition to position Europe as among the global frontrunners in the area of architecture, design, culture, technology and energy efficiency by promoting ways of living better together with sustainable costs both in the purchase phase and over the life cycle of the dwelling, which can also be applied beyond the EU;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 210 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to raise awarenesstudy these opportunities more and more in order to improve their effective application, spread information and raise awareness among citizens and businesses about this initiative and to improve the coordination between all levels of governance, which should have equitable access to opportunities and funding;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 223 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Commission to develop and implement specific initiatives aimed at providing technical assistance to small municipalities that do not have the necessary capacity or expertise to implement their own projects related to the new Bauhaus initiative;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 233 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Requests that the Commission clarify the general criteria for the selection and ongoing evaluation of the projects that will be on the list of NEB projects and for the allocation of funds, in particular:
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 244 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 3
- creating new jobs and business opportunities, which are both stable and of significant economic value;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 251 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 4
- securing accessibility, medium to long-term sustainability and affordability;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 261 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 6
- involving the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI), particularly small and medium-sized cultural enterprises, including cultural creators;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 265 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 7
- linking the NEB to the indicators of the 2030 Agenda and core European valuesvalues of our society;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 268 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
- the creation of net economic value within the local areas where the project is implemented:
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 281 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to make the principles of the NEB an integral part of allthe relevant future legislation that it considers will benefit from these principles;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 284 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls, in addition, for specific criteria to be developed for the relevant sectors, in particular construction and architecture, energy, mobility, design, tourism, education and skills, crafts, and the arts, and calls for these criteria to be reviewed regularly to ensure the continued effectiveness they are required to provide through their application in the sectors identified;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 301 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the lack of clarity on funding for the NEB from 2023 onwards; calls for the Horizon Europe Regulation to be amendeddiscussed again during the mid-term revision of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) in ordto determine whether to create an NEB mission funded with EUR 500 million; underlines thatand, where necessary, how it should be funded; asks the Commission to analyse whether the programme shouldmust also be supported by other relevant programmes in ordercase it is necessary to generate additional impact;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 306 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to table a proposal as soon as possible to make the NEB, within a scale of priorities redefined also by factors external to the planned project, to determine whether the NEB should be an EU programme by the next MFF; insists that, if it is necessary, this will require freshinancial resources with a dedicated and stable budget line; underlines that this new programme must not reduce funding for other programmes nor divert focus from their agreed political priorities and those that emerge along the way as a result of external factors;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 322 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to develop a clear, effective and efficient plan for attracting public and private investment; encourages the Member States to allocate what they consider to be adequate funding to the NEB through their recovery and resilience plans and the European structural and investment funds;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 330 #

2021/2255(INI)

14. Calls on the Commission to set up an evidence-based monitoring and evaluation mechanism that is constantly updated, including at the request of citizens, which should continuously review all NEB activities and report regularly to Parliament and the Council; expects to receive the first monitoring report in 2022;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 344 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the NEB movement should promote moreesent more financially sustainable, socially inclusive and innovativeefficient ways of life based on new models of planning, constructing and inhabiting our built environment in order to suit emergingcurrent needs and help to ensure decentcomfortable housing for all;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 366 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to draw up innovative educationaltraining curricula for the development of spatial skills and to integrate green and digital skills within higher education and lifelong learning, which will also help to deliverround off the European Skills Agenda; calls for the EU to promoteesent the effectiveness and efficiency of such endeavours; calls on the Commission to makepresent mobility opportunities an integrs an additional part of the NEB;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 379 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Member States and the Commission to integrate all aspects of the knowledge triangle – innovation, research and education – by promoting partnerships between universities, scientific secondary schools, research organisations and industry, including the relevant small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), in close cooperation with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the Joint Research Centre;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 385 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that the NEB could support energy security and efficiency by encouraging investment and incentivising low-tech, low-energy solusolutions that reflect an efficient use of raw materials and efficient energy consumptions and could facilitatesupport the digital transition by improving connectivity to mitigate the digital divide; underlines the importance of effectively implementing in design practice the principles of the NEB in fighting energy poverty through innovativeeffective and efficient solutions for the building, construction, industrial and materials sectors;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 402 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to usinclude the NEB in programmes to better protecteserve Europe’s rich and historic cultural heritage from the impact of various external factors, such as climate change;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 423 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to effectively connect the NEB to the Renovation Wave, taking advantage of the innovativebest solutions that the project offers in the comprehensive renovation of our building stock, including with regard to energy efficiency;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 431 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to consider the NEB as an opportunity for the re-use, development and safeguarding of buildings, villages and historic centres;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 438 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the possible creation of an NEB label based on clear criteria applied in an inclusive and effective way in order to recognise projects and products for achieving key NEB goals and help them get access to funding; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU funding schemes create incentives to apply for the label; calls for market uptake of the label to be explorea careful exploration, including presentation of the figures to all stakeholders, of the scenarios to which uptake of the label in the different markets inside and outside the Union could lead;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 453 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights that the NEB shcould embracealso draw on the potential of the CCSI, particularly small and medium-sized cultural enterprises, including cultural creators, as drivepossible contributors tof economic growth and innovative, high- quality services and products;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 470 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the future NEB lab to make innovative recommendationsissue effective and efficient guidance, to collaborate with other institutions, national and regional governments, with local bodies and stakeholders and to establish clear operating and reporting rules in line with the initiative and rules on possible responses if projects are not in line with the comprehensive sustainability principles laid down;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 483 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to create a publicly accessible database of NEB projects, that is regularly updated, with clear data demonstrating the impact of the initiatives on the regions, to make the results of the initiative more visible and to further develop the NEB based on best practices;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 490 #

2021/2255(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for the communication efforts of the NEB to be enhanced in order to stimulate EU citizens’ knowledge of and interest provide opportunities to EU citizens and businesses concerning the initiative, in particular through participatory public and private-sector outreach activities and a platform providing information, best practices and educationaltraining content;
2022/05/02
Committee: ITRECULT
Amendment 2 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses concern about the number of petitions setting out cases of discrimination; in this context, stresses that discrimination remains one of the most serious and unacceptable threats to fundamental rights and that it has no place in any aspect of life; regrets the fact that the proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426) (the ‘horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive’) remains blocked in the Council, and calls on the Commission to propose new anti-discrimination legislation; calls, therefore, on the Member States to effectively tackle every alleged case of discrimination and to deal with it in accordance with EU and national law;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 16 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that particular attention should be paid to the principle of non- discrimination anchored in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’) and stresses that this provision must be duly respected; calls, therefore, on the CommissionMember States to further develop a rigorous mechanism for a regularn assessment of the situation of fundamental rights, and, in particular, the right to non- discrimination, as it constitutes one of the most frequently violated rights;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 18 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that LGBTI people face some of the biggest challenges as far as fundamental rightStresses that the right to life and physical integrity, as well as afre concerned, and, in particular, the right to non- discrimination; stresses that the right of a person to self-determination of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity is inviolable; highlights that in spite of the progress madedom of belief, freedom of conscience, freedom of art and of expression, and the inviolability of private property are in crecent years wiasingly under th regard to LGBTI acceptance, the situation of LGBTI people in the EU remains critical, as they continue to be the targets of discriminationat; affirms that all people are equal in front of the law;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 27 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission, in the light of the increase in the number of cases of discrimination on various grounds, in particular of a person’s sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, to ensure that the Charter to ensure that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is upheld and adhered to, using allthe legal instruments provided for; calls on the Commission and the Fundamental Rights Agency to work together to raise awareness about the problem, in order to guarantee equality for all EU citizens;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 36 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of the child’s best interests in cross-border family litigation; emphasises the importance of close cooperation and efficient communication between the different national and local authorities involved in child custody proceedings; calls on the Member States to introduce non- discriminatory monitoring and evaluation systems for child-related cases, which ensure full respect for the fundamental rights of the child, particularly the principle of the best interests of the child; calls on the Member States to respect the right of children to see their parents in spite of theany restrictive measures linked to the pandemic, as long as this does not endanger the children’s safety and healthwell- being;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 41 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to uphold the fundamental rights of refugees and migrants; emphasises that they are one of the most vulnerable groups in society and need support for their basic needs according to the Geneva Refugee Convention;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the CommissionMember States to ensure specifically that all refugee camps and asylum accommodations meet the basic needs of refugees and provide them with a basic standard of living, thereby observing the principle of respect for human dignity; calls on the Member States to work closely with the Commission and to strictly follow the Commission’s guidelines in order to ensure sufficient protection of the fundamental rights of asylum seekers;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 50 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that more progress is needed with regard to the safeguarding of refugees’ fundamental rights, especially in the light of the evolving migrant movements, as stipulated by treaty in the Geneva Refugee Convention; in this context, urges the CommissionMember States to develop further approaches guaranteeing respect for fundamental rights, specifically those of asylum seekers; clarifying that asylum - per definition - is limited to a certain period of time; offering refugees to return to their countries of origin as soon as the reason for asylum ceases to exist;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 61 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic adopted by many of the Member States have interfered with the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Union’s legal order, such as the freedom of movement of persons, including travelling within the EU and within countries, the freedom of expression and information, and the right to privacy and data protection, especially in relation to public health and measures taken in order to safeguard it; stresses that the measures taken to contain the pandemic must be in accordance with the rules and principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the constitutions of the Member States;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 69 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with regret the high number of petitions concerning emergency quarantine measures that have been adopted by several Member States as a result of the pandemic and which may have restricted citizens’ rights and freedoms, such as the freedom of expression and information, the freedom of assembly and of association, and the freedom of movement and of residence; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to effectively tackle COVID-19-related discrimination, hate speech and racism against ethnic minority groups, migrants and refugees, or people with a migrant background;
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 78 #

2021/2186(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Points to the petitions criticising travel restrictions, especially for couples living in different countries; highlights the importance of individual freedom and of the respect for private and family life.
2022/02/21
Committee: PETI
Amendment 2 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the important role of the Committee on Petitions in identifying and flagging possible breaches of the rule of law, taking into account the numerous petitions received from citizens concerned about breaches of the rule of law in several Member States; strongly believes that full protection of all EU citizens can only be ensured throughout the Union if allthe Member States comply with all principles of the rule of law;
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 16 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that judicial accountability and prosecutorial and judicial independence are crucial components of the rule of law; calls on the Commission to enforce these core EU values when they are infringed by Member States in order to increase citizens’ trust in the judiciary;
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 24 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the high amount of petitions1 in relation to the impact and challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic; calls for an investigation into whether COVID-19-related measures were limited in time and whether their necessity and proportionality was justified; requests an assessment of the checks and balances between the legislative, executive and judicial branches during the pandemic, especially given that courts in several Member States have already ruled that certain measures were not consistent with the national constitution; underlines the need to have a clear legal regime in place before a crisis;essentiality of separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branches. _________________ 1 Petitions No 1438/2020, 1469/2020, 1493/2020, 1501/2020, 0038/2021, 0046/2021, 0053/2021, 0106/2021, 0152/2021, 0186/2021 and 0533/2021.
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 30 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that emergency regimes and decree-laws were urgently instated by governments in several Member States because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that this has affected the functioning of the national justice systems and the activity of the courts; draws attention to the lack of participation and the non-involvement of national parliaments in the decision- making and the closure of parliaments during the pandemic, which has increased the power of governments and has led to a lack of accountability and transparency;
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 36 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to improve the effectiveness of the judicial system by developing the digitalisation process; analogue procedural processes must be available on an equal footing with digital options in order to meet accessibility and the expectations and needs of all citizens;
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 39 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the status of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, the close connections between public prosecutors and the governments (in particular the Public Prosecutor General/Minister of Justice) and the complete disregard for not only EU law requirements, but also European Convention on Human Rights and Polish Constitutional requirements2 ; is further concerned about the impartiality of the judiciary in Hungary3 and the independence of the judiciary in Spain4 ; _________________ 2 Petitions No 0559/2020, 1154/2020, 1246/2020, 1360/2020 and 0869/2021. 3 Petition No 1512/2020. 4 Petitions No 1180/2020, 1182/2020, 1326/2020, 1367/2020, 1561/2020 and 0353/2021.some Member States; therefore calls for impartiality and independence of the judiciary in these Member States;
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 49 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the indispensability of enforcing court sentences, both at national and EU level; condemnsalls on all national and regionlocal governments on EU territorywithin the EU that refuse to follow judgments; emphasises that sentences of the Court of Justice of the European Union have to be implemented in a timely manner and as soon as possible in accordance with the Treaties, which the Member States agreed to comply with5 ; _________________ 5 Petition No 0858/2017.
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 64 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the fact that that the safety of journalists is not universally guaranteedguaranteed in a full manner; underlines the importance of media pluralism and the need to protect journalists against threats and attacks in order to assure freedom of expression, the freedom of speech and the right to information and safeguard the journalistic profession;
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 73 #

2021/2180(INI)

12. Draws attention to the need for better regulation and more transparency regarding social networking sites9 ; takes note of the insufficiency of the horizontal assessment of the media sector and the lack of representation of online media in the Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law report (COM(2121)700); _________________ 9 Petitions No 1336/2020, 0036/2021, 0137/2021, 0691/2021 and 0719/2021.deleted
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 80 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
13. Observes that fake news and the resultingobjectively, not ideologically, determined fake news and the resulting objectively, not ideologically, determined misinformation aimed at EU citizens are a threat to our EU democracies10 ; notes, however, that overly extensive control of false information and the increased promotion of disinformation campaigns may lead to a violation of Article 11(1) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights which guarantees the indivisible and important right to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authorities and regardless of borders according to the core principle of freedom of speech and expression11 ; _________________ 10 Petitions No 1310/2019, 0268/2020, 0743/2020 and 1293/2020. 11 Petition No 1336/2020.
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 87 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned about the increase in hate crimes against minorities, in particular those related to religious beliefs, political ideas and sexual orientation12 ; is aware of the difficult balance between hate speech and freedom of expression and acknowledges that the boundaries are hard to define;regrets that this increase in hate crimes is also seen in the context of uncontrolled mass migration from outside the EU; is aware of the difficult balance between hate speech and freedom of speech and expression, but recognises that the boundaries are already defined with laws on defamation of character, libel, slander, defamation of honour, contempt, etc. _________________ 12 Petitions No 0354/2020, 0657/2020, 1038/2020, 0471/2021, 0480/2021, 0667/2021, 0704/2021, 0725/2021, 0820/2021, 0855/2021 and 0894/2021.
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 92 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that the findings of the Rule of Law report shouldmight be operationalised in concrete policy actions and that the report shcould only serve conjointly with other instruments, such as infringement procedures, the procedures enshrined in the Conditionality Regulation13 , the rule of law framework and Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union; urges the Commission to use its tools more effectively and in a timely manner; asks the Commission to introduce deadlines for the recommendations based on the Rule of Law report; _________________ 13 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.
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 99 #

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that the role of civil society organisations is of particular importance; calls on the Commission to foster debates with civil society organisations in order to take note of all their concerns and involve them more effectively in follow-up meetings; highlights the need to offer longer consultation periods to guarantee proper participation of all civil society organisations.
2022/02/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 22 #

2021/2167(INI)

J. whereas the EU has planned a period of unprecedented levels of spending and investment under NextGenerationEU, which will also create significant links with the private sector, therefore making it even more crucial for the EU institutions to have a decision-making process founded on full transparency and on the most stringent ethical rules in order to prevent conflicts of interest and corruption cases;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to ensure full transparency on all details of the research into, and the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, by publishing non-redacted versions of the Advance Purchase Agreements and the Purchase Agreement and by making the disclosure of all details in future contracts concerning COVID-19 vaccines and COVID-19 technologies mandatory; emphasises that any lack of transparency in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic is at odds with citizens’ right to information and fuels disinformation and distrust;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 65 #

2021/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to refrain fromexercise the precautionary principle when it comes to approvinge ‘active substances’ used in pesticides in cases where critical areas of concern or no safe use have been identified, or when additional data confirming their safety is needed, given the already serious consequences which the use of pesticides has caused for human health and the environment;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 69 #

2021/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to ensure an approval process for ‘active substances’ in pesticides, which is fully transparent and free from conflicts of interest, committing to put an end to the use of all synthetic pesticides by 2035 at the latest, as well as immediately prohibiting the export of pesticides that have been banned in the EU and stopping the import of foodstuffs produced outside the EU using such unsafe chemicals; asks the Ombudsman to continue investigating the systems in place at EU level to make sure that the current policies and procedural safeguards in this field guarantee the highest levels of human health and environmental protection, and that the collection and examination of scientific evidence is fully transparent, accurate and free from conflicts of interest;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 76 #

2021/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly criticises the Commission for its failure to finalise the SIA before concluding the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations; underlines that this meantcould imply that the Commission concluded the negotiations without appropriate and updated information about the potential social, environmental and economic impacts of the proposed agreement and without properly taking into account the views of all stakeholders, which must represent an additional reason to stop the adoption of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 77 #

2021/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly criticises the Commission for its failure to finalise the SIA before concluding the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations; underlines that this meant that the Commission concluded the negotiations without appropriate and updated information about the potential social, environmental and economic impacts of the proposed agreement and without properly taking into account the views of all stakeholders, which must represent an additional reason to stopreconsider the adoption of the EU- Mercosur trade agreement;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 108 #

2021/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the adoption of the new Statute of the Ombudsman, whose provisions reinforce the Ombudsman’s role, adding further competences on areas related to whistleblowing, harassment and conflicts of interest; considers it of the utmost importance to allocate an increased budget to the Ombudsman, in order to provide her with the necessary resources to effectively handle her overall workload;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 109 #

2021/2167(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the adoption of the new Statute of the Ombudsman, whose provisions reinforce the Ombudsman’s role, adding further competences on areas related to whistleblowing, harassment and conflicts of interest; considers it of the utmost importancet to allocate an increased budget to the Ombudsman, in order to provide herprovide the Ombudsman with the necessary resources to effectively handle her overall workload;
2021/10/12
Committee: PETI
Amendment 7 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation to the democratic process; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy- making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 8 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions and grassroot movements on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to- access documents;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses, particularly SMEs, and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision- making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy- making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 12 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents and data;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 13 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that better regulation must be an interinstitutional effort, with Parliament and the Council also sharing responsibility; highlights the fact that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are the guiding principles of the EU when it chooses to actlegiferate; recalls, in that regard, Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides that the decisions at EU level shall be taken as openly and closely as possible to the citizens;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 20 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, as the committee most directly engaged with the public, that a democratic approach and political accountability remain the strongest control mechanisms in any constitutional democracy, including as well as in the EU;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 34 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in policy areas such as fundamental rights, respect for rule of law, and any form of discrimination against women, migrants and LGTBIQ persons;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 39 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governanceMember States' adaptation to a post- pandemic 'new normal', improve law- making and be more responsive to citizens’ concerns;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 42 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governance adapt to a post- pandemic ‘new normal’scenario, improve law- making and be more responsive to citizens’ concerns;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 45 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the important role played by Parliament as representative of the citizens of the EU, including in its oversight of and cooperation with the Commission and the other communitarian institutions on behalf of the public and in ensuring a bottom-up approach regarding the effects of legislation on citizens;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 48 #

2021/2166(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in improving Commission regulation; recalls that the Conference on the Future of Europe should be continuouseffectively improved in order for the citizens to communicate the real impacts of legislation at national, local and regional level and to make suggestions on how to achieve better law-making; notes that the Commission should develop new tools to give citizens direct access to and involvement in EU policy-making;
2021/12/17
Committee: PETI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas EUthe citizenship of a EU Member State is one of most tangible achievements of the EU and confers on EU citizens of a Member State a set of fundamental rights, including free movement in the EU, the right to participate in European democratic life and the right to be protected from discrimination;
2021/11/19
Committee: PETI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas PETI has received a considerable number of petitions raising concerns over the discrimination experienced by LGBTIQ persons in the EU in general, and rainbow familiehouseholds (i.e. families where at least one member is LGBTIQ) in particular, when exercising their freedom of movement in the EU, resulting in adverse consequences for the rights and interests of their children;
2021/11/19
Committee: PETI
Amendment 57 #

2021/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the many obstacles that rainbow familiehouseholds still face when they exercise their right to move to another Member State resulting from differences in national legal rules on the recognition of same-sex couples and of the parent-child relationship; urges the Commission and the Member States to implement the recommendations laid down in its resolution on LGBTIQ rights in the EU, including its call for the Commission to examine whether all Member States comply with the judgment of 5 June 2018 in case C-673/16, Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne17 and to include this judgment in the upcoming revision of the guidelines; _________________ 17 Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 5 June 2018, Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne, C-673/16, EU:C:2018:385.;
2021/11/19
Committee: PETI
Amendment 75 #

2021/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the announcement of the Commission to review the rules on consular protection; urges the Commission to ensure assistance for EU citizens of unrepresented Member States; stresses that Member States also issue travel documents to persons who are not their citizens such as stateless persons; deplores the fact that consular protection is in some cases only guaranteed to citizens and leaves stateless persons completely unprotected; urges the Commission and the Member States to include the right to consular protection for persons who are issued a travel document by a Member State even if they are not a citizen of that state;
2021/11/19
Committee: PETI
Amendment 84 #

2021/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls, furthermore, that the electoral rights of EU citizens living abroad is frequently the subject matter of petitions; is concerned that several Member States depriveset barriers to their citizens of their' right to vote in national parliamentary elections once they move to another EU country; believes that the disenfranchisement of EU citizens on the grounds of their residence abroad, along with the non-recognition of their right to vote in national elections in the country of residence, hinders the freedom of movement and results in the denial of the fundamental right to political participation; highlights that several Member States have disenfranchised long- term residents from local and European elections, while others have made political party membership subject to nationality; calls on the Commission to explore legal avenues to make the Member States concerned abolish disenfranchisement rules;
2021/11/19
Committee: PETI
Amendment 59 #

2021/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas during the pandemic, many countries resorted to tax reformintroducing tax measures in order to support the economy and only a subset of these measures were temporary; whereas these tax reforms encompassedsome of these included measures to provide immediate relief measures for businesses and households such as payment referrals, enhanced loss carry- forwards or accelerated tax refunds, as well as recovery-oriented stimulus measures3; _________________ 3OECD, Tax Policy Reforms 2021 – Special Edition on Tax Policy during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 21 April 2021, p. 30.
2021/10/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 102 #

2021/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that many Member States as well as the EU have introduced dedicated regimes favouring SMEs such as special VAT rules in order to offset the higher effective tax rates and higher tax compliance costs for SMEs; stresses that such special treatment, while is generally positive,; points out, however, that while, on the one hand, it could risk introducing further distortions and further increasing the overall complexity of the system, on the other, it is proving to be effective for very small SMEs whose business is mainly or exclusively conducted within a Member State;
2021/10/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 144 #

2021/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that digitalisation and a heavy reliance on intangible assets that pose challenges to the current tax system warrant a high degree of policy coordination; deplores the factnotes that some Member States have pressed ahead with, in anticipating the introduction of national digital taxes despit, have given momentum to the ongoing negotiations at EU and OECD levels; stresses that these national measures should be phased out following the implementation of an effective international solution;
2021/10/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 162 #

2021/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Looks forward to the Commission’s proposal for a debt equity bias reduction allowance5 in order to facilitate the equitisation of companies; _________________ 5Commission communication of 18 May 2021 on business taxation for the 21st century (COM(2021)0251).
2021/10/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 171 #

2021/2074(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that tax incentives for private research and development (e.g. via tax credits, enhanced allowances or adjusted depreciation schedules) can help to lift an economy’s overall spending towards research and development, which often comes with positive externalities; is concerned, however, that certain types of tax incentives such as patent box / intellectual property box regimes do little to increase research and development spending and may actually distort the single market;
2021/10/28
Committee: ECON
Amendment 6 #

2021/2060(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that courts, administrative bodies and social welfare institutions should make the best interests of the child a primary consideration when taking any decision concerning the child; stresses that such decisions should be made on an individual basis, taking into consideration the specific circumstances of the child and their family and avoiding conscious or unconscious bias. In this regard, especially in emergency custody proceedings, notes that it is essential that declarations made by the child to the competent institutions be carefully examined so that measures taken on the basis of them can have a really positive effect;
2021/12/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 8 #

2021/2060(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deplores all cases, including some reported very recently, of children and their declarations being manipulated to achieve aims that are absolutely contrary to the objective of protecting the child’s mental and physical welfare; therefore calls for greater attention to be paid to these very regrettable occurrences, to prevent them from being repeated;
2021/12/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2060(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls upon the Member States to pay greater attention to protecting children with disabilities, by safeguarding their mental and physical welfare during court cases; in this regard, calls for the removal of all obstacles that might cause discrimination and inequality due to a child’s disability;
2021/12/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 6 #

2021/2019(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the high number of petitions submitted in 2020 reveals that, in times of crisis, citizens rely significantly on the EUon their elected representatives at EU level by directly addressing their concerns and complaints to their elected representatives at EU levelm;
2021/09/10
Committee: PETI
Amendment 38 #

2021/2019(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that petitions constitute a unique opportunity for Parliament and the other EU institutions to directly connect with EUthe citizens of the EU Member States and maintain a regular dialogue with them, particularly in cases where they are affected by the misapplication or breach of EU law; stresses the need for enhanced cooperation between the EU institutions and national, regional and local authorities on inquiries regarding the implementation of and compliance with EU law; believes that such cooperation is crucial to address and resolve citizens’ concerns over the application of EU law and contributes to strengthening the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the Union; calls, therefore, for the more active participation of Member States’ representatives in committee meetings and for swifter responses to the requests for clarification or information sent by the Committee on Petitions to the national authorities;
2021/09/10
Committee: PETI
Amendment 44 #

2021/2019(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that petitions contribute considerably to the Commission’s role as guardian of the Treaties; stresses that reinforced cooperation between the Committee on Petitions and the Commission and timely, clear answers from the Commission are essential to ensure the successful treatment of petitions; reiterates its call on the Commission for regular updates on developments in infringement proceedings and for access to relevant Commission documents on infringements and EU pilot procedures which have been closed;
2021/09/10
Committee: PETI
Amendment 68 #

2021/2019(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is seriously concerned about the public health and socio-economic damages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; welcomes the excellent work done by the Committee on Petitions which, byin voicing citizens’ concerns over the public health and socio- economic crises related to the COVID-19 pandemic, contributed to ensuring Parliament’s responsiveness to citizens’ needs and expectations as regards the Union’s capacity to address such a global challenge; draws attention, in this regard, to the important follow-up actions taken by the Committee on Petitions to respond to the issues raised in COVID-19-related petitions, which lead to the adoption in plenary of the resolutions on the Schengen system and measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis9, on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families in the COVID-19 crisis10 and on tackling homelessness rates in the EU11; _________________ 9 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0315. 10 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0183. 11 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0314.
2021/09/10
Committee: PETI
Amendment 3 #

2021/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the need to ensure that inclusion and diversity are at the core of the implementation of Erasmus+, one of the EU’s most successful programmes; regrets the different definitions and categories of learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities1 across Member States and the lack of reliable data on the profiles of the beneficiaries; believes that an instrument should be developed to monitor whether participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are being reached by the programme, taking into account their experiences under the programme; _________________ 1 Term used in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 on Erasmus+.
2021/11/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the under- resourcing and understaffing of Erasmus+ national agencies and national authorities and the insufficient efforts to reduce administrative barriers to mobility and ensure that diversity and inclusion are at the core of the programme; believes that national agencies should appoint an inclusion and diversity officer to reach out to learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities and provide them with advice regarding possible difficulties they may experience during their Erasmus+ programme, such as delayed reimbursements2or, any obstacles caused by external factors such as the COVID-19 crisis3 or bureaucratic disparities; _________________ 2 As seen from Petition 2466/13. 3 As seen from Petition 0125/21.
2021/11/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 30 #

2021/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to launch and support Erasmus+ projects to attract participants with disabilities and learners from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to their countries; considers that the European Disability Charter could be a useful tool for ensuring greater accessibility and inclusion in the Erasmus+ programme;
2021/11/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 36 #

2021/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, obstacles to the application process, support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic groups;
2021/11/18
Committee: PETI
Amendment 34 #

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes, as a positive step, the recently announced US support for a proposal to temporarily waive certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights for the prevention, containment and treatment of COVID-19; urges the Commission, therefore, to follow through on its promise to engage in active and constructive text-based negotiations at World Trade Organization level.deleted
2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the International Labour Organisation Violence and Harassment Convention of 2019,
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 25 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, better known as the Maputo Protocol, of 2003,
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 124 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that the Council of the European Union has failed to achieve unanimity on conclusions owing to objections from four Member States to the word ‘gender’, demonstrating a backlash against gender equality;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 167 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for an annual assessment of GAP III results at every level and every stage, against targeted and measurable objectives;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 178 #

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 through proper guidance developed and shared with EU staff in delegations;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 196 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for funding for localmulti-year and flexible funding for local girls, youth- led and women’s organisations and networks to be increased; condemns all moves to clamp down on women’s rights activists and urges all governments to protect, support and cooperate with civil society;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 239 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for action to combat femicide and all types of violence against women, online and offline, to be stepped up;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 244 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that violence against women and girls is increasingly prominent online, inhibiting women and girls’ participation in, utilisation of, and creation of online platforms;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 249 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that child marriages make girls vulnerable to violence and abuse, abuse, and early pregnancy; points out that at least three million girls are at risk of genital mutilation every year; calls for integrated action to prevent female genital mutilation and forced marriages;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 262 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for action to promote alignment with international legal and policy frameworks; calls for a comprehensive effort to support national authorities and other relevant actors to respect, protect and fulfil international standards and obligations;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 296 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of sexual and reproductive rights with regard to women’s bodies and their autonomy and urges that they be treated as public health issues; calls for universal access to sexual education, contraception and safe and legal abortion; highlights the need to take age into account in SRHR-related actions, for example by ensuring accessible, youth- friendly information and services;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 300 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of sexual and reproductive rights with regard to women’s bodies and their autonomyright to self- determination and urges that they be treated as public health issues; calls for universal access to sexual education, contraception and safe and legal abortion;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 321 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the EU to work in cooperation with civil society and religious organisations to fight against misogynist cultural and religious stereotypes, and to isolate the extremist fringes who spread them;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 332 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for GAP III to promote and support awareness campaigns on the negative health impacts of harmful cultural practices and others, including female mutilation, early child marriage, and child abuse;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 358 #

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 for measures to help make women more employable and provide them with business opportunities; highlights the need to consider the complementarity of other actions to ensure effectiveness, such as the freedom from gender-based violence and decent work;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 360 #

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 for measures to help make women more employable, such as improved access to childcare services, and provide them with business opportunities;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 361 #

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, including finance and financial services, and social protection; calls for measures to help make women more employable and provide them with business opportunities;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 362 #

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 for measures to help make women more employable, such as capacity-building programs, and provide them with business opportunities;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 375 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a comprehensive effort to provide girls with affordable access to education and quality training tailored to the needs of the labour market; stresses that education should lead to expected and equitable learning outcomes for boys and girls;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 377 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a comprehensive effort to provide girls with access to education and quality training tailored to the needs of the labour market, particularly in emergency and displacement settings;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 382 #

2021/2003(INI)

19a. Calls for GAP III to support girls and women’s equal rights to economic resources, including inheritance rights; calls for action to support women’s access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property as well as to natural resources;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 400 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Encouraging participation and leadership by women and girls
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 415 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for the inclusions of girl- and youth-led organisations and networks working on gender equality in consultations with civil society in partner countries;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 419 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Emphasises the importance of safe, meaningful and inclusive youth participation, particularly young women and girls’ empowerment and participation in dialogues with partner countries and decision-making platforms;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 432 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of the contribution made by women to promoting dialogue, forging coalitions and mediating for peace; calls on the EU to promote greater participation by women in peacekeeping and further peacebuilding and to recognise young women and girls as key drivers of change as well, alongside adult women;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 451 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Regrets that in the framework of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, girls and young women are discussed solely in terms of protection; calls for the recognition of women and girls' agency, ongoing contributions, and skills to build long-lasting peace;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 479 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for GAP III to support measures that improve women and girls’ access to digital and fintech education and training;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 491 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need for digital platforms to be suitably regulated in order to combat gender-based online violence and cyberbullying, recognising that this is a major barrier for women and girls’ access to digital spaces and their participation online, and even more so if they belong to structurally disadvantaged groups; calls for greater involvement of women in the design, manufacture and development of artificial intelligence applications in order to combat the perpetuation of gender stereotyping and prejudice;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 497 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recalls that technology is inherently biased, as a reflection of its creator; calls for the inclusion of girls and women in the design of digital content and digital technologies, especially in AI design so as to promote women’s perspectives;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 515 #

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates the need for the EU to play a leading role at multilateral level in promoting feministgender-responsive diplomacy;
2021/09/28
Committee: DEVEFEMM
Amendment 294 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) As announced in the Green Deal, the Commission presented its Renovation Wave strategy on 14 October 202030. The strategy contains an action plan with concrete regulatory, financing and enabling measures, with the objective to at least double the annual energy renovation rate of buildings by 2030 and to foster deep renovations. The revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is necessary as one of the vehicles to deliver on the Renovation Wave. It will also contribute to delivering on the New European Bauhaus initiative and the European mission on climate-neutral and smart cities. The revision of the legislation should also protect, support and revive the production chain involved in the building sector, particularly at this difficult time and during this crisis. _________________ 30 A Renovation Wave for Europe - greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives, COM/2020/662 final.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Measures to improve further the energy performance of buildings should take into account the particular characteristics of historical and artistic heritage, climatic conditions, including adaptation to climate change, local conditions as well as indoor climate environment and cost-effectiveness. Those measures should not affect other requirements concerning buildings such as accessibility , architectural barriers, fire safety and seismic safety and the intended use of the building.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 332 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Two-thirds of the energy used for heating and cooling of buildings still comes from fossil fuels. In order to decarbonise the building sector, it is of particular importance to phase out fossil fuel in heating and cooling. Therefore, Member States should indicate their national policies and measures to phase out fossil fuels in heating and cooling in their building renovation plans, and no financial incentives should be given for the installation of fossil fuel boilers under the next Multiannual Financial Framework as of 2027, with the exception of those selected for investment, before 2027, under the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund. A clear legal basis for the ban of heat generators based on their greenhouse gas emissions or the type of fuel used should support national phase- out policies and measurespplying a technological neutrality criterion and protecting operators in the sector.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 351 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) The enhanced climate and energy ambition of the Union requires a new vision for buildings: the zero-emission building, the very low energy demand of which is fully covered by energy from renewable sources where technically feasible. All new buildings should be zero- emission buildings, and all existing buildings should be transformed into zero- emission buildings by 2050.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 362 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) The necessary decarbonisation of the Union building stock requires energy renovation at a large scale: almost 75% of that building stock is inefficient according to current building standards, and 85-95% of the buildings that exist today will still be standing in 2050. However, the weighted annual energy renovation rate is persistently low at around 1%. At the current pace, the decarbonisation of the building sector would require centuries. Triggering and supporting building renovation, including a shift towards emission-free heating systems, is therefore a key goal of this Directive, and to achieve this, the views of companies involved in the sector and property owners shall be duly taken into account.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 364 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) Minimum energy performance standards are the essential regulatory tool to trigger renovation of existing buildings on a large scale, as they tackle the key barriers to renovation such as split incentives and co-ownership structures, which cannot be overcome by economic incentives. The introduction of minimum energy performance standards should lead to a gradual phase-out of the worst- performing buildings and a continuous improvement of the national building stock, contributing to the long-term goal of a decarbonised building stock by 2050.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 366 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Minimum energy performance standards set at Union level should focus on the renovation of the buildings with the highest potential in terms of decarbonisation, energy poverty alleviation and extended social and economic benefits, in particular on the very worst-performing buildings, which need to be renovated as a priority.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 368 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) As regards the rest of the national building stock, Member States are free to decide whether they wish to introduce minimum energy performance standards, designed at national level and adapted to national conditions. When reviewing this Directive, the Commission should assess whether further binding minimum energy performance standards need to be introduced in order to achieve a decarbonised building stock by 2050.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 374 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) The introduction of minimum energy performance standards should be accompanied by an enabling framework including technical assistance and financial measures. Minimum energy performance standards set at national level do not amount to “Union standards” within the meaning of State aid rules, while Union-wide minimum energy performance standards might be considered constituting such “Union standards”. In line with revised State aid rules, Member States may grant State aid to building renovation to comply with the Union-wide energy performance standards, namely to achieve a certain energy performance class, until those Union-wide standards become mandatory. Once the standards are mandatory, Member States may continue to grant State aid for the renovation of buildings and building units falling under the Union-wide energy performance standards as long as the building renovation aims at a higher standard than the specified minimum energy performance class.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) The EU Taxonomy classifies environmentally sustainable economic activities across the economy, including for the building sector. Under the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act, building renovation is considered a sustainable activity where it achieves at least 30% energy savings, complies with minimum energy performance requirements for major renovation of existing buildings, or consists of individual measures related to the energy performance of buildings, such as the installation, maintenance or repair of energy efficiency equipment or of instruments and devices for measuring, regulating and controlling the energy performance of buildings, where such individual measures comply with the criteria set out. Building renovation to comply with Union-wide minimum energy performance standards is typically in line with the EU Taxonomy criteria related to building renovation activities.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 378 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) The minimum energy performance standards in Article 9(1) must be aligned with the operability of the EU Taxonomy and the Technical Screening Criteria for construction and real estate enshrined in European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2021/2139. When renovations fulfilling the EPBD requirements result in a 30% reduction in primary energy demand, the entire building and thus the entire loan for its acquisition and ownership should be considered EU Taxonomy compliant.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 379 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) The Union-wide minimum energy performance standards should be based on harmonised energy performance classes. By defining the lowest energy performance class G as the worst- performing 15% of each Member State’s national building stock, the harmonisation of energy performance classes ensures similar efforts by all Member States, while the definition of the best energy performance class A ensures the convergence of the harmonised energy performance class scale towards the common vision of zero-emission buildings.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 382 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) Minimum energy performance requirements for existing buildings and building elements were already contained in the predecessors of this Directive and should continue to apply. While the newly introduced minimum energy performance standards set a floor for the minimum energy performance of existing buildings and ensure that renovation of inefficient buildings takes place, minimum energy performance requirements for existing buildings and building elements ensure the necessary depth of renovation when a renovation takes place.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 403 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) In order to foster deep renovation, which is one of the goals of the Renovation Wave strategy, Member States should give enhanced financial and administrative support to deep renovation, by adopting reliable, stable, predictable legal instruments and applying the criterion of technological neutrality.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 413 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) Electric vehicles are expected to play a crucialmay also play a role in the decarbonisation and efficiency of the electricity system, namely through the provision of flexibility, balancing and storage services, especially through aggregation. This potential of electric vehicles to integrate with the electricity system and contribute to system efficiency and further absorption of renewable electricity should be fully exploited. Charging in relation to buildings is particularly important, since this is where electric vehicles park regularly and for long periods of time. Slow charging is economical and the installation of recharging points in private spaces can provide energy storage to the related building and integration of smart charging services and system integration services in general.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 415 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) Combined with an increased share of renewable electricity production, electric vehicles produce fewer greenElectric vehicles, like low- emission vehicles and thouse gas emissions. Electric vehiclesrunning on sustainable fuels, constitute an important component of a clean energy transition based on energy efficiency measures, alternative fuels, renewable energy and innovative solutions for the management of energy flexibility. Building codes can be effectively used to introduce targeted requirements to support the deployment of recharging infrastructure in car parks of residential and non-residential buildings. Member States should remove barriers such as split incentives and administrative complications which individual owners encounter when trying to install a recharging point on their parking space.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 420 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) Promoting green mobilitysustainable mobility, particularly if based on a technological neutrality criterion, is a key part of the European Green Deal and buildings can play an important role in providing the necessary infrastructure, not only for recharging of electric vehicles but also for bicycles. A shift to soft mobility such as cycling can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, where climate conditions and the terrain allow. As set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan, increasing the modal shares of clean and efficient private and public transport, such as cycling, will drastically lower pollution from transport and bring major benefits to individual citizens and communities. The lack of bike parking spaces is a major barrier to the uptake of cycling, both in residential and non- residential buildings. Building codes can effectively support the transition to cleaner mobility by establishing requirements for a minimum number of bicycle parking spaces.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 424 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) The agendas of the Digital Single Market and the Energy Union should be aligned and should serve common goals. The digitalisation of the energy system is quickly changing the energy landscape, from the integration of renewables to smart grids and smart-ready buildings. In order to digitalise the building sector, the Union’s connectivity targets and ambitions for the deployment of high-capacity communication networks are important for smart homes and well-connected communities. Targeted incentives should be provided to promote smart-ready systems and digital solutions in the built environment, in accordance with the individual's right to privacy. This would offer new opportunities for energy savings, by providing consumers with more accurate information about their consumption patterns, and by enabling the system operator to manage the grid more effectively.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 426 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) In order to facilitate a competitive and innovative market for smart building services that contributes to efficient energy use and integration of renewable energy in buildings and support investments in renovation, Member States should ensure direct access to building systems’ aggregated data by interested parties. To avoid excessive administrative costs for third parties, Member States shall facilitate the full interoperability of services and of the data exchange within the Union.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 438 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
(47) Financing alone will not deliver on the renovation needs, nor will it fully sustain the recovery of the building sector. Together with financing, setting up accessible and transparent advisory tools and assistance instruments such as one- stop-shops that provide integrated energy renovation services or facilitators, as well as implementing other measures and initiatives such as those referred to in the Commission’s Smart Finance for Smart Buildings Initiative, is indispensable to provide the right enabling framework and break barriers to renovation.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 457 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
(56) Installers and builders are critical for the successful implementation of this Directive. Therefore, an adequate number of installers and builders should, through training and other measures, have the appropriate level of competence for the installation and integration of the energy efficient and renewable energy technology required. These measures should typically be affordable for the majority of the population.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 464 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 59 a (new)
(59 a) The negative effects of the provisions of this Directive on housing, construction and business activities should be mitigated by ensuring that technical feasibility, cost-efficiency and proportionality are guiding principles of this Directive.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 465 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 59 b (new)
(59 b) The objective to promote energy efficiency and tackle energy poverty cannot go as far as to interfere with Member States competences in housing, property and rental law.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 474 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the application of minimum energy performance standards to existing buildings and existing building units;deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 477 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) renovation passports;deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 484 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) independent control systems for energy performance certificates , renovation passports, smart readiness indicators and inspection reports.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 497 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. ‘zero-emission building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I, where the very low amount of energy still required is fully covered by energy from renewable sources generated on-sitepredominantly generated or stored on-site, within the neighbourhood, from a renewable energy community within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 [amended RED] or, or renewable energy and waste heat from a district heating and cooling system, or distributed grid-based renewables, in accordance with the requirements set out in Annex III;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 523 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. ‘nearly zero-energy building’ means a building with a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with Annex I , which cannot be lower than the 2023 cost-optimal level reported by Member States in accordance with Article 6(2) and where the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required is covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including, where possible, energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 550 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
13. ‘energy from renewable sources’ means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) , and geothermal energy , ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, renewable fuels of non biological origins, biomethane sourced from the grid and biogas;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 554 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
18. ‘renovation passport’ means a document that provides a tailored roadmap for the renovation of a specific building in several steps that will significantly improve its energy performance;deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 561 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 – introductory part
19. ‘deep renovation’ means a renovation which transforfocuses on the following essentials items: wall insulation, roof insulation, low floor insulation, airtightness, vapour permeability, treatment of thermal bridges, ventilation, and heating/cooling systems, and building or building unitautomation, which shall therefore ensure energy efficiency, healthy indoor environmental quality, a non-pathogenic environment, and the comfort of the occupants in summer and winter;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 589 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point a – point iv
iv) environmental and health externalities of energy use;deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 598 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36
36. 'mortgage portfolio standards’ means voluntary mechanisms incentivising mortgage lenders to increase the median energy performance of the portfolio of buildings covered by their mortgages and to encourageaccording to which mortgage lenders define the path of their mortgage portfolios towards 2030 and 2050 with a view to supporting potential clients toin makeing their propertyies more energy-performant along the Union’s decarbonisation ambition and relevant energy targets in the area of energy consumption in buildings, relying on the definition of sustainable economic activities in the EU Taxonomy;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 628 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49 – point a
(a) it can only be distributed and used within that local and district level perimeter through a dedicatedthe distribution network;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 630 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 49 – point b
(b) it allows for the calculation of a specific primary energy factor valid only for the energy from renewable sources produced within that local or district level perimeter; andeleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 659 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall establish a national building renovation plan to ensure the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, into a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050, with the objective to transformfacilitate the cost-effective transformation of the overall existing European buildings stock into zero- emission buildings.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 733 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may decide to adapnot set the requirements referred to in paragraph 1 to buildings officially protected asor buildings which are part of a designated environment or need to be preserved because of their special architectural or historical merit, in so far as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 738 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point d – point i (new)
(i) buildings used for national security purposes:
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 757 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) as of 1 January 20327, new buildings occupied or owned by public authorities; and
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 769 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) as of 1 January 20305, all new buildings;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 779 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) as of 1 January 20327, for all new buildings with a useful floor area larger than 2000 square meteres; and
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 781 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) as of 1 January 20305, for all new buildings.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 788 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to supplement this Directive in order to adapt Annex III to technological progress and innovation, to set adapted maximum energy performance thresholds in Annex III to renovated buildings and to adapt the maximum energy performance thresholds for zero-emission buildings.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 822 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall encourage, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, high-efficiency alternative systems, in so far as that is technically, functionally and economically feasible. Member States shall address , in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, the issues of healthy indoor climate conditions, adaptation to climate change, fire safety, risks related to intense seismic activity , the removal of hazardous substances including asbestos and accessibility for persons with disabilities .
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 842 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) after 1 January 20327, at least energy performance class F; and
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 845 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) after 1 January 20305, at least energy performance class E;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 865 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) after 1 January 20327, at least energy performance class F; and
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 870 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) after 1 January 20305, at least energy performance class E;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 892 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) after 1 January 20305, at least energy performance class F; and
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 894 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) after 1 January 20338, at least energy performance class E;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 912 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In their roadmap referred to in Article 3(1)(b), Member States shallTo achieve higher energy performance classes by 2030, 2040 and 2050, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission buildings Member States shall, in their roadmap referred to in Article3(1)(b), establish specific timelines for the: (a) buildings referred to in this paragraph to achieve higher energy performance classes by 2040 and 2050, in line with the pathway for transforming the national building stock into zero-emission and building units owned by public bodies; (b) non-residential buildings and building units other than those owned by public bodies;and (c) residential buildings and buildings. units.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 917 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States may require an extension of the deadline set in this paragraph, if justified and requested to the European Commission and in accordance with the national building renovation plan referred to in Article3(1)(a), with regards to specific parts of their building stock, notably residential, owner-occupied or multi-apartmentbuildings.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 927 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. In addition to the minimum energy performance standards established pursuant to paragraph 1, eEach Member State may establish minimum energy performance standards for the renovation of all other existing buildings, in particular for the worst performing stock.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 931 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) providing appropriate financial measures, in particular those targeting vulnerable, low and medium income households, people affected by energy poverty or living in social housing, in line with Article 22 of Directive (EU) .../…. [recast EED] and in order to address market barriers;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 947 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(e a) setting the framework to ensure that there is a sufficient workforce with the appropriate level of skills to allow for the timely implementation of the requirements.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 958 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – point a a (new)
(a a) buildings for which it would not be technically, functionally and economically feasible;
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 965 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. When building renovations fulfilling the requirements of Article 9 paragraph 1 of this Directive result in a 30% reduction in primary energy demand, the entire building and thus the entire loan for its acquisition and ownership will be considered compliant with Sections 7 of Annex I and Annex II of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2021/2139.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 969 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10
1. By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 supplementing this Directive by establishing a common European framework for renovation passports, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 2. 2. By 31 December 2024, Member States shall introduce a scheme of renovation passports based on the common framework established in accordance with paragraph 1. 3. The renovation passport shall comply with the following requirements: (a) it shall be issued by a qualified and certified expert, following an on-site visit; (b) it shall comprise a renovation roadmap indicating a sequence of renovation steps building upon each other, with the objective to transform the building into a zero-emission building by 2050 at the latest; (c) it shall indicate the expected benefits in terms of energy savings, savings on energy bills and operational greenhouse emission reductions as well as wider benefits related to health and comfort and the improved adaptive capacity of the building to climate change; and (d) it shall contain information about potential financial and technical support.Article 10 deleted Renovation passport
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 971 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – title
10 RVoluntary renovation passport
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 973 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 supplementing this Directive by establishing a common European framework for voluntary renovation passports, based on the criteria set out in paragraph 2.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 977 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. By 31 December 2024, Member States shall introduce a scheme of renovation passports based on the common framework established in accordance with paragraph 1.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 984 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The voluntary renovation passport shall comply with the following requirements:
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1012 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States may set requirements related to the greenhouse gas emissions of, or to the type of fuel used by heat generators provided that such requirements do not constitute an unjustifiable market barrier.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1027 #

