Activities of Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the freedom of scientific research is one of the constituent parts of academic freedom and is under pressure in the Union and is gradually eroding 2 ; _________________ 2 STOA study: State of play of academic freedom in the EU member states: Overview of de facto trends and developments

2023/09/27
Committee: ITRE

2023/2184(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas in one EU Member State, Hungary, structural de facto violations of academic freedom are taking place;

2023/09/27
Committee: ITRE

2023/2184(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas restrictions to academic freedom result in negative impacts for the EU economy, stifling innovation, slowing scientific progress, and reducing Europe's global competitiveness;

2023/09/27
Committee: ITRE

2023/2184(INL)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas erosion of the academic freedom contributes to brain drain of top researchers, self-censorship among academics, less critical analysis on social and political issues, less interdisciplinary collaboration, less public discourse and debate;

2023/09/27
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) It is necessary to ensure that national public bodies in charge of administrative data sources relevant for development, production and dissemination of European statistics allow national statistical authorities to access, reuse and integrate this data free of charge in time and with sufficient frequency for the purposes of developing, producing and ~~transmitting statistics to the Commission (Eurostat)~~disseminating European statistics within the deadlines and in accordance with quality requirements defined in Union statistical legislation.

2023/10/18
Committee: ECON

2023/0237(COD)

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

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009
Article 3 – point 5 b

5b. ‘data access’ means processing by a national statistical institute or the Commission (Eurostat) of data that has been provided by a ~~private~~ data holder, in accordance with specific technical, legal or organisational requirements, without necessarily requiring the transmission or downloading of such data;

2023/10/18
Committee: ECON

2023/0237(COD)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Ivars IJABS

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

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009
Article 3 – point 7 a (new)

(ba) the following point is inserted: "7a. ‘privately held data’ means data held by private entities, the main aim of which is not the provision of statistics; "

2023/10/18
Committee: ECON

2023/0237(COD)

Martin HLAVÁČEK, Ivars IJABS

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

Regulation (EC) No 223/2009
Article 3 – point 8

8. ‘use for statistical purposes’ means the exclusive use for the development ~~and~~, production and dissemination of statistical results and analyses, including for related research and scientific activities or the establishment of sampling frames;;

2023/10/18
Committee: ECON

Bart GROOTHUIS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Ivars IJABS, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title

Cooperation and information sharing with ~~Union entities~~the CSIRT network

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0077(COD)

Morten PETERSEN, Claudia GAMON, Andreas GLÜCK, Ivars IJABS

~~(73) ‘peak shaving’ means the ability of market participants to reduce electricity consumption at peak hours determined by the transmission system operator;~~deleted

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

2023/0077(COD)

Morten PETERSEN, Claudia GAMON, Andreas GLÜCK, Ivars IJABS

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

Regulation (EU) 2019/943
Article 2 – point 74

~~(74) ‘peak shaving product’ means a market-based product through which market participants can provide peak shaving to the transmission system operators;~~deleted

Morten PETERSEN, Claudia GAMON, Andreas GLÜCK, Ivars IJABS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Regulation (EU) 2019/943

2. Transmission system operators seeking to procure a peak shaving product shall submit a proposal setting out the dimensioning and conditions for the procurement of the peak shaving product to the regulatory authority of the Member State concerned. The proposal of the transmission system operator shall comply with the following requirements: (a) the dimensioning of the peak shaving product shall be based on an analysis of the need for an additional service to ensure security of supply. The analysis shall take into account a reliability standard or objective and transparent grid stability criteria approved by the regulatory authority. The dimensioning shall take into account the forecast of demand, the forecast of electricity generated from renewable energy sources and the forecast of other sources of flexibility in the system. The dimensioning of the peak shaving product shall be limited to ensure that the expected benefits of the product do not exceed the forecasted costs; (b) the procurement of a peak shaving product shall be based on objective, transparent, non-discriminatory criteria and be limited to demand response; (c) the procurement of the peak shaving product shall take place using a competitive bidding process, with selection based on the lowest cost of meeting pre- defined technical and environmental criteria; (d) contracts for a peak shaving product shall not be concluded more than two days before its activation and the contracting period shall be no longer than one day; (e) the activation of the peak shaving product shall not reduce cross-zonal capacity; (f) the activation of the peak shaving product shall take place after the closure of the day-ahead market and before the start of the balancing market; (g) the peak shaving product shall not imply starting generation located behind the metering point.deleted

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

2023/0077(COD)

Morten PETERSEN, Claudia GAMON, Andreas GLÜCK, Ivars IJABS

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

Regulation (EU) 2019/943
Article 7a, paragraph 3

3. The actual reduction of consumption resulting from the activation of a peak shaving product shall be measured against a baseline, reflecting the expected electricity consumption without the activation of the peak shaving product. Transmission system operators shall develop a baseline methodology in consultation with market participants and submit it to the regulatory authority.deleted

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

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

(a) any element of a network that is intended to host other elements of a network without becoming an active element of the network itself, such as pipes, masts, ducts, inspection chambers, manholes, cabinets, antenna installations, towers and poles, as well as buildings or entries to buildings, and any other asset including rooftop or part of a façade, street furniture, such as light poles, street signs, traffic lights, billboards, bus and tramway stops and metro stations;

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

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

(b) where they are not part of a network and are owned or controlled by public sector bodies: buildings or entries to buildings, and any other asset including rooftop or part of a façade, street furniture, such as light poles, street signs, traffic lights, billboards, bus and tramway stops and metro stations.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. Upon written request of an operator, public sector bodies owning or controlling physical infrastructure or network operators shall meet all reasonable requests for access to that physical infrastructure under fair and reasonable terms and conditions, including price, with a view to deploying elements of very high capacity networks or associated facilities, including antennas, mobile base stations and transmission network elements. . Public sector bodies owning or controlling physical infrastructure shall meet all reasonable requests for access also under non-discriminatory terms and conditions. Such written requests shall specify the elements of the physical infrastructure for which the access is requested, including a specific time frame. and parameters of the electricity connection.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. All buildings at the end user’s location, including elements under joint ownership, newly constructed or undergoing major renovation works, for which applications for building permits have been submitted after [ENTRY INTO FORCE + 12 MONTHS], shall be equipped with a fibre-ready in-building physical infrastructure up to the network termination points as well as with in- building fibre wiring and provided with a functional 5G mobile broadband internet coverage.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. By [ENTRY INTO FORCE + 12 MONTHS], all buildings at the end-users’ location, including elements thereof under joint ownership, undergoing major renovations as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Directive 2010/31/EU shall be equipped with a fibre-ready in-building physical infrastructure, up to the network termination points, as well as with in- building fibre wiring. All multi-dwelling buildings undergoing major renovations as defined in point 10 of Article 2 of Directive 2010/31/EU shall also be equipped with an access point and provided with a functional 5G mobile broadband internet coverage.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point f a (new)

(fa) the essential parts of buildings or premises where functional 5G coverage must be provided, as well as the technical parameters and signal levels at which 5G coverage is considered functional.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

Ivars IJABS, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5

5. Buildings equipped in accordance with this Article shall be eligible to receive a ‘fibre-ready’ and ‘VHCN-ready’ label.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2022/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. (new) Underscores that the EIC Board’s strategic advice needs to be more thoroughly implemented in the work of the EIC, including its recommendations to increase diversity and the inclusion of participants from widening countries to realise the potential of innovators across Europe and to foster practical collaborations with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT);

2022/09/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/2063(INI)

Mauri PEKKARINEN, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recommends that a thorough assessment is made of possibilities to improve EIC's implementation, considering also an independent Union body established under Article 187 TFEU as the main entity responsible for the implementation of the EIC is the best institutional setting to deliver the implementation of the Accelerator along the lines set out above; underlines the need to ensure that in any case, applicants are treated equally, and the implementation ensures transparency, accountability and prevention of conflicts of interest; recommends that this body should be set up at the latest by 2025;

2022/09/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas harmonised standards may be used to confer a presumption that products to be made available on the market are in conformity with the essential requirements that are laid down in the relevant Union harmonisation legislation for those products when they comply with the harmonised standards;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the launch of the High- Level Forum for Standardisation and the desire to broaden the range of voices heard when identifying standardisation needs, planning future activities and coordinating approaches in standardisation bodies; underlines that this expert group should include a diverse range of stakeholders, including SME associations, without losing sight of the bottom-up, market- driven nature of standardisation activities;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the creation of an EU excellence hub on standards and the appointment of a chief standardisation officer (CSO) in the Commission; believes that this position and the hub, as a resource, should lead to greater consistency across the Commission in terms of standardisation requests and the ~~preparation and~~timely adoption of standards and legislative provisions with relevance to standardisation as well as the consistent application of the New Legislative Framework; considers that the person holding this oversight function should be an important interlocutor for Parliament, enabling the technical scrutiny of the Commission’s standardisation activities;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Believes that the Commission should, in consultation with the European Standardisation Organisations, establish a clear set of key performance indicators on the aspects of standardisation within its remit;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that there may be inherent limits to speeding up the standardisation process, as the preparation of standards, citation of harmonised standards and industry implementation of those standards all add time before market adoption; recognises that it may be easier to accelerate administrative tasks, such as citation in the Official Journal, but that the unduly rushed preparation or deployment of standards creates challenges for all stakeholders, including national authorities; encourages the Commission, in conjunction with improvements to its own internal processes, to continue working with the ESOs on ways of achieving timely delivery, including ~~consideration of the most suitable standardisation deliverable depending on the need~~early exchange of information on the content and feasibility of planned standardization requests and the consideration of the most suitable standardisation deliverable depending on the need; welcomes the action plan of the Task Force “Timely European Standards for a Green and Digital, Single and Global Market” between the Commission, EFTA and the ESOs;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that an evaluation of Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 may identify areas where further efforts with the option of a reform, isf deemed necessary, are needed beyond the targeted amendment already introduced by the Commission; considers that the role, participation and input of relevant stakeholders, including those representing, inter alia, SMEs and environmental, social and consumer interests, should be evaluated and strengthened where such reforms may be beneficial and complementary to work envisaged by the ESOs following the Commission’s call for them to present proposals to reform their own internal governance;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Highlights the role of SME participation in the standardisation process and believes it should be increased and improved, especially in international standardisation; calls for sufficient financial support to be provided to facilitate the participation of SMEs and SME associations and to make use of existing tools and guidance that take into account the needs and interests of SMEs;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Recognises the need for a consistent approach towards ~~technical or~~ common specifications, in particular as different legislative processes mare currently giveing rise to divergent provisions; ~~considers, therefore, that this mechanism should only be used in exceptional circumstances and only while relevant standards do not exist~~highlights the importance of linkage between common specifications and existing European and international standards in order to ease compliance, especially for small and medium sized companies; considers, therefore, that this mechanism should only be used in exceptional cases where the Commission has requested one or more European standardization organisations (ESOs) to draft a harmonised standard and there are undue delays in the standardisation procedure or the request hast, without reason, not been accepted, only after consultation with the ESOs and only when relevant standards do not exist and are not expected to be published within a reasonable period; expresses concern about ~~technical~~common specifications concerning, among other things, respect for fundamental rights, where recourse to implementing acts affects the co- legislators’ powers of scrutiny; stresses the need for a harmonized approach towards common specifications throughout different Union legislative acts;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that divergent regulatory outcomes may also affect the standardisation process more generally, owing to differing terminology, the lack of standard clauses for standardisation requests and difficulties in ex ante oversight; underlines that this problem is even more significant where standards are relevant for more than one regulatory act; believes that a common approach or formalised agreement between the Commission and the co-legislators could be explored in order to streamline the preparation of standards and detailed conditions for ~~technical~~common specifications;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Emphasises that prioritising standardisation matters in cooperation with third countries in bi-, multi- and pluri- lateral settings is also important to ensure that like-minded, inclusive approaches towards standardisation can prevail at international level and foster cooperation between likeminded democratic partners; encourages, in this regard, the Commission and the CSO to develop key performance indicators to monitor commitments on standardisation between the Union and third countries in consultation with the European standardisation organisations;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2058(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Ivars IJABS, Catharina RINZEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Underlines that the European Commission should promote the New Legislative Framework, the use and integration of international standards and coordination among all actors, through Free Trade Agreements and in particular with regard to the Global Gateway;

2023/02/02
Committee: IMCO

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the post-pandemic economic recovery requires the fast and efficient implementation of the temporary Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF); whereas all recovery and resilience plans should address each of the six pillars and the general and specific objectives of the RRF Regulation and respect its horizontal principles;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the RRF Regulation stipulates that the debt issued to finance the Recovery and Resilience Fund is to be repaid by 2058, in a manner that ensures the steady and predictable reduction of liabilities;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the European economy is recovering faster than expected from the devastating impact of the global pandemic; underlines the crucial importance that timely policy interventions have played and will continue to play in mitigating the impact of the pandemic on the European economy; recalls fiscal consolidation and a sound and sane economy for future investments as the underlying reason behind establishing the RRF;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recognises that the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has been especially severe for enterprises, mostly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in tourism, hospitality and culture; ~~recognises the notion of European solidarity underpinning the establishment of the RRF~~this must be taken into account by the Member States while spending the funds to truly alleviate the impact on citizens of the pandemic-induced economic crisis;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that not only the successful roll- out of the RRF will help to make EU economies and societies more sustainable, inclusive, resilient and better prepared for the green and digital transitions; but also an efficient and transparent monitoring of the national plans which ensures that funds are used to modernise member state economies;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is convinced that the coordination of national fiscal policies remains crucial in underpinning the recovery; notes that the overall fiscal stance, taking into account national budgets and the RRF, is projected to remain supportive in 2022 to sustain the recovery; stresses that the amount of fiscal stimulus should depend on the rates of unemployment and inflation, taking duly into account that national debt levels must remain sustainable at any point in time; highlights in this regard that excessive and unsustainable debt levels were the primary cause of the European debt crisis; agrees with the Commission that Member States with low or medium levels of debt should pursue or maintain a supportive fiscal stance, and that Member States with high levels of debt should use the RRF to finance additional investment to support the recovery, while pursuing a prudent fiscal policy; ~~agrees with the Commission that all Member States should preserve or broadly preserve their national financed investment~~is concerned however that continued fiscal stimulus is unfolding an increasingly inflationary environment, exacerbating the forces at play; expresses its deep concern that increasing levels of inflation have a disproportionate impact on low and fixed incomes, erode savings and disturb the crucial price signalling function that market prices perform in ensuring an efficient allocation of economic resources, potentially leading to macroeconomic instability;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Reiterates its stance that a proper and credible economic governance framework is a necessary requirement for sustainable fiscal policies, debt and deficit trajectories ensuring credible paths of debt reduction; stresses the importance of a sustainable debt level for the real economy;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER, Billy KELLEHER, Carlo CALENDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that the Commission, the President of the Council and the President of the Eurogroup should regularly appear before the competent Committee of the European Parliament to provide information and exchange views on the latest economic and political events;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that it is crucial to coordinate national reform and investment efforts and the exchange of best practices in order to increase the convergence and resilience of our economies, promote sustainable and inclusive growth through new elements, and improve institutional frameworks and interinsitutional relations;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights that the RRF presents an unprecedented and unique opportunity for all Member States to address key structural challenges and investment needs and insists that all recovery and resilience plans address all requirements of the RRF Regulation, in particular its future-oriented concept including sustainability in the six pillars; highlights the interplay between the European Semester and the RRF; calls on the Member States to make the most of this opportunity and to use it to transform their economies and make them sustainable, more competitive and more resilient to future shocks; highlights the role of the European Parliament in the implementation of the RRF, as enshrined in the RRF Regulation;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recalls that Member States, in their recovery and resilience plans, are required to effectively address all challenges identified in the relevant CSRs, including the fiscal aspects thereof; encourages the European Commission to make sure that this requirement is adhered to when scrutinising the RRPs and their implementation;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Asks the Commission to thoroughly assess the arrangements proposed by the Member States to prevent, detect and correct corruption, fraud and conflicts of interest when using the funds provided under the RRF and to give a particular attention in this context that the national plans include all necessary reforms, together with relevant milestones and targets, in particular related to the relevant CSRs, where appropriate;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. urges the Commission to monitor very carefully the risks to EU financial interests in the implementation of the RRF of any breach or potential breach of the principles of the rule of law, with a detailed and in particular attention to public procurement; expects the Commission not to proceed with any payments under the RRF if milestones linked to measures to prevent, detect and correct corruption, fraud and conflicts of interest when using the funds provided under the RFF are not met;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2006(INI)

Nicola BEER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Is concerned that the Commission identified macroeconomic vulnerabilities related to imbalances and excessive imbalances in 12 Member States; is worried that the nature and source of Member States’ imbalances remain largely the same as before the pandemic and that the pandemic could also be exacerbating imbalances and economic divergences; highlights in this regards again the importance of a general compliance with the fiscal rules to either maintain or achieve a fiscal sustainability and consolidation; calls on the Member States to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunity provided by the RRF to significantly reduce existing macroeconomic imbalances, in particular by including ambitious reform measures in the national plans of all Member States; stresses that sound execution and close monitoring is essential to make full use of this opportunity;

2022/01/20
Committee: ECON

2022/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) To set up cross-border interoperable public services, it is important to focus on the interoperability aspect as early as possible in the policymaking process following the 'digital-by-default' principle and 'interoperability-by-design' approach. Therefore, the public organisation that intends to set up a new or to modify an existing network and information system that is likely result in high impacts on the cross-border interoperability, should carry out an interoperability assessment. This assessment is necessary to understand the magnitude of impact of the planned action and to propose measures to reap up the benefits and address potential costs. The interoperability assessment should be mandatory in three cases, which are in scope for cross-border interoperability. In other situations, the public organisations may decide to carry out the interoperability assessment on a voluntary basis.

2023/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2022/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a

(a) support the implementation of ~~national~~ interoperability frameworks of the Member States and of the institutions, bodies and agencies of the Union and other relevant national and Union policies, strategies or guidelines, including 'digital- by-default' principle and 'interoperability- by-design' approach;

2023/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2022/0379(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point j a (new)

(ja) propose guidelines that foster the integration of interoperable solutions in public procurement and tenders;

2023/05/04
Committee: ITRE

2022/0358(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Member States should provide the necessary information to allow public authorities, online short-term rental platforms, hosts and citizens to understand the laws, procedures and requirements relating to the provision of short-term accommodation rental services within their territory. Those include registration procedures as well as any requirements concerning access to, and the provision of, short-term accommodation rental services. This should also allow the Commission to have access to a full overview of all such existing and new relevant national, regional and local procedures and requirements so that, whenever justified, it can take the appropriate enforcement actions to ensure compliance with EU law.

2023/06/05
Committee: IMCO

2022/0358(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11

(11) ‘activity data’ means the number of nights for which a unit is rented and the number of guests ~~that~~declared to stayed in ~~the unit per night~~a unit at the time the reservation is made;

2023/06/05
Committee: IMCO

2022/0358(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)

(ga) registration procedures are provided for free and made available online for hosts.

2023/06/05
Committee: IMCO

2022/0358(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Competent authorities may verify with the hosts concerned the information provided by online platforms with respect to hosts that have declared their listing exempt from the registration procedure as provided by Article 7(1)(b) and (d) and exercise, where relevant, towards the hosts concerned, the powers set out in paragraphs 2 to 9.

2023/06/05
Committee: IMCO

2022/0341(COD)

Ivars IJABS, Billy KELLEHER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) A number of national regulatory solutions have already been adopted or proposed to increase the uptake of instant credit transfers in euro, including by strengthening PSUs’ protection from sending funds to an unintended payee or specifying the process of compliance with obligations flowing from Union, EU Member States, United Nations and United States of America sanctions. Those national regulatory solutions pose a risk of fragmentation of the internal market, thus increasing the compliance costs due to different sets of national regulatory requirements, and making the execution of cross-border instant credit transfers more difficult.

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

2022/0341(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Security of instant credit transfers in euro is fundamental for increasing PSUs’ confidence in such services and ensuring their use. Payers intending to send a credit transfer to a given payee may, as a result of fraud or error, provide a payment account identifier which does not correspond to an account held by that payee. Under Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 , the only determinant of the correct execution of the transaction with respect to the payee is the unique identifier, and PSPs are not required to verify the name of the payee. In the case of instant credit transfers, there is not enough time for the payer to realise the occurrence of a fraud or error and to try to recover the funds before they are credited to the payee’s account. ~~PSPs~~Before the authorisation of an instant credit transfer in line with this regulation, PSPs of the payer and the payee should therefore verify whether there is any discrepancy between the unique identifier of the payee and the name of the payee provided by the payer~~, and~~. The PSP of the payer must request the verification from the PSP of the payee, the PSP of the payee must notify the PSP of the payer about the result and the PSP of the payer must notify the payer placing a payment order for an instant credit transfer in euro about any ~~such~~ discrepancies detected for an instant credit transfer in accordance with this regulation. To avoid undue frictions or delays in the processing of the transaction instantly, the payer’s PSP should provide such notification with~~in no more than a few seconds~~out delay from the moment the payer provided the payee information. To allow the payer to decide whether to proceed with the intended transaction, the payer’s PSP should provide such notification before the payer authorises the transaction. __________________ 37 Directive (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 (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 35).

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

2022/0341(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) Instant credit transfers used for the purchasing of goods and services in shops or online should be excluded from the scope of this requirement. Or. en (Art 5c)

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

2022/0341(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) It is of critical importance that PSPs effectively comply with their obligations stemming from Union, EU Member States, United Nations and United States of America sanctions against persons, bodies or entities that are subject to an asset freeze or a prohibition to make funds or economic resources available to it, or for its benefit, either directly or indirectly, pursuant to restrictive measures adopted in accordance with Article 215 TFEU (listed persons or entities). Union law, however, does not lay down rules on the procedure or tools to be used by PSPs to ensure their compliance with those obligations. PSPs thus apply various methods, based on their individual choice or on the guidance provided by the national authorities concerned. The practice of complying with obligations stemming from Union EU Member States, United Nations and United States of America sanctions by screening the payer and the payee involved in each credit transfer transaction, either national or cross-border, leads to a very high number of credit transfers being flagged as potentially involving listed persons or entities. However, the large majority of such flagged transactions turn out, after verification, not to involve any such persons or entities. Due to the nature of instant credit transfers, it is impossible for PSPs to verify, within short time limits, such flagged transactions instantly and, as a result, they are rejected. That situation creates operational challenges for PSPs to offer instant credit transfers to their PSUs across the Union in a reliable and predictable way. To provide for greater legal certainty, increase the efficiency of PSPs’ efforts to comply with their obligations stemming from Union, EU Member States, United Nations and United States of America sanctions in the context of instant credit transfers in euro, and to prevent unnecessary hindering of such transactions, PSPs should thus verify, at least daily, whether their PSUs are listed persons or entities, and should no longer apply transaction-based screening.

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

2022/0341(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) To prevent the initiation of instant credit transfers from payment accounts belonging to listed persons or entities and to immediately freeze funds sent to such accounts, PSPs should carry out verifications of their PSUs as soon as possible following the entry into force of a new restrictive measure adopted in accordance with Article 215 TFEU providing for asset freeze or prohibition of making funds or economic resources available, thus ensuring that PSPs comply with their obligations stemming from Union, EU Member States, United Nations and United States of America sanctions in an effective manner.

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

2022/0341(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Failure of one PSP to carry out timely verifications of its PSUs could result in a failure of the other PSP involved in carrying out the same instant credit transfer transaction to freeze funds of a listed person or entity or not to make funds or economic resources available to such person or entity. PSPs that incur penalties for non-compliance with their obligations stemming from Union, EU Member States, United Nations and United States of America sanctions due to the failure of another PSP to carry out timely verifications of its PSUs should be compensated for those penalties by that PSP.

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

2022/0341(COD)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The infringements of this Regulation should be subject to penalties, imposed by the competent authorities of the Member States. Such penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. To facilitate the mutual trust of PSPs and the relevant competent authorities in the uniform and thorough implementation of a harmonised approach to compliance with PSP obligations stemming from Union, EU Member States, United Nations and United States of America sanctions, it is in particular appropriate to harmonise across the Union the minimum levels for penalties for the infringement by PSPs of their obligations to verify whether their PSUs are listed persons or entities.

2023/04/21
Committee: ECON

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) Semiconductors are at the core of any digital device: from smartphones and cars, through critical applications and infrastructures in health, energy, communications and automation to most other industry sectors. While semiconductors are essential to the functioning of our modern economy and society, the Union has witnessed unprecedented disruptions in their supply. The current supply shortage is a ~~symptom of permanent and serious structural deficiencies in the Union’s semiconductor value and supply chain~~result of panic purchasing, coupled with last- minute order changes or cancellations, supplier shutdowns in Asia, and political instability in parts of the world. The disruptions have exposed long-lasting vulnerabilities in this respect, notably a strong third-country dependency in manufacturing and design of chips.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) It is necessary to take measures to build capacity and strengthen the Union’s semiconductor sector in line with Article 173(3) of the Treaty. These measures do not entail the harmonisation of national laws and regulations. In this regard, the Union should reinforce the competitiveness and resilience of the semiconductor technological and industrial base, whilst strengthening the innovation capacity of its semiconductor sector, reducing dependence on a limited number of third country companies and geographies, and strengthening its capacity to design and produce ~~advanced component~~next generation semiconductor technologies. The Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’) should support these aims by bridging the gap between Europe’s advanced research and innovation capabilities and their sustainable industrial exploitation. It should promote capacity building to enable design, production, equipment, packaging, testing and systems integration in next generation semiconductor technologies, enhance collaboration among key players across the Union, strengthening Europe's semiconductor supply and value chains, serving key industrial sectors and creating new markets.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The achievement of these objectives will be supported by a governance mechanism. At Union level, this Regulation establishes a European Semiconductor Board, composed of representatives of the Member States, industry and research organisations representing the semiconductor value chain, and chaired by the Commission. The European Semiconductor Board will provide advice to and assist the Commission on specific questions, including the consistent application of this Regulation, facilitating cooperation among Member States and exchanging information on issues relating to this Regulation. The European Semiconductor Board should hold separate meetings for its tasks under the different chapters of this Regulation. The different meetings may include different compositions of the high- level representatives and the Commission may establish subgroups.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)

(7 a) The Commission, on behalf of the Union, should pursue cooperation with strategic partners such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and other like-minded partners, with a view to strengthening the semiconductor supply chain and addressing future supply chain disruptions through a 'Chips Diplomacy Initiative'. To this end, Commission should promote international cooperation with strategic partners through future investment and trade agreements, the EU-US and EU-India Trade and Technology Councils, as well as relevant international fora, where the strengthening of the semiconductor supply chain and addressing future supply chain disruptions should be a key priority. In addition, where necessary, the Commission should enter into a dialogue, consultations or cooperation framework with relevant third countries with a view to seeking solutions to address supply chain disruptions or third country decisions that could cause such disruptions, such as those related to extraterritorial export restrictions, in line with international obligations. This could involve coordination in relevant international fora or other diplomatic measures, while ensuring robust engagement with the stakeholder community.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries should provide semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, or manufacturing capabilities in material and/or equipment exclusively used in semiconductor manufacturing that are “first-of-a-kind” in the Union and contribute to the security of supply and to a resilientce of the semiconductor ecosystem in the internal market. The qualifying factor for the production of a first-of-a- kind facility ~~could be with regard to the~~is to bring an innovative element to the internal market regarding the manufacturing processes or the final product. Relevant innovation elements could be the use of a new technology node, or substrate material, such as silicon carbide, indium, phosphide and gallium nitride, ~~and other product innovation that can offer better performance, process technology or energy and environmental performance. A facility of a comparable capability on an industrial scale~~or approaches that lead to performance improvements in computing power, energy efficiency, level of security, safety or reliability, as well as integration of new functionalities, such as AI, memory capacity or other.Integration of different processes leading to efficiency gains or packaging and assembly automation are also examples of innovation. With regard to environmental gains, innovation elements include the reduction in a quantifiable way of the amount of energy, water, chemicals or gasses used, or increasing recyclability of materials. Such innovation should not yet substantively be present or committed to be built within the Union, so that similar innovation provided by excluding facilities for research and development or small- scale production sites. would not crowd outqualifying as “first-of-a-kind”.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Where an Open EU Foundry offers production capacity to undertakings not related to the operator of the facility, the Open EU Foundry should establish, implement and maintain adequate and effective functional separation in order to prevent the exchange of confidential information between internal and external production. This should apply to any information gained in the design and in the front-end or back-end manufacturing processes including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) In order to qualify as Integrated Production Facilities or Open EU Foundries, the establishment and operation of the facility should have a clear positive impact on the semiconductor value chain in the Union, in particular with regard to providing a resilient supply of semiconductors to users on the internal market. The impact on several Member States, including cohesion objectives, should be considered as one of the indicators of a clear positive impact of an Integrated Production Facility and Open EU Foundry on the semiconductor value chain in the Union. The operator of the Open EU Foundry should retain the right to decide at its own discretion the specific share of capacity dedicated to serve unrelated undertakings. Such business decisions should remain open to changes by the operator, subject to evolving market dynamics.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) To allow for a uniform and transparent procedure to attain recognition as an Integrated Production Facility and Open EU Foundry, the recognition decision should be adopted by the Commission following the application by an individual undertaking or a consortium of several undertakings. The recognition is open for both the installation of a new semiconductor manufacturing facility and the significant scale up of an existing semiconductor manufacturing facility. To account for the importance of a coordinated and cooperated implementation of the planned facility, the Commission should take into account in its assessment the readiness of the Member State or Member States where the applicant intends to establish its facilities to support the set-up. Furthermore, when assessing the viability of the business plan, the Commission cshould take into account the overall record of the applicant. In light of the privileges attached to recognition as an Integrated Production Facility or Open EU Foundry, the Commission should monitor whether facilities that have been granted this status continue to comply with the criteria set out in this Regulation.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) In light of the ~~structural deficiencies~~complexity of the semiconductor supply chain and the ~~resulting~~ risks of future shortages, this Regulation provides instruments for a coordinated approach to monitoring and effectively tackling possible market disruptions.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Due to the complex, quickly evolving and interlinked semiconductor value chains with various actors, a coordinated approach to regular monitoring is necessary to increase the understanding of the value chain as well as the ability to mitigate risks that may negatively affect the supply of semiconductors. Member States and the Commission should monitor the semiconductor value chain focusing on early warning indicators and the availability and integrity of the services and goods provided by key market actors, in such a way that it would not represent an excessive administrative burden for undertakings.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) ~~Any relevant findings, including information provided by relevant stakeholders and industry associations~~Findings that are relevant for the purpose of mitigating risks and/or signalling disruptions in the supply chain, should be provided to the European Semiconductor Board to allow for a regular exchange of information between high- level representatives of Member States and for integration of the information into a monitoring overview of the semiconductor value chains.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) It is important to take into account the specific insights into the supply situation of users of semiconductors. Therefore, Member States should identify and regularly exchange with the main user categories on their national markets. Furthermore, Member States shcould offer the possibility for relevant stakeholder organisations, including industry associations and representatives of the main user categories, to provide information regarding significant changes in demand and supply, and known disruptions of their supply chain, this could include the unavailability of critical semiconductors or raw materials, longer than average lead-time, delays in delivery and exceptional price surges.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) As part of the monitoring, ~~national competent authorities~~the Semiconductor Board should also do a long-term mapping of ~~undertakings operating in the Union along the semiconductor supply chain established in their national territory and notify this information to the Commission~~the dynamics in, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the semiconductor value chain, including a holistic understanding of the market, the barriers to entry and technology characteristics. Once complete, the mapping could be updated and revised every six months if necessary.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) In order to facilitate effective monitoring, in-depth assessment of the risks associated with different stages of the semiconductor value chain is needed, including on the origins and sources of supplies beyond the Union. Such risks may be related to critical inputs and equipment for the industry, including digital products that may be vulnerable, possible impact of counterfeit semiconductors, manufacturing capacities and other risks that may disrupt, compromise or negatively affect the supply chain, including availability in the Union of parasitic copies, slavish imitations or otherwise infringing semiconductors produced by exploiting unauthorized access of trade secrets or copyrighted works embedded in original semiconductors, after circumventing any applied technological protective measures. Those risks could also include supply chains with a single point of failure or which are otherwise highly concentrated. Other relevant factors could include the availability of substitutes or alternative sources for critical inputs and resilient and sustainable transport. The Commission should, assisted by the European Semiconductor Board and taking also into account information received from the main user categories, develop a Union level risk assessment. Moreover, appropriate measures, procedures and remedies must be provided to ensure the availability of civil redress against the unauthorized acquisition or use of trade secrets or copyrighted works embedded in semiconductors.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)

(37 a) In order to increase the Union’s global role in the semiconductor ecosystem and its value chain, due consideration must be paid to the demand for the underlying critical raw materials and gasses. Member States and the Commission should ensure that the Union does not create a new dependency, but rather a sustainable supply chain for critical raw materials and gasses that is prioritized and in line with the Statement on Critical Raw Materials Act.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43

(43) In order to ensure an agile and effective response to such a semiconductor crisis, the Commission should be empowered to activate the crisis stage by means of an implementing acts and for a predetermined duration period, taking into account the opinion of the European Semiconductor Board. The Commission should assess the need for prolongation and prolong the duration of the crisis stage for a predetermined period, should such a necessity be ascertained, taking into account the opinion of the European Semiconductor Board. It should also assess the need to terminate early the crisis stage, should such a necessity be ascertained, and taking into account the opinion of the European Semiconductor Board.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44

(44) Close cooperation between the Commission ~~and the~~, Member States and industry stakeholders and coordination of any national measures taken with regard to the semiconductor supply chain is indispensable during the crisis stage with a view to addressing disruptions with the necessary coherence, resiliency and effectiveness. To this end, the European Semiconductor Board should hold extraordinary meetings as necessary. Any measures taken should be strictly limited to the duration period of the crisis stage.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45

(45) Appropriate, effective and proportionate measures should be identified and implemented when the crisis stage is activated without prejudice to possible continued international engagement with relevant partners with the view to mitigating the evolving crisis situation. Where appropriate, the Commission should request information from undertakings along the semiconductor supply chain. Furthermore, the Commission should be able to, where necessary and proportionate, oblige Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries to accept and prioritise an order of the production of crisis-relevant products, and to act as a central purchasing body when mandated by Member States. The Commission cshould limit the measures to ~~certain critical sector~~the critical sectors listed in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities and the defence sector. This priority order mechanism should be considered a last resort measure. The beneficiary of such a priority order has a due-diligence obligation and should be able to show that it has exhausted all other preventative mitigation measures, such as finding alternative suppliers or creating stockpiles. In addition, the European Semiconductor Board may advise on the necessity of introducing an export control regime pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/479 of the European Parliament and of the Council60 . The European Semiconductor Board may also assess and advise on further appropriate and effective measures. The use of all these emergency measures should be proportionate and restricted to what is necessary to address the significant disturbances at stake insofar as this is in the best interest of the Union. The Commission should regularly inform the European Parliament and the Council of the measures taken and the underlying reasons. The Commission may, after consulting with the Board, issue further guidance on the implementation and use of the emergency measures. _________________ 60 Regulation (EU) 2015/479 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for exports (OJ L 83, 27.3.2015, p. 34).

