212 Amendments of Hervé JUVIN
Amendment 71 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) The European Green Deal with its ambitious objectives has brought to the increase of cost for European producers, thus it is necessary to have an instrument to ensure a level playing field with third countries, which do not have the same ambitious climate policies as the EU has.
Amendment 72 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Tackling climate and other environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the European Green Deal. The value of the European Green Deal has only grown in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well- being of the Union’s citizens, the need to develop European policies promoting localism and the relocation of the most strategic industries.
Amendment 79 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Tackling carbon leakage requires a global action. The European Union must not only lead by example, but also cooperate with its partners to establish a global carbon price or create a climate club with “like-minded partners” as a long-term solution. Thus, the European Union should reinforce its climate diplomacy and open discussion with third countries, which are interested in adopting similar measure to CBAM, in order to harmonise their instruments.
Amendment 82 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The initiative for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘CBAM’) is a part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’. That mechanism is to serve as an essential element of the EU toolbox to meet the objective of a climate-neutral Union by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement by addressing risks of carbon leakage resulting from the increased Union climate ambition, while at the same time ensuring a level playing field in order to preserve the competitiveness of EU industries.
Amendment 94 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, fFree allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissionsat the level of the benchmark, which safeguards the sector-wide incentive to reduce emissions under the ETS, has proven to be an effective measure to reduce the risk of carbon leakage.
Amendment 101 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The CBAM seeks to replaceis a complementary tool to these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk of carbon leakage in a different way, namely by ensuring equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transition from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased inhe legislative framework should cumulatively ensure that a mechanism is included to provide effective carbon leakage protection, also addressing export markets,as well as a net positive impact on global GHG emissions rather than EU emissions only while fpree allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM are phased ouserving the competitiveness of EU industries and products in the global market. The cCombined and transitional application of EU ETS allowances allocated freemission should test and verify the effectiveness of the CBAM regulation in terms of protection from the risk of charge and of the CBAM should in no case result in more favourable treatment for Union goods compared to goods imported into the customs territory of the Unionbon leakage by 2030. Should the phase-out of free allowances really be needed, this regulation should be reviewed in order to integrate an export adjustment mechanism, or the maintenance of free allowances for the EU production destined to the export.
Amendment 127 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTOa level playing field in order to preserve the compaetibilitytiveness of EU industries.
Amendment 131 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to exclude from the CBAM third countries or territories fully integrated into, or linked, to the EU ETS in the event of future agreements, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the list of countries in Annex II. Conversely, those third countries or territories should be excluded from the list in Annex II and be subject to CBAM whereby they do not effectively charge the ETS price on goods exported to the Union. The Commission should continuously monitor this and inform the Parliament and the Council if any change occurs
Amendment 136 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The GHG emissions to be regulated by the CBAM should correspond to those GHG emissions covered by Annex I to the EU ETS in Directive 2003/87/EC, namely carbon dioxide (‘CO2’) as well as, where relevant, nitrous oxide (‘N2O’) and perfluorocarbons (‘PFCs’). The CBAM should initially apply to direct emissions of those GHG from the production of goods up to the time of import into the customs territory of the Union, and after the end of a transition period and upon further assessment, as well to indirect emissions, mirroring the scope of the EU ETS. Including indirect emissions and pricing them in the CBAM should be done only once the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions has been reduced to a minimum, as the European electricity grid decarbonises.
Amendment 165 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The goods under this Regulation should be selected after a careful analysis of their relevance in terms of cumulated GHG emissions and risk of carbon leakage in the corresponding EU ETS sectors while limiting complexity and administrative burden. In particular, the actual selection should take into account basic materials and basic products covered by the EU ETS with the objective of ensuring that imports of energy intensive products into the Union are on equal footing with EU products in terms of EU ETS carbon pricing, and to mitigate risks of carbon leakage. Other relevant criteria to narrow the selection should be: firstly, relevance of sectors in terms of emissions, namely whether the sector is one of the largest aggregate emitters of GHG emissions; secondly, sector’s exposure to significant risk of carbon leakage, as defined pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; thirdly, the need to balance broad coverage in terms of GHG emissions while limiting complexity and administrative effort; fourthly, the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chain disruption and the increasing of prices in raw materials and other strategic sectors.
Amendment 183 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) Circumvention practices must be prohibited, where a change in the pattern of trade between third countries and the Union, or between third countries, or between individual companies, or within the same undertaking, in relation with products included in the scope of this Regulation, whether slightly modified or not, stems from a practice, process or work that have insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations as laid down in this Regulation. Those practices should include all types of circumvention practices, including resource shuffling, cost absorption, manipulation of emissions data, wrongful labelling of goods and slight modifications of the product so as to import a product under a different Customs Code thereby avoiding this Regulation. In case of circumvention as well as absorption practices or repeated infringements of the provisions of this Regulation, stronger penalties should apply to avoid undermining the effectiveness of the CBAM regime.
Amendment 200 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050 and possibilities to improve carbon leakage measures to ensure a level playing field between the EU and third countries. The Commission shouldall, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, including downstream products using goods covered by the CBAM, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . With regard to indirect emissions, the evaluation shall take into account the exposure of EU producers to carbon costs passed on in electricity prices due to the functioning of the EU energy market. _________________ 47 Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 230 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage and at the same time ensure a level playing field to preserve the competitiveness of EU industries.
Amendment 237 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The mechanism willshould, if effective, progressively become an alternative to the mechanisms established under Directive 2003/87/EC to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, notably the allocation of allowances free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of that Directive, without prejudice to the maintenance of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge until 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proven to be effective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage both for imports into or exports from the customs territory of the Union.
Amendment 289 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts concerning detailed rules regarding the elements of the calculation methods set out in Annex III, including determining system boundaries of production processes, emission factors, installation-specific values of actual emissions and default values and their respective application to individual goods as well as laying down methods to ensure the reliability of data on the basis of which the default values shall be determined, including the level of detail and the verification of the data. Where necessary, those acts shall provide that the default values can be adapted to particular areas, regions or countries to take into account specific objective factors such as geography, natural resources, market conditions, prevailing energy sources, or industrial processes. The implementing acts shall build upon existing legislation for the verification of emissions and activity data for installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC, in particular Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067.
Amendment 299 #
2021/0214(COD)
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts concerning the principles of verification referred to in paragraph 1 as regards the possibility to waive the obligation for the verifier to visit the installation where relevant goods are produced and the obligation to set thresholds for deciding whether misstatements or non-conformities are material and concerning the supporting documentation needed for the verification report. Provisions laid down in such implementing acts shall be equivalent to the provisions set in Regulation 2018/2067.
Amendment 303 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The authorised declarant shall keep records of the documentation, certified by an independent person, verifier accredited pursuant to Art. 18 and in line with the competences established in Article.8(1) concerning the verification of embedded emissions. The accredited verifier is required to demonstrate that the declared embedded emissions were subject to a carbon price in the country of origin of the goods and keep evidence of the proof of the actual payment for that carbon price which should not have been subject to an export rebate or any other form of compensation on exportation.
Amendment 306 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The authorised declarant shall keep records of the documentation, certified by an independent person, required to demonstrate that the declared embedded emissions were subject to a carbon price in the country of origin of the goods and keep evidence of the proof of the actual payment for that carbon price which should not have been subject to an export rebate or any other form of compensation on exportation.
Amendment 314 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. (1) The Commission shall, upon request by a register the information on operators of an installations located in a third country, register the information on that operator and on itsies and on those installation in a central database referred to in Article 14(4).
Amendment 318 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The records referred to in paragraph 5, point (c), shall be sufficiently detailed to enable the verification in accordance with paragraph 5, point (b), and to enable any competent authority to verify and to review, in accordance with Article 19(1), the CBAM declaration made by an authorised declarant to whom the relevant information was disclosed in accordance with paragraph 8.
Amendment 323 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8
Article 10 – paragraph 8
8. The operator may, at any timefter10 years, ask to be deregistered from the database.
Amendment 350 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall establish a central database accessible to the public containing the names, addresses and contact details of the operators and the location of installations in third countries in accordance with Article 10(2). An operator may choose not to have its name, address and contact details accessible to the public.
Amendment 354 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. If irregularities are identified as a result of the controls carried out under paragraph 2, the Commission shall inform the Member State or Member States concerned for further investigation in order to correct the identified irregularities. . Identified irregularities shall be corrected at the latest within one month from the day where they were identified, and, where appropriate, penalties pursuant to Article 27 shall apply.
Amendment 360 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the declarant hasand the operators of installations located in third countries from whom the declarants sources goods have respectively not been involved in a serious infringement or repeated infringements of customs legislation, circumvention of antidumping or antisubsidy duties, taxation rules and market abuse rules and hasve no record of serious criminal offences relating to its economic activity during the five years preceding the application;
Amendment 377 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 381 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority mayshall review the CBAM declaration within the period ending with the fourth year after the year in which the declaration should have been submitted. The review may consist in verifying the information provided in the CBAM declaration on the basis of the information communicated by the customs authorities in accordance with Article 25(2) and any other relevant evidence, and on the basis of any audit deemed necessary, including at the premises of the authorised declarant.
Amendment 386 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Where a CBAM declaration in accordance with Article 6 has not been submitted, the competent authority of the Member State of establishment of the authorised declarant shall assess the CBAM obligations of that declarant on the basis of the information at its disposal and calculate the total number of CBAM certificates due at the latest by the 31 December of the fourth year following that when the CBAM declaration should have been submitted.
Amendment 399 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a Usage of revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates 1.The revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be used to help European industries in decarbonising their production and in deploying low-carbon technologies, since they are facing higher production costs due to the ambitious objectives set by the European Green Deal, as well as to cover the cost of administration of the CBAM. 2. To ensure transparency of the use of revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates the Commission shall, on a yearly basis, report to the European Parliament and the Council on how the revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, from the previous year has been used.
Amendment 400 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24a Usage of revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates The revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates shall be allocated to Member States to be used for the decarbonisation of European industries and the deployment of low-carbon technologies, as they face higher production costs as a result of the ambitious targets set under the European Green Deal, as well as to cover the administrative costs of the CBAM.
Amendment 416 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Practices of circumvention include situations where a change in the pattern of trade in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulationbetween third countries and the Union or between third countries themselves or between individual companies or within the same undertaking in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulation , whether slightly modified or not, stems from a practice, process or work that has insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations or seeking benefits as laid down in this Regulation and consist in replacing those goods with slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I but belong to a sector included in the scope of this Regulationor undermining their effects, including on overall GHG emissions and on prices of the goods concerned.
Amendment 421 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The practice, process or work referred to in paragraph 2 include, inter alia: (a) the slight modification of the goods included in the scope of this Regulation to make it fall under customs codes which are normally not subject to the obligations of this Regulation, provided that the modification does not alter its essential characteristics;(b) false declarations as to the identity of the producer of the goods or of the nature of the goods or the production process involved to product these goods;(c) the consignment of the goods via third countries to which more favourable obligations apply; (d) the reorganisation by exporters or producers of their patterns and channels of sales in order to avoid obligations as laid down in this Regulation, or undermine their effects, including on overall GHG emissions and on prices of the goods, for instance via practices of resource shuffling.(e) the assembly of parts by an assembly operation in the Union or a third country to avoid obligations as laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 423 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Following a complaint made by any party, or at the request of Member States or on its own initiative, the Commission may decide, following an investigation, to extend obligations laid down in this regulation, in whatever way is necessary to prevent future circumvention of the present Regulation, when circumvention of the measures in force is taking place. This includes the possibility for the Commission to impose a penalty on an authorised Declarant involved in the circumvention, if this is proportionate, from the date of registration of imports. Given the circumstances of the individual case, the Commission may also decide to ban those imports from entering the Union territory during a certain period or to prevent the authorized Declarant and any of its related parties to import goods subject to the present Regulation into the Union for a certain period.
Amendment 424 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Decisions referred to in paragraph 2b shall be subject to an appeal procedure.
Amendment 425 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Investigations shall be initiated pursuant to this Article on the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a Member State or of any interested party on the basis of sufficient evidence regarding possible circumvention practices as defined in paragraphs 2 and 2a. Initiations shall be made by means of a Commission regulation which shall also instruct customs authorities of Member States to subject imports to registration in accordance with Article 27(5). The Commission shall provide information to the Member States once a party or a Member State has submitted a request to initiate an investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis thereof, or where the Commission has it self determined that there is a need to initiate an investigation.
Amendment 426 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 e (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission. The Commission may be assisted by customs authorities and the investigation shall be concluded within 4 months.
Amendment 427 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 f (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Where the facts as finally ascertained justify the extension of obligations, this shall be done by the Commission adopting delegated acts.
Amendment 428 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 g (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 g (new)
Amendment 433 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. A Member State or any party affected or benefitted by the situations described in paragraphs 2 to 2f may notify the Commission if it is confronted, over a two- month period compared with the same period in the preceding year with a significant decrease in the volume of imported goods included in the scope of this Regulation and an increase of volume of imports of slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I. The Commission shall continually monitor any significant change of pattern of trade of goods and slightly modified products at Union level.
Amendment 442 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council, with a view to drawing up an exhaustive list of unfair and circumvention practices related to the CBAM in third countries.
Amendment 443 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The Commission shall regularly 1a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the practices of circumvention relating to the CBAM. _________________ 1a at least on an annual basis
Amendment 452 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)
Article 27 a (new)
Amendment 465 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to include EU exports to third countries, indirect emissions and goods other than those listed in Annex I, including downstream products using goods covered by this Regulation, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods. While the CBAM applied to EU imports addresses the risk of carbon import leakage to the EU market, a level playing field must also be ensured for European products that are exported outside the EU.
Amendment 475 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, an in-depthe assessment - developed in close cooperation with the industrial sectors, of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, including down stream products using goods covered by this Regulation, as well as an assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future. Finally it contains an assessment of extending the scope of this Regulation by including an export adjustment mechanism or the maintenance of free allowances for the EU production destined to the export, in order to ensure a level playing field also for European products that are exported.
Amendment 484 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. 1.Following the transitional period, the Commission shall introduce a two-year testing period during which it shall in a transparent way collect and verify data, in cooperation with interested industrial sectors, in order to assess the effectiveness of the CBAM in addressing the risk of carbon leakage as well as in ensuring a global level playing field in order to preserve the competitiveness of EU industry. 2.In 2029 the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council regarding the effectiveness of the CBAM.The report shall also include the selected option to address the export exposure, regarding the effectiveness of the CBAM based on the data collected according to paragraph 1. 3. The report by the European Commission may be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend the scope of this Regulation, including if the assessment of the effectiveness of the CBAM in tackling carbon leakage shows that EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC remain necessary to prevent the risk of carbon leakage after 2030.
Amendment 487 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. The report by the Commission shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal. The proposal should consider, inter alia, the option to maintain the allocation of free allowances for EU exports and to allocate a refund for the carbon costs that EU producers incur under the EU Emissions Trading System.
Amendment 505 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the carbon price due in a country of origin for the embedded emissions in the imported goods, which is not subject to an export rebate or other form of compensation on exportation.
Amendment 527 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) Articles 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 3127 shall apply from 1 January 2026.
Amendment 528 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) In order to guarantee carbon neutrality and a level playing field, Article 31 shall only apply once carbon costs are equal between the EU and third countries.
Amendment 529 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 31 shall apply from 1 January 2030.
Amendment 543 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1
When actual emissions cannot be adequately determined by the authorised declarant, default values shall be used. The default values should represent the highest known carbon intensity of the asset in question in order to avoid the risk of carbon leakage and any other irregular behaviour. These values shall be set at the average emission intensity of each exporting country and for each of the goods listed in Annex I other than electricity, increased by a mark-up, the latter to be determined in the implementing acts of this Regulation. When reliable data for the exporting country cannot be applied for a type of goods, the default values shall be based on the average emission intensity of the 10 per cent worst performing EU installations for that type of goods. The average country-by-country data should be consistent with the rules on the calculation of actual emissions set out in Article 7 and Annex III and verified by verifiers certified in accordance with Article 18. When reliable and verified data for the exporting country cannot be applied for a type of goods, the default values shall be based on the average emission intensity of the 10 per cent worst performing EU installations for that type of goods, plus a mark-up to be determined in the implementing acts of this Regulation. The mark-up to be applied under this point should ensure that the default values reflect the highest known carbon intensity of the asset concerned in order to avoid the risk of carbon leakage and any other irregular behaviour.
Amendment 546 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 6
Annex III – point 6
Amendment 3 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU trade policy has a major role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; without putting at risk the competitiveness of the European production; EU trade policy should be designed to provide the consumer with the best products putting European farmers and producers at the core; highlights that domestic related policies and trade should never encourage practices that lead to a significant increase of imports from third countries which might have less ambitious social, environmental and SPS standards;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare; urges the European Union also to extend the protection offered by designations of origin and territorial brandings and to insist that the country or countries of origin be specified, in particular where foods are concerned;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection, , respect of human rights and animal welfare;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores that the new initiative proposed does not take into account the impact of the Covid-19crisis and the consequent food insecurity in the European market; in this regard, stresses with big concern that the Covid-19 crisis is expected to significantly increase the EU population unable to afford a healthy and nutritious meal;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to shorten the EU food supply chain and to make it less dependent on imports from third countries, thus increasing the EU’s resilience in order to meet the needs of consumers and to secure the food production and the stocks;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines that local production is - and will always be - more sustainable than global food production as it meets the immediate needs of consumers, reduces food waste, and can have a lesser impact on the environment by reducing transport related GHG emissions;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that sustainable production should become a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmentthe Commission should take into account that sustainability is not only focused on environmental issues as it should be taken as a global concept also including economic and social aspects;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the main objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy should be to guarantee the access to healthy and nutritious food for consumers at a fair price, as well as ensuring decent salaries for producers; furthermore the strategy should strengthen the position of EU farmers and producers in the global food supply chain; in this regard the strategy should also set out realistic, achievable, and fair objectives by giving the possibility and the time needed for producers to gradually adapt to any changes required in the production process without any abrupt shifts and without discriminating any sector per se;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Remarks that the loss of competitiveness and production capacity caused to European companies - if the announced Farm to Fork target thresholds are confirmed - could only be mitigated if the other major world players also adopted a system of equivalent environmental rules, reminds the Commission that currently there are no elements that make us think that this can happen in a sufficient way;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines the importance of preserving the production specificities, the quality and the distinctiveness of the EU productive model forged through historical and cultural practices; in this regard, stresses the need to consider that many farming practices are part of the national and European cultural heritage and are moreover designed by geographic, regionals and climate related specificities; recalls that those practices should be cherished as part of the European and international heritage and preserved from any ideological interferences; furthermore any future evolvement should take into account the local peculiarities of each Member State and the need to define proportionate and calibrated objectives according to the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to pursue the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy through the development of Green Alliances in all relevant forums, including the UN Food Systems Summit 2021; calls on it further, in the same context, to authorise local authorities to give priority to locally produced food and to reserve access to local procurement for local producers;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the absence of an effective impact assessment for the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies and recalls the need to present legislative proposals only when following an assessment of the overall effects of the strategies from an environmental, social and economic point of view;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to immediately conduct and present a comprehensive neutral impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and ensure reciprocity of standards; recalls that FTAs should be based on a coordinated approach, fostering more consistency between trade, customs and market surveillance; furthermore, urges the Commission to set a more ambitious agenda regarding food fraud and adulteration in FTAs;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and ensure reciprocity of standards by introducing more stringent checks at borders and making arrangements for the effective monitoring of production standards and conditions in areas covered by free trade agreements;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Proposes that the EU take immediate protectionist measures in response to the competitive disadvantage it faces, rather than issuing ineffective calls for the uniformisation of standards at global level;
Amendment 142 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 7 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
— having regard to the Commission’s Economic Forecast: Springummer 2020 of 6 Ma7 July 2020 (Institutional Paper 125),
Amendment 14 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the national and regional lockdown measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic isare causing an unprecedented and symmetric shock both for the EU and globallymost of the developed world, and its duration and its health, social and economic impact are not yet completely foreseeable;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the shock is symmetrical but the impact varies considerably among Member States, reflecting the severity of the pandemic and the stringency of their containment measures, but alsoeconomic impact of the lockdown and confinement measures varies considerably among Member States, reflecting their specific economic exposures and initial conditions, including their available scope for discretionary fiscaleconomic policy responses;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a determined, coordinated and solidarity-basedn effective and efficient European response ismay be essential to mitigate the negative economic and social consequences of the crisinational and regional lockdown measures and the further deepening of macroeconomic divergence;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with great concern that, according to the Commission’s Springummer 2020 economic forecast, the EU is expected to suffer the deepest recession in its history in 2020, significantly worse than the projections in the Spring forecast, including a euro area contraction by 8.7%; notes that the recession is more limited in those EU Member States that still retain their monetary sovereignty;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that the EU faces the unprecedented challenge of mitigating the social and economic consequences of the historic recession and setting the course for a rapid economic recovery linkoriented to a sustainable and just transition and digital transformation; is convinced that, for this, a significant increase in public and private investment compared to the 2010s is indispensable and that the increased level of investment must be stabilised for many years to come;
Amendment 111 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of 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 essentialacknowledges 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 aim 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;
Amendment 115 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is of the view that the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is an inadequate tool for responding effectively to economic crises in the euro area and considers it advisable to revise the TFEU so that the ECB can directly purchase Member States' government bonds on the primary market;
Amendment 126 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
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 and not before a complete upturn of all Member states in order to support their efforts of the Member States to recover from the pandemic crisis and strengthen their economic and social resilience;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the specific need to foster growth convergence within the euro area;
Amendment 150 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomesTakes note of 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 lockdown measures following 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 budgetary management; _________________ 9EFB Annual report 2019, p. 71 - https:/ec.europa.eu/info/sites/infos/files/20 19-efb-annual-report_en.pdf
Amendment 175 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it essential that the revision of the EU’s fiscal and economic policy framework should be completed by the time the escape clause is repealed and should enable fiscal policy to respond with discretion to shocks in the short term, and to gradually reduce high public debt ratios, by supporting growth, to an agreed reference value in the long term, while allowing a sufficientconsiderable level of public investment, progressivsustainable tax policies and the repayment of loans in a cycle- comfortable manner, and the long-term modernisation of public commodities;
Amendment 178 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the Commission to review the methodology for calculating estimates of potential output and the output gap used for the assessment of the cyclical component of the structural balance; is of the view that this methodology has proven to be inadequate and, over the years, has been shown to produce excessive, distorting and damaging restrictions on the spending capacity of states;
Amendment 183 #
2020/2078(INI)
Amendment 192 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Proposes a combination of expenditure rules for public non- investment expenditure and a golden rule for public investment which is central to both; wishes to see a rapid recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and a transition to a cleaner, socially sustainable and more digital societycompetitive Eurozone;