2021/0426(COD)

4. Member States shall ensure that, when a technical building system is installed, the overall energy performance of the altered part, and where relevant, of the complete altered system, is assessed. The results shall be documented and passed on to the building owner, so that they remain available and can be used for the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements laid down pursuant to paragraph 1 and the issue of energy performance certificates.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1041 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With regard to new non-residential buildings and non-residential buildings undergoing major renovation, with more than fiveten parking spaces, Member States shall ensure:
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1043 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the installation of at least one recharging point;deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1052 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the installation of pre-cablducting for every parking space to enable the installation at a later stage of recharging points for electric vehicles; and
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1055 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) at least one bicycle parking space for every car parking space;deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1065 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that the pre- cabling is dimensioned so as to enable the simultaneous use of the expected number of recharging points.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1073 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. With regard to all non-residential buildings with more than twenty parking spaces, Member States shall ensure the installation of at least one recharging point for every ten parking spaces, and at least one bicycle parking space for every car parking space, by 1 January 2027. In case of buildings owned or occupied by public authorities, Member States shall ensure pre-cablducting for at least one in two parking spaces by 1 January 20338. Buildings of specific artistic, historical or monumental value, according to national laws, are exempted from this obligation.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1087 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. With regard to new residential buildings and residential buildings undergoing major renovation, with more than threfive parking spaces, Member States shall ensure:
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1102 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) at least two bicycle parking spaces for every dwelling.deleted
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1125 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Member States shall provide for measures in order to simplify the deployment of recharging points in new and existing residential and non-residential buildings and remove regulatory barriers, including permitting and approval procedures, without prejudice to the property and tenancy law of the Member States. Member States shall remove barriers to the installation of recharging points in residential buildings with parking spaces, in particular the need to obtain consent from the landlord or co-owners for a private recharging point for own use.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1129 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure the availability of technical assistance for building owners and tenants wishing to install recharging points, including guidance on their fire safety.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1148 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that the building owners, tenants and managers can have direct access to their own building systems’ data. At their request, the access or data shall be made available to a third party. Member States shall facilitate the full interoperability of services and of data exchange within the Union in accordance with paragraph 6.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1158 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When laying down the rules regarding the management and exchange of data, Member States or, where a Member State has so provided, the designated competent authorities, shall specify the rules on the access to building systems data by eligible parties in accordance with this Article and the applicable Union legal framework. Particular attention to the right to privacy of individual inhabitants, owners, tenants or lessees of buildings shall be paid in the data collection and exchange procedures.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1168 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts detailing interoperability requirements and non- discriminatory and transparent procedures for access to the data with respect for the rights of individuals. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 30(2).
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1199 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure the establishment of technical assistance facilities, including through all-inclusive one-stop- shops, targeting all actors involved in building renovations, including home owners and administrative, financial and economic actors, including construction, small- and medium-sized enterprises. Member States shall ensure the functioning of at least one one-stop- shop per region across the EU. The European Commission shall work closely with the European Investment Bank, Member States, and regions to ensure the continuity of funding for one-stop-shops throughout the duration of the Renovation Wave.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1208 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall put in place measures and financing to promote education and training to ensure that there is a sufficient workforce with the appropriate level of skills corresponding to the needs in the building sector with due regard to the gender dimension. These measures, which are essential for this process to be implemented in practice, should be supported by a stable economic assistance programme for micro and SMEs, so that they can be active players in the upcoming scenario. Member States shall prioritise the allocation of part of the European Social Fund to the upskilling of blue-collar workers in energy efficiency for the construction sector. Member States shall establish registries of their construction value-chain professionals, detailing the availability of skills and skilled professionals on the market. These registries shall be updated annually, and their data shall be publicly accessible.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1226 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 10
10. From 1 January 2027 at the latest, Member States shall not provide any financial incentives for the installation of boilers powered by fossil fuels, with the exception ofthat are not certified to run on renewable and decarbonised energy and are powered by fossil fuels, with the exception of those using renewable fuels or its blends, or those selected for investment, before 2027, in accordance with Article 7(1)(h)(i) third hyphen of Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and the Council45 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund and with Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and the Council46 on the CAP Strategic Plans. Boilers, to be installed in combination with renewable technologies (not ‘stand-alone’), shall always be eligible for incentives. _________________ 45 Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 on the European Regional Development Fund and on the Cohesion Fund (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 60). 46 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).
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1255 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 13
13. When providing financial incentives to owners of buildings or building units for the renovation of rented buildings or building units, Member States shall ensure that the financial incentives benefit both the owners and the tenants, in particular by providing rent support or by imposing caps on rent increases.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1275 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. By 31 December 2025 at the latest, the energy performance certificate shall comply with the template in Annex V. It shall specify the energy performance class of the building, on a closed scale using only letters from A to G. The letter A shall correspond to zero-emission buildings as defined in Article 2, point (2) and the letter G shall correspond to the 15% worst-performing buildings in the national building stock at the timeMember States shall ensure a common visual identity for energy performance certificates ofn the introduction of the scale. Member Statesir territory. The Commission shall enissure that the remaining classes (B to F) have an even bandwidth distribution of energy performance indicators among the energy performance classes. Member States shall ensure adetailed guidelines on energy performance certificates, including a template with common visual identity for energy perfand common logo, in accormdance certificates on their territorywith Annex V, to improve their quality and ensure the credibility and comparability of data across the Union.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1309 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 10
10. The validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed five years. However for buildings with an energy performance class A, B or C established pursuant to paragraph 2, the validity of the energy performance certificate shall not exceed 10ten years.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1321 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) buildings or building units which are constructed , have undergone a major renovation, are sold or rented out to a new tenant or for which a rental contract is renewed ; and
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1330 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require that, when buildings or building units are constructed, sold or rented out or when rental contracts are renewed , the energy performance certificate is shown to the prospective tenant or buyer and handed over to the buyer or tenant.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1345 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The database's anonymised building stock data shall be publicly accessible, in compliance with Union and national data protection rules. Member States shall ensure access to the full energy performance certificate for building owners, tenants and managers, and to financial institutions as regards the buildings in their investment portfolio. For buildings offered for rent or sale, Member States shall ensure access to the full energy performance certificate for prospective tenants or buyers.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1356 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish regular inspections or maintenance of heating , ventilation and air conditioning systems with an effective rated output of over 730 kW. The effective rating of the system shall be based on the sum of the rated output of the heating and air-conditioning generators.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1375 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Member States shallmay lay down requirements to ensure that from 1 January 2025, new residential buildings and residential buildings undergoing major renovations are equipped with:
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1393 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall ensure that trained and qualified building professionals carrying out integrated renovation works are available in sufficient numbers to meet the established targets and measurable progress indicators pursuant to Article 3(1) of this Directive. To achieve such sufficient numbers of professionals, Member States shall ensure that sufficient training programmes leading to qualification or certification covering integrated works, are made available. Member States shall put in place measures to promote participation in such programmes, in particular by micro, small and medium sized enterprises.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1401 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
The Commission, assisted by the Committee referred to in Article 30, shall review this Directive by the end of 2027 at the latest, in the light of the experience gained and progress made during its application, and, if necessary, make proposals in order to achieve a reliable and lasting regulatory framework.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1409 #

2021/0426(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to inform the owners or tenants of buildings or building units and all relevant market actors of the different methods and practices that serve to enhance energy performance and fire safety. In particular, Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide tailor-made information to vulnerable households.
2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
(9 b) ‘site’ means the geographical location of the facility;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 188 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) ’component’ means any single technical equipment or device of an asset at a site/facility;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 194 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 c (new)
(9 c) ‘facility’ means one or more installations on the same site that are operated by the same natural or legal person;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 207 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘emission factor’ means a coefficient that quantifies the average emissions or removals of a gas per unit activity, which is often based on a sample of measurement data, averaged to develop a representative rate of emission for a given activity level under a given set of operating conditions;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 212 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘specific emission factor’ means an emission factor derived from direct measurementsfor a type of emission source based on direct measurements, sampling or detailed quantification methods specific to the type of emission source;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 218 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13 a) ‘quantification’ means operations to determine the value of the quantity of methane emissions. Quantification can be based on direct measurements, engineering estimations, or models using ambient measurements and meteorological data, and should be based on advanced equipment and monitoring methods. Quantities of methane emissions are expressed in mass per time (e.g. kilograms per hour) or volume per time (e.g. standard cubic meters per hour);
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 228 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) ‘leak detection and repair survey’ means a survey to identify sources ofprogramme’ means activities of an operator of assets to detect unplanned methane emissions, including, leaks and unintentional venting, and to repair and/or replace leaking components;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 254 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41
(41) ‘importer’ means a natural or legal person established in the Union who, in the course of a commercial activity, places fossil energy or renewable methane from a third country on the Union market. by means of a declaration for release for free circulation within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code, or the person on whose behalf this declaration is made;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 262 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41 a (new)
(41 a) ‘representative’ means any person appointed by another person to carry out the acts and formalities required under this Regulation. A representative shall be established within the customs territory of the Union.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 355 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In carrying out the verification activities referred to in paragraph 1, verifiers shall use free and publicly available European or international standards for methane emissions quantification as made applicable by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 5this Regulation. Until such date where the applicability of those standards is determined by the Commission, verifiers shall use existing European or international standards for quantification and verification of greenhouse gas emissionsindustry best practices and guidelines for methane emissions quantification.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 390 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. By … [128 months from the date of 1. entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing the quantification of source- level methane emissions estimated using generic but source-specific emission factors fat least generic emission factors for all sources not considered as de minimis of operated assets. Operators may choose to submit at that stage a report all sourcesccording to the requirements in paragraph 2.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 402 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. By … [24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall also submit a report to the competent authorities containing direct measurements of source-level methane emissions for operated assets. Reporting at such level may involve the use of source- level measurement and sampling as the basis for establishing specific emission factors used for emissions estimationsources not considered as de minimis for operated assets. When emission factors are used, the quantification shall involve specific emission factors.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 412 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By … [36 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and by 301 Marchy every year thereafter, operators shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing direct measurementsquantification of source-level methane emissions for non-de-minimis sources operated assets referred to in paragraph 2, complemented by measurements of site- level methane emissions,nfirmed by a representative sample of an alternative/different quantification method described by CEN standards for operated facilities with methane emissions exceeding [100 tonnes per year] according the reby allowing assessment and verification of the source- level estimates aggregated by site. porting of the previous year. As long as no CEN standards provide adequate methodologies allowing such emission assessment methods, they can be performed on a voluntary basis. The assessment scope and frequency shall be based on experience using a risk-based approach or similar and shall be approved by the competent authority.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 433 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. By … [36 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], undertakings established in the Union shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing direct measurements of source-level methane emissions for non-operated assets. Reporting at such level may involve the use of source-level measurement and sampling as the basis for establishing specific emission factors used for emissions estimation.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 447 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
By … [48 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and by 30 March every year thereafter, undertakings established in the Union shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing direct measurements of source-level methane emissions for non- operated assets as set out in paragraph 4, complemented by measurements of site- level methane emissions, thereby allowing assessment and verification of the source- level estimates aggregated by site.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 454 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Before submission to the competent authorities, undertakings shall ensure that the reports set out in this paragraph are assessed by a verifier and include a verification statement issued in accordance with Articles 8 and 9.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 460 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) data per detailed, individual, emission source type;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 463 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) detailed information on the quantification methodologies employed to measure methane emissions;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 466 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) share of ownership and metshanre emissions fromof non-operated assets multiplied by the share of ownership(percentage of ownership) in non- operated assets;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 469 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) a list of the entities with operational control of the non-operated assets.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 472 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down a reporting template for the reports under paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 taking into account the national inventory reports already in place. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 32(2). [Until the adoption of the relevant implementing acts, operators shall use the technical guidance documents and reporting templates of the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0, for upstream and for mid and downstream operations, as applicable.]
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 481 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. For site-level measurements referred to in paragraphs 3 and 5, appropriate quantification technologies shall be used which can provide such measurements.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 514 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Operators shall take all measures available to themappropriate and reasonable mitigation measures to prevent and minimise methane emissions in their operations.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 521 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By … [36 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall submit a leak detection and repair programme to the competent authorities which shall detail the contents of the surveysactivity to be carried out in accordance with the requirements in this Article and the CEN standard referred in [new] paragraph 1 or the corresponding Technical Specification document.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 533 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities may require the operator to amend the programme taking into account the requirements of this Regulation and the CEN standard or the corresponding CEN Technical specification document.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 535 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall issue a mandate to the European standardisation body concerned to establish technical specifications, European standards or harmonised European standards on leak detection and repair instruments and methodologies. Harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union shall be presumed to be in conformity with the requirements referred to in this Article.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 545 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By … [612 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall carry outinitiate a survey of all relevant components under their responsibility in accordance with the leak detection and repair programme referred in paragraph 1.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 546 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Thereafter, leak detection and repair surveys shall be repeated every three months. will be conducted on the basis of sectoral differentiation, with frequencies and minimum detection thresholds different for the upstream, midstream and downstream gas sector. In midstream sector: a) compressor stations, underground storage LNG-terminals will be surveyed every 6 months, searching for a minimum leak size of 400g/h and every 12 months for a minimum leak size of 20 g/h. b) regulating and metering stations will be surveyed every 12 months searching for a minimum leak size of 20 g/h. c) valve stations will be surveyed every 24 months searching for a minimum leak size of 20g/h. LDAR campaigns at the distribution level will follow a performance-based approach setting inspection intervals consistent with the sensitivity to leakage of the material that constitute the network: a) grey cast iron networks will be surveyed every 6 months; b) asbestos networks will be surveyed every 12 months; c) ductile cast iron networks will be surveyed every 24 months; d) non protected steel networks will be surveyed every 36 months; e) polyethylene, PVC or protected steel (<=16 bar) networks will be surveyed every 60 months. These inspection frequencies represent the minimum for LDAR campaigns.The CEN will further specify and adopt the methodologies for inspection intervals, eventually reducing the periods between inspections. Operators may use continuous monitoring systems instead of or in addition to LDAR investigations if the competent authorities approve their use in the context of the LDAR programme mentioned in paragraph 1 and in accordance with the elements outlined in Part 1 of Annex I. Through national/local pipeline integrity management regulations and guidelines, such as those defined in EN 1594, procedures are in place to prevent any leakage for protected steel > 16 bar. Incident related emissions such as third party damage are detected on occurrence and repaired as soon as possible.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 563 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. In carrying out the surveys, operators shall use devices that allow detection of loss of methane from components of 500 parts per million or moreperiodic surveys or in using continuous monitoring, operators shall use dectecting devices with the capability to detect the leak size corresponding to the relevant leaks searched for in the mid-stream table and [20g/h] for the downstream table. The CEN standard should define the type of device and methodology to detect the related leak size that has to be captured as mentioned in the tables above. Before the standard is available, the competent authorities shall validate the detection devices within the submitted LDAR program.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 587 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Operators shall repair or replace all components found to be emitting 500 parts per million or more of methane.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 595 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The repair or replacement of the components referred to in the first subparagraph shall take place immediately after detection, or as soon as possible thereafter but no later than five days after detection, provided operators can demonstrate that safety or technical considerations do not allow immediate action and provided operators establish a repair and monitoring schedule. for a first attempt but no later than thirty days. Where the repair referred to in the first subparagraph is not successful or possible due to safety, administrative, or technical considerations, the operators shall establish a repair and monitoring schedule for leaks above [20 g/h] no later than [30] days after detection. The repair and monitoring schedule referred to in the second subparagraph shall be set so that the found leakages are repaired without unnecessary delays and the environmental impact is minimized, while respecting the safety, administrative and technical considerations. The detailed procedures to do so will be described in the CEN standard or corresponding technical specification document referred in [new paragraph 1].
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 607 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Safety, administrative and technical considerations that do not allow immediate action, as referred to in the second and third subparagraph, shall be limited to taking into account: (a) safety to personnel and humans in proximity, environmental impacts, concentration of methane loss,humans and objects in proximity; (b) scheduled maintenance; (c) significant deterioration of the gas supply; (d) disproportionate impact on the gas supply to end users; (e) permitting processes requirement or required administrative authorization; (f) accessibility to component,; (g) availability of replacement of the componentparts necessary for the repair. Environmental impact considerations may include instances whereby repair could lead to a higher level of methanegreenhouse gas emissions than in the absence of the repair.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 621 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Where a system shutdown is required before the repair or replacement can be undertaken, operators shall minimise the leak within one day of detection and shall repair the leak by the end of the next scheduled system shutdown or within a year, whichever is soonerIn any case, the operator can justify to competent authorities not to repair a leak if the associated abatement costs are disproportionate. Proportionality criteria will be established by the relevant European competent authorities.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 639 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Notwithstanding paragraph 2, operators shall surveycheck for leakage components that were found to be emitting 500 parts per million or more of methane during any of the previous surveys as soon as possible after the repair carried outrepaired or replaced pursuant to paragraph 45, andimmediately if possible but no later than 15 days thereafter to ensure that the repair was successfule months.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 645 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Notwithstanding paragraph 2, operators shall survey components that were found to be emitting below 500 parts per million of methane, no later than three months after the emissions were detected, to check whether the size of loss of methane has changed.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 654 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Where a higher risk to safety or a higher risk of methane losses is identified, the competent authorities may recommend that surveys of the relevant components take place more frequently.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 660 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to the reporting obligations pursuant to paragraph 78, operators shall record all identified leaks, irrespective of their size, and shall continually survey them to ensure that they are repaired in accordance with paragraph 4.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 665 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Within one month after each survey, oOperators shall submit an annual report with the results of the survey and a repair and monitoring schedule to the competent authorities of the Member State where the relevant assets are located. The report shall include at least the elements set out in Part 2 of Annex I.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 677 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Venting and flaring shall only be allowed in the following situations:
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 687 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) in case of an emergency, incidents or malfunction or where impacting safety or security of supply; and
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 696 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. c) if vents are smaller than 50 kg of methane per event;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 699 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. environmental impact of mitigation measures is higher than the benefit.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 703 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Venting and flaring under point (b) of paragraph 2 shall include the following specific situations where venting or flaring, as applicable, cannot be completely eliminated:
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 715 #

2021/0423(COD)

(a) during normal operations of certain components including but not limited to pneumatic controllers, sampling for measurement devices and dry gas seals, provided that the equipment meets all the specified equipment standards and it is properly maintained and regularly inspected to minimise methane losses;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 720 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) during loading out liquids from a storage tank or other low-pressure vessel to a transport vehicle in compliance with applicable standards and storage tank breathers;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 727 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) during repair and, maintenance, test procedures including blowing down, purging and depressurizing equipment to perform repair and maintenance;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 731 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) (i) where methane does not meet the gathering pipeline specifications, provided the operator analyses methane samples twice per week to determine whether the specifications have been achieved and routes the methane into a gathering pipeline as soon as the pipeline specifications are metn a mixture is vented that is off specifications, as a result of the gas processing;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 734 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point j
(j) during (re)commissioning of pipelines, facility equipment or facilitiegas storage wells, only for as long as necessary to purge introduced impurities from the pipeline or equipment;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 740 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. (m) vents from isolation valves used for segmentation of pipelines or compressor station isolation and emergency shutdown system;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 746 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. vents for elimination of blockage by gas hydrates in storage facilities.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 763 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Where venting is allowed pursuant to paragraphs 2 (b) and 3, operators shall vent only in the following cases: (a) where flaring is not technically feasible or; (b) where risks endangering safety of operations or personnel.; (c) when flaring is not allowed by other legal obligations; In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 16, operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for venting instead of flaring.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 771 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Flaring shall only be allowed where either re-injection or utilisation on- site or dispatch of the methane are not technically feasible or risks endangering safety of operations or personnel or security of supply. In specific case of routine flaring in production sites, it shall only be allowed where either re-injection, utilisation on-site or dispatch of the methane to a market are not feasible for reasons other than economic considerations. In such a situations, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 16.2, operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for flaring instead of either re-injection, utilisation on-site or dispatch of the methane to a market.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 777 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Where implementing venting or flaring provisions leads to an abatement efficiency lower than the reference values set by ACER as per Article34 of this Regulation, the operators must minimize the vented emissions by available efficient means and include the justification in the report according to Article 17.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 787 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Where implementing venting or flaring provisions requires an approval of relevant authorities, permitting, procuring, sufficient availability of appropriate equipment on the market and installing new equipment, operators shall proceed at the fastest possible schedule. The competent authorities may request the details of the schedule and request modifications. For venting and flaring events that happen during the implementation period the competent authorities shall waive the penalties arising from Article 30.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 791 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Where a site is built, replaced in whole or in part or refurbished, the new or renovated equipment or components should be installed to avoid/minimise venting and flaring according to relevant technology European Standards.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 802 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) of more than [5,000 kg] of methane caused by an incident, emergency or a malfunction;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 805 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) lasting a total of 8 hours or more within a 24 hour period from a single event.deleted
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 811 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The notification referred to in the first subparagraph shall be made without any unnecessary delay after the event and at the latest within 48 hours from the start of the event. The requirements applicable for this notification will be in accordance to national or local legislation regarding notification of incidents, emergencies or othe moment the operator became aware of itr unusual occurrences, when already existing.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 815 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Operators shall submit to the competent authorities quarterly reports of allinformation on venting and flaring events referred to in paragraph 1 and in Article 15 in accordance with the elements set out in Annex II, as part of each report referred to in Article 12.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 901 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Venting and flaring with a destruction and removal efficiency below 98% of methane from drainage stations shall be prohibited from [1 January 2025], except in the case of an emergency, risks to safety, a malfunction or where unavoidable and strictly necessary for maintenance. In such cases, drainage station operators shall vent only if flaring is not technically feasible or risks endangering safety of operations or personnel. In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 23, drainage station operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for venting instead of flaring.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 907 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Venting of methane through a mine ventilation shafts in coal mines emitting of more than 0.58 tonnes of methane/kilotonne of coal mined, other than coking coal mines, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2027.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 915 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. By … [tThree years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation]when coking coal is not classified as a critical raw material, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation by setting out restrictions on venting methane from ventilation shafts for coking coal mines.
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1137 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) where exporters or producers can be clearly identified, the name and address of exporter and, if different from exporter, name and address of producer;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1141 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point ii
(ii) country and regions corresponding to the Union nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) level 1 where the energy was produced and, only for imports by pipelines, countries and corresponding to the Union nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) level 1 through which the energy was transported until it was placed on the Union market;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1143 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point iii
(iii) as regards oil and fossil gas, and if the importer has access to this information, whether the exporter is undertaking measurement and reporting of its methane emissions, either independently or as part of commitments to report national GHG inventories in line with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requirements, and whether it is in compliance with UNFCCC reporting requirements or in compliance with Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 standards. This must be accompanied by a copy of the latest report on methane emissions, including, where available, including the information referred to in Article 12(6), where provided in such report. The method of quantification (such as UNFCCC tiers or OGMP levels) employed in the reporting must should be specified for each type of emissions;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 1146 #

2021/0423(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point iv
(iv) as regards oil and gas, and if the importer has access to this information, whether the exporter applies regulatory or voluntary measures to control its methane emissions, including measures such as leak detection and repair surveys or measures to control and restrict venting and flaring of methane. This must be accompanied by a description of such measures, including, where available, relevant reports from leak detection and repair surveys and from venting and flaring events with respect to the last available calendar year;
2022/10/24
Committee: ENVIITRE
Amendment 54 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) The Union continues to beremains concerned withabout the rise in environmental criminal offences and their effects on the ecosystem and public health, which undermine the effectiveness of Union environmental legislation. These offences are moreover increasingly extending beyond the borders of the Member States in which the offences are committed. Such offences pose a threat to the environment and, though their consequences are felt within the Union itself; they therefore call for an appropriate and , effective and immediate response.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 57 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The existing systems of penalties under Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council20 and environmental sectoral law have not beproven sufficient in all environmental policy area to achieve compliance with Union law for the protection of the environment. Compliance should be strengthened by the availability of criminal penalties, which demonstrate social disapproval of a qualitatively different nature compared tothrough specific guidance to the Member States and stronger links between their administrative penaltbodies. _________________ 20 Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the protection of the environment through criminal law (OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 28).
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 62 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) TNotwithstanding the fact that organisation of the judicial system remains the prerogative of each Member State, the effective investigation, prosecution and adjudication of environmental criminal offences should be improved. The list of environmental criminal offences which were set out in Directive 2008/99/EC should be revised and additional categories of offences based on the most serious breaches of Union environmental law should be added. Provisions on sanctions should be strengthened in order to enhance their deterrent effect as well as the enforcement chain in charge of detecting, investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating environmental criminal offences.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 67 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Without prejudice to their autonomy in judicial matters, Member States should consider criminaliseing offence categories and provide for greater precision on the definitions of the offence categories, and harmonisation concerning sanction types and levels.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 75 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) In order to constitute an environmental offence under this Directive, conduct should be unlawful under Union law protecting the environment or national laws, administrative regulations or decisions giving effect to that Union law. The conduct which constitutes each category of criminal offence should be defined and, where appropriate, a threshold which needs to be met for the conduct to be criminalised should be set. Such conduct should be considered a criminal offence when committed intentionally and, in certain cases, also when committed with serious negligence. Illegal conduct that causes death or serious injury of persons, substantial damage or a considerable risk of substantial damage for the environment or is considered otherwise as particularly harmful to the environment constitutes a criminal offence when committed with serious negligence. Member States remain free to adopt or maintain more stringent criminal law rules in that area, according to the time frames laid down in national legislation.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 84 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The environment should be protected in a wide sense, as set out under Article 3 (3) TEU and Article 191 TFEU, covering all natural resources - air, water, soil, wild fauna and flora including habitats - as well as services provided by natural resource, and terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 88 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) The acceleration of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, paired with tangible examples of their devastating effects, have led to the recognition of the green transition as one of the defining objectives of our time and a matter ofn intergenerational equitymatter. Therefore, when Union legislation covered by this Directive evolves, this Directive should also cover any updated or amended Union legislation falling within the scope of criminal offences defined under this Directive, when the obligations under Union law remain unchanged in substance. However, when new legal instruments prohibit new conduct harmful to the environment, this Directive should be amended in order to add to the categories of criminal offences also the new serious breaches of Union environmental law.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 92 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) In criminal proceedings and trials, due account should be taken of the involvement of organised criminal groups operating in ways that negatively impact the environment. Criminal proceedings should address corruption, money laundering, cyber-crime and document fraud and – in relation to business activities – the intention of the offender to maximise profits or save expenses, where these occur in the context of environmental crime. These crime forms are often interconnected with serious environmental crime forms and should therefore not be dealt with in isolation. In this respect, it is of particular concern that some environmental crimes are committed with the tolerance or active support of the competent administrations Tolerance of or active support for forms of crime takes the form officials performing his/her public duty. I corruption when cpertain cases this can even take the form of corruptionpetrated by local authorities. Examples of such behaviours are turning a blind eye or remaining silent on the infringement of laws protecting the environment following inspections, deliberately omitting inspections or controls for example with regard to whether the conditions of a permit are being respected by the permit- holder, resolutions or votes in favour of granting illegal licences or issuing falsified or untrue favourable reports.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 105 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) Where national law provides for it, legal persons should also be held criminally liable for environmental criminal offences according to this Directive. Member States whose national law does not provide for the criminal liability of legal persons should ensure that their administrative sanctioning systems provide for effective, dissuasive and proportionate sanctions types and levels as laid down in this Directive in order to achieve its objectives. Financial situation of legal persons should be taken into account to ensure the dissuasiveness of the sanction imposed while upholding the principle of penal proportionality.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 109 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) Where the crimes are of a continuing nature, they should be brought to an endisrupted as soon as possible. Where offenders have made financial gains, such gains should be confiscated.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 114 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Member States should lay down rules (where none are yet in place) concerning limitation periods necessary in order to enable them to counter environmental criminal offences effectively, without prejudice to national rules that do not set limitation periods for investigation, prosecution and enforcement.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 121 #

2021/0422(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Given, in particular, the mobility of perpetrators of illegal conduct covered by this Directive, together with the cross- border nature of offences and the possibility of cross-border investigations, Member States should establish jurisdiction in order to counter such conduct effectively in cooperation with the authorities of other Member States, particularly those with which they share borders.
2022/09/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 366 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
(46) However, the actual CVA risk of the exempted transactions may be a source of significant risk for banks applying those exemptions; if those risks materialise, the banks concerned could suffer significant losses. As EBA highlighted in their report on CVA from February 2015, the CVA risks of the exempted transactions raise prudential concerns that are not being addressed under CRR. To help supervisors monitor the CVA risk arising from the exempted transactions, institutions should report the calculation of capital requirements for CVA risks of the exempted transactions that would be required if those transactions were not exempted. In addition, EBA should develop guidelines to help supervisors identify excessive CVA risk and to improve the harmonisation of supervisory actions in this area across the EU.deleted
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 372 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
(b) operational leasing, factoring, the management of unit trusts, the ownership or management of property, the provision of data processing services or any other activity that is ancillary to banking; those activities are taken into account if the activity is mainly provided to the parent undertaking;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 381 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point c
(c) any other activity considered similar by EBA to those mentioned in points (a) and (b);;deleted
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 436 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point x a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 146 – introductory part
(x a) In Article 4(1), point 146 is replaced by the following: 146) ‘large institution’ means an institution that is not a social economy entity and meets any of the following conditions: (a) it is a G-SII; (b) it has been identified as an other systemically important institution (O-SII) in accordance with Article 131(1) and (3) of Directive 2013/36/EU; (c) it is, in the Member State in which it is established, one of the three largest institutions in terms of total value of assets; (d) the total value of its assets on an individual basis or, where applicable, on the basis of its consolidated situation in accordance with this Regulation and Directive 2013/36/EU is equal to or greater than EUR 30 billion;;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 443 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point x b (new)
(x b) the following point is inserted: “(146a) ’social economy entity’ means an entity that meets all of the following conditions: a) the entity is not a G-SII; b) the entity and its subsidiaries and affiliated undertakings are linked in accordance with Article 22(7) of Directive 2013/34/EU and applicable national laws address subsidiaries to allocate profits mainly to common interests of members; c) subsidiaries and affiliated undertakings are small and non-complex entities or less significant institutions in accordance with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) 1024/2013; d) subsidiaries and affiliated undertakings are bound by national laws for a governance model informed by democratic principles.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 461 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 5 – point 9 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) contractual arrangements where the institution is required to assess the creditworthiness of the client immediately prior to deciding on the execution of each drawdowndecision of the institution on the execution of each drawdown is conditional upon assessment of the creditworthiness of the client;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 466 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 5 – point 9 – subparagraph 2 – point e
(e) contractual arrangements that are offered to a corporate entity, including an SME, that isprovided that those counterparties are closely monitored on an ongoing basis.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 470 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 5 – point 10
(10) ‘unconditionally cancellable commitment’ means any commitment the terms of which permit the institution to cancel that commitment, to the full extent allowable under consumer protection and related legislation where applicable, at any time without prior notice to the obligor or that effectively provide for automatic cancellation due to deterioration in a borrower's creditworthiness.’;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 482 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point k – point vi (new)
(b a) in paragraph 1, point (k), the following point is added: (vi) CIU exposures in accordance with Article 132(2).
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 516 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) the Common Equity Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary minus the lower of the following:
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 530 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i – indent 1
— where the subsidiary is an institution, the sum of the requirement laid down in Article 92(1), point (a), the requirements referred to in Articles 458 and 459 , the specific own funds requirements referred to in Article 104 of Directive 2013/36/EU, the combined buffer requirement defined in Article 128, point (6), of that Directive, or any local supervisory regulations in third countries insofar as those requirements are to be met by Common Equity Tier 1 capital, as applicable;deleted
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 541 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 84 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) the amount of consolidated Common Equity Tier 1 capital that relates to that subsidiary that is required on a consolidated basis to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in Article 92(1), point (a), the requirements referred to in Articles 458 and 459, the specific own funds requirements referred to in Article 104 of Directive 2013/36/EU and the combined buffer requirement defined in Article 128, point (6), of that Directive; and the Common Equity Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary required at local level to avoid restrictions on dividend payments; in case of third countries it shall be measured based on local own funds requirements;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 548 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) the Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary minus the lower of the following:
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 556 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the amount of Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary required to meet the following: — institution, the sum of the requirement laid down in Article 92(1), point (b), tdeleted whe requirements referred to in Articles 458 and 459, the specific own funds requirements referred to in Article 104 of Directive 2013/36/EU, the combined buffer requirement defined in Article 128, point (6), of that Directive, or any local supervisory regulations in third countries insofar as those requirements are to be met by Tier 1 Capital, as applicable; — investment firm, the sum of t the subsidiary is an whe requirement laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033, the specific own funds requirements referred to in Article 39(2), point (a), of Directive (EU) 2019/2034, or any local supervisory regulations in third countries insofar as those requirements are to be met by Tier 1 capital, as applicable; the subsidiary is an
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 574 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 85 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) the amount of consolidated Tier 1 capital that relates to the subsidiary that is required on a consolidated basis to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in Article 92(1), point (b), the requirements referred to in Articles 458 and 459, the specific own funds requirements referred to in Article 104 of Directive 2013/36/EU and the combined buffer requirement defined in Article 128, point (6), of that Directive; and the Common Equity Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary required at local level to avoid restrictions on dividend payments; in case of third countries it shall be measured based on local own funds requirements;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 585 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 87 – paragraph 1 – point a
(20 b) in Article 87(1), point (a) is replaced by the following: " (a) the own funds of the subsidiary minus the lower of the following: (i) the amount of own funds that relates tof the subsidiary that is required to meet the following: —on a consolidated basis to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (c) of Article 92(1) of this Regulation, the requirements referred to in Articles 458 and 459 of this Regulation, the specific own funds requirements referred to in Article 104 of Directive 2013/36/EU, the combined buffer requirement defined in point (6) of Article 128 of that Directive, and any additional local supervisory regulations in third countries, — where the subsidiary is an investment firm, the sum of the requirement laid down in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033, the specific own funds requirements referred to in point (a) of Article 39(2) of Directive (EU) 2019/2034, and any additional local supervisory regulations in third countries; (ii) the amount of own funds that relates to the subsidiary that is required on a consolidated basis to meet the sum of the requirement laid down in point (c) of Article 92(1) of this Regulation, the requirements referred to in Articles 458 and 459 of this Regulation, the specific own funds requirements referred to in Article 104 of Directive 2013/36/EU, the combined buffer requirement defined in point (6) of Article 128 of that Directive, and any additional local supervisory own funds requirement in third countries; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02013R0575- 2013/36/EU, the requirements referred to in Article 500 and any additional local supervisory own funds requirement in third countries and the Common Equity Tier 1 capital of the subsidiary required at local level to avoid restrictions on dividend payments; in case of third countries this is to be be measured based on local own funds requirements; " Or. en 20220410&qid=1657181919837&from=EN)
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 599 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 92 – paragraph 3 – point a – subparagraph 5a (new)
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, institutions which deduct an IRB shortfall amount from their Common Equity Tier 1 in accordance with Article 36 (1), point (d) shall apply the following formula: TREA= max {U-TREA; (x*S-TREA)– (SF*12,5)} where SF = the absolutevalue of the IRB shortfall deducted in accordance with Article 36(1), point (d)
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 648 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 106 – paragraph 3
(a) in paragraph 3, the last subparagraph is replaced by the following: Both an internal hedge recognised in accordance with the first subparagraph and the credit derivative entered into with the third party shall be included in3.Where an institution hedges a non- trading book credit risk exposure or counterparty risk exposure using a credit derivative booked in its trading book, that credit derivative position shall be recognised as an internal hedge of the non-trading book tocredit risk exposure or counterparty risk exposure for the purpose of calculateing the own frisk-weighted exposure amoundts requirements for market risk. To calculate the own funds requirements for market risk usferred to in point (a) of Article 92(3) where the institution enters into another credit derivative transaction with an eligible third party protection provider that meets the requirements for unfunded credit protection ing the approach set out in Article 325(1), point (b), both positions shall be assignnon-trading book and fully offsets the long market credit risk position of the internal hedge. Both an internal hedge recognised in accordance with the first subparagraph and the credit derivative entered into the same trading desk established in accordance to Article 104b(1) that manages similar riskswith the third party shall be included in the trading book for the purpose of calculating the own funds requirements for market risk such that credit risk over hedges and other market risks are capitalised.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 649 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 106 – paragraph 4
(b) in paragraph 4, the last subparagraph is replaced by the following: 4.Where an institution hedges a non- trading book equity risk exposure using an equity derivative booked in its trading book, that equity derivative position shall be recognised as an internal hedge of the non-trading book equity risk exposure for the purpose of calculating the risk- weighted exposure amounts referred to in point (a) of Article 92(3) where the institution enters into another equity derivative transaction with an eligible third party protection provider that meets the requirements for unfunded credit protection in the non- trading book and fully offsets the long market equity risk position of the internal hedge. Both an internal hedge recognised in accordance with the first subparagraph and the equity derivative entered into with the eligible third party protection provider shall be included in the trading book for the purposes of calculating the own funds requirements for market risk. For the purposes of calculating the own funds requirements for market risks using the approach set out in Article 325(1), point (b) both positions shall be assigned to the same trading desk established in accordance to Article 104b(1) that manages similar risks such that equity risk over hedges and other market risks are capitalised.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 650 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point d
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 106 – paragraph 5a
5a. For the purposes of paragraph 5, point (a), the institution may assign to that portfolio other interest rate risk positions entered into with third parties, or with its own trading book, as long as the institution perfectfully offsets the market risk of those interest rate risk positions entered into with its own trading book by entering into opposite interest rate risk positions with third parties.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 651 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point d
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 106 – paragraph 5b – point a
(a) that trading desk may include other interest rate risk positions entered into with third parties or with other trading desks of the institution, as long as those positions meet the requirements for inclusion in the trading book referred to in Article 104 and those other trading desks perfectfully offset the market risk of those other interest rate risk positions by entering into opposite interest rate risk positions with third parties;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 652 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point e
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 106 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) where the derivative position is subject to any of the requirements set out in Article 325c(2), points (b) or (c), or in Article 325e(1), point (c), the institution perfectly offsets the market risk of that derivative position by entering into opposite positions with third parties;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 667 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 111 – paragraph 4
4. For contractual arrangements offered by an institution, but not yet accepted by the client, that would become commitments if accepted by the client, and contractual arrangements that would qualify as commitments but meet the conditions for not being treated as commitments, the percentage applicable to that type of contractual arrangement shall be that provided for in accordance with paragraph 2.deleted
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 693 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40 – point b a (new)
(b a) the following paragraph is added: 2a. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, exposures under the standardised approach due to not-real estate leases granted by an institution to corporate borrowers against the payment of periodic contractual payments shall be assigned a risk weight of 70%, provided that all the following conditions are met: a) the lessor performs a complete credit risk assessment process comprising lessees, subject of leases and their relative suppliers; b) the lessor retains the legal ownership of the leased asset throughout the life of the contract; c) the lessor has the right to carry out on- site inspections/access; d) the leased assets are instrumental to the exercise of the borrower’s economic activities.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 711 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 122a – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) where the purpose of a specialised lending exposure is to provide for short- term financing of reserves, inventories or receivables of exchange-liquidly traded commodities, including crude oil, metals, or cropsoft commodities, and the income to be generated by those reserves, inventories or receivables is to be the proceeds from the sale of the commodity (‘commodities finance exposures’), institutions shall apply a risk weight of 100 %;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 721 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
(i) 1310 % where the project to which the exposure is related is in the pre- operational phase;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 726 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
— the obligor has sufficient reserve funds fully funded in cash, or other financial arrangements, with highly rated guarantorsguarantors with an ECAI rating with a credit quality step of at least 3, or, if not externally rated, are assigned with a rating equivalent to a step 3 or higher with the bank validated internal rating model to cover the contingency funding and working capital requirements over the lifetime of the project being financed;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 735 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
where the revenues of the obligor are not funded by payments from a large number of users, the source of repayment of the obligation depends on one main counterparty and that main counterparty is one of the following:
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 740 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
— a public sector entity, provided that that entity is assigned a risk weight of 20 % or below in accordance with Article 116, or is assigned an ECAI rating with a credit quality step of at least 3, or, if not externally rated, are assigned with a rating equivalent to a step 3 or higher with the bank validated internal rating model;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 744 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
— a corporate entity which has been assigned an ECAI rating with a credit quality step of at least 3. , or, if not externally rated, are assigned with a rating equivalent to a step 3 or higher with the bank validated internal rating model.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 746 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
- an entity that is replaceable without a significant change in the level and timing of revenues.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 754 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 41
— equity is pledged or assigned to the lending institution such that they are able to take control of the obligor entity upon default;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 780 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 42
4 a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, exposures under the standardised approach due to not-real estate leases granted by an institution to retail borrowers against the payment of periodic contractual payments shall be assigned a risk weight of 55%,provided that all the following conditions are met: a) the lessor performs a complete credit risk assessment process comprising lessees, subject of leases and their relative suppliers; b) the lessor retains the legal ownership of the leased asset throughout the life of the contract; c) the lessor has the right to carry out on- site inspections/access; d) the leased assets are instrumental to the exercise of the borrower’s economic activities.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 791 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 124 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the immovable property securing the exposure is the obligor’s primary residenceexposure is to an individual and secured by a residential property, either where the immovable property as a whole constitutes a single housing unit or where the immovable property securing the exposure is a housing unit that is a separated part within an immovable property;
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 799 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 124 – paragraph 2 – point c – point ii a (new)
(ii a) exposures related to property leasing transactions concerning offices or other commercial premises under which the institution is the lessor and the lessee has an option to purchase shall be assigned a risk weight of 50% provided that the exposure of the institution is fully and completely secured by its ownership of the property and the commercial immovable property is instrumental to the lessee’s economic activities.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 825 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 47
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 126a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. ADC exposures to residential or commercial property, however, may be risk weighted at 100 %, provided that, where applicable, the institution applies sound origination and monitoring standards which meet the requirements of Articles 74 and 79 of Directive 2013/36/EU and where at least one of the following conditions is met:
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 851 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 51 a (new)
(51 a) in Article 132(2), subparagraph 2 is replaced by the following: Subject to Article 132b(2), institutions that do not apply the look-through approach or the mandate-based approach shall assign a risk weight of 1 250 % (‘fall-back approach’) to their exposures in the form of units or shares in a CIU. As an alternative to applying a 1 250 % risk weight, institutions may deduct those amounts from Common Equity Tier 1 items in accordance with point (k) of Article 36(1). Or. en(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013R0575- 20220410&qid=1657192873239)
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 857 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 52
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 133 – paragraph 1– point c – point iv – introductory part
(iv) the holder of the instrument has exercised the option to require that the obligation be settled in equity shares, unless one of the following conditions is met:
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 858 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 52
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 133 – paragraph 3 and 3 a (new)
3. Equity exposures, other than those referred to in paragraph 3a and 4 to 7, shall be assigned a risk weight of 250 %, unless those exposures are required to be deducted or risk-weighted in accordance with Part Two. 3a. Exposures to equity listed on regulated markets shall be assigned a risk weight of 100%. Private equity exposures in sufficiently diversified portfolios shall be assigned a risk weight of 190 % unless those exposures are required tobe deducted.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 869 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 52
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 133 – paragraph 6
6. Equity exposures to central banks shall be assigned a risk weight of 100 %.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 881 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 53 – point b a (new)
8a. Securities financing transactions exposures risk weights shall be capped at 50 % and 20% where the exposures residual maturities are respectively one year or less and 3 months or less.
2022/08/11
Committee: ECON
Amendment 921 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 66 – point c a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 153 – paragraph 5 – table 1
(ca) in paragraph 5, table 1 is amended as follows: Remainin Categor Category Category Category Category g Maturity y1 2 3 4 5 Less than 50 % 70 % 100 % 250 % 175 % 2,5 years Equal or 70 % 90 % 100 % 250 % 175 % more than 2,5 years
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 943 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 75 – point c – point ii – indent -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/201
Article 162 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
In addition, for qualifying short-term exposures which are not part of the institution's ongoing financing of the obligor, M shall be at least one-day. This applies to IRB-Advanced and to IRB- Foundation methods. Qualifying short term exposures shall include the following:
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 958 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 89 – point c a (new)
(c a) the following paragraph is inserted: 6a. EBA shall develop draft regulatory technical standards to specify the definition of diminished financial obligation in case of distressed restructuring for the purposes of paragraph 3(d). EBA shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by 31 December 2023. Power is delegated to the Commission to adopt the regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No1093/2010.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 987 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 197 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
(98 a) in Article197(6), subparagraph 1 is replaced by the following: "For the purposes of paragraph 5, where a CIU (‘the original CIU’) or any of its underlying CIUs are not limited to investing in instruments that are eligible under paragraphs 1 and 4, institutions: -where the institutions can apply the look- through method, they may use units or shares in that CIU as collateral up to the amount equal to the value of the underlying instruments, calculated following the existing provisions of the relevant European and national regulations, that are eligible for recognition under paragraphs 1 and 4; -where institutions can apply the mandate- based approach, they may use units or shares in that CIU as collateral to an amount equal to the value of the eligible assets held by that CIU under the assumption that that CIU or any of its underlying CIUs have invested in non- eligible assets to the maximum extent allowed under their respective mandates. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02013R0575-" Or. en 20220410&qid=1657192873239&from=EN)
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 990 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 197a (new)
(98 a) the following article is inserted : Article 197a Additional eligibility for collateral under the Standardised Approach 1. Competent authorities shall permit an institution to use, as other eligible collateral, physical collateral where conditions specified in Article 199(6) and Article 210 are met. Institutions shall document the fulfilment of those conditions. 2. Unless otherwise decided by the competent authorities regarding specific risk weights based on the product category, to exposures fully secured by a physical collateral, which met the conditions set in paragraph 1, shall be assigned a risk weight of 60%.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 992 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 98 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 198
(98 b) Article 198 is replaced by the following : "Article 198 Additional eligibility of collateral under the Financial Collateral Comprehensive Method 1. In addition to the collateral established in Article 197, where an institution uses the Financial Collateral Comprehensive Method set out in Article 223, that institution may use the following items as eligible collateral: (a) equities or convertible bonds not included in a main index but traded on a recognised exchange; (b) units or shares in CIUs where both the following conditions are met: (i) the units or shares have a daily public price quote; (ii) the CIU is limited to investing in instruments that are eligible for recognition under Article 197(1) and (4) and the items mentioned in point (a) of this subparagraph. In the case a CIU invests in units or shares of another CIU, conditions (a) and (b) of this paragraph equally apply to any such underlying CIU. The use by a CIU of derivative instruments to hedge permitted investments shall not prevent units or shares in that undertaking from being eligible as collateral. 2. Where the CIU or any underlying CIU are not limited to investing in instruments that are eligible for recognition under Article 197(1) and (4) and the items mentioned in point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article, institutions: -where institutions can apply the look- through method, they may use units or shares in that CIU as collateral up to the amount equal to the value of the underlying instruments, calculated following the existing provisions of the relevant European and national regulations, that are eligible for recognition under paragraphs 1 and 4 and the items mentioned in point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article; -where institutions can apply the mandate- based approach, they may use units or shares in that CIU as collateral to an amount equal to the value of the eligible assets held by that CIU under the assumption that that CIU or any of its underlying CIUs have invested in non- eligible assets to the maximum extent allowed under their respective mandates. Where non-eligible assets can have a negative value due to liabilities or contingent liabilities resulting from ownership, institutions shall do both of the following: (a) calculate the total value of the non- eligible assets; (b) where the amount obtained under point (a) is negative, subtract the absolute value of that amount from the total value of the eligible assets. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R0575-" Or. en 20220410&from=EN)
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 997 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 99 – point -a (new)
(-a) in paragraph 1, the introductory part is replaced by: In addition to the collateral referred to in Articles 197 and 198, institutions that calculate risk-weighted exposure amounts all approaches and methods and expected loss amounts under the IRB Approach may also use the following forms of collateral:
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1017 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 103 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/201
Article 210 – introductory part
(103 a)in Article 210, the introductory part is replaced by the following: Physical collateral other than immovable property collateral shall qualify as eligible collateral under the IRB Approachall approaches and methods where all the following conditions are met:
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1020 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 104 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 212 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the surrender value is declared by the company providing the life insurance and is non-reducib104 b)in Article 212(2), point (g) is replaced by the following: (g) the current surrender value is declared by the company providing the life insurance. Where the surrender value is reducible, it has to be revaluated during the exposure life cycle;
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1029 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 118 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/201
Article 229 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) the value is adjusted to take into account the potential for the current market price to be significantly above the value that would be sustainable over the life of the loanmarket value or mortgage lending value to be significantly above the current market price;
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1031 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 121 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/201
Article 232 – paragraph 2
(121 a) in Article 232, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. Where the conditions set out in Article 212(2) are met, institutions shall subject the portion of the exposure collateralised by the current surrender value of life insurance policies pledged to the lending institution to the following treatment: (a) where the exposure is subject to the Standardised Approach, it shall be risk- weighted by using the risk weights specified in paragraph 3; (b) where the exposure is subject to the IRB Approach but not subject to the institution's own estimates of LGD, it shall be assigned an LGD of 40 %. The “portion of the exposure collateralized by the life insurance policies pledged to the lending institution”, where the surrender value (SV) is reducible, has to be calculated by the following formula: SV = SV · (1 - HC) where: HC = volatility adjustment. Where institutions are aware of the underlying exposures of the life insurance policy and the underlying exposures satisfy the eligibility criteria set out in Article 197 and 198, they should calculate Hc as the weighted average of each underlying exposure Hc according to Art. 224, paragraph 1 Tables 1 to 3. Underlying exposures in the form of CIUs should be themselves subject to the look- through approach up the maximum extent. For the purposes of calculating weighted average Hc, underlying exposures not satisfying eligibility criteria set out in Article 197 and 198and underlying exposures in the for of CIUs for which the look-through approach up to the maximum extent is not available should be considered as having Hc equal to 1. In the event of a currency mismatch, institutions shall reduce the current surrender value in accordance with Article 233(3), the value of the credit protection being the current surrender value of the life insurance policy.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1049 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 131
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 314 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6 a (new)
For Institutions having a service component SC weight greater than 50% of the overall business indicator, the service component shall be calculated in accordance to the following formula: SC = min (SC0 , 50% BI) + max (0,[SC0- 50%BI]) * SCCF where: SCCF: service component calibration factor proposed at 50%. SC0=max (OI , OE) + max (FI , FE)
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1098 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 136 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325j – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) it shall calculate the own funds requirement for market risk of the CIU by considering the position in the CIU as a single equity position allocated to the bucket ’Other sector‘12 or 13, as appropriate, in Article 325ap(1), Table 8;
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1101 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 136 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325j – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of the calculation referred to in point (i), the institution shall consider the position in the CIU as a single unrated equity position allocated to the bucket “Unrated” in Article 325y(1), Table 2apply a 5% default risk weight.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1112 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 141 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325y – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Long and short positions in institution’s own debt should be excluded from the calculation of own funds requirements for default risk.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1114 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 149 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325at – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
(149 a)in Article 325at(2), subparagraph 3 is replaced by the following: ρkl(tenor) shall be equal to 1 where the two vertices of the sensitivities k and l are identical, otherwise it shall be equal to 99 %.9% for bucket 3a and 99 % for all other buckets; and
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1115 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 150 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325ax – paragraph 6
(b a) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: "6. For general interest rate, credit spread and commodity curvature risk factors, the curvature risk weight shall be the parallel shift of all the vertices for each curve on the basis of the highest prescribed delta risk weight referred to in Subsection 1 for the relevant risk class. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R0575-bucket. " Or. en 20220410&from=EN)
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1118 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 156 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325bg – paragraph 2
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, where the theoretical changes in the value of a trading desk's portfolio, based on the institution's risk-measurement model are sufficiently close to the hypothetical changes in the value of that trading desk's portfolio, based on the institution's pricing model, the institution shall calculate, for all the positions assigned to that trading desk, an additional own funds requirement to the own funds requirements referred to in Article 325ba, paragraphs 1 and 2.deleted
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1122 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 158 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325bl – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(158 a)in Article 325bl(1), the following subparagraph is added: Long and short positions in institution’s own debt should be excluded from the calculation of own funds requirements for default risk.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1123 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 159 – point a – point -i (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 325bp – paragraph 5 – point a
(-i) point (a) is replaced by the following: (a) the default probabilities shall be floored at 0,03 %; for exposures other than those that would receive a 0 % risk-weight under the Standardised Approach for credit risk in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title II;
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1131 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 166 – point b – introductory part
(b) the following paragraphs 4a and 4b areis inserted:
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1136 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 166 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 382 – paragraph 4b
4b. Institutions shall report to their competent authorities the results of the calculations of the own funds requirements for CVA risk for all the transactions referred to in paragraph 4. For the purposes of that reporting requirement, institutions shall calculate the own funds requirements for CVA risk using the relevant approaches set out in Article 382a(1), that they would have used to satisfy an own funds requirement for CVA risk if those transactions were not excluded from the scope in accordance with paragraph 4.deleted
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1139 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 169
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 383d – paragraph 2
2. The foreign exchange vega risk factors to be applied by institutions to instruments in the CVA portfolio sensitive to foreign exchange volatility shall be the implied volatilities of all foreign exchange rates between the currency pairs referred to in paragraph 1. There shall be one bucket for all currencies and maturities, containing all foreign exchange vega risk factors and. There shall be one bucket for all currency pairs, containing a single net sensitivity.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1234 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. By way of derogation from Article 92(5)(a), point (i), parent institutions, parent financial holding companies or parent mixed financial holding companies, stand-alone institutions in the EU or stand- alone subsidiary institutions in Member States may, until 31 December2032, assign a risk weight of 65 % to exposures to corporates for which no credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is available provided that that entity estimates the PD of those exposures, calculated in accordance with Part Three, Title II, Chapter 3, is no higher than 0,5 %.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1247 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
EBA shall monitor the use of the transitional treatment laid down in the first subparagraph and the availability of credit assessments by nominated ECAIs for exposures to corporates. EBA shall report its findings to the Commission by 31 December 2028.deleted
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1255 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
On the basis of that report and taking due account of the related internationally agreed standards developed by the BCBS, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a legislative proposal by 31 December 2031.deleted
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1276 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. By way of derogation from Article 92(5)(a), point (iv), parent institutions, parent financial holding companies or parent mixed financial holding companies, subsidiary institutions, stand-alone institutions in the EU or stand- alone subsidiary institutions in Member States shall, until 31 December 2029, replace alpha by 1 in the calculation of the exposure value for the contracts listed in Annex II in accordance with the approaches set out in Part Three, Title II, Chapter 6, Sections 3 and 4, where the same exposure values are calculated in accordance with the approach set out in Part Three, Title II, Chapter 3, Section 6 for the purposes of the total un-floored risk exposure amount.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1280 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission may, having taken into account the EBA report referred to in Article 514, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 462 to permanently modify the value of alpha, where appropriate.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1293 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
5. By way of derogation from Article 92(5)(a), point (i), Member States may, allow pParent institutions, parent financial holding companies or parent mixed financial holding companies, subsidiary institutions, stand-alone institutions in the EU or stand-alone subsidiary institutions in Member States are allowed to assign the following risk weights provided that all the conditions in the second subparagraph are met.:
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1303 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) until 31 December 2032, a risk weight of 10 % to the part of the exposures secured by mortgages on residential property up to 55 % of the property value remaining after any senior or pari passu ranking liens not held by the institution have been deducted,
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1313 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) until 31 December 2029, a risk weight of 45% to any remaining part of the exposures secured by mortgages on residential property up to 80 % of the property value remaining after any senior or pari passu ranking liens not held by the institution have been deducted, provided that the adjustment to own funds requirements for credit risk referred to in Article 501 is not applied.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1322 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the qualifying exposures are located in thea Member State that has exercised the discretion;
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1340 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subpraragraph 3 – introductory part
Where the discretion referred to in the first subparagraph has been exercised and all the associated conditions in the second subparagraph are met, institutions may assign the following risk weights to the remaining part of the exposures referred to in the second subparagraph, point (b), until 31 December 2032:
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1356 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subpraragraph 3 – point c
(c) 67,5 % during the period from 1 January 2032 to 31 Decemberfrom 1 January 2032.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1362 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
When Member States exercise that discretion, they shall notify EBA and substantiate their decision. Competent authorities shall notify the details of all the verifications referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), to EBA.deleted
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1370 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 5
EBA shall monitor the use of the transitional treatment in the first subparagraph and report to the Commission by 31 December 2028 on the appropriateness of the associated risk weights.deleted
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1379 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 196
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 465 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 6
On the basis of that report and taking due account of the related internationally agreed standards developed by the BCBS, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a legislative proposal by 31 December 2031.;deleted
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1444 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 199
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 495d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This also applies to all the items listed in bucket 5 of Annex I
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1464 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 199 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 500 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point (b)
( 199a) in Article 500(1), point (b) is replaced by the following: (b) the dates of the disposals of defaulted exposures are after 23 November 2016 but not later than 28 June31 December 20224; ( https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013R0575-20220410Or. en
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1492 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 201 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 501a a (new)
(201 a) the following article is inserted: "Article 501aa Sustainability Adjustment Factor for certain energy efficient mortgages 1. For exposures related to energy efficient mortgages as defined by point 2, the capital requirement for credit risk calculated according to Title II of Part Three shall be multiplied by a Sustainability Adjustment Factor (SAF) for mortgages of 0,80. 2. For the purpose of this Article, energy efficient mortgages are those that finance the renovation of buildings in order to allow them to increase at least two classes of Energy Performance in Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), or the construction of new buildings or acquisition and/or ownership of buildings with at least the class C of EPC. 3. If other supporting factors are envisaged for the exposures referred to in paragraph 1 in this Regulation, the SAF should be added to those additional supporting factors prior to the calculation of the capital requirements for credit risk. 4. Institutions shall report to competent authorities every 12 months on the total amount of exposures qualified for the SAF and the related total capital requirements for credit risk. 5. The Commission shall by xxxxxx report on the impact of the SAF for qualified energy efficient mortgages and, if it is justified from a prudential perspective, if it should be kept at the level in point 1 or should be increased and shall submit that report to the European Parliament and to the Council together with a legislative proposal, if appropriate.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1493 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 201 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 501 a b (new)
(201 b)the following article is inserted: "Article 501 ab Sustainability Adjustment Factor for other suitable economic activities 1. For exposure fully or partially related to economic activities as defined by point 2 and different from those in article 501xX, the pro-quota capital requirements for credit risk shall be multiplied by a Sustainability Adjustment Factor (SAF) of 0,85 unless the capital requirements for credit risk are calculated by the bank under a validated IRB/IRBA that integrates the sustainability risk factors envisaged in the Taxonomy Regulation(Regulation (EU) 2020/852). 2. For the purpose of this Article, SAF suitable economic activities are defined as economic activities that fulfil all the following criteria: (a) they are included in the existing and future Delegated Regulations based on the Taxonomy Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/852); (b) they are compliant with Article 3 of that Regulation(Criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities); (c) they belong to those economic activities for which EBA, in collaboration with JRC, has assessed a materially reduced prospective credit risk by virtue of their environmental sustainability. 3. If for the exposures referred to in paragraph 1, other supporting factors are envisaged in this Regulation, the SAF shall be added to those additional supporting factors prior to the calculation of the capital requirements for credit risk. 4. EBA has the mandate to assess a first set of SAF suitable economic activities by December 2023 and a second one by December 2026. 5. Institutions shall report to competent authorities every 12 months on the total amount of SAF suitable exposures and the related total capital requirements for credit risk. 6. The Commission shall by xxxxxx and by yyyyyyy report on the impact of the SAF for exposures to the eligible economic activities defined in this article and, if it is justified from a prudential perspective, if it should be kept at the level in point 1 or should be increased and shall submit that report to the European Parliament and to the Council together with a legislative proposal, if appropriate.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1521 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 205
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 519d – paragraph 1 – introductory part
By [OP please insert the date = 60 months after date of application of Part Three, Title III], the EBA shall report to the Commission on all of the following:
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1537 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 205
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 519d – subparagraph 2 a (new
In case admissible insurance contracts should be identified by EBA, with standardized wording pre-cleared by EBA by means of an ad hoc RTS (Regulatory Technical Standard), institutions can apply the following. NET BIC = BIC × (1−insurance benefit) where: insurance benefit = min (20%, ∑𝛿 i ) and for each i policy 𝛿 i=[(𝐻i∙𝐿i)/BIC] × 𝑓(𝐷i) * Wi - the policy limit (“L”); - the policy deductible (“D”); - an adjustment depending on the chosen deductible (“𝑓(𝐷)”),ensuring the benefit decreases as the deductible increases; - a standard haircut (“H”), to be determined by the competent Supervisor depending on the probability of each Insurer’s default or potential delay in payments; - the policy percentage coverage(“W”) related to the extent of the coverage, excluding overlapping with other policies.
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1548 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table – column 2 – row 8
Regulation (EU) No 575/201
Annex I
• Performance bonds, bid bonds, • Performance bonds, bid bonds, warranties warranties and standby letters of credit not related to trade finance; related to particular transactions and similar transaction-related contingent items;
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1558 #

2021/0342(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex – table– column 2 – row 13 a (new)
 Performance bonds, bid bonds and warranties related to trade finance, and standby letters of credit related to particular transactions and similar transaction-related contingent items;
2022/08/18
Committee: ECON
Amendment 171 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 21a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
(b a) in paragraph 4, subparagraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Financial holding companies or mixed financial holding companies exempted from approval in accordance with this paragraph shall not be excluded from the perimeter of consolidation as laid down in this Directive and in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013L0036-20220101 unless, upon request of the financial holding company or mixed financial holding company, the competent authority identifies a composition of the group other than the one designated. In particular, a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company cannot be considered the parent company where, in the opinion of the competent authorities, the following conditions are met: i) the company has a statutory prohibition to assume management and coordination functions; ii) the company has no significant equity investments other than those in the company or bank as referred to in paragraph 5; iii) there is a bank or other company that is allowed to exercise the management and coordination functions and declares it.’ Or. en
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 379 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 88 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Member States shall ensure that institutions draw up, maintain and update individual statements setting out the roles and duties of each member of the management body, senior management and key function holders and a mapping of duties, including details of the reporting lines and the lines of responsibilityof key function holders, and the persons who are part of the governance arrangements as referred to in Article 74 (1) and their duties approved by the management body.
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 380 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 88 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that the statements of duties and the mapping of the dutiroles are made available and communicated in due time, upon request, to the competent authorities.
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 388 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 88 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
EBA shall issue guidelines, in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, ensuring the implementation of this paragraph and its consistent application. EBA shall issue those guidelines by [OP please insert the date = 12 months from date of entry into force of this amending Directive].deleted
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 408 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 91 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The entities shall assess the suitability oftiming of the suitability assessment is subject to national law and takes place before or after the members of the management body before those members take up their positions. Where the entities conclude, based on the suitability assessment, that the member concerned does not fulfil the criteria and requirements set out in paragraph 1, the entities shall ensure that the member concerned does not take up the position considered.
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 422 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
HoweverWithout prejudice to the timing provided for in national law, where it is strictly necessary to replace a member of the management body immediately, the entities may assess the suitability of such replacement members after they have taken up their positions. The entities shall be able to duly justify such immediate replacement.
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 439 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 91 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Competent authorities shall complete the assessment referred to in paragraph 1 within 840 working days (‘assessment period’) as from the date of the written acknowledgement referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 454 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 91 b – paragraph 4
4. Competent authorities that request from the entities additional information or documentation, including interviews or hearings, may extend the assessment period for a maximum of 420 working days. However, the assessment period shall not exceed 1260 working days. Request for additional information or documentation shall be made in writing and shall be specific. The entities shall acknowledge receipt of request for additional information or documentation within two working days and provide the requested additional information or documentation within 10 working days as of the date of the written acknowledgement of the request from competent authorities.
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 472 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 91 b – paragraph 8
8. In accordance with paragraphs 1 to 7, competent authorities shall carry out the suitability assessment before members of the management body take up their positions in the following entities: (a) qualifies as largedeleted the EU parent institution; (b) St thate that qualifies as large institution; (c) institution or that supervises large institutions affiliated to it; (d) that qualifies as large institution; (e) (f) companies in a Member State, parent mixed financial holding companies in a Member State, EU parent financial holding companies and EU parent mixed financial holding companies, having large institutions or relevant subsidiaries within their group. However, where it is strictly necessary to replace a member of the management body immediately, competent authorities may carry out the suitability assessment of members of the management body after they take up their positions. The entities shall be able to duly justify such immediate replacement.e parent institution in a Member central body that qualifies as large stand-alone institution in the EU relevant subsidiary; the parent financial holding
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 511 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 b (new)
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 97 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
(22b) in Article 97(4), subparagraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘When conducting the review and evaluation referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, competent authorities shall apply the principle of proportionality in accordance with the criteria disclosed pursuant to point (c) of Article 143(1).having regard to definitions set out in Article 4(1), points 145 to 146a of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and, in accordance with the criteria disclosed pursuant to point (c) of Article 143(1) of this Directive. For entities referred to in Article 4(1), point 146a of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, competent authorities shall take into account the fact that subsidiaries and affiliated undertakings are all small and non-complex or less significant institutions.’
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 512 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 c (new)
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 98 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the business model of the institution. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013L0036-2022010122c) in Article 98, paragraph (1), point (i) is replaced by the following: ‘(i) the business model of the institution, including those essential features defined in national law as for entities referred to in Article 4(1), point 146a of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.’ Or. en
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 528 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point b
Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 104 – paragraph 3
3. EBA shall issue guidelines, in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, to specify how competent authorities may identify that the credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risks of institutions, referred to in Article 381 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, pose excessive risks to the soundness of those institutions.;deleted
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 574 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
(32a) in Article 143( 1), point (c) is replaced by the following: (c) the general criteria and methodologies they use in the review and evaluation referred to in Article 97, including the criteria for applying the principle of proportionality as referred to in Article 97(4); https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013L0036-20220101For the latter criteria and in respect to, at least, for small and non-complex institutions as defined in Article 4(1), point 145 of Regulation (EU) No 2019/876, a positive impact on proportionality needs to be achieved by ensuring that in addition to the existing ones, the following elements are clearly disclosed: (i) a simplified approach to individuate material risks (ii) simplified approaches to quantify the single material risks under Chapter 2 (review processes) Section II (arrangements, processes and mechanisms of institutions) Sub-Section 2 (technical criteria concerning the organisation and treatment of risks) and under Article 98 of this Directive (iii) guidance on scope, methodologies, scenario and data for small and non- complex institutions’ stress testing; Or. en
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 582 #

2021/0341(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
By derogation from the preceding subparagraph, Member States shall apply the provisions on reporting on third country branches in Title VI, Chapter 1, Section II, Sub-section 4 of Directive 2013/36/EU, as inserted by The provisions necessary to comply with the amendments set out in Article 1, point (20), on suitability assessment shall apply from ... [24 monthis Directive, from thefrom date of application laid down in the second subparagraph of this Articleof this amending Directive].
2022/08/22
Committee: ECON
Amendment 95 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
(4) The Commission’s Communication on the European Green Deal35 emphasised that Europe should leverage the potential of the digital transformation, which is considered a key enabler for reaching the Green Deal objectives. The Union should promote and invest in the necessary digital transformation as digital technologies are a critical enabler for attaining the sustainability goals of the Green Deal in many different sectors, always bearing in mind the effects, especially employment, of which this digital transformation will be the cause. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, cloud and edge computing and the internet of things can accelerate and maximise the impact of policies to deal with climate change and protect the environment, despite the repercussions on employment policies not yet estimated by the European institutions. Digitalisation also presents new opportunities for distance monitoring of air and water pollution, or for monitoring and optimising how energy and natural resources are used. Europe needs a digital sector that puts sustainability at its heart, ensuring that digital infrastructures and technologies become verifiably more sustainable and energy- and resource efficient, and contribute to a sustainable circular and climate-neutral economy and society in line with the European Green Deal. . _________________ 35 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”, 11.12.2019, COM/2019/640 final.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 101 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
(5) The measures envisaged in the Digital Compass Communication should be implemented, to intensify actions defined in the strategy for Shaping Europe’s digital future, and building on existing Union instruments (such as Cohesion programmes, the Technical Support Instrument, Regulation (EU) 2021/694 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 and Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 ) and on the funds allocated for digital transition of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 making use, where appropriate, of synergies between the Union and national funds. By this Decision, a Policy Programme “Path to the Digital Decade” should therefore be established in order to achieve, accelerate and shape a successful digital transformation of the Union’s economy and society. _________________ 36 Regulation (EU) 2021/694 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing the Digital Europe Programme and repealing Decision (EU) 2015/2240 (OJ L 166, 11.5.2021, p. 1). 37 Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1290/2013 and (EU) No 1291/2013 (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 1). 38 Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 ( OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30). 39 Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17).
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
(7) Digital skills, basic and advanced, are essential to reinforce the collective resilience of the Union’s society. Digitally empowered and capable citizens will be able to take advantage of the opportunities of the Digital Decade. Moreover, digital training and education, through education and vocational training and retraining, should support a workforce in which people can acquire specialised digital skills to get quality jobs and rewarding careers in much greater numbers than today, with convergence between women and men. In addition, an essential enabler for taking advantage of the benefits of digitisation, for further technological developments and for Europe’s digital leadership is a sustainable digital infrastructure for connectivity, microelectronics and the ability to process vast data. Excellent and secure connectivity for everybody and everywhere in Europe including in rural and remote areas40 is needed. Societal needs for upload and download bandwidth are constantly growing increasing the investment gap needed to meet these requirements. By 2030, networks with gigabit speeds should become available at accessible conditions for all those who need or wish such capacity. Moreover, microprocessors which are already today at the start of most of the key, strategic value chains are expected to be in even higher demand in the future, in particular the most innovative ones. Climate neutral highly secure edge node guaranteeing access to data services with low latency wherever businesses are located and quantum capacity are also expected to be critical enablers. _________________ 40 Long-term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas. COM(2021) 345 final.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
(9) Democratic life and public services will also crucially depend on digital technologies and therefore they should be fully accessible for everyone, including vulnerable people or people in vulnerable areas, as a best–in- class digital environment providing for easy-to-use, efficient and personalised services and tools with high security and privacy standards.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should, together with Member States, develop projected trajectories for the Union to reach the digital targets as laid down in this Decision. These projected trajectories should then be translated by Member States into national trajectories, where possible. The different potential of Member States to contribute to the digital targets should be taken into account and reflected in national trajectories. These trajectories should help assess progress over time at Union and national level respectively and should take into account any negative effects produced along the process of achieving the digital goals.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 157 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 22
(22) Since spectrum is essential to achieve the digital targets, and in particular a secure, performant and sustainable digital infrastructure, Member States should also report on their adopted and future policies and measures regarding the availability and possibility to use radio spectrum for existing users and prospective investors and operators. Without prejudice to the possibility for the Commission to propose new strategic spectrum policy orientations or mechanisms under Article 4 (4) of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 appropriate guidance could be provided by the Commission in that regard in order to meet the general objectives and digital targets laid down in this Decision. _________________ 43 Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code (OJ L 321, 17.12.2018, p. 36).
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 176 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 30
(30) Multi-Country Projects involving several Member States should allow for large-scale intervention in key areas necessary for the achievement of the digital targets, notably by pooling resources from the Union, Member States, and where appropriate private sources. They should be implemented in a coordinated manner, in close cooperation between the Commission and Member States. For that reason, the Commission should play a central role in accelerating the deployment of Multi-Country Projects through the identification of Multi- Country projects ready for implementation among the projects categories indicatively included in Annex, in advising Member States on the choice of implementation mechanism, on the choice of the sources of funding and their combination, on other strategic matters related to the implementation of those projects, and on the selection of a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) as an implementation mechanism, where appropriate.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 34
(34) The Commission should be able to establish, upon Member States’ application, and where it considers it appropriate, in particular in the situations where there is no alternative suitable implementation mechanism, a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (‘EDIC’) to implement that Multi-Country Project. This creation should take place without further burdening the budgets of the Member States.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 207 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) foster the retraining of Union citizens who will be affected by the digital transformation, guaranteeing them the opportunity to acquire and maintain new skills and competences in the digital sector;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure digital sovereignty notably by a secure and accessible digital infrastructure capable to process vast volumes of data that enables other technological developments, supporting the competitiveness of the Union's industry, in particular of SMEs;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ensure that digital infrastructures and technologies become more sustainable and energy- and resource efficient, and contribute to a sustainable circular and climate-neutral economy and society in line with the European Green Deal;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) facilitate fair and convergent conditions for investments in digital transformation throughout the Union, including by strengthening the synergies between the use of Union and national funds, and developing predictable regulatory approaches;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) at least 80% of those aged 16-74 have at least basic digital skills, including people who have started a retraining process;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) coverage of all European households are covered by a Gigabit network, with all populated areas covered by 5Gby an ultrafast gigabit network, by encouraging the deployment of combinations of hybrid and/or complementary technologies that are necessary to achieve global coverage, and in particular in rural and remote areas;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 289 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) at least 10 000 climate neutral highly secure “edge nodes” are deployed in the Union, distributed in a way that guarantees reliable access to data services with low latency (few milliseconds) wherever businesses are located;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 302 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) more than 90% of Union Small and Medium Enterprises (‘SME’) reach at least a basic level of digital intensity, with particular attention to SMEs present in rural areas, often disadvantaged by the distance from urban areas;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) 100% online accessible provision of key public services for Union citizens and businesses that fully respect requisites in terms of security and confidentiality;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 317 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
(b) 100% of Union citizens have access to their medical records (electronic health records (EHR)) complying with confidentiality and data management requirements;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
(c) at least 80% of Union citizens use a secure digital identification (ID) solution.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 383 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission shall closely and continuously cooperate with private and public stakeholders, including social partners, to collect information and develop recommended policies, measures and actions for the purposes of the implementation of this Decision.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 386 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 2
(2) The Member States shall cooperate and consult with private and public stakeholders, including social partners, in line with the national legislation, when adopting their national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps and their adjustments.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 398 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) fostering the digital skills of Union citizens and workers through retraining in order to prepare them for the demands of the digital world of work;
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 406 #

2021/0293(COD)

Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5 a) Multi-country projects shall respect the principles of technology neutrality and sustainability in the allocation of funds and shall encourage the deployment of hybrid and/or complementary technology combinations to achieve the digital goals.
2022/03/29
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #

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 in greenhouse gas emissions 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 cross-border and highly challenging energy transition and significantly higher shares of renewable energy sources in an integrated energy system and network. _________________ 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
2022/05/04
Committee: PETI
Amendment 43 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) Renewable energy playgives a fundamental rolecontribution in delivering the European Green Deal and for achieving climate neutrality by 2050, given that the energy sector contributesis responsible of over 75% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the Union. By reducing those greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy also contributes to tackling environmental- related challenges such as biodiversity loss.
2022/05/04
Committee: PETI
Amendment 59 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) There is a growing recognition of the need for alignment of bioenergy policies with the cascading principle of biomass use11 , with a view to ensuring fair access to the biomass raw material market for the development of innovative, high value-added bio-based solutions and a sustainable circular bioeconomy. When developing support schemes for bioenergy, Member States should therefore take into consideration the available sustainable supply of biomass for energy and non- energy uses and the maintenance of the national forest carbon sinks and ecosystems as well as the principles of the circular economy and the biomass cascading use, and the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/ECof the European Parliament and of the Council12 . For this, they should grant no support to the production of energy from saw logs, veener logs, stumps and roots and avoid promoting the use of quality roundwood for energy except in well-defined circumstances. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood-based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bio-energy and 6) disposal. Where no other use for woody biomass is economically viable or environmentally appropriate, energy recovery helps to reduce energy generation from non- renewable sources. Member States’ support schemes for bioenergy should therefore be directed to such feedstocks for which little market competition exists with the material sectors, and whose sourcing is considered positive for both climate and biodiversity, in order to avoid negative incentives for unsustainable bioenergy pathways, as identified in the JRC report ‘The use of woody biomass for energy production in the EU’13 . On the other hand, in defining the further implications of the cascading principle, it is necessary to recognise the national specificities which guide Member States in the design of their support schemes. Waste prevention, reuse and recycling of waste should be the priority option. In this sense, more efforts are needed in areas where the recycling system is weak or not enough developed for many different reasons. Member States should avoid creating support schemes which would be counter to targets on treatment of waste and which would lead to the inefficient use of recyclable waste. Moreover, in order to ensure a more efficient use of bioenergy, from 2026 on Member States should not give support anymore to electricity-only plants , unless the installations are in regions with a specific use status as regards their transition away from fossil fuels or if the installations use carbon capture and storage. _________________ 11 The cascading principle aims to achieve resource efficiency of biomass use through prioritising biomass material use to energy use wherever possible, increasing thus the amount of biomass available within the system. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood-based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bio-energy and 6) disposal. 12 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). 13 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reposit ory/handle/JRC122719
2022/05/04
Committee: PETI
Amendment 64 #

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. 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 process a growing number of permitting applications. Finally, Member States should consider that having a secure, adequate and fully integrated renewable electricity system must comply with the target of becoming energetically independent from third countries.
2022/05/04
Committee: PETI
Amendment 74 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) The Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy introduces an ambitious objective of 300 GW of offshore wind and 40 GW of ocean energy across all the Union’s sea basins by 2050. To ensure this step change, Member States will need to work together across borders at sea-basin level. Member States should therefore jointly define the amount of offshore renewable generation to be deployed within each sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. These objectives should be reflected in the updated national energy and climate plans that will be submitted in 2023 and 2024 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In defining the amount, Member States should take into account the offshore renewable energy potential of each sea basin, environmental protection, climate adaptation and other uses of the sea, as well as the Union’s decarbonisation targets. In addition, Member States should increasingly consider the possibility of combining offshore renewable energy generation with transmission lines interconnecting several Member States, in the form of hybrid projects or, at a later stage, a more meshed grid. This would allow electricity to flow in different directions, thus maximising socio- economic welfare, optimising infrastructure expenditure and enabling a more sustainable usage of the sea. by preserving its ecosystem.
2022/05/04
Committee: PETI
Amendment 86 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Insufficient numbers of skilled workers, in particular installers and designers of renewable heating and cooling systems, slow down the replacement of fossil fuel heating systems by renewable energy based systems and is a major barrier to integrating renewables in buildings, industry and agriculture. Member States should cooperate with social partners and renewable energy communities to anticipate the skills that will be needed. A sufficient number of high-quality training programmes and certification possibilities ensuring proper installation and reliable operation of a wide range of renewable heating and cooling systems should be made available and designed in a way to attract participation in such training programmes and certification systems. Member States should consider what actions should be taken to attract groups currently under-represented in the occupational areas in question. In particular, Member States should ensure that the access to training programmes and certification systems is not hindered by an excess of bureaucracy or a lack of coordination between the federal level and the local authorities. The list of trained and certified installers should be made public to ensure consumer trust and easy access to tailored designer and installer skills guaranteeing proper installation and operation of renewable heating and cooling.
2022/05/04
Committee: PETI
Amendment 91 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) With more than 30 million electric vehicles expected in the Union by 2030 it is necessary to ensure that they can fully contribute to the system integration of renewable electricity, and thus allow reaching higher shares of renewable electricity in a cost-optimal manner. The potential of electric vehicles to absorb renewable electricity at times when it is abundant and feed it back into a grid when there is scarcity has to be fully utilised. It is therefore appropriate to introduce specific measures on electric vehicles and information about renewable energy and how and when to access it which complement those in Directive (EU) 2014/94 of the European Parliament and of the Council16 and the [proposed Regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020]. Moreover, it is of utmost importance to ensure that the system integration of renewable electricity responds to the target of energetic autonomy of the European Union. _________________ 16 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1)
2022/05/04
Committee: PETI
Amendment 117 #

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 fuelsrenewable fuels of non-biological origin for consumption in hard-to- decarbonise transport sectors such as heavy duty transport including aviation and, maritime transport. A framework for electrification and electricity generation as well as industries that need high temperature heat. A framework for achieving climate neutrality 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 storage, and help integrate large shares of variable renewable generation. 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 electricitnergy systems fit for a high level of renewable energy, as well as storage facilities, fully integrated into the electricitnergy system. In particular, this framework shall tackle remaining barriers, including non-financial ones such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to process a growing number of permitting applications. for the full integration of non- programmable RES into the electricity system and for the decarbonisation process of the generation fleet by ensuring the availability of market instruments which provide long term price signals for investment decisions, including investments in system adequacy, stability and flexibility through competitive, transparent and non-discriminatory bidding process, which provide for a remuneration of the awarded recipients based on market prices. The framework shall also tackle non-financial barriers such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to process a growing number of permitting applications. In view of the above, and given that the target of 40% of energy from renewable sources to be achieved by 2030 is a very challenging and ambitious one, no effort should be spared to ensure that all renewable sources and all the technologies that use them to produce energy can be fully exploited and developed, including biomass in the heating and cooling sector and biofuels in the transport sector, provided that the limits and criteria laid down are met provided that the limits and criteria laid down in this Directive are respected.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) Overly complex and excessively long administrative procedures constitute a major barrier for the deployment of renewable energy. Further streamlining of administrative and permitting procedures is needed to ease the administrative burden for both renewable energy projects and the related grid infrastructure projects. Member States shall define a minimum set of clear and general rules at EU level to ease and accelerate the national transposition processes, facilitate a homogeneous application throughout the EU of permitting procedures and ease the ex-post monitoring of the measures adopted by Member States from the Commission. These rules shall foresee an integrated or coordinated process for renewable energy plants and the transmission grid infrastructures which are essential for their integration in the energy system and simplified permitting procedures for projects which respect clearly defined criteria. On the basis of the measures to improve administrative procedures for renewable energy installations that Member States are to report on by 15 March 2023 in their first integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , the Commission should further assess whether the provisions included in this Directive to streamline these procedures have resulted in smooth and proportionate procedures. If that assessment reveals significant scope for improvement, the Commission should take appropriate measures to ensure Member States have streamlined and efficient administrative procedures in place. __________________ 15 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 150 #

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 through the most efficient technologies, encourage the development of and integration of technologies which produce renewable energy while providing certainty for investors and local level engagement. In defining this path, it is necessary to start from the analysis of the national real estate stock and its plant characteristics, in order to effectively define the roadmap towards the technological switch required by the integration of renewable energy. Any mandatory requirement must be reviewed against the background that emissions trading for buildings already guarantees the achievement of savings targets. ETS deliberately causes higher energy costs and leads to market-driven energy saving investments or switching to renewables. Double burdens for consumers through ETS and European regulatory law must be avoided.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 161 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Insufficient numbers of skilled workers, in particular installers and designers of renewable heating and cooling systems, slow down the replacement of fossil fuel heating systems by renewable energy based systems and is a major barrier to integrating renewables in buildings, industry and agriculture. Member States should cooperate with social partners and renewable energy communities to anticipate the skills that will be needed. A sufficient number of high-quality training programmes and certification possibilities ensuring proper installation and reliable operation of a wide range of renewable heating and cooling systems should be made available and designed in a way to attract participation in such training programmes and certification systems. Member States should consider what actions should be taken to attract groups currently under-represented in the occupational areaIn defining the training courses, the training courses and qualifications already acquired by the operators ion question. The list of trained and certified installers should be made public to ensure consumer trust and easy access to tailored designer and installer skills guaranteeing proper installation and operation of renewable heating and coolingthe basis of the previous legislation must be preserved. Member States should consider what actions should be taken to attract groups currently under-represented in the occupational areas in question.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) (15b) Similarly, the potential of grid-balancing power plants and cogeneration plants, participating in grind-balancing in support of intermittent renewable electricity and thus allowing the expansion of such renewable electricity, has to be fully utilised.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 189 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) Renewable fuels of non-biological origin can be used for energy purposes, but also for non-energy purposes as feedstock or raw material in industries such as steel or chemicals. Moreover, low-carbon fuels, including low-carbon hydrogen, may contribute to the swift emission reduction of existing fuels and to the facilitation of the energy transition in the short and medium term, while allowing for the uptake of renewable fuels. The use of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and low-carbon fuels for both purposes exploits their full potential to replace fossil fuels used as feedstock and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in industry and should therefore be included in a target for the use of renewable fuels of non- biological origin and low-carbon fuels. National measures to support the uptake of renewable fuels of non-biological origin and low-carbon fuels in industry should not result in net pollution increases due to an increased demand for electricity generation that is satisfied by the most polluting fossil fuels, such as coal, diesel, lignite, oil peat and oil shale.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Interventions aimed at increasing the use of renewable fuels and renewable electricity in transport sector shall exclude the application of other possible regulatory carbon pricing instruments (e.g. ETS) in the sector.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) Since renewable fuels of non- biological origin are to be counted as renewable energy regardless of the sector in which they are consumed, the rules to determine their renewable nature when produced from electricity, which were applicable only to those fuels when consumed in the transport sector, should be extended to all renewable fuels of non- biological origin, regardless of the sector where they are consumed.deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) To ensure higher environmental effectiveness of the Union sustainability and greenhouse emissions saving criteria for solid biomass fuels in installations producing heating, electricity and cooling, the minimum threshold for the applicability of such criteria should be lowered from the current 20 MW to 5 MW.deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 255 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 strengthened the bioenergy sustainability and greenhouse gas savings framework by setting criteria for all end-use sectors. It set out specific rules for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, requiring the sustainability of harvesting operations and the accounting of land-use change emissions. To achieve an enhanced protection of especially biodiverse and carbon-rich habitats, such as primary forests, highly biodiverse forests, grasslands and peat lands, exclusions and limitations to source forest biomass from those areas should be introduced, in line with the approach for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass. In addition, the greenhouse gas emission saving criteria should also apply to existing biomass-based installations to ensure that bioenergy production in all such installations leads to greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to energy produced from fossil fuelwhen harvesting biomass from countries that do not meet the harvesting criteria at national or subnational level or without management systems in place at the forest sourcing area in line with the approach for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 256 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) In order to reduce the administrative burden for producers of renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels and for Member States, where voluntary or national schemes have been recognised by the Commission through an implementing act as giving evidence or providing accurate data regarding the compliance with sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria as well as other requirements set in this Directive, Member States should accept the results of the certification issued by such schemes within the scope of the Commission’s recognition. In order to reduce the burden on small installations, Member States should establish a simplified verification mechanism starting 1. January 2027 for installations of between 510 and 120MW.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 268 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47 a (new)
(4a) The development of energy communities is emerging as a model for developing the economy on a local basis in favour of the sustainable development of the energy transition. In this context, the reference to the action of small and medium-sized companies refers, in particular, to the safeguarding of the intervention of local companies and the economic spin-offs for the same that engage, in principle, local resources. (63-ter) Without prejudice to the previous point, in order to be effective, the development of energy communities needs to be able to make use of all the natural resources present the area; this should not prevent the participation in the energy community of consumption centres distributed at the local level, even though they belong to large companies such as commercial, tertiary or, for example, private healthcare entities that, being mainly open to the local public, can play a positive role in the spread of the local sustainable economy.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 282 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
(36) ‘renewable fuels of non-biological origin’ means liquid and gaseous fuels the energy content of which is derived from renewable sources other than biomass;;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) the following points are added: (1b) 'energy from low-carbon sources' means energy from non-renewable sources including low-carbon gases, which contribute to the climate mitigation and adaption. (1c) 'energy from low-carbon gases' means energy from non-renewable gases with a greenhouse gas footprint of less than 36.4 gCO2eq/MJ calculated by the moment of placing the energy on the market / or value provided in the delegated act supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate mitigation or climate change adaptation.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 291 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) the following points are added:Recital (19) is amended as follows: 'guarantee of origin' means an electronic document which has the function of providing evidence to a final customer that a given share or quantity of energy was produced from renewable sources and/or low-carbon sources;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 293 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
(1a) ‘quality roundwood’ means roundwood felled or otherwise harvested and removed, whose characteristics, such as species, dimensions, rectitude, and node density, make it suitable for industrial use, as defined and duly justified by Member States according to the relevant forest conditions. This does not include pre-commercial thinning operations or trees extracted from forests affected by fires, pests, diseases or damage due to abiotic factors ;deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 309 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2018/2001
Article 2
(14oa) 16) "renewable energy community" means a legal entity: a)… b) the shareholders of members of which are natural persons, SMEs or other enterprises locally distributed with public access or local authorities, including municipalities; c)...
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 311 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
(14ob) 17) "renewables power purchase agreement" means a contract under which a natural or legal person agrees to purchase renewable energy directly from a producer;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 315 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(22a) ‘renewable fuels’ means biofuels, bioliquids, biomass fuels and renewable fuels of biological and non-biological origin;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 321 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(22aa) (ca) point (27) is replaced by the following: "(27) 'renewable fuels of biological origin' means gaseous, liquid and solid fuels produced from biomass;"
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
(22ab) 27-bis) "renewable gases" mean biogas and renewable fuels of non- biological origin which have been injected into the gas network within Europe;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 330 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
(44a) ‘plantation forest’ means a planted forest that is intensively managed and meets, at planting and stand maturity, all the following criteria: one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing. It includes short rotation plantations for wood, fibre and energy, and excludes forests planted for protection or ecosystem restoration, as well as forests established through planting or seeding which at stand maturity resemble or will resemble naturally regenerating forests;deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 333 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 2
(44b) ‘planted forest’ means forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding provided that the planted or seeded trees are expected to constitute more than fifty percent of the growing stock at maturity; it includes coppice from trees that were originally planted or seeded;;deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 361 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) point (1) is amended as follows: (1) 'energy from renewable sources' or 'renewable energy' means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and geothermal energy, waste heat, ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 367 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
(1b) 36 b [new] "Renewable Hydrogen": is hydrogen produced through the electrolysis of water (in an electrolyser, powered by electricity), and with the electricity produced from renewables and waste heat. The full life- cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the production of renewable hydrogen are close to zero. Renewable hydrogen may also be produced through the reforming of biogas (instead of natural gas) or biochemical conversion of biomass, if in compliance with sustainability requirements.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
(1c) A new definition is added: "co-located energy storage project" means a project encompassing an energy storage facility and a facility producing renewable energy connected behind the same grid access point.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 372 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
(1d) 2 new definitions are added: a) 'low-carbon fuels' means low-carbon hydrogen and synthetic gaseous and liquid fuels the energy content of which is derived from low-carbon hydrogen, which meet the greenhouse gas emission reduction threshold of 70%. b) 'low-carbon hydrogen' means hydrogen the energy content of which is derived from non-renewable sources, which meets a greenhouse gas emission reduction threshold of 70%;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 378 #

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 and from recycled carbon fuels in the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 40%.; In order to safeguard the Union's industrial competitiveness, each Member State may introduce measures to support the development of innovative renewable energy technologies.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 409 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
3. Member States shall take measures to ensure that energy from biomass is produced in a way that minimises undue distortive effects on the biomass raw material market and harmful impacts on biodiversity. To that end , they shall take into account the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the cascading principlguidance referred to in the third subparagraph.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 412 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(a) Member States shall grant no support for: the production of renewable energy produced from the incineration of waste if the separate collection obligations laid down in Directive 2008/98/EC have not been complied with.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 417 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(i) the use of saw logs, veneer logs, stumps and roots to produce energy.deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 421 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(ii) the production of renewable energy produced from the incineration of waste if the separate collection obligations laid down in Directive 2008/98/EC have not been complied with.deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 427 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(iii) practices which are not in line with the delegated act referred to in the third subparagraph.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 435 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(b) From 31 December 202630, and without prejudice to the obligations in the first sub-paragraph and to the provision set out in Article 6, Member States shall grant no new support scheme to the production of electricity from forest biomass in electricity-only-installations, unless such electricity meets at least one of the following conditions:
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 444 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(i) it is produced in a region identified in a territorial just transition plan approved by the European Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund due to its reliance on solid fossil fuels, and meets the relevant requirements set in Article 29(11);deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 451 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(ii) it is produced applying Biomass CO2 Capture and Storage and meets the requirements set in Article 29(11), second subparagraph.deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(iia) (i) it is produced by plants that are already in operation at the date of entry into force of this Directive, for which modifications in the direction of cogeneration are not possible due to the absence of the infrastructure or demand conditions that make them economically viable or because they are located in areas of complex industrial crisis or in accordance with Cohesion policies. In any case, the plants must comply with the net energy efficiency levels associated with the best available techniques (BAT- AEELs) as defined in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1442 ( 1 ).
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 462 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
(ba) (ii) it is produced in a region identified in a territorial just transition plan approved by the European Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Just Transition Fund due to its reliance on solid fossil fuels, and meets the relevant requirements set in Article 29(11); (iii) it is produced in a facility that has undertaken an assessment to prove its readiness for the application of Biomass CO2 Capture and Storage and meets the requirements set in Article 29(11), second subparagraph; (iv) it is produced in a facility which is part of a supports scheme that is designed to remove the risk of security of supply or ensure grid stability and meets the relevant requirements set in Article 29(11) (v) it is produced in an area where there is no commercial demand for heat.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 474 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
No later than one year after [the entry into force of this amending Directive], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 35 on how to apply the cascading principle for biomass, in particular on how to minimise the use of quality roundwood for energy production, with a focus on support schemes and with due regard to nationalguidelines laying out best practices for the biomass specificitiestor.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 481 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
By 2026 the Commission shall present a report on the impact of the Member States’ support schemes for biomass, including on biodiversity and possible market distortions, and will assess the possibility for further limitations regarding support schemes to forest biomass.;deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 494 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 3
4a. Member States shall establish a framework, which may include support schemes and facilitating the uptake of renewable and co-located projects power purchase agreements, enabling the deployment of renewable electricitnergy to a level that is consistent with the Member State’s national contribution referred to in paragraph 2 and at a pace that is consistent with the indicative trajectories referred to in Article 4(a)(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. In particular, that framework shall tackle remaining barriers to a high level of renewable energy supply, including those related to permitting procedures, to a high level of renewable electricity supplyand ensure long term price signals for investment decisions, including investments in system adequacy, stability and flexibility through competitive, transparent and non- discriminatory bidding process, which provide for a remuneration of the awarded recipients based on market prices. When designing that framework, Member States shall take into account the additional renewable electricitnergy required to meet demand in the transport, industry, building and heating and cooling sectors and for the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin.; National measures to support the uptake of renewable fuels of non-biological origin should not result in net pollution increases due to an increased demand for energy generation that is satisfied by the most polluting fossil fuels.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 515 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) Article 3a (new) Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable gases in the Union expressed as a percentage share of natural gas consumed is at least [11]% by 2030.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 518 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
(2b) Article 4 is amended as follows: in paragraph 4, a) the first subparagraph is amended as follows: Member States shall ensure that support for electricity from renewable sources, including from co-located energy storage projects, is granted in an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory and cost-effective manner. b) the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the efficient system integration of the renewable electricity plants. In particular, support schemes shall be designed so as to integrate locational price signals which incentive the geographical development of RES plants, including offshore RES, compatibly with the electricity grid potentialities. paragraph 7 is amended as follows: In order to increase the generation of energy from renewable sources in the outermost regions and small islands, Member States may adapt financial support schemes for renewable, co-located and standalone storage projects located in those regions in order to take into account the production costs associated with their specific conditions of isolation and external dependence.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 544 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 9
7a. Member States bordering a sea basin shall cooperate to jointly define the amount of offshore renewable energy they plan to produce in that sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. They shall take into account the specificities and development in each region including the technical and economic feasibility of transmission grid infrastructure, the offshore renewable potential of the sea basin and the importance of ensuring the associated integrated grid planning. Member States shall notify that amount in the updated integrated national energy and climate plans submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 550 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point -a (new)
(-a) Paragraph 1, second subparagraph is amended as follows: Member States shall, in particular, take the appropriate steps to ensure that: (a) administrative procedures are streamlined, and expedited at the appropriate administrative level and predictable timeframes are established for the procedures referred to in the first subparagraph; (b) rules concerning authorisation, certification and licensing are objective, transparent and proportionate, do not discriminate between applicants and take fully into account the particularities of individual renewable energy technologies; (c) administrative charges paid by consumers, planners, architects, builders and equipment and system installers and suppliers are transparent and cost- related; (d) simplified and less burdensome authorisation procedures, including a simple-notification procedure, are established for decentralised devices, and for producing and storing energy from renewable sources, provided that the same simplified authorisation procedures are applied also to the associated transmission and distribution network developments in case the latter do not increase the occupied area. (e) the authorisation procedures for power plants, including offshore renewable plants, and for the network assets necessary for their connection and integration are integrated or coordinated where different procedures for power plants and network assets are foreseen according to national law.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 558 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15
8. Member States shall assess the regulatory and administrative barriers to long-term renewables and co-located projects power purchase agreements, and shall remove unjustified barriers to, and promote the uptake of, such agreements, including by exploring how to reduce the financial risks associated with them, in particular by using credit guarantees. Member States shall ensure that those agreements are not subject to disproportionate or discriminatory procedures or charges, and that any associated guarantees of origin can be transferred to the buyer of the renewable energy under the renewable or co-located project power purchase agreement. Moreover, long-term renewable and co- located projects power purchase agreements of over 10 years should be encouraged.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 567 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15
Member States shall describe their policies and measures promoting the uptake of renewables and co-located projects power purchase agreements in their integrated national energy and climate plans referred to in Articles 3 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and progress reports submitted pursuant to Article 17 of that Regulation. They shall also provide, in those reports, an indication of the volume of renewable power generation supported by renewables and co-located projects power purchase agreements.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 621 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15a
2. Member States shall introduce measures in their building regulations and codes and, where applicable, in their support schemes, to increase the share of electricity and heating and cooling from renewable sources in the building stock, including national measures relating to substantial increases in renewables self- consumption, renewable energy communities and local energy storage, in combination with energy efficiency improvements relating to cogeneration and passive, nearly zero- energy and zero- energy buildings.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 624 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15a
To achieve the indicative share of renewables set out in paragraph 1, Member States shall, in their building regulations and codes and, where applicable, in their support schemes or by other means with equivalent effect, require the use of minimum levels of energy from renewable sources in buildings, in line with the provisions of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall allow those minimum levels to be fulfilled, among others, through efficient district heating and cooling and through the use of Guarantees of Origin in line with Article 19 of this Directive.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 633 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 15a
4. In order to achieve the indicative share of renewable energy set out in paragraph 1, Member States shall promote the use of renewable heating and cooling systems and equipment. To that end, Member States shall use all appropriate measures, tools and incentives, including, among others, energy labels developed under Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 , energy performance certificates pursuant to Directive 2010/31/EU, or other appropriate certificates or standards developed at national or Union level, and shall ensure the provision of adequate information and advice on renewable, highly energy efficient alternatives as well as on financial instruments and incentives available to promote an increased replacement rate of old heating systems incompatible with the use of renewable fuels, increased incentives on the use of renewable energy in heating and cooling systems and equipment and an increased switch to solutions based on renewable energy.; __________________ 26 Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1).
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 643 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) Article 16, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: Member States shall set up or designate one or more contact points. Those contact points shall, upon request by the applicant, guide through and facilitate the entire administrative permit application and granting process. The applicant shall not be required to contact more that one contact point for the entire process. The permit-granting process shall cover the relevant administrative permits to build, repower and operate plants for the production of energy from renewable sources, including co-located energy storage projects, energy storage of a new renewable energy facility, and assets necessary for their connection to the grid. The permit-granting process shall comprise all procedures from the acknowledgment of the receipt of the application to the transmission of the outcome of the procedure referred to in paragraph 2.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 647 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
(6b) Article 16, paragraph 4 is amended as follows: 4. Without prejudice to paragraph 7, the permit-granting process referred to in paragraph 1 for power plants and assets necessary for their connection and integration in the grid shall not exceed two years, including all relevant procedures of competent authorities. Where duly justified on the grounds of extraordinary circumstances, that two- year period may be extended by up to one year.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 648 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 c (new)
(6c) Article 16, paragraph 6 is amended as follows: 6. Member States shall facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by ensuring a simplified and swift permit-granting process. The length of that process shall not exceed one year. Where duly justified on the grounds of extraordinary circumstances, such as on grounds of overriding safety reasons where the repowering projects impacts substantially on the grid or the original capacity, size or performance of the installation, that one-year period may be extended by up to one year. In the event the repowering project determines an increase in the capacity of the installation and the need for further network developments without increasing the occupied area, the repowering project and the grid development projects associated to the repowering are authorized through the same simplified procedure pursuant to the first subparagraph,
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 649 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 d (new)
(6d) Article 16, paragraph 6bis is added: 6bis. Member States shall appoint a competent body or authority which differs from the authority empowered to issue authorisation decisions with substitution powers on the latter. Those powers shall be exercised where the terms referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 for deciding on the authorisation for power plants and the assets necessary for their connection and integration in the grid are infringed. The substituting competent body or authority shall decide on the procedure within halved timings as referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 660 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 18
To achieve such sufficient numbers of installers and designers, Member States shall ensure that, as far as compatible with national qualification and certification schemes, sufficient training programmes leading to qualification or certification covering renewable heating and cooling technologies, and their latest innovative solutions, are made available. Member States shall ensure the same level of qualification within their territory by adopting all the necessary measures and tools, such as exchange information systems. Member States shall put in place measures to promote participation in such programmes, in particular by small and medium-sized enterprises and the self- employed. Member States may put in place voluntary agreements with the relevant technology providers and vendors to train sufficient numbers of installers, which may be based on estimates of sales, in the latest innovative solutions and technologies available on the market.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 663 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 18
4. Member States shall make information on the certification schemes referred to in paragraph 3 available to the public. Member States shall ensure that the list of installers who are qualified or certified in accordance with paragraph 3 is regularly updated and made available to the public.;deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 674 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
(8) Article 19 is amended as follows: Article 19 Guarantees of origin for energy from renewable sources and/or from low carbon sources 1. For the purposes of demonstrating to final customer the share or quantity of energy from renewable sources and/or the share or quantity of energy from low- carbon sources in an energy supplier's energy mix and in the energy supplied to consumers under contracts marketed with reference to the consumption of energy from renewable sources and/or from low- carbon sources can be guaranteed as such within the meaning of this Directive, in accordance with objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria. 2. To that end, Member States shall ensure that a guarantee of origin is issued in response to a request from a producer of energy from renewable sources and from a producer of energy from low- carbon sources. Member States may arrange for guarantees of origin to be issued for energy from other non- renewable sources. Issuance of guarantees of origin may be made subject to a minimum capacity limit. A guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. No more than one guarantee of origin shall be issued in respect of each unit of energy produced. […] The guarantee of origin shall have no function in terms of Member State's compliance with Article 3. Transfers of guarantees of origin, separately or together with the physical transfer of energy, shall have no effect on the decision of Member States to use statistical transfers, joint projects or joint support schemes for compliance with Article 3 or on the calculation of the gross final consumption of energy from renewable sources in accordance with Article 7. For the avoidance of doubt, this subparagraph does not prevent the use of guarantees of origin for the purpose of measuring and demonstrating compliance with greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy obligations set out in this Directive.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 675 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
(8) Article 19 is amended as follows:Recital (59) is amended as follows: Guarantees of origin which are currently in place for renewable electricity should be extended to cover renewable gas and low-carbon energy sources. Further extending the guarantees of origin system to energy from non-renewable sources, other than low-carbon energy sources, should be an option for Member States. This would provide a consistent means of proving to final customers the origin of renewable gas such as biomethane and would facilitate greater cross-border trade in such gas. It would also enable the creation of guarantees of origin for other renewable and low-carbon gas such as hydrogen.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 694 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)
(aa) Article 19, paragraph 7 is amended as follows: 7. A guarantee of origin shall specify at least: (a) the energy source from which the energy was produced and the start and end dates of production; (b) whether it relates to: (i) electricity; (ii) gas, including hydrogen; or (iii) heating or cooling; … (g) information on the greenhouse gas footprint of the produced energy covering life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, (h) information on compliance with criteria laid down in Articles 29 and 29a of this Directive. […]
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 698 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a b (new)
(ab) Article 19, paragraph 11 is amended as follows: 11. Member States shall not recognise guarantees of origins issued by a third country except where the compatible guarantees of origin systems was established in that third country, and only where there is import or export of energy between Union and that third country. The guarantees of origin systems established in third countries shall be considered compatible, in particular where the European Commission has recognised its compatibility with the requirements and standards applicable in the Union
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 701 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a c (new)
(ac) Article 19, paragraph 12 is amended as follows: 12. A Member State may, in accordance with Union law, introduce objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria for the use of guarantees of origin in accordance with the obligations laid down in Article 3(9) of Directive 2009/72/EC and other similar provision contained in the Directive 2009/73/EC or other provisions of the Union law.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 706 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)
(ba) Article 19, paragraph 9 is amended as follows: 9. Member States shall recognise guarantees of origin issued by other Member States in accordance with this Directive exclusively as evidence of the elements referred to in paragraph 1 and points (a) to (h) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 7. A Member State may refuse to recognise a guarantee of origin only where it has well-founded doubts about its accuracy, reliability or veracity. The Member State shall notify the Commission of such a refusal and its justification.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 721 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) New paragraph 4 in article 20: Similarly, Member States shall, where relevant, take the necessary actions to integrate intermittent renewable electricity in the grid while ensuring grid stability and security of supply. Such actions can relate to the development of solutions such as storage facilities and grid- balancing power plants and cogeneration plants, participating in grid-balancing in support of intermittent renewable electricity.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 724 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20a – 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 ensures 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.deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 735 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
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 suppliabsorbed 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 ensures 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.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 758 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 20a
4. Member States shall ensure that the national regulatory framework does not discriminate against participation in the electricity markets, including congestion management and the provision of flexibility and balancing services, of small or mobile systems such as domestic batteries and electric vehicles, bothpower-to- gas units, either directly andor through aggregation. where a minimum power threshold is appropriate for services provided by smaller units;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 783 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 22a
Member States shall ensure that the contribution of renewable fuels of non- biological origin used for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be 50 % of the hydrogen used for final energy and non- energy purposes in industry by 2030. For the calculation of that percentage, the following rules shall apply: (a) denominatdeleted For the calculation of the For, the energy content of hydrogen for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be taken into account, excluding hydrogen used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels. (b) numerator, the energy content of the renewable fuels of non-biological origin consumed in the industry sector for final energy and non-energy purposes shall be taken into account, excluding renewable fuels of non-biological origin used as intermediate products for the production of conventional transport fuels. (c) numerator and the denominator, the values regarding the energy content of fuels set out in Annex III shall be used.calculation of the For the calculation of the
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 817 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 23–point a
1. In order to promote the use of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall, strive to increase the share of renewable energy in that sector by at least 1.1 percentage points as an annual average calculated for the periods 2021 to 2025 and 2026 to 2030, starting from the share of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector in 2020, expressed in terms of national share of gross final energy consumption and calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Article 7. In the definition of the increase of the share of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, Member States shall take into account the type and technological level of plants, as well as their date of installation, in order to verify the actual possibility of integration of renewable energy and to foresee different timing of implementation.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 989 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25
For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a) and the share referred to in point (b), Member States shall take into account renewable fuels of non-biological origin also when they are used as intermediate products for the production of conventionaltransport fuels. For the calculation of the reduction referred to in point (a), Member States mayshall take into account recycled carbon fuels.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 994 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25
When setting the obligation on fuel suppliers, Member States may exempt fuel suppliers supplying electricity or renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin from the requirement to comply with the minimum share of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX with respect to those fuels. When setting the obligation referred to in points (a) and (b) to the first subparagraph to ensure the achievement of the targets set out therein, Member States may do so, inter alia, by means of measures targeting volumes, energy content or greenhouse gas emissions, provided that it is demonstrated that the greenhouse gas intensity reduction and minimum shares referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph are achieved.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1015 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 25
2. Member States shall establish a mechanism allowing fuel suppliers in their territory to exchange credits for supplying renewable energy to the transport sector. Economic operators that supply renewable electricity to electricnergy to vehicles through public recharging and refuelling stations shall receive credits, irrespectively of whether the economic operators are subject to the obligation set by the Member State on fuel suppliers, and may sell those credits to fuel suppliers, which shall be allowed to use the credits to fulfil the obligation set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1055 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
Calculation rules in the transport sector and with regard to renewable fuels of non- biological origin regardless of their end use;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1066 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
(iii) for renewable electricity, by multiplying the amount of renewable electricity that is supplied to all transport modes by the fossil fuel comparator ECF(et) set out in in Annex V;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1091 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
(c) the shares of advanced biofuels and biogas produced from the feedstock listed in Part A of Annex IX and of renewable fuels of non-biological origin supplied in the aviation and maritime modes shall be considered to be 1,24 times their energy content.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1113 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii – introductory part
(iii) in the fifth subparagraph, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:including its points a) and b), is deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1117 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
However, electricity that has been taken from the grid, reinjected from an energy storage facility or obtained from direct connection to an installation generating renewable electricity may be fully counted as fully renewable electricity where it is used for the production of renewable fuels of non-biologicalprovided that it is produced exclusively from renewable sources and the renewable properties have been demonstrated through cancellation of guarantees of origin, providedensuring that the installation:;renewable properties of that electricity are claimed only once and only in one end- use sector.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1122 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27
Article 27, paragraph 3, subparagraph 5, point a) is deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1123 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6
(iiia) the sixth subparagraph is replaced by the following: Electricity that has been taken from the grid may be counted as fully renewable provided that it is produced exclusively from renewable sources and the renewable properties have been demonstrated through the cancellation of guarantees of origin, ensuring that the renewable properties of that electricity are claimed only once and only in one end- use sector. This can be achieved by either following any of the following: (a) to demonstrate the renewable properties, producers of renewable fuels of non-biological origin should be required to conclude one or more renewable power purchase agreements generating electricity for an amount that is at least equivalent to the amount of electricity that is claimed as fully renewable. The balance between the renewable electricity purchased through one or several power purchase agreements and the amount of electricity taken from the grid to produce renewable fuels of non-biological origin shall be achieved on a quarterly basis. A power purchase agreement can be signed with an existing installation producing renewable electricity provided that the installation does not receive support in form of operating aid or investment aid at the date the contract enters into force, or such support has ended. (b) a granular guarantee of origin pursuant to Article 19(2) may be used in order to demonstrate the renewable properties of the electricity used for the production of renewable fuels of non- biological origin and to ensure that the renewable properties of that electricity are claimed only once and only in one end- use sector.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1128 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii a (new)
(iiia) Article 27 the seventh and last subparagraph is deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1129 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii b (new)
(iii b) Recital (90) is amended as follows: Renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin are important to increase the share of renewable energy in sectors that are expected to rely on liquid fuels in the long term. To ensure that renewable fuels of non-biological origin contribute to greenhouse gas reduction, the electricity used for the fuel production should be of renewable origin.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1148 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point i a (new)
(ia) Article 29, paragraph 1, sub- paragraph 3 is amended as follows: Electricity, heating and cooling produced from municipal solid waste and own biomass residues from biomass processing shall not be subject to the greenhouse gas emissions saving criterial laid down in paragraph 10.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1149 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
— (a) in the case of solid biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling not already operating at the time of entry into force of the present directive with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 520 MW,
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1159 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point ii
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29
— (b) in the case of gaseous biomass fuels, in installations producing electricity, heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input equal to or exceeding 2 MW,deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1170 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point b
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29
This paragraph, with the exception of the first subparagraph, point (c), also applies to biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass originating from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1177 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29
The first subparagraph, with the exception of points (b) and (c), and the second subparagraph also apply to biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass originating from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1180 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29
5. Biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural or forest biomass from a country or subnational entity or forest sourcing area which does not meet the criteria set out in paragraph 6a or 6b, taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), shall not be made from raw material obtained from land that was peatland in January 2008, unless evidence is provided that the cultivation and harvesting of that raw material does not involve drainage of previously undrained soil and compliance on national, subnational, or forest sourcing area level, in line with the criteria to minimise the risk of using forest biomass derived from unsustainable production referred to in paragraph 6, can be reported by competent authorities.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1186 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point e
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29
(iv) that harvesting is carried out considering maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity with the aim of minimising negative impacts, in a way that avoids harvesting of stumps and roots, degradation of primary forests or their conversion into plantation forests, and harvesting on vulnerable soils; minimises large clear-cuts and ensures locally appropriate thresholds for deadwood extraction and requirements to use logging systems that minimise impacts on soil quality, including soil compaction, and on biodiversity features and habitats:;deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1191 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point f
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29
(iv) that harvesting is carried out considering maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity with the aim of minimising negative impacts, in a way that avoids harvesting of stumps and roots, degradation of primary forests or their conversion into plantation forests, and harvesting on vulnerable soils; minimises large clear-cuts and ensures locally appropriate thresholds for deadwood extraction and requirements to use logging systems that minimise impacts on soil quality, including soil compaction, and on biodiversity features and habitats:;deleted
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1201 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29a
1. Energy from renewable fuels of non-biological origin shall be counted towards Member States’ shares of renewable energy and the targets referred to in Articles 3(1), 15a(1), 22a(1), 23(1), 24(4) and 25(1) only if the greenhouse gas emissions savings from the use of those fuels are at least 70 % compared to the relevant fossil fuel comparator.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1204 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29a
2. Energy from recycled carbon fuels mayshall be counted towards the greenhouse gas emissions reduction target referred to in Article 25(1), first subparagraph, point (a), and towards Member States' shares of renewable energy and recycled carbon fuels to in Article 3(1), only if the greenhouse gas emissions savings from the use of those fuels are at least 70% compared to the relevant fossil fuel comparator.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1213 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a – introductory part
(a) in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following: is amended as follows: (a) allows consignments of raw material or fuels with differing sustainability anda greenhouse gas emissions saving characteristics to be mixed for instance in a container, processing or logistical facility, transmission and distribution infrastructure or site, including European interconnected system for gas consisting of transmission networks, distribution networks, LNG facilities and/or storage facilities and considered as a single logistical facility for this purpose where only physical entry to and exit from the system based on the respective transactions shall be tracked;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1215 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30. paragraph 1a
1a. Where renewable fuels and, recycled carbon fuels and biogas are to be counted towards the targets referred to in Articles 3(1), 15a(1), 22a(1), 23(1), 24(4) and 25(1), Member States shall require economic operators to show that the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2) for renewable fuels and, recycled- carbon fuels and biogas have been fulfilled. For that purpose, they shallmay require economic operators to use a book and claim system through the means of Guarantees of Origin combined with a mass balance system which:;.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1217 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30. paragraph 1b
1b. The mass balance system for biogas purified to natural gas quality and injected in the European network for gas shall ensure tracking from the point of raw material procurement and production until the point of injection in the gas pipeline system as well as the network of bottles, containers and tankers for distribution in off-grid areas.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1220 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point b – introductory part
(b) inArticle 30 paragraph 3, the first and second subparagraphs are replaced by the following: is amended as follows: 3. Member States shall take measure to ensure that economic operators submit reliable information regarding the compliance with the greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2), and that economic operators make available to the relevant Member States shall enable the recording of such information on the guarantees of origin issued according to Article 19 of this Directive after it has been verified by relevant voluntary or national schemes setting standards for the production of renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1224 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point b
Member States shall take measures to ensure that economic operators submit reliable information regarding the compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2), and that economic operators make available to the relevant Member State, upon request, the data used to develop that information. Member State shall not require economic operators supplying energy through the European interconnected system for gas to provide further evidence of compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2), where the compliance verification was carried out at the site of the energy production and documented on the guarantees of origin.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1229 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30
6. Member States may set up national schemes where compliance with the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2), in accordance with the methodology developed under Article 29a(3), is verified throughout the entire chain of custody involving competent national authorities, except for the European interconnected system for gas, where compliance with sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria is verified by the moment of the physical entry of gases into this system. Those schemes may also be used to verify the accuracy and completeness of the information included by economic operators in the Union database, to demonstrate compliance with Article 27(3) and for the certification of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels with low indirect land-use change-risk.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1230 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point d
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 29
For installations producing electricity heating and cooling with a total rated thermal input between 510 and 120 MW, starting 1. January 2027, Member States shall establish simplified national verification schemes to ensure the fulfillment of the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions criteria set out in paragraphs (2) to (7) and (10) of Article 29.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1240 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
(21) in Article 31, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are deleted:
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1244 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
1. The Commission shall ensure that a Union database is set up to enable the tracing of liquid and gaseous renewable fuels, low-carbon fuels and recycled carbon fuels.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1249 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a (new article)
2. Member States shall require the relevant economic operators to enter in a timely manner accurate information into that database on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the fuels subject to those transactions, including their life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, starting from their point of production to the moment it is consumed in the Union. Information on whether support has been provided for the production of a specific consignment of fuel, and if so, on the type of support scheme, shall also be included in the databaseFor the gaseous fuels injected into the European interconnected system for gas within the meaning of Directive 209/73/EC: a) only the physical entry to and physical exit from the system based on respective transactions shall be registered; b) sustainability information, recorder in the guarantee of origin according to Article 19(7)(h), shall be registered independently of the individual physical flows and the underlying transactions.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1251 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Where appropriate to improve traceability of data along the entire supply chain, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 35 to further extend the scope of the information to be included in the Union database to cover relevant data from the point of production or collection of the raw material used for the fuel production. For gaseous fuels injected into the European gas network, the EU gas system should be considered as a single logistical facility and for the avoidance of doubt there should be no physical tracing of molecules within the network. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, for gaseous biomass fuels and gaseous renewable fuels of non-biological origin injected into the gas system, economic operators should enter information on the transactions made and the sustainability characteristics of the fuels up to the injection point, where the mass balancing traceability system will be replaced by a book-and-claim system as referred in the (Article 30(1a)). The information on the cancellation of certificates at final points of consumption should be registered in the Union Database and shall be considered the final consignment for the volumes injected.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1252 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 31a (new)
4. IfWhen guarantees of origin have been issued for the production of a consignment of renewable gases, Member States shall ensure that thosesuch guarantees of origin are cancelled before the consignment of renewable gases can be registered in the databregistered in the database as a proof of sustainability for related consignment and cancelled after the consignment is withdrawn from the European interconnected system for gase.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1255 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22
5. Member States shall ensure that the accuracy and completeness of the information included by economic operators in the database is verified, for instance by using voluntary or national schemes or system of guarantees of origin.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1257 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 – point a
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 35
The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 8(3), second subparagraph, Article 29a(3), Article 26(2), fourth subparagraph, Article 26(2) fifth subparagraph, Article 27(1), second subparagraph, Article 27(3), fourth subparagraph, Article 28(5), Article 28(6), second subparagraph, Article 31(5), second subparagraph, and Article 31a(2), second subparagraph, shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [the entry into force of this amending Directive]. In accordance with Article 27(1) the Commission shall adopt a delegated act amending Annex III in accordance with scientific and technical progress within the first year after [the entry into force]. In accordance with Article 31(5), the Commission shall adopt a delegated act amending Annexes V and VI by adding or revising default values for production pathways within the first year after [the entry into force]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1278 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex III
ENERGY CONTENT OF FUELS Annex III is amended adding these fuels: Fuel - Energy content by weight - Energy content by volume FUELS FROM BIOMASS AND/OR BIOMASS PROCESSING OPERATIONS [Bio-propane] Bio-butane - 45 - 27 RENEWABLE FUELS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FROM VARIOUS RENEWABLE SOURCES, INCLUDING BIOMASS Propane from renewable sources - 46 - 24 Butane from renewable sources - 45 -27
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1287 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Annex V
18. For the purposes of the calculations referred to in point 17, the emissions to be divided shall be eec + el + esca + those fractions of ep, etd, eccs and eccr that take place up to and including the process step at which a co-product is produced. If any allocation to co-products has taken place at an earlier process step in the life-cycle, the fraction of those emissions assigned in the last such process step to the intermediate fuel product shall be used for those purposes instead of the total of those emissions. In the case of biogas and biomethane, all co-products that do not fall under the scope of point 7 shall be taken into account for the purposes of that calculation. No emissions shall be allocated to wastes and residues. Co- products that have a negative energy content shall be considered to have an energy content of zero for the purposes of the calculation. Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D. In the case of biomass fuels produced in refineries, other than the combination of processing plants with boilers or cogeneration units providing heat and/or electricity to the processing plant, the unit of analysis for the purposes of the calculation referred to in point 17 shall be the refinery;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1296 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D of Annex V.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1297 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)
c a) (d) footnote (3) is replaced by the following (3) Close storage means that the digestate resulting from the digestion process is stored in a gas-tight tank and that the additional biogas released during storage is considered to be recovered for production of additional electricity or biomethane. In the case of biowaste, close storage means that the digestate resulting from the digestion process is directly composted. No greenhouse gas emissions are included in that process.
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1308 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8 a) A new Annex IX Part C should be created: Part C. Biomass fuel feedstocks for use in stationary installations outside the transport sector, including the following ponts: 1. Biomass fraction of residues and waste in the primary food processing industry: a) beet pulp (only self-use internal to sector) b) oilseed hulls (only self-use internal to sector) c) potato pulp (only self-use internal to sector) d) sticks from oilseed preparation and leaves from beet washing or oilseed preparation e) cereal husks and fruit shells f) cocoa husks and shells g) biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food and feed chain h) the fibrous fraction of sugar beet after extraction of the diffusion juice, leaves and tails and other liquors obtained after sugar extraction 2. Biomass fraction of sludge from waste water treatment in the primary food processing industry;
2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The European Green Deal with its ambitious objectives has brought to the increase of cost for European producers, thus it is necessary to have an instrument to ensure a level playing field with third countries, which do not have the same ambitious climate policies as the EU has.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Tackling carbon leakage requires a global action. The European Union must not only lead by example, but also cooperate with its partners to establish a global carbon price or create a climate club with “like-minded partners” as a long-term solution. Thus, the European Union should reinforce its climate diplomacy and open discussion with third countries, which are interested in adopting similar measure to CBAM, in order to harmonise their instruments.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #

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, while at the same time ensuring a level playing field in order to preserve the competitiveness of EU industries.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, free allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissions.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The CBAM seeks to streplace these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk ofn 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. The combined and transitional application of EU ETS allowances allocated freeprotection in view of higher EU climate ambition by 2030 and thereafter replace progressively these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk 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 Unionbon leakage in a different way.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) First, under the import provisions, the CBAM seeks to ensure 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 progressively phased out as of 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proved to be effective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage both for imports and exports. 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.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
(11 b) Second, under the export provisions, the CBAM seeks to limit the risk of replacement of European low- carbon exports with carbon intense products on third-country markets which would undermine the objective of reducing global emissions. It is necessary to continue addressing the risks of carbon leakage associated with European exports to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU, by introducing allowance adjustments for exports as of the start of the progressive phasing out of free allowances. Those allowance adjustments for exports are established as a component of the EU ETS and are introduced as part of the CBAM to prevent carbon leakage associated with European exports. To this end, the allowance adjustments for export would remain in force independently from the reduction commitments of free allowances under the EU ETS until other countries take equivalent and effective steps to impose carbon costs on competing production. .
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 c (new)
(11 c) Given the unique characteristics of price formation on the EU electricity market, that are not existing in third countries, the mechanism in Article 10a(6) shall remain outside the scope of CBAM until the CBAM can accurately mirror the indirect costs that are actually passed on in electricity prices in Europe.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 157 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) This Regulation should apply to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union from third countries, except where their production has already been subject to the EU ETS, whereby it applies to third countries or territories, or to a carbon pricing system fully linked with the EU ETS. Exceptions will be granted only to those goods imported into the customs territory of the Union which are subject to carbon cost burden equivalent to that incurred under the EU ETS.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 160 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) This Regulation should also apply to goods produced in EU installations subject to the EU ETS and exported from the customs territory of the Union to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 163 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to exclude from the CBAM third countries or territories fully integrated into, or linked, to the EU ETS and where the carbon cost burden is equivalent to that under the EU ETS, in the event of future agreements, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the list of countries in Annex II. Conversely, those third countries or territories should be excluded from the list in Annex II and be subject to CBAM whereby they do not effectively charge the ETS price on goods exported to the Union.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The GHG emissions to be regulated by the CBAM should correspond to those GHG emissions covered by Annex I to the EU ETS in Directive 2003/87/EC, namely carbon dioxide (‘CO2’) as well as, where relevant, nitrous oxide (‘N2O’) and perfluorocarbons (‘PFCs’). The CBAM should initially apply to direct emissions of those GHG from the production of goods up to the time of import into the customs territory of the Union, and after the end of a transition period and upon further assessment, as well to indirect emissions, mirroring the scope of the EU ETS. Including indirect emissions and pricing them in the CBAM should be done only once the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions has been reduced to a minimum, as the European electricity grid decarbonises.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) However, while the EU ETS sets an absolute cap on the GHG emissions from the activities under its scope and allows tradability of allowances (so called ‘cap and trade system’), the CBAM should not establish quantitative limits to import or export, so as to ensure that trade flows are not restricted. Moreover, while the EU ETS applies to installations based in the Union, the CBAM should be applied to certain goods imported into or exported from the customs territory of the Union.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to preserve its effectiveness as a carbon leakage measure, the CBAM needs to reflect closely the EU ETS price. While on the EU ETS market the price of allowances is determined through auctions, the price of CBAM certificates for imports should reasonably reflect the price of such auctions through averages calculated on a weekly basis. Such weekly average prices reflect closely the price fluctuations of the EU ETS and allow a reasonable margin for importers to take advantage of the price changes of the EU ETS while at the same ensuring that the system remains manageable for the administrative authorities.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Under the EU ETS, the total number of allowances issued (the ‘cap’) determines the supply of emission allowances and provides certainty about the maximum emissions of GHG. The carbon price is determined by the balance of this supply against the demand of the market. Scarcity is necessary for there to be a price incentive. As it is not possible to impose a cap on the number of CBAM import certificates available to importers, if importers had the possibility to carry forward and trade CBAM import certificates, this could result in situations where the price for CBAM import certificates would no longer reflect the evolution of the price in the EU ETS. That would weaken the incentive for decarbonisation between domestic and imported goods, favouring carbon leakage and impairing the overarching climate objective of the CBAM. It could also result in different prices for operators of different countries. Therefore, the limits to the possibilities to trade CBAM import certificates and to carry them forward is justified by the need to avoid undermining the effectiveness and climate objective of the CBAM and to ensure even handed treatment to operators from different countries. However, in order to preserve the possibility for importers to optimise their costs, this Regulation should foresee a system where authorities can re-purchase a certain amount of excess certificates from the importers. Such amount is set at a level which allows a reasonable margin for importers to leverage their costs over the period of validity of the import certificates whilst preserving the overall price transmission effect, ensuring that the environmental objective of the measure is preserved.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Given that the CBAM, under the import provisions, applies to imports of goods into the customs territory of the Union rather than to installations, certain adaptations and simplifications would also need to apply in the CBAM regime. One of those simplifications should consist in a declarative system where importers should report the total verified GHG emissions embedded in goods imported in a given calendar year. A different timing compared to the compliance cycle of the EU ETS should also be applied to avoid any potential bottleneck resulting from obligations for accredited verifiers under this Regulation and the EU ETS.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 184 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Under the export provisions of the CBAM, given that the installations concerned can be easily identified, the CBAM would apply to EU installations. The adjustment allowances provided for exported products will calibrate the regulatory obligation and the net regulatory burden imposed under the CBAM regime when those goods are exported from the customs territory of the Union to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 190 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) While the EU ETS applies to certain production processes and activities, the CBAM should target the corresponding imports or exports of goods. That requires clearly identifying imported or exported goods by way of their classification in the Combined nomenclature41 (‘CN’) and linking them to embedded GHG emissions. __________________ 41Council 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).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 198 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) The goods under this Regulation should be selected after a careful analysis of their relevance in terms of cumulated GHG emissions and risk of carbon leakage in the corresponding EU ETS sectors while limiting complexity and administrative burden. In particular, the actual selection should take into account basic materials and basic products covered by the EU ETS with the objective of ensuring that imports of energy intensive products into the Union are on equal footing with EU products in terms of EU ETS carbon pricing, and to mitigate risks of carbon leakage. Other relevant criteria to narrow the selection should be: firstly, relevance of sectors in terms of emissions, namely whether the sector is one of the largest aggregate emitters of GHG emissions; secondly, sector’s exposure to significant risk of carbon leakage, as defined pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; thirdly, the need to balance broad coverage in terms of GHG emissions while limiting complexity and administrative effort. fourthly, the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chain disruption and the increasing of prices in raw materials and other strategic sectors.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Similar technical constraints apply to refinery products, for which it is not possible to unambiguously assign GHG emissions to individual output products. At the same time, the relevant benchmark in the EU ETS does not directly relate to specific products, such as gasoline, diesel or kerosene, but to all refinery output. Due to these constraints, refinery products should be eligible to be included in the scope only if an unambiguous, verifiable and effective methodology is developed in close cooperation with the refining industry.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) However, aluminium products should be included in the CBAM as they are highly exposed to carbon leakage. Moreover, in several industrial applications they are in direct competition with steel products because of characteristics closely resembling those of steel products. Inclusion of aluminium is also relevant as the scope of the CBAM may be extended to cover also indirect emissions in the future. However, including indirect emissions and pricing them in the CBAM could be considered only once the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions has been reduced to a minimum. If after the initial transitional period, the data collected by the Commission shows that the CBAM cannot effectively protect against carbon leakage and incentivise the reduction of global emissions, further phase-in of CBAM and phase-out of free allocation of emission allowances should be paused until an effective solution can be found.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
(35 a) In case European industries producing goods subject to the CBAM face serious difficulties as a result of its implementation, an in-depth assessment developed in close cooperation with the industrial sectors should be made as promptly as possible to examine whether a CBAM is effective and practicable.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 219 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) Before widening the scope of the CBAM to new sectors, including downstream products using goods covered by the CBAM, a prior assessment should be made by the European Commission in consultation with the industrial sectors in order to check its practicability and effectiveness.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 220 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 b (new)
(36 b) Circumvention practices must be prohibited, where a change in the pattern of trade between third countries and the Union or between third countries, or between individual companies or within the same undertaking in relation with products included in the scope of this regulation, whether slightly modified or not, stems from a practice, process or work that have insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations as laid down in this Regulation. Those practices should include all types of circumvention practices, including resource shuffling, cost absorption, manipulation of emissions data, wrongful labelling of goods and slight modifications of the product so as to import a product under a different customs code thereby avoiding the present Regulation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) CBAM certificates for imports differ from EU ETS allowances for which daily auctioning is an essential feature. The need to set a clear price for CBAM import certificates makes a daily publication excessively burdensome and confusing for operators, as daily prices risk becoming obsolete upon publication. Thus, the publication of CBAM prices on a weekly basis would accurately reflect the pricing trend of EU ETS allowances and pursue the same climate objective. The calculation of the price of CBAM import certificates should therefore be set on the basis of a longer timeframe (on a weekly basis) than in the timeframe established by the EU ETS (on a daily basis). The Commission should be tasked to calculate and publish that average price.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 232 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
(44) In order to give the authorised declarants flexibility in complying with their CBAM obligations and allow them to benefit from fluctuations in the price of EU ETS allowances, the CBAM import certificates should be valid for a period of two years from the date of purchase. The authorised declarant should be allowed to re-sell to the national authority a portion of the certificates bought in excess. The authorised declarant should build up during the year the amount of certificates required at the time of surrendering, with thresholds set at the end of each quarter.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 251 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
(50) A transitional period should apply during the period 2023 until 2025. AUnder the import provisions, a CBAM without financial adjustment should apply, with the objective to facilitate a smooth roll out of the mechanism hence reducing the risk of disruptive impacts on trade. Declarants should have to report on a quarterly basis the actual embedded emissions in goods imported during the transitional period, detailing direct and indirect emissions as well as any carbon price paid abroad.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 254 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50 a (new)
(50 a) Under the export provisions of the CBAM, the allowance adjustments for exports would be implemented as of the start of the phasing out of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge. A transitional period of two years before the implementation of allowance adjustments for exports is needed to ensure a swift implementation of the mechanism. Particular attention should be paid to the arrangements for the calculation of corresponding allowance adjustments, the operation of registries, the application of the monitoring and reporting guidelines and verification.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050 and possibilities to improve carbon leakage measures to ensure a level playing field between the EU and third countries. . The Commission shouldall, 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, including downstream products using goods covered by the CBAM, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . With regard to indirect emissions, the evaluation shall take into account the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions and that EU producers are exposed to carbon costs passed on in electricity prices due to the functioning of the EU energy market (indirect carbon costs). __________________ 47 Commission 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).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 295 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
(59) It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert and industry 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 201651 . 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. __________________ 51Interinstitutional 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).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 304 #

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 or exportation from the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 307 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The CBAM complements the system established for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union by Directive 2003/87/EC by applying an equivalent set of rules to imports into or export from the customs territory of the Union of goods referred to in Article 2.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 311 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The mechanism willshould, if effective, progressively become an alternative to the mechanisms established under Directive 2003/87/EC to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, notably the allocation of allowances free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of that Directive, without prejudice to the maintenance of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge until 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proven to be effective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage both for imports into or exports from the customs territory of the Union.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 325 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. This Regulation also applies to goods listed in Annex I when those goods are produced in EU installations subject to the EU ETS and exported from the Customs territory of the European Union to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a, this Regulation does not apply to goods originating in or exported to countries and territories listed in Annex II, Section A.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 329 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. the regulatory obligation and the net regulatory burden imposed in the country where the goods are originating in are equivalent to those imposed under the EU ETS.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 331 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts in order to determine the conditions for applying the CBAM to goods referred to in paragraph 2 and 2a. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 29(2).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 365 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4 a) ‘exportation’ means the release for export of goods produced in EU installations subject to the EU ETS as provided in Article 269 of regulation (EU) N° 952/2013;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 369 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘declarant’ means a person lodging a customs declaration, either for release for free circulation in its own name or for export, or the person in whose name such a declaration is lodged in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 373 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘surrender’ means offsetting of CBAM certificates against the declared embedded emissions in imported or exported goods;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 376 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)
(28 a) ‘indirect emissions costs’ mean EUA costs passed on in electricity prices. These are not an indication of the physical indirect emissions in the production.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 377 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Importation and exportation of goods
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 378 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Goods shall only be imported into or exported from the customs territory of the Union by a declarant that is authorised by the competent authority in accordance with Article 17 (‘authorised declarant’).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 380 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Application for an import authorisation
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 389 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Notification and registration of exports Any declarant wishing to obtain adjustments to their emission allowances corresponding to the embedded emissions of the goods produced in the EU and exported outside the territory of the customs union shall be registered as a declarant according to Article 4 and shall notify the competent authorities of its intention at the time of lodging the predeparture declaration. On release of the goods, the customs office of export will transmit the necessary particulars of the export movement to the competent authority which shall issue a certificate establishing the allowance adjustments to be granted to calibrate the regulatory obligation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 390 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
CBAM import declaration
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 402 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts concerning detailed rules regarding the elements of the calculation methods set out in Annex III, including determining system boundaries of production processes, emission factors, installation-specific values of actual emissions and default values and their respective application to individual goods as well as laying down methods to ensure the reliability of data on the basis of which the default values shall be determined, including the level of detail and the verification of the data. Where necessary, those acts shall provide that the default values can be adapted to particular areas, regions or countries to take into account specific objective factors such as geography, natural resources, market conditions, prevailing energy sources, or industrial processes. The implementing acts shall build upon existing legislation for the verification of emissions and activity data for installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC, in particular Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 409 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The authorised declarant shall ensure that the total embedded emissions declared in the CBAM declaration submitted pursuant to Article 6 are verified by a verifier accredited pursuant to Article 18, based on the verification principles set out in Annex V. The competent authority is authorised to verify the accuracy of the information in the CBAM declaration.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 412 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts concerning the principles of verification referred to in paragraph 1 as regards the possibility to waive the obligation for the verifier to visit the installation where relevant goods are produced and the obligation to set thresholds for deciding whether misstatements or non-conformities are material and concerning the supporting documentation needed for the verification report. Provisions laid down in such implementing acts shall be equivalent to the provisions set in Regulation 2018/2067.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 429 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The records referred to in paragraph 5, point (c), shall be sufficiently detailed to enable the verification in accordance with paragraph 5, point (b), and to enable any competent authority to verify and to review, in accordance with Article 19(1), the CBAM declaration made by an authorised declarant to whom the relevant information was disclosed in accordance with paragraph 8.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 433 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The central database should, insofar as possible, mirror the information provided in the ETS database.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 446 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall make available to the Member States a list of all competent national authorities and publish this information in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 484 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall establish a central database at the EU level accessible to the public containing the names, addresses and contact details of the operators and the location of installations in third countries in accordance with Article 10(2). An operator may choose not to have its name, address and contact details accessible to the public. The central database should insofar as possible, mirror the ETS database.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 550 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Where a CBAM declaration in accordance with Article 6 has not been submitted, the competent authority of the Member State of establishment of the authorised declarant shall assess the CBAM obligations of that declarant on the basis of the information at its disposal and calculate the total number of CBAM certificates due at the latest by the 31 December of the fourth year following that when the CBAM declaration should have been submitted. This information shall be submitted to the competent authority.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 565 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) 1. Part of the revenues generated by CBAM needs to be used to support research and innovation in carbon- reducing technologies such as renewable hydrogen uptake, storage, and other types of zero carbon industrial innovation, as well as to spur decarbonisation effort in CBAM sectors through financing to companies operating in exporting both developing and least developed countries. 2. The revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be used to help European industries in decarbonising their production and in deploying low-carbon technologies, since they are facing higher production costs due to the ambitious objectives set by the European Green Deal, as well as to cover the cost of administration of the CBAM. 3. To ensure transparency of the use of revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates the Commission shall, on a yearly basis, report to the European Parliament and the Council on how the revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, from the previous year has been used.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 569 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a CBAM Export certificates 1. The competent authority shall register the export of goods listed in Annex I by the declarant. 2. For those export of goods listed in Annex I, the competent authority shall grant adjustment allowances certificates for goods produced in EU installations subject to the EU ETS and exported from the customs territory of the Union to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same level as the EU to calibrate the regulatory obligation and the net regulatory burden imposed under the CBAM. The adjustment allowances for the emissions embedded in the good exported mentioned in the certificate shall be deducted in accordance with Article 5 from the annual amount of allowances above the benchmark, or by default, the amount of allowances not covered by the fallback benchmarks to be surrendered to the competent authority.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 570 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – title
Price of CBAM import certificates
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 579 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – title
Surrender of CBAM import certificates
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 586 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – title
Re-purchase of CBAM import certificates
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 588 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – title
Cancellation of CBAM import certificates
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 599 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Penalties in relation to imports of goods
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 608 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In case of repeated failure to surrender a number of CBAM certificates corresponding to the emissions embedded in goods imported during the previous year, or in case of submission of false information in the CBAM declaration, an authorized declarant, and any of its related parties, may be automatically excluded from the register for a period of 3 years from the date of exclusion. The respective verifier – and any of its related parties - who has certified the accuracy of the information in the CBAM declaration has its certification withdrawn by the competent authority.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 609 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may apply administrative or criminal sanctions for failure to comply with the CBAM legislation in accordance with their national rules in addition to penalties referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4a. Such sanctions shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 614 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Practices of circumvention include situations where a change in the pattern of trade in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulationbetween third countries and the Union or between third countries themselves or between individual companies or within the same undertaking in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulation , whether slightly modified or not, stems from a practice, process or work that has insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations or seeking benefits as laid down in this Regulation and consist in replacing those goods with slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I but belong to a sector included in the scope of this Regulationor undermining their effects, including on overall GHG emissions and on prices of the goods concerned.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 621 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The practice, process or work referred to in paragraph 2 include, inter alia: (a) the slight modification of the goods included in the scope of this Regulation to make it fall under customs codes which are normally not subject to the obligations of this Regulation, provided that the modification does not alter its essential characteristics; (b) false declarations as to the identity of the producer of the goods or of the nature of the goods or the production process involved to product these goods; (c) the consignment of the goods via third countries to which more favourable obligations apply; (d) the reorganisation by exporters or producers of their patterns and channels of sales in order to avoid obligations as laid down in this Regulation, or undermine their effects, including on overall GHG emissions and on prices of the goods, for instance via practices of resource shuffling. (e) the assembly of parts by an assembly operation in the Union or a third country to avoid obligations as laid down in this Regulation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 622 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Following a complaint made by any party, or at the request of Member States or on its own initiative, the Commission may decide, following an investigation, to extend obligations laid down in this regulation, in whatever way is necessary to prevent future circumvention of the present Regulation, when circumvention of the measures in force is taking place. This includes the possibility for the Commission to impose a penalty on an authorised Declarant involved in the circumvention, if this is proportionate, from the date of registration of imports. Given the circumstances of the individual case, the Commission may also decide to ban those imports from entering the Union territory during a certain period or to prevent the authorized Declarant and any of its related parties to import goods subject to the present Regulation into the Union for a certain period.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 623 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Decisions referred to in paragraph 2b shall be subject to an appeal procedure.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 624 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Investigations shall be initiated pursuant to this Article on the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a Member State or of any interested party on the basis of sufficient evidence regarding possible circumvention practices as defined in paragraphs 2 and 2a. Initiations shall be made by means of a Commission regulation which shall also instruct customs authorities of Member States to subject imports to registration in accordance with Article 27(5). The Commission shall provide information to the Member States once a party or a Member State has submitted a request to initiate an investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis thereof, or where the Commission has itself determined that there is a need to initiate an investigation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 625 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission. The Commission may be assisted by customs authorities and the investigation shall be concluded within 4 months.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 626 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Where the facts as finally ascertained justify the extension of obligations, this shall be done by the Commission adopting delegated acts.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 627 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. A Member State or any party affected or benefitted by the situations described in paragraphs 2 to 2f may notify the Commission if it is confronted, over a two- month period compared with the same period in the preceding year with a significant decrease in the volume of imported goods included in the scope of this Regulation and an increase of volume of imports of slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I. The Commission shall continually monitor any significant change of pattern of trade of goods and slightly modified products at Union level.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 633 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a Absorption 1. Where any party submits sufficient information showing that, after the entry into force of this Regulation, an Authorised Declarant has been absorbing the cost of the CBAM Certificates, such that there has been no movement, or insufficient movement, in the resale prices or subsequent selling prices of the imported product in the Union, and that such situation has insufficient due cause or economic justification other than undermining the effects of the obligations as laid down in this Regulation, the Commission shall open an investigation. The Commission shall provide information to the Member States once a party has submitted sufficient information justifying the opening of the investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis thereof. 2. The investigation may also be opened, under the conditions set out in the first subparagraph, on the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a Member State. 3. During an investigation pursuant to this Article, any interested party shall be provided with an opportunity to clarify the situation with regard to resale prices and subsequent selling prices. 4.Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission. The Commission may be assisted by customs authorities and the investigation shall be concluded within nine months. 5. If it is concluded that the obligations as laid down in this Regulation should have led to movements in such prices, the Commission shall take appropriate measures to re-establish the effectiveness of the obligations as set out in this Regulations. Such measures imposed pursuant to this Article shall not exceed the amount of the penalties as set out in Article 26.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 646 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to indirect emissions and goods other than those listed in Annex I, including downstream products using goods covered by this Regulation, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 656 #

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 assessmentan in-depth assessment - developed in close cooperation with the industrial sectors - of the rules to be applied during the trial period established pursuing to article 30a and 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, including downstream products using goods covered by this Regulation, as well as an assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the 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.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 678 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a Further review and reporting by the Commission of the import provisions of the CBAM 1. Following the transitional period, the Commission shall introduce a two-year testing period during which it shall collect and verify data on the surrendering obligations set in Article22 in order to assess the effectiveness of the CBAM in addressing the risk of carbon leakage. 2. In 2029, the European Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council regarding the effectiveness of the CBAM based on the data collected according to paragraph 1. The report by the European Commission may be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend the scope of this Regulation, including if the assessment of the effectiveness of the CBAM in tackling carbon leakage shows that EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC remain necessary to prevent the risk of carbon leakage after 2030.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 680 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 b (new)
Article 30 b Emergency clause In case European industries producing goods subject to the CBAM face serious difficulties in relation to its implementation during the transitional period or the trial period, an individual assessment should be made as promptly as possible to examine whether a CBAM is still effective and practicable for the sector concerned.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 699 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
During the transitional period of this Regulation, the import provision of the CBAM mechanism shall apply as a reporting obligation as set out in Articles 33 to 35.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 704 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Each declarant shall, for each quarter of a calendar year, submit a report (‘CBAM report’) containing information on the goods imported or exported during that quarter, to the competent authority of the Member State of importation or exportation or, if goods have been imported or exported to more than one Member State, to the competent authority of the Member State at the declarant’s choice, no later than one month after the end of each quarter.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 705 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The CBAM report shall include the following information for imports and where relevant for exports:
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 730 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 3 a (new)
Inclusion of a new Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’) code: 2804 10 00 – Hydrogen
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 731 #

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 5
CN code Greenhouse gas 7601 – Unwrought aluminium Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons 7603 – Aluminium powders and flakes Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons 7604 – Aluminium bars, rods and profiles Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons 7605 – Aluminium wire Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons 7606 – Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm 7607 – Aluminium foil (whether or not Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons printed or backed with paper, paper-board, plastics or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0,2 mm 7608 – Aluminium tubes and pipes Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons 7609 00 00 – Aluminium tube or pipe Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves) 7610 - Aluminium structures (excluding Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminium plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures: 7611 00 00 - Aluminium reservoirs, tanks, Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons vats and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat- insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment 7612 - Aluminium casks, drums, cans, Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons boxes and similar containers (including rigid or collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment: 7613 00 00 - Aluminium containers for Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons compressed or liquefied gas 7614 - Stranded wire, cables, plaited Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated: 7615 - Table, kitchen or other household Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons articles and parts thereof, of aluminium; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of aluminium; sanitary ware and parts thereof, of aluminium: 7616 - Other articles of aluminium: Carbon dioxide and perfluorocarbons
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 41 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) Greenhouse gases that are not directly released into the atmosphere should be considered emissions under the EU ETS and allowances should be surrendered for those emissions unless they are captured and reused for example to produce recycled carbon fuels and renewables liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin , stored in a storage site in accordance with Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , or they are permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts specifying the conditions where greenhouse gases are to be considered as permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use, including obtaining a carbon removal certificate, where appropriate, in view of regulatory developments with regard to the certification of carbon removals. _________________ 46Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114).
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) In the European Green Deal, the Commission stated its intention to take additional measures to address greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime transport sector through a basket of measures to enable the Union to reach its emissions reduction targets. In this context, Directive 2003/87/EC should be amended to include the maritime transport sector in the EU ETS in order to ensure this sector contributes to the increased climate objectives of the Union as well as to the objectives of the Paris Agreement, which requires developed countries to take the lead by undertaking economy-wide emission reduction targets, while developing countries are encouraged to move over time towards economy-wide emission reduction or limitation targets.49 Considering that emissions from international aviation outside Europe should be capped from January 2021 by global market-based action while there is no action in place that caps or prices maritime transport emissions, it is appropriate that the EU ETS covers a share of the emissions from voyages between a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and port under the jurisdiction of a third country, with the third country being able to decide on appropriate action in respect of the other share of emissions. The extension of the EU ETS to the maritime transport sector should thus include half of the emissions from ships performing voyages arriving at a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State from a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State, half of the emissions from ships performing voyages departing from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and arriving at a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State, emissions from ships performing voyages arriving at a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State, and emissions at berth in a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State. This approach has been noted as a practical way to solve the issue of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Capabilities, which has been a longstanding challenge in the UNFCCC context. The coverage of a share of the emissions from both incoming and outgoing voyages between the Union and third countries ensures the effectiveness of the EU ETS, notably by increasing the environmental impact of the measure compared to a geographical scope limited to voyages within the EU, while limiting the risk of evasive port calls and the risk of delocalisation of transhipment activities outside the Union. To ensure a smooth inclusion of the sector in the EU ETS, the surrendering of allowances by shipping companies should be gradually increased with respect to verified emissions reported for the period 2023 to 2025. To protect the environmental integrity of the system, to the extent that fewer allowances are surrendered in respect of verified emissions for maritime transport during those years, once the difference between verified emissions and allowances surrendered has been established each year, a corresponding a number of allowances should be cancelled. As from 2026, shipping companies should surrender the number of allowances corresponding to all of their verified emissions reported in the preceding year. However, measures should be taken to ensure that the extension of the ETS to maritime transport affects Member States in a fair and not disproportionate manner, taking into account their specific circumstances. _________________ 49 Paris Agreement, Article 4(4). 49
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 75 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Further incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using cost- efficient techniques should be provided. To that end, the free allocation of emission allowances to stationary installations from 2026 onwards should be conditional on investments in techniques to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Ensuring that this is focused on larger energy users would result in a substantial reduction in burden for businesses with lower energy use, which may be owned by small and medium sized enterprises or micro- enterprises. [Reference to be confirmed with the revised EED]. The relevant delegated acts should be adjusted accordingly.deleted
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 85 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), established under Regulation (EU) […./..] of the European Parliament and of the Council51 , is an alternative to free allocation to address the risk of carbon leakage. To the extent that sectors and subsectors are covered by that measure, they should not receive free allocation. However, a transitional phasing-out of free allowances is needed to allow producers, importers and traders to adjust to the new regime. The reduction of free allocation should be implemented by applying a factor to free allocation for CBAM sectors, while the CBAM is phased in. Sufficient safeguards should nevertheless be provided for the products intended for exports and their producers. This percentage (CBAM factor) should be equal to 100 % during the transitional period between the entry into force of [CBAM Regulation] and 2025, 90 % in 2026 and should be reduced by 10 percentage points each year to reach 0 % and thereby eliminate free allocation by the tenth year. The relevant delegated acts on free allocation should be adjusted accordingly for the sectors and subsectors covered by the CBAM, taking into account the need to maintain free allowances for the products that are exported. The free allocation no longer provided to the CBAM sectors based on this calculation (CBAM demand) must be auctioned and the revenues will accrue to the Innovation Fund, so as to support innovation in low carbon technologies, carbon capture and utilisation (‘CCU’), carbon capture and geological storage (‘CCS’), renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change. Special attention should be given to projects in CBAM sectors. To respect the proportion of the free allocation available for the non- CBAM sectors, the final amount to deduct from the free allocation and to be auctioned should be calculated based on the proportion that the CBAM demand represents in respect of the free allocation needs of all sectors receiving free allocation. _________________ 51 [please insert full OJ reference]
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) In order to better reflect technological progress and adjust the corresponding benchmark values to the relevant period of allocation while ensuring emission reduction incentives and properly rewarding innovation, the maximum adjustment of the benchmark values should be increased from 1,6 % to 2,5 % per year. For the period from 2026 to 2030, the benchmark values should thus be adjusted within a range of 4 % to 50 % compared to the value applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020.deleted
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) In order to reflect the actual technological progress within installations included in product benchmarks with consideration of fuel and electricity exchange ability in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447 and where the share of indirect emissions is higher than 50% of the relevant product benchmarks, the update of such benchmarks for the periods as of 2026 shall not be affected by the evolution of the carbon intensity of the electricity mix.
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) A comprehensive approach to innovation is essential for achieving the European Green Deal objectives. At EU level, the necessary research and innovation efforts are supported, among others, through Horizon Europe which include significant funding and new instruments for the sectors coming under the ETS. Consequently, the Innovation Fund should seek synergies with Horizon Europe and, where relevant, with other Union funding programmes. Member States should ensure that the national transposition provisions do not hamper innovations and are technologically neutral.
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 111 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) The scope of the Innovation Fund referred to in Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC should be extended to support innovation in and demonstration of low- carbon technologies and processes that concern the consumption of fuels in the sectors of buildings and road transport. In addition, the Innovation Fund should serve to support investments to decarbonise the maritime transport sector, including investments in sustainable alternative fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia and synthetic fuels that are produced from renewables, as well as zero-emission propulsion technologies like wind technologies. Considering that revenues generated from penalties raised in Regulation xxxx/xxxx [FuelEU Maritime]52 are allocated to the Innovation Fund as external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission should ensure that due consideration is given to support for innovative projects aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of renewable and low carbon fuels in the maritime sector, as specified in Article 21(1) of Regulation xxxx/xxxx [FuelEU Maritime]. To ensure sufficient funding is available for innovation within this extended scope, the Innovation Fund should be supplemented with 50 million allowances, stemming partly from the allowances that could otherwise be auctioned, and partly from the allowances that could otherwise be allocated for free, in accordance with the current proportion of funding provided from each source to the Innovation Fund. _________________ 52[add ref to the FuelEU Maritime Regulation].
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
(40) Renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels can be important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in sectors that are hard to decarbonise. Where recycled carbon fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin are produced from captured carbon dioxide under an activity covered by this Directive, the emissions should be accounted under that activity where the CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere. To ensure that renewable fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuels contribute to greenhouse gas emission reductions and to avoid double counting for fuels that do so, it is appropriate to explicitly extend the empowerment in Article 14(1) to the adoption by the Commission of implementing acts laying down the necessary adjustments for how and where to account for the eventual release of carbon dioxide and how to avoid double counting to ensure appropriate incentives are in place for capturing the CO2, taking also into account the treatment of these fuels under Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) The exclusion of installations using exclusively biomass from the EU ETS has led to situations where installations combusting a high share of biomass have obtained windfall profits by receiving free allowances greatly exceeding actual emissions. Therefore, a threshold value for zero-rated biomass combustion should be introduced above which installations are excluded from the EU ETS. The threshold value of 95 % is in line with the uncertainty parameter set out in Article 2(16) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33156 . _________________ 56Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 of 19 December 2018 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 59, 27.2.2019, p. 8).deleted
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 155 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
(54) Innovation and development as well as demonstration and up-scaling of new low-carbon technologies in the sectors of buildings and road transport are crucial for ensuring the cost-efficient contribution of these sectors to the expected emission reductions. Therefore, 150 million allowances from emissions trading in the buildings and road transport sectors should also be made available to the Innovation Fund to stimulate the cost-efficient emission reductions.
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 181 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I
(b) ‘emissions’ means the release into the atmosphere of greenhouse gases from sources in an installation or the release into the atmosphere from an aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I or from ships performing a maritime transport activity listed in Annex I of the gases specified in respect of that activity, or the release of greenhouse gases corresponding to the activity referred to in Annex III;;
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1a
In [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be decreased by [-- million allowances (to be determined depending on year of entry into force)]. In the same year, the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be increased by 79 million allowances for maritime transport. Starting in [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the linear factor shall be 4,2 %5.09% until 2030. The Commission shall publish the Union-wide quantity of allowances within 3 months of [date of entry into force of the amendment to be inserted].;
2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 240 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 8(4)
(i) the following two subparagraphs are inserted after the second subparagraph: ‘In the case of installations covered by the obligation to conduct an energy audit under Article 8(4) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(*) [Article reference to be updated with the revised Directive], free allocation shall only be granted fully if the recommendations of the audit report are implemented, to the extent that the pay-back time for the relevant investments does not exceed five years and that the costs of those investments are proportionate. Otherwise, the amount of free allocation shall be reduced by 25 %. The amount of free allocation shall not be reduced if an operator demonstrates that it has implemented other measures which lead to greenhouse gas emission reductions equivalent to those recommended by the audit report. The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adjusted accordingly. No free allocation shall be given to installations in sectors or subsectors to the extent they are covered by other measures to address the risk of carbon leakage as established by Regulation (EU) …./.. [reference to CBAM](**). The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adjusted accordingly _________ (*) Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).”; (**) [CBAM full reference]’deleted
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 262 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point ii
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In order to provide further incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency, the determined Union- wide ex-ante benchmarks shall be reviewedsubjected to an extensive and comprehensive assessment by the European Commission to evaluate the need to review them before the period from 2026 to 2030 in view of potentially modifying the definitions and system boundaries of existing product benchmarks.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b – introductory part
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 a – new
(b) the following paragraph 1a is inserted: Free allocation at benchmark level shall be given in relation to the production of products listed in Annex I of Regulation [CBAM] until the full effectiveness of the CBAM in tackling the carbon leakage risk both on the EU market and on export markets is assessed and positively verified. To this purpose, in 2029 the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report pursuant to Regulation [CBAM] regarding the effectiveness of the CBAM. The report shall also include the selected option to address the carbon leakage risk on export markets. The report by the Commission shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend this article in view of gradually phasing out free allocation after 2030 proportionally to the proven level of effectiveness of the CBAM. Allowances resulting from the reduction of free allocation shall be made available to support innovation in relation to the production of products listed in Annex I of Regulation [CBAM] in accordance with Article 10a(8).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 267 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1 a – new
1a. No free allocation shall be given in relation to the production of products listed in Annex I of Regulation [CBAM] as from the date of application of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. By way of derogation from the previous subparagraph, for the first years of operation of Regulation [CBAM], the production of these products shall benefit from free allocation in reduced amounts. A factor reducing the free allocation for the production of these products shall be applied (CBAM factor). The CBAM factor shall be equal to 100 % for the period during the entry into force of [CBAM regulation] and the end of 2025, 90 % in 2026 and shall be reduced by 10 percentage points each year to reach 0 % by the tenth year. The reduction of free allocation shall be calculated annually as the average share of the demand for free allocation for the production of products listed in Annex I of Regulation [CBAM] compared to the calculated total free allocation demand for all installations, for the relevant period referred to in Article 11, paragraph 1. The CBAM factor shall be applied. Allowances resulting from the reduction of free allocation shall be made available to support innovation in accordance with Article 10a(8).;deleted
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 292 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point c
(c) For the period from 2026 to 2030, the benchmark values shall be determined in the samIn order to provide further incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the steel industry, the manner as set out in points (a) and (d) on the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11 for the years 2021 and 2022 and on the basis of applying the annual reduction rate in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028ual reduction rate of the product benchmark hot metal calculated pursuant to the previous sub-paragraph shall not be affected by the modification of benchmark definitions and system boundaries pursuant to the fifth sub-paragraph of article 10a1 when the calculation of such rate is influenced by installations that were operational in the period referred to the first sub-paragraph of article 10a2.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 298 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third paragraph – point d
(d) Where the annual reduction rate exceeds 2,5 % or is below 0,2 %, the benchmark values for the period from 2026 to 2030 shall be the benchmark values applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020 reduced by whichever of those two percentage rates is relevant, in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028. By way of derogation from the previous point, the maximum annual reduction rate of the fuel and heat fallback benchmarks shall remain at 1.6%.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 311 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point e
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shouldall adopt financial measures in accordance with the second and fourth subparagraphs in favour of sectors or subsectors which are exposed to a genuine risk of carbon leakage due to significant indirect costs that are actually incurred from greenhouse gas emission costs passed on in electricity prices, provided that such financial measures are in accordance with State aid rules, and in particular do not cause undue distortions of competition in the internal market. The financial measures adopted should not compensate indirect costs covered by free allocation in accordance with the benchmarks established pursuant to paragraph 1. Where a Member State spends an amount higher than the equivalent of 25 % of their auction revenues of the year in which the indirect costs were incurred, it shall set out the reasons for exceeding that amount.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 339 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 6
Projects shall be selected on the basis of objective and transparent criteria and on a technology-neutral basis, taking into account, where relevant, the extent to which projects contribute to achieving emission reductions well below the benchmarks referred to in paragraph 2. Projects shall have the potential for widespread application or to significantly lower the costs of transitioning towards a low-carbon economy in the sectors concerned. Projects involving CCU shall deliver a net reduction in emissions and ensure avoidance or permanent storage of CO2. In the case of grants provided through calls for proposals, up to 60 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 40 % need not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, provided that pre-determined milestones, taking into account the technology deployed, are attained. In the case of support provided through competitive bidding and in the case of technical assistance support, up to 100 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 343 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g Directive 2003/87/EC
The calls for proposal shall be open and transparent and clearly set out what kinds of technologies can be supported. The Commission shall take measures to ensure that the calls are communicated as widely as possible, and especially to SMEs.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 344 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 7 a
The Innovation Fund shall, where appropriate, ensure that there are effective synergies with other relevant Union funding instruments, such as Horizon Europe, and in particular with European partnerships.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 346 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to avoid an adjustment of free allocation as of Article 10a (5), in addition to the flexibility provided in paragraph 5a, allowances in the market stability reserve shall be used corresponding to an amount of up to 5% of the total quantity of allowances.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 d – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1
1. A fund to support investments proposed by the beneficiary Member States, including the financing of small- scale investment projects, including in regions and municipalities, to modernise energy systems and improve energy efficiency shall be established for the period from 2021 to 2030 (the ‘Modernisation Fund’). The Modernisation Fund shall be financed through the auctioning of allowances as set out in Article 10, for the beneficiary Member States set out therein.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 392 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point e
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 3 b – subparagraph 1
3b. An obligation to surrender allowances shall not arise in respect of emissions of greenhouse gases which are considered to have been captured and utilised to become permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use, and in respect of greenhouse gases that are captured and used to produce recycled carbon fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 447 #