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46

(46) A number of sectors are critical for the proper functioning of the internal market. Those critical sectors are the sectors listed in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities61 . For the purposes of this Regulation, defence and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security should be additionally considered as a critical sector. Certain measures should only be enacted fur the purpose of securing supply to critical sectors in a crisis stage. The Commission ~~may~~should limit the emergency measures to certain of these sectors or to certain parts of them when the semiconductor crisis has disturbed or is threatening to disturb their operation. _________________ 61 COM(2020) 829. 16.12.2020.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59

(59) In order to ensure trustful and constructive cooperation of competent authorities at Union and national level, all parties involved in the application of this Regulation should respect the confidentiality of information and data, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights, obtained in carrying out their tasks. The Commission and the national competent authorities, their officials, servants and other persons working under the supervision of these authorities as well as officials and civil servants of other authorities of the Member States should not disclose information acquired or exchanged by them pursuant to this Regulation and of the kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy. This should also apply to the European Semiconductor Board and the Semiconductor Committee established in this Regulation. Where appropriate, the Commission should be able to adopt implementing acts to specify the practical arrangements for the treatment of confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights, in the context of information gathering.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59 a (new)

(59 a) Innovative businesses are increasingly exposed to unlawful or anticompetitive practices aimed at misappropriating intellectual property and trade secrets, such as theft, unauthorised copying, industrial espionage or the breach of confidentiality requirements from outside the Union, particularly in high-technology fields like the semiconductor sector. Intellectual property theft or the unlawful use of trade secrets in the semiconductor sector could compromise the objectives of the Chips Act by inhibiting the ability of private holders of intellectual property to obtain legitimate first-mover returns from their innovation-related efforts and thus diminish incentives for private investment. In the absence of the effective enforcement of the existing rules for the protection of intellectual property in third countries, incentives to engage in innovation-related activity beyond the borders of the internal market could therefore be undermined. This Regulation should therefore ensure the effective enforcement of intellectual property law in the semiconductor sector, in full respect of Directives (EU) 2016/9431a and 2004/48/EC1b of the European Parliament and of the Council. Further more, it introduces stricter terms for beneficiaries for engaging in significant transactions in third countries with an intellectual property theft programme directed at the Union of a Member State.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62

(62) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards the selection of ECICs and as regards the procedure for establishing and defining the tasks of competence centres and the procedure for establishing the network, so that the objectives of the Initiative are achieved. Furthermore, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards activating the crisis stage in a semiconductor crisis, to allow a rapid and coordinated response, and for specifying the practical arrangements for the treatment of confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property right. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council64 of the European Parliament and of the Council. _________________ 64 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).

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4

(4) ‘semiconductor supply chain’ means the system of activities, organisations, actors, technology, information, resources and services involved in the production of semiconductors, including raw materials and gases, manufacturing equipment, design, fabrication, assembly, testing an, packaging and advanced packaging;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10

(10) ‘first-of-a-kind facility’ means an industrial facility capable of semiconductor manufacturing, including front-end or back-end, or both, or capable of manufacturing materials or equipment exclusively used in semiconductor manufacturing, that is not substantively already present or committed to be built within the Union, for instance with regard to the technology node, substrate material, such as silicon carbide, indium phosphide and gallium nitride, and other product innovation that can offer better performance, process innovation or energy and environmental performance;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15

(15) ‘key market actors’ means undertakings in the Union semiconductor ~~sector~~value chain, the reliable functioning of which is essential for the semiconductor supply chain;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK

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

(16) ‘critical sector’ means any sector referred to in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities, and the defence sector ~~and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security;~~.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

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

(16 a) ‘crisis’ means a serious and unforeseen event which has a severe impact on the Union and substantially endangers or restricts the security, safety and the public health and alters the normal functioning of society and of the economy, and requires exceptional last- resort measures in order to supply the population with critical necessities;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17

(17) ‘crisis-relevant product’ means semiconductors, intermediate products ~~and~~, critical raw materials and gases required to produce semiconductors or intermediate products, that are materially affected by the semiconductor crisis or of strategic importance to remedy the semiconductor crisis or economic effects thereof;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. The general objective of the Initiative is to support large-scale technological capacity building and innovation throughout the Union’s semiconductor value chain and to enable development and deployment of cutting- edge and next generation semiconductor and quantum technologies that will reinforce the Union advanced design, systems integration and chips production and packaging capabilities~~, as we~~. It shall aslso contribute to the achievement of the twin digital and green transition, improving the sustainability, reducing the environmental impact of next generation chips and strengthening the circular economy processes, and address security needs by enabling secure and resilient designs that defend against cybersecurity threats.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2

(2) upgrading the design capacity with ongoing innovative developments, such as reprogrammable chips based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), new 3D and heterogenous system architectures, processor architectures based on ~~the~~ open- source ~~Reduced~~ Instruction Set ~~Computer~~ Architectures (e.g. RISC-V) and architectures that are built by “security by design” and including a commercialisation roadmap to ensure that any elements subject to intellectual property rights are ready to meet production quality standards;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 1

(1) strengthening technological capabilities in next generation chips production technologies, by integrating research and innovation activities and preparing the development of future technology nodes, including leading-edge nodes below two nanometres, Fully Depleted Silicon on Insulator (FD-SOI) at 10 nanometres and below, and 3D heterogeneous systems integration and advanced packaging and assembly;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 2

(2) supporting large scale innovation through access to new or existing pilot lines for experimentation, test, and validation of new design concepts integrating key functionalities, such as novel materials and architectures for power electronics fostering sustainable energy and electro mobility, lower energy consumption, security, higher levels of computing performance or integrating breakthrough technologies such as neuromorphic and embedded artificial intelligence (AI) chips, integrated photonics, graphene and other 2D material based technologies and integration of electronics, photonics and microfluidics in heterogenous systems;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point e – point 3

(3) accelerating investment in the field of semiconductor manufacturing technologies and chip design and to leveraging funding from both the public and the private sectors, while increasing the security of supply and intellectual property protection for the whole semiconductor value chain.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall designate candidate competence centres in accordance with its national procedures, administrative and institutional structures through an open and competitive process. The Commission shall, by means of ~~implementing~~delegated acts, set the procedure for establishing competence centres, including selection criteria, and further tasks and functions of the centres with respect to the implementation of the actions under the Initiative, the procedure for establishing the network as well to adopt decisions on the selection of entities forming the network. Those ~~implementing~~delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 33(2).

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4

4. The network shall have substantial overall autonomy to lay down its organisation, composition and working methods. However, the organisation, composition and working methods of the network shall represent the Union’s semiconductor valuechain, and be in accordance with and contribute to the aims and objectives of this Regulation and the Initiative.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. Integrated Production Facilities are first-of-a-kind semiconductor design, or capable of manufacturing materials or equipment exclusively used in semiconductor manufacturing and manufacturing facilities, including front- end or back-end, or both, in the Union that contribute to the security of supply for the internal market.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

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

(b) its establishment and operation have a clear positive impact on the Union’s semiconductor value chain with regard to ensuring the security of supply and increasing qualified workforce and contributing to the Union’s green transition;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

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

(b) its establishment and operation have a clear positive impact on the Union’s semiconductor value chain with regard to ensuring the security of supply ~~and~~, increasing the qualified workforce and contributing to the Union’s green transition, taking into account in particular the extent to which it offers front-end or back-end, or both, production capacity to undertakings not related to the facility, if there is sufficient demand;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. The operator of the Open EU Foundry should be able to flexibly adjust the share of capacity dedicated to serve unrelated undertakings, as opposed to that dedicated to its own semiconductor manufacturing purposes.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. In order to reach security of supply in the Union, Member States may, without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, apply support schemes and provide for administrative support to Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries in accordance with Article 14. The Commission shall commit to assess in a timely manner the intended state aid support schemes for first-of-a-kind semiconductor facilities pursuant to Article 107 (3) (c) TFEU.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

The Commission, in cooperation with Member States shall carry out regular monitoring of the semiconductor value chain. In particular, they shall:

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~Member States~~They shall provide relevant findings to the European Semiconductor Board in the form of regular updates.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States shall invite the main users of semiconductors and other relevant stakeholders to provide information regarding significant fluctuations in demand and known disruptions of their supply chain. To facilitate the exchange of information, Member States shall provide for a mechanism and administrative set-up for these updates.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission, in cooperation with National competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 26(1) may request information from representative organisations of undertakings or individual undertakings operating along the semiconductor supply chain where necessary and proportionate for the purpose of paragraph 1. ~~National competent authorities in such case will pay particular attention to SMEs~~They will provide for standardised and secure means for the information collection and processing for the purpose of paragraph 1, with due regard to minimiszing the administrative burden ~~resulting from the request~~, in particular for SMEs, and will privilege digital solutions for obtaining such information. Any information obtained pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated in compliance with the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 27.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – point a – point 1 a (new)

(1 a) coordinating with stakeholders of the semiconductor value chain with a view of identifying, preparing and operationalising preventative measures to mitigate shortages and choke points that would prevent escalation towards a crisisstage;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – point b

(b) enter into consultations or cooperation, on behalf of the Union, with relevant third countries with a view to seeking ~~cooperative~~ solutions to address supply chain disruptions or third country decisions, such as those related to extraterritorial export restrictions, that could cause such disruptions, in compliance with international obligations. This may involve, where appropriate, coordination in relevant international fora or other diplomatic measures, while ensuring robust engagement with the stakeholder community.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall~~, after consulting~~ develop a list of early warning indicators in cooperation with the European Semiconductor Board~~, assess~~ with a view to identify risks that may disrupt, compromise or negatively affect the supply of semiconductors ~~(Union risk assessment). In the Union risk assessment, the Commission shall identify early warning indicators~~.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall review the ~~Union risk assessment including the~~ early warning indicators as necessary.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. When monitoring the semiconductor value chain pursuant to Article 15, Member States shall monitor the early warning indicators identified by the Commission and the European Semiconductor Board.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. A semiconductor crisis shall be considered to occur as defined in Article 2(1)(16a) when there are serious disruptions in the supply of semiconductors leading to significant shortages, which:

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK

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

(a) entail significant delays or significant negative effects on one or more ~~important economic~~critical sectors in the Union~~, or~~

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2

2. Where an assessment of the Commission provides concrete, serious, and reliable evidence of a semiconductor crisis, the Commission may, after consulting the European semiconductor Board, activate the crisis stage by means of implementing acts in accordance with Article 33(2). The duration of the activation shall be specified in the implementing act. The Commission shall report on a regular basis to the European Semiconductor Board. Where, in view of the scope and gravity of the semiconductor crisis, duly justified imperative grounds of urgency so require, the procedure provided for in Article 33(3) shall apply to implementing acts adopted pursuant to this Article.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall, after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, request representative organisations of undertakings or, if necessary, individual undertakings operating along the semiconductor supply chain to inform the Commission about their ~~production capabilities~~, production capacities, current primary disruptions ~~and provide other existing data~~. The requested information shall be limited to what is the minimum necessary to assess the nature of the semiconductor crisis or to identify and assess potential mitigation or emergency measures at national or Union level. The Commission shall substantiate its targeted requests for sensitive and business confidential data and shall keep them to the minimum. The Commission shall develop the request for information in cooperation with the European Semiconductor Board. The Commission shall provide for secure means for the information collection and processing that ensures confidentiality, business secrecy and cybersecurity with due regard to minimising the administrative burden on SMEs.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2

2. The request for information shall state its legal basis, be proportionate in terms of the granularity and volume of the data and frequency of access to the data requested, have regard for the legitimate aims of the undertaking ~~and~~, take into account the protection of trade secrets and business sensitive information, the cost and effort required to make the data available, and set out the time limit within which the information is to be provided. It shall also indicate the penalties provided for in Article 28.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4

4. The obligations under paragraph 1, 2 and 3 shall be enacted by the Commission via decision. The decision shall be ~~taken~~a last resort measure taken after consulting the European Semiconductor Board, in accordance with all applicable Union legal obligations, having regard to the circumstances of the case, including the principles of necessity and proportionality. The ~~decision shall in particular have regard for~~beneficiary of such a priority order has a due-diligence obligation and should be able to show that it has exhausted all other preventative mitigation measures, such as finding alternative suppliers or creating stockpiles. The decision shall only be made when all other measures have been exhausted and in particular have regard for the preventative mitigation measures taken by the critical sector requesting the priority order and the legitimate aims of the undertaking concerned and the cost and effort required for any change in production sequence. In its decision, the Commission shall state the legal basis of the priority rated order, fix the time-limit within which the order is to be performed, and, where applicable, specify the product and quantity, and state the penalties provided for in Article 28 for non- compliance with the obligation. The priority rated order shall be placed at fair and reasonable price.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

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

(c) discussing and preparing, with involvement of key market actors, the identification of specific sectors and technologies with potential high social impact and respective security significance in need of certification for trusted products;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

(d a) Creating and regularly updating the long-term mapping of the dynamics in, as well as strengths and weaknesses of the semiconductor value chain in the Union.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)

(e a) providing advice and assisting the Commission with regard to developing consistent guidelines on how to best protect, in the context of this Regulation, confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights, from unlawful access that risks intellectual property theft or industrial espionage.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3

3. The European Semiconductor Board shall support the Commission in international cooperation, including aggregated information gathering and crisis assessment, in line with international obligations.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. The European Semiconductor Board shall be composed of representatives of the Member States, three representatives of the Industrial Alliance on Processors and Semiconductor Technologies, and shall be chaired by a representative of the Commission.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission may establish standing or temporary sub-groups for the purpose of examining specific questions. Where appropriate, the Commission ~~may~~should invite organisations representing the interests of the semiconductor industry, including members of the Industrial Alliance on Processors and Semiconductor Technologies and users of semiconductors at Union level, to participate in such sub- groups ~~in the capacity of observer~~as observers that enjoy speaking rights, but no voting rights. A sub-group including Union Research and Technology Organisations shall be established for the purpose of examining specific aspects on strategic technology directions and reporting on this to the European Semiconductor Board.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission ~~may~~should involve industry and civil society stakeholders in their respective roles, meaning that the Commission is encouraged to appoint observers to take part in the meetings, as appropriate. The Commission may invite experts with specific expertise, including from relevant stakeholder organisations, such as the Industrial Alliance for Processors and Semiconductor Technologies , with respect to a subject matter on the agenda to take part in the meetings of the European Semiconductor Board on an ad hoc basis. The Commission may facilitate exchanges between the European Semiconductor Board and other Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups. The Commission shall invite a representative from the European Parliament as an observer to the European Semiconductor Board. The Commission shall ensure the participation of relevant other Union institutions and bodies as observers to the European Semiconductor Board with respect to meetings concerning Chapter IV on monitoring and crisis response. Observers and experts shall not have voting rights ~~and shall not~~but may be invited to participate in the formulation of opinions, recommendations or advice of the European Semiconductor Board and its sub-groups.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5

5. The European Semiconductor Board shall take the necessary measures to ensure the safe handling and processing of confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission and the national competent authorities, their officials, servants and other persons working under the supervision of these authorities as well as officials and civil servants of other authorities of the Member States shall not disclose information acquired or exchanged by them pursuant to this Regulation and of the kind covered by the obligation of professional secrecy. They shall respect the confidentiality of information and data obtained in carrying out their tasks and activities in such a manner as to protect ~~in particular~~any intellectual property rights and sensitive business information orand trade secrets. They shall take appropriate technical and organisational measures to preserve the confidentiality of sensitive business information and trade secrets. This obligation shall apply to all representatives of Member States, key market actors observers, experts and other participants attending meetings of the European Semiconductor Board pursuant to Article 23 and the members of the Committee pursuant to Article 33(1).

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission and Member States may exchange, where necessary, confidential information with competent authorities of third countries with which they have agreed on bilateral or multilateral confidentiality arrangements to provide an adequate level of confidentiality.deleted

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. 4. The Commission and Member States shall take all reasonable technical, legal and organisational measures to prevent international transfer or governmental access to confidential information, including trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights, where such transfer or access would be in contravention of Union law, the national law of the relevant Member State, or where it may impinge on national security or defence interests of the Union or its Member States, without prejudice to paragraph 5 or 6. 5. The Commission and Member States may, where necessary, allow transfer or give access to confidential information within the scope of this Regulation held in the Union to third countries where a bilateral or multilateral agreement on the enforcement of intellectual property rights and the protection of trade secrets and confidential information within the scope of this Regulation is in force and effectively complied with between the requesting entity in a third country and the Union, or between the requesting entity in a third country and a Member State. 6. In the absence of an international agreement as referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, transfer of or access to confidential information, trade secrets or content protected by intellectual property rights within the scope of this Regulation held in the Union shall take place only where such a transfer or access takes place within one entity, with one or more of its subsidiaries or its direct business partners and where the protection of intellectual property rights, confidential information and trade secrets is ensured by reasonable technical, legal and organisational measures and in full respect of Directives (EU) 2016/943 and 2004/48/EC. 7. The European Semiconductor Board shall advise and assist the Commission in developing guidelines on the assessment of whether the conditions laid down in paragraphs 5 and 6 are met, in particular as regards the technical, legal and organisational measures put in place in order to protect confidential information, trade secrets or intellectual property rights and ensure their effective enforcement. 8. Where the conditions laid down in paragraph 5 or 6 are met, the entity transferring information or providing access thereto shall provide the minimum amount of information needed in order to fulfil the request.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)

Article 27 a IP-theft Guardrails 1. Each undertaking receiving Union funds under this Regulation (beneficiary) shall enter into an agreement with the Commission that, for a duration of 10 years, precludes the beneficiary from engaging in any significant transactions, as defined in that agreement, involving the material expansion of semiconductor manufacturing or R&D capacity in a third country with an intellectual property theft programme directed at the Union or a Member State. This shall not apply to existing facilities, equipment or R&D of a beneficiary intended for manufacturing legacy semiconductors. 2. During the term of agreement, the beneficiary shall notify the Commission of any planned significant transactions. The Commission shall decide whether this constitutes a breach of the agreement, and shall notify the beneficiary. In case of a breach, the Commission can first propose and agree on conditions with the beneficiary for the mitigation of risks concerning intellectual property theft. In lieu of an agreement, the Commission shall request evidence that the planned significant transaction has ceased or has been abandoned. If the beneficiary fails to cease or abandon a breach, the Commission shall recover the full amount of the Union funds provided to the beneficiary, may repeal the decision granting the beneficiary facility the status of Integrated Production Facility or Open EU Foundry, and may impose fines. Any information obtained pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated in compliance with the confidentiality obligations set out in Article 27.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Christophe GRUDLER

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

(a) impose fines, where a representative organisations of undertakings or an undertaking, intentionally or through gross negligence, supplies incorrect, incomplete or misleading information in response to a request made pursuant to Article 20 and 27a, or does not supply the information within the prescribed time limit;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Christophe GRUDLER

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

(c) impose periodic penalty payments, where an undertaking, intentionally or through gross negligence, does not comply with an obligation to prioritise the production of crisis-relevant products pursuant to Article 21 or fails to cease or abandon a breach pursuant to Article 27a.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2

2. Fines imposed in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 (a) and (b) shall not exceed 300 000 EUR. If the concerned undertaking is an SME, the fines imposed shall not exceed 100 000 EUR.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Bart GROOTHUIS, Ivars IJABS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Andrus ANSIP, Alin MITUȚA, Nicola BEER, Andreas GLÜCK, Christophe GRUDLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3

3. Periodic penalty payments imposed in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 (c) shall not exceed 1.5 % of the average daily turnover in the preceding business year for each working day of non-compliance with the obligation pursuant to Article 21 calculated from the date established in the decision. If the concerned undertaking is an SME, the periodic penalty payments imposed shall not exceed 1 % of the average daily turnover of the SME concerned.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2021/2185(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas EU competition policy has an important role – especially at times of uncertainty and transformation – in ensuring effective competition to encourage innovation, set fair economic conditions ~~and~~, provide greater choice for consumers and foster the resilience of the single market;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas international exchange and cooperation is essential to achieve a global and competitive level playing field and tackle the challenges of the twin digital and green transition and the resilience of the single market in a coordinated manner;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the launch of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and the Joint Competition Council, which will seek to deepen economic and transatlantic relations based on common values; notes with appreciation that the transformation of the EU’s rules vis-à-vis digital platform companies is mirrored by comparable legislative initiatives and individual investigations in the US;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that Parliament’s negotiating mandate on the Digital Markets Act ~~will~~has been voted on in plenary and that Parliament is prepared to work towards the accelerated completion of negotiations and the entry into force of the new rules;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the regulatory and enforcement tasks are delegated within its services swiftly and in a transparent manner in order to eliminate inefficiencies and administrative burdens; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to dedicate sufficient and proper resources to implementing the Digital Markets Act; calls on the Commission to clarify the internal enforcement of the Digital Markets Act before it enters into force;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Points out the need for the Commission to allocate adequate resources to be able to effectively enforce EU competition rules; notes the need to ensure specific expertise on digital issues and online platforms practices with behavioural economists, algorithms specialists, engineers and data scientists; underlines the need to ensure a swift cooperation with national competition authorities and build on their growing expertise;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the recent judgment by the General Court of the EU3 , which confirms the Commission’s assessment as regards a dominant market position and is proof and an example of the effective application of traditional EU competition rules in the context of a digital economy; Notes however that the enforcement of the European Commission Decision in the Google Shopping case still raises some concerns and shall not serve as a precedent for the implementation of the self-preferencing interdiction in the DMA; Calls on the Commission to ensure that competition is truly restored; __________________ 3Judgment of the General Court of 10 November 2021, Google and Alphabet v Commission, T-612/17, ECLI:EU:T:2021:763.

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Notes that in several specific markets for financial data (credit rating, financial indices, consolidated feeds…), there are multiple vendors and, although none of them has a dominant market share, competition remains very low; notes also that some financial market data vendors positioned as data aggregators could act as gatekeepers and as such could control access to data and restrict usage for customers; welcomes ESMA's guidelines on market data published in August 2021 and looks forward to the results of the peer review exercise scheduled for 2023; Calls on the Commission to assess those oligopolistic and gatekeepers situations and develop measures restoring competition, supporting price transparency and avoiding unfair and unreasonable commercial practices;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Supports the review of EU competition law instruments as outlined in the Commission communication of 18 November 2021; recalls, however, that this should not exclude the development of new tools where necessary and a better use of existing tools such as interim measures and appropriate behavioural remedies in order to achieve fair competition and achievement of our EU policy objectives enshrined in EU law;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Supports the review of EU competition law instruments as outlined in the Commission communication of 18 November 2021; recalls, however, that this should not exclude the development of new tools where necessary; Calls for a swift return to the pre-pandemic rules for competition policy and state aid as economic activities stabilise after the pandemic;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the ongoing review of State aid rules, which aims to ensure consistency with both established and new regulatory principles relevant to the twin transition; Reiterates that the green transition and the fulfilment of the European Climate Law can only truly be achieved with private investments;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes the review of the Communication on State aid rules for Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to enable Member States and industry to jointly invest in breakthrough innovation; stresses the targeted changes to facilitate the participation of SMEs, align its objectives with current EU priorities such as the twin green and digital transition as well as resilience of the single market;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Underlines that IPCEIs can be powerful game-changers to achieve EU strategic priorities and respond to economic and social challenges; regrets that IPCEIs are not fully exploited and calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate and finalize IPCEI in critical sectors such as hydrogen, cloud and health;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Takes note of~~Welcomes the Commission’s ~~initiative to revise the~~new guidelines on State aid rules in the field of climate, environmental protection and energy (CEEAG) to align them with the European Green Deal ~~and supports the adoption of new guidelines in that regard~~; Reiterates that the green transition and the fulfilment of the European Climate Law can only be achieved with public and private investments; in particular to develop the breakthrough innovative solutions and upscale relevant technologies to attain the objective of climate neutrality; supports the CEEAG provisions as regards electricity levies for electro-intensive users and reminds that those levies should be granted as State aid together with requirements to implement energy audit conclusion, reduce their electricity footprint or sufficiently invest the amount of the aid into projects reducing substantially GHG emissions of the installations;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Takes note of the Commission’s initiative to revise the State aid rules in the field of climate, environmental protection and energy (CEEAG) to align them with the European Green Deal and supports the adoption of new guidelines in that regard; Asserts that State aid can complement but never substitute private investments in technologies needed for the green transition;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to accelerate its commitment to reviewing its notice on the definition of relevant market; calls on the Commission to take into account a longer-term vision encompassing the global dimension and potential future competition in its competitive assessments;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to revise mergers guidelines to take into account efficiency gains linked to mergers, including the challenge of EU industrial competitiveness; Welcomes the role of the Priorities and Strategic Coordination Unit at DG COMP in order to draw on the expertise of all the Commission’s DG during the investigation of cases by the DG Competition; believes that expertise of the Commission's industrial or sectoral strategy could be strengthened in support of the DG Competition's investigation teams to identify the feasibility and consequences of remedies with regard to the Commission's priorities;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Commission to build on existing initiatives to increase collaboration between antitrust and data privacy regulators to both control corporate data misuse and prevent companies from using consumer data to gain an unfair competitive advantage;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Calls on the Commission to review its merger and acquisition guidelines when it comes to assessing personal data; calls on the Commission to fully consider personal data assets as all other traditional physical assets when it decides on digital mergers and acquisitions; Urges the European Commission to take a broader view when evaluating digital mergers and assess the damaging effects of data concentration;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission to thoroughly assess the implementation of the Copyright Directive and address outstanding issues on bargaining powers of digital platforms about the implementation of neighbouring rights;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that competition law will not contravene to collective negotiations of independent workers but also in critical sectors such as the media sector and food-processing sector; calls on the Commission to look into the bargaining power and anticompetitive behaviour of European retail alliances regarding their suppliers and digital platforms towards publishers;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2185(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Considers that Parliament should play an active role in the political debate on competition policy; notes that Parliament should be more involved in the activity of working parties and expert groups, such as the International Competition Network (ICN) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as an observer to get a better knowledge of the matter and keep it updated on the developments in order to be more prepared for its role as co-legislator; stresses that the European Parliament should participate in EU Competition Weeks and other meetings where Member States' representatives are invited; Notes that the Competition Working Group is a useful vehicle to foster exchanges between the European Parliament and DG Competition;

2022/01/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

— having regard to the European Securities and Markets Authority's final report of 23 September 2020 on the MAR Review,

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas complex refund procedures increase the administrative burden for cross-border investments, particularly SME and individual investors, and may create an obstacle to market integration and the advancement of the Capital Markets Union;

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the cum-ex and cum-cum schemes both involve reclaims of dividend withholding tax to which the beneficiaries were not entitled and have been ruled illegal; together the schemes are estimated to have imposed a total cost to taxpayers of about EUR 55 billion between 2001 and 2012 in the 11 Member States concerned;

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the agreement reached by the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework on a two-pillar reform, including a global minimum effective tax rate; considers this an important step towards ending the practice of shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions; ~~regrets the fact that the scope is limited to multinational enterprises with a global consolidated turnover of at least EUR 750 mill~~calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal to implement the international agreement in EU law that respects the spirit of the agreement and not to go beyond what has been agreed so as to preserve the competitiveness of the Union;

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls the proposal by 10 Member States to include an effective minimum tax rate for royalties and interest in the context of the IRD; ~~urges the Council to swiftly resume and conclude the negotiations on the IRD and enco~~has been a contributing factor to the stalling of negotiations on the reform of the Directive; urages the ~~inclusion of such a measure in the announced directive for the implement~~Council to swiftly resume and conclude the negotiations o~~f Pillar II~~n the IRD;

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that the lack of an effective minimum tax rate on dividend payments to shareholders has triggered a race to the bottom in this field; calls for the adoption of an effective minimum tax rate for dividend payments to shareholders in the EU, thereby reducing harmful tax competition in this realm;deleted

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to enhance cooperation and mutual assistance between tax authorities, financial market supervisory authorities and, where appropriate, law enforcement bodies regarding the detection and prosecution of withholding tax reclaim schemes; takes note in this regard of ESMA's recommendation to the Commission to remove the legal limitations to the exchange of information between these authorities1a; shares ESMA's concern that withholding tax reclaim schemes are rarely confined to EU borders1b and therefore stresses the importance of continued international cooperation on this matter; _________________ 1aEuropean Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MAR Review Report, [ESMA70-156-2391], 23 September 2020, paragraph 624 1bEuropean Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), MAR Review Report, [ESMA70-156-2391], 23 September 2020, paragraph 617

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Not~~Strongly welcomes the Commission’s intention to put forward a proposal by the end of 2022 establishing a European withholding tax framework for dividend, interest or royalty payments, accompanied by a mechanism for the exchange of information and cooperation among tax administrations;

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Encourages the development of a harmonised EU procedure for withholding tax refunds for all Member States, thereby addressing the concerns about regulatory discrepancies; calls on the Commission to consider, as part of this harmonisation, inter alia, the introduction of a standardised format and process for reclaim requests, the lack of a uniform definition of "beneficial owner", the alignment of the time periods for request and reclaim, and language barriers;

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2097(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that digitalising these procedures and improving cooperation between national tax administrations could reduce the administrative burden and uncertainty in cross-border investments in the short-term; in the mid- to long-term, calls the Commission to consider the possibility of developing and introducing a fully integrated, centralised and automated system to allow a seamless, and fraud-proof system for relief at source; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to take account of existing digital solutions in Member States and the potential benefits of using distributed ledger technology (DLT) as the foundations of such a system, and to consider the establishment of a pilot project;

2021/11/25
Committee: ECON

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas Energy Efficiency First is a guiding principle of the European Energy policy to make energy demand and energy supply more efficient, in particular by means of cost-effective end- use energy savings and more efficient conversion, transmission and distribution of energy;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that provisions in Article 2(a) of the EPBD will need to be strengthened in order to achieve 2050 climate-neutrality, consequently including the subsequent adaptation of its main objective and intermediate milestones;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that provisions in Article 2(a) of the EPBD will need to be strengthened and effectively implemented in order to achieve 2050 climate-neutrality;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the EPBD, and detailed LTRSs, should be a driving force to increase the scale ~~and~~, speed and quality of the renovation of the EU’s building stock through new innovative policy measures, as suggested in the ‘Renovation Wave’;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets the fact that some Member States submitted their LTRSs late and that ~~two~~one haves not yet submitted ~~their~~its LTRSs at all; points out that, as a result, comparability among the plans from Member States is difficult~~, as~~; highlights that late submissions include links with national recovery plans adopted ~~because~~in the framework of the COVID- 19 crisis and the latest EU policy initiatives, such as the Renovation Wave; calls on Member States to make the most of the financial resources made available through Next Generation EU (NGEU) in the area of renovation and energy performance and efficiency of buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Recalls the importance of putting in place adequate incentives for the renovation of buildings as well as financial measures conditional on energy efficiency improvements and energy savings, in accordance with Article 10 (6) of the EPDB;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights the importance of sustainability in material use and resource consumption of a building’s lifecycle, from material extraction, construction and use, to end of use and demolition, including renewable and sustainable nature-based materials such as wood; stresses that sustainability must go hand in hand with addressing fire safety and risks related to intense seismic activity, which affect the energy efficiency and the lifetime of buildings, as well as with high health standards;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates its calls for an EU skills initiative ~~that~~, along with national efforts, with the objective of enablesing intermediaries such as installers, architects or contractors to advise, prescribe or install relevant solutions, including digital ones, for energy efficiency programmes and a decarbonised building stock; as well as focussing on the upskilling and reskilling of all actors involved in the construction sector;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dominique RIQUET, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Believes that the principle of cost neutrality can help lift millions of people out of energy poverty and reduce energy bills; encourages Member States to systematically include policies and actions that target energy poverty worst- performing buildings of the national stock; recalls that the burden placed on the most vulnerable consumers caused by variability in the energy markets can be durably solved by enhancing energy efficiency in buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. CStresses that EPBD is crucial to delivering successfully on the Renovation wave and emissions reduction; calls on the Member States to ensure the proper implementation of the EPBD in all its aspects; calls on the Commission to continue monitoring this implementation and, where possible, take action in the event of non-compliance;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission to investigate how to formulate a standard template that Member States could use to ensure that they address all the requirements of Article 2(a) and harmonise objectives and requirements to allow for better comparability of results;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Recalls that public buildings must lead the way by example in renovation rates and in achieving decarbonisation, energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness, thus contributing to raising awareness and acceptance within the wider public;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to consider how to facilitate further the development of one-stop shops, including through more stringent measures in the EPBD; stresses that one-stop shops can play a big role in addressing the issue of long and cumbersome permitting procedures as well as in fostering access to funding for building renovation, contributing to spreading information on terms and conditions;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Is convinced that additional guidance and support measures, notably technical assistance, information campaigns, trainings, project financing, among others, can lead to a greater renovation rate, which is currently too low to meet the 2030 and 2050 climate targets;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Believes that the revision of the EPBD should serve to further promote smart buildings technologies and foster a data-centric approach~~Considers that digitalisation of buildings and construction technologies, where feasible and especially for new buildings, can play an important role for increased energy efficiency; believes that the revision of the EPBD should serve to further promote smart buildings technologies and foster a data-centric approach, with the aim of ensuring a wider availability of aggregated and anonymised data to homeowners, tenants and for statistical and research purposes; encourages the use and deployment of emergent technologies, such as 3D modelling and simulation and artificial intelligence, to drive carbon emissions reduction at every stage of a building’s lifecycle;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Believes that the LTRSs should provide more details on long-term actions to create a more stable and attractive environment for investors, developers, homeowners and tenants; stresses that Member States must improve access to a range of financial and fiscal mechanisms to support the mobilisation of private investments and foster public and private partnerships;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Encourages more Member States to introduce minimum energy performance standard~~Invites the Commission to provide a framework to introduce minimum energy performance standards to be applied to all buildings to accelerate renovation rates and provide visibility to the entire value chain over expected improvements; encourages Member States to develop an integrated embedded framework which includes relevant financing and technical assistance of their gradual introduction, which will ultimately support the achievement of their 2030 and 2050 milestones outlines in their LTRSs;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Encourages more Member States to introduce minimum energy performance standards, duly taking into account the specificity of the different buildings stocks and notably buildings that have special architectural or historical merit;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2077(INI)

Nicola DANTI, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Morten PETERSEN, Klemen GROŠELJ, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to link the LTRSs with the relevant provisions of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Renewable Energy Directive on efficient district heating and cooling and on the promotion of renewable energy in the building sector, such as solar thermal and geothermal as well as a bigger role for energy storage and locally available resources, while recognising that fossil fuels, especially natural gas, currently ~~play a role~~are employed in heating systems for buildings;

2021/09/14
Committee: ITRE

2021/2074(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 18 May 2021 on Business taxation for the 21st century,

2021/10/28
Committee: ECON

2021/2074(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)

— having regard to European Parliament’s report on the implementation of the EU requirements for exchange of tax information: progress, lessons learnt and obstacles to overcome (2020/2046(INI)),

2021/10/28
Committee: ECON

2021/2074(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)

— having regard to the Commission’s action plan for fair and simple taxation supporting the recovery strategy (COM(2020) 312 final),

2021/10/28
Committee: ECON

2021/2074(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas tax policy fragmentation creates various obstacles for companies and citizens in the single market, including legal uncertainty, red tape, the risk of double taxation and difficulties claiming tax refunds; whereas these obstacles discourage cross-border economic activity ~~in the~~and can distort the EU single market; whereas policy fragmentation also creates risks for tax authorities such as double non- taxation and arbitrage possibilities (such as tax planning);

2021/10/28
Committee: ECON

2021/2074(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Engin EROGLU, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Billy KELLEHER, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that Member States are free to decide on their own economic policies and in particular their own tax policies; emphasises that it logically follows that decisions in the Council regarding tax matters require unanimity; recalls, however, that Member States must exercise this competence consistently with Union law;

2021/10/28
Committee: ECON

2021/2074(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Reminds that since 2011 the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC) lays down the rules for cooperation between Member States’ tax authorities with the aim of ensuring the proper functioning of the single market; welcomes that since 2011 the scope of the Directive has been continuously widened to new domains in order to curb tax fraud and tax avoidance; welcomes the European Parliament’s implementation report adopted in September 2021 identifying shortcomings in the effective implementation of DAC by Member States and highlighting the need to strengthen the exchange of information between national tax authorities;

2021/10/28
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission’s Action plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorism financing (C(2020)2800),

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament’s resolution on a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing - the Commission’s Action Plan and other recent developments (B9-0207/2020),

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission’s Communication of 6 December 2017 Further Steps Towards Completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union: A Roadmap (COM(2017)821),

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European Semester plays an essential role in coordinating economic and budgetary policies in the Member States which, primarily, serves to ensure sound public finances, to prevent excessive macroeconomic imbalances, to support structural reforms and to boost investment;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the European economy is recovering faster than expected from the devastating impact of the global pandemic; remains concerned about low growth potential compared to other regions in the post-pandemic recovery;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the roll-out of the temporary Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) will help to make EU economies and societies more sustainable, inclusive, resilient and better prepared for the green and digital transitions; notes that the facility, which is the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU, will provide large- scale financial support to Member States of up to EUR 672.5 billion in grants and loans to finance reforms and investments;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that the debt issued to finance the Recovery and Resilience Fund is to be repaid by 2058, in a manner that ensures the steady and predictable reduction of liabilities;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Is pleased that economic growth levels are rebounding even though the resources of the RRF have not yet been invested, demonstrating the resilience of the European economy;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Recognizes the European solidarity underlying the establishment of the RRF; stresses in this regard the importance of Country Specific Recommendations linked to the approval of national recovery and resilience plans;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Is pleased that, according to the Commission, economic activity in the EU is expected to pick up in all Member States, with acceleration as of the second half of 2021, as containment measures are gradually relaxed and vaccination progresses, reflecting the growth impulse stemming from the expected implementation of the national recovery and resilience plans; remains concerned, however, that the speed of the recovery will vary across Member States and regions;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Reiterates its stance that a proper and credible economic governance framework is a necessary requirement for sustainable fiscal policies, debt and deficit trajectories ensuring credible paths of debt reduction; stresses the importance of a sustainable debt level for the real economy;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights that fiscal policy should remain agile and adjust to the evolving situation as warranted~~, and that a premature withdrawal of fiscal support should be avoided~~; warns against taking back fiscal support too soon as this could permanently damage the European economy; further highlights the expectation that economic activity will gradually normalise in the second half of 2021 and agrees that Member States’ fiscal policies should become more differentiated in 2022, duly taking into account the state of the recovery, fiscal sustainability and the need to reduce economic, social and territorial divergences;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that Member States, especially those with higher debt levels, should use all of the RRF to´s financial allocation to provide additional investment to support the recovery~~, while pursuing a prudent fiscal policy; stresses the importance of the Member States using the potential of the RFF to~~; stresses the importance of taking full advantage of the RRF´s potential to address critical bottlenecks, support the necessary structural changes and ~~the~~ transform~~ation~~ into more globally competitive, future-proof, agile ~~industr~~economies; agrees that the growth of nationally financed current expenditure should be kept under control and be limited for Member States with high debt, allowing fiscal measures to maximise support to the recovery without pre- empting future fiscal trajectories and creating a permanent burden on public financesclosely monitored;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that Member States with high debt should use the RRF to finance additional investment to support the recovery in order to benefit from a lower interest rate, while pursuing a prudent fiscal policy; stresses the importance of the Member States using the potential of the RFF to support the necessary structural changes and the transformation to more globally competitive, future-proof, agile industries; agrees that the growth of nationally financed current expenditure should be kept under control and be limited for Member States with high debt, allowing fiscal measures to maximise support to the recovery without pre-empting future fiscal trajectories and creating a permanent burden on public finances;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that environmental sustainability, productivity, fairness, fiscal discipline and macroeconomic stability remain the guiding principles of the EU’s economic agenda; stresses, furthermore, that the digital transformation of our societies, businesses and economies is crucial in order to increase Europe’s productivity and competitiveness for a robust recovery, in line with the Digital Decade;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Welcomes the European Green Deal as the EU’s new sustainable growth strategy bringing together four dimensions: environment, productivity, stability and fairness, enabled by digital and green technologies, an innovative industrial base and strategic autonomy;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Member States to take action to further tackle tax fraud, tax avoidance, and tax evasion, as well as money laundering; looks forward to the Commission’s legislative proposals expected in 2021 on these matters;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that the RRF is an unprecedented opportunity for all Member States to address key structural challenges and investment needs, while embracing the green and digital transitions; Reiterates Parliament´s calls for the Commission to ensure balance between reforms and investments and consistency of the national plans, including new reforms, with existing achievements and challenges identified in the relevant CSR1a; _________________ 1a (2021/2738(RSP), paragraph 29.

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Highlights that the RRF is an unprecedented and unique opportunity for all Member States to address key structural challenges and investment needs, while embracing the green and digital transitions;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for a focus on fiscal structural reforms, including reforms enhancing efficient spending, and acknowledges that high-quality public finance resource management is crucial; Asks the Commission to thoroughly assess the arrangements proposed by the Member States to prevent, detect and correct corruption, fraud and conflicts of interest when using the funds provided under the RRF and to give a particular attention in this context that the national plans include all necessary reforms, together with relevant milestones and targets, in particular related to the relevant CSRs, where appropriate; urges the Commission to monitor very carefully the risks to EU financial interests in the implementation of the RRF of any breach or potential breach of the principles of the rule of law, with a detailed and in particular attention to public procurement; expects the Commission not to proceed with any payments under the RRF if milestones linked to measures to prevent, detect and correct corruption, fraud and conflicts of interest when using the funds provided under the RFF are not met5a; _________________ 5a (2021/2738(RSP), paragraph 42.

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the ~~fact that the updated New European Industrial Strategy, the European Digital Strategy and all the other relevant strategies set out the framework for~~Commission´s intentions to speed~~ing~~ up Europe’s recovery and transition towards a cleaner, more digital, and more resilient economic and industrial model, as well as for building a stronger and more resilient single market;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights that tackling structural challenges is crucial for a sustainable recovery and continued growth, and that implementing reforms to address structural vulnerabilities is key not only to improving the ability to withstand and cope with existing challenges but also to accomplishing the twin transitions in a sustainable and fair manner; Insists that all reforms and investments must be linked to milestones, targets and costing that are relevant, clear, detailed and adequately monitored, and in particular that ensure full compliance with the RRF Regulation and the EU acquis, representing clear commitments from Member States2a; is concerned about the fact that many national recovery and resilience plans focus on short-term investments3a; insists that the Commission devote particular attention to ensuring that the proposed reforms are genuine, new and more ambitious, starting as soon as possible4a; _________________ 2a (2021/2738(RSP), paragraph 35. 3a (2021/2738(RSP), paragraph 17. 4a (2021/2738(RSP), paragraph 28.

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is concerned that the Commission identified macroeconomic vulnerabilities related to imbalances and excessive imbalances in 12 Member States; ~~is particularly worried that the nature and source of Member States’ imbalances remain largely the same as prior to the pandemic;~~ calls on the Member States to take advantage of the unprecedented opportunity provided by the RRF to significantly reduce existing macroeconomic imbalances, in particular by including ambitious reform measures in the national plans of all Member States; stresses that sound execution is essential to make full use of this opportunity;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses in this regard that the RRF loans available raise national debt levels in some Member States, increasing the importance of fiscal discipline in the medium term;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Parliament´s proposals

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Recalls the urgent need to complete and reinforce EMU´s architecture with a view to protecting citizens and reduce pressure on public finances during external shocks so as to overcome social and economic imbalances, by completing the Banking Union and the Capital Markets Union and advancing towards a credible fiscal capacity and a European Unemployment Reinsurance Scheme;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Recalls that the EU's debts need to be proportionately included in the assessment of the fiscal sustainability of the individual Member States;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2061(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20c. Calls on the European Commission to extend, without weakening the current EU economic governance process, the European Semester by complementing the current approach, based on fiscal and budgetary discipline, with climate and environmental discipline; calls therefore on the European Commission to develop a new climate indicator, mirroring the economic indicators, to assess the discrepancy between the structure of Member States’ budget and a Paris-aligned scenario for each of their national budgets; stresses the need for this indicator to provide Member States with an indication on their trajectory of temperature under the framework of the Paris Agreement, thus enabling the extended European Semester to provide recommendations about the decrease of their climate debt;

2021/07/15
Committee: ECON

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need for ambitious ~~policies to reduce transport’s reliance on fossil fuels without delay;~~ short and long-term policies and actions to reduce and eventually eliminate transport’s reliance on fossil fuels by gradually replacing them with sustainable, renewable, zero-carbon alternatives;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that the challenges ahead ~~are also an~~provide numerous opportunityies for maintaining and increasing the Union industrial leadership in clean technologies such as batteries or, hydrogen and advanced biofuels and gases, as well as in the related industrial ecosystems, by means of targeted investments in R&D and incentives for SMEs; welcomes the new European partnerships under Horizon Europe related to mobility;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that a mobility system based on EU-wide digitalisation, data sharing and interoperable standards has the potential to make transport smarter ~~and clean~~, cleaner, cut noise pollution and increase the safety of its users;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Underlines the continuously increasing role of Galileo GNSS in facilitating inland, offshore and aerial traffic flows, and stresses its importance in the development and deployment of automated vehicles;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Stresses the importance of the highest level of reliability and performance of digital infrastructure, notably through 5G, which offers a great number of solutions and services that contribute to reach higher levels of automation across relevant sectors;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Strongly believes in the potential of artificial intelligence to help decrease air pollution coming from various modes of transport, increase its efficiency and safety, contribute to research and experimentation as well as to the rationalisation of traffic flows;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for a holistic approach to reduce total CO2 emissions and increase the share of renewable energy in the transport sector, where the further development and deployment of ~~electric~~battery electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles should play a key role;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Underlines the importance of increasing the energy efficiency of internal combustion engines in order to reduce emissions from transport; calls on the Commission to swiftly introduce the new EURO 7 vehicle emissions standards and to set an EU-wide phase-out date for the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, with the end goal of replacing them with zero- carbon alternatives;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Welcomes the Commission's objective to double high-speed rail traffic by 2030; stresses the importance of completing the TEN-T high-speed rail network as soon as possible, with a view to making cross-border mobility within the EU more sustainable;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on Member States to implement the Clean Energy Package ~~in order to facilitat~~without delay in order to substantially increase the production and management of the ~~increased~~ renewable e~~lectricit~~nergy needed to decarbonise the transport sector;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for measures to unlock the potential of sustainability and the energy efficiency first principle and to reduce emissions of all types of transport, by boosting opportunities from digitalisation, circular economy and electrification;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission to increase the goals for charging points in the upcoming revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive;

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2046(INI)

Klemen GROŠELJ, Claudia GAMON, Nicola DANTI, Christophe GRUDLER, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Calls for~~Stresses the urgent need to speed up and increased efforts to achieve a EU- wide roll-out of charging infrastructure and the adoption of harmonised standards to ensure interoperability; strongly believes that market based solutions can and will contribute to a rapid deployment of the required infrastructure, provided that the legal and regulatory environment remains favourable and predictable.

2021/05/12
Committee: ITRE

2021/2006(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Ivars IJABS, Christophe GRUDLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls for the inclusion of methane emission reduction measures for abandoned mines and wells, and all future abandoned infrastructure; highlights in this respect, the importance of adequate decommissioning of unused gas and oil infrastructure;

2021/06/02
Committee: ITRE

2021/2006(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the preparation of legislation for the energy sector with binding rules on monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and leak detection and repair~~, and the consideration of rules on routine venting and flaring~~ (LDAR) to be applied across the full supply chain of oil, coal and fossil gas;

2021/06/02
Committee: ITRE

2021/2006(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Ivars IJABS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Supports establishment of an independently audited and globally applicable certification system that would provide a credible assessment of the methane emissions performance of all fossil gas production around the world. Believes that the certification should be audited and verified by an independent third party and based on uniform approach for measurement based on detailed information at facility, asset and country level; Believes that the performance assessment could be used for an establishment of a grading system to serve to inform buyers and regulators;

2021/06/02
Committee: ITRE

2021/2006(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Ivars IJABS, Morten PETERSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Agrees that improved top-down data from satellites in the framework of the Copernicus programme, as well as aerial monitoring, will assist in targeting leak detection; strongly supports the sharing of information and technologies among stakeholders in order to catalyse abatement efforts; believes that independent, comparable, verifiable and transparent emissions data are key to gain knowledge about the size of the emission problem and to combat under-estimation of the size and amount of leaks;

2021/06/02
Committee: ITRE

2021/2006(INI)

Martin HOJSÍK, Ivars IJABS, Christophe GRUDLER, Morten PETERSEN, Valérie HAYER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Recalls that methane emissions from the waste sector comes partly from leaks out of biogas plants; calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on the best methods to build and operate biogas plants to address leaks due to poor maintenance, operation and design;

2021/06/02
Committee: ITRE

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) Natural gas still plays a key role in energy supply, as household energy consumption from natural gas is still higher than from electricity. Although electrification is a key element of the green transition, in the future there will still be household natural gas consumption including increasing volumes of low- carbon and renewable gas.

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34

(34) Final customers should also be non-discriminatory able to consume, to store and to sell self- generated renewable gas and participate in all natural gas markets by providing ancillary services to the system, for instance through energy storage. Member States should be able to have different provisions in their national law with respect to taxes and levies for individual and jointly-acting active customers.

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37

(37) Bills and billing information are an important means to inform and empower final customers. Energy bills remain the most common consumer concern and source of consumer complaints, a factor that contributes to the persistently low levels of consumer satisfaction and engagement in the gas sector. Provisions for billing information in the gas sector also lag behind rights granted to consumers in the electricity sector. It is therefore necessary to align them and to set minimum requirements for bills and billing information in the gas sector, so that consumers have access to transparent, easy to understand information. Bills should convey information to the final consumers on their consumption and costs, thus facilitating comparison between offers and switching supplier, as well as information on their consumer rights (such as on alternative dispute resolution) and source of purchased energy. In addition, bills should be a tool to actively engage consumers in the market, so that consumers can manage their consumption patterns and make greener choices.

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure that their national law ~~does not unduly hamper~~facilitates cross-border trade in gases, the functioning and emergence of liquid trading for gases, consumer participation, investments into, in particular, renewable and low carbon gases, or energy storage between Member States, and shall ensure that prices for gases reflect actual demand and supply.

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States may apply public interventions in the price setting for the supply of ~~natural~~ gases to energy poor or vulnerable household customers. Such public interventions shall be subject to the conditions set out in paragraphs 4 and 5.

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. Public interventions in the price setting for the supply of ~~natural~~ gases shall:

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b

(b) be clearly defined, transparent, non- discriminatory ~~and~~, verifiable and fair for all suppliers;

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4

4. The obligations laid down in paragraph 2 shall apply regardless of whether low carbon fuels are produced within the Union or are imported. Information about the geographic origin and feedstock type of low carbon fuels or low carbon hydrogen per fuel supplier shall be made available to consumers on their energy bills and websites of operators, suppliers or the relevant competent authorities and shall be updated on an annual basis.

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States sh~~all~~ould ensure that ~~at least natural~~ gas household customers, and microenterprises, have access, free of charge, to at least one tool comparing the offers of suppliers, including bundled offers. Customers shall be informed of the availability of such tools in or together with their bills or by other means. The tools shall meet at least the following requirements:

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0425(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Marco ZULLO, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Member States ~~may~~should provide in the enabling regulatory framework that citizen energy communities:

2022/06/30
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Since 2009, efforts have been deployed at Union level to limit the fragmentation of the charging interfaces for mobile phones and similar items of radio equipment. Re~~cent~~grettably, voluntary initiatives ~~do not fully~~, although having decreased the number of charger types available on the market, did not meet Union policy objectives to reduce electronic waste (e- waste), ensure consumer convenience and avoid fragmentation of the market for charging devices, therefore a legislative measure in this respect is necessary.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Marco ZULLO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) The interoperability between radio equipment and accessories such as chargers is hampered as there are different charging interfaces for ~~certain~~diverse categories or classes of small and medium-sized radio equipment that use wired charging ~~such as handheld mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones or headsets, handheld videogame consoles and portable speakers~~. In addition, there are several types of fast charging communication protocols for which a minimum level of performance is not always guaranteed. As a result, Union action is required to promote a common degree of interoperability and the provision of information relating to the charging characteristics of radio equipment to end- users. It is therefore necessary to introduce suitable requirements in Directive 2014/53/EU regarding the charging communication protocols, the charging interface (i.e. charging receptacle) of certain categories or classes of radio equipment, as well as the information to be provided to end-users regarding the charging characteristics of those categories or classes of radio equipment.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Marco ZULLO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) The absence of harmonisation in this area may lead to substantial differences between the Member States' laws, regulations, administrative provisions or practices on the interoperability of ~~mobile phones and similar~~ categories orand classes of small and medium-sized radio equipment with their charging devices, and on the supply of radio equipment without charging devices.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Marco ZULLO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) The size of the internal market in rechargeable mobile phones and ~~simila~~other categories or classes of small and medium- sized radio equipment, the proliferation of different types of charging devices for such radio equipment and the significant cross- border trade of those products calls for stronger legislative action at Union level rather than either national level or voluntary measures, so as to achieve the smooth functioning of the internal market.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Marco ZULLO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) It is therefore necessary to harmonise, whenever technically feasible, the charging interface and charging communication protocols for ~~specific~~all categories or classes of small and medium-sized radio equipment that are recharged via wired charging in a safe and dry environment. It is also necessary to provide the basis for adaption to any future technological progress by introducing a harmonisation of the charging interfaces and the charging communication protocols with respect to radio equipment that may be charged via any means other than wired charging including charging via radio waves (wireless charging). Such harmonisation should reduce environmental waste, ensure consumer convenience and avoid fragmentation of the market among different charging interfaces and charging communication protocols as well as among any initiatives at national level, which might cause barriers to trade in the internal market.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Marco ZULLO, Andrey KOVATCHEV

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) Such harmonisation would be however incomplete, if it is not combined with requirements regarding the combined sale of radio equipment and their chargers and information to be provided to end- users. A fragmentation of approaches among the Member States with respect to the marketing of the categories or classes of radio equipment concerned and their charging devices would hamper the cross- border trade in those products, for example by obliging economic operators to repackage their products depending on the Member State, in which the products are to be supplied. This would in turn result in increased inconvenience for consumers and would generate unnecessary e-waste thus offsetting the benefits derived from the harmonisation of the charging interface and charging communication protocol. It is therefore necessary to impose requirements to ensure that end-users are not obliged to purchase a new charg~~ing device~~er, containing power supply and cable, with each purchase of a new mobile phone or similar item of radio equipment. To ensure the effectiveness of such requirements, end- users should receive the necessary information regarding the charging characteristics when purchasing a mobile phone or similar item of radio equipment.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Marco ZULLO

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) USB Type-C is a technology that is already common to many categories or classes of radio equipment as it provides high-quality charging and data transfer. The USB Type-C charging receptacle, when combined with the USB Power Delivery charging communication protocol, is capable of providing up to 100W of power and therefore leaves ample room for further development of fast charging solutions, while allowing the market to cater for low-end ~~phones~~radio equipment that do es not need fast charging. ~~Mobile phones and similar r~~Radio equipment that supports fast charging can incorporate the USB Power Delivery features as described in standard EN IEC 62680-1-2:20201 ‘Universal serial bus interfaces for data and power - Part 1- 2: Common components - USB Power Delivery specification’.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall adopt and publish, by [OP please insert date ~~– 12~~6 months after ~~adoption~~the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

2021/0291(COD)

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Ivars IJABS, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

They shall apply those provisions from [OP please insert date 129 months after the end of the transposition period indicated in the preceding subparagraph].

2022/02/21
Committee: IMCO

Luis GARICANO, Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Carlo CALENDA, Olivier CHASTEL, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4

4. The customs authorities may communicate in accordance with Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, confidential information acquired by the customs authorities in the course of performing their duty or provided on a confidential basis, to the ~~competent authority of the Member State where the declarant has been authorised. The competent authorities of the Member States~~CBAM Authority. The CBAM Authority shall treat and exchange this information in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97.

2022/02/02
Committee: ECON

Ivars IJABS, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Christophe GRUDLER, Iskra MIHAYLOVA, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

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

~~(a) paragraph 3 is~~ deleted;

2022/01/28
Committee: ITRE

2021/0201(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)

(15a) In Article 14, the following paragraph is inserted: ‘3a. The compliance report will be based on annual datasets obtained from LUCAS surveys and national or regional soil monitoring systems.’

2022/01/28
Committee: ITRE

2021/0201(COD)

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

Regulation (EU) 2018/841
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Following the report, the Commission shall make legislative proposals where it deems it appropriate. In particular, the proposals shall set out annual targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 climate-neutrality target as laid down in Article 4(4), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including in the scope of the Regulation greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environment. As appropriate, the proposal shall update methodologies for data collection, monitoring and reporting in the LULUCF sector, in particular concerning soils in the Union as announced under the New EU Soil Strategy for 2030;

2022/01/28
Committee: ITRE

2021/0201(COD)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Welcomes the new EU Methane Strategy; recalls that it is essential to rapidly deploy methane emissions monitoring systems, relying on satellite observation technologies such as the ones developed through the Copernicus programme; welcomes the private initiatives undertaken to reduce methane emissions, such as the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership and the Methane Guiding Principles;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the Commission’s determination to address unfair terms and practices of platforms acting as gatekeepers, act decisively, and eliminate illegitimate obstacles to online competition in the European digital single market; regrets the slowness of antitrust investigations compared to fast-moving digital markets;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

17. Takes the view that new competition tools might be needed to deal with structural competition problems across digital markets which current rules cannot address in the most effective manner; stresses the role of the European Competition Network to share best practices in this regard;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes the Commission ~~to consider proposals~~proposal for a Digital Markets Act to prohibit platforms from engaging in self- preferencing, building on past antitrust cases, or operating in lines of business that depend on or interoperate with the platform, as well as to require platforms to make their services compatible with competing networks to allow for interoperability and data portability; calls on the Commission to address cases where remedies offered have clearly been ineffective to restore competition to the comparison-shopping market; stresses that enforcement of previous decisions is crucial to the effective enforcement of the Digital Markets Act and to creating a workable template to effectively address anticompetitive behaviours by online platforms;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that the structural unbundling of Big Tech monopolies is ~~desirable~~a last resort solution for restoring competition in digital markets; stresses that targeted and effective behavioural remedies offer a time-efficient solution; suggests implementing participative antitrust in order to foster continuous dialogue with all undertakings, increase legal certainty and ensure effective remedies;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Commission to make a more regular use of interim measures to stop practices that would seriously harm competition and markets; Regrets that they have been used only once in 20 years;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Looks forward to~~Welcomes the Commissionʼs proposals for a Digital Services Act and a Digital Markets Act; notes that the Digital Markets Act is a complementary tool to competition rules and aims to ensure fair and contestable online markets; stresses the need to be consistent with competition rules, including ambitious national competition laws, to ensure an effective enforcement and clarity;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the supervision of the upcoming Digital Markets Act with a special unit within the European Commission as well as an European forum, following the example of the European Competition Network, encompassing National Competition Authorities, national sectoral regulators, European Data Supervisory Board and consumer organisations in order to have a comprehensive and real time overview of online market developments and harmful practices while making the most of existing useful resources;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers that Parliament should play an active role in the political debate on competition policy, including through ~~organis~~the upcoming a public hearing with the CEOs of GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple); notes that Parliament should be more involved in the activity of working parties and expert groups, such as the International Competition Network (ICN) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as an observer to get a better knowledge of the matter and keep it updated on the developments in order to be more prepared for its role as co-legislator; stresses that the European Parliament should participate in EU Competition Weeks; Notes that the Competition Working Group is a useful vehicle to foster exchanges between the European Parliament and DG Competition on technical issues;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses the importance of helping consumers and users to gain greater control over, and take responsibility for, their own data and identity, and calls for a high level of protection of personal data while increasing the levels of transparency and accountability of digital services; recalls that consumers have no other choice than giving their consent if they do not want to lose access to some services offered by online platforms;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls on the Commission to review its merger and acquisition guidelines when it comes to assessing personal data; calls on the Commission to fully consider personal data assets as all other traditional physical assets when it decides on digital mergers and acquisitions; Urges the European Commission to take a broader view when evaluating digital mergers and assess the damaging effects of data concentration;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Notes that in several specific markets for financial data (credit rating, financial indices, consolidated feeds…), there are multiple vendors and, although none of them has a dominant market share, competition remains very low; notes also that some financial market data vendors positioned as data aggregators could act as gatekeepers and as such could control access to data and restrict usage for customers; calls on the Commission to assess those oligopolistic and gatekeepers situations and develop measures restoring competition, supporting price transparency and avoiding unfair and unreasonable commercial practices;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls for the Union’s infrastructure capacity in critical digital sectors to be enhanced; including by encouraging fair competition and promoting fair software licensing principles in European cloud markets;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to ~~ensure that the notion of~~review and adapt the methodology used to assess an ‘abuse of dominant position’ and ~~the~~ensure that the notion of ‘essential facilities’ doctrine remain fit for the purpose in the digital age;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Points out the need for the Commission to allocate adequate resources to be able to effectively enforce EU competition rules; notes the need to ensure specific expertise on digital issues and online platforms practices with behavioural economists, algorithms specialists, engineers and data scientists; underlines the need to ensure a swift cooperation with national competition authorities and build on their growing expertise;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to give careful consideration to sectors which are the basis of many other industries, as well as the Union’s social and economic value chain; is concerned that excluding too large a number of such sectors from eligibility for State aid, including through the revised EU Emission Trading System State aid guidelines, may put the Union’s international competitiveness at risk;deleted

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Considers that the revision of General Block Exemption Regulation could better support the greening the economy; calls on the Commission to increase the aid intensity for Research and Innovation as well as consider increasing the maximum aid intensity to reward projects for their positive externalities for the environment or for the overall energy system;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27 b. Welcomes the consultation launched on competition supporting the Green Deal to better take into account the green and sustainable efficiencies when dealing with state aid, mergers control and antitrust rules; believes that the revision of the Environment and Energy Aid Guidelines should put in place concrete incentives and conditions to continue on the path of decarbonization and revitalization of the economy by 2050 and should take into account broader policy objectives such as climate ambition, resilience and security of supply; stresses the need for the Commission to prevent any potential negative side-effects where larger companies use public aid granted in view of ‘greening’ their business models for other objectives such as reinforcing its dominant position in a given sector;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)

27 c. Supports the carbon border adjustment mechanism to prevent carbon leakage as it helps ensure a level playing field between producers inside and outside the EU, and enhance transition to climate neutral modes of productions;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28 a. Stresses the importance of state aid framework for important projects of common European interest (IPCEI) to allow massive investments in breakthrough technologies; calls on the Commission with regards to the upcoming revision of the IPCEI Communication to clarify selection rules for these projects, to revise some implementation criteria as well as to allow the possibility to more easily mobilize co-financing from the EU, in particular to facilitate the participation of partners from small Member States;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28 b. Calls on the Commission to inform the European Parliament on the allocation of human resources between State aid control, merger control and antitrust; acknowledges the extra workload regarding State aid control due to the pandemic but calls on the Commission to ensure a reasonable allocation of resources to ensure that all aspects of competition policy are treated equally;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to review its 1997 Notice 97/C 372/03 on the definition of relevant market in the Commission’s merger and antitrust enforcement; encourages the Commission, on a case-by-case basis, to take into account a longer-term vision encompassing the global dimension and potential future competition in its competitive assessments; calls on the Commission to adopt a more dynamic approach when revising the 1997 Communication on market definition, making the innovation criteria as a core element of the relevant market analysis when it comes to European merger control;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Calls on the Commission to revise mergers guidelines to take into account efficiency gains linked to mergers, including the challenge of EU industrial competitiveness; Welcomes the role of the Priorities and Strategic Coordination Unit at DG COMP in order to draw on the expertise of all the Commission’s DG during the investigation of cases by the DG Competition; believes that expertise of the Commission's industrial or sectoral strategy could be strengthened in support of the DG Competition's investigation teams to identify the feasibility and consequences of remedies with regard to the Commission's priorities;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Recalls that cartels represent some of the most serious violations of competition law and monopolies the most concerning form of market concentration that the European Union has been seeking to break down by sector-specific regulation and competition law enforcement;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER, Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Suggests looking into ‘killer acquisition’ practices that could jeopardise innovation; welcomes the announcement of the European Commission to start accepting referrals from national competition authorities of mergers that are worth reviewing at the EU level; calls on the Commission to review and to issue guidelines on its referral practice based on Article 22 of Regulation 139/2004 in parallel with the obligation to inform about concentrations foreseen in the Digital Markets Act;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2223(INI)

Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Luis GARICANO, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Underlines the importance of Transparency Register to ensure public scrutiny of lobbying efforts in the aim of preventing distortion of competition; calls for an enhanced EU transparency Register with information related to funding of companies or associations to prevent stakeholders from acting on behalf of other companies without specifying it;

2021/02/03
Committee: ECON

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ~~increase support for key enablers of the digital economy~~aim at an innovation-friendly regulatory environment for enablers of the digital economy and to strengthen the financial and institutional support for the European digital economy in close coordination with Member States and stakeholders;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to ensure wider coordination of investment in the NextGenerationEU recovery plan; calls on the Commission to propose concrete actions within this plan to support ~~key~~ digital enablers and high impact technologies in the EU;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to work to position the EU as leader in the adoption and standardisation process for new technologies; highlights the need to work with industry and also with international partners on setting global standards; in this regard, welcomes the Commission’s proposal from December 2020 for a new transatlantic agenda, which highlights the importance of cooperating with the US on technology and standards;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Believes the regulatory framework needs to ~~build public trust in AI while allowing companies to develop automated systems without losing the confidence of their customer~~support the development of trustworthy AI systems and should ensure high consumer protection standards in order to strengthen consumer’s confidence in AI enabled products; believes also that the regulatory framework should ensure transparency, and provide for clear communication of the relevant requirements to both consumers and regulatory authorities;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. cCalls on the Commission and the Member States to make use of innovative regulatory tools such as ‘regulatory sandboxes’ to help provide a clear path to scale-up for start-ups and small companies, ~~regardless of~~taking the risk profile and the possible welfare gain of their product into account; believes that these tools can help encourage innovation without any detriment to consumer protection;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Believes that the use of AI in a high-risk AIcontext should be limited to specific ~~and clearly warranted~~ purposes, in full respect of the applicable law and subject to transparency obligations; underlines that ~~this~~only a clear and legally certain legislative framework will be decisive for ensuring public trust and support for the necessity and proportionality of the deployment of such technologies; calls on the Commission to carefully consider whether there are certain use cases, situations or practices for which specific technical standards, including underlying algorithms, should be adopted; deems necessary, should such technical standards be adopted, that these are regularly reviewed and re-evaluated, given the fast pace of technological development;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the ~~Member States to encourage and support the establishment of specialised review boards for AI products and services~~ Commission and the Member States to ensure close cooperation and mutual recognition of decisions when enforcing the ~~Member States to assess the potential benefits and potential harm stemming from high-risk, impactful AI-based projects~~regulatory framework in order to prevent a fragmented Single Market;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Jordi CAÑAS, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Highlights the importance of education and research for AI; ~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish an EU centre of excellence for AI; considers that this should be done with the involvement of universities, companies and research institu~~supports the establishment of the European Network of Artificial Intelligence Excellence Centres; believes that this network should help to strengthen the exchange of knowledge on AI, support AI related talent within the EU and attract new talent, foster the cooperations; be~~lieves that such a centre can help to~~tween science and AI developers as well as provide specialised training and development for regulatory authorities;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2216(INI)

Svenja HAHN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Andrus ANSIP, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ, Sandro GOZI, Claudia GAMON, Ivars IJABS, Karen MELCHIOR, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the Commission to update the existing ~~liabili~~product liability and product safety framework in order to address new challenges posed by emerging digital technologies such as artificial intelligence;

2021/01/26
Committee: IMCO

2020/2176(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. calls on the Authority to draw inspiration from the publication by the ECB's Ethics Committee of its opinions on cases of conflict of interest and post- mandate gainful employment, in order to increase transparency on potential conflicts of interest and on post-mandate gainful employment;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2176(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Authority to draw inspiration from the ECB's initiatives to propose internal programmes for the promotion of women and for greater diversity among its staff;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2176(DEC)

Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Welcomes the Authority's intention to publish a short list consisting of at least one woman and one man for nomination as its Chair, and calls on the Authority to do the same with respect to the nomination of its Executive Director;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2175(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges that the composition of the Board of Supervisors seems appropriate to deal with the EIOPA’s rulemaking responsibilities, but less so for their supervisory roles; Reiterates its concern that national supervisors have a decisive say in the Authority’s main governing body, which means that they are in a position to decide the scope of the Authority’s action to review their own effectiveness (peer reviews); stresses that the lack of resources prevents the Authority from fulfilling its duties independently from member states4a; _________________ 4aSee special report of the Court of auditors: “In all its activities, EIOPA relies largely on co-operation with NCAs [national comepetent authorities], but it does not always receive their full support.(...) With only 20 staff members working on oversight issues and a further seven on related topics, EIOPA is faced with a real challenge in terms of carrying out the broad range of complex tasks for which it is responsible”https://www.eca.europa.eu/Li sts/ECADocuments/SR18_29/SR_EIOPA _EN.pdf

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2175(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. calls on the Authority to draw inspiration from the publication by the ECB's Ethics Committee of its opinions on cases of conflict of interest and post- mandate gainful employment, in order to increase transparency on potential conflicts of interest and on post-mandate gainful employment;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2175(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Authority to draw inspiration from the ECB's initiatives to propose internal programmes for the promotion of women and for greater diversity among its staff;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2175(DEC)

Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Welcomes the Authority's intention to publish a short list consisting of at least one woman and one man for nomination as its Chair;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2174(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Shares with concern the Court’s observation that to compensate for a shortage of posts particularly in the IT sector the Authority relies on interim staff, which may cause dependencies on the interim work agencies and pose risks of inadequate supervision of complex work by external contractors and contractual litigation issues;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2174(DEC)

Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls its resolution of 13 January 2020 on institutions and bodies of the EMU: preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest; calls on the Authority to draw inspiration from the publication by the ECB's Ethics Committee of its opinions on cases of conflict of interest and post-mandate gainful employment, in order to increase transparency on potential conflicts of interest and on post- mandate gainful employment;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2174(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls its resolution of 13 January 2020 on institutions and bodies of the EMU: preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest; notes with satisfaction that the EBA acted upon the EU ombudsman’s recommendations and introduced measures on how to deal with future revolving door situations and, for instance, stands ready to forbid senior staff from taking up certain positions when they leave the EBA; warns, however, that only time will tell whether those rules will be properly enforced; 3a _________________ 3a See the Ombudsman reaction to the introduction of new measures by the EBA : https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/pre ss-release/en/131984

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2174(DEC)

Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Authority to draw inspiration from the ECB's initiatives to propose internal programmes for the promotion of women and for greater diversity among its staff; Notes in this regard the public and written commitments made by the Authority's new Executive Director, and calls on the Authority to report regularly to Parliament on the progress of its commitments on parity and diversity;

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2174(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges that the composition of the Board of Supervisors seems appropriate to deal with the EBAs’ rulemaking responsibilities, but less so for their supervisory roles; notes that the Authority is understaffed and not in a position to conduct EU-wide mission such as stress test exercises under the best conditions; recommends greater means for a greater autonomy from Member State’s national authorities4a _________________ 4aSee the Court of auditors’ special report : With very limited staff resources and a lot of effort the EBA coordinated the exercise involving many stakeholders and within tight deadlines. (..). Owing to the lack of resources and the current governance arrangements, the EBA was not in a position to ensure “comparability and reliability of methods, practices and results”, as envisaged in the regulation. https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eca/special- reports/eba-stress-test-10-2019/en/

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2174(DEC)

Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is concerned that in contrast to the established budget, the contributions of EFTA Members’ National Competent Authorities (NCA) were not calculated according to the formula set out in that very same budget and thus reduced the payments of EU and EFTA NCAs by EUR 0.7m; notes that the calculation of pension contributions needs further clarification; calls on the Commission to ensure the receipt of missing payments

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2174(DEC)

Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Engin EROGLU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that after the completed relocation from London to Paris following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, a provision of 10,1 million euros is made for the lease of the EBA’s London office; notes that the new host Member State, France, contributed 2,5 million euros in January 2019 to the EBA’s running costs but the amended 2019 budget does not contain adequate information on France’s contribution.

2021/01/08
Committee: ECON

2020/2133(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ReWelcomme~~nds empowering the European Anti-Fraud Office or the European Ombudsman with the responsibility to carry out~~s the setting up of an independent EU ethics body to ensure oversight of conflicts of interest, revolving doors and lobby transparency for EU institutions and agencies;

2020/10/07
Committee: ECON

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas SMEs are vital for the development and resilience of European industrial value chains and contribute significantly to local, regional and national economies;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas many SMEs still lack full access to digitalisation; whereas focus on R&I ~~and~~, entrepreneurial skills, digital literacy and advanced digital skills should accompany the enhancement of access to digital infrastructure and data;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas digitalisation and deployment of innovative solutions will be crucial for SMEs contribution to the success of the European Green Deal;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas innovation in SMEs is often the outcome of collaborative efforts in which businesses interact and exchange knowledge and information with partners as part of broader innovation systems;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas mid-caps that do not meet the criteria to be classified as SMEs contribute significantly to employment and growth, especially in some Member States, and therefore require an additional and separate mid-cap definition, without prejudice to the definition of SME, in order to ensure that mid-caps with 250 to 499 employees can receive more assistance and be better promotedan EU SME definition is referred to in over 100 EU legal acts covering a wide range of EU policies;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Calls onfor a revived implementation of the Small Business Act (SBA), under which the Commission together with the Member States toshould adopt a concrete roadmap with clear timeline and targets, aiming to achieve ~~a swift reduction in the number of rules by at least 30 %~~consistent improvements around the 10 principles recognised under the SBA; underlines the need for a consistent application of the ‘Think Small First’ principle and calls the Commission to reflect the outcome of the SME Test in each impact assessment supporting its proposals;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Welcomes the Commission plan to appoint a dedicated EU SME Envoy to bring more visibility to SMEs' concerns; Calls on the Commission to build on the existing “SME Performance Review” process and engage in an annual debate on the “State of the SMEs Union” to be held in the European Parliament plenary sitting;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that SMEs will improve their access to ~~global markets only~~the Single Market and the global markets only if confronted with a predictable regulatory framework and if supported by a structured ~~and predictable ecosystem; recalls in this regard the role of chambers of commerce abroad~~networks, solid information resources and access to investment opportunities; recalls in this regard the role of chambers of commerce in Member States and internationally; Underlines the opportunity to strengthen the cooperation between the SME Envoy network and the national and local organisations representing SMEs; recalls that smaller and micro-enterprises risk exclusion from global markets in the absence of adequate support and accompanying measures stemming from EU trade policy;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Welcomes the achievements of the application of the Better Regulation principles so far; notes that further progress needs to be fulfilled, in particular in the realm of simplification and standardisation of forms and procedures, with the consistent implementation of the “once only” and “digital by default” principles, both at EU and Member State levels; underlines that the results of the SME Test reported in the impact assessment of future proposals should clearly demonstrate how the simplification would be attained in line with the “one in, one out” principle or, where possible, simplify even further (one in, two out);

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Underlines that initiatives and programmes such as EIC, EIT, InvestEU and Digital Europe will be crucial in ensuring support to SMEs developing innovative solutions and breakthrough technologies, contributing to achieve EU technological leadership and future growth; Calls on the Member States to ensure the support to innovation opportunities for SMEs and maximise synergies with similar EU programmes in their national innovation strategies; stresses that innovative SMEs specialising in forefront technologies, such as AI, Big Data, VR/AR, sustainable transport, robotics, distributed ledger technologies, digital health, 3D printing, energy storage, innovative food production or recycling, rely on outside revenues to survive, especially in times of recession;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the ~~opening of fast- track training p~~commitment towards the Digital Europe Programmes, in ~~digitalisation through the Digital Europe programme; stresses that training is instrumental to enhancing the skills of SME personnel~~particular the establishment of a network of European Digital and Innovation Hubs that will, inter alia, tackle skills mismatches and encourage specialisation in digital technologies and applications by supporting the design and delivery of high quality trainings; welcomes the Commission promise to open fast-track training through Digital Crash Courses for SME employees1a to become proficient in areas such as ~~blockchain~~AI, cybersecurity ~~and artificial intelligence; calls on the Commission to~~or distributed ledger technologies, building on the experiences of the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition platform; calls on the Commission to take stock of its findings after carrying out an ex post evaluations of these actions, in order to ensure that the ~~programme meets its~~ objectives are met;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for EU innovation and digital policies and instruments to also support non-digital SMEs, particularly in traditional sectors where digitalisation is not well developed; notes that further action shall maximise access to information and take-up of digital technologies to professionalise business management and further explore use of cloud computing, AI and data analytics tools; deplores that most SMEs do not have access to the data they create; welcomes in this respect the European Data Strategy geared towards creating a genuine market for data, where SMEs will have easy access to and use of data;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the role of vocational training, which is essential for ~~promot~~tackling the ~~absorption of graduates and unemployed workers into the labour market, and ensuring that SMEs can count on properly trained staff~~mismatch between skilled labour demand and supply; encourages Member States to make the best use of the forthcoming European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in synergy with the Digital Europe Programme and Horizon Europe;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that SMEs involved in traditional ~~handicraft~~creative sectors represent a particularly vulnerable segment of the SME network; acknowledges their economic and social value, and calls on Member States to ensure the sector’s competitiveness and access to information over innovation opportunities;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that SMEs are increasingly hindered by unfair competition from multinational corporations (MNCs), whose increasing prominence within the internal market has contributed to social dumping and labour deregulation, as well as the insolvency of many SMEs; calls for a rigorous and effective enforcement of competition regulation to ensure that SMEs benefit from the Single Market on a fair basis and harness the opportunity to scale-up;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Welcomes the Commission’s REFIT initiative to see if the SME definition is still fit for purpose; notes that clarity is needed on how entrepreneurs, self-employed workers, start-ups, cooperative businesses and mid-caps that face similar challenges to SMEs are considered;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that following the ~~WHO’s pandemic alert~~implementation of measures aiming at containing the spread of Covid-19, trade restrictions and supply chain disruptions have increased;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Urges Member States to implement the Directive on combating late payment in commercial transactions and calls on the Commission to assess the need for its revision; recalls that liquidity must be swiftly provided to SMEs, while measures for SME re- capitalisation should also be reinforced;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Regrets that no more than 600 000 SMEs are ~~able to~~currently exporting outside the EU; welcomes the new portal created by the Commission to support SMEs through information on administrative procedures and international trade regulations; urges the Commission to ensure multilingual access to this tool; calls for additional instruments to be developed, in order to further support the internationalisation of micro enterprises and SMEs.

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges Member States to acknowledge as top political priorities the protection of employment and SMEs’ production-capacity; ~~urges them to put forward concrete measures to support SMEs at risk of insolvenc~~welcomes the SURE initiative aiming at covering the cost of national short-time work schemes; urges Member States to put forward concrete measures to support SMEs at risk of insolvency; welcomes the Solvency Support Instrument presented by the Commission as part of the Next Generation EU package and calls for this instrument to operate in a practical and efficient way to be operational as soon as possible, complementing actions taken by Member States; Calls on the Commission to actively support Member States in transposing the Directive on preventive restructuring to ensure a real second chance to SMEs in difficulty;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Regrets that numerous micro enterprises and SMEs are unable to access EU funding because of the excessive complexity of the relevant procedures and eligibility criteria; calls on the Commission to reduce such barriers, in particular by simplifying procedures and ensure online access to information;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges Member States to guarantee equitable access to bank lending for SMEs; notes the importance of traditional banking models, including small regional banks, ~~savings~~ cooperatives and public bodies;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for increasing SMEs’ ~~share of government contracts obtained from~~opportunities in participating in public procurement by safeguarding SMEs’ access ~~and combat~~to information, procedure simplification and avoiding tendering criteria that set demands or qualifications beyond the fundamental elements of the service or goods purchased;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Urges the Commission to ~~rely on trade defence instruments (TDI) in order to reduce market distortions resulting from third-country trade~~pursue a level playing field and a regulatory environment where SMEs can thrive and compete globally; calls for the ‘think small first’ principle to be made a key point ofin European trade policy, notably by including SME-specific chapters and provisions when negotiating FTAs with third countries;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

2020/2131(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Bart GROOTHUIS, Nicola DANTI, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Valérie HAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Notes that the COVID-19 crisis has pushed SMEs towards innovative technologies and digital business models, such as e-commerce and the sharing economy, and calls on the Commission to ensure that R&I investment is geared towards SME participation; stresses the need to strengthen SMEs cybersecurity standards, ensuring that responsible authorities and administrations should collaborate with the private sector to develop one-stop-shops in the Member States to facilitate access to information, guidelines and advice for SMEs to identify and implement action to increase cybersecurity in their activities;

2020/09/08
Committee: ITRE

Luis GARICANO, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Paul TANG, Sven GIEGOLD

— having regard to the Recommendation of the Ombudsman in case 2168/2019/KR on how the European Banking Authority handled the move of its former Executive Director to become CEO of a financial industry lobby;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Paul TANG, Sven GIEGOLD

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 d (new)

— having regard to Counterbalance´s 2019 report "Is the EIB up to the task in tackling fraud and corruption? Challenges for the EU Bank’s governance framework";

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Asks the EIB as the EU’s public bank to make the utmost concerted efforts to deliver strong, policy-driven financing activity which gives priority to public purpose projects, in particular those that would not otherwise be ‘bankable’, both within and outside the EU, with a view to addressing the unprecedented global challenges of the decades to come, in particular combating climate change and the debt crisis in the European Union;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the EIB’s rapid mobilisation of up to EUR 40 billion of emergency financing to fight the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, through the setting up of loans, credit holidays and measures to alleviate the liquidity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps; highlights the importance of supporting SMEs, as the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly hard for these companies; underlines that robust support for SMEs is key for economic growth and to recover from the economic debt crisis;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes, in addition, the subsequent creation of the EUR 25 billion European Guarantee Fund (EGF) in response to the COVID-19 crisis, not least its positive impact in providing financial support to SMEs and the health sector; suggests that the EGF should remain operational beyond 2021 given the prolonged impact of the Covid-19 crisis and the repeated lockdowns in many Member States; deems it of the utmost importance to step up such initiatives to ensure that funds are reaching the real economy;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the adoption by the EIB Board of Directors of the EIB Climate Bank Roadmap for 2021-2025, which provides a crucial framework to support the implementation of the European Green Deal and marks a decisive step towards making the EIB the EU Climate Bank, promoting sustainable investments and protecting the environment during the critical decade ahead; suggests that the EIB develop, with input from relevant stakeholders, local authorities and NGOs, a series of action plans to guide the implementation of the Climate Roadmap;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Stresses that all future EIB funded projects should be fully aligned with the EU objective of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Considers that investment in innovation, infrastructure and skills are crucial elements to recover from the economic and social crisis, ensure sustainable growth and create high-quality jobs and long-term competitiveness; highlights the importance of the EIB’s role in the success of the InvestEU Programme in the post-pandemic recovery;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Regrets the Council’s rejection of the Commission’s proposal for a Solvency Support Instrument and stresses the importance of supporting companies that, in the absence of the Covid-19 pandemic, would otherwise be thriving;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the EIB to play a role in assisting and financing the creation of innovation ecosystems and knowledge economies, and in promoting place-based industrial transformation, where universities, businesses, SMEs and start- ups can develop long-lasting partnerships for the common good and that can make a meaningful contribution to achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and the digitalisation of the economy;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Acknowledging that the COVID- 19 crisis had a disproportionate impact on certain parts of society, urges the EIB to prioritise projects that seek to address inequalities, including gender inequalities and amongst marginalised communities;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls for the EIB to strengthen human rights due diligence for projects in third countries, for example by carrying out ex-ante human rights risk assessments and engaging with the local communities; moreover, the EIB should strive to continuously monitor the human rights situation on the ground;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27 a. Welcomes the EIB’s internal review and revision of its Anti-Fraud Policy and its intentions to elevate the policy to the group level, thereby applying to both the EIB and the EIF; urges the EIB to take an ambitious and broad approach to this review; stresses the importance of the EIB’s anti-fraud investigative office to have robust competences, sufficient resources and independence; calls on the EIB to enhance its cooperation with OLAF and the EPPO;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27 b. Stresses that the EIB should make full use of contractual clauses enabling it to suspend disbursements in cases of projects’ non-compliance with environmental, social, human rights, tax and transparency standards;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2124(INI)

Luis GARICANO, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Paul TANG, Sven GIEGOLD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Denounces the conflict of interest that has arisen as a consequence of the appointment of the former EIB Vice- president as a member of Iberdrola´s Board of Directors; notes that this post- public employment with barely any cooling-off period constitutes a risk not only to the reputation and independence of the EIB but to all EU institutions and the European project as a whole; highlights that unaddressed conflict of interest situations might not only compromise the enforcement of high ethical standards throughout European administration, but also jeopardise the right to good administration, threatening the level playing field required for the proper functioning of the single market; demands that the Ethics and Compliance Committee (ECC) explains its decision to allow such a move; recalls that the European Ombudsman found that the EBA´s decision not to forbid its Executive Director from becoming the CEO of a financial industry lobby was maladministration and that forbidding the job move would have been a necessary and proportionate measure;

2021/03/10
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas prudential supervision is necessary and the fight against fraud and anti-money laundering s~~upervision is necessar~~hould be a priority;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the entry of Bulgaria and Croatia into the ~~Banking Union~~Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II) and therefore into the Banking Union, and stresses that participation in these schemes is inextricably linked up with prudent financial policy;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that the Banking Union has delivered the institutional set-up for greater market integration, through the SSM and the SRM, while a European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS) is still ~~lack~~pending;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Not~~Welcomes the ‘quick fix’ to the Capital Requirements Regulation31 extending transitional arrangements in order to support banks’ lending capacity32 ; _________________ 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

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Ivars IJABS, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Calls for a well-orchest~~Emphasises the exceptional nature of a pandemic and the temporary characte~~d shift from pandemic relief to recovery support tool~~r of the relief measures put in place to limit economic damage, and notes that economic support measures must remain tailored to current and expected economic circumstances;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes the accelerated pace of digitalisation in the banking sector, while ~~pointing to the~~observing an insufficient level of investment in this area; welcomes the adoption of the digital finance package by the Commission; and, in particular, the proposal for a Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) in order to ensure financial entities put in place the adequate safeguards to mitigate the impact of ICT related incidents;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Nicola BEER, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the interdependencies between banks and central counterparties (CCPs), highlights in this regard the risks of excessive reliance on UK CCPs and welcomes the measures setting the criteria for classifying third-country CCPs adopted by the COM during the past year;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Nicola BEER, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Regrets the failure to ensure full gender balance in EU financial institutions and bodies; and asks for future appointments to be in line with the European Parliament resolution of 14 March 2019 on gender balance in EU economic and monetary affairs nominations;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that sound management of credit risk should remain ~~the~~a key priority for the SSM;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS

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~~as a result of Covid-19 health measures, and calls for the final adoption of an adequate regime to manage the increase in NPLs;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Engin EROGLU, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. SRecognises the role played by banks in supporting businesses and the real economy during the pandemic, and 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;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Ivars IJABS, Nicola BEER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Is concerned that as Member States sell increasing amounts of sovereign bonds, their share in banks’ balance sheets grows, potentially aggravating the doom loop; considers that the ~~creation of~~high-quality European assets introduced by Next Generation EU ~~will provid~~do not fully resolve thi~~gh-quality European assets~~s issue;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Not~~Welcomes the efforts of the SSM to provide guidance and clarity to banks for self-assessing and appropriately reporting environmental and climate change-related risks; considers the SSM climate risk stress test an important step in evaluating banks’ practices and identifying concrete areas of improvement;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Luis GARICANO, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Notes the EBA’s role in leading, coordinating and monitoring the EU financial sector’s fight against money laundering and terrorist financing; and looks forward to the Commission’s proposal on Anti Money Laundering regulation;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Trusts that the introduction of a backstop into the SRF earlier than originally envisaged is positive for the strengthening of the crisis management framework~~Notes the earlier introduction than originally envisaged of the backstop into the SRF;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Nicola BEER, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28 a. Insists on holding banks solely responsible for their performance instead of letting taxpayers shoulder the burden of a crisis management framework, in particular of the new lending facility under the common backstop framework;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Notes that steps have already been undertaken toward the direction of an EDIS, such as the harmonization of national Deposit Guarantee Schemes, guaranteeing up to 100.000 euros in banking deposits;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Gilles BOYER, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36 b. Notes that the possibility of inter- DGS lending already exists;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2122(INI)

Caroline NAGTEGAAL, Ivars IJABS, Engin EROGLU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)

36 c. Notes that further development of an EDIS should be linked to Assets Quality Reviews and risk reduction in the banking sector;

2021/05/27
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)

- having regard to the Parliament’s resolution on a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing – the Commission’s Action Plan and other recent developments (B9-0207/2020)

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)

- having regard to the European Fiscal Boards’ Assessment of the fiscal stance appropriate for the euro area in 2021 of 1 July 2020

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 b (new)

- having regard to the Parliament’s resolution of 6 February 2017 on improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty (P8_TA(2017)0049)

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 b (new)

- having regard to the Commission’s communication on Economic governance review of 5 February 2020 (COM(2020)55)

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 c (new)

- having regard to the Commission’s Communication of 6December 2017 Further Steps Towards Completing Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union: A Roadmap (COM(2017) 821)

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas effective structural reforms, accompanied by well-targeted investments and responsible fiscal policies provide a successful compass for preparing the EU for its future and present challenges such as strengthening competitiveness while transitioning to a low carbon economy, the digitalization of our societies, the development of research & innovation, the growth of the labour market based on high quality jobs skills and continuing professional training;

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas Council, Commission and Eurogroup accountability to the European Parliament throughout all the stages of the European Semester process is warranted for democratic legitimacy and transparency;

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas in 2019 only 5.7% of country specific recommendations have been fully implemented by Member States, 45.9 % have made at least some progress but 48.4% have not been implemented or only with limited progress;

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Gilles BOYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes with great concern that, according to the Commission’s Spring 2020 economic forecast, the EU is expected to suffer the deepest recession in its history in 2020 and the euro area GDP will not return to the pre-crisis level before 2022;

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that governments have adopted more than 4% of euro area GDP in discretionary fiscal measures in 2020 and is of the opinion that these measures will have to be continued also in 2021. Notes that the Next Generation EU initiative may provide an additional fiscal stimulus to European economies of around 1% of GDP over the period of next four years.

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the swift and strong response to the crisis in the area of monetary and fiscal policy, at both EU and Member State level, as well as the European Recovery Plan; considers it essential that the recovery package is fully aligned with the EU’s new growth strategy~~, i.e. in accordance with the principles of the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and with the~~ - the European Green Deal, which puts sustainability at the centre of its action and aims to protect women’s rights and achieve gender equality; demands that funds and resources be directed to projects and beneficiaries that comply with our Treaty- based fundamental values and that recipient firms protect their workers, pay their fair share of taxes, and refrain from paying out dividends or offering share buy- back schemes aimed at remunerating shareholders;

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Ivars IJABS, Luis GARICANO, Engin EROGLU, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL, Billy KELLEHER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the activation of the general escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact, and expects that it will remain activated at least until the end of 2021 in order to support the efforts of the Member States to recover from the pandemic crisis and strengthen their economic and social resilience; in the event of a severe economic downturn; notes that for greater effectiveness and credibility, the activation should have provided indications on the timing of and conditions for exit or review and asks the Commission to provide them, based on economic data and output; expects that it will remain activated until the European economy returns to the pre- crisis level of real GDP in order to support the efforts of the Member States to recover from the pandemic crisis and strengthen their economic and social resilience; Calls for a review of the Stability and Growth Pact following of the Covid-19 crisis, to further enable an adequate response to crises while ensuring debt sustainability in the euro area, simplifying its rules and procedures, and improving compliance with them.

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

2020/2078(INI)

Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the conclusion of the European Fiscal Board (EFB)9 that the fiscal framework has to be revised, and is convinced that the deep economic crisis triggered by the pandemic further exacerbates this need; believes that the review and reform have to meet the above requirements in terms of increasing investment relating to climate change and digitalisation and stabilising the new level of investment, while ensuring sound and sustainable budgetary management; _________________ 9EFB Annual report 2019, p. 71 - https:/ec.europa.eu/info/sites/infos/files/20 19-efb-annual-report_en.pdf

2020/07/13
Committee: ECON

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the health and environmental impacts of processes and outputs of new recycling and recovery technologies are thoroughly evaluated at the industrial level prior to their incentivisation while guaranteeing transparency on the evaluation procedure and conclusions;

2020/10/27
Committee: ITRE

Christophe GRUDLER, Dominique RIQUET, Ivars IJABS, Mauri PEKKARINEN, Valérie HAYER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ, Pierre KARLESKIND, Martina DLABAJOVÁ, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, Nicola DANTI, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Fabienne KELLER, Sylvie BRUNET, Bart GROOTHUIS, Andrus ANSIP

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Considers innovation as the key driver for economic recovery and growth; Highlights that funding in research and innovation is essentials in this recovery phase; Calls on the Commission to encourage the pooling of resources on research and innovation on an EU-wide scale, increase entrepreneurial spirit and create a new ambitious, creative and innovative environment for European business and industrial projects;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

15. Calls on the Commission to relaunch the debate on the reform of the economic governance of the Union with a view to coming forward with a ~~legislative proposal by the end of 2021~~comprehensive, forward-looking legislative proposal by 2022, or when the trajectory of the economic recovery is in the direction of reaching pre-pandemic levels; calls for a rethink of EU fiscal rules, also in view of the legacies of the pandemic, and supports the EFB’s conclusion that the fiscal framework has to be adapted;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for the renewed fiscal framework to promote sustainability and cyclical stabilisation and to improve the quality of public expenditure through sustainable investments and reforms; calls for ~~well-def~~streamlined, transparent, simple, flexible and enforceable rules embedded in a credible and democratic framework that take into account the specificities of Member States and promotes upward economic and social convergence; calls for the renewed framework to have a greater emphasis on the quality of the debt;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Proposes, in line with the EFB, that existing waivers and derogations are replaced by ‘ one general escape clause, triggered based on independent economic judgement’; but asks for further clarification on the composition of the independent body, and how its independence would be ensured;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Shares the EFB’s opinion that sustainable growth-enhancing public investments should be e~~xempt from the expenditure rule~~armarked, in particular those investments that are aligned with the EU’s long-term objectives of the NGEU; whilst it is important that growth-enhancing public investment is incentivised, eligible investments should be clearly framed and contribute to the achievement of the EU’s objectives;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Stresses that governments’ revenues are essential to guarantee the sustainability of public finances; calls on the Member States to take action to tackle tax fraud, tax avoidance, and tax evasion, as well as money launderingactions aimed at fighting against tax fraud, tax avoidance and evasion as well as money laundering are essential to guarantee the sustainability of public finances and to instil confidence in the governance of public finances; therefore, calls on the Member States to ensure effective actions in this area;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Agrees with~~Takes note of the opinion of the EFB and others21 that a deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) would be helped by a central fiscal capacity, which could help cushion idiosyncratic shocks, whether common or country-specific, in a timely manner; however, calls on the Commission and Member States to first monitor and evaluate the implementation of the NGEU before considering an additional fiscal capacity; _________________ 21International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Welcomes the creation of the NGEU, which is financed through debt issuance guaranteed by the EU budget; underlines that EU-issuance debt22 will provide a new supply of European high- quality assets, which ~~is a step towards~~could lead to a permanent EU safe asset in the future; _________________ 22 NGEU & SURE bonds.

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Olivier CHASTEL, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Stresses the importance of the MIP in identifying and taking preventive and corrective actions against emerging imbalances and loss of competitiveness at an early stage; points out, however, that the potential of this mechanism has not been fully exploited on account of its structural weaknesses;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Considers that alignment of national fiscal policies with the EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement should be apriority; notes that the climate poses real and severe risks to the sustainability of member states’ fiscal policies; reiterates the EU’s stated ambition to become the first climate- neutral continent by 2050;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Underlines the importance of the EU institutional framework and of the community method to set and enforce the rules and to safeguard and enhance strong political ownership and legitimacy; stresses that weak political ownership or accountability at national level exacerbates non-compliance;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls for a renewed European Semester as the main economic and social policy coordination framework supporting the EU’s long-standing goals of sustainability and upward convergence with stronger national ownership; calls for more rigorous democratic scrutiny a~~nd for Parlia~~t EU and national level to hold national government’s ~~full involvement in defining the overarching goals and the guidance~~account; Moreover, calls for greater involvement of the European Parliament in defining the overarching goals and the guidance; identifies the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe as a possible forum to discuss the greater involvement of the European Parliament in defining and enforcing common EU rules on economic policy coordination; stresses that the governance of the Recovery and Resilient Facility should serve as an inspiration for the future of economic policy coordination;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Olivier CHASTEL, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the EU’s macroeconomic dialogue to be invigorated through dialogue at euro-area and national level with representatives of government, employer federations and trade unions and to envisage at both levels exchanges with the central banks; notes that dialogue with a broader demographic could strengthen the accountability of national governments;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls for more involvement of nNational pProductivity ~~council~~Boards in the MIP process to strengthen the role of independent, national, economic analyses in the ~~MIP~~ process;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ivars IJABS, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Gilles BOYER, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Underlines that for better enforcement each Member State should strive for strong ownership of commonly agreed economic policy priorities and that, in this context, the right balance should be sought between peer support, peer pressure, financial benefits and financial consequences;

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)

Billy KELLEHER, Ondřej KOVAŘÍK, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Ivars IJABS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. ~~Recalls~~Takes note of its position23 that an ‘additional budgetary capacity for the euro area’ should be included in the fiscal capacity; however, calls on the Commission and Member States to first monitor and evaluate the implementation of the NGEU before considering an additional financial capacity; _________________ 23European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2017 on budgetary capacity for the euro area, OJ C 252, 18.7.2018, p. 235.

2021/04/23
Committee: ECON

2020/2075(INI)