Amendment 196 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission, in the possible revision of the Stability Pact, to ease the rules that have proven to be too restrictive and often punitive with regard to the public debt and deficit, by adapting the criteria and thresholds to the new economic and social context in Europe; stresses the negative impact excessive current-account surpluses in the balance of payments are having on the stability of the euro area economy;
Amendment 204 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomesTakes note of the refocus of the European Semester Spring Package aimed at providing an immediate economic policy response to tackle and mitigate the health and socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and reboot economic activity; supports the Commission’s announcement of a reform of the European Semester to convert it into a tool to coordinate the recovery measures, framed by the principles of the EGD, the EPSR and the SDGs; is convinced that this has to include the coordination of measures concerning state aid and tax policies; underlines the need for the integration of a new set of binding sustainability and wellbeing indicators and alternative measurements of growth performance;
Amendment 209 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the refocus of the European Semester Spring Package aimed at providing an immediate economic policy response to tackle and mitigate the health and socio-economic impact of COVID-19 and reboot economic activity; supports the Commission’s announcement of a reform of the European Semester to convert it into a tool to coordinate the recovery measures, framed by the principles of the EGD, the EPSR and the SDGs; is convinced that this has to include the coordination of measures concerning state aid and tax policies; underlines the need for the integration of a new set of binding sustainability and wellbeing indicators and alternative measurements of growth performance;
Amendment 216 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Is concerned about the clear distortions of competition caused by the asymmetric volumes of state aid granted by Member States during economic crises, owing to different debt baselines; is of the view that the Commission's work on competition policy has been inadequate and damaging and has increased imbalances between EU economies; considers that it would be appropriate to conduct an in-depth assessment of the impact caused by the Commission's approach to competition and state aid;
Amendment 241 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Takes the view that Member States' policies and reforms should be discussed and decided on only by the national parliaments, applying the principle of subsidiarity; notes that the European Semester procedure has proven to be totally unsuccessful and damaging, imposing reforms that have made countries' economies weaker and more vulnerable, exacerbated wage deflation and increased precarious employment and poverty;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. considers appropriate to limit the interventions and recommendations to member countries to areas necessary to prevent or reduce the negative externalities produced by national policies, respecting the sovereignty of Member States in every other sector;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that public revenues are essential to finance the post-pandemic recovery and the just transition to a sustainable economy; recalls that tax evasion and tax avoidance at EU level amount to up to EUR 160-190 billion each year, constituting missing revenues for the treasuries; underlines that this crisis should not be abused as an argument to increase taxation and public expenditure across Member States; regrets that civil society organisations, such as the Open Society Foundation, with an endowment of almost 20 billion US dollars, are still exempt from the transparency requirements under the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the urgent need to complete and reinforce the EMU architecture with a view toaiming at protecting citizens and reducing pressure on public finances during external shocks so as to overcome social and economic imbalances, by creating a fiscal capacity for public investment, a macroeconomic stabilisation and cohesion function for the euro area, and a European unemployment benefit reinsurance scheme;
Amendment 277 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. considers extremely important to change the mandate of the ECB, placing as its first objective the full employment and subordinately the price stability, as well as widening its scope through the introduction of instruments necessary to correct the economic asymmetries among the Eurozone member countries;
Amendment 282 #
2020/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. considers necessary to intervene in the banking regulation and supervision system, allowing greater flexibility in complying with the convergence criteria towards countries with low credit demand and applying the same criteria more rigorously in those with excess credit demand, also in order to avoid the excessive increase in inflation;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s initiatives to support European SMEs’ access to international markets; stresses, however, that SMEs have to deal with too many regulations and burdens and excessive bureaucracy; stresses that SMEs are kept at a competitive disadvantage by investing in climate neutrality to comply with the Green Deal while trying to remain competitive and thrive on export markets; furthermore stresses that the European Green Deal represents a disproportionate additional financial burden on SMEs and industry, distorting global competition and, under the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, seriously jeopardising their professional existence;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that the COVID-19 crisis has severely hit European industry and threatening the employment market, call in this regard the Commission to re- focus on concrete actions to support industrial and local production and related exports alternatively to concentrate on a carbon-neutral economy;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. underlines that european SMEs and instustry are already champion in the green economy and in green tools; in this regard the commission should accompany Member States towards exporting this tools and know-how to create a global level playing field;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to focus on domestic productivity on the basis of research and innovation within Europe, in order to establish a strategic autonomy and less dependence on vulnerable supply chains in core industry sectors such as the tech and telecommunications, medical products and, pharmaceuticals and agricultural sectors, especially in times of global crisis, and to remain competitive on the global markets;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that industry is a national competence, which should be driven by the interest of local business and local producers; stresses however that the European Commission should give the opportunity to Member States of developing a proper strategy to enhance the exchange of information in order to achieve positive impact on trade relations -in and outside of the internal market-;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines that industry counts for 80% of European goods exports and employs around 35 million people, calls the Commission to take into account the significant added value industry brings to the European employment market and social rights and its crucial place as a factor of prosperity and competitiveness;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports, in principle, the initiative to reinforce a rule-based multilateral trading system; expresses its concern, however, about the functioning of the WTO, owing to some international actors abusing their market power; in this regards underlines the need of creating a level playing field while being mobilised on reforming the WTO toghether with international partners;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the screening of foreign direct investment and to protect access to strategic industries, crucial infrastructure, key enabling technologies, or any other assets in the interests of security and cybersecurity. to prevent hostile takeovers by third country companies;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (SEIP) as central in ensuring the success of the Green Deal and the transition towards a more sustainable and resilient economy; notes that this success is dependent on an accompanying revision of the rules governing international trade and capital mobility;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; endorses the underlying principle that public investments will respect the oath to ‘do no harm’; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 2050; calls for an annual review of progress in this direction compared with that made by other major GHG emitters;
Amendment 113 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Questions whether the SEIP, as currently constituted, will enable the mobilisation of EUR 1 trillion by 2030, given the negative economic outlook following the COVID-19 crisis; requests the Commission to ensure full transparency on financing issues, such as the optimistic leverage effect or the lack of clarity over the extrapolations of certain amounts; furthermore questions how the new MFF as proposed by the Commission in its revised proposals of 27 and 28 May 2020 would enable the achievement of the SEIP targets; is anxious that this funding should directly benefit local stakeholders, SMEs, craftsmen, traders and consumers, thereby encouraging them to adopt a different approach;
Amendment 166 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the phasing-out of public and private investments in highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives are available, while fully respecting the rights of Member States to choose their energy mix; also calls for activities harmful to the environment or human health to be excluded from investment protection clauses contained in international trade agreements;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the central role of the EU budget in delivering the SEIP; reiterates its long-standing positionconsiders that at least some of thate new initiatives should always be financed through addimust be financed by the reallocational of appropriations and should not negatively affect other policiesearmarked for non-priority policies to policies with an environmental impact equal to or below zero;
Amendment 270 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Innovation Fund and the Modernisation Fund should make a significant contribution to the sustainable transition, and welcomes in particular the fact that the Modernisation Fund is designed to support investments to improve energy efficiency in 10 lower-income Member States and is therefore an important tool in ensuring a just transition; recalls that successful transition depends on the support of local stakeholders and the incentives received by them; urges that funding be made available to them through channels such as direct financing platforms that are outside the banking and financial system;
Amendment 418 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Insists on the integration of governance objectives in the sustainability framework, including through additional voting rights for long-term shareholders, reform of remuneration structures and fiduciary duties for top-line management, and mandatory sustainability reporting and due diligence for financial institutions and large corporates; welcomes the preparation of a sustainable corporate governance initiative; proposes that a tax be levied on interest and dividends paid by companies with their headquarters in Europe to unknown final beneficiaries (trusts, offshore companies);
Amendment 536 #
2020/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Invites the Commission to revise the Energy Tax Directive and coordinate a kerosene tax and a tax on fuels produced by deforestation in tropical countries that could also feed into the EU budget;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas, as stated in the TFEU, environmental affairs are a shared competence with Member States;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. whereas the European Union in 2017 was the first net importer of CO2 emissions worldwide;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that a purpose-built trade policy can be an important driver in steering economies towards decarbonisation in order to achieve the climate objectives set in the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal;, taking into account that the latest EU’s ambitious policies in the climate field seem to set unattainable objectives which might damage the EU competitiveness overall
Amendment 14 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that the CBAM should be formulated as a valuable instrument to protect from unfair competition and counterbalance the higher production costs that the EU Green Deal will evoke to EU companies; in this regard, highlights the need to ensure the level playing field for EU companies, as the standards imposed in the EU Green Deal are not equally ambitious in third countries, which has further increased the phenomenon of delocalisation aggravating the problem of ‘‘carbon leakage’’;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the general exception clause of Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) should be the basis for any CBAM design and its only rationale should be, avoiding any arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where the same conditions prevail with regards of countries which environmental standards might be lower and its rationale should be competitiveness as well as an environmental one – reducing global CO2 emissions and preventing carbon leakage;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for thorough objective, independent and periodic impact assessments and for the utmost transparency of the process leading to the CBAM, as well as engagement with the EU’s trading partners to build coalitions and avoid any possible retaliations;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that many carbon- and trade- intensive industrial sectors could potentially be impacted by the CBAM, either directly or indirectly, and that it could influence supply chains; stresses that any CBAM should be easy to administer and not place an undue burden on enterprises, especially small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs)., that need a stable and predictable policy and legislative framework in order to make the necessary investments, especially on national custom authorities and the implementation of the Union Customs Code, trying to balance between the complexity and efficiency of the instrument;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In this regard, recalls that the CBAM should comprise a complex and detailed method to calculate objectively the amount of carbon in the products included in its scope; for this purpose a strong system of the effective rules of origin (RoOs) is needed in order to avoid and reduce additional administrative and bureaucratic obstacles for companies, especially for the SMEs;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Highlights that one of the purposes of the CBAM should be to spur the reshoring of EU manufacturing activities, especially in the context of the Covid19 crisis, considering the fact that the pandemic has further shown the risks of depending on third countries’ economies and non-EU sources;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the announcement from the G20 on a temporary moratorium on debt repayments for the weakest developing countries and encourages private creditors to take part in this operation;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the European Union still has important economic ties with African states, and that China has intensified its economic engagement in Africaincluding Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), which have not turned out to be the most appropriate tools for pursuing the development process for which they were intended and which, on the contrary, are threatening existing local production and are liable to hamper the establishment of new job- and wealth-creating businesses;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is of the view that Chinese presence and investments in Africa have increased considerably and that there is a need to remain vigilant as to the economic, social and environmental impact of the Chinese approach in Africa, in order to preserve the commercial interests of African states and of EU Member States;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the role of many African states in the international division of labour does not promote theireconomic development in those states that is sustainable developmentover time;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to support Africa in its ambitions for a continental free trade area by making the necessary adjustments in order to implement itsto the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and make them fit the project of the Continental Free Trade Area;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines that the fragmented implementation of EPAs hasinadequacy of the EPAs has undermined the already delicate process of continental integration and resulted in a lack of substantial progress in supporting regional integration, capacity-building on border cooperation, and improvements in investment climates and good governance;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a concrete proposal that establishes common initiatives on a renewablen energy supply on thethat is suited to the specific territorial, geographic and demographic features and needs of African countinentries;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need for substantial sustainable investments that enable leapfrogging in the African states; African states to promote job creation, develop their production and processing sectors in situ and manage their resources more effectively, in order to achieve the objectives of greater 'economic autonomy';
Amendment 99 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the need to promote, support and encourage female and youth entrepreneurship;
Amendment 164 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note that the UK has chosen to establish its future economic and trade partnership with the EU on the basis of a ‘Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement’ as laid down in the UK’s Approach to Negotiations; emphasises that, while the European Parliament is supportive of the EU constructively negotiating a balanced, ambitious and comprehensive FTA with the UK, by its nature an FTA will never be equivalent to ‘frictionless’ trade; shares the Commission’s negotiating position whereby the scope and ambition of an FTA that the EU would agree to is conditional on the UK agreeing to provisions related to the level playing field, givenstresses in this regards the core importance of the geographical proximity and integration of markets, as well as on the conclusion of an agreement on fisheries;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the need to look for the for the same requirements from the UK as it has been done in the past with other trade partner with whom the EU has concluded FTAs; underlines in this regard the impoortance as well as the benefit of integration of markets as well as the geographical proximity which results in less costs and a less important environmental impact resulting from the transport of goods;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Underlines its determination to establish the more appropriate and more beneficial relationship possible with the United Kingdom, points out that the EU Member States are net exporters to the UK and finding a solution that satisfies both parties shall be a priority aiming to ensure the respect and protection of the interests of EU exporters and investors calls on the Commission to enhance competitiveness for EU companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
Amendment 215 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point ix
Paragraph 13 – point ix
(ix) an overarching chapter on the needs and interests of micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with regard to market access facilitation issues including, but not limited to, compatibility of technical standards, and streamlined customs procedures with the aim of preserving and generating concrete business opportunities and fostering their internationalisation; notes that the UK’s approach to the negotiations does not include specific provisions reflecting these objectives;
Amendment 235 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 254 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point iii
Paragraph 16 – point iii
(iii) full respect for the social and labour standards of the EU’s social model (including equivalent levels of protection and safeguards against social dumping), at least at the current high levels provided by the existing common standards; underlines in this regard that the UK already complies and is committed to the abovementioned;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that EU trade strategy must continue to promote EU interests and values when contending with new challenges worldwide in order to keep and increase the competitiveness of its industry but also preserving its agriculture; considers, therefore, that an ambitious multilateral and plurilateral agenda, the conclusion of win-win trade agreements and their effective implementation and the elimination of unjustified trade barriers constitute the best way to make the EU more competitive in a globalised world
Amendment 64 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that since trade lies within the exclusive competence of the European Commission, the assessment strategies on agreements should be improved; the European Commission should, in this regard, ensure a better impact assessment process to be carried out in due time and conducted by independent organisms for each Trade Agreement;
Amendment 65 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines that since trade is an exclusive competence of the European Commission, it should give the opportunity to Member States of developing a proper strategy to enhance the exchange of information between them in order to ensure a better communication and impact on trade relations -in and outside of the internal market-;
Amendment 72 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission to adapt its trade policy to the current changes in the international context and challenges due the impact of the COVID-19 virus; points out the need to give enough political and administrative support to ensure that the interests of European industry and agriculture producers are safeguarded in ongoing FTAs negotiations, which must be revised and, if necessary, updated in order to comply with the current needs of the European market;
Amendment 74 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Encourages the Commission to further focus on the relevance of the quality product standards while conducting trade negotiations, with the interests of the European consumers’ health as its core guideline and in line to Intellectual Property rights, protection of Geographical indications as well as the ILO and environmental standards;
Amendment 76 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Regrets that the current EU policies are incentivizing enterprises to maximise extra-EU exports over investing in the internal market consumption, having this a direct impact on EU quality standards as well as disfavouring enterprises that are not able to use international trade as an instrument; points out with big concern that an increasing extra-EU exports propensity - together with an absence of a developed and growing Internal Market- exposes European enterprises to external shocks, which are not manageable by the tools available at European and Member States' level; calls on the Commission to boost the Single Market with a special focus on EU consumers purchasing power, in order to safeguard extra-EU exporters' solidity and increase their investment capacity;
Amendment 83 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a substantive reform of the WTO, based on modernising its rule- book in order to make it more effective by providing structural and long-term solutions; eEncourages WTO members to reach an ambitious and balanced agreement on the long-standing issue of fishery subsidies during the ministerial summit in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and send out a clear signal that the WTO is still able to deliver on its negotiating function;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Takes nonetheless note that WTO has failed to cope with its basic functions and that it is not able to comply with its purposes and core functions; in this regards considers that efforts shall be put on trying to find an alternative that suits all partners instead of trying to revive an organisation that has failed to comply with its objectives; believes that efforts by the European Union and its Member States should be targeted towards finding a more suitable alternative for all partners rather than on safeguarding and reforming the current Organization;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note of the dramatic change in the US trade strategy over the past three years, which is focused on bilateral trade and often legally questionable unilateral trade measures; takes note of the limited progress madeongoing negotiations towards implementing the joint US-EU Statement of 25 July 2018; stresses the importance of relaunching the EU-US talkskeeping agriculture outside onf the basisscope of the existing negotiating mandates adopted in April 2019 by the Councilnegotiations as well as ensuring proper monitoring and protection of the fisheries sector;
Amendment 119 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Hopes that the Airbus - Boeing affair will be swiftly resolved soon without major damages to EU exports; regrets nevertheless that the judgement could have been less harmful for Member States if the European Commission would have further strive on the negotiations with the US to avoid taxes on EU export; regrets on the other hand that the US chose to tax goods from countries not part of the Airbus enterprise; underlines the necessity the European Commission to double its efforts in defending the European agricultural products and to ensure that they are not hit by additional tariffs;
Amendment 129 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Deplores that during the Covid-19 crisis there has been a spread of disinformation, propaganda and misleading information, as well as a considerable lack of management of the interference of Chinese actors within the EU, which has undermined trust in the trade markets overall and created a negative impact on procurement markets;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Emphasises its deep concern over the counterfeiting practices in China; stresses that the current Eu trade policy has steadily prejudice its health sector, industry and services; recalls in this regard that a report from the European Union Intellectual Property Office covering the period 2014-2016, from September 2016, sets the value of EU trade in counterfeit products in 2013 at 85 billion euros, with a potential damage above 10 billion euros, which affects as well to more than 37,000 jobs of the EU pharmaceutical sector;
Amendment 160 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls the positivTakes note of the developments of the EU-Canada trade agreement (CETA); notes that during its first full calendar year of implementation, bilateral trade in goods, including agri-food products, grew by 10.3 %, compared to the average of the previous three years; recalls that the EU’s trade surplus with Canada rose by 60 % and created additional opportunities for our exporters; expresses nonetheless big concern over some products entering the EU markets which fail to comply with sanitary and environmental standards; stresses in this regard the need to watch over European consumers’ interest and health as well as fair competition;
Amendment 173 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Strongly highlights the importance of the protection of geographical indications and the benefits derived from it for European producers and calls on the European Commission to secure greater compliance with these provisions in existing and future trade agreements;
Amendment 200 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the entry into force of the EU-Singapore trade agreement of 21 November 2019; welcomacknowledges its consent on the EU-Vietnam agreement and calls for its quick implementation; views these agreements as a step towards; takes note with concern of the intention of the European Commission to quickly concludinge an FTA with the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region;
Amendment 209 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines its determination to establish the closest relationship possible with the United Kingdom, based on the principles regarding trade, investments and competitiveness, as set out in its resolution of 12 February 2020 on the proposed mandate for negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland7 ; notes that the Political Declaration of 17 October 2019 supported by the United Kingdom states that the future economic partnership will be underpinned by provisions ensuring a level playing field for open and fair competition; points out that the EU Member States are net exporters to the UK and finding a solution that satisfies both parties shall be a priority aiming to ensure the respect and protection of the interests of EU exporters and investors; calls on the Commission to enhance competitiveness for EU companies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); _________________ 7 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0033.
Amendment 212 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 218 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. WelcomesTakes note of the conclusions of the trade negotiations with Mexico and the MERCOSUR countries, which have both the potential to deepen our strategic partnership with Latin America and to create additional opportunities in our trade relations with those countries; notes that such opportunities would also give EU companies access to an increasingly growing marketour trade relations with those countries; notes notwithstanding with big concern the devastating impact that this agreement is expected to have on the European beef meat production as well as its environmental impact; in this regard, calls on the Commission to focus its efforts on the EU agricultural sector as well as on the concerns expressed by EU producers and to put their interests at the core of the implementation procedure;
Amendment 229 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Believes that a thorough reflexion shall be taken towards potential compensation on products from trade partners whose production systems do not respect the same environmental standards as European companies and therefore fail to meet their commitment on sustainable development;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative for a European Green Deal and underlines that it should be comprised of a strategy that is ecologically, economically and socially balanced; calls on the Commission to give special consideration to the rules applying to third countries in order to promote fair competition and ensure a level playing field, as these rules shall not be equivalent to Member States’ rules;
Amendment 269 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recalls that the efforts to keep rules-based trade must play a crucial role in our trade strategy and in this context recalls the adoption on the modernisation of trade defence instruments in 2018, and the new foreign investment screening mechanism; stresses that the new foreign investment screening mechanism should never be a tool for protectionism; highlights the importance of ensuring that TDIs are properly implemented and effective, especially in the post Covid-19 trading context in order to protect the EU market from distortions or abuses;
Amendment 272 #
2019/2197(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Recalls the adoption in 2018 of the new foreign investment screening mechanism; highlights that the new foreign investment screening mechanism should be a tool to face unfair competition and practices that are threatening the security of EU strategic production facilities, sectors and industries; points out it could be a far more ambitious tool; stresses the need of a strong screening and cooperation in the post Covid-19 context where some of the EU strategic sectors could be subjected to pressures; calls also to enlarge its scope by placing a particular focus on start-ups and SMEs in the medical research sector;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2131(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the advancing challenge of competition with a deeply subsidised big economy like the Chinese one submits a necessary revaluation of EU economy model;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2131(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to develop the influence of competition policy in the world, in particular by stepping up cooperation with the USA and China and by adopting measures to strengthen EU companies facing non Eu competitors;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2131(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure the balanced application of State aid control to European operators in order to avoid asymmetries with their foreign competitors, who are not subject to it, and to provide express exemptions to State aid constraints for specific areas, such as islands, in consideration of their structural competitive disadvantage, or for regions interested by decreasing population;
Amendment 113 #
2019/2131(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the recognition of a golden share to the EU Member States, to allow them to secure important strategic national assets;
Amendment 197 #
2019/2131(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages the Commission to increase freedom of choice for consumers and to set up a European consumer protection authorityby promoting tools that ensure the biggest transparency about the composition of products that impact on the consumers' health, in order to secure conscious choices and consumption;
Amendment 50 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the progress made regarding the implementation of the Banking Union, namely on risk reduction; stresses, however, that further progress has to be made, particularly on risk sharing; considers it imperative, however, to underline that the progress mentioned seems to have been more theoretical than practical; in reality, European banks are less and less confident, in contrast to the anticipated impact;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomStresses the overall increased resilience of the European banking system, as attested by the EBA’s 2018 Risk Assessment of the European Banking Systemneed to step up the monitoring of stress tests for banks;
Amendment 100 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the crucial role of the banking sector in channelling funding into sustainable investments and enabling the transition to a climate-neutral economy; notes, however, that, over and above this objective, it is necessary to move towards a responsible economy at local level, allowing greater account to be taken, in particular, of SMEs, which make up the bulk of the local economic fabric;
Amendment 115 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Restates the importance of a safe asset in the euro area as a way to help stabilise financial markets and allow banks to reduce the exposure of their balance sheets to national sovereign debt; calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the creation of a true European safe asset, without increasing the constraints imposed by supervision of the financial markets with regard to debt; stresses the risk inherent in calling into question the zero risk weighting of sovereign risk, which would be liable to make financial institutions and States dependent on markets;
Amendment 146 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the ratio of non- performing loans (NPLs) held by significant institutions has fallen by more than half from the start of ECB banking supervision, in November 2014, to June 2019; underlines the need to protect customers’ rights in the context of NPL transacStresses the weakness of the mechanism, which applies only to non- performing loans taken out after the entry into force of the regulations;
Amendment 247 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the operationalisation of the backstop to the SRFConsiders that the rules governing contributions to the SRF under the adjusted method should be revised, taking greater account of risk rather than the economic size of the institution;
Amendment 252 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 273 #
2019/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the completion of the Banking Union through the creation of a fully mutualised EDIS, to protect depositors against banking disruptions and to ensure confidence among depositors and investors across the Banking Union; welcomes the support of the [incoming] President of the Commission and the President of the ECB for the establishment of EDISConsiders that EDIS, which must be a mutualised fund, must include rules for weighting in accordance with the risks posed by banks in each euro area country;
Amendment 24 #
2019/0161(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Rejects the Commission proposal (COM(2019)0354).
Amendment 30 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Since it was established, the euro area has comprised Member States with widely differing approaches to economic, fiscal and social matters, a state of affairs which has seriously undermined its effectiveness. Those differences are forcing the European Union to adopt legislative acts which encroach on the national sovereignty of its Member States, one example being this budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness.
Amendment 41 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 48 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In the context of the European Semester, country-specific recommendations are put forward in order to remedy macroeconomic imbalances in the European Union. On no account should it be mandatory to incorporate these recommendations – which concern matters falling within the Member States’ sphere of competence – into national policy-making.
Amendment 65 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To ensure that strategic orientations reflect the evolving experience of the implementation of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, the Commission should, alongside its recommendation on the strategic orientations, as part of its recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area, inform the Council of how the strategic orientations have been followed during the preceding years.
Amendment 66 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) To ensure that strategic orientations reflect the evolving experience of the implementation of the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness, the Commission should, alongside its recommendation on the strategic orientations, as part of its recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area, inform the Council and the European Parliament of how the strategic orientations have been followed during the preceding years.
Amendment 71 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Member States whose currency is the euro can decide to submit proposals for reform and investment packages under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness. To that end, the Council will adopt a Rrecommendation providing country-specific guidance on the objectives of reforms and investment that can be supported under the budgetary instrument for convergence and competitiveness in Member States whose currency is the euro. This Council Recommendation should be consistent with the strategic orientations adopted under this Regulation, and with the country-specific recommendations that are adopted, in parallel, under the European Semester of economic policy coordination further to discussions, where appropriate, within the relevant Treaty- based committees. The Council Recommendation shall also duly take into account any macroeconomic adjustment programme approved in accordance with the relevant provisions of Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council9. _________________ 9 Regulation (EU) No 472/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (OJ L 140, 27.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 74 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 87 #
2019/0161(COD)
(9) On the basis of an assessment by the Commission or based on request by a Member State, the Council, shall establish which Member States are experiencing a severe economic downturn for the purpose of a modulation of national co-financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform Support Programme Regulation], and without prejudice to the application of Article 2(2) of Council Regulation (EC) 1467/97 as amended.
Amendment 94 #
2019/0161(COD)
(10) In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability in that economic dialogue, the competent committee of the European Parliament can invite the President of the Council, the Commission and, where appropriate, the President of the Eurogroup to appear before the committee to discuss the measures taken pursuant to this Regulation. The competent committee may draw up a report assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, consistency and relevance of the measures taken.
Amendment 131 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. On a recommendation from the Commission and aAfter discussion in the Eurogroup, the Council shall establish, as part of the euro-area recommendation and on an annual basis, the strategic orientations for the reform and investment priorities of the euro area.
Amendment 143 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. In parallel to its recommendation referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall inform the Council and the European Parliament on how the strategic orientations of the preceding years have been followed by the Member States.
Amendment 147 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 160 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Where relevant, based on an assessment by the Commission or based on request by a Member State, the recommendation referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 5 shall establish whether a Member State is experiencing a severe economic downturn, for the purposes of a modulation of national co-financing rates provided for in Regulation (EU) XXXX/XX [Reform Support Programme Regulation].
Amendment 171 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the competent committee of the European Parliament may invite the President of the Council, the Commission and, where appropriate, the President of the Eurogroup to appear before the committee to discuss the measures taken pursuant to this Regulation. The competent committee may draw up a report assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, consistency and relevance of the measures taken.
Amendment 176 #
2019/0161(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 20232 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall publish a report on the application of this Regulation. That report shall assess the effectiveness and the proportionality of this Regulation.
Amendment 109 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Within the context of the WTO and through its bilateral relations, the Union advocates an ambitious opening of international public procurement markets of the Union and its trading partners, in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit. It is important to strengthen the concept of consistent economic activity, which has already been identified and legitimised by the WTO as a criterion for selecting companies eligible for public tender. This concept may and should be supplemented by criteria relating to the date of establishment, place of recruitment, percentage of local turnover and contribution to local and national society, in particular through taxes and contributions paid; It is also crucial to develop an indicator based on the national, territorial and environmental responsibility of the company, or to outline a new and more relevant method of assessment than an indicator based on social and environmental responsibility;
Amendment 113 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) To achieve greater strategic autonomy, when third countries are neither Party to the WTO Agreement on Public Procurement nor part of a bilateral agreement with the European Union in this area of competence, the European Union may prevent companies from those countries from submitting tenders for any EU public procurement contract.
Amendment 116 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) If the country concerned is a Party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement or has concluded a trade agreement with the EU that includes provisions on public procurement, the Commission should follow the consultation mechanisms and/or dispute settlement procedures set out in that agreement when the restrictive practices relate to procurement covered by market access commitments undertaken by the country concerned towards the Union, and calls on the Commission to assist European companies in advising on legal issues in the target country so public projects led there can be flexibly adapted to local regulations.
Amendment 119 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Many third countries are reluctant to open their public procurement and their concessions markets to international competition, or to open those markets further than what they have already done. As a result, Union economic operators face restrictive procurement practices in many of the trading partner of the Union. Those restrictive procurement practices result in the loss of substantial trading opportunities; considers that, by introducing ever-tighter regulations, in particular in environmental legislation, the EU continuously hampers the competitiveness of European companies on the global market.
Amendment 131 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the interest of legal certainty for Union and third-country economic operators, contracting authorities and contracting entities, the international market access commitments undertaken by the Union towards third countries in the field of public procurement and concessions should be reflected in the legal order of the EU, thereby ensuring effective application thereof. In accordance with the principle of reciprocity in international matters, when third countries deny access to our companies, their companies should be denied access to our European public procurement market.
Amendment 132 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In cases where foreign operations are deemed to be aggressive, or at the request of a Member State where the case in question affects a national strategic sector, a review clause based on the legitimacy of EU citizens and the Member States should be provided by the European Parliament to enable it, when a two-thirds majority is in favour of such a move, to urgently introduce a clause.
Amendment 133 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) Given that, under EU law, the EU’s international commitments place actors from third countries which are signatories on an equal footing, the European Parliament should be able to call on the Council to decide by a two- thirds majority to suspend or limit the award of public procurement contracts to countries that disregard the principle of reciprocity. The European Commission may call for coercive measures and, at the same time, offer an effective monitoring and surveillance tool.
Amendment 134 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is important to step up the EU’s objectives, stop being naive and be more realistic. It is also vital to steer away from free trade towards ‘proper’ trade, which will, by means of clear priorities and sustained reasoning, reduce unfair competition . Major economic powers waging a war on EU companies competing with their own, including through the application of their extraterritorial law, must be kept away from our single market. The objectives of improving the access of Union economic operators to the public procurement and concessions markets of certain third countries protected by restrictive and discriminatory procurement measures or practices and of preserving equal conditions of competition within the internal market require to refer to the non- preferential rules of origin established in the EU customs legislation, so that contracting authorities and contracting entities know whether goods and services are covered by the international commitments of the Union.
Amendment 135 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The objectives of improving the access of Union economic operators to the public procurement and concessions markets of certain third countries protected by restrictive and discriminatory procurement measures or practices and of preserving equal conditions of competition within the internal market require to refer to the non-preferential rules of origin established in the EU customs legislation, so that contracting authorities and contracting entities know whether goods and services are covered by the international commitments of the Union; calls, in cases where a company from a third country is awarded a public tender, for the cooperation model to be used, requiring 50% of the capital to go towards services, personnel and materials in the EU, thereby also supporting European companies.
Amendment 149 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In the light of the overall policy objective of the Union to support small and medium-sized enterprises, this Regulation should also not apply to tenders submitted by SMEs established in the Union and in engaged in substantive business operations entailing a direct and effective link with the economy of at least one Member State. National public authorities have the right to include criteria that give preference to independent businesses run by craftsmen or small traders, or family-run SMEs or ETIs in their calls for tender.
Amendment 152 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) It is important to encourage each Member State to take measures restricting access to its markets that are not covered. In this regard, they should be called upon to develop a legitimate criterion for public tenders to better defend the integrity of a local area and local commercial networks. The local supply should determine whether and to what extent access to a market may be opened or restricted. Companies from third countries that do not meet the same level of social and environmental standards should not be granted access to the internal market of the European Union or its Member States.
Amendment 155 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) National public authorities have the right, in their calls for tender, to include criteria that give preference to companies that prioritise quality over quantity by applying, for example, the highest health, gastronomic, local and social standards.
Amendment 164 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In view of theis fact that the access of th, theird country goods and services to the public procurement market of the Union falls within the scope of the common commercial policy, Member Statacting authorities and their contracting authorentities cand contracting entities should not be able to, in the spirit of this Regulation, restrict the access of third country goods or services to their tendering procedures by any other measure than those provided for in this Regulationto ensure that foreign economic operators comply with environmental, social and labour law or any applicable national law.
Amendment 166 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should ensure that a general monitoring tool is set up to look out for unusually low prices in responses to tenders and, where necessary, a one-off or general exclusion tool at the request of the contracting entities. These instruments could be seen as tools for EU economic diplomacy services. The Commission should be able, on its own initiative or at the application of interested parties or a Member State, to initiate at any time an investigation into restrictive procurement measures or practices allegedly adopted or maintained by a third country. Such investigative procedures should be without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 179 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) If the existence of a restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measure or practice in a third country is confirmed, the Commission should invite the country concerned to enter into consultations with a view to improving the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services in respect of public procurement in that country. To encourage the country concerned to engage promptly and actively in this dialogue, the Commission should decide, when the consultation procedure starts, to introduce some measures set out in this Regulation on a temporary basis, namely exclusion from participation in tendering procedures in EU public procurement markets or from price adjustment measures. The measures would apply to tenders from economic operators originating in that country and/or which deal with goods and services originating in that country.
Amendment 192 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) If the consultations with the country concerned do not lead to sufficient improvements to the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services within a reasonable timeframe, the Commission should be able to adopt, where appropriate, price adjustment measure applying to tenders submitted by economic operators originating in that country and/or including goods and services originating in that country and prolong the measures introduced at the start of the consultation procedure and, where necessary, to adopt additional measures contained in this Regulation.
Amendment 204 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 219 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States are best placed to identify the contracting authorities or contracting entities, or categories of contracting authorities or contracting entities, which should apply the price adjustment measure. To ensure that an appropriate level of action is taken and that a fair distribution of the burden among Member States is achieved, the Commission should take the final decision, based on a list submitted by each Member State. Where necessary, the Commission may establish a list on its own initiativcan and should offer a monitoring and surveillance tool based on the proposals submitted by each Member State.
Amendment 224 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) It is imperative that contracting authorities and contracting entities have access to a range of high-quality products meeting their purchasing requirements at a competitive price and, at the same time, remain aware of the need to protect the long-term economic and social interests of the Member States and European people and consumers. Therefore contracting authorities and contracting entities should be able not to apply price adjustment measures limiting access of non-covered goods and services in case there are no Union and/or covered goods or services available which meet the requirements of the contracting authority or contracting entity to safeguard essential public needs, for example in the fields of health and public safety, or where the application of the measure would lead to a disproportionate increase in the price or costs of the contract.
Amendment 245 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It provides for the possibility of applying price adjustment measures to certain tenders for contracts for the execution of works or a work, for the supply of goods and/or the provision of services and for concessions, and measures to exclude access to EU public procurement markets, on the basis of the origin of the economic operators, goods or services concerned. .
Amendment 362 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The assessment by the Commission of whether the alleged restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices have been adopted or are maintained by the third country concerned shall be made on the basis of the information supplied by interested parties and Member States, of facts collected by the Commission during its investigation, or both. The assessment shall be concluded within a period of eightsix months after the initiation of the investigation. In duly justified cases, this period may be extended by fourthree months.
Amendment 384 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. In the event that consultations with a third country do not lead to satisfactory results within 15 months from the day those consultations started, the Commission shall terminate the consultations and shall take appropriate action. In particular, the Commission may decide, by means of an implementing act, to impose or extend the exclusion of companies from the country concerned that are participating in tendering procedures for the award of EU public procurement contracts or to impose a price adjustment measure, pursuant to Article 8. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).
Amendment 389 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Amendment 394 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where it emerges, in the course of an investigation under Article 6 and after following the procedure set out in Article 7, that restrictive public procurement measures adopted or maintained by that third country lead to a substantial lack of reciprocity regarding market access between the Union and that third country, the Commission may adopt implementing acts in order to extend the exclusion of companies from the country concerned that are participating in tendering procedures for the award of EU public procurement contracts and/or adopt price adjustment measures. Tenders more than 50 % of the total value of which is made of goods and/or services originating in a third country, may be subject to a price adjustment measure where the third country concerned adopts or maintains restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices.
Amendment 401 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 407 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The price adjustment measure shall specify the penalty of up to 225-40% to be calculated on the price of the tenders concerned, taking into account any State aid or other subsidies granted to the economic operator. It shall also specify any restrictions to the scope of application of the measure, such as those related to: (a) public procurement of specific categories of contracting authorities or contracting entities; (b) public procurement of specific categories of goods or services or tenders submitted by specific categories of economic operators; (c) public procurement contracts above or withinbelow certain thresholds; (d) tenders submitted for specific categories of concessions; (e) the territories of certain subcentral levels of government.
Amendment 461 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where a price adjustment measure is applied, contracting authorities and contracting entities shall require tenderers to provide information on the origin of the goods and/or services contained in the tender, and on the value of the goods and services originating in the third country concerned as a percentage of the total value of the tender. They shall accept self- declarations from tenderers. Should the European Union open 60% of its public procurement market to a third country, it may impose legal measures to close the remaining 40% of its market to companies from that country without interfering with international rules.
Amendment 463 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Blackmailing with the threat of technology transfer in strategic national sectors to enable third countries to gain access to the market should be banned outright.
Amendment 464 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Access to public procurement shall be blocked when a sector is under strain, when necessary for the creation of local jobs in the EU or at the request of a Member State for itself.