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex 1 – point 1
1. Installations or parts of installations used for research, development and testing of new products and processes, and installations where emissions from the combustion of biomass that complies with the criteria set out pursuant to Article 14 contribute to more than 95 % of the total greenhouse gas emissionexclusively using biomass are not covered by this Directive.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Maritime transport accounts for around 75% of EU external trade and 31% of EU internal trade in terms of volume. At the same time, ship traffic to or from ports in the European Economic Area accounts for some 11% of all EU CO2 emissions from transport and 3-4% of total EU CO2 emissions. 400 million passengers embark or disembark annually in ports of Member States, including around 14 million on cruise ships. Maritime transport is therefore an essential component of Europe’s transport system and plays a critical role for the European economy, especially in the post-pandemic scenario. The maritime transport market is subject to strong and sometimes unfair competition between economic actors in the Union and beyond for which a level playing field is indispensable. The stability and prosperity of the maritime transport market and its economic actors rely on a clear, predictable, stable and harmonised policy framework where maritime transport operators, ports and other actors in the sector can operate on the basis of equal opportunities. Where market distortions occur, they risk putting ship operators, or ports at a disadvantage compared to competitors within the maritime transport sector or in other transport sectors. In turn, this can result in a loss of competitiveness of the maritime transport industry, and a loss of connectivity for citizenustomers and businesses. Maritime transport remains a key asset to connect islands and peripheral areas of the continent.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 177 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) To enhance the Union’s climate commitment under the Paris Agreement and set out the steps to be taken to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, and to translate the political commitment into a legal obligation, the Commission adopted the (amended) proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law)19 as well as the Communication ‘Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition’20 . This also integrates the target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030. Accordingly, various complementary policy instruments are needed to motivate the use and production of sustainably produced renewable and low-carbon fuels, included in the maritime transport sector. The necessary technology development and deployment has to happen by 2030in due time to prepare for much more rapid change thereafter. _________________ 19 COM(2020) 563 final 20 COM(2020) 562 final
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 183 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In the context of fuel transition to renewable and low carbon fuels and substitute sources of energy, it is essential to ensure the proper functioning of and fair competition in the EU maritime transport market regarding marine fuels, which account for a substantial share of ship operators’ costs. Differences in fuel requirements across Member States of the Union can significantly affect ship operators’ economic performance and negatively impact competition in the market. Due to the international nature of shipping, ship operators may easily bunker in third countries and carry large amounts of fuel. This may lead to carbon leakage and detrimental effects on the competitiveness of the sector if the availability of renewable and low carbon fuels in maritime ports under the jurisdiction of a Member State is not accompanied by requirements for their use that apply to all ship operators arriving at and departing from ports under the jurisdiction of Member States. This Regulation should lay down measures to ensure that the penetration and development of renewable low-carbon fuels in the marine fuels market takes place under the conditions of fair competition on the EU maritime transport market.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The rules laid down in this Regulation should apply in a non- discriminatory manner to all ships regardless of their flag. For reasons of coherence with Union and international rules in the area of maritime transport, this Regulation should not apply to warshipmilitary and police units, naval auxiliaries, fish- catching or fish- processing ships, or government ships used for non-commercial purposes.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The development and deployment of new fuels and energy solutions requires a coordinated and pragmatic approach to match supply, demand and the provision of appropriate distribution infrastructure. Appropriate incentives and economies of scale on the supply side will facilitate further developments of these new fuels. While the current European regulatory framework already partly addresses fuel production with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council22 and distribution with Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council23 , there is also a need for a tool that establishes increasing levels of demand of renewable and low-carbon maritime fuels. _________________ 22Directive (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, 21.12.2001, p. 82). 23 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1).
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) While instruments such as carbon pricing or targets on the carbon intensity of activity promote improvements in energy efficiency, they are not suited to bring about a significant shift towards renewable and low-carbon fuels in the short and medium term. A specific regulatory approach dedicated to the deployment of renewable and low-carbon marine fuels and substitute sources of energy, such as wind or electricity, is therefore necessary, even if some of these technologies should be further researched.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 201 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) Whilst there may then be a tendency to favour these new, potentially better or more promising solutions, the investments made in the former technologies, fuels or other solutions still need to be honoured and protected in that the investments made in these “former” technologies, fuels or solutions need to be returned. For these reasons, there is need for the waterborne sector in Europe to be granted the necessary legal certainty that is a prerequisite to achieve the EU Green Deal targets.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 204 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Policy interventionConsidering that in the short term many zero-emissions technologies will not be immediately available and affordable, it is crucial to promote initiatives to stimulate demand of renewable and low- carbon maritime fuels should be goal-based and respect the principle of technological neutrality. Accordingly, limits should be set on the greenhouse gas intensity of the energy used on-board by ships without prescribing the use of any particular fuel or technology.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 205 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Development and deployment of renewable and low carbon fuels with a high potential for sustainability, commercial maturity and a high potential for innovation and growth to meet future needs should be promoted, also establishing a clear and predictable legal framework for producers, suppliers and operators. This will support creating innovative and competitive fuels markets and ensure sufficient supply of sustainable maritime fuels in the short and long term to contribute to Union transport decarbonisation ambitions, while strengthening Union’s efforts towards a high level of environmental protection. For this purpose, LNG and other sustainable maritime fuels produced from feedstock listed in Parts A and B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, as well as synthetic maritime fuels should be eligible. In particular, LNG and other sustainable maritime fuels produced from feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 are essential, as currently the most commercially mature technology to decarbonise martime transport already in the short term.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 212 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) However, this approach must be stricter in the maritime sector. The maritime sector has currently insignificant levels of demand for food and feed crops- based biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels, since over 99% of currently used marine fuels are of fossil origin. Therefore, the non-eligibility of food and feed crop- based fuels under this Regulation also minimises any risk to slow down the decarbonisation of the transport sector, which could otherwise result from a shift of crop-based biofuels from the road to the maritime sector. It is essential to minimise such a shift, as road transport currently remains by far the most polluting transport sector and the maritime transport currently uses predominanetly fuels of fossil origin. It is therefore appropriate to avoid the creation of a potentially large demand of food and feed crops-based biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels by promoting their use under this Regulation. Accordingly, the additional greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity caused by all types of feed and food crop- based fuels require that these fuels be considered to have the same emission factors as the least favourable pathway.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The long lead times and the high costs associated to the development and deployment of new fuels and energy solutions for maritime transport require rapid action and the establishment of a clear and predictable long-term regulatory framework facilitating planning and investment from all the stakeholders concerned. A clear and stable long-term regulatory framework will facilitate, agreed with the stakeholders, will be crucial for the development and deployment of new fuels and energy solutions for maritime transport, and encourage investment from stakeholders. Such framework should define limits for the greenhouse gas intensity of the energy used on-board by ships until 2050. Those limits should become more ambitious over time to reflect the expected technology development and increased production of marine renewable and low carbon fuels.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 217 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) To encourage the entire waterborne sector to invest significantly in the transformation of waterborne transport into a zero-emission mode of transport, investments need to be underpinned by a legal framework that offers legal certainty to the entire sector, including to the European Maritime Technology Sector.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
(14 b) Due to the longevity of maritime technology, maritime stakeholders, including shipyards and maritime equipment manufacturers, deserve protection in terms of legal certainty, in particular first movers investing in innovative technologies and/or in new fuels. The rationale therefor is that the transition towards zero-emission waterborne transport and towards a zero- emission maritime (technology) sector will face rapidly changing state-of-the-art technologies, alternative fuels or other zero-emission solutions offering new superior pathways compared to recent solutions.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 230 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The future use of renewable energy sources and alternative propulsion, such as wind and solar energy, could be a possible solution to greatly reduces the greenhouse gas intensity of the overall ship energy use. The difficulty to accurately measure and quantify these energy sources (intermittence of the energy use, direct transfer as propulsion, etc.) should not impede their recognition in the overall ship energy use through means of approximations of their contribution to the ship’s energy balance.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 232 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Air pollution produced by ships (sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter) at berth is a significant concern for coastal areas and port cities. Therefore, specific and stringent obligations should be imposdeveloped to reduce emissions at berth from ships that draw power from their engines during their stay in port. According to the data collected within the framework of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 in 2018, passenger ships and containerships are the ship categories producing the highest amount of emissions per ship at berth. Accordingly, emissions from these categories of ships should be addressed as a priority, providing, at the same time, enough and specific infrastructures.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 234 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The use of on-shore power supply (OPS) abates air pollution produced by ships as well as reduces the amount of GHG emissions generated by maritime transport. OPS represents an increasingly clean power supply available to ships at berth, in view of the growing renewables share in the EU electricity mix. While only the provision on OPS connection points is covered by Directive 2014/94/EU (Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive – AFID), the demand for and, as a result, the deployment of this technology has remained limited. Therefore specific rules and incentives should be established to mandatedevelop the use of OPS by the most polluting ships.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 250 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Certification of fuels is essential to achieve the objectives of this Regulation and guarantee the environmental integrity of the renewable and low-carbon fuels that are expected to be deployed in the maritime sector. Such certification should be undertaken by means of a transparent, standardised and non-discriminatory procedure. With a view to facilitating certification and limiting the administrative burden, the certification of biofuels, biogas, renewable fuels of non-biological origin and recycled carbon fuel should rely on the rules established by Directive (EU) 2018/2001. This approach of certification should also apply to fuels bunkered outside the Union, which should be considered as imported fuels, in a similar way as Directive (EU) 2018/2001. When companies intend to depart from the default values provided for by that Directive or this new framework, this should only be done when values can be certified by one of the voluntary schemes recognised under Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (for well-to-tank values) or by means of laboratory testing or direct emissions measurements (tank-to-wake).
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 251 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Compliance with this Regulation would depend on elements that could be beyond control of the company, such as issues related to fuel availability or fuel quality. Therefore, companies should be allowed the flexibility of rolling-over a compliance surplus from one year to another or borrowing an advance compliance surplus, within certain limits, from the following year. The use of OPS (or other low-emission technologies) at berth, being of high importance for local air quality in port cities and coastal areas should not be eligible for similar flexibility provisions.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 254 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) The revenues generated from the payment of penalties should be usedentirely reinvested in the shipbuilding sector, to promote the distribution and use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in the maritime sector and help maritime operators to meet their climate and environmental goals. The revenues should also be devoted to the necessary deployment of the distribution, storage and bunkering infrastructure of future sustainable alternative fuels. For this purpose these revenues should be allocated to the the Innovation Fund referred to in Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 262 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) Given the international dimension of the maritime sector, a global approach to limiting the greenhouse gas intensity of the energy used by ships is preferable as it could be regarded as more effective due to its broader scope. In this context, and with a view to facilitating the development of international rules within the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the Commission should share relevant information on the implementation of this Regulation with the IMO and other relevant international bodies and relevant submissions should be made to the IMO. Where an agreement on a global aproach is reached on matters of relevance to this Regulation, the Commission should review the present Regulation with a view to aligning it, where appropriate, with the international rules. This review, on the basis of an active monitoring, should also occur in the event of evidences of carbon leakage.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
(42 a) Nowadays, the international dimension of the maritime sector is strategic. To achieve the results and the ambitions set in the present Regulation and an effective decrease in CO2 emissions throughout European and global maritime transport, a dedicated EU approach towards non-EU countries is urgently needed. This would serve to safeguard the competitiveness of the principal actors of the market and spread similar practices of the present Regulation also on a global scale. The effectiveness of the present Regulation would be strengthened if the EU were able to play a key role also at the international level.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 266 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43 a (new)
(43 a) Equally important to achieve a zero-emission waterborne (transport) sector is the training of seafarers (operators) as well as of workers across European shipyards and maritime equipment companies. In both cases, the road to a zero-emission waterborne (transport) sector will require the need for upskilling/reskilling to enable these workers to get acquainted with, operate, install, repair and maintain new propulsion systems, zero-emission technologie sand sustainable fuels.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 273 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
in order to increase consistent use of renewable and low-carbon fuels and substitutalternative sources of energy across the Union, while ensuring the smooth operation of maritime traffic and avoiding distortions in the internal market, also coming from non-EU operators.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 278 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a half of the energy used on voyages departing from or arriving to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State, where the last or the next port of call is under the jurisdiction of a third country.deleted
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 336 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030, a ship at berth in a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State shall connect to on- shore power supply and use it for all energy needs while at berth, if these technologies are available and mature.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 372 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) biofuels and biogas that do not comply with point (a) or that are produced from food and feed crops shall be considered to have the same emission factors as the least favourable fossil fuel pathway for this type of fuelnot exceed the limitations set in Article 26 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 for the entire transport sector;
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 414 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council, by 1 January 2030, or at any time in the event of evidences of carbon leakage, the results of an evaluation on the functioning of this Regulation and the evolution of the technologies and market for renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport and its impact on the maritime sector in the Union. The Commission shall consider possible amendments to:
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 423 #

2021/0210(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28 a Periodic evaluation Every year over a period of five years as from the entry into force of the Fuel EU Maritime Regulation, the EU Commission shall evaluate the impact of Fuel EU Maritime on EU ports exposed to competition from non-EU ports. A list of those ports shall be established, their emissions monitored and the evolution of the volumes tracked to determine whether variations are due to market conditions or can be attributed to carbon leakage.
2022/02/18
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 56 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Over the past decades, air transport has played a crucial role in the Union's economy and in the everyday lives of Union citizens, as one of the best performing and most dynamic sectors of the Union economy. It has been a strong driver for economic growth, jobs, trade and tourism, as well as for connectivity and mobility for businesses and, citizens, students and workers alike, particularly within the Union aviation internal market. Growth in air transport services has significantly contributed to improving the internal market, the attractiveness of businesses to markets outside the Union, connectivity within the Union and with third countries, and has been a significant enabler of the Union economy. What is more, air transport is essential to maintaining the connectivity of the EU's insular and outermost regions, particularly where they are difficult or impossible to reach by other means of transport.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 59 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In 2012, the Union set a target of producing two million tonnes of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in Europe by 2020. However, 8 years later, production is heavily behind schedule. In this context, there is a need for a specific EU industrial policy, based on technology neutrality, for the development and use of SAF through funding, and for a secure legal framework.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 62 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) From 2020, air transport has been one of the hardest hit sector by the COVID-19 crisis. With the perspective of an end to the pandemic in sight, itparticularly its expected that air traffic willstage of causing shocks to consumption and mobility, a gradually resume in the coming years and recover to its pre-crisis levels. At the same timecovery of air traffic is about to begin and traffic will recover to its pre-crisis levels. At the same time, given the year-on-year increase in long-haul mobility, emissions from the sector have been increasing since 1990 and the trend of increasing emissions could return as we overcome the pandemic. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for the future and make the necessary adjustments ensuring a well-functioning air transport market that contributes to achieving the Union’s climate goals, with high levels of connectivity, safety and securityhile ensuring that the sector remains competitive, including in global markets, and that jobs throughout the industry are preserved. What is more, to achieve the ambitions and goals set in the Green Deal, focus on demand-driven solutions will be vital, putting the passenger at the forefront and not abandoning the social impact of climate policies.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 66 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The functioning of the Union air transport sector is determined by its cross- border nature across the Union, and by its global dimension, which is why policies that support medium- and long-haul mobility must be adopted. The aviation internal market is one of the most integrated sectors in the Union, governed by uniform rules on market access and operating conditions. The air transport external policy is governed by rules established at global level at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), as well as by comprehensive multilateral or bilateral agreements between the Union or its Member States, and third countries.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The air transport market is subject to strong competition between economic actors across the Union, for which a level playing field is indispensable, as is support for its recovery in the post-COVID period. The stability and prosperity of the air transport market and its economic actors relies on a clear and harmonised policy framework where aircraft operators, airports and other aviation actors can operate on the basis of equal opportunities and in a stable and predictable economic and industrial environment. Where market distortions occur, they risk putting aircraft operators or airports at a disadvantage with internal or external competitors. In turn, this can result in a loss of competitiveness of the air transport industry, and a loss of air connectivity for citizens and businesses. In view of the profound changes and innovations that SAF will entail for the entire civil aviation sector, the risk cannot be overlooked of competitive misalignment, which would be to the detriment of European carriers in comparison with carriers based in countries around the world where such approaches are not considered.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In particular, it is essential to ensure a level playing field across the Union air transport market regarding aviation fuel, which account for a substantial share of aircraft operators’ costs. Variations in fuel prices can affect significantly aircraft operators’ economic performance and negatively impact competition on the market and a clear impact on end consumers. Where differences in aviation fuel prices exist between Union airports or between Union and non-Union airports, this can lead aircraft operators to adapt their refuelling strategies for economic reasons. Fuel tankering increases aircraft’s fuel consumption and results in unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions. Fuel tankering by aircraft operators accordingly undermine, although performed as a form of defence against distorted market conditions and not with disregard for the environment, accordingly plays a part in the undermining of the results of the Union’s efforts towards environmental protection. Some aircraft operators are able to use favourable aviation fuel prices at their home base as a competitive advantage towards other airlines operating similar routes. This can have detrimental effects on the competitiveness of the sector and be harmful to air connectivity. This Regulation should set up measures to prevent such practices in order to avoid unnecessary environmental damage as well as to restore and preserve the conditions for fair competition on the air transport market, and to establish a legal and economic framework that provides enough certainty for the companies involved.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 73 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The establishment of a competitive single European market for aviation should remain a political priority for the Union. Ambitious climate targets pose a number of major challenges to air transport and SAF manufacturers: to achieve greater sustainability, we need to support initiatives and technological solutions that promote the investment capacities of the companies involved while preventing the imposition of excessive burdens.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) A key objective of the common transport policy is sustainable development. This requires an integrated approach aimed at ensuring both the effective functioning of Union transport systems and protection of the environment. Sustainable development of air transport requirescan benefit from the introduction of measures aimed at reducing the carbon emissions from aircraft flying from Union airports, acting so that the conditions required in global air traffic are aligned. Such measures should contribute to meeting the Union’s climate objectives by 2030 and 2050.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 77 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) To promote the introduction of SAF, climate policy choices need to be reviewed to ensure that national taxes, charges or bans do not prove ecologically and economically counterproductive. Imposing additional taxes and charges without reinvesting their proceeds in actual de-carbonisation projects does not help to truly reduce CO2 emissions, as all it does is hinder passenger connectivity and increase passenger costs. Additional charges, including taxes, if not geared towards supporting the technological change inherent in SAF, reduce the industry's ability to invest and innovate at a crucial time when research and development in low-carbon technologies should be supported. This regulation should therefore consider incentives for the production and deployment of innovative fuels rather than simply new and additional forms of taxation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 79 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Communication on a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy10 adopted by the Commission in December 2020 sets a course of action for the EU transport system to achieve its green and digital transformation and become more resilient. The decarbonisation of the air transport sector is a necessary and challenging process, especially in the short and medium term. Technological advancements, pursued in European and national research and innovation aviation programmes have contributed to importbeen helping to significantly reduce resource efficiency antd emission reductions in the pasrecent decades. However, the global growth of air traffic has outpaced the sector’s emissions reductions. Whereas new technologies are expected to help reducing short-haul aviation’s reliance on fossil energy in the next decades, sustainable aviation fuels offer the onlya solution for significant decarbonisation of all flight ranges, already in the short term. However, this potential is currently largely untapped. _________________ 10 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future (COM/2020/789 final), 9.12.2020As the impact study points out, increasing SAF production today implies high-risk investments with considerable uncertainty for producers and investors.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Sustainable aviation fuels are liquid, drop-in fuels, fully fungible with conventional aviation fuel and compatible with existing aircraft engines. Several production pathways of sustainable aviation fuels have been certified at global level for use in civil or military aviation. Sustainable aviation fuels are technologically ready to play an important role in reducing emissions from air transport already in the very short term, without focus on research and development in the sector being lost, howeverm. They are expected to account for a major part of the aviation fuel mix in the medium and long term if properly supported and fostered. Further, with the support of appropriate international fuel standards, sustainable aviation fuels might contribute to lowering the aromatic content of the final fuel used by an operator, thus helping to reduce other non-CO2 emissions. Other alternatives to power aircraft, such as electricity or liquid hydrogen are expected to progressively contribute to the decarbonisation of air transport, beginning with short-haul flights. As the impact study points out, however, it would take decades of work on the development of zero-emission aircraft technologies, such as electric or hydrogen-powered aircraft, before they could play a major role in commercial aviation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 88 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The gradual introduction of sustainable aviation fuels on the air transport market will represent an additional fuel cost for airlines, as such fuel technologies are currently more expensive to produce than conventional aviation fuel. This is expected to exacerbate the pre-existing issues of level playing field on the air transport market as regards aviation fuel, and to cause further distortions among aircraft operators and airports. This regulation should take measures to prevent that the introduction of sustainable aviation fuels affects negatively the competitiveness of the aviation sector by defining harmonised requirements across the Union and always take a global approach that makes it possible to have conditions that are not excessively out of line with those of the EU's external competitors.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) At global level, sustainable aviation fuels are regulated at ICAO. In particular, ICAO establishes detailed requirements on the sustainability, traceability and accounting of sustainable aviation fuels for use on flights covered by the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). While incentives are set in CORSIA and sustainable aviation fuels are considered an integral pillar of the work on the feasibility of a Long-Term Aspiration Goal for international aviation, there is currently no mandatory scheme on the use of sustainable aviation fuels for international flights. Comprehensive multilateral or bilateral air transport agreements between the EU or its Member States, and third countries generally include provisions on environmental protection. However, for the time being, such provisions do not impose on contracting parties any binding requirements on the use of sustainable aviation fuels. If this ambiguity is to be resolved, care must be taken not to place an undue and sudden burden on internal EU players in the sector so that they are not hamstrung by tough global competition.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) At EU level, general rules on renewable energy for the transport sector are set out in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council11. In the past, given the specific nature of and tough global competition in the sector, such horizontal cross-sectoral regulatory frameworks have not proven effective to operate a transition from fossil fuels to sustainable aviation fuel in air transport. Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and its predecessor set out overarching targets across all transport modes to be supplied with renewable fuels. As aviation is a small fuels market for which renewable fuels are more costly to produce while a fully integrated European transport market, in comparison to other transport modes, such regulatory frameworks should be complemented with aviation-specific measures to effectively boostencourage the deployment of sustainable aviation fuels. Further, national transpositions of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 risks creating significant fragmentation in the air transport market, where national rules on sustainable aviation fuels would set out widely differing targets. This would be expected to further exacerbate the issues of level playing field in air transport. _________________ 11 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).
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Therefore, uniform rules need to be laid down for the aviation internal market to complement Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and to deliver on its overall objectives by addressing the specific needs and requirements arising from the EU aviation internal market. In particular, the present Regulation aims to obtain the conditions that make it possible to have a healthy and profitable market for EU operators, avoiding a fragmentation of the aviation market, preventing possible competitive distortions between economic actors, or unfair practices of cost avoidance as regards the refuelling of aircraft operators.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 99 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) This regulation aims in the first instance to set out a framework restoring and preserving a level playing field on the air transport market as regards the use of aviation fuels. Such a framework should prevent divergent requirements across the Union that would exacerbate refuelling practices distorting competition between aircraft operators or putting some airports at competitive disadvantage with others. In a second instance, it aims to gear the EU aviation market with robust rules to ensure that gradually increasing shares of sustainable aviation fuels can be introduced at EU airports without detrimental effects on the competitiveness of the EU aviation internal market. What is more, the regulation should aim to stimulate the SAF production chain and SMEs and provide legal and economic certainty to a key sector for future decarbonisation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 100 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) It is essential to set harmonised rules across the EU internal market, applying directly and in a uniform way to aviation market actors on the one hand, and aviation fuels market actors on the other hand. The overarching framework set out by Directive (EU) 2018/2001 should be complemented with a lex specialis applying to air transport. It should include gradually increasing targets for the supply of sustainable aviation fuels. Such targets should be carefully defined, taking into account the objectives of a well- functioning air transport market, operators being supported in their recovery from the pandemic, a service that puts its passengers at the forefront, the need to decarbonise the aviation sector and the current status of the sustainable aviation fuels industry.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 103 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The present Regulation should apply to aircraft engaged in civil aviation, carrying out commercial air transport flights under market conditions that are considered efficient and not in emergency global or regional situations. It should not apply to aircraft such as military aircraft and aircraft engaged in operations for humanitarian, search, rescue, disaster relief or medical purposes, as well as customs, police and fire-fighting operations. Indeed, flights operated in such circumstances are of exceptional nature and as such cannot always be planned in the same way as regular flights. Due to the nature of their operations, they may not always be in a position to fulfil obligations under this Regulation, as it may represent unnecessary burden. In order to cater for a level playing field across the EU aviation single market, this regulation, with due regard for the above-mentioned conditions, should cover the largest possible share of commercial air traffic operated from airports located on EU territory. At the same time, in order to safeguard air connectivity for the benefits of EU citizens, businesses and regions, it is important to avoid imposing undue burden on air transport operations at small airports. An appropriate threshold of yearly passenger air traffic and freight traffic should be defined, below which airports would not be covered by this Regulation; however, the scope of the Regulation should cover at least 95% of total traffic departing from airports in the Union. For the same reasons, possible following an impact analysis of the values identified. For the same reasons and taking the same analytical approach, a threshold should be defined to exempt aircraft operators accountable for a very low number of departures from airports located on EU territory.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 108 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) DResearch, development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels with a high potential for sustainability, commercial maturity and a high potential for innovation and growth to meet future needs should be promotencouraged. This should support creating innovative and competitive fuels markets and ensure sufficient supply of sustainable aviation fuels for aviation in shortthe medium and long term to contribute to Union transport decarbonisation ambitions and to the competitiveness of Union companies in the sector, while strengthening Union’s efforts towards a high level of environmental protection. For this purpose, sustainable aviation fuels produced from feedstock listed in Parts A and B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, as well as synthetic aviation fuels should be eligible. In particular, sustainable aviation fuels produced from feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 are essential, as currently the most commercially mature technology to decarbonise air transport already in the short term.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 112 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) For sustainability reasons, if confirmed in more in-depth impact analyses, feed and food crop-based fuels should not be eligible. In particular, indirect land-use change occurs when the cultivation of crops for biofuels displaces traditional production of crops for food and feed purposes. Such additional demand increases the pressure on land and can lead to the extension of agricultural land into areas with high-carbon stock, such as forests, wetlands and peatland, causing additional greenhouse gas emissions and loss of biodiversity concerns. Research hais showning that the scale of the effect depends on a variety of factors, including the type of feedstock used for fuel production, the level of additional demand for feedstock triggered by the use of biofuels and the extent to which land with high-carbon stock is protected worldwide. The highest risks of indirect land-use change have been identified for biofuels, fuels produced from feedstock for which a significant expansion of the production area into land with high- carbon stock is observed. Accordingly, feed and food crop- based fuels should not be promoted as a priority. This approach is in line Union policy and in particular with Directive (EU) 2018/2001 which limits and sets a cap on the use of such biofuels in road and rail transport, considering their lower environmental benefits, lower performance in terms of greenhouse reduction potential and broader sustainability concerns. In addition to the greenhouse gas emissions linked to indirect land-use change – which is capable of negating some or all greenhouse gas emissions savings of individual biofuels – indirect land-use change poses risks also to biodiversity. This risk iscould be particularly serious in connection with a potentially large expansion of production determined by a significant increase in demand. TIn the aviation sector has currently insignificant levels of demand for food and feed crops- based biofuels, since over 99% of currently used aviation fuels are of fossil origin. It is therefore appropriate to avoid the creation of a potentially large, the subject is not a top priority because it has currently insignificant levels of demand ofor food and feed crops-based biofuels by promoting their use under this Regulation. The non- eligibility of crop-based biofuels under this Regulation also minimises any risk to slow down the decarbonisation of road transport, which could otherwise result from a shift of crop-based biofuels from the road to the aviation sector. It is essential to minimise such a shift, as road transport currently remains by far the most polluting transport sector, since over 99% of currently used aviation fuels are of fossil origin.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 113 #

2021/0205(COD)

(18) A single, clear and robust, robust and lasting sustainability framework is necessary to provide certainty for the aviation and fuels industries actors, on the eligibility of sustainable aviation fuels under this Regulation. To ensure consistency with other related EU policies, the eligibility of sustainable aviation fuels should be determined according to compliance with the sustainability criteria established in Article 29 of Directive 2018/200112. _________________ 12https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018 L2001&from=fr
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The present Regulation should aim to ensure that aircraft operators can compete on the basis of equal opportunities as regards the access to sustainable aviation fuels. To avoid any distortions on the air services market, all Union airports covered by this Regulation should be supplied with uniform minimum shares of sustainable aviation fuels. Whereas the market is free to supply and use larger quantities of sustainable fuel, this Regulation should ensure that the mandatory minimum shares of sustainable aviation fuels are the same across allcan be proportional to the covered airports' volume of traffic. It supersedes any requirements established directly or indirectly at national or regional level requiring aircraft operators or aviation fuel suppliers to uptake or supply sustainable aviation fuels with different targets than the ones prescribed under this Regulation. In order to create a clear and predictable legal framework and in doing so encourage the market development and deployment of the most sustainable and innovative with growth potential to meet future needs fuel technologies, this Regulation should set out gradually increasing minimum shares of synthetic aviation fuels over time. Setting out a dedicated sub-obligation on synthetic aviation fuels is necessary in view of the significant decarbonisation potential of such fuels, and in view of their current estimated production costs. When produced from renewable electricity and carbon captured directly from the air, synthetic aviation fuels can achieve as high as 100% emissions savings compared to conventional aviation fuel. They also have notable advantages compared to other types of sustainable aviation fuels with regards to resource efficiency (in particular for water needs) of the production process. However, synthetic aviation fuels’ production costs are currently estimated at 3 to 6 times higher than the market price of conventional aviation fuel. Therefore, this Regulation should establish a dedicated sub-obligation for this technology and specific incentives to provide economies of scale and relative restriction of costs. Other types of synthetic fuels, such as low carbon synthetic fuels achieving high greenhouse gas reductions, could be considered for inclusion in the scope of this Regulation in the course of future revisions, where such fuels become defined under the Renewable Energy Directive.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 120 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) It is essential to ensure that the minimum shares of sustainable aviation fuels can be successfully supplied to the aviation market without supply shortages. For this purpose, sufficient lead-time should be planned to allow the renewable fuels industry to develop production capacity, economic sustainability and mature market development accordingly. The supply of sustainable aviation fuels should become mandatory starting in 2025in the coming years, depending on the maturity and accessibility of the technology. Similarly, in order to provide legal certainty and predictability to the market and drive investments durably towards sustainable aviation fuels production capacity, the terms of this Regulation should be stable over a long period of time.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 123 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) With the introduction and ramp-up of sustainable aviation fuels at Union airports, practices of fuel tankering may be exacerbated as a consequence of aviation fuel costs increases. Tankering practices are unstainable and should be avoided as they undermine the Union’s efforts to reduce environmental impacts from transport. Tanking practices should be discouraged not only through the imposition of additional obligations and burden but also by introducing policies that make them economically unattractive to operators. Those would be contrary to the aviation decarbonisation objectives as increased aircraft weight would increase fuel consumption and related emissions on a given flight. Tankering practices also put at risk the level playing field in the Union between aircraft operators, and also between airports. This Regulation should therefore require aircraft operators to refuel prior to departure from a given Union airport. The amount of fuel uplifted prior to departures from a given Union airport should be commensurate with the amount of fuel necessary to operate the flights departing from that airport, taking into account the necessary compliance with fuel safety rules. The requirement ensures that equal conditions for operations in the Union applying equally to Union and foreign operators, while ensuring high level of environmental protection. As the Regulation does not define a maximum share of sustainable aviation fuels in all aviation fuels, airlines and fuel suppliers may pursue more ambitious environmental policies with higher sustainable aviation fuels uptake and supply in their overall network of operations, while avoiding fuel tankering.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Airports covered by this Regulation should ensure that all the necessary infrastructure is provided for delivery, storage and refuelling of sustainable aviation fuel, so as not to constitute an obstacle with respect to the uptake of such sustainable aviation fuel but instead foster economies of scale. Structural investment costs must be paid by the operators who actually use the structure. If necessary, the Agency should be able to require a Union airport to provide information on the infrastructure available allowing for seamless distribution and refuelling of aircraft operators with sustainable aviation fuels. The role of the Agency should allow airports and airlines to have a common focal point, in the event where technical clarification is necessary on the availability of fuel infrastructure.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 127 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Aircraft operators should be required to report yearly to the Agency on their purchases of sustainable aviation fuel, as well as on the characteristics of this fuel. Information should be provided on the characteristics of the sustainable aviation fuels purchased such as inter alia nature and origin of the feedstock, conversion pathway and lifecycle emissions. Before proceeding with this step, the operators themselves should be involved in a process of designing the reporting needed to achieve the intended goal.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 128 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Aircraft operators should also be required to report yearly on their actual aviation fuel uplift per Union airport, so as to prove that no fuel tankering was performed. Reports should be verified by independent verifiers and transmitted to the Agency for monitoring and assessment of compliance. Verifiers should determine the accuracy of the yearly aviation fuel required reported by the operators using a tool approved by the Commission. It seems important for the proper functioning of the market and the competitiveness of EU operators to consider the efficiency of the process, by means of a thorough preliminary study, so that it does not overly burden operations in a sector with such strong global competition and at a very difficult time.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 129 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Aviation fuel suppliers should be required to report yearly, in keeping with a time line that makes it possible for companies to set long-term strategies, in the Union database referred to in Article 28 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, on their supply of aviation fuel, including sustainable aviation fuels. The Agency should report on a yearly basis to the Commission on the fulfilment by aircraft operators and aviation fuel suppliers of their respective obligations under this Regulation. This is important for the Commission to have clear visibility on the level of compliance to the Regulation and to measure with increased objectivity the extent to which the Regulation is working.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 130 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) It is not possible without additional procedures, which would be excessively burdensome and undermine the competitiveness of operators at a very difficult time, to determine accurately whether aircraft operators have actually physically uplifted shares of sustainable aviation fuels in their tanks at a specific Union airports. Therefore, aircraft operators should be allowed to report their use of sustainable aviation fuels based on purchasing records. Aircraft operators should be entitled to receive from the aviation fuel supplier the information that is necessary to report the sustainable aviation fuel purchase.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 133 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) It is essentialimportant that aircraft operators can claim the use of sustainable aviation fuels under greenhouse gas schemes such as the EU Emissions Trading System or CORSIA, depending on the route of their flights. However, iIt is essential to remember that this regulation should not lead to a double counting of emissions reductions. Aircraft operators should only be allowed to claim benefits for the use of an identical batch of sustainable aviation fuels once. Fuel suppliers should be requested to provide free of charge to aircraft operators any information pertaining to the properties of the sustainable aviation fuel sold to that aircraft operator and that is relevant for reporting purposes by the aircraft operator under this Regulation or greenhouse gas schemes.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure a level playing field of the aviation internal market and the adherence to the climate ambitions of the Union, this Regulation should introduce effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties on aviation fuel suppliers and aircraft operators in case of non- compliance. The level of the penalties needs to be proportionate to the environmental damage and to the prejudice to the level-playing field of the internal market inflicted by the non-compliance. When imposing administrative fines, the authorities should take into account the evolution of the price of aviation fuel and sustainable aviation fuel in the reporting year, bearing in mind that in the first period of application of the Regulation, there will have to be as much clarity as possible on the rules introduced and it is conceivable that some doubt may arise as to how to apply a less than straightforward set of new rules perfectly;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) The penalties for the suppliers who fail to meet the targets set in this Regulation should be complemented by the obligation to supply the market with a significant percentage of the shortfall of meeting the quota in the subsequent year;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 142 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) This Regulation should include provisions for periodic reports to the European Parliament and the Council on the evolution of the aviation and fuels markets, the effectiveness of key features of the Regulation such as the minimum shares of sustainable aviation fuels, any proposed incentives and their effectiveness, the level of administrative fines or policy developments on sustainable aviation fuels uptake at international level. Such elements are key to provide a clear state of play of the sustainable aviation fuels market and should be taken into account when considering a revision of the Regulation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 144 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) An appropriate transitional period of 5at least 10 years should be provided to allow for a reasonable amount of time for aviation fuel suppliers, Union airports and aircraft operators to make the necessary technological and logistical investments. During this phase, aviation fuel containing higher shares of sustainable aviation fuel may be used to compensate for lower shares of sustainable aviation fuels or for the reduced availability of conventional aviation fuel at other airports.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to maintain a level playing field on the Union air transport market while increasing the use of sustainable aviation fuels, and contributing to the pursuit of competitiveness for Union operators in the sector's global setting, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States due to the cross-border nature of aviation, but can rather, by reason of the characteristics of the market and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 147 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) The international dimension of aviation is strategically important now. To achieve the results and ambitions of this Regulation and a real reduction in emissions from European and global aviation, action by the European Union vis-à-vis non-European countries is necessary. The action is needed to protect the competitiveness of the main market players based in the Member States and at the same time to disseminate practices similar to those included in this Regulation on a global scale. This Regulation will be all the more effective if the Union manages to be a reference in the sector at international level.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 8
— ‘synthetic aviation fuels’ means fuels that are renewable fuels of non- biological origin and recycled fossil fuels, as defined in Article 2, second paragraph, point 35 and 36 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, used in aviation either as final fuels or as intermediate products for the manufacture of aviation fuels (Article 25(1)(b) of that Directive);
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 180 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Without prejudice to the application of Article 11(3) and (4), where an aviation fuel supplier fails to supply the minimum shares set out in Annex I for a given reporting period, it shall at least complement a significant share of that shortfall in the subsequent reporting period.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 186 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
The yearly quantity of aviation fuel uplifted by a given aircraft operator at a given Union airport shall be at least 90% of the yearly aviation fuel required. The mandatory minimum sustainable aviation fuel quotas must be proportional to the volume of traffic at the airports concerned.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Union airports shall take necessary measures to facilitate the access of aircraft operators to aviation fuels containing shares of sustainable aviation fuels in accordance with Annex I and, shall provide the infrastructure necessary for the delivery, storage and uplifting of such fuels in line with the principle of technology neutrality. These infrastructure adaptations should have no economic impact other than for operators using those fuels.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 March0 June of each reporting year, aircraft operators shall report the following information to the Agency:
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 203 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) The yearly non-tanked quantity, per Union airport and destination in the EU. If the yearly non-tanked quantity is negative or if it is lower than 10% of the yearly aviation fuel required, the reported yearly non-tanked quantity shall be reported as 0;
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 207 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
For the purpose of reporting sustainable aviation fuels use under the provisions of Article 7 of this Regulation, or under a greenhouse gas scheme, aviation fuel suppliers shall provide aircraft operators with the information considered relevant information free of charg the specific scope free of charge and in a reasonable time frame.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 March0 June of each reporting year, aviation fuel suppliers shall report in the Union Database referred to in Article 28 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, the following information relative to the reporting period:
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 213 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
The Agency shall have access to the Union database and shall use the information contained in the Union database, only once the information has been verified at Member State level pursuant to Article 28 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and the Member State has given formal authorisation.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 215 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall designate the competent authority or authorities responsible for enforcing the application of this Regulation and for imposing the fines for aircraft operators, Union airports and fuel suppliers. Member States shall inform the Commission thereof. Those authorities should be the same as those that assess the ETS and CORSIA.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 220 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions adopted pursuant to this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and must take account of an initial learning period. Member States shall notify these provisions to the Commission by 31 December 2023 at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 238 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Agency shall publish every year a technical report on the basis of the yearly reports referred to in Articles 7 and 9. That report shall contain at least four points from the following information:
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 244 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
By way of derogation from Article 4, from 1 January 20235 until 31 December 20239, for each reporting period, an aviation fuel supplier may supply the minimum share of sustainable aviation fuel defined in Annex I as a weighted average over all the aviation fuel it supplied across Union airports for that reporting period.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
By 1 January 202830 and every five years thereafter, the Commission services shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council, on the evolution of the aviation fuels market and its impact on the aviation internal market of the Union, including regarding the possible extension of the scope of this Regulation to other energy sources, and other types of synthetic fuels defined under the Renewable Energy Directive, the possible revision of the minimum shares in Article 4 and Annex I, and the level of administrative fines. The report shall include information, where available, on development of a potential policy framework for uptake of sustainable aviation fuels at ICAO level. The report shall also inform on technological advancements in the area of research and innovation in the aviation industry which are relevant to sustainable aviation fuels, including with regards to the reduction of non-CO2 emissions. The report may consider if this Regulation should be amended and, options for amendments, where appropriate, in line with a potential policy framework on sustainable aviation fuels uptake at ICAO level.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 258 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1st January 20233.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 259 #

2021/0205(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
However, Article 4 and 5 shall apply from 1 January 20235 and Articles 7 and Article 9 shall apply from 1st April 20234 for the reporting period of the year 20233.
2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 137 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Technologies based on artificial intelligence are having a rapid and disruptive impact on the world of work. They have the potential to create new opportunities for gender equality, but at the same time they can reinforce stereotypes, sexism and gender discrimination in the labour market. It is becoming clearer and clearer that automating some tasks will have a greater impact on the female workforce, because a higher number of women are employed in routine work. At the same time, AI can represent a major opportunity for reducing gender inequalities, but only if steps are taken to change regulations and policies to promote the equal representation of men and women in decision-making. Support by European institutions and Member States of an approach designed to encourage women to study STEM subjects will also be vital in combating gender stereotyping.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 145 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The notion of AI system shouldmust be clearly defined to ensure legal certainty, while providing the flexibility to accommodate future technological developments. The definition should be based on the key functional characteristics of the software, iAI software, distinguishing it from more traditional software systems and modelling approaches such as logistic regression and other techniques that are similarly transparent and capable of being explained and interpreted. In particular, for the ability, for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate outputs purposes of this Regulation, AI systems should be understood as having the ability, on the basis of machine and/or human-based data and inputs, to deduce how to achieve a given set of human- defined objectives through learning, reasoning or modelling for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate specific outputs in the form of content, for generative AI systems (such as contenxt, video or images), and predictions, recommendations, or decisions which influence the environment with which the system interacts, be it inin both a physical orand digital dimension. AI systems can be designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy andFor the purposes of this AI Regulation, AI systems can be designed that must follow an approach with limited explanations and operate with varying levels a very high level of autonomy. These systems may be used on a stand-alonen autonomous basis or as a component of a product, irrespective of whether the system is physically integrated into the product (embedded) or serves the functionality of the product without being integrated therein (non-embedded). The definition of AI system should be accomplementanied by a list of specific techniques and approaches used for its development, which should be kept up-to–date in the light of market and technological developments and developments in the market through the adoption of delegated acts by the Commission to amend that list.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 152 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of public interests as regards health, safety and fundamental rights, common normative standards for all high-risk AI systems should be established. Those standards should be consistent with the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union (the Charter) and should be non-discriminatory and in line with the Union’s international trade commitments. However, with regard to the risk management system for AI systems considered to be high-risk, the EU’s harmonisation legislation should focus on the essential requirements and leave their technical implementation to be governed by voluntary product-specific and cutting- edge standards, developed by the stakeholders. It is therefore desirable for European legislation to focus on the desired outcome of the risk management and evaluation systems, and to expressly leave industry the task of designing its systems and tailoring them to its internal operations and structures, particularly by developing cutting-edge standardisation systems.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 195 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) As regards high-risk AI systems that are safety components of products or systems, or which are themselves products or systems falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 , Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council40, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 , Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council42 , Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council43, Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council44, Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council45, and Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council46, it is appropriate to amend those acts to ensure that the Commission takes into account, on the basis of the technical and regulatory specificities of each sector, and without interfering with existing governance, conformity assessment and enforcement mechanisms and authorities established therein, the mandatory requirements for high-risk AI systems laid down in this Regulation when adopting any relevant future delegated or implementing acts on the basis of those acts. In addition, effective standardisation rules are needed to make the requirements of this Regulation operational. The European institutions, and first and foremost the Commission, should, together with enterprises, identify the AI sectors where there is the greatest need for standardisation, to avoid fragmentation of the market and maintain and further strengthen the integration of our European Standardisation System (ESS) within the International Standardisation System (ISO, IEC). _________________ 39 Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 72). 40 Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1). 41 Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52). 42 Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146). 43Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44). 44 Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (OJ L 151, 14.6.2018, p. 1). 45 Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1). 46 Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulations (EC) No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 631/2009, (EU) No 406/2010, (EU) No 672/2010, (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 1005/2010, (EU) No 1008/2010, (EU) No 1009/2010, (EU) No 19/2011, (EU) No 109/2011, (EU) No 458/2011, (EU) No 65/2012, (EU) No 130/2012, (EU) No 347/2012, (EU) No 351/2012, (EU) No 1230/2012 and (EU) 2015/166 (OJ L 325, 16.12.2019, p. 1).
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 196 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) To demonstrate that the characteristics of a high-risk AI system conform to the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of Title III, it must be possible to conduct internal controls and use harmonised standards based on agreement. It is desirable for the European institutions, and first and foremost the Commission, to do more to promote alignment with existing international standardisation activities and with the certifications issued as part of the EU information security scheme. However, unlike the procedure to assess product conformity, where assessment infrastructure is in place, the relevant competence for auditing autonomous AI systems is still being developed. Moreover, because of the specific technological features of AI, it is possible that the competent authorities may encounter difficulties in verifying the conformity of some AI systems with existing legislation. It is therefore necessary for conformity assessment mechanisms to be developed with flexibility, so that due account may be taken of the infrastructure gaps, and disparities in application may be avoided in the single market.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 199 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Technical inaccuracies of AI systems intended for the remote biometric identification of natural persons can lead to biased results and entail discriminatory effects. This is particularly relevant when it comes to age, ethnicity, sex or disabilities. Therefore, ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems should be classified as high-risk. In view of the risks that they pose, both types of remote biometric identification systems should be subject to specific requirements on logging capabilities and human oversightsupervision.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 210 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) Requirements should apply to high- risk AI systems as regards the quality of data sets used, technical documentation and record-keeping, transparency and the provision of information to users, human oversightsupervision, and robustness, accuracy and cybersecurity. Those requirements are necessary to effectively mitigate the risks for health, safety and fundamental rights, as applicable in the light of the intended purpose of the system, and no other less trade restrictive measures are reasonably available, thus avoiding unjustified restrictions to trade.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 217 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) Human supervision must remain the basic ethical principle for the development and distribution of high-risk AI, since it guarantees transparency, confidentiality and protection of data and safeguarding against discrimination. However, it is vital to maintain a balance between meaningful human supervision and the efficiency of the system, in order not to compromise the benefits offered by these systems in sectors such as information security analysis, threat analysis and incident response processes. High-risk AI systems should be designed and developed in such a way that natural persons can oversee their functioning. For this purpose, appropriate human oversightsupervision measures should be identified by the provider of the system before its placing on the market or putting into service. In particular, where appropriate, such measures should guarantee that the system is subject to in- built operational constraints that cannot be overridden by the system itself and is responsive to the human operator, and that the natural persons to whom human oversightsupervision has been assigned have the necessary competence, training and authority to carry out that role.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 239 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
(71) Artificial intelligence is a rapidly developing family of technologies that requires novel forms of regulatory oversightsupervision and a safe space for experimentation, while ensuring responsible innovation and integration of appropriate safeguards and risk mitigation measures. To ensure a legal framework that is innovation-friendly, future-proof and resilient to disruption, national competent authorities from one or more Member States should be encouraged to establish artificial intelligence regulatory sandboxes to facilitate the development and testing of innovative AI systems under strict regulatory oversightsupervision before these systems are placed on the market or otherwise put into service.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 241 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
(72) The objectives of the regulatory sandboxes should be to foster AI innovation by establishing a controlled experimentation and testing environment in the development and pre-marketing phase with a view to ensuring compliance of the innovative AI systems with this Regulation and other relevant Union and Member States legislation; to enhance legal certainty for innovators and the competent authorities’ oversightsupervision and understanding of the opportunities, emerging risks and the impacts of AI use, and to accelerate access to markets, including by removing barriers for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. To permit effective participation by these categories in regulatory sandboxes, compliance costs must be kept to an absolute minimum. To ensure uniform implementation across the Union and economies of scale, it is appropriate to establish common rules for the regulatory sandboxes’ implementation and a framework for cooperation between the relevant authorities involved in the supervision of the sandboxes. This Regulation should provide the legal basis for the use of personal data collected for other purposes for developing certain AI systems in the public interest within the AI regulatory sandbox, in line with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, and without prejudice to Article 4(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/680. Participants in the sandbox should ensure appropriate safeguards and cooperate with the competent authorities, including by following their guidance and acting expeditiously and in good faith to mitigate any high-risks to safety and fundamental rights that may arise during the development and experimentation in the sandbox. The conduct of the participants in the sandbox should be taken into account when competent authorities decide whether to impose an administrative fine under Article 83(2) of Regulation 2016/679 and Article 57 of Directive 2016/680.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 244 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
(72) The objectives of the regulatory sandboxes should be to foster AI innovation by establishing a controlled experimentation and testing environment in the development and pre-marketing phase with a view to ensuring compliance of the innovative AI systems with this Regulation and other relevant Union and Member States legislation; to enhance legal certainty for innovators and the competent authorities’ oversightsupervision and understanding of the opportunities, emerging risks and the impacts of AI use, and to accelerate access to markets, including by removing barriers for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. To ensure uniform implementation across the Union and economies of scale, it is appropriate to establish common rules for the regulatory sandboxes’ implementation and a framework for cooperation between the relevant authorities involved in the supervision of the sandboxes. This Regulation should provide the legal basis for the use of personal data collected for other purposes for developing certain AI systems in the public interest within the AI regulatory sandbox, in line with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, and without prejudice to Article 4(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/680. Participants in the sandbox should ensure appropriate safeguards and cooperate with the competent authorities, including by following their guidance and acting expeditiously and in good faith to mitigate any high-risks to safety and fundamental rights that may arise during the development and experimentation in the sandbox. The conduct of the participants in the sandbox should be taken into account when competent authorities decide whether to impose an administrative fine under Article 83(2) of Regulation 2016/679 and Article 57 of Directive 2016/680.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 245 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72 a (new)
(72a) It is desirable for the establishment of regulatory sandboxes, which is currently left to the discretion of Member States, to be made obligatory, with properly established criteria, to ensure both the effectiveness of the system and easier access for enterprises, particularly SMEs. It is also necessary for research enterprises and institutions to be involved in developing the conditions for the creation of regulatory sandboxes.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 248 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74
(74) In order to minimise the risks to implementation resulting from lack of knowledge and expertise in the market as well as to facilitate compliance of providers and notified bodies with their obligations under this Regulation, the AI- on demand platform, the European Digital Innovation Hubs and the Testing and Experimentation Facilities established by the Commission and the Member States at national or EU level and the national cybersecurity agencies should possibly contribute to the implementation of this Regulation. Within their respective mission and fields of competence, they may provide in particular technical and scientific support to providers and notified bodies.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 254 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89 a (new)
(89a) As things currently stand, the AI sector has a strategic international dimension. In order to achieve the objectives and ambitions set out in this Regulation and strengthen the European approach to AI internationally, it is a matter of urgency that thinking in this area, including as a result of of this legislation, should not remain solely within the European Union. If the EU wishes to be at the forefront of creating democratic and inclusive regulation that respects the rights of individuals, including those outside Europe’s borders, it should seek to be a benchmark in this sphere for non-EU countries too. That would serve to safeguard the competitiveness of the principal actors of the market and spread practices similar to those in this Regulation on a global scale. This Regulation’s effectiveness would be strengthened if the European Union were able to play a key role at international level too.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘artificial intelligence system ’ (AI system) means software that is developed with one or more ofsystem) means a system that (i) receives machine-based and/or human- based data and inputs (ii) adopts an approach with limited explanations that infers how to achieve a given set of human-defined objectives through learning, reasoning or modelling implemented using the techniques and approaches listed in Annex I, and can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, generate outputs such as content(iii) generates outputs with a very high level of autonomy in the form of content (generative AI systems), predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing the environments ithey interacts with;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 278 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a (new)
(a) ‘AI system used in an advisory capacity’ means an AI system in which the final decision is taken by a human.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b (new)
(b) ‘AI system with decision-making capacity’ means an AI system with the capacity to model decisions in a repeatable manner, without human supervision.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 309 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
(44a) ‘Systems for identifying and categorising behaviour and cognitive distortions of natural persons’ means AI systems designed to be used for emotional calculation and psychographic analysis applications, Machine Learning and Affective Computing applications that use sensitive data from different sources, such as wearable smart devices, sensors, cameras or a person’s interactions on the internet, and that are able to evaluate and use emotions, psychological conditions and behavioural characteristics such as values and beliefs with the aim of assessing and using the cognitive distortions of natural persons. This includes, among other things, the application of Sentiment Analysis techniques and AI Nudging and Sludging.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 353 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the high-risk AI systems referred to in paragraph 1, AI systems referred to in Annex III shall also be considered high-risk. In the event of uncertainty regarding the classification of the AI system, the supplier must deem the AI system to be high-risk if its use or application poses a risk of physical or non-physical harm to health and safety or a risk of an adverse impact to the fundamental rights of natural persons, groups of individuals or society as a whole, as set out in Article 7(2).
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the extent to which potentially harmed or adversely impacted persons are dependent on the outcome produced with an AI system, with no distinctions between AI systems with an advisory or decision- making purpose, in particular because for practical or legal reasons it is not reasonably possible to opt-out from that outcome;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 403 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The training, validation and testing of data sets and the AI applications based on them shall be subject to appropriate data governance and management practices. Those practices shall concern in particular,
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 412 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) examination in view of possible biases that are likely to affect health and safety of persons, lead to discrimination prohibited by Union law or have some other impact on fundamental rights;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 422 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Training, validation and testing data sets shall be relevant, representative, free of errors and compl and complete, taking into account the degree of variability within data setes. They shall have the appropriate statistical properties, including, where applicable, as regards the persons or groups of persons on which the high-risk AI system is intended to be used. These characteristics of the data sets may be met at the level of individual data sets or a combination thereof.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 427 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. To the extent that it is strictly necessary for the purposes of ensuring bias monitoring, detection and correction in relation to the high-risk AI systems, the providers of such systems may also process special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 and Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, ensuring compliance with the highest security and privacy protection standards for data management. Such processing shall also be subject to appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, including technical limitations on the re-use and use of state-of-the-art security and privacy- preserving measures, such as pseudonymisation, or encryption where anonymisation may significantly affect the purpose pursued.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 432 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The retention period must not exceed 10 years at most, unless specific regulations establish otherwise.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 436 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) the human oversightsupervision measures referred to in Article 14, including the technical measures put in place to facilitate the interpretation of the outputs of AI systems by the users;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 437 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title
Human oversightsupervision
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 438 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. High-risk AI systems shall be designed and developed in such a way, including with appropriate human-machine interface tools, that they can be effectively overseen by natural persons during the period in which the AI system is in use. Human supervision should be proportionate to the task carried out by the system and should not compromise its efficiency or effectiveness.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 443 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Human oversightsupervision shall aim at prevenotecting or minimising the risks to health, safety or fundamental rightsafety and fundamental human rights, preventing or minimising the risks that may emerge when a high-risk AI system is used in accordance with its intended purpose or under conditions of reasonably foreseeable misuse, in particular when such risks persist notwithstanding the application of other requirements set out in this Chapter.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 444 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Human oversightsupervision shall be ensured through either one or all of the following measures:
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 446 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall enable the individuals to whom human oversightsupervision is assigned to do the following, as appropriate to the circumstances:
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 454 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. High-risk AI systems shall be 1. designed and developed in such a way that they achieve, in the light of their intended purpose, an appropriate level of accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity, and perform consistently in those respects throughout their lifecycle. Compliance with these requirements shall include implementation of state-of-the-art measures, according to the specific market segment or scope of application.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 495 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. The obligations in paragraph 1 are without prejudice to other user obligations under Union or national law and to the user’s discretion in organising its own resources and activities for the purpose of implementing the human oversightsupervision measures indicated by the provider.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 598 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4
4. The Board mayshall invite external experts and observers, including providers with appropriate skills and proven experience in supporting Member State authorities in the preparation and management of experimentation and test facilities, to attend its meetings and may hold exchanges with interested third parties to inform its activities to an appropriate extent. To that end the Commission may facilitate exchanges between the Board and other Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 615 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Since the sensitive nature of some high-risk AI systems, especially systems used by public authorities, agencies and institutions to prevent, investigate, detect or prosecute crimes, could result in significant restrictions on the collection and sharing of data between the end user and the provider, end users must involve the provider in the definition of aspects such as the nature of data made available for post-marketing monitoring and the degree of anonymisation of data. This should take place as early as the system design stage, in order to allow the provider to perform activities under the Regulation with a complete data set that has already been validated by the final user before the activity, and with a level of security that is proportionate to the task carried out by the system. The end user must remain responsible for the disclosure of data contained in such groups of data.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 631 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point b
(b) Logic- and knowledge-based approaches, including knowledge representation, inductive (logic) programming, knowledge bases, inference and deductive engines, (symbolic) reasoning and expert systems;deleted
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 633 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point c
(c) Statistical approaches, Bayesian estimation, search and optimization methods.deleted
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 634 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point c a (new)
(ca) Approaches based on the assessment of behavioural and psychological characteristics of individuals, including activities, interests, opinions, attitudes, values and lifestyles, recognised through automatic means;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 635 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – introductory part
High-risk AI systems pursuant to Article 6(2) are the AI systems listed in any of the following areas, whose use or application poses a risk of harm to health and safety or a negative impact on the fundamental rights of natural persons, groups or society in general.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 643 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(b) Following the adoption of common specifications under Article 41 of this Regulation, AI systems intended to be used to evaluate the creditworthiness rating of natural persons or establish their credit score, with the exception of AI systems put into service by small scale providers for their own use when granting access to credit or other essential services, with the exception of AI systems put into service by providers on a small scale for their own use and AI systems based on autonomous use under human supervision of linear regression, logistic regression, decision trees and other equally transparent, explicable and interpretable techniques;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 652 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
8a. Identification and categorisation of behaviour and cognitive bias of natural persons.
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 653 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) in so far as this is without prejudice to professional secrecy, and only when the request is proportionate to the scale of the interest being preserved, the design specifications of the system, namely the general logic of the AI system and of the algorithms; the key design choices including the rationale and assumptions made, also with regard to persons or groups of persons on which the system is intended to be used; the main classification choices; what the system is designed to optimise for and the relevance of the different parameters; the decisions about any possible trade-off made regarding the technical solutions adopted to comply with the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 655 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) assessment of the human oversightsupervision measures needed in accordance with Article 14, including an assessment of the technical measures needed to facilitate the interpretation of the outputs of AI systems by the users, in accordance with Articles 13(3)(d);
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 657 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. Detailed information about the monitoring, functioning and control of the AI system, in particular with regard to: its capabilities and limitations in performance, including the degrees of accuracy for specific persons or groups of persons on which the system is intended to be used and the overall expected level of accuracy in relation to its intended purpose; the foreseeable unintended outcomes and sources of risks to health and safety, fundamental rights and discrimination in view of the intended purpose of the AI system; the human oversightsupervision measures needed in accordance with Article 14, including the technical measures put in place to facilitate the interpretation of the outputs of AI systems by the users; specifications on input data, as appropriate;
2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 21 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas employment and occupation levels for persons with disabilities are low, standing at 50.6% compared to 74.8% for those without disabilities; whereas, in addition, the pandemic and social and economic crisis have increased inequalities between persons with disabilities and those without disabilities;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 53 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the Commission’s proposal for the creation of the ‘AccessibleEU’ resource centre by 2022; calls on the Commission to create an EU Agency on accessibility (‘EU Access Board’) that would be in charge of developing technical specifications on accessibility in support of specific EU policies and legislation, carrying out consultations with rights-holders and stakeholders, helping Member States and EU institutions to implement accessibility in a harmonised way for the benefit of the single market, and raising awareness of the importance of accessibility for inclusive societies;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 70 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; calls on the Member States to work together in a spirit of mutual trust to recognise the status assigned in another Member State; emphasises the Commission’s goal of working with Member States to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and the benefits related to the conditions of service provision; welcomes in this regard the Commission's proposal to create a European Disability Card which should facilitate mutual recognition of disability status between Member States;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 75 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the many areas of application that the European Disability Card could have, both in terms of access to many services without being discriminated against and in terms of safety at times of danger and emergency; points out that the card would ensure that the person with a disability was immediately recognised by the police forces involved;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 85 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Condemns all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities in the workplace; calls on the Member States and the Commission to implement polices aimed at preventing cases of harassment based on disability; calls, in addition, on the Member States, in cooperation with employers, to implement polices to prevent cyberbullying of persons with disabilities in the workplace;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 87 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Emphasises the vital role of family members who care for people with disabilities and who often fulfil their needs for care and assistance; underlines, therefore, the need for EU and national policies and strategies to provide strong support to family members and carers; considers it vital to provide them with European mutual recognition in their role as care providers;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 93 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Points out that EU funds should never be used to finance inaccessible products, services or infrastructure;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 108 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Points out that persons with disabilities often have a high level of skills and qualifications that are undervalued; notes that this prevents them from realising their potential and deprives society of the social and economic value of their inclusion;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 110 #

2020/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recognises the value of school and sport as crucial in the growth and development of children with disabilities, especially those with autism; regrets that, during the pandemic, distance learning has deprived them of these fundamental activities; hopes that their education will be prioritised in the reopening policies in the Member States;
2021/04/28
Committee: PETI
Amendment 3 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions are essential to enabling citizens to exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and thus to enhancing the democratic legitimacy and credibility of the Union while restoring confidence in the European integration process; recalls that, in her Political Guidelines for the 2019-2024 Commission, the President of the Commission stressed that if citizens were to have faith in the EU, its institutions should be open and beyond reproach on ethics, transparency and integrity; recalls that the right to petition provides citizens with the most accessible way to enter into and maintain a direct dialogue with representatives from the EU institutions and thus contributes to improving openness, responsiveness and accountability while bridging the gap between citizens and EU institutions;
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 7 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions are essential to enabling citizens to exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and thus to enhancing the democratic legitimacy and credibility of the Union while restoring confidence in the European integration process; recalls that, in her Political Guidelines for the 2019- 2024 Commission, the President of the Commission stressed that if citizens were to have faith in the EU, its institutions should be open and beyond reproach on ethics, transparency and integrity; recalls that the right to petition provides citizens with the most accessible way to enter into and maintain a direct dialogue with representatives from the EU institutions and thus contributes to improving openness, responsiveness and accountability while bridging the gap between citizens and EU institutions; nonetheless underlines the fact that still a large portion of citizens is not aware of the instrument represented by the right to petition;
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 17 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the particular interest that citizens have for transparency and integrity in the functioning of the EU institutions as revealed by a number of petitions received by the Committee on Petitions that call for more transparency1 , in particular in the decision-making of the Council and its contacts with lobbyists; raises its concerns over the appointment procedures of EU senior officials2 and over alleged conflicts of interests of Commissioners and breaches of MEPs’ code of conduct3 ; notes also that, as in previous years, the majority of inquiries closed by the European Ombudsman in 2019 concerned transparency and accountability, including public access to information and documents; stresses also the importance of remaining vigilant about the revolving doors phenomenon; _________________ 1Petitions Nos 0134/2019, 0939/2018, 0161/2017, 1367/2015, 0696/2015, 0698/2013. 2Petitions Nos 0224/2018 and 0799/2018, 0799/2018. 3Petitions Nos 0742/2017, 1004/2016, 2485/2014, 1984/2014.
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the particular interest that citizens have for transparency and integrity in the functioning of the EU institutions as revealed by a number of petitions received by the Committee on Petitions that call for more transparency1 , in particular in the decision-making of the Council and its contacts with lobbyists and stakeholders; raises its concerns over the appointment procedures of EU senior officials2 and over alleged conflicts of interests of Commissioners and breaches of MEPs’ code of conduct3 ; notes also that, as in previous years, the majority of inquiries closed by the European Ombudsman in 2019 concerned transparency and accountability, including public access to information and documents; _________________ 1Petitions Nos 0134/2019, 0939/2018, 0161/2017, 1367/2015, 0696/2015, 0698/2013. 2Petitions Nos 0224/2018 and 0799/2018, 0799/2018. 3Petitions Nos 0742/2017, 1004/2016, 2485/2014, 1984/2014.
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 21 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to ensure greater transparency regarding European Union agencies, especially with regard to their remit, activities and funding; regrets the recent scandals involving the European Economic and Social Committee; calls, therefore, for all EU agencies and advisory committees, which often elude democratic control, to meet higher standards of transparency and integrity;
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 38 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU institutions should apply the highest ethical standards to prevent any episodes of revolving doors and any conflicts of interests, also with regard to the appointments to senior positions in the EU institutions and agencies; expresses its concern that any such episodes, even if legally admissible, are undermining the overall credibility of the EU institutions and often used by anti- European propaganda as a means of introducing euro-scepticism to the public;
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the important role that the European Ombudsman plays in ensuring high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions; calls on its Committee on Constitutional Affairs committee to consider and to take into account the experience provided by the European Ombudsman when reflecting on the possible establishment of an independent ethics body; suggests the setting up of an EU interinstitutional working group that is tasked with discussing and formulating recommendations on all aspects related to the subject matter;
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 62 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importantfundamental role played by Parliament as the only institution representative of the citizens of the EU, including in its oversight of the Commission and other institutions on behalf of the public;
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 69 #

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates, therefore, the need for the highest ethical standards for the Members of the European Parliament and calls for a strong advisory body within Parliament , consisting, among others, of highly respectable former Members with a staunch record of responsiveness to the public opinion;deleted
2021/02/05
Committee: PETI
Amendment 16 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas overall, the banking sector has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with resilience, mostlyalso founded on the regulatory reforms enacted since the global financial crisis and further supported by extraordinary public policy relief measures and capital conservation practices;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the lack of a solution to the treatment of sovereign debt exposures andin the banking prudential framework national options and discretions persists, undermining the European dimension of the Banking Union;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 40 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the lack of a solution to the treatment of sovereign debt exposures still to be discussed at international level and national options and discretions persists, undermining the European dimension of the Banking Union;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 116 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the vital contribution to addressing the crisis of public guarantee schemes, moratoria on loan repayments for borrowers in financial difficulty, the central banks’ liquidity programmes and the ECB’s targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) and pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP); therefore all the above mentioned measures should be kept in place as long as necessary and they should be only gradually relieved;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 133 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the ‘quick fix’ to the Capital Requirements Regulation31 extending transitional arrangements in order to support banks’ lending capacity32 ; ; moreover, calls for a 2 years freeze of the calendar of minimum loss coverage requirements set in the “NPL backstop Regulation” and of supervisory expectation; this is key for taking into account that such Regulation could introduce a perverse incentive for banks towards starting judicial procedures for credit recovery and collateral enforcement as soon as possible, rather than granting forbearance measures and supporting business restructuring; in addition, it is worth noting that in many countries civil courts have been closed or their activity significantly reduced and collateral enforcement procedures have been postponed or delayed thus will increasing the length of recovery actions, with negative impacts on the internal workout and/or NPLs values on primary and secondary markets; _________________ 31Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1). 32Regulation (EU) 2020/873 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) 2019/876 as regards certain adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (OJ L 204, 26.6.2020, p. 4).
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 178 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes the postponement of the implementation of the Basel III reforms and awaits the Commission’s upcoming proposal on the implementation of the finalised standards, taking into account the specificities of the EU banking sector and the necessity to introduce measures aimed at increasing banks' lending to the real economy;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 216 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that ensuring proper and timely management of deteriorated exposures will be key to preventing a build-up of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the short term; calls for the extension until December 2024 of Article 500 CRR on massive disposals of NPLs, in order to avoid disproportionate effects on banks’ capital, affecting negatively banks’ lending to the real economy;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 227 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that banks should diligently assess the financial soundness and viability of businesses, proactively engage with distressed debtors to manage their exposures, and offer financing and restructuring options to viable companies; in order to give banks enough room to provide forbearance measures, and avoiding counterproductive capital absorptions embedded in the current regulatory framework, it would be important to increase from 1% to 5% the threshold for diminished credit obligation, set by paragraph 51 of EBA Guidelines on the definition of default (EBA/GL/2016/07);
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 231 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that banks should diligently assess the financial soundness and viability of businesses, proactively engage with distressed debtors to manage their exposures, and offer financing and restructuring options to viable companies; the prudential framework should be consistently amended to allow and encourage such options;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 257 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that as Member States sell increasing amountsConsiders that the creation of Next Generation EU will provide high-quality European assets and this will also be beneficial to rebalancing the share of sovereign bonds, their share in banks' balance sheets grows, potentially aggravating the doom loop; considers that the creation of Next Generation EU will provide high-quality European assetwhich is otherwise growing due to increased amount of Member State issuances;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 305 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the fact that while the SRB was not required to take resolution action in 2020, it nevertheless collaborated with the SSM regarding close-to-crisis cases; appreciates the advancement of the current resolution planning cycle, and reiterates that MRELproportionate MREL setting represents one of the key elements in enhancing banks’ resolvability, while ensuring broader financial stability;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 315 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Considers it necessary to have in place an EU liquidation regime, based upon an enhanced role of DGS preventive and alternative interventions, for banks for which the SRB assesses that there is no public interest in resolution;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 332 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Considers it necessary to review the public interest assessment in order to allow resolution tools to be applied to a broader group of banksallow national DGSs to carry out preventive and alternative measures (i.e. financing the transfer of assets and liabilities from the LSI bank in crisis to a third party) to ensure an orderly liquidation of small and medium sized banks with negative public interest assessment;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 365 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Notes the Commission’s launch of the review of the CMDI framework, including the option of a hybrid EDIS, built around the idea of an initial liquidity support mechanism among national DGSs, aimed at funding any shortfall of DGS means, regardless of whether the funds have been used in a pay-out intervention or in a preventive/alternative intervention, on the assumption that such a choice is driven by the Least Cost Test (LCT);
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 382 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37 a. Considers it necessary to coherently amend the State Aid rules and the DG COMP 2013 Banking Communication in order to allow DGS preventive and alternative intervention in the crisis management context, taking duly into account the recent CJEU rulings;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 383 #

2020/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37 b. Considers it necessary to increase transparency and ex-ante predictability on the expected public interest assessment outcomes in order to provide the clarity needed to ensure more coherent and proportionate MREL levels;
2021/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 31 #

2020/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas there is a disproportionately high risk of contagion for millions of refugees worldwide, who often live in densely populated refugee camps; it is therefore all the more important to remove obstacles that force people to flee their homelands;
2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 111 #

2020/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned about the underfunding of the EU humanitarian aid budget, given the additional humanitarian needs caused by the pandemic; calls for a clear distribution of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) envelope, which should aim to provide balanced coverage of its obligations as follows: neither internal nor external operations may be allocated more than 60 % of the annual amount of the reserve; on 1 October of each year, at least one quarter of the annual amount for ‘year n' must remain available to cover needs arising until the end of that year; as of 1 October, the remaining funds may be mobilised to cover needs arising until the end of that year;
2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 179 #

2020/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to address the specific needs of refugees, upholding the guiding principle of public health networks of leaving no-one behind and refraining from blocking front-line humanitarian workers from having direct contact with the migrants and refugees they serve, unless this promotes illegal immigration and human trafficking; stresses the absolute need for equal access to COVID-19 treatment and other health services and safety net programmes for all affected people, regardless of nationality, migrant/refugee status, origin, sex, gender identity or any other characteristicwithout exception;
2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 227 #

2020/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the especially severe consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and the collateral damage that has been suffered by women, girls and children, in particular the rise in gender-based violence, but also the exposure of women to COVID-19 due to their disproportionately high representation in the global health workforce; calls for action to counterbalance the disproportionate care burden borne by women and any potential roll-backs in safety, health, emancipation, economic independence and empowerment, and education, through specific programmes such as the spotlight initiative and by re- focusing European support; calls for meaningful participation of women in the decisions that impact their health and working lives; underlines the need to include the gender perspective in the EU’s COVID-19 response, to advocate for inclusive decision-making bodies and collect sex- and age-disaggregated data for gender analysisviolence;
2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 298 #

2020/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that pandemics are often of zoonotic origin; underlines, therefore, the need to support education programmes regarding the dangers of hunting and trading in wild animals as well as the stricter protection of ecosystems and habitats;deleted
2021/01/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of obstacles to sustainable development, but has also revealed new opportunities for trade and development;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that the pandemic has affected different sectors of the economy in different ways, hitting small firms hardest and leading to particularly significant reductions in sales of vehicles, chemical products and machinery;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade relations through economic partnership agreements, while making the mostbuilding effectively ofn the EU’s Aid for Trade Strategy;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 29 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the EU and the Member States to help developing countries and regions to keep their borders open and to set up ‘green corridor mechanisms’ to allow the unhindered flow of essential goods, medicines, agri-food products and humanitarian aid across borders;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 62 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the vital restrictions on trade and international transport imposed by national governments in an effort to contain the spread of the pandemic have led to breaks in international trade flows and value chains, and in the provision of technical support to developing countries, causing social and economic damage;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 64 #

2020/2117(INI)

6b. Calls on the Commission to consider the geopolitical and commercial repercussions of the shift to online trading during the pandemic, which has increased further the volume of transactions accounted for by the main digital platforms, which are supplied by a relatively small number of large firms mainly located in China and the United States;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 75 #

2020/2117(INI)

7b. Deplores the fact that the economic and social effects of the pandemic are being felt to a disproportionate degree by women, a state of affairs which may reverse decades of progress in the areas of gender equality and female emancipation;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 77 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Emphasises the need to make gender equality and female emancipation integral to trade measures and development programmes, in order to ensure that women are not disproportionately affected by future crises as well;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 78 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Urges the Commission to take account of the fact that trade measures affect women and men differently and to identify new entrepreneurial and employment opportunities for women and curb any negative gender-related effects;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 80 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Welcomes the decision taken at the 24th session of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) to set as a priority theme ‘Harnessing science, technology and innovation to bridge the gap regarding the third Sustainable Development Goal’;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 82 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Emphasises that science and technology offer great potential to meet the challenges posed by the health, economic and social crisis caused by the pandemic and that this potential can best be exploited by enhancing innovation schemes and multilateral cooperation in global science and innovation networks;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 84 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Acknowledges that scientific and technological progress can make it easier to integrate the value generated by producers in developing countries into global chains; takes the view that, if they are to enhance and build on competitive advantages, open innovation models call for cooperation between firms and external partners; calls, with a view to creating an environment conducive to innovation, for cooperation between a range of actors, including local producers and multinational companies, in order to develop the capabilities needed to take up, assimilate, adapt and disseminate existing know-how and technologies;
2021/03/16
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns the fact that, according to these petitions, individuals with disabilities continue to encounter many challenges related to accessibility, participation in employment and mobility within the EU, and continue to encounter discrimination and barriers to entry; considers it unacceptable that many employers are still not taking appropriate measures to tackle these issues, despite such measures being crucial to the economic and social inclusion of the 100 million persons with disabilities in the EU;
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the fact that Council Directive 2000/78/EC does not contain any definition of the concept of disability and encourages the Member States to interpret EU law in such a way as to provide a basis for a concept ofdefined notion of disability and a comprehensive concept of person with disabilityies in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 24 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that a reasonable effort should be made to adapt all workplaces to accommodate special needs with a view to potentially employing persons with all types of disabilities and insists on promoting constructive and continuous dialogue between social partners with a view to fostering equal treatment, including through the monitoring of workplace practices, collective agreements, codes of conduct and research on or the exchange of experiences and good practices;
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to take appropriate action to achieve the social and economic integration of disabled people, to raise awareness in the public opinion, to share best practices and to combat youth and senior unemployment, as unemployment can lead to poverty, social exclusion and mental health problems;
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to take appropriate action to achieve the social and economic integration of disabled people, to raise awareness, to share best practices and to combat youth and senior unemployment, as unemployment can leads to poverty, social exclusion and mental health problems;
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 44 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the role of women, who usually have primary responsibility for taking care of children and dependants with disabilities in families and social facilities; stresses that this has a direct effect on women’s access to jobs and their professional development and may negatively affect their conditions of employment;
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 52 #

2020/2086(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Insists on updating and renewing the post-2020 European Disability Strategy, with the aim of further reducing inequalities for disadvantaged persons, and promoting their social and economic inclusion and independence, taking into account the challenges and issues relating to disabilities that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that confinement measures taken by governments and teleworking may have affected persons with disabilities in terms of safety and personal wellbeing.
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 84 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of boosting research efforts in the field of chemical recycling which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework; calls on the Commission to support the efforts of chemical recycling industries by supporting their innovation, harmonised policies and clear pathways for exploiting the plastic waste that is currently being incinerated;
2020/10/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to harmonise, at EU level, existing legislation on the recycling input rate and recycled content;
2020/10/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 118 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions, to protect jobs and employment, and to make them transitions just;
2020/10/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 142 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Supports the EU initiative on Sustainable Products as a major action for improving products recyclability, durability and efficiency and endorses the inclusion of a larger set of product groups into the Eco-Design Directive, with a focus to non-energy related products; urges also to apply the same EU products requirements to the materials and goods imported from third countries;
2020/10/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to assess the environmental attributes of products or services using a robust life cycle assessment based methodology, with a cradle-to-cradle approach; calls on the Commission to take into account different metrics, such as end-of-life recycling or recycled content, for assessing recycling rates of materials and products, taking into account the nature of the material and its recycling value chain;
2020/10/27
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 181 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that preventing the fragmentation of the single market as a result of the inherent nature of the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to pis a short-term anent distortions in the single marketd medium-term priority;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 193 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and a comprehensive system of grants over loans and/or guarantees;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 218 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds so that these do not jeopardise free market principles; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 220 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production inpinpoint the sectors it considers to be strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 425 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targets into Union legislation; believes that a more holistic and systematic target framework is also required in order to ensure policstrategy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear and stable strategy for European industries;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 449 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs a dashboard of climate targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the future; acknowledges that drawing up such a roadmap makes sense only on the basis of agreement with the third countries most directly involved; considers that all sectors should contribute towards achieving the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard, underlines the importance of gas as a means of energy transition and hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technology; calls also for greater attention to be paid to network security and energy supply; calls on the Council to increase spending from the EU budget on climate change efforts; calls on the Commission to ensure that industries with high carbon leakage do not benefit from EU subsidies, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climate Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to the public and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation process, and to use the Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as a way to protect EU manufacturers and jobs from unfair international competition;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 565 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises that the specific nature of micro-enterprises requires that consideration be given to developing tailored instruments if the digitalisation objectives are to be achieved;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 580 #

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to implement a single European digital and data market, to promote the exchange of data among companies and among public institutions, to develop and process data on European soil, in particular data from public bodies, to build a better digital taxation system in which profits are taxed where companies have significant interaction with users, and to further develop European standards on cybersecurity, in particular for critical infrastructure, while respecting and safeguarding the privacy of EU citizens at all times;
2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas with the Covid-19 outbreak has emerged that many national governments of Member States have been victims of fraud and have been supplied with defective medical equipment and supplies coming from third countries companies, in particular Chinese ones;
2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 54 #

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
In particular, calls on the Commission to propose a comprehensive strategy to promote the medical European self- sufficiency and that of its Member States;
2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 60 #

2020/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the gentrification and ‘renoviction’ of neighbourhoods driven by investment capital interests, and by the rising numbers of citizens in energy poverty, gender disparity, and marginalisation; considers that a community approach in addition to safeguards at a regulatory level could reduce the level of destruction of existing communities;
2020/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 92 #

2020/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to prioritiseidentify marginalised communities in advance and to take them into account as a matter of priority when designing IRPs;
2020/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 125 #

2020/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. ConsiderEstimates that more than EUR 75 billion a year in EU incentives is required to ensure an energy-efficient building stock by 2050;
2020/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 156 #

2020/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that all IRPs should set aside funds for marginalised citizenommunities;
2020/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 301 #

2020/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Considers digitalisation as an enabler for distributed generation, storage, flexibility and sector integrat(Does not affect the English version;.)
2020/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 380 #

2020/2070(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Calls for the inclusion of the building sector and related industries, especially SMEmicro, small and medium-sized enterprises, in recovery packages;
2020/05/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 49 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, the EUTFs, on the one hand, are not always more efficient than traditional development aid and, on the other, are less transparent;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 51 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas Turkey is using the FRT to challenge and to blackmail the EU and its Member States;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 200 #

2020/2045(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Underlines that Turkey, through a continuous instrumentalisation of the refugee crisis, is taking advantage of the RFT in order to obtain some leverage for political, economic or military concessions, to justify its aggressive behaviour towards the EU Member States and to pursue its foreign policy ambitions;
2021/05/05
Committee: AFETDEVEBUDG
Amendment 3 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the number of petitions remained modest in relation to the total population of the EU; whereas nevertheless this number indicates that a non-negligible proportion of EU citizens are aware of and exercise the right to petition;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 6 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas of the 1 357 petitions submitted in 2019, 938 were declared admissible, 406 were declared inadmissible and 13 were withdrawn; whereas the relatively high percentage (30 %) of inadmissible petitions in 2019 reveals that there is still a widespread lack of clarity about the EU’s fields of activity and the PETI Committee working mechanism;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas Parliament has long been at the forefront of the development of the petitions process internationally and has the most open and transparent petitions process in Europe together with the one of the United Kingdom, allowing petitioners to participate fully in its activities;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 21 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas in 2019 the Petitions Web Portal has been further developed into a responsive and user-friendly web design version, compliant with the new ‘look and feel’ of the European Parliament’s website (Europarl); whereas it has therefore become more user-friendly and accessible for citizens, who can now use it on any device; whereas the new privacy statement has been uploaded in all language versions in the email templates and on the registration page, and audio Captcha for registration of user accounts has been enabled; whereas the Petitions Web Portal and ePetition have been further integrated by improving their synchronisation mechanism; whereas a large number of individual support requests have been handled successfully;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the important role of the Committee on Petitions in defending and promoting the rights of EU citizens and residents, ensuring that petitioners’ concerns and complaints are examined in timely fashion and, wherever possible, resolved, through an open, democratic, agile and transparent petition process;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 39 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasizes the importance of a continuous public debate on the Union’s fields of activity aimed at informing citizens about the scope of the Union’s competences and the different levels of the decision-making, in order to process, with the purpose of reduceing the number of inadmissible petitions;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 59 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that petitions offer the opportunity to the European Parliament and other EU institutions to maintain a direct dialogue with EU citizens who are allegedly affected by the misapplication of EU law; stresses the need for enhanced cooperation between the EU institutions and national, regional and local authorities on inquiries regarding implementation of and compliance with EU law;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 68 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that transparency and public access to the documents of the EU institutions should be the rule in order to ensure the highest levels of protection and enlargement of the democratic rights of citizens;
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 81 #

2020/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note that the environment was the main area of concern for petitioners in 2019; points in this regard to the motion for a resolution pursuant to Rule 227(2) on waste management, adopted on 21 March 2019 by the Committee on Petitions and on 4 April 2019 in plenary6 ; stresses that waste management is one of the main global socio-economic and environmental challenges, and reiterates its call for a reduction in waste generation, the boosting of reuse and recycling and better implementation of waste legislation by Member States with a particular focus on the economic sustainability; _________________ 6 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0338.
2020/09/30
Committee: PETI
Amendment 31 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas capital market finance is an effective solution for diversifying funding sources for SMEs; whereas it is more difficult for small companies to diversify their funding sources because of greater difficulties in bearing the direct and indirect costs stemming from their lower visibility compared to larger companies;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas many European countries are still not very attractive to venture capital and private equity investors and this is partly due to persistent rigidities in the labour market and to underdeveloped local financial markets, in addition to a legal environment that does not provide for sufficient investor safeguards;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the removal of barriers, including the simplification of legislation , in order to diversify funding sources for SMEs, in order tothe introduction of greater safeguards for investors, the promoteion of SMEs’ ability to access equity markets, and tohe reducetion of the existing debt bias; stresses that such barriers include the lack of information on SMEs for non- bank investors; points out that the current situation makes SMEs more fragile and vulnerable;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 96 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the efficiency of financial markets should be improved and that the listing of companies should be facilitated; encourages the creation and prioritisation of a large private pan- European fund, an Initial Public Offering (IPO) Fund, to support SMEs, with features that help to reduce direct and indirect costs for SMEs that decide to go public, insofar as smaller companies can overcome any competitive disadvantages resulting from lower visibility and shorter track records;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 109 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the acceleration of the development of EU venture capital (VC) and private equity markets by increasing the availability of funding for VC investments, developing larger late-stage VC funds, tax incentive schemes for VC and business angel investments, and active IPO markets for VC-backed companies, and by removing the current rigidities of the labour market, making legal systems more efficient and encouraging the development of local financial markets;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 154 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of increasing legal certainty and law enforcement for cross-border investments by making national insolvency proceedings more efficient and effective;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 164 #

2020/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Suggests the establishment of a database containing standardised credit and financial information on SMEs that intend to finance themselves on the capital markets, with the aim of increasing their visibility;
2020/07/17
Committee: ECON
Amendment 3 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Agreement protectguarantees the rights of those Union citizens and their family members who exercised their right of free movement in the UK in accordance with Union law before the end of the transition period and who continue to reside there thereafter, as well as those UK citizens who exercise the same right in a Member State of the EU- 27;
2020/04/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the system proposed by the UK Home Office (‘the registration procedure’) for EU-27 nationals to apply for residence status is not as transparent and simple as it should be; considers that it creates unnecessary and unfair administrative burdens on citizens of the EU-27;deleted
2020/04/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the need for an independent monitoring authority (IMA) to oversee how the Agreement is applied, to ensure that commitments are respected, and to create legal certainty in the lives of EU-27/EEA citizens and their families in the UK as well as of UK citizens and their families within the EU-27/EEA;
2020/04/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 16 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses concern over the current implementation of the EU Settlement Scheme and the potential consequences for those who fail to apply before the deadline; expresses its concern over the language used by the UK Home Office regarding possible deportations of EU citizens and the lack of measures in place to assist vulnerable citizens;deleted
2020/04/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 20 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the United Kingdom has decided that the principle of free movement of persons between the Union and the United Kingdom will no longer apply after the transition period; insists on the need for the future partnership to include ambitious provisions on the movement of persons, based on full reciprmutual socityal and non-discrimination among Member Stateconomic interest;
2020/04/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses thatCalls for consideration to be given to better regulation of the conditions of entry and residence for purposes such as research, study, training and youth exchanges should be taken into account.
2020/04/02
Committee: PETI
Amendment 88 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Considering the particular characteristics of the services concerned and the corresponding need to make the providers thereof subject to certain specific obligations, it is necessary to distinguish, within the broader category of providers of hosting services as defined in this Regulation, the subcategory of online platforms. Online platforms, such as social networks or online marketplaces, should be defined as providers of hosting services that not only store information provided by the recipients of the service at their request, but that also play an active role in the dissemination of user generated content and disseminate that information to the public, again at their request. However, in order to avoid imposing overly broad obligations, providers of hosting services should not be considered as online platforms where the dissemination to the public is merely a minor and purely ancillary feature of another service and that feature cannot, for objective technical reasons, be used without that other, principal service, and the integration of that feature is not a means to circumvent the applicability of the rules of this Regulation applicable to online platforms. For example, the comments section in an online newspaper could constitute such a feature, where it is clear that it is ancillary to the main service represented by the publication of news under the editorial responsibility of the publisher.
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) The exemptions from liability established in this Regulation should not affect the possibility of injunctions of different kinds against providers of intermediary services, even where they meet the conditions set out as part of those exemptions. Such injunctions could, in particular, consist of orders by courts or administrative authorities requiring the termination or prevention of any infringement, including the removal of illegal content specified in such orders, issued in compliance with Union law, or the disabling of access to it. As a general rule, injunctions should be considered as a last resort, where any other reasonable and proportionate action closer to the content owner is not available.
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) Whilst the rules in Chapter II of this Regulation concentrate on the exemption from liability of providers of intermediary services, it is important to recall that, despite the generally important role played by those providers, the problem of illegal content and activities online should not be dealt with by solely focusing on their liability and responsibilities. Where possible, third parties affected by illegal content transmitted or stored online should attempt to resolve conflicts relating to such content without involving the providers of intermediary services in question. Recipients of the service should be held liable, where the applicable rules of Union and national law determining such liability so provide, for the illegal content that they provide and may disseminate through intermediary services. Where appropriate, other actors, such as group moderators in closed online environments, in particular in the case of large groups, should also help to avoid the spread of illegal content online, in accordance with the applicable law. Furthermore, where it is necessary to involve information society services providers, including providers of intermediary services, any requests or orders for such involvement should, as a general rule, be directed to the actor that has the technical and operational ability to act against specific items of illegal content, so as to prevent and minimise any possible negative effects for the availability and accessibility of information that is not illegal content. Where the provider of intermediary services does not have the technical and operational ability to act against specific items of illegal content, the obligations laid down in this Regulation, such as provisions on orders and notices, shall not apply. In such situations, the provider of intermediary services shall demand, based on contractual obligations, that the illegal content is removed by the natural or legal person that is best placed to act.
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 220 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘information society services’ means services within the meaning of Article 1(1)(b) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535, including those services the consideration for which consists in the provision of personal data, as per Article 3(1) of Directive (EU) 2019/770;
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 231 #

2020/0361(COD)

(h) ‘online platform’ means a provider of a hosting service which, plays an active role in the dissemination of user- generated content and at the request of a recipient of the service, stores and disseminates to the public information, unless that activity is a minor and purely ancillary feature of another service and, for objective and technical reasons cannot be used without that other service, and the integration of the feature into the other service is not a means to circumvent the applicability of this Regulation.
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 264 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Providers of intermediary services shall not be deemed ineligible for the exemptions from liability referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 solely because they carry out voluntary own-initiative investigations or other activities, including through the use of technological tools and instruments, aimed at detecting, identifying and removing, or disabling of access to, illegal content, or take the necessary measures to comply with the requirements of Union law, including those set out in this Regulation.
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 277 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) compliance with the measures in the order should be technically feasible taking into account the available technical capabilities of the service provider concerned;
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 340 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
6. Providers of hosting services shall process any notices that they receive, taking into account their technical and operational ability to act against specific items of illegal content, under the mechanisms referred to in paragraph 1, and take their decisions in respect of the information to which the notices relate, in a timely, diligent and objective manner. Where they use automated means for that processing or decision-making, they shall include information on such use in the notification referred to in paragraph 4.
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 436 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where an online platform becomes aware of any information giving rise to a suspicion that a serious criminal offence involving a threat to the life or safety of persons has taken place, is taking place or is likely to take place, it shall promptly inform the law enforcement or judicial authorities of the Member State or Member States concerned, or the law enforcement authorities of the Member State in which it is established or has its legal representative, or Europol, of its suspicion and provide all relevant information available.
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 458 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The online platform shall, upon receiving that information, make reasonable effortsdo what is required by this Regulation to assess whether the information referred to in points (a), (d) and (e) of paragraph 1 is reliable through the use of any freely accessible official online database or online interface made available by a Member States or the Union or through requests to the trader to provide supporting documents from reliable sources.
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 490 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the natural or legalprivate or professional status of the person on whose behalf the advertisement is displayed;
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 667 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall make publicly available, and communicate to the Commission and the Board, the name of their competent authority designated as Digital Services Coordinator and information on how it can be contacted. The Commission should provide guidance to Member States to ensure a consistent approach on how national, local and regional authorities should relate to their Digital Services Coordinators.
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 670 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that their Digital Services Coordinators perform their tasks under this Regulation in an impartial, transparent and timely manner. Member States shall ensure that their Digital Services Coordinators have adequate technical, financial and human resources to carry out their tasks. Such resources could include - and not be limited to - access to training and regular exchanges with the service provider to understand the specificities of their business model.
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 673 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. When carrying out their tasks and exercising their powers in accordance with this Regulation, the Digital Services Coordinators shall act with complete independence. They shall remain free from any external influence, whether direct or indirect, and shall neither seek norot take instructions from any other public authority or any private party. Digital Services Coordinators should be able to seek information from a public authority or private party if it deems it necessary to carry its role and power and still maintain its independence and neutrality.
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 697 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) issueas and when requested by a Digital Services Coordinator, issue non-legally binding opinions, and recommendations or advice to Digital Services Coordinators in accordance with, in discussion with all involved stakeholders, which serve as a way to remedy the problem and ensure a consistent enforcement of this Regulation;
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 716 #

2020/0361(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 2
2. It shall apply from [date - threnine months after its entry into force].
2021/06/24
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) It is necessary to improve the conditions for data sharing in the European internal market, by creating a harmonised framework for data exchanges and by giving specific attention to data intermediaries and data holder in order to create a fruitful cooperation among them. Sector- specific legislation can develop, adapt and propose new and complementary elements, depending on the specificities of the sector, such as the envisaged legislation on the European health data space25 and on access to vehicle data. Moreover, certain sectors of the economy are already regulated by sector-specific Union law that include rules relating to cross-border or Union wide sharing or access to data26 . This Regulation is therefore without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (27 ), and in particular the implementation of this Regulation shall not prevent cross border transfers of data in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 from taking place, Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council (28 ), Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council (29 ), Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 of the European Parliament and of the Council (30 ), Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (31 ), Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (32 ), Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (33 ), Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council (34 ), Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (35 ), Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council (36 ), as well as Regulation 2018/858/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (37 ), Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (38 ) and Delegated Regulations adopted on its basis, and any other sector-specific Union legislation that organises the access to and re-use of data. This Regulation should be without prejudice to the access and use of data for the purpose of international cooperation in the context of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties. A horizontal regime for the re-use of certain categories of protected data held by public sector bodies, the provision of data sharing services and of services based on data altruism in the Union should be established. Specific characteristics of different sectors may require the design of sectoral data-based systems, while building on the requirements of this Regulation. Where a sector-specific Union legal act requires public sector bodies, providers of data sharing servicdata intermediaries or registered entities providing data altruism services to comply with specific additional technical, administrative or organisational requirements, including through an authorisation or certification regime, those provisions of that sector- specific Union legal act should also apply. _________________ 25 See: Annexes to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Commission Work Programme 2021 (COM(2020) 690 final). 26For example, Directive 2011/24/EU in the context of the European Health Data Space, and relevant transport legislation such as Directive 2010/40/EU, Regulation 2019/1239 and Regulation (EU) 2020/1056, in the context of the European Mobility Data Space. 27Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p.1) 28 Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA. (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p.89) 29Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure. (OJ L 157, 15.6.2016, p.1) 30 Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union. (OJ L 303, 28.11.2018, p. 59) 31Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities. (OJ L 87, 31.03.2009, p. 164) 32Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000, on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce). (OJ L 178, 17.07.2000, p. 1) 33Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society. (OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, p. 10) 34 Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC. (OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 92) 35Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights. (OJ L 157, 30.4.2004). 36Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information. (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56). 37 Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (OJ L 151, 14.6.2018). 38 Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport. (OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1)
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 131 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Action at Union level is necessary in order to address the barriers to a well- functioning data-driven economy and to create a Union-wide governance framework for data access and use, in particular regarding the re-use of certainspecific types of data held by the public sector, the rules governing the provision of services by data sharing providerintermediaries to business users and to data subjects, as well as the collection and, processing and regulation of data made available for altruistic purposes by natural and legal persons.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 136 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Particular attention must be given to micro and small and medium enterprises whose access to data is limited. Structures adopted by Member States must focus on overcoming barriers to access as well as use of data.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) There are techniques enabling privacy-friendly analyses on databases that contain personal data, such as anonymisation, pseudonymisation, differential privacy, generalisation, or suppression and randomisation. Application of these privacy-enhancing technologies, together with comprehensive data protection approaches should ensure the safe re-use of personal anonymous data and commercially confidential business data foronly for specific cases such as research, innovation and statistical purposes. In many cases this implies that the data use and re-use in this context can only be done in a secure processing environment set in place and supervised by the public sector. There is experience at Union level with such secure processing environments that are used for research on statistical microdata on the basis of Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 (39 ). In general, insofar as personal data are concerned, the processing of personal data should rely upon one or more of the grounds for processing provided in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. _________________ 39Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (OJ L 164, 18.6.2013, p. 16).
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 143 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The categories of data held by public sector bodies which should be subject to re-use under this Regulation fall outside the scope of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 that excludes data which is not accessible due to commercial and statistical confidentiality and data for which third parties have intellectual property rights. Commercially confidential data includes data protected by trade secrets, highly- sensitive data, confidentiality obligations and agreements and any other unauthorised information that could harm commercial interest of the business. Personal data fall outside the scope of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 insofar as the access regime excludes or restricts access to such data for reasons of data protection, privacy and the integrity of the individual, in particular in accordance with data protection rules. The re-use of data, which may contain trade secrets, shouldmust take place without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2016/94340 , which sets the framework for the lawful acquisition, use or disclosure of trade secrets. This Regulation is without prejudice and complementary to more specific obligations on public sector bodies to allow re-use of data laid down in sector- specific Union or national law. _________________ 40 OJ L 157, 15.6.2016, p. 1–18
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 146 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Public sector bodies should comply with competition law when establishing the principles for re-use of data they hold, avoiding as far as possible the conclusion of agreements, which might have as their objective or effect the creation of exclusive rights for the re-use of certain data. Such agreement should be only possible when justified and necessary for the provision of a service of general interest. This may be the case when exclusive use of the data is the only way to maximise the societal benefits of the data in question, for example where there is only one entity (which has specialised in the processing of a specific dataset) capable of delivering the service or the product which allows the public sector body to provide an advanced digital service in the general interest. Such arrangements should, however, be concluded in compliance with public procurement rules and be subject to regular review based on a market analysis in order to ascertain whether such exclusivity continues to be necessary. In addition, such arrangements should comply with the relevant State aid rules, as appropriate, and should be concluded for a limited period, which should not exceed threewo years. In order to ensure transparency, such exclusive agreements should be published online, regardless of a possible publication of an award of a public procurement contract.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 164 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In cases where there is no implementing act adopted by the Commission in relation to a third country declaring that it provides a level of protection, in particular as regards the protection of commercially sensitive data and the protection of intellectual property rights, which is essentially equivalent to that provided by Union or national law, the public sector body should only transmit protected data to a re-user, if the re-user undertakes obligations in the interest of the protection of the data. The re-user that intends to transfer the data to such third country should commit to comply with the obligations laid out in this Regulation even after the data has been transferred to the third country. To ensure the proper enforcement of such obligations, the re-user should also accept the jurisdiction of the Member State of the public sector body that allowed the re-use for the judicial settlement of disputesnot transmit protected data to a re-user.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Some third countries adopt laws, regulations and other legal acts which aim at directly transferring or providing access to non-personal data in the Union under the control of natural and legal persons under the jurisdiction of the Member States. Judgments of courts or tribunals or decisions of administrative authorities in third countries requiring such transfer or access to non-personal data should be enforceable when based on an international agreement, such as a mutual legal assistance treaty, in force between the requesting third country and the Union or a Member State. In some cases, situations may arise where the obligation to transfer or provide access to non-personal data arising from a third country law conflicts with a competing obligation to protect such data under Union or national law, in particular as regards the protection of commercially sensitive data and the protection of intellectual property rights, and including its contractual undertakings regarding confidentiality in accordance with such law. In the absence of international agreements regulating such matters, transfer or access should only be allowed under certain conditions, in particular that the third-country system requires the reasons and proportionality of the decision to be set out, that the court order or the decision is specific in character, and the reasoned objection of the addressee is subject to a review by a competent court in the third country, which is empowered to take duly into account the relevant legal interests of the provider of such data.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to prevent unlawful access to non-personal data, public sector bodies, natural or legal persons to which the right to re-use data was granted, data sharing providers and entities entered in the register of recognised data altruism organisations should take all reasonable and legal measures to prevent access to the systems where non-personal data is stored, including encryption of data or corporate policies.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 179 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In order to build trust in re-use mechanisms, it may be necessary to attach stricter conditions for certain types of non- personal data that have been identified as highly sensitive, as regards the transfer to third countries, if such transfer could jeopardise public policy objectives, in line with international commitments. For example, in the health domain, certain datasets held by actors in the public health system, such as public hospitals, could be identified as highly sensitive health data. In order to ensure harmonised practices across the Union, such types of highly sensitive non-personal public data should be defined by Union law, for example in the context of the European Health Data Space or other sectoral legislation. The conditions attached to the transfer of such data to third countries should be laid down in delegated acts. Conditions should be proportionate, non-discriminatory and necessary to protect legitimate public policy objectives identified, such as the protection of public health, public order, safety, the environmental and agricultural practices, public morals, consumer protection, privacy and personal data protection. The conditions should correspond to the risks identified in relation to the sensitivity of such data, including in terms of the risk of the re- identification of individuals. These conditions could include terms applicable for the transfer or technical arrangements, such as the requirement of using a secure processing environment, limitations as regards the re-use of data in third-countries or categories of persons which are entitled to transfer such data to third countries or who can access the data in the third country. In exceptional cases they could also include restrictions on transfer of the data to third countries to protect the public interest.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 187 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to incentivise the re-use of these categories of data, Member States should establish a single information point to act as the primary interface for re-users that seek to re-use such data held by the public sector bodies. It should have a cross-sector remit, and should complement, if necessary, arrangements at the sectoral level. In addition, Member States should designate, establish or facilitate the establishment of competent bodies, also creating and implementing training courses, sensitising in order to share the final aim to support the activities of public sector bodies allowing re-use of certain categories of protected data. Their tasks may include granting access to data, where mandated in sectoral Union or Member States legislation. Those competent bodies should provide support to public sector bodies with state-of-the-art techniques, including secure data processing environments, which allow data analysis in a manner that preserves the privacy of the information. Such support structure could support the data holders with management of the consent, including consent to certain areas of scientific research when in keeping with recognised ethical standards for scientific research. Data processing should be performed under the responsibility of the public sector body responsible for the register containing the data, who remains a data controller in the sense of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 insofar as personal data are concerned. Member States may have in place one or several competent bodies, which could act in different sectors promoting and enhancing the synergies between them in order to create a data driven environment.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Providers of data sharing services (data intermediaries) are expected to play a key role in the data economy, as a tool to facilitate the aggregation and exchange of substantial amounts of relevant data. Data intermediaries should be controlled and authorised only by public bodies within the Member States. Data intermediaries offering services that connect the different actors have the potential to contribute to the efficient pooling of data as well as to the facilitation of bilateral data sharing. Specialised data intermediaries that are independent from both data holders and data users can have a facilitating role in the emergence of new data-driven ecosystems independent from any player with a significant degree of market power. This Regulation should only cover providers of data sharing services that have as a main objective the establishment of a business, a legal and potentially also technical relation between data holders, including data subjects, on the one hand, and potential users on the other hand, and assist both parties in a transaction of data assets between the two. It should only cover services aiming at intermediating between an indefinite number of data holders and data users, excluding data sharing services that are meant to be used by a closed group of data holders and users. Providers of cloud services should be excluded, as well as service providers that obtain data from data holders, aggregate, enrich or transform the data and licence the use of the resulting data to data users, without establishing a direct relationship between data holders and data users, for example advertisement or data brokers, data consultancies, providers of data products resulting from value added to the data by the service provider. At the same time, data sharing service providers should be allowed to make adaptations to the data exchanged, to the extent that this improves the usability of the data by the data user, where the data user desires this, or improve the interoperability of digital platforms, such as to convert it into specific formats. In addition, services that focus on the intermediation of content, in particular on copyright-protected content, should not be covered by this Regulation. Data exchange platforms that are exclusively used by one data holder in order to enable the use of data they hold as well as platforms developed in the context of objects and devices connected to the Internet-of-Things that have as their main objective to ensure functionalities of the connected object or device and allow value added services, should not be covered by this Regulation. ‘Consolidated tape providers’ in the sense of Article 4 (1) point 53 of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council42 as well as ‘account information service providers’ in the sense of Article 4 point 19 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 should not be considered as data sharing service providers for the purposes of this Regulation. Entities which restrict their activities to facilitating use of data made available on the basis of data altruism and that operate on a not-for-profit basis should not be covered by Chapter III of this Regulation, as this activity serves objectives of general interest by increasing the volume of data available for such purposes. _________________ 42Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU, OJ L 173/349. 43Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in the internal market, amending Directives 2002/65/EC, 2009/110/EC and 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, and repealing Directive 2007/64/EC.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Data cooperatives seek to strengthen the position of individuals in making informed choices before consenting to data use, influencing the terms and conditions of data user organisations attached to data use or potentially solving disputes between members of a group on how data can be used when such data pertain to several data subjects within that group. In this context it is important to acknowledge that the rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 can only be exercised by each individual and cannot be conferred or delegated to a data cooperative. Data cooperatives could also provide a useful means for one-person companies, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, especially in the agrifood sector, that in terms of knowledge of data sharing, are often comparable to individuals.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 219 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) In order to ensure the compliance of the providers of data sharing servicintermediaries with the conditions set out in this Regulation, such providers should have a place of establishment in the Union. Alternatively, where a provider of data sharing services not established in the Union offers services within the Union, it should designate a representative. Designation of a representative is necessary, given that such providers of data sharing services handle personal data as well as commercially confidential data, which necessitates the close monitoring of the compliance of such service providers with the conditions laid out in this Regulation. In order to determine whether such a provider of data sharing services is offering services within the Union, it should be ascertained whether it is apparent that the provider of data sharing services is planning to offer services to persons in one or more Member States. The mere accessibility in the Union of the website or of an email address and of other contact details of the provider of data sharing services, or the use of a language generally used in the third country where the provider of data sharing services is established, should be considered insufficient to ascertain such an intention. However, factors such as the use of a language or a currency generally used in one or more Member States with the possibility of ordering services in that other language, or the mentioning of users who are in the Union, may make it apparent that the provider of data sharing services is planning to offer services within the Union. The representative should act on behalf of the provider of data sharing services and it should be possible for competent authorities to contact the representative. The representative should be designated by a written mandate of the provider of data sharing services to act on the latter's behalf with regard to the latter's obligations under this Regulation.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 224 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
(29 a) In that regard, it is of particular importance to create a data economic environment that enables equal access to data to both SMEs and big companies. This Regulation should avoid monopolistic implementations and structures that could disadvantage micro companies and SMEs.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 225 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 b (new)
(29 b) Competitively sensitive information should also take into account the possibility of issuing fake data to destabilise the market, which could be due to third parties having an interest in these unfair competition practices. For this purpose, processes to verify the authenticity of the data must be activated.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 260 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) The Board should support the Commission in coordinating national practices and policies on the topics covered by this Regulation, and in supporting cross- sector data use by adhering to the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) principles and through the utilisation of standards and specifications (such as the Core Vocabularies44 and the CEF Building Blocks45 ), without prejudice to standardisation work taking place in specific sectors or domains. Work on technical standardisation may include the identification of priorities for the development of standards and establishing and maintaining a set of technical and legal standards for transmitting data between two processing environments that allows data spaces to be organised without making recourse to an intermediary. The Board should cooperate with sectoral bodies, networks or expert groups, or other cross- sectoral organisations dealing with re-use of data. Regarding data altruism, the Board should assist the Commission in the development of the data altruism consent form, in consultation with the European Data Protection Board. Moreover, it should assist the Commission in defining policies and strategies with the aim of avoiding any cases of data manipulation and the creation of "false data", which could cause serious damage to various sectors. _________________ 44 https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/sema ntic-interoperability-community- semic/core-vocabularies 45 https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/conn ecting-europe-facility-cef
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
(41 a) With reference to 'false data', the Board could evaluate the possibility of creating a "data passport" containing certified or certifiable data, in order to exclude any attempt to falsify the data.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
(44 a) This Regulation shall be enacted in full coherence and consistency with other existing EU legislation, such as the General Data Protection Regulation, as well as ongoing proposals which contain provision on data processing, such as the Digital Service Act (DSA), the Digital Market Act (DMA) or the e-Privacy Regulation.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 287 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) This Regulation should not affect the level of protection of individual with regard to the processing of personal data under the provisions of Union and national law and does not alter any obligations and rights set out in the data protection legislation.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘data’ means any digital and non- digital representation of acts, facts or information and any compilation of such acts, facts or information, including in the form of sound, visual or audiovisual recording;
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 292 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) 'highly sensitive data' means data protected by IP, trade secret, and non- personal data whose disclosure to third country authorities may pose threats to national and public security;
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 300 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3 a) ‘consent’ of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed, clear and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which data holders, by a legal statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to them;
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 301 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
(3 b) 'data subject' means an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 313 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘data sharing’ means the provision by a data holder of data to a data user for the purpose of joint or individual use of the shared data, based on voluntary agreements, directly or through an intermediary; and operationalised through data exchange between the parties engaged.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 318 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7 a) ‘data exchange’ means and encompasses all the activities performed by the data holder, the data user and the data sharing service provider, for the purpose of exchanging data, under open data or commercial licenses, for free or against remuneration.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 321 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8 a) ‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed on data or on sets of data in electronic format, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 338 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15 a) 'data sovereignty' means a form of management of the cyber space that provides for the possession by the Member State of the networks and data transmitted through them.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 356 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
(5) The period of exclusivity of the right to re-use data shall not exceed three yearswo years, subject to approval by the competent body referred to in Article 7(1). Where a contract is concluded, the duration of the contract awarded shall be as aligned with the period of exclusivity.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 384 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
(5) The public sector bodies shall impose conditions that preserve the integrity of the functioning of the technical systems of the secure processing environment used. The public sector body shall be able to verify any results of processing of data undertaken by the re- user and reserve the right to prohibit the use of results that contain information jeopardising the rights and interests of third partieird parties' IP rights, trade secrets or commercially sensitive information. Re-users may challenge such decisions and request additional verifications.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 388 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5 a) A public sector body shall only make commercially confidential data available for re-use if it is able to do so in a manner which protects the legitimate commercial interests of third parties in the commercially confidential data.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 433 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall designate one or more competent bodies, which may be sectoral, to support the public sector bodies which grant access to the re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1) in the exercise of that task and in verifying the characteristics of portability and interoperability of data.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 453 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Commission shall create a single European data information point which guarantees access to a searchable common data register. It is necessary that the conditions fo access are fair, clear and transparent.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 509 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4 a) the data intermediary may offer additional specific services to data holders facilitating the exchange of the data, such as aggregation, curation, pseudonymisation and anonymisation; with the aim of improving the quality or conversion of data to data holders or data users, or other related services, and those tools shall be used only at the explicit request or approval of the data holder in the framework of business-to-business agreements;
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 538 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
(3) Where the competent authority finds that a provider of data sharing services does not comply with one or more of the requirements laid down in Article 10 or 11, it shall notify that provider of those findings and give it the opportunity to state its views, within a reasonable time limitmaximum of six months.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 541 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
(4) The competent authority shall have the power to require the cessation of the breach referred to in paragraph 3 either immediately or within a reasonable time limitmaximum of six months and shall take appropriate and proportionate measures aimed at ensuring compliance. In this regard, the competent authorities shall be able, where appropriate:
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 586 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
(3) An entity that is not established in the Union, but meets the requirements in Article 16, shall appoint a legal representative in one of the Member Statesestablish a company located and registered in one of the Member States in the Union with an adequate number of employees, where it intends to collect data based on data altruism. For the purpose of compliance with this Regulation, that entity shall be deemed to be under the jurisdiction of the Member State where the legal representativecompany is located.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 588 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the statutes of the entity, where appropriate;
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 614 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) about the location of any processing outside the Union. In addition, the non-profit entities will request an authorisation to data holders with approval regarding all the information pursuant in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 17. The authorisation should be issued by competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 20.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 640 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(b a) In the case that the entity wishes to make the request again, an appropriate period of at least 12 months must pass. If the entity runs into criminal problems of a certain entity, neither the company nor the persons responsible in other companies will no longer be able to apply for registration.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 642 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
(6) If an entity included in the register of recognised data altruism organisations has its main establishment or legal representative in a Member State but is active in other Member States, the competent authority of the Member State of the main establishment or where the legal representative is located and the competent authorities of those other Member States shall cooperate and assist each other as necessary and they shall also comply with the rules of the most restrictive Member States in which they operate. Such assistance and cooperation may cover information exchanges between the competent authorities concerned and requests to take the supervisory measures referred to in this Article.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 656 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – title
Requirements and procedures relating to competent authorities
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 661 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 6
(6) The competent authorities of a Member State shall provide the Commission and competent authorities from other Member States, on reasoned request, with the information necessary to carry out their tasks under this Regulation. Where a national competent authority considers the information requested to be confidential in accordance with Union and national rules on national security, commercial and professional confidentiality, the Commission and any other competent authorities concerned shall ensure such confidentiality. reporting directly to the government of the Member States.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 694 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) to advise and assist the Commission in developing consistent guidelines for increase a data literacy and that looks at the technology transfer from research, thanks to an expansion of the resources available to those involved in data literacy training, associations, cooperatives and in general to innovation brokers.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 701 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) In addition, it should assist the Commission in defining policies and strategies with the aim of avoiding any cases of data manipulation and the creation of "false data", which could cause serious damage to various sectors. With reference to 'false data', the Board could evaluate the possibility of creating a "data passport" containing certified or certifiable data, in order to exclude any attempt to falsify the data.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 721 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
(1) The public sector body, the natural or legal person to which the right to re-use data was granted under Chapter 2, the data sharing provider or the entity entered in the register of recognised data altruism organisations, as the case may be, shall take all reasonable technical, legal and organisational measures in order to prevent transfer or access to non-personal sensitive data held in the Union where such transfer or access would create a conflict with Union law or the law of the relevant Member State, unless the prohibiting such transfer or access are in line with paragraph 2 or 3.
2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2019/2199(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of the use of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights' byeing borne in mind in Member States at a national level by national courts and through inclusion in legislative procedures; regrets that there has only been a limited attempt at promoting the application of its provisions, even though it is an obligation stated in Article 51 of the Charter;
2020/02/27
Committee: PETI
Amendment 40 #

2019/2199(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further implemenrespect the principles of the Pillar of Social Rights to ensure social fundamental rights at EU and national level, such as the integration of persons with disabilities, just and fair working conditions, social benefits and social assistance to citizens in difficulties;
2020/02/27
Committee: PETI
Amendment 55 #

2019/2199(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that further, more modern, safeguards to ensure privacy and data protection are needed in light of the development of new technologies; notes that, aside from ethical implications from emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data, the fundamental rights of users need to be considered;
2020/02/27
Committee: PETI
Amendment 2 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the EU has an obligation to ensure that all workers enjoy working conditions which respect their health, safety and dignity and to check that every worker has the right to limitation of maximum working hours, to daily and weekly rest periods and to an annual period of paid leave;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 12 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor in particular sectors characterised byliable to have a high degree of job insecurity, in order to prevent the abuse of workersworking conditions that are incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as can often occur, for instance, in areas such as temporary work in the agricultural sector, where seasonal workers face abusive employment conditions that in some cases violate not only labour rights, but also workers’ fundamental rights;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 22 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers by offering Member States appropriate tools that can be swiftly implemented;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 23 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and within each of them; underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, and urges the Commission to protect these workers;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 24 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with concern that, according to the European Social Policy Network, some 9.4 % of workers in the EU are at risk of poverty, representing some 20.5 million people; highlights the important differences between the Member States, and underlines the need to establish policies and law at EU level to reverse this situation, in order to prevent further social polarisation in the EU; warns that this situation will be aggravated as a result of the economic crisis caused by the COVID- 19 crisispandemic, and urges the Commission to protect these workers;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 30 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that women continue to earn 16 % less than men in the EU and have the highest rates of job insecurity; calls on the Member States to put legislation and strategies in place to ensurpromote equality, and urges the Commission to pay particular attention to compliance with EU labour law;
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 38 #

2019/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the existing acquis and to consider reviewing the relevant EU labour laws in order to improve the quality and working conditions of workers throughout the Union.
2020/06/16
Committee: PETI
Amendment 4 #

2019/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas, in its report of 21 November 2018 following the fact-finding visit, the Committee on Petitions established that the return of Varosha to its lawful inhabitants is a matter of enforcement of the resolutions tabled by the existing UN Security Council, thone onlyf the supranational organisation that can exert real pressure on Turkey;
2020/06/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 8 #

2019/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital F
F. whereas in its Resolution 2506 (2020) of 30 January 2020, the UN Security Council calls on the Turkish Cypriot side and Turkish forces to restore in Strovilia the military status quo that existed there prior to 30 June 2000, recalls the status of Varosha as set out in relevant resolutions, and reaffirms that UNFICYP’s freedom of movement shouldmust be respected;
2020/06/08
Committee: PETI
Amendment 18 #

2019/2176(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Commission, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the EU Council and all EU Member States to table a new resolution in the UN Security Council calling for political and economic sanctions against Turkey, stopping the pre- accession assistance and aborting all accession negotiations for its acts of aggression in the eastern Mediterranean and for its non-compliance with Resolutions 550 (1984) and 789 (1992) of the UN Security Council.
2020/06/08
Committee: PETI