1646 Amendments of Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(iiia) medicinal products on the Union List of Critical Medicinal Products and their components

2023/09/08
Committee: BUDG ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The magnitude, frequency and impact of cybersecurity incidents are increasing, including supply chain attacks aiming at cyberespionage, ransomware or disruption. They represent a major threat to the functioning of network and information systems. In view of the fast-evolving threat landscape, the threat of possible large-scale incidents causing significant disruption or damage to critical infrastructures across the Union demands heightened preparedness at all levels of the Union’s cybersecurity framework. That threat goes beyond Russia’s military aggression on Ukraine, and is likely to persist given the multiplicity of state- aligned, criminal and hacktivist actors involved in current geopolitical tensions. Such incidents can impede the provision of public services and the pursuit of economic activities, including in critical or highly critical sectors, generate substantial financial losses, undermine user confidence, cause major damage to the economy of the Union, and could even have health or life- threatening consequences. Moreover, cybersecurity incidents are unpredictable, as they often emerge and evolve within very short periods of time, not contained within any specific geographical area, and occurring simultaneously or spreading instantly across many countries. Therefore, close and coordinated cooperation between the public sector, the private sector, the Member states, Union institutions or agencies, and acedemia is necessary to improve the Union’s cybersecurity posture. The Union’s response should be in cooperation with trusted and like-minded international partners and international institutions and aligned with international cooperation frameworks and agreements.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) It is necessary to strengthen the competitive position of industry and services sectors in the Union across the digitised economy and support their digital transformation, by reinforcing the level of cybersecurity in the Digital Single Market. As recommended in three different proposals of the Conference on the Future of Europe16 , it is necessary to increase the resilience of citizens, businesses, including micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and entities operating critical infrastructures, including local or regional authorities, against the growing cybersecurity threats, which can have devastating societal and economic impacts. Therefore, investment in infrastructures ~~and service~~, services, and highly-qualified personnel with the needed skills that will support faster detection and response to cybersecurity threats and incidents is needed, and Member States need assistance in better preparing for, as well as responding to significant and large-scale cybersecurity incidents, also through pro- actively gathering intelligence. The Union should also increase its capacities in these areas, notably as regards the collection and analysis of data on cybersecurity threats and incidents. ~~_________________ 16~~[1] https://futureu.europa.eu/en/

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) The growing cybersecurity risks and an overall complex threat landscape, with a clear risk of rapid spill-over of cyber incidents from one Member State to others and from a third country to the Union requires strengthened solidarity at Union level to better detect, prepare for ~~and~~, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity threats and incidents. Member States have also invited the Commission to present a proposal on a new Emergency Response Fund for Cybersecurity in the Council Conclusions on an EU Cyber Posture21 . _________________ 21 Council conclusions on the development of the European Union's cyber posture approved by the Council at its meeting on 23 May 2022, (9364/22)

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

(9a) In light of the geopolitical developments and increasing cyber threat landscape, the continuity and further development of the measures laid down in this Regulation, particularly the European Cyber Shield and the European Emergency Mechanism, is important. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure a specific budget line in the multiannual financial framework for 2028 to 2034. Member States should also commit to supporting all necessary measures to strengthen solidarity within the Union and to reduce cyber threats and incidents throughout the Union.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) To more effectively prevent, assess ~~and~~, respond to, and recover from cyber threats and incidents, it is necessary to develop more comprehensive knowledge about the threats to critical assets and infrastructures on the territory of the Union, including their geographical distribution, interconnection and potential effects in case of cyber-attacks affecting those infrastructures, including by gathering pro-active intelligence. A large-scale Union infrastructure of SOCs should be deployed (‘the European Cyber Shield’), comprising of several interoperating cross- border platforms, each grouping together several National SOCs. A national SOC is a centralized capacity repsonsible for continuously gathering threat intelligence information and improving the cybersecurity posture of entities under national jurisdiction by preventing, detecting, and analyzing cybersecurity threats. That infrastructure should serve national and Union cybersecurity interests and needs, leveraging state of the art technology for advanced data collection and analytics tools, enhancing cyber detection and management capabilities and providing real-time situational awareness. That infrastructure should serve to increase detection of cybersecurity threats and incidents and thus complement and support Union entities and networks responsible for crisis management in the Union, notably the EU Cyber Crises Liaison Organisation Network (‘EU-CyCLONe’), as defined in Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . _________________ 24 Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (NIS 2 Directive) (OJ L 333, 27.12.2022, p. 80).

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) EIn order to participate in the European Cyber Shield, each Member State should designate a public body at national level tasked with coordinating cyber threat detection and information sharing activities in that Member State. Member States are strongly encouraged to incorporate the National SOC capacity into their already existing cyber structure and governance to not create additional governance layers and to align the Cyber Solidarity Act with already existing legislation, including Directive 2022/2555. These National SOCs should act as a reference point and gateway at national level for participation of private and public entities, particularly their SOCs, in the European Cyber Shield and should ensure that cyber threat information from public and private entities is shared and collected at national level in an effective and streamlined manner. National SOCs should strengthen the cooperation and information sharing between public and private entities to break up currently existing communication siloes. In doing so, they may support the creation of data exchange models and should facilitate and encourage the sharing of information in a trusted and secure environment. Close and coordinated cooperation between public and private entities is central for strengthening the Union’s resilience in the cybersecurity sphere.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) As part of the European Cyber Shield, a number of Cross-border Cybersecurity Operations Centres (‘Cross- border SOCs’) should be established. These should bring together National SOCs from at least three Member States, so that the benefits of cross-border threat detection and information sharing and management can be fully achieved. The general objective of Cross-border SOCs should be to strengthen capacities to analyse, prevent and detect cybersecurity threats and to support the production of high-quality and pro-active intelligence on cybersecurity threats, notably through the sharing of data from various sources, public or private, as well as through the sharing and joint use of state-of-the-art tools, and jointly developing detection, analysis and prevention capabilities in a trusted environment. The~~y should provide new additional capacity, building upon and complementing exist~~ cross-border SOCs should facilitate and encourage the sharing of information in a trusted and secure environment. ENISA should support Cross-border SOCs in matters related to operational cooperation. They should provide new additional capacity, while being incorporated in the already existing cybersecurity infrastructure, including SOCs and computer incident response teams (‘CSIRTs’) and other relevant actors.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) At national level, the monitoring, detection and analysis of cyber threats is typically ensured by SOCs of public and private entities, in combination with CSIRTs. In addition, CSIRTs exchange information in the context of the CSIRT network, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2022/2555. The Cross-border SOCs should constitute a new capa~~bil~~city that is ~~complementary to~~incorporated into the already existing cybersecurity infrastructure, particularly the CSIRTs network, by pooling and sharing data on cybersecurity threats from public and private entities, in particular their SOCs, enhancing the value of such data through expert analysis and jointly acquired infrastructures and state of the art tools, and contributing to the development of Union capabilities and technological sovereignty, to strengthen the Union's resilience.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) The Cross-border SOCs should act as a central point allowing for a broad pooling of relevant data and cyber threat intelligence, enable the spreading of threat information among a large and diverse set of actors (e.g., Computer Emergency Response Teams (‘CERTs’), CSIRTs, Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (‘ISACs’), operators of critical infrastructures). to facilitate the break-up of currently existing communication siloes. In doings so, cross-border SOCs could also support the creation of data exchange models across the Union.The information exchanged among participants in a Cross- border SOC could include data from networks and sensors, threat intelligence feeds, including the gathering of pro-active intelligence, indicators of compromise, and contextualised information about incidents, threats and vulnerabilities. In addition, Cross-border SOCs should also enter into cooperation agreements with other Cross- border SOCs.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Shared situational awareness among relevant authorities is an indispensable prerequisite for Union-wide preparedness and coordination with regards to significant and large-scale cybersecurity incidents. Directive (EU) 2022/2555 establishes the EU–CyCLONe to support the coordinated management of large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises at operational level and to ensure the regular exchange of relevant information among Member States and Union institutions, bodies and agencies. Recommendation (EU) 2017/1584 on coordinated response to large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises addresses the role of all relevant actors. Directive (EU) 2022/2555 also recalls the Commission’s responsibilities in the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (‘UCPM’) established by Decision 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as for providing analytical reports for the Integrated Political Crisis Response Mechanism (‘IPCR’) arrangements under Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1993. Therefore, in situations where Cross-border SOCs obtain information related to a potential or ongoing large-scale cybersecurity incident, they should provide relevant information to EU-CyCLONe, the CSIRTs network and the Commission, in line with already existing provisions under Directive (EU) 2022/2555. In particular, depending on the situation, information to be shared could include technical information, information about the nature and motives of the attacker or potential attacker, and higher-level non- technical information about a potential or ongoing large-scale cybersecurity incident. In this context, due regard should be paid to the need-to-know principle and to the potentially sensitive nature of the information shared.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to enable the exchange of data on cybersecurity threats from various sources, on a large-scale basis, in a trusted environment, entities participating in the European Cyber Shield should be equipped with state-of-the-art and highly-secure tools, equipment and infrastructures and highly-skilled personnel. This should make it possible to improve collective detection capacities and timely warnings to authorities and relevant entities, notably by using the latest artificial intelligence and data analytics technologies.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) By collecting, sharing and exchanging data, the European Cyber Shield should enhance the Union’s technological sovereignty. The pooling of high-quality curated data should also contribute to the development of advanced artificial intelligence and data analytics technologies. It must be noted, however, that artificial intelligence is the most effective when paired with human analysis. Therefore, highly-skilled staff remains essential for pooling high-quality data and gathering of pro-active threat intelligence. It should be facilitated through the connection of the European Cyber Shield with the pan-European High Performance Computing infrastructure established by Council Regulation (EU) 2021/117325 . _________________ 25 Council Regulation (EU) 2021/1173 of 13 July 2021 on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 (OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 3).

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) In view of the increasing risks and number of cyber incidents affecting Member States, it is necessary to set up a crisis support instrument to improve the Union’s resilience to significant and large- scale cybersecurity incidents and complement Member States’ actions through emergency financial support for preparedness, response and immediate recovery of essential services. That instrument should enable the rapid and effective deployment of assistance in defined circumstances and under clear conditions and allow for a careful monitoring and evaluation of how resources have been used. Whilst the primary responsibility for preventing, preparing for and responding to cybersecurity incidents and crises lies with the Member States, the Cyber Emergency Mechanism promotes solidarity between Member States in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’).

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) Assistance provided under this Regulation should be in support of, and complementary to, the actions taken by Member States at national level. To this end, close cooperation and consultation between the Commission, ENISA and the affected Member State should be ensured. When requesting support under the Cyber Emergency Mechanism, the Member State should provide relevant information justifying the need for support.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) A Union-level Cybersecurity Reserve should gradually be set up, consisting of services from private providers of managed security services to support response and immediate recovery actions in cases of significant or large-scale cybersecurity incidents. The EU Cybersecurity Reserve should ensure the availability and readiness of services. The services from the EU Cybersecurity Reserve should serve to support national authorities in providing assistance to affected entities operating in critical or highly critical sectors as a complement to their own actions at national level, while reinforcing the Union’s resilience and competitiveness, including the participation of European managed security service providers that are SMEs. Trusted providers, including SMEs, should be able to cooperate with one another to fulfil the criteria above. The services from the EU Cybersecurity Reserve should serve to support national authorities in providing assistance to affected entities operating in critical or highly critical sectors as a complement to their own actions at national level. Where possible, the services should be based on state-of-the-art technologies, including cloud and artificial intelligence. Therefore, the Cybersecurity Reserve should incentivize investment in research and innovation to boost the development of these technologies. Where appropriate, common exercises with the trusted providers and potential users of the Cybersecurity Reserve could be conducted to ensure efficient functioning of the Reserve when needed. When requesting support from the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, Member States should specify the support provided to the affected entity at the national level, which should be taken into account when assessing the Member State request. The services from the EU Cybersecurity Reserve may also serve to support Union institutions, bodies and agencies, under similar conditions.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) To support the establishment of the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, the Commission cshould ~~consider~~ request~~ing~~ ENISA to prepare a candidate certification scheme pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/881 for managed security services in the areas covered by the Cyber Emergency Mechanism.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)

(37a) Incident response service providers from third countries, including third countries associated to the DEP or NATO members or other like-minded international partner countries, may be needed for the provision of specific services in the EU Cybersecurity Reserve. To strengthen the Union’s resilience and sovereignty and to safeguard the Union’s strategic assets, interests or security, it may be necessary to restrict or exclude the participation of legal entities established in or controlled by non-associated countries.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)

(38a) Highly-skilled personnel, that is able to reliably deliver the relevant cybersecurity services at highest standards, is imperative for the effective implementation of the European Cyber Shield and the Cyber Emergency Mechanism. It is therefore concerning that the Union is faced with a talent gap, characterized by a shortage of skilled professionals, while facing a rapidly evolving threat landscape as acknowledged in the Commission communication of 18 April 2023 on the Cyber Skills Academy. It is important to bridge this talent gap by strengthening cooperation and coordination among the different stakeholders, including the private sector, academia, Member States, the Commission and ENISA to scale up and create synergies for the investment in education and training, the development of public-private partnerships, support of research and innovation initiatives, the development and mutual recognition of common standards and certification of cybersecurity skills, including through the European Cyber Security Skills Framework. This should also facilitate the mobility of cybersecurity professionals within the Union. This Regulation should aim to promote a more diverse cybersecurity workforce.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 b (new)

(38b) Member States’ capacity building is essential for a Union-wide coordinated approach to strengthening the resilience of the Union's cybersecurity posture. As emphasized in the Commission communication of 18 April 2023 on the Cyber Skills Academy, the security of the Union cannot be guaranteed without the Union’s most valuable asset: its people. The European Cyber Security Skills Framework can help to better understand the composition of the Union's workforce, including the current and required competences within participating entities.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39

(39) The objective of this Regulation, namely to break up communication silos and reinforce the Union’s cyber threat prevention, detection, response and recover capacities, can be better achieved at Union level than by the Member States. Hence, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. This Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(a) to strengthen common Union detection and situational awareness of cyber threats and incidents thus allowing to reinforce the competitive position of industry, including SMEs, and services sectors in the Union across the digital economy and contribute to the Union’s technological sovereignty in the area of cybersecurity;

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(ca) to develop and improve skills and competences of the workforce in the cybersecurity sector in a coordinated way, by cooperating with the Cyber Skills Academy to provide training and opportunities with the goal of closing the talent gap in the cybersecurity sector.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(1a) “Security Operations Centre” (“SOC”) means a centralized capacity, which can be in-house or outsourced, responsible for continuously monitoring and improving the cybersecurity posture of an entity to prevent, detect, analyse, and respond to cybersecurity threats.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(1b) ‘National Security Operations Centre’ (“National SOC”) means a centralized capacity responsible for continuously gathering threat intelligence and improving the cybersecurity posture of entities under national jurisdiction by preventing, detecting and analyzing, cybersecurity threats to be able to better respond to cybersecurity threats. This capacity shall, where applicable, be incorporated in already existing national structures such as CSIRTs as established under Directive 2022/2555.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c

(c) contribute to better protection and response to cyber threats, including by providing concrete recommendations to entities;

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) contribute to faster detection of cyber threats and situational awareness across the Union, including by gathering pro-active intelligence;

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

It shall have the capacity to act as a reference point and gateway to other public and private organisations at national level, particularly their SOCs, for collecting and analysing information on cybersecurity threats and incidents and contributing to a Cross-border SOC. It shall be equipped with state-of-the-art technologies capable of detecting, aggregating, and analysing data relevant to cybersecurity threats and incidents.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. To encourage exchange of information between Cross-border SOCs, Cross-border SOCs shall ensure a high level of interoperability between themselves. ~~To facilitate the interoperability between~~Joint procurement of cyber infrastructures, services and tools may facilitate the interoperability between the Cross-border SOCs. To specify the conditions for interoperability of the Cross-border SOCs, the Commission, may, by means of implementing acts, after consulting the ECCC and ENISA, specify the conditions for this interoperability. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of this Regulation.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4

4. Cross-border SOCs shall conclude cooperation agreements with one another, specifying information sharing principles among the cross-border platforms, taking into consideration already existing relevant information sharing mechanisms under the Directive (EU) 2022/2555. In the context of a potential or ongoing large-scale cybersecurity incident, information sharing mechanisms shall comply with the relevant provisions under the Directive (EU) 2022/2555.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Where the Cross-border SOCs obtain information relating to a potential or ongoing large-scale cybersecurity incident, they shall provide relevant information to EU=CyCLONe, the CSIRTs network and the Commission~~, in view of~~ and ENISA, in line with their respective crisis management roles in accordance with Directive (EU) 2022/2555 without undue delay.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission may, after consulting ENISA, by means of implementing acts, determine the procedural arrangements for the information sharing provided for in paragraphs 1. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of this Regulation.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission may adopt implementing acts, after consulting ENISA, laying down technical requirements for Member States to comply with their obligation under paragraph 1 and 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of this Regulation. In doing so, the Commission, supported by the High Representative, shall take into account relevant defence-level security standards, in order to facilitate cooperation with military actors.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2

2. The NIS Cooperation Group in cooperation with the Commission, ENISA, ~~and~~ the High Representative, and the entities that may be subject to the preparedness testing, shall develop common risk scenarios and methodologies for the coordinated testing exercises.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. The EU Cybersecurity Reserve shall consist of incident response services from trusted providers selected in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 16. The Reserve shall include pre- committed services. The services shall be deployable in all Member States, shall reinforce the Union’s resilience and sovereignty, and improve the Union’s competitiveness. The names of the selected trusted providers and their services shall be kept confidential.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6

6. The Commission ~~may~~shall entrust the operation and administration of the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, in full or in part, to ENISA, by means of contribution agreements.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7

7. In order to support the Commission in establishing the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, ENISA shall prepare a mapping of the services needed, including the needed skills and capacity of the cybersecurity workforce, after consulting Member States and the Commission. ENISA shall prepare a similar mapping, after consulting the Commission and in partnership with the private sector, to identify the needs of third countries eligible for support from the EU Cybersecurity Reserve pursuant to Article 17. The Commission, where relevant, shall consult the High Representative.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 8

8. The Commission may~~, by means of implementing acts,~~ adopt a Delegated Act in accordance with Article 20a of this Regulation to specify the types and the number of response services required for the EU Cybersecurity Reserve. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7

7. The Commission may~~, by means of implementing acts,~~ adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20a of this Regulation to specify further the detailed arrangements for allocating the EU Cybersecurity Reserve support services. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3

3. The EU Cybersecurity Reserve services shall be provided in accordance with specific agreements between the service provider and the user to which the support under the EU Cybersecurity Reserve is provided. Those agreements shall include liability conditions and any other provisions the parties to the agreement deem necessary for the provision of the respective service.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4

4. The agreements referred to in paragraph 3 ~~may~~shall be based on templates prepared by ENISA, after consulting Member States and other users of the reserve.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission and ENISA shall bear no contractual liability for damages caused to third parties by the services provided in the framework of the implementation of the EU Cybersecurity Reserve, except for cases where the Commission or ENISA are users of the Reserve according to Article 14 (3).

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(c) ensure that the EU Cybersecurity Reserve brings EU added value, by contributing to the objectives set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/694, including promoting the development of cybersecurity skills in the EU, reinforcing the Union’s resilience and sovereignty, and improving the Union’s competitiveness.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(f) the provider shall be equipped with the up-to-date hardware and software technical equipment necessary to support the requested service and shall meet the requirements set out in Regulation XX/XXXX (Cyber Resilience Act), where applicable;

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(fa) the provider shall demonstrate that its decision and management structures are free from any undue influence by governments of states classified as systemic rivals of the Union;

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(j) once an EU certification scheme for managed security service Regulation (EU) 2019/881 is in place, the provider shall be certified in accordance with that scheme, within a period of two years after the scheme has been adopted.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2

2. To prepare the incident review report referred to in paragraph 1, ENISA shall collaborate with and gather feedback from all relevant stakeholders, including representatives of Member States, the Commission, other relevant EU institutions, bodies and agencies, managed security services providers and users of cybersecurity services. Where appropriate, ENISA shall also collaborate with entities affected by significant or large-scale cybersecurity incidents. To support the review, ENISA may also consult other types of stakeholders. Consulted representatives shall disclose any potential conflict of interest.

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4

4. Where appropriate, the report shall draw concrete recommendations, including for all relevant stakeholders, to improve the Union’s cyber posture.;

2023/09/22
Committee: ITRE

2023/0109(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika WINZIG, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) 2021/694
Article 14 (2)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall make the information on their mineral occurrences containing critical raw materials gathered through the measures set out in the national programmes referred to in paragraph 1 ~~publicly~~ available upon ~~a free access website~~reasoned request. This information shall, where applicable, include the classification of the identified occurrences using the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources.

2023/05/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/0077(COD)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Lara COMI, Seán KELLY, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Christian EHLER, Pernille WEISS, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Angelika WINZIG

By 1 December 2024, the ENTSO for Electricity shall submit to ACER a report about the possible implementation of practical solutions addressing market participants’ hedging needs. The report shall assess at least, but not limited to, the frequency of the auctions, the maturities of the products, the development of secondary markets, the obligations concerning financial transmission rights, the process on cost-recovery to handle any financial risks and potential losses, the timeline for implementation, the appropriateness of regional coordination and decision-making for alternative measures, including the possible establishment of regional virtual hubs.

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Lara COMI, Seán KELLY, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Christian EHLER, Pernille WEISS, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Angelika WINZIG

(b) ~~include a methodology for~~ the calculation of the reference prices for the regional virtual hubs for the forward market, and the underlying methodology, aiming to maximise the correlations between the reference price and the prices of the bidding zones constituting a regional virtual hub; such methodology shall be applicable to all virtual hubs and based on predefined objective criteria ;

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

2023/0077(COD)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Massimiliano SALINI, Lara COMI, Seán KELLY, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Christian EHLER, Pernille WEISS, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Angelika WINZIG

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Regulation (EU) 2019/943
Article 9, paragraph 1, point c

(c) ~~include~~ a definition of financial long-term transmission rights from bidding zones to the regional virtual hubs for the forward market and the need to offer trading of long-term transmission rights between each bidding zone and the regional virtual hub;

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) To accomplish the objectives outlined in this Regulation, Member States, together with EU competent entities, shall consider utilizing satellite- based network backhauling services. This should minimize expenses associated with deploying communication infrastructures that offer high-speed digital connectivity.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The measures set out in Directive 2014/61/EU contributed to less costly deployments of high-speed electronic communications networks. However, these measures should be strengthened to further reduce costs and speed up network deployment. This shall contribute to lowering the prices for data in roaming services and to eliminating the data volume restrictions in roaming.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2023/0046(COD)

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

5a. Upon consultation with competent EU entities, Member States shall ensure complementarity of the terrestrial infrastructures and satellite-based broadband services as essential criteria to achieve high-speed connectivity rollout in the European Union.

2023/07/07
Committee: ITRE

2022/2203(INI)

Željana ZOVKO, Sabine VERHEYEN, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Christian EHLER, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Deplores the malign foreign interference and hybrid attacks, such as disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks and false bomb threats, directed against North Macedonia’s institutions and citizens; invites the authorities to develop different tools, including educational ones, to combat online disinformation and manipulative speech, in order to considerably strengthen North Macedonia’s resilience against such threats;

2023/04/03
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission and Members States to ensure technology neutrality across the whole transition in order to secure competitiveness; stresses that the exclusion of certain technologies will only weaken the industries ability to pivot in times of crisis or when technologies prove themselves financially, economically or environmentally unsustainable; insists therefore that the most sustainable way of achieving the climate goals is a technological open and cost-efficient way, including all technologies that contribute to reach climate neutrality;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Acknowledges that fair market competition between broadcasters and video on demand companies is paramount for the future existence of the sectors, as confirmed with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive; encourages the Commission to conduct a study on the impact of video on demand platforms on the European audiovisual market;

2021/06/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to work towards a European public biomedical infrastructure covering the entire medicines value chain and to develop the prospective European Health Emergency Response Authority (HERA) along those lines; considers that HERA should closely collaborate with public and private entities to plan, coordinate and build an ecosystem of private and public capabilities which can provide suitable emergency frameworks for EU access to key raw materials in case of global supply chocks;

2021/06/02
Committee: ITRE

Massimiliano SALINI, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Angelika WINZIG, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4

4. Where venting is allowed pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3, operators shall vent only where flaring is not technically feasible ~~or risks endangering safety of operations or personnel~~, where risks endangering safety of operations or personnel, where recovery of the gas into the process and flare systems leads to more GHG emissions, where flaring is not technically feasible, where risks endangering safety of operations or personnel, where the venting operations result in less than X kg methane emissions per year, when the competent authority requires venting as opposed to flaring in view of nature protection (e.g. bird migration), when flaring is not allowed by other legal obligations. In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 16, operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for venting instead of flaring.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

Markus PIEPER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Eva MAYDELL, Massimiliano SALINI, Maria SPYRAKI, Hildegard BENTELE, Christian EHLER, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Pernille WEISS, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Angelika NIEBLER, Angelika WINZIG, Jerzy BUZEK, Vasile BLAGA, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c b (new)

(cb) Member States shall ensure that applicants are allowed to submit all relevant documents also in digital form. If an applicant makes use of the digital application option, the entire permitting process including the administrative internal processes needs to be carried out digitally. Member States shall further ensure the digitalization of the public hearings and the participation procedures.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Markus PIEPER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Eva MAYDELL, Maria SPYRAKI, Hildegard BENTELE, Christian EHLER, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Angelika NIEBLER

Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – table A a (new)

Table A. 1. — Maximum levels of taxation applicable to electricity for the purposes of Article 7 (in EUR/Gigajoule) transitional period (01.01.2023) - 01.01.2033) Electricity 0,15 Electricity produced from low carbon sources 0,15

2022/03/09
Committee: ITRE

Jerzy BUZEK, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Franc BOGOVIČ, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adam JARUBAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38

(38) The scope of the Modernisation Fund should be aligned with the most recent climate objectives of the Union by requiring that investments are consistent with the objectives of the European Green Deal and Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, and eliminating the support to ~~any~~ investments related to solid fossil fuels. A technology neutral approach should be applied in order to achieve the most cost-effective emission reductions. In addition, the percentage of the Modernisation Fund that needs to be devoted to priority investments should be increased to 80 %; energy efficiency should be targeted as a priority area ~~at the demand side~~; and support of households to address energy poverty, including in rural and remote areas, should be included within the scope of the priority investments.

2022/02/04
Committee: ITRE

2021/0211(COD)

Jerzy BUZEK, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Janusz LEWANDOWSKI, Adam JARUBAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA

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

Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

In addition, 2,5 % of the total quantity of allowances between [year following the entry into force of the Directive] and 2030 and equivalent of 1.5% of the total quantity of allowances from the amount above 400 million allowances set aside in Market Stability Reserve for the purpose of Modernisation Fund shall be auctioned for the Modernisation Fund. The beneficiary Member States for this amount of allowances shall be the Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 65 % of the Union average during the period 2016 to 2018. The funds corresponding to this quantity of allowances shall be distributed in accordance with Part B of Annex IIb. In addition, the equivalent of 1.5% of the total quantity of allowances between [year following the entry into force of the Directive] and 2030 from the amount above 400 million allowances set aside in Market Stability Reserve for the purpose of Innovation Fund shall be made available for the Innovation Fund established under Article 10a(8).

2022/02/08
Committee: ITRE

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Christian EHLER, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Milan ZVER, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Željana ZOVKO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the Council conclusions of 22 March 2021on the EU's Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade,

2021/04/28
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls for the establishment of a dedicated financial instrument in MFF 2028-2034 with a view to providing EU funding for building the European Education Area and to facilitate mutual recognition of qualifications;

2021/06/10
Committee: CULT

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to the OECD Declaration of 23 February 2018 on Strengthening SMEs and Entrepreneurship for Productivity and Inclusive Growth,

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 entitled ‘An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions’ (COM(2020)0663),

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that, in order to build up a sustainable hydrogen economy fast enough to reach our climate goals, low-carbon hydrogen can play a transitional role; calls on the Commission to assess for how long and how much of this hydrogen would be needed approximately for decarbonisation purposes until solely clean hydrogen can play this rolemust play a vital and complementary role in ramping up the market; highlights in this regard, the important role of carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS); calls on the Commission to set up a technology- neutral regulatory framework and reduce regulatory and economic hurdles to foster a quick market uptake of low-carbon hydrogen;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Hildegard BENTELE, Pernille WEISS, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls on the Commission to consider quotas for synthetic fuels for aviation or ship propulsion;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Underlines the need to design a market providing clean and low-carbon hydrogen as climate protection option to all businesses and in particular SMEs; calls on the Commission to estimate the amount of renewable and low-carbon hydrogen needed to help industrial SMEs to decarbonise their production processes and energy supply;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Markus PIEPER, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Pascal ARIMONT, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the importance of research, development and innovation along the whole value chain ~~and~~, of demonstration projects on an industrial scale and of pilot projects on a smaller scale in order to make crenewable and low-carbon hydrogen competitive; ~~believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance;~~ highlights, in this regard, the need for research and development in carbon capture and storage technologies (CCS); stresses that, in order to have a proper integration of hydrogen in European society, human resources with a set of specialised skills are needed, especially when it comes to safety; to this end, believes that involving SMEs and equipping workers with adequate knowledge about hydrogen are of the utmost importance; calls on the Commission to adopt an action plan aimed at guiding Member States to develop dedicated training programmes towards workers, engineers, technicians but also to the general public and to create multi-disciplinary teaching programmes for economists, scientists and students;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the need to ensure access to finance and innovation assets, such as incubators and joint research projects, for start-ups and SMEs to take root in the hydrogen industry; calls on the Commission to ensure equal market access as well as the facilitation of market entries for such undertakings promoting their participation, e.g. by proactively appointing them for roundtables and feedback in public consultation processes;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Emphasises that Europe is leading in the manufacturing of electrolysers and needs to maintain and advance this competitive edge; stresses that European RDI efforts in hydrogen should focus on a wide range of hydrogen technologies focusing on raising technology readiness levels;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines that significant amounts of investment are needed to make ~~clea~~renewable and low-carbon hydrogen competitive, and that European programmes and financing instruments such as Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility, InvestEU and the ETS Innovation Fund have a key role in fostering a crenewable and low-carbon hydrogen economy; stresses the need to ensure access to finance and innovation assets for SMEs; deeply deplores the Council’s cuts affecting these instruments; calls on the Commission to develop a coordinated investment strategy for ~~clean hydroge~~renewable and low-carbon hydrogen as well as carbon capture utilisation and storage technologies; calls on the Commission to include low-carbon hydrogen in the EU Taxonomy Regulation;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2242(INI)

Angelika NIEBLER, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria SPYRAKI, Riho TERRAS, Tom BERENDSEN, Eva MAYDELL, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Hildegard BENTELE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Jerzy BUZEK, Christian DOLESCHAL, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Sven SCHULZE, Gheorghe FALCĂ

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Maria SPYRAKI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pascal ARIMONT, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes the high energy consumption in the water sector needs; calls on the Commission to consider energy-efficient measures for the EU water sector and the possibility to use treated waste water as an “on-site” source of renewable energy in the Energy System Integration;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Deplor~~Acknowledges the insufficient progress made by Member States, as set out in the Energy Efficiency Progress Report; encourages the Commission to ~~propose more ambitious target~~explore the impacts of revised targets on businesses, notably SMEs, taking into account its recommendations as part of the Energy Union governance process; welcomes, in this regard, the renovation wave strategy; emphasizes that the renovation of the existing building stock does not fully compensate for the need to produce more low carbon energy;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to extend the principle of energy efficiency to the entire value chain and to all end-uses; underlines the potential of circularity and reuse of ~~waste~~organic waste from cities and agricultural sector, energy and waste heat from industrial processes, buildings and data centres; ~~draws attention to~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop effective incentives and business models for the uncoupling and use of industrial waste heat; draws attention to the replacement of old and inefficient heating systems and the modernisation of heat networks, which can play a significant role in heat decarbonisation; stresses the potential of digital tools for smart energy management;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Believes that a common legal classification of the different types of renewable, decarbonised and low-carbon gases, including hydrogen, based on the full life cycle GHG emissions savings and sustainability criteria, is of utmost importance for market players, authorities and consumers; calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive classification and certification framework of gaseous carriers;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Jerzy BUZEK, Maria SPYRAKI, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to use the revision of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 on trans-European energy infrastructure as an opportunity to include energy system integration in the Regulation’s objectives and the 10-year network development planning; calls for greater efforts to remove obstacles hindering the full integration of energy systems, which would otherwise encourage citizens and industry to fully embrace cleaner energy alternatives because there will be no Green Deal without a better integration of the energy system; Emphasises that it is necessary to achieve a cost-effective decarbonisation of the EU economies which will build a more flexible, more decentralised and digital energy system, in which consumers are empowered to make their energy choices;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for the mass deployment of renewable, low carbon and decarbonised energy at competitive costs; encourages the Commission to propose more ambitious ~~target~~measures in order to increase the share of such energy in electricity generation, ~~heavy~~ industry, transport, ~~construction,~~ heating and cooling;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls the role that greenewable and low carbon hydrogen can play in balancing grids by using any ~~surplus~~electricity; notes the need to develop the hydrogen-storing technologies and capacities and the role that renewable hydrogen and electrolysers can play in providing more flexibility to the grids and integrating the increasing share of renewable electricity production;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Salvatore DE MEO, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, András GYÜRK, Edina TÓTH, Jerzy BUZEK, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Sven SCHULZE, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Acknowledges that power-to gas and power-to-heat technologies can play a key role in terms of large scale energy storage, to meet seasonal demand and to balance an electricity system because they are easy to integrate in existing infrastructure, help balance the electricity grid and can be cost-effectively transported across long-distances;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Stresses the role that electric mobility plays as a form of smart integration of the power and transport sectors; stresses that the electrification of the transport sector increases the Union´s energy independency and unlocks flexibility benefits for the grids to better integrate renewable energy sources;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls the importance of interconnectors and cooperation between network operators; welcomes the establishment of regional coordination centres under Regulation (EU) 2019/943; believes that an integrated and cross- sectoral approach should be applied by TSOs for the future planning of the networks, as well as consistency with climate and energy targets and the National Energy and Climate Plans;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Members States to explore ways of further encouraging, through effective incentives, the development of a European market for demand-side flexibility, potentials for energy storage and balancing electricity grid; welcomes flexible integrated energy systems that aim to optimize the district heating/cooling sector contributing to the balancing of the electricity grid, cost- effective use of renewable energy sources and waste heat integration at local/regional level;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Stresses the importance of increasing the competitiveness of European technologies to ensure the autonomy of the Union in the strategic energy sector; calls on the Commission to support research and innovation through the various structural and sectoral funds following a technology neutral approach; recalls the Union’s global leadership in satellite emission measurement technologies; stresses that technologies where Europe has global leadership and domestic based value chains should be looked at specifically;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Welcomes the development of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) when it may be necessary to achieve climate neutrality, and to provide negative emissions by CCS on biomass combustion, and to reduce emissions where other reasonable alternatives through CCS at fossil fuel emissions, particularly in certain industrial processes; in this regard, welcomes the Commission proposal to convene an annual European CCUS Forum as part of the Clean Energy Industrial Forum to further study options to foster such projects;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Considers that the EU should promote regulatory solutions in the heating sector and energy efficiency legislation which respect the variation between Member States' conditions and most appropriate solutions which are particularly large in these sectors;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2020/2241(INI)

Massimiliano SALINI, Tom BERENDSEN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Christian EHLER, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Antonio TAJANI, Pernille WEISS, Jerzy BUZEK, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Sven SCHULZE, Tomas TOBÉ, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25 c. Believes that both increased energy system integration and consumers have the opportunity to play an active role which requires a well-functioning energy market with accurate price signals that reflects the cost-effectiveness of different technical systems and greenhouse gas emissions; considers that current regulations enable uncompetitive prices for nuclear power in some Member States that do not sufficiently lead to a cost- effective decarbonised transition;

2020/12/11
Committee: ITRE

2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/2201(INI)

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ramona STRUGARIU, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Brando BENIFEI, Caterina CHINNICI, Cyrus ENGERER, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Milan BRGLEZ, Josianne CUTAJAR, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Romeo FRANZ, Dietmar KÖSTER, Marisa MATIAS, José GUSMÃO, Mounir SATOURI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8 e. Commends child-specific consultations conducted by the European Commission and supports the set up of an EU Children’s Participation Platform in the future; welcomes the inclusion of young people in the Digital Platform and Citizens’ Panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe; urges the EU institutions to create structural ways to ensure similar engagement with children and young people in the future on a structural basis;

2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its position that external assistance should be financed in full from the Union’s budget and emphasises that actions under the trust funds (EUTFs) are only bridging solutions until their full replacement by the future EFIs, in particular the Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) and the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance (IPA III); regrets that humanitarian objectives, such as preserving the dignity and human rights of migrants and other vulnerable groups, such as children and women, have not been met in the implementation of actions under the TFs such as EU TF Madad and EU TF for Africa in several instances; emphasises that the protection of human rights requires decisive action; recalls furthermore that the respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms, the promotion of the rule of law, democratic principles, transparency, good governance and peace and stability are essential elements of the EU TF for Colombia; calls on the Commission to increase scrutiny of the actions of the implementing partners in this regard.

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Loucas FOURLAS, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Sabine VERHEYEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Alexander BERNHUBER

A. whereas inclusive, quality education is the cornerstone of the green and digital transitions; whereas education is an investment in our common future, positively impacting social cohesion as a pre-condition for economic growth, job creation and employment;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Alexander BERNHUBER, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems is a national competence and must remain so; whereas however, new challenges require the mobilisation of European tools and supporting policies within the European Education Area;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Željana ZOVKO, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Alexander BERNHUBER, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS, Christian EHLER, Milan ZVER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas digital technologies are reshaping society, making basic digital skills and digital literacy now essential for all citizens; whereas digital technologies should be perceived as a tool to provide quality education and training: whereas in the future there will be an increased need for digital skills (coding, logistics and robotics) which will concern not only IT education courses but will touch upon the curriculum as a whole;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Milan ZVER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Christian EHLER, Loucas FOURLAS, Peter POLLÁK, Iuliu WINKLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Željana ZOVKO, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the impact of new technologies, robotics and Al on employment needs to be fully explored; whereas the labour market will increasingly prioritise a focus on the STEM fields, meaning it is necessary to further develop practical solutions on career guidance, deterrence of student dropouts, online adult learning and requalification;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Christian EHLER, Milan ZVER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Željana ZOVKO, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas digital tools can help the process of learning, but must remain complementary to the physical presence of educators as well as their expertise and judgement; whereas digital technology certainly cannot substitute the role of the teacher;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Christian EHLER, Milan ZVER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Željana ZOVKO, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas access to high-quality digital infrastructure and equipment and high-speed internet that is adapted to educational needs is a prerequisite for digital learning; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden digital transition in education have laid bare the gaps in access across the Union;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Željana ZOVKO, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the shift to online and distance learning has exacerbated existing inequalities, leaving disadvantaged and vulnerable learners and learners with disabilities and with special educational needs further behind, increasing drop- out rates across education sectors, and revealing an absence of pastoral and social support in the digital environment; whereas special attention should also be paid to children with special educational needs who have a learning problem or disability that make it more difficult for them to learn remotely than for most children of their age;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Željana ZOVKO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes, that the new DEAP is now extending the scope of action and sets specific targets to address persistent gaps, for example in digital skills, the promotion of quality computer and information technology education, support for better connectivity in schools, online learning content and tools, and digital literacy of schools and higher education institutions;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Željana ZOVKO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Iuliu WINKLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes, however, that delivering the plan effectively depends on coordination across a broad range of programmes; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure effective synergies between these programmes; emphasises the need to learn from the Covid-19 crisis by applying the good practices (peer learning) of some countries in terms of using digital tools for education;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Željana ZOVKO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Iuliu WINKLER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Encourages Member States to make use of the Recovery Package to invest in digital equipment for schools and for pupils in the EU, notably in excluded areas as no child should be left behind;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Alexander BERNHUBER, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Željana ZOVKO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Loucas FOURLAS, Milan ZVER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Christian EHLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Stresses the importance of a number of European instruments which can be used for the development of formal and non-formal education as well as investment in educational infrastructure and digital equipments in schools, such as the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), the Connecting Europe Facility, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and the new Digital Education Action Plan; points out furthermore that investments at national level are also essential;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Loucas FOURLAS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Iuliu WINKLER, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Supports the Erasmus+ programme and the increase of its budget in order to make it more efficient and inclusive; supports volunteering as the key activity of the ESC;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loucas FOURLAS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Iuliu WINKLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Deplores the persistent digital divide in the Union; regrets the fact that in some Member States~~, like Romania,~~ efforts to provide access to quality digital education have failed, leaving more than 30 % of pupils without access to education for several months; shares the Commission’s analysis that fast and reliable internet and quality digital equipment in educational establishments, non-formal settings and the home are prerequisites for effective digital education;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loucas FOURLAS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Iuliu WINKLER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Insists that broadband should be considered a public good and be universally accessible as a critical step in closing the digital divide; calls for specific measures to enhance access for remote, rural and mountain areas with low connectivity and limited access to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, blockchain, new educational devices or gamification, in the light of their growing importance and potential; calls for a new initiative on AI and robotics for education; recalls furthermore that an ethical and human- centric Al approach should be ensured by EU programmes and schemes;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Loucas FOURLAS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Iuliu WINKLER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Insists that greater attention be devoted to teacher training as the plan is rolled out so as to ensure that teachers not only possess digital skills, but can also teach them; calls for a pan-Union initiative to develop new pedagogical methods for the digital environment; underlines the increasingly important role played by parents, families and tutors in distance learning and ~~calls for them to be given special training and support mechanisms~~the need for them to have good internet, digital and technical skills and calls for them to be given special training and support mechanisms; stresses the need to assist all families with digital tools in order to grant access to remote education;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Loucas FOURLAS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Iuliu WINKLER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the European Commission, together with the Member States, to provide financial support for training courses designed for teachers in order to prepare them to carry out teaching activities using the new platforms; notes that the next generation of teachers needs to be equipped with digital skills and competences to prepare children for the future, while exploiting the potential of digital teaching methods;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Peter POLLÁK, Milan ZVER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Loucas FOURLAS, Iuliu WINKLER, Alexander BERNHUBER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Calls on the European Commission, together with the Member States to provide schools (teachers and students) not only with technical support and an Internet connection, but also with the necessary support on safe and reliable software, e-learning materials and platforms for best practice sharing to be able to continue with distance learning;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Loucas FOURLAS, Iuliu WINKLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Christian EHLER, Željana ZOVKO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Peter POLLÁK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11 c. Calls for further enhancements to existing online education platforms which should focus on online education and provide teachers with best practices; calls, in this regard, for better promotion and development of programmes such as the Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe (EPALE) and the School Education Gateway;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Loucas FOURLAS, Iuliu WINKLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Peter POLLÁK, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Željana ZOVKO, Christian EHLER, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the challenge of cyberthreats, cyberbullying, data and privacy protection, dangerous online games and disinformation in the digital environment; highlights that any development in the field of digital education must go hand-in-hand with a robust framework of data protection; warmly welcomes, therefore, the increased focus on digital and information literacy in the revised plan; looks forward to the swift adoption of the Media Action Plan and the guidelines for teachers and educational staff; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious and to launch large-scale digital literacy campaigns;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Sabine VERHEYEN, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Alexander BERNHUBER, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Milan ZVER, Peter POLLÁK, Željana ZOVKO, Christian EHLER, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loucas FOURLAS, Iuliu WINKLER, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Supports dual education in VET, lifelong learning and adult learning with a view to a better adaptation to labour market developments and preventing social isolation;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions are essential to enabling citizens to exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and thus to enhancing the democratic legitimacy and credibility of the Union while restoring confidence in the European integration process; points out in this regard that citizens' trust in political institutions is a key founding element of representative democracies; recalls that, in her Political Guidelines for the 2019- 2024 Commission, the President of the Commission stressed that if citizens were to have faith in the EU, its institutions should be open and beyond reproach on ethics, transparency and integrity; recalls that the right to petition provides citizens with the most accessible way to enter into and maintain a direct dialogue with representatives from the EU institutions and thus contributes to improving openness, responsiveness and accountability while bridging the gap between citizens and EU institutions;

2021/02/05
Committee: PETI

2020/2133(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that a high level of transparency of the legislative process is essential to enabling citizens to hold their elected representatives and governments accountable; reiterates, therefore, its call on the Council to align its working methods with the standards of a parliamentary and participatory democracy as required under the Treaties and to improve its rules and practices on transparency of its legislative process in line with the recommendations of the European Ombudsman, which have been overwhelmingly supported by Parliament in its resolution of 17 January 2019 on the Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU4 , which was based on the joint report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Petitions; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0045.

2021/02/05
Committee: PETI

2020/2116(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of the human rights implications of the EU’s external migration policy, paying particular attention to the EU-Turkey statement, cooperation with Libya, the Joint Way Forward with Afghanistan, projects carried under the Khartoum Process and Frontex cooperation; emphasizes the need for a stronger and better cooperation and for a continuous dialogue between the EU and third countries, in order to improve the human rights situation and to ensure a better migration management;

2020/11/17
Committee: LIBE

2020/2116(INI)

Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Gheorghe-Vlad NISTOR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Notes~~Is deeply concerned that a complete, public overview of EU funding to third countries to facilitate cooperation on migration issues remains unavailable; ~~calls on~~urges the Commission to provide improved transparency, including by establishing a clear overview of the funds used to finance cooperation with third countries in the field of migration management across all its financial instruments and their implementation, including information on the amount, purpose and source of funding as well as detailed information on any other potential support measures provided by EU agencies such as the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, in order to ensure that Parliament can efficiently perform its institutional role of scrutiny of the implementation of the EU budget;

2020/12/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

Points out that more concerted action is needed in order to enhance the cooperation between the EU and Asia in the fields of education, research, innovation and culture;

2020/11/24
Committee: AFET

2020/2114(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK, Alexander BERNHUBER, Asim ADEMOV, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Milan ZVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recalls Parliament’s ~~important~~key role as a democratic, convening institution that can provide a unique public forum to promote multilateralism; considers that Parliament should regularly invite high- level leaders from relevant international organisations to discuss shared interests and priorities; believes that to reinforce the parliamentary dimension of multilateral fora, Parliament should host on its premises, on an annual basis, a conference of speakers from G7 and G20 countries; calls for the reinforcement of structured dialogue between Parliament and the UN system; stresses, in this regard, the importance of holding regular meetings to exchange views between the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the heads of the EU delegations to the UN in New York and Geneva and between the committee and the Heads of Mission of the EU Member States that are either permanent or rotating members of the UN Security Council; highlights the positive contributions of the annual delegations from the Committee on Foreign Affairs and its sub-committees to the UN headquarters in New York; calls for the formalisation of some of the informal sessions between the EU and the UN Security Council; encourages the setting up of a formal association between Parliament and the UN General Assembly;

2022/02/14
Committee: AFET

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the higher turnout ~~was ultimately linked to~~should not divert our attention from the gains ~~by E~~of eurosceptics, ~~which should be considered as a warning for European integration, especially in several founding Member States where far-right extremists and anti-European forces won the elections~~populist and nationalist movements; whereas many of these radical forces from left to right are against the EU integration project;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the higher turnout is also a sign that EU citizens want the EU to act swiftly and effectively ~~on important matters such as climate change, migration, protection of fundamental rights and democratisation~~;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. Whereas we need to be more efficient and proactive in taking advantage of all means of communication, including digital technology, to foster a strong link between European political decisions and constituents’ sense of connection to EU institutions;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the ~~amended~~Parliament should pursue its proposals for amendments to the Electoral Act, still pending ratification by some Member States, ~~already requires further improvements (i.e. regarding parental leave for MEPs)~~with renewed vigour and to push for unified European electoral rules;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the 2019 elections failed to culminate in the choice of a Commission President from among the various Spitzenkandidaten~~, resulting in a backward step from the process which was established in 2014~~;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten process has yet to be fully developed; whereas it lacks, among other things, the possibility for Spitzenkandidaten to stand as official candidates in all Member States on transnational lists, allowing all European voters to choose and vote for their preferred Spitzenkandidatimproved, allowing all European voters to know who are the candidates to the presidency of the European Commission and how they were chosen by European political parties; whereas Parliament raised this issue in its decision of 7 February 2018 on the revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission15 ; ; _________________ 15 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0030.

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten system needs to be ~~improved and formalised in the EU’s primary law after an in-depth institutional reflection~~addressed and reflected upon in the Conference for the Future of Europe; whereas this reflection should also include the de facto political role of the Commission and its President and any related changes to the decision-making process of the Union;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital M

M. whereas institutional improvements such as transnational lists, as acknowledged by Parliament in its resolution of 7 February 2018 on the composition of the European Parliament, or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union, as proposed in its resolution of 16 February 2017 on possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union, would radically transform the European elections into one true European election,are needed in order to achieve a true European political sphere as opposed to the collection of 27 separate national ~~election~~debates that it is today;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

M a. Whereas proposal such as the "transnational lists" or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber are still under discussion; whereas none of them count currently with a majority support; Whereas the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe provides a true opportunity to discuss these issues and other institutional reforms; Whereas the success of the Conference will crucially depend on the agenda, the involvement of the citizens and the European Council's willingness to implement results;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas European political parties and foundations are the primary facilitators of a successful European political debate, both during and beyond European elections and should be rendered more visible;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the higher turnout in the 2019 European elections; considers that this shows that an increasing proportion of citizens consider the EU to be the appropriate level at which to address the challenges of our time ~~such as climate change and environmental concerns, social and gender inequalities, sustainable growth, and geopolitical concerns such as migration and foreign policy~~as economy and sustainable growth, public health, climate change and environmental protection, digital revolution, the promotion of freedom, human rights and democracy, social and gender inequalities, migration and demography, security and the role of the EU in the world; urges all the European institutions, therefore, to take responsibility and to act upon the mandate they have been given, directly or indirectly, by the citizens; ~~regrets both the lack of decisiveness by the Council and the lack of clear intent to achieve solutions based on a common approach;~~

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Deplor~~Welcomes the fact that the ~~outcome of the elections did not lead to~~gender balance in Parliament has improved over the last elections; Stresses however that there is still room for further improvements in order to achieve a genuine gender -balance ind Parliament; calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Parliament and other bodies such as the Venice Commission, to formulate recommendations to Member States with a view to increasing the representation of women in the European Parliament;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Is of the opinion that the reason why~~Acknowledges that the Spitzenkandidaten process failed to produce a President of the European Commission after the 2019 elections ~~is because no improvements were made to it following the experience of 2014~~; intends to strengthen the democratic process for choosing the Commission President before the next European elections of 2024;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcomes the up-coming~~Calls for the swift adoption of the joint declaration of the three European institutions on the Conference on the Future of Europe~~, recalls the commitment by the Commission President to address the issue of transnational lists and the Spitzenkandidaten process as the priority institutional issues during the Conference~~;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the election of the Commission President depends on a majority of Parliament’s members, which de facto requires the formation of a coalition; recommends that the election procedure be reversed so that Parliament proposes and elects the President of the Commission, after obtaining the consent of the European CouncilRecalls the commitment by the Commission President to address the issue of the Spitzenkandidaten process and transnational lists in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe; Stresses that the election of the Commission President depends on a majority of Parliament’s members, which de facto requires the formation of a coalition, as shown in the election of July 2019 of the von der Leyen Commission;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that the outcome of the European elections has reinforced the political dimension of the election of the European Commission, and therefore the need for more accurate and objective scrutiny of the declarations of interests of the Commissioners-designate; calls for the ~~creation of an independent body, endowed with the appropriate means, to have this scrutiny included in its responsibilities~~strengthening of this scrutiny before, during and after the mandate of the Commissioners-designate by reinforcing the role of the already existing Independent Ethical Committee;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Regrets that the attribution of portfolios in the Commission follows solely a logic where national interests take priority over the European common interest;~~deleted

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Insists that all European voters should be allowed ~~to vote for their preferred~~be allowed to know who the candidate ~~for~~s to the Ppresidentcy of the European Commission are, giving them the choice to vote for his or her political party; reiterates~~, therefore~~, that the Spitzenkandidaten should ~~be able to~~ stand as official candidates atin the ~~next elections in a joint European constituency across all Member State~~European Elections;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Believes that granting European voters a second vote for transnational lists in a joint European constituency, drawn up by European political parties and movements, would elevate the European elections above purely national campaigns based on national interests, particularly if such lists were headed by the respective Spitzenkandidaten;deleted

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Points out that the proposed changes to the EU’s primary law within this report, which reflect the increased political role of the Commission within the EU framework, should also include the individual and collective responsibility of the Commission towards Parliament and the Council, as well as the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union;deleted

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Acknowledges that despite the fact that the agreed reform of the Electoral Law has not yet been ratified by some Member States, further improvements ~~are required, such as provisions for remote voting operations in defined or exceptional circumstances, as well as on the elections in the joint European constituency~~should be addressed at the Conference on the Future of Europe;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Takes note of~~Commends the efforts by the ~~14.~~ Commission and other institutions to tackle foreign interference during the electoral campaign; points out, nevertheless, that the financial and human resources needed to counter these attacks on European democracy, including at national level, are many times superior to the combined designated European resources; urges the Commission and the Member States to raise significantly the financing they make available for the fight against foreign interference;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Commission and the Council to ~~consider, in accordanc~~fully engage with the ~~work of~~ Parliament’s new Special Committee on Foreign interference and Disinformation~~, the urge~~ and take into c~~reation of a European organisation dedicated to the fight against foreign interference~~onsideration the outcome of its work; encourages the Commission and the Council to work much more closely with Parliament on these matters, as the protection of our democratic institutions is a core competence of the European Parliament;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Considers European political parties' manifestos should be known before the elections, which requires clear and transparent rules on campaigning; underlines the European election rules shall promote European party democracy, including by making obligatory for parties running in European elections and the European party logo appear (next to the national one) on the ballot sheet;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2088(INI)

Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Paulo RANGEL, Vladimír BILČÍK, Roberta METSOLA, Vangelis MEIMARAKIS, József SZÁJER, Andrius KUBILIUS, Karlo RESSLER, Brice HORTEFEUX, Sven SIMON, Mairead McGUINNESS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, László TRÓCSÁNYI, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Is of the opinion that the introduction of an annual European Week taking place simultaneously in all national parliaments, with debates between MPs, European Commissioners, MEPs and representatives of civil society on the Commission Work Programme would support the emergence of connected inter-parliamentary public spheres as well as improving the communication of European actions at national level;

2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO

2020/2084(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Asserts that an adequate education and training in transitions to environmentally and socially sustainable economies can become a strong driver of job creation, social justice and poverty eradication and can contribute to the better matching with changing labour market needs;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK, Alexander BERNHUBER, Asim ADEMOV, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Milan ZVER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that a transition to a more environmentally sustainable society requires skilled ~~workers~~and highly skilled labour and believes that just transition funds should cover a strong investment in ~~education,~~all levels of education, including vocational education and training (VET) ~~and retraining~~, upskilling and reskilling on-the-job retraining or a combination of part-time working and part-time retraining are to be prioritised to maximise the efficiency of support;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK, Alexander BERNHUBER, Asim ADEMOV, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Milan ZVER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for an enhanced university- business dialogue to ~~allow for study in a sector where there will be jobs~~improve study programmes where students acquire knowledge, competences and skills sought in the labour market, particularly infor vulnerable people, communities, and regions; and ~~sector~~to improve the labour mobility of workers in order to avoid high levels of unemployment in affected regions;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK, Alexander BERNHUBER, Asim ADEMOV, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Milan ZVER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on governments and employers to invest in programmes and measures to ensure that vulnerable groups of individuals ~~have th~~and those affected by the transitions in the labour market have the opportunity to acquire skills necessary for a successful transition to a zero-emission economy;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2084(INI)

Andrea BOCSKOR, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Peter POLLÁK, Alexander BERNHUBER, Asim ADEMOV, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Milan ZVER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the European Education Area should include tra~~nsversal training in~~ining for promoting transversal skills related to the ecological and digital transition, as well as an adequate connection with the world of work, especially at the later levels of the curriculum.;

2020/06/08
Committee: CULT

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT) was created in 2016 in the framework of the EU-Turkey statement and manages EUR 6 billion~~; whereas human rights violations have taken place under this agreement which are incompatible with the EU Charter of Fundame~~ mobilised in two tranches' the first tranche serves to fund projects that run until mid-2021 latest and the second tranche serves to fund projects, which run untail ~~Rights;~~mid-2025 latest.

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa (EUTF) was established in 2015; whereas the EUTF makes predominant use (90 %) of Official Development Assistance; whereas it became the main financial instrument for the EU’s political engagement with African partners in the field of migration; whereas the EUTF has funded over 500 projects in more than 256 partner countries ~~in Africa~~across three regions of Africa: the Sahel and Lake Chad, the Horn of Africa and North Africa, for a total of over EUR 4.8 billion; whereas the ~~EUTF has rai~~sed co~~ncerns about contributing to inhumane and~~untries face growing challenges ranging from demogra~~ding treatment and/or financing actors that have committed human rights violations, such as in Libya, Eritrea and Sudan~~phic pressure, extreme poverty, weak social and economic infrastructure, internal tensions and institutional weaknesses to insufficient resilience to food crises and environmental stress;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas over the last four years, the EUTF for Africa further demonstrated its added value as a swift and effective implementation tool which facilitates political dialogue with a great number of partner countries, applies innovative approaches and produces concrete results on the ground by pooling funding and expertise from a variety of stakeholders including EU Member States.

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

B b. Whereas, as the crisis became protracted, the EUTF Madad's response evolved further along the humanitarian development nexus, by increasing its focus on systems strengthening to support the host countries’ efforts and capacities to respond to the protracted refugee crisis, particularly as regards public service delivery (education, health, water and sanitation, livelihoods, etc.) in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)

B c. Whereas the EUTF Madad has proven to be comparatively faster to launch projects than normal ENI or IPA procedures; whereas it has also managed to reach economy of scale, with large scale projects of an average volume of EUR 20 million and with an average implementation period of around 30 months;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Deplor~~Underlines the fact that ~~both~~ the EUTF ~~and the FRT~~s are ad hoc instruments that were set up outside the EU budget, raising concerns over their lack of transparency and democratic accountability; points out that the~~ir governance structures deviate from ordinary decision-~~ Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRT) differs from the other EU trust funds, makin~~g and bypass parliament scrutiny~~ly because it remains embedded within the budget of the EU;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission to enhance transparency on EUTFs and FRT through better scrutiny and to improve regular and detailed information sharing with the European Parliament;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Underlines the need to make sure strict monitoring exercises and audits are carried out to ensure compliance with the Financial Regulation; invites the Commission to scale up reporting on the FRT and asks it to ensure that these funds specifically target refugee projects and are not used for any other purposes;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the objectives of the FRT are consistent with the EU’s general principles, policies and objectives, including democracy, the rule of law and human rights;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the EUTF ~~is part of a trend of the securitis~~s support partner countries in developing national and ~~externalisation of EU border management aimed at reducing irregular migration to the EU; stresses the risks to development obj~~regional strategies on migration management in line with international standards, improve capacities to prevent irregular migration and fight against trafficking inhuman beings and migrant smuggling, facilitate sustainable and dignified return and reintegration, seek durable solutions for people in need of international protecti~~ves~~on and ~~fundamental rights associated with this approach.~~enhance synergies between migration and development;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that EUTFs support countries hosting refugees by investing in health and education, economic development, job creation and integration into labour markets, for both local communities and refugees, especially vulnerable groups such as women and youth;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2045(INI)

Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Lena DÜPONT, Loucas FOURLAS, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Jeroen LENAERS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Points out that issues currently covered by EUTFs could be funded under any of the Neighbourhood, Development and international Cooperation Instrument’s components: geographic, thematic or rapid response; underlines that Migration would be one of the priorities under the new instrument with a proposed spending target of 10%;

2021/03/25
Committee: LIBE

2020/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Paris Agreement, the Green Deal and the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050; notes the ~~lack of international climate efforts~~significant divergence of climate efforts between different countries; underlines that EU climate policy must go hand in hand with increased economic growth and competitiveness for the European industry based on the principles of free and fair competition; believes that an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘the mechanism’) cshould serve to incentivise international efforts to combat climate change, therefore asks the Commission to consider all available options while drawing up proposal for any such mechanism;

2020/10/05
Committee: ITRE

9. Considers it necessary to create a clear and fair regime for assigning legal responsibility and liability for the potential adverse consequences produced by these advanced digital technologies;

2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2016(INI)

Kris PEETERS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Jeroen LENAERS, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Paulo RANGEL, Romana TOMC, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Maria WALSH, Roberta METSOLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls for the adoption of appropriate procurement processes for AI systems by Member States and EU agencies when used in law enforcement or judicial context, so as to ensure their compliance with fundamental rights;

2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2016(INI)

Kris PEETERS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Jeroen LENAERS, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Romana TOMC, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Underlines that in judicial and law enforcement contexts, the final decision always needs to be taken by a human, who can be held accountable for the decisions made, and include~~Takes the view that law enforcement and judicial authorities that make use of AI systems need to uphold high legal standards, in particular when analysing data; underlines the need to ensure human intervention and accountability throughout the different stages of decision-making, to assess both the quality of the data and the appropriateness of each decision taken on the basis of that information; considers that persons subject to these systems should be given the possibility of a recourse for a remedy;

2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2016(INI)

Kris PEETERS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Jeroen LENAERS, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Paulo RANGEL, Romana TOMC, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Maria WALSH, Roberta METSOLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls for a compulsory fundamental rights impact assessment to be conducted prior to the implementation or deployment of any AI systems for law enforcement or judiciary purposes, in order to assess any potential risks to fundamental rights and, where necessary, define appropriate safeguards to address these risks;

2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2016(INI)

Kris PEETERS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Jeroen LENAERS, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Paulo RANGEL, Romana TOMC, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Roberta METSOLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Deplores that many law enforcement and judicial authorities in the EU lack the funding, capacities and capabilities to reap the benefits AI tools can offer for their work; encourages law enforcement and judicial authorities to identify, structure and categorise their needs to enable the development of tailor- made AI solutions and to exchange best practices on AI deployment; stresses the need to provide the authorities with the necessary funding, as well as to equip them with the necessary expertise to guarantee full compliance with the ethical, legal and technical requirements attached to AI deployment;

2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2016(INI)

Kris PEETERS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Jeroen LENAERS, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Paulo RANGEL, Romana TOMC, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Maria WALSH, Roberta METSOLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Supports the establishment of awareness-raising and educational initiatives to ensure that individuals working in law enforcement or the judiciary are aware of and understand the limitations, capabilities and risks that the use of AI systems entail, including the risk of automation bias;

2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2016(INI)

Kris PEETERS, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Vladimír BILČÍK, Jeroen LENAERS, Javier ZARZALEJOS, Paulo RANGEL, Romana TOMC, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Maria WALSH, Roberta METSOLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Reminds that AI applications, including applications used in the context of law enforcement and the judiciary, are being developed globally at a rapid pace; urges all European stakeholders, including the Commission and EU agencies, to ensure international cooperation and to engage third country partners in order to find a common and complementary ethical framework for the use of AI, in particular for law enforcement and the judiciary;

2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas persistent and structural antyi-gypsyism continues to exist at all levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis; whereas specific measures are needed in order to combat this phenomenon;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/2011(INI)

Tomas TOBÉ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pernille WEISS, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas people with Romani background continue to be subject of hate speech and discrimination;

2020/06/12
Committee: LIBE

2020/0361(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Fabienne KELLER, Eva KAILI, Josianne CUTAJAR, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Responsible and diligent behaviour by providers of intermediary services is essential for a safe, predictable and trusted online environment and for allowing Union citizens and other persons to exercise their fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘Charter’), in particular the freedom of expression and information and the freedom to conduct a business, and the right to non-discrimination. Children have specific rights enshrined in Article 24 of the Charter and in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UNCRC General comment No. 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment formally sets out how these rights apply to the digital world.

2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Brando BENIFEI, Eva KAILI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Responsible and diligent behaviour by providers of intermediary services is essential for a safe, predictable and trusted online environment and for allowing Union citizens and other persons to exercise their fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘Charter’), in particular the freedom of expression and information and the freedom to conduct a business, and the right to non-discrimination. Children have specific rights enshrined in Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. As such, the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration in all matters affecting them. The UNCRC General comment No. 25 on children’s rights in relation to the digital environment formally sets out how these rights apply to the digital world.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Milan BRGLEZ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Brando BENIFEI, Eva KAILI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation, and in particular to improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure a safe and transparent online environment, it is necessary to establish a clear and balanced set of harmonised due diligence obligations for providers of intermediary services. Those obligations should aim in particular to guarantee different public policy objectives such as health – including mental health, the safety and trust of the recipients of the service, including minors and vulnerable users, protect the relevant fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, to ensure meaningful accountability of those providers and to empower recipients and other affected parties, whilst facilitating the necessary oversight by competent authorities.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Fabienne KELLER, Eva KAILI, Josianne CUTAJAR, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)

Article 12 a Child impact assesment 1. All providers must assess whether their services are accessed by, likely to be accessed by or impact on children, defined as persons under the age of 18. Providers of services likely to be accessed by or impact on children shall identify, analyse and assess, during the design and development of new services and at least once a year thereafter, any systemic risks stemming from the functioning and use made of their services in the Union by children. These risk impact assessments shall be specific to their services, meet the highest European or International standards detailed in Article 34, and shall consider all known content, contact, conduct or commercial risks included in the contract. Assessments should also include the following systemic risks: a. the dissemination of illegal content or behaviour enabled, manifested on or as a result of their services; b. any negative effects for the exercise of the rights of the child, as enshrined in Article 24 of the Charter and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and detailed in the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child General comment No. 25 as regards the digital environment; c. any intended or unintended consequences resulting from the operation or intentional manipulation of their service, including by means of inauthentic use or automated exploitation of the service, with an actual or foreseeable negative effect on the protection or rights of children; 2. When conducting child impact assessments, providers of intermediary services likely to impact children shall take into account, in particular, how their terms and conditions, content moderation systems, recommender systems and systems for selecting and displaying advertisement influence any of the systemic risks referred to in paragraph 1, including the potentially rapid and wide dissemination of illegal content and of information that is incompatible with their terms and conditions or with the rights of the child.

2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/0361(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Fabienne KELLER, Eva KAILI, Josianne CUTAJAR, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)

Article 12 b Mitigation of risks to children Providers of intermediary services likely to impact children shall put in place reasonable, proportionate and effective mitigation measures, tailored to the specific systemic risks identified pursuant to Article 13 (12 a new). Such measures shall include, where applicable: a. implementing mitigation measures identified in Article 27 with regard for children’s best interests; b. adapting or removing system design features that expose children to content, contact, conduct and contract risks, as identified in the process of conducting child impact assessments; c. implementing proportionate and privacy preserving age assurance, meeting the standard outlined in Article 34; d. adapting content moderation or recommender systems, their decision- making processes, the features or functioning of their services, or their terms and conditions to ensure they prioritise the best interests of the child; e. ensuring the highest levels of privacy, safety, and security by design and default for users under the age of 18; f. preventing profiling, including for commercial purposes like targeted advertising; g. ensuring published terms are age appropriate and uphold children’s rights; h. providing child-friendly mechanisms for remedy and redress, including easy access to expert advice and support;

2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/0361(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Eva KAILI, Josianne CUTAJAR, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Fabienne KELLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) the number of complaints received through the internal complaint-handling system referred to in Article 17, the age of complainants (if minors), the basis for those complaints, decisions taken in respect of those complaints, the average time needed for taking those decisions and the number of instances where those decisions were reversed.

2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/0361(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Fabienne KELLER, Eva KAILI, Josianne CUTAJAR, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Providers of intermediary services that impact on children shall publish, at least once a year: a. child impact assessments to identify known harms, unintended consequences and emerging risk, pursuant to Article 13 (Art. 12 a new).The child impact assessments must comply with the standards outlined in Article 34; b. clear, easily comprehensible and detailed reports outlining the child risk mitigation measures undertaken pursuant to Article 14, their efficacy and any outstanding actions required. These reports must comply with the standards outlined in Article 34, including as regards age assurance and age verification, in line with a child-centred design. The content of these reports must be verifiable by independent audit; data sets and source code must be made available at the request of the regulator.

2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Milan BRGLEZ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Brando BENIFEI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR, Eva KAILI

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

(da) ‘child’ means any natural person under the age of 18;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

Caterina CHINNICI, Hilde VAUTMANS, David LEGA, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Eva KAILI, Josianne CUTAJAR, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Milan BRGLEZ, Fabienne KELLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. 2 (new).The Commission shall support and promote the development and implementation of industry standards set by relevant European and international standardisation bodies for the protection and promotion of the rights of the child, observance of which, once adopted, will be mandatory, at least for the following: a. age assurance and age verification pursuant to Articles 12 a (new) and 12 b (new) and 13; b. child impact assessments pursuant to Articles 12 a (new) and 13; c. age-appropriate terms and conditions pursuant to Article 12; d. child-centred design pursuant to Articles 12 b (new) and 13.

2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Milan BRGLEZ, Brando BENIFEI, Eva KAILI, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Providers of intermediary services shall ensure their terms and conditions are age-appropriate and meet the highest European or International standards, pursuant to Article 34.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Eva KAILI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)

Article 12a Child impact assessment 1. All providers must assess whether their services are accessed by, likely to be accessed by or impact on children. Providers of services likely to be accessed by or impact on children shall identify, analyse and assess, during the design and development of new services, on an ongoing basis and at least once a year thereafter, any systemic risks stemming from the functioning and use made of their services in the Union by children. These risk impact assessments shall be specific to their services, meet the highest European or International standards detailed in Article 34, and shall consider all known content, contact, conduct or commercial risks included in the contract. Assessments should also include the following systemic risks: (a) the dissemination of illegal content or behaviour enabled, manifested on or as a result of their services; (b) any negative effects for the exercise of the rights of the child, as enshrined in Article 24 of the Charter and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and detailed in the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child General comment No.25 as regards the digital environment; (c) any intended or unintended consequences resulting from the operation or intentional manipulation of their service, including by means of inauthentic use or automated exploitation of the service, with an actual or foreseeable negative effect on the protection or rights of children; 2. When conducting child impact assessments, providers of intermediary services likely to impact children shall take into account, in particular, how their terms and conditions, content moderation systems, recommender systems and systems for selecting and displaying advertisement influence any of the systemic risks referred to in paragraph 1, including the potentially rapid and wide dissemination of illegal content and of information that is incompatible with their terms and conditions or with the rights of the child.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Milan BRGLEZ, Brando BENIFEI, Eva KAILI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)

Article 12b Mitigation of risks to children Providers of intermediary services likely to impact children shall put in place reasonable, proportionate and effective mitigation measures, tailored to the specific systemic risks identified pursuant to Article 13 (12 a new). Such measures shall include, where applicable: (a) implementing mitigation measures identified in Article 27 with regard for children’s best interests; (b) adapting or removing system design features that expose children to content, contact, conduct and contract risks, as identified in the process of conducting child impact assessments; (c) implementing proportionate and privacy preserving age assurance, meeting the standard outlined in Article 34; (d) adapting content moderation or recommender systems, their decision- making processes, the features or functioning of their services, or their terms and conditions to ensure they prioritise the best interests of the child; (e) ensuring the highest levels of privacy, safety, and security by design and default for users under the age of 18; (f) preventing profiling, including for commercial purposes like targeted advertising; (g) ensuring published terms are age appropriate and uphold children’s rights; (h) providing child-friendly mechanisms for remedy and redress, including easy access to expert advice and support;

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Milan BRGLEZ, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Eva KAILI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) the number of complaints received through the internal complaint-handling system referred to in Article 17, the age of complainants (if children), the basis for those complaints, decisions taken in respect of those complaints, the average time needed for taking those decisions and the number of instances where those decisions were reversed.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR, Eva KAILI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Providers of intermediary services that impact on children shall publish, at least once a year: (a) child impact assessments to identify known harms, unintended consequences and emerging risk. The child impact assessments must comply with the standards outlined in Article 34; (b) clear, easily comprehensible and detailed reports outlining the child risk mitigation measures undertaken, their efficacy and any outstanding actions required. These reports must comply with the standards outlined in Article 34, including as regards age assurance and age verification, in line with a child- centred design.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Brando BENIFEI, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Milan BRGLEZ, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Eva KAILI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2

2. Online platforms shall ensure that their internal complaint-handling and redress systems are easy to access, and user-friendly, including for children, and enable and facilitate the submission of sufficiently precise and adequately substantiated complaints.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0361(COD)

David LEGA, Hilde VAUTMANS, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Dragoş PÎSLARU, Milan BRGLEZ, Eva KAILI, Alex AGIUS SALIBA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Josianne CUTAJAR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)

2. The profiling of children for commercial purposes, including targeted or pernolised advertising, is prohibited in compliance with the industry-standards laid down in Article 34 and Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

2021/07/08
Committee: IMCO

2020/0360(COD)

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

(a) addresses the identification of projects of common interest necessary to implement priority corridors and areas falling under the energy infrastructure categories in electricity, smart gas grids, hydrogen, electrolysers, small modular reactors and carbon dioxide set out in Annex II (‘energy infrastructure categories’);

2021/04/22
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tomas TOBÉ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pernille WEISS, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)

(f a) for small modular reactors projects falling under the energy infrastructure categories set out in point (6) of Annex II, the project is to contribute significantly to all of the following specific criteria: (i) reducing greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining security of energy supply; (ii) increase the stability and security of the grid; (iii) enhancing the factory-based serial production of modules, leading to lower absolute and per kWe total construction costs. (iiii) electricity storage facilities used for storing electricity on a permanent or temporary basis.

2021/04/22
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)

Article 4 a 4 a. Natural gas projects referred to in point( fa) of Article 4(3) shall be eligible to be included only in the first and second Union lists adopted in accordance with Article 3(4).

2021/04/22
Committee: ITRE

2020/0360(COD)

Tomas TOBÉ, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Pernille WEISS, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

(6) concerning small nuclear modules: (a) any equipment aiming at the development or construction of small modular reactors, which are defined as advanced reactors that produce electricity of up to 300MW(e) per module; installations and services essential for the European value chain to build up to a higher rate;

2021/04/23
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) There are techniques enabling privacy-friendly analyses on databases that contain personal data, such as anonymisation, pseudonymisation, differential privacy, generalisation, oruse of synthetic data, suppression ~~and~~, randomisation or other state-of-the-art privacy preserving methods. Application of these privacy-enhancing technologies, together with comprehensive data protection approaches should ensure the safe re-use of personal data and commercially confidential business data for research, innovation and statistical purposes. In many cases this implies that the data use and re-use in this context can only be done in a secure processing environment set in place and supervised by the public sector. There is experience at Union level with such secure processing environments that are used for research on statistical microdata on the basis of Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 (39 ). In general, insofar as personal data are concerned, the processing of personal data should rely upon one or more of the grounds for processing provided in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. _________________ 39Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (OJ L 164, 18.6.2013, p. 16).

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Conditions for re-use of protected data that apply to public sector bodies competent under national law to allow re- use, and which should be without prejudice to rights or obligations concerning access to such data, should be laid down. Those conditions should be non-discriminatory, proportionate and objectively justified, while not restricting competition. In particular, public sector bodies allowing re- use should have in place the technical means necessary to ensure the protection of rights and interests of third parties and be empowered to request the necessary information from the re-user. Conditions attached to the re-use of data should be limited to what is necessary to preserve the rights and interests of others in the data and the integrity of the information technology and communication systems of the public sector bodies. Public sector bodies should apply conditions which best serve the interests of the re-user without leading to a disproportionate effort for the public sector. Depending on the case at hand, before its transmission, personal data should be fully anonymised, so as to definitively not allow the identification of the data subjects, or data containing commercially confidential information modified in such a way that no confidential information is disclosed. Where provision of anonymised or modified data would not respond to the needs of the re-user, on- premise or remote re-use of the data within a secure processing environment could be permitted. Data analyses in such secure processing environments should be supervised by the public sector body, so as to protect the rights and interests of others. In particular, personal data should only be transmitted for re-use to a third party where a legal basis allows such transmission. The public sector body could make the use of such secure processing environment conditional on the signature by the re-user of a confidentiality agreement that prohibits the disclosure of any information that jeopardises the rights and interests of third parties that the re-user may have acquired despite the safeguards put in place. The public sector bodies, where relevant, should facilitate the re-use of data on the basis of consent of data subjects or permissions of legal persons on the re-use of data pertaining to them through adequate technical means. In this respect, the public sector body should support potential re-users in seeking such consent by establishing technical mechanisms that permit transmitting requests for consent from re-users, where practically feasible. No contact information should be given that allows re-users to contact data subjects or companies directly.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) Furthermore, i~~t is~~n order to preserve fair competition and an open market economy it is of utmost importantce to protect commercially sensitive data of non- personal nature, notably trade secrets, but also non-personal data representing content protected by intellectual property rights from unlawful access that may lead to IP theft or industrial espionage. In order to ensure the protection of fundamental rights or interests of data holders, non-personal data which is to be protected from unlawful or unauthorised access under Union or national law, and which is held by public sector bodies, should be transferred only to third-countries where appropriate safeguards for the use of data are provided. Such appropriate safeguards should be considered to exist when in that third- country there are equivalent measures in place which ensure that non-personal data benefits from a level of protection similar to that applicable by means of Union or national law in particular as regards the protection of trade secrets and the protection of intellectual property rights. To that end, the Commission may adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts that declare that a third country provides a level of protection that is essentially equivalent to those provided by Union or national law. The assessment of the level of protection afforded in such third-country should, in particular, take into consideration the relevant legislation, both general and sectoral, including concerning public security, defence, national security and criminal law concerning the access to and protection of non-personal data, any access by the public authorities of that third country to the data transferred, the existence and effective functioning of one or more independent supervisory authorities in the third country with responsibility for ensuring and enforcing compliance with the legal regime ensuring access to such data, or the third countries’ international commitments regarding the protection of data the third country concerned has entered into, or other obligations arising from legally binding conventions or instruments as well as from its participation in multilateral or regional systems. The existence of effective legal remedies for data holders, public sector bodies or data sharing providers in the third country concerned is of particular importance in the context of the transfer of non-personal data to that third country. Such safeguards should therefore include the availability of enforceable rights and of effective legal remedies.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) In cases where there is no ~~implementing~~delegated act adopted by the Commission in relation to a third country declaring that it provides a level of protection, in particular as regards the protection of commercially sensitive data and the protection of intellectual property rights, which is essentially equivalent to that provided by Union or national law, the public sector body should only transmit protected data to a re-user, if the re-user undertakes obligations in the interest of the protection of the data. The re-user that intends to transfer the data to such third country should commit to comply with the obligations laid out in this Regulation even after the data has been transferred to the third country. To ensure the proper enforcement of such obligations, the re- user should also accept the jurisdiction of the Member State of the public sector body that allowed the re-use for the judicial settlement of disputes.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) In order to prevent unlawful access to non-personal data, public sector bodies, natural or legal persons to which the right to re-use data was granted, data sharing providers and entities entered in the register of recognised data altruism organisations should take all reasonable measures to prevent access to the systems where non-personal data is stored, including encryption of data, cybersecurity measures or corporate policies.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to build trust in re-use mechanisms, it may be necessary to attach stricter conditions for certain types of non- personal data that have been identified as highly sensitive, as regards the transfer to third countries, if such transfer could jeopardise public policy objectives, in line with international commitments. For example, in the health domain, certain datasets held by actors in the public health system, such as public hospitals, could be identified as highly sensitive health data. Other relevant sectors could be transport, energy, environment, telecommunications and finance. In order to ensure harmonised practices across the Union, such types of highly sensitive non-personal public data should be defined by Union law, for example in the context of the European Health Data Space or other sectoral legislation. The conditions attached to the transfer of such data to third countries should be laid down in delegated acts. Conditions should be proportionate, non- discriminatory and necessary to protect legitimate public policy objectives identified, such as the protection of public health, public order, safety, the environment, public morals, consumer protection, privacy and personal data protection. The conditions should correspond to the risks identified in relation to the sensitivity of such data, including in terms of the risk of the re- identification of individuals. These conditions could include terms applicable for the transfer or technical arrangements, such as the requirement of using a secure processing environment, limitations as regards the re-use of data in third-countries or categories of persons which are entitled to transfer such data to third countries or who can access the data in the third country. In exceptional cases they could also include restrictions on transfer of the data to third countries to protect the public interest.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Georgios KYRTSOS, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, agriculture, transport and statistics). The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board. A data innovation advisory council should be established as a sub-group of the Board consisting of relevant representatives from industry, research, standardisation organisations and other relevant stakeholders. That council should support the work of the Board by providing advice relating to the exchange of data, and in particular on how to best protect commercially sensitive data of non-personal nature, notably trade secrets, but also non-personal data representing content protected by intellectual property rights from unlawful access that may lead to IP theft or industrial espionage.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Jerzy BUZEK, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, agriculture, transport and statistics) as well as representatives of academia, research and standard setting organisations, where relevant. The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40

(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, energy, industrial manufacturing, agriculture, transport and statistics). The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) The Board should support the Commission in coordinating national practices and policies on the topics covered by this Regulation, and in supporting cross- sector data use by adhering to the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) principles and through the utilisation of European and international standards and specifications (~~such as~~including through the EU Multi-Stakeholder Platform for ICT Standardisation, the Core Vocabularies44 and the CEF Building Blocks45 ), without prejudice to standardisation work taking place in specific sectors or domains. Work on technical standardisation may include the identification of priorities for the development of standards and establishing and maintaining a set of technical and legal standards for transmitting data between two processing environments that allows data spaces to be organised without making recourse to an intermediary. The Board should cooperate with the Data Innovation Advisory Council, sectoral bodies, networks or expert groups, or other cross- sectoral organisations dealing with re-use of data. Regarding data altruism, the Board should assist the Commission in the development of the data altruism consent form, in consultation with the European Data Protection Board. _________________ 44 https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/sema ntic-interoperability-community- semic/core-vocabularies 45 https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/conn ecting-europe-facility-cef

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(2 a) This Regulation is without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, to Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a. This Regulation should in particular not be read as creating a new legal basis for the processing of personal data for any of the regulated activities. Its implementation should not prevent cross- border transfers of data in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 from taking place. _________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA. (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 89)

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(10) ‘data altruism’ means ~~the consent~~voluntary sharing of data by data subjects to process personal data pertaining to them, or permissions of other data holders to allow the use of their non- personal data without seeking or receiving a reward, for purposes of general interest, such as scientific research purposes, policy making or improving public services;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14

(14) ‘secure processing environment’ means the physical or virtual environment and organisational means to provide the opportunity to re-use data in a manner ensuring compliance with applicable legislation that allows for the operator of the secure processing environment to determine and supervise all data processing actions, including to display, storage, download, export of the data and calculation of derivative data through computational algorithms.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(a) to access and re-use the data within a secure processing environment provided ~~and~~or controlled by the public sector ;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5

(5) The public sector bodies shall impose conditions that preserve the integrity of the functioning of the technical systems of the secure processing environment used. The public sector body shall be able to verify any results of processing of data undertaken by the re- user and reserve the right, after giving the re-user the possibility to provide further information, to prohibit the use of results that contain information jeopardising the rights and interests of third parties.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

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

(9) The Commission may adopt ~~implementing~~delegated acts declaring that the legal, supervisory and enforcement arrangements of a third country:

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1

Those ~~implementing~~delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the ~~advisory~~ procedure referred to in Article 2~~9 (2)~~8.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Eva MAYDELL, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) providing technical support ~~in the application of tested techniques~~ ensuring data processing in a manner that preserves privacy of the information contained in the data for which re-use is allowed, including techniques for pseudonymisation, anonymisation, generalisation, suppression ~~and~~, randomisation of personal data or other state-of-the-art privacy preserving methods;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5

(5) The Member States shall make public and communicate to the Commission the identity of the competent bodies designated pursuant to paragraph 1 by [date of application of this Regulation]. They shall also make public and communicate to the Commission any subsequent modification of the identity of those bodies.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

(3) Requests for the re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1) shall be granted or refused by the competent public sector bodies or the competent bodies referred to in Article 7 (1) within a reasonable time, and in any case within two months from the date of the request. In order to contribute to a consistent application of this Regulation the competent public sector bodies shall cooperate with each other, and where relevant with the Commission, when refusing requests for re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1).

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) intermediation services between data subjects that seek to make their personal data available and potential data users, including making available the technical or other means to enable such services, in the exercise of the rights provided in Regulation (EU) 2016/679, in particular managing the data subjects’ consent to data processing;

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 9

(9) The competent authority shall notify the Commission of each new notification without delay and the Commission shall forward each notification to the national competent authorities of the Member States by electronic means. The Commission shall keep a register of providers of data sharing services.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Markus PIEPER, Georgios KYRTSOS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Othmar KARAS, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 10

(10) The competent authority may charge fees. Such fees shall be proportionate and objective and be based on the administrative costs related to the monitoring of compliance and other market control activities of the competent authorities in relation to notifications of data sharing services. The competent authority may also charge discounted fees or allow free of charge notification for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 11

(11) Where a ~~provider of data sharing services~~data intermediary ceases its activities, it shall notify the relevant competent authority determined pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 within 15 days. The competent authority shall forward without delay each such notification to the Commission by electronic means. The Commission without delay shall forward each notification to the national competent authorities inof the Member States ~~and to the Commission by electronic means~~by electronic means and update the public register.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 8

(8) the ~~provider~~data intermediary shall take measures to ensure a high level of security, including state-of-the-art cybersecurity, for the storage and transmission of non- personal data; and the intermediary shall further ensure the highest level of security, including state-of-the-art cybersecurity, for the storage and transmission of competitively sensitive information; the data intermediary shall inform the competent authority without delay of any security breach that jeopardises the security of data.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

(3) The designated competent authorities, the data protection authorities, the national competition authorities, the authorities in charge of cybersecurity, and other relevant sectorial authorities shall exchange the information which is necessary for the exercise of their tasks in relation to data sharing providers and ensure consistency of the decisions taken in application of this directive.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) to advise and assist the Commission in developing consistent guidelines on how to best protect, in the context of this Regulation, commercially sensitive data of non-personal nature, notably trade secrets, but also non- personal data representing content protected by intellectual property rights from unlawful access that may lead to IP theft or industrial espionage.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0340(COD)

Angelika NIEBLER, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Tom BERENDSEN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Eva MAYDELL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Adam JARUBAS, Seán KELLY, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) to facilitate the cooperation between national competent authorities, the Commission and other European and international bodies under this Regulation through capacity- building and the exchange of information, in particular by establishing methods for the efficient exchange of information relating to the notification procedure for data sharing service providers and the registration and monitoring of recognised data altruism organisations.

2021/04/28
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1 a) According to Article 4(2) of the TFEU, common safety concerns in public health matters is amongst the shared competences of the EU;

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Massimiliano SALINI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The unprecedented experience of the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that the Union should be more effective in managing the availability of medicinal products and medical devices and in developing medical countermeasures to address the threats posed to public health in a harmonised way between authorities, industry and other stakeholders of the pharmaceuticals supply chain. Europe needs to give a higher priority to health not with standing the competences of the Member States in the area of healthcare, to have health systems ready to provide state of the art care, and to be prepared to cope with epidemics and other unforeseeable health threats in line with the International Health Regulations. The Union’s ability to do so has been severely impeded by the absence of a clearly defined legal framework for managing its response to the pandemic, and also by the limited degree of Union preparedness in case of a public health emergency impacting a majority of Member States.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The ~~often complex supply chains of medicinal products and medical devices, national export restrictions and bans, border closures imped~~COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the already existing difficulty of shortages for certain medicinal products considered as critical in addressing the pandemic, and has highlighted the structural limitations ing the ~~free movement of those goods, and uncertainty related to their supply and demand in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to significant~~Union’s ability to rapidly and effectively react to such challenges during public health crises, also due to the lack of implediment~~s to the smooth func~~ation~~ing~~ of ~~the single market and to addressing the serious threats to public health across the Union~~sustainable economic, regulatory and industrial policy reforms needed.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The rapid evolution of COVID-19 and the spread of the virus led to a sharp increase in demand for personal protective equipments and medical devices such as ventilators, surgical masks, and COVID-19 test kits while disruption of production or limited capacity to rapidly increase production and the complexity and global nature of the supply chain for medical devices, led to a negative impact on supply. Those issues resulted in new entities being involved in the production of those products, which subsequently resulted in bottlenecks in conformity assessment, as well as the prevalence of non-compliant, unsafe, and in some cases counterfeit products. It is therefore appropriate to establish long-term structures within an appropriate Union body to ensure monitoring of shortages of medical devices resulting from a public health emergency.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) During the COVID-19 pandemic ad hoc solutions, including contingent arrangements between the Commission, the European Medicines Agency (‘the Agency’), marketing authorisation holders, manufacturers, other stakeholders of the pharmaceutical supply chain and Member States, had to be found to achieve the objective of making available safe and efficacious medicinal products to treat COVID-19 or prevent its spread, and to facilitate and speed up the development and marketing authorisation of treatments and vaccines.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) A harmonised system, based on common data fields, of monitoring of shortages of medicinal products, personal protective equipments and medical devices should be established, which will facilitate appropriate access to for relevant national and EU authorities on markets situations for critical medicinal products and medical devices during public health emergencies and major events, which may have a serious impact on public health. That system should be complemented with improved telematic structures to ensure appropriate management of public health crises and coordinate and provide advice on the research and development of medicinal products which may have the potential to address public health emergencies. In order to facilitate the monitoring and reporting on potential or actual shortages of medicinal products and medical devices, as well as to avoid duplications of the information submitted, the Agency should be able to ask and obtain additional information and data, not already in the system, from the concerned marketing authorisation holders, manufacturers and Member States who all have the obligation to provide complete information and data through designated points of contact.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) With respect to medicinal products, an executive steering group should be established within the Agency to ensure a robust response to major events and to coordinate urgent actions within the Union in relation to the management of issues relating to the supply of medicinal products. The Steering Group sh~~ould~~all establish lists of critical medicinal products, in close cooperation with industry, to ensure monitoring of those products and it should be able to provide advice on the necessary action to take to safeguard the quality, safety, and efficacy of medicinal products and ensure a high level of human health protection during public health emergencies and major events.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) The establishment of the Eemergency Ttask force is committed to overcome the divergencies among the individual regulatory frameworks, placing itself as guarantee and protection for EU citizens. The task Fforce should build on the support provided by the Agency during the COVID-19 pandemic, notably as regards scientific advice on clinical trials design and product development as well as the ‘rolling’ review i.e. on an on-going basis, of emerging evidence to allow a more efficient assessment of medicinal products including vaccines during public health emergencies.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) In order to facilitate the work and the exchange of information under this Regulation, provision should be made for the establishment and management of IT infrastructures and synergies with other existing IT systems or systems under development, including the EUDAMED IT platform for medical devices. That work should also be facilitated by, where appropriate, emerging digital technologies such as computational models and simulations for clinical trials, as well as data from the EU Space Programme such as the Galileo geolocation services, and Copernicus earth observation use of the European Medicines Verification System (set up in the context of the Falsified Medicines FMD) data for preventing medicines shortages in an epidemiological crisis by enabling national regulators to assess the availability of products versus what has been consumed or parallel exported in their market, as well as the Substance, product, organisation and referential (SPOR) master management1a for human medicines and the EUDAMED IT platform for medical devices. _________________ 1ahttps://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human- regulatory/research-development/data- medicines-iso-idmp-standards/substance- product-organisation-referential-spor- master-data.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) Rapid access and exchange of health data, including real world data i.e. health data generated outside of clinical studies, is essential to ensure effective management of public health emergencies and other major events. This Regulation should allow the Agency to use and facilitate such exchange and be part of the establishment and operation of the European Health Data Space infrastructure. It shall allow as well the definition of programs and data collection systems relating to outcomes, results, adverse and undesiderable events usable for all developers.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) During a public health emergency or in relation to a major event, the Agency should ensure cooperation with the European Centre for Disease Prevention – which should provide forecasts in a timely manner to relevant actor of the pharmaceutical supply chain - and Control and other Union Agencies as appropriate. Such cooperation should include data sharing, including data on epidemiological forecasting, regular communication at an executive level, and invitations to representatives of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and other Union Agencies to attend meetings of the Emergency Task Force, the Medicines Steering Group, and the Medical Devices Steering Group, as appropriate. Regular two-way communication and exchange of information between regulators, industry and pertinent stakeholders of the pharmaceutical supply chain shall also be guaranteed to kick off prompt debates about estimated potential drug shortages in the market by way of sharing expected supply constraints which authorities become aware of via the notification process, allowing better coordination, interactions and proper response when required;

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) SAs stressed out as well by EU4Health Programme recently adopted by the EU, since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States alone due to the cross-border dimension of public health emergencies and major events and can, therefore, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)

(31 a) Recalls the applicability of the GDPR and EUDPR and the respect of the principles relating to the processing of personal data (as per Article 5 GDPR and 4EUDPR);

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

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

(a) ‘public health emergency’ means a public health emergency at Union level recognised by the European Commission in accordance with Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2020/[…]17 ;arising from a threat of human, animal, plant, food or environmental origin having a health dimension which requires urgent action by Authorities. _________________ 17[insert reference to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU] OJ C […], […], p. […].

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

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

(d) ‘shortage’ means that supply of a medicinal product for human use or a medical device does not meet ~~demand for that medicinal product~~patient and healthcare actor’s needs at national level for a period orf m~~edical device;~~ore than two weeks.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

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

(f) ‘major event’ means an event which is likely to pose a serious risk to public health in relation to medicinal products in more than one Member State. Such an event concerns a deadly threat or otherwise serious threat to health of biological, chemical, environmental or other origin or incident that can affect the demand and/or supply, or quality, safety, and efficacy of medicinal products. Such an event may lead to shortages of critical medicinal products in more than one Member State and necessitates urgent coordination at Union level in order to ensure a high level of human health protection.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. The Medicines Steering Group shall be chaired by the Agency. The Chair may invite third parties, including representatives of medicinal product interest groups and marketing authorisation holders, via the industry single point of contact (iSPOC), and other stakeholders in the medicines supply chain as well as interest groups representing patients and healthcare professionals, to attend its meetings.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. To facilitate the monitoring task referred to in paragraph 1, the national competent authorities, through the single points of contact referred to in Article 3(5), shall, based on the reporting criteria specified by the Agency pursuant to Article 9(1)(b) pro-actively and with the shortest delay, report to the Agency on any event, including a shortage of a medicinal product in a given Member State, that is likely to lead to a major event or a public health emergency. Where a national competent authority informs the Agency of a shortage of a medicinal product in a given Member State, it shall provide the Agency with any information received from the marketing authorisation holder pursuant to Article 23a of Directive 2001/83/EC. Based on a report of an event from a national competent authority and in order to understand the impact of the event in other Member States, the Agency may request information from the national competent authorities, through the working party referred to in Article 3(5).

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. For the duration of a public health emergency or following a request for assistance referred to in Article 4(3) and until its closure, the Medicines Steering Group shall regularly report the results of its monitoring to the Commission, the pharmaceutical industry, relevant other stake-holders of the pharmaceutical supply chain and the sub-network referred to in Article 9(2), and, in particular, signal any potential or actual shortages of medicinal products included on the critical medicines lists.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) develop streamlined electronic monitoring and reporting systems; by implementing and building on existing regulatory infrastructure (EU telematics1a). This system will shall be interoperable with the national shortages reporting to prevent any duplication of the reporting process; the system should establish a two-way digital communication between the Agency and the National Competent Authorities, as well as a two way communication between the Agency and marketing authorisation holders. In case of public health emergency, aggregated information should be collected by the EMA from national competent authority shortages reporting systems in a harmonised and consolidated way, based on national harmonised data fields across Member States. The Agency can request additional information directly from the Marketing Authorisation Holders via the industry single point of contact (iSPOC), if this information has not been provided yet to the Member States; _________________ 1ahttps://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human- regulatory/overview/data-medicines-iso- idmp-standards- overview#:~:text=The%20ISO%20IDMP %20standards%20specify,a%20robust%2 0and%20consistent%20manner.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) ~~establish and maintain a list of~~update the Article 57(1)(l) of Regulation 726/2004 database by including the industry single points of contact ~~from marketing authorisation holders for all medicinal products for human use authorised in the Union, through the database provided for in Article 57(1)(l) of Regulation 726/2004;~~ (iSPOC); this database should be digital, regularly updated, and compliant with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the identification of medicinal products (IDMP)1a; _________________ 1ahttps://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human- regulatory/overview/data-medicines-iso- idmp-standards- overview#:~:text=The%20ISO%20IDMP %20standards%20specify,a%20robust%2 0and%20consistent%20manner.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

The Agency shall, via its web-portal and other appropriate means, in conjunction with national competent authorities, inform the public and interest groups with regard to the work, advices and findings of the Medicines Steering Group.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) providing scientific recommendations with regard to the use of any human and veterinary medicinal product, which may have the potential to address public health emergencies, in accordance with Article 16;.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 9

9. The Agency shall rapidly publish all information about the medicinal products that the Emergency Task Force considers may have the potential to address public health emergencies and any updates on its web-portal.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6

6. Where a developer is the recipient of scientific advice, the developer shall subsequently submit the data resulting from clinical trials to the Agency following a request made pursuant to Article 16 and awaiting the launch of the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) in accordance with Art. 80 and 81 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1

1. Following the recognition of a public health emergency, the Emergency Task Force shall undertake a review of the available scientific data on human and veterinary medicinal products, which may have the potential to be used to address the public health emergency. The review shall be regularly updated and published during the public health emergency.

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0321(COD)

Aldo PATRICIELLO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Massimiliano SALINI, Antonio TAJANI, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) personal data in accordance with ~~Article 32~~the definition contained in the Article 4 of GDPR and Article 3(1) EUDPR;

2021/03/26
Committee: ITRE

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Title 1

Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a~~dequate~~ framework for promoting levels of minimum wages in the European Union

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Guideline 5 of Council Decision 2020/ 1512/EU on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States37 calls on Member States to ensure ~~an effective involvement of~~the collaboration and/or cooperation with the social partners in wage-setting, providing for fair wages that enable a decent standard of living and allowing for ~~an adequate~~ responsiveness of wages to productivity levels and developments, with a view to upward convergence. The Guideline also calls on Member States to promote social dialogue and collective bargaining on wage setting. It also calls on Member States and the social partners to ensure that all workers have ~~adequate and~~ fair wages by benefitting from collective agreements or ~~adequate~~ statutory minimum wages, and taking into account their impact on competitiveness, job creation and in-work poverty. The Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202138 states that Member States should adopt measures to ensure fair working conditions. In addition, the Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 202039 recalled that in the context of growing social divides, it is important to ensure that each worker earns a~~n adequate~~ wage. Several Country Specific Recommendations have also been issued to some Member States in the field of minimum wages. However, individual countries may be little inclined to improve their minimum wage settings because of the perception that this could negatively affect their external cost competitiveness. __________________ 37 Council Decision 2020/1512/EU of 13 October 2020 on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (OJ L 344, 19.10.2020, p. 22–28). 38 Commission Communication COM(2020) 575 final. 39 Commission Communication COM(2019) 650 final.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Better working and living conditions, including through ~~adequate~~ minimum wages, benefit both workers and businesses in the Union and are a prerequisite for achieving inclusive and sustainable growth. Addressing large differences in the coverage ~~and adequacy~~ of minimum wage protection contributes to improving the fairness of the EU labour market and promote economic, social progress and upward convergence. Competition in the Single Market should be based on high social standards, innovation and productivity improvements ensuring a level playing field.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) When ~~set at adequate levels~~ever levels are set, minimum wages protect the income of disadvantaged workers, help ensure a decent living, and limit the fall in income during bad times, as recognised in Convention 131 of the International Labour Organisation on the establishment of a system of minimum wage fixing. Minimum wages contribute to sustaining domestic demand, strengthen incentives to work, reduce wage inequalities and in- work poverty.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Minimum wage protection set out by collective agreements in low-paid occupations is adequate in most cases; statutory minimum wages are low compared to other wages in the economy in several Member States. In 2018, the statutory minimum wage did not provide sufficient income for a single minimum- wage earner to reach the at-risk-of-poverty threshold in nine Member States. ~~In addition, the use of reduced minimum wage rates (variations) and deductions from statutory minimum wages negatively affect their adequacy.~~

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) While strong collective bargaining at sector or cross-industry level contributes to ensuring ~~adequate~~ minimum wage protection, traditional collective bargaining structures have been eroding during the last decades~~, in part due to structural shifts in the economy towards less unionised sectors and to the decline in trade union membership related to the increase of atypical and new forms of work~~.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) The Commission has consulted management and labour in a two-stage process with regard to possible action to address the challenges related to ~~adequate~~ minimum wages protection in the Union, in accordance with Article 154 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. There was no agreement among the social partners to enter into negotiations with regard to those matters. It is, however, important to take action at Union level to ensure that workers in the Union are protected by ~~adequate~~ minimum wages, taking into account the outcomes of the social partners’ consultation.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) Well-functioning collective bargaining on wage setting is an important means to ensure that workers are protected by ~~adequate~~ minimum wages. In the Member States with statutory minimum wages, collective bargaining supports general wage developments ~~and therefore contributes to improving the adequacy of minimum wages~~. In the Member States where minimum wage protection is provided exclusively by collective bargaining, their level as well as the share of protected workers are directly determined by the functioning of the collective bargaining system and collective bargaining coverage. Strong and well- functioning collective bargaining together with a high coverage of sectorial or cross- industry collective agreements strengthen the ~~adequacy and the~~ coverage of minimum wages.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21

(21) Minimum wages are considered ~~adequate~~fair if they are ~~fair~~ in relation to the wage distribution in the country and if they provide a decent standard of living. The ~~adequacy~~levels of statutory minimum wages isare determined in view of the national socio- economic conditions, including employment growth, competitiveness as well as regional and sectoral levels and developments. Their adequacy should be assessed at least in relation to their purchasing power, to the productivity developments and to their relation to the gross wage levels, distribution and growth. The use of indicators commonly used at international level, such as 60% of the gross median wage and 50% of the gross average wage, can help guide the assessment of minimum wage adequacy in relation to the gross level of wages.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) To promote a~~dequacy of~~ framework for minimum wages for all groups of workers, variations and deductions from statutory minimum wages should be ~~limited to a minimum~~non- discriminatory and proportionate, while ensuring that social partners are duly consulted in their definition. Some deductions to statutory minimum wages ~~may b~~are justified by a legitimate aim, including overstated amounts paid or deductions ordered by a judicial authority. Others, such as deductions related to the equipment necessary to perform a job or deductions of allowances in kind, such as accommodation, may be unjustified or disproportionate.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23

(23) An effective enforcement system, including controls and field inspections, is necessary to ensure the functioning of national statutory minimum wage frameworks. To strengthen the effectiveness of enforcement authorities, a close collaboration and /or cooperation with the social partners is also ~~nee~~recommended, including to address critical challenges such as those related to sub- contracting, bogus self-employment or non-recorded overtime. Moreover, workers should have easily access to appropriate information on applicable statutory minimum wages to ensure a~~n adequate~~ high degree of transparency and predictability as regards their working conditions.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25

(25) Reliable monitoring and data collection are ~~key~~important to ensure the effective protection of minimum wages. The Commission should report every year to the European Parliament and to the Council its assessment of levels and developments in the ~~adequacy and~~ coverage of minimum wages on the basis of annual data and information to be provided by Member States. In addition, progress should be monitored in the framework of the process of economic and employment policy coordination at Union level. In that context, the Employment Committee should examine every year the situation in the Member States on the basis of the reports produced by the Commission and other multilateral surveillance tools such as benchmarking.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28

(28) The reforms and measures adopted by the Member States to promote ~~adequate~~ minimum wage protection of workers, while being steps in the right direction, have not been comprehensive and systematic. Moreover, individual countries may be little inclined to improve the ~~adequacy and~~ coverage of minimum wages because of the perception that this could negatively affect their external cost competitiveness. Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of their scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29

(29) This Directive lays down ~~minimum requirements~~a framework, thus leaving untouched Member States' prerogative to introduce and maintain more favourable provisions. Rights acquired under the existing national legal framework should continue to apply~~, unless more favourable provisions are introduced by this Directive~~. The implementation of this Directive cannot be used to reduce existing rights for workers, nor can it constitute valid grounds for reducing the general level of protection afforded to workers in the field covered by this Directive.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

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

1. With a view to improving working and living conditions in the Union, this Directive establishes a framework for promoting:

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

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

(a) ~~setting adequate~~ levels of minimum wages;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) ‘statutory minimum wage’ means a minimum wage set by law, or other binding legal provisions, with the exclusion of those set by a collective agreement made universally applicable;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4

(4) ‘collective agreement’ means all agreements in writing regarding working conditions and terms of employment ~~concluded by the social partners~~ as an outcome of collective bargaining;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5

~~(5) ‘collective bargaining coverage’ means the share of workers at national level to whom a collective agreement applies;~~deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title

~~Promotion of c~~Collective bargaining onminimum wages s~~etting~~ystem

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. With the aim to increase the collective bargaining coverage Member States that set minimum wages only through collective agreements shall take, in consultation with the social partners and in accordance with national laws and practices, at least the following measures:

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

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

(a) promote the building and strengthening of the capacity of the social partners to engage in collective bargaining on wage setting, in particular, at sector or cross-industry level;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Eugen TOMAC, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Member States where collective bargaining coverage is less than 70% of the workers defined within the meaning of Article 2 shall in addition provide for a framework of enabling conditions for collective bargaining, either by law after consultation of the social partners or by agreement with them, and shall establish an action plan to promote collective bargaining. The action plan shall be made public and shall be notified to the European Commission.deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – title

~~Adequacy~~Statutory minimum wages system

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Member States with statutory minimum wages shall ~~take~~establish the necessary ~~measures to ensure that the~~framework for setting and updating of statutory minimum wages ar. Such setting and updating shall be guided by criteria set to promote and~~equacy with the aim to~~ achieve decent working and living conditions, social cohesion and upward convergence. Member States shall define those criteria in accordance with their national practices, either in relevant national legislation, in decisions of the competent bodies or in tripartite agreements. The criteria shall be defined in a stable and clear way.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The national criteria referred to in paragraph 1 ~~shall~~may include ~~at least~~some of the following elements, whose relevance may be decided by Member States in accordance with their prevailing national socio-economic conditions:

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) the purchasing power of statutory minimum wages~~, taking into account the cost of living and the contribution of taxes and social benefits~~;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) labour productivity levels and developments.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall use indicative reference values to guide their assessment of adequacy of statutory minimum wages in relation to the general level of gross wages, such as those commonly used at international level.deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the regular and timely updates of statutory minimum wages ~~in order to preserve their adequacy~~.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall e~~stablish~~nsure that consultative bodies are in place to advise the competent authorities on issues related to statutory minimum wages.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Where Member States ~~may~~ allow for different rates of statutory minimum wage for specific groups of workers~~. Member States shall keep these variations to a minimum, and~~ or for deductions by law that reduce the remuneration paid to a level below that of the relevant statutory minimum wage, they shall ensure that ~~any~~these variation iss and deductions are non- discriminatory, proportionate~~, limited in time if relevant, and objectively and reasonably~~ and justified by a legitimate aim.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. Member States may allow deductions by law that reduce the remuneration paid to workers to a level below that of the statutory minimum wage. Member States shall ensure that these deductions from statutory minimum wages are necessary, objectively justified and proportionate.deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

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

(a) the selection and application of criteria ~~and indicative reference values~~ referred to in Article 5 (1) ~~(2)~~ and (32) for the determination of statutory minimum wage levels;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

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

(d) ~~the collection of data and the carrying out of studies for the information of statutory minimum wage setting authoriti~~supporting the consultation processes for setting the statutory minimum wage with information, data and analyses;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Member States shall, in consultation and/or cooperation with social partners, take the following measures, where appropriate to enhance the access of workers to statutory minimum wage protection ~~as appropriate~~:

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) develop guidance for enforcement authorities to proactively target and pursue non-compliant ~~businesse~~employers;

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1

~~1. Member States shall task their competent authorities with developing effective data collection tools to monitor the coverage and adequacy of minimum wages.~~deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii

~~(ii) the existing variations and the share of workers covered by them;~~deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii

~~(iii) the existing deductions;~~deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv

~~(iv) the rate of collective bargaining coverage.~~deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

~~Member States shall provide the statistics and information referred to in this paragraph disaggregated by gender, age, disability, company size and sector.~~deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

The Commission may request Member States to provide further information on a case by case basis where it considers such information necessary for monitoring the effective implementation of this Directive.deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3

~~3. Member States shall ensure that information regarding minimum wage protection, including collective agreements and wage provisions therein, is transparent and publicly accessible.~~deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5

5. On the basis of the report issued by the Commission, the Employment Committee set up in accordance with Article 150 TFEU shall carry out every year an examination of the promotion of collective bargaining on wage setting and of the adequacy of minimum wages in the Member States.deleted

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that, 1. without prejudice to specific forms of redress and dispute resolution provided for, where applicable, in collective agreements, workers, including those whose employment relationship has ended, have access to effective and impartial dispute resolution and a right to redress, including ~~adequate~~ compensation, in the case of infringements of their rights relating to statutory minimum wages or minimum wage protection provided by collective agreements.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive or the respective provisions already in force. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Daniel BUDA, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1

Member States may entrust the social partners with the implementation of this Directive, where the social partners jointly request to do so. In so doing, the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the results s~~ough~~et by this Directive are ~~guaranteed~~complied with at all times.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0310(COD)

Gheorghe FALCĂ, Eugen TOMAC, Mircea-Gheorghe HAVA, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Iuliu WINKLER, Vasile BLAGA, Siegfried MUREŞAN, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Loránt VINCZE, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. This Directive is without prejudice to any ~~other~~ rights conferred on workers by other legal acts of the Union.

2021/05/18
Committee: EMPL

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) The public-private partnership in the form of the Joint Undertaking should combine the financial and technical means that are essential to master the complexity of the ever escalating pace of innovation in this area, while ensuring that JU's functioning remains simple and flexible. Therefore, the members of the Joint Undertaking should be the Union, Member States and countries associated to Horizon Europe, the Digital Europe Programme or the Connecting Europe Facility agreeing on a joint European initiative in High Performance Computing and quantum computing; and associations representing their constituent entities and other organisations with an explicit and active engagement to produce research and innovation results, to develop and deploy high performance computing or quantum computing capabilities, or contributing to address the skills gap and keep the know- how in the field of High Performance Computing and quantum computing in Europe. The Joint Undertaking should be open to new members. The Joint Undertaking should provide a favourable framework to support Participating States. In order to maximise the impact of indirect actions, the specificities of the EuroHPC JU, with its tripartite model, should be taken into consideration with regards to the management of financial contributions from Participating States.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would enable academia and European industries at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High Performance Computing and quantum computing, and to establish an integrated and federated, secure networked infrastructure across the Union with world- class High Performance Computing and quantum computing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from industry, including SMEs and the public sector. The Joint Uundertaking should ~~aim~~ be able to work in an agile, simple and flexible manner, in order to ensure that the development and use of top class technologies and infrastructures, address~~ing~~ the demanding requirements of European scientific, industrial and public sector users. The Joint Undertaking should have in place a set of clear and simple rules, in particular for intellectual property, liability or in-kind contributions to additional activities, in order to enhance attractiveness for all stakeholders and in particular for industry and SMEs.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)

(42 a) The Joint undertaking should address the growing demand for energy caused by the increased use of HPC infrastructure, by streamlining the EuroHPC JU’s objectives with relevant strategies, policy and legislation in the energy sector.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49

(49) The Union's financial contribution should be managed in accordance with the principle of sound financial management and administrative simplification and with the relevant rules on indirect management set out in Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046. Rules applicable for the Joint Undertaking to enter into public procurement procedures should be set in its financial rules.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56

(56) The financial interests of the Union and of the other members of the Joint Undertaking should be protected by proportionate and simple measures throughout the expenditure cycle, including the prevention, detection and investigation of irregularities, the recovery of lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used funds and, where appropriate, the application of administrative and financial penalties in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57

(57) The Joint Undertaking should operate in an simple, flexible, open and transparent way providing all relevant information in a timely manner as well as promoting its activities, including information and dissemination activities, to the wider public. The rules of procedure of the bodies of the Joint Undertaking should be made publicly available.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58

(58) For the purpose of simplification, the administrative burden should be reduced for all parties. Double audits and disproportionate amounts of documentation and reporting should be avoided. The Joint Undertaking should provide a favourable framework to support Participating States. In order to maximise the impact of indirect actions, the specificities of the EuroHPC JU, with its tripartite model, should be taken into consideration with regards to the management of financial contributions from Participating States.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58

(58) For the purpose of simplification, the administrative burden should be reduced for all parties in particular for the beneficiaries and the Joint Undertaking. Double audits and disproportionate amounts of documentation and reporting should be avoided.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61

(61) The Commission’s internal auditor should exercise the same powers over the Joint Undertaking as those exercised in respect of the Commission, while avoiding to increase administrative burden over the Joint Undertaking and its beneficiaries.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62

(62) The Commission, the Joint Undertaking, the Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) should get access to all necessary information and the premises to conduct audits and investigations on the grants, contracts and agreements signed by the Joint Undertaking, while seeking maximum administrative simplification for the beneficiaries and a decrease of their administrative burden.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3

(3) The Joint Undertaking shall contribute to safeguarding the interests of the Union when procuring supercomputers and supporting the development of High Performance Computing technologies, systems and applications. It shall enable a co-design approach for the acquisition of world-class supercomputers, while safeguarding the security of the supply chain of procured technologies and systems and ensure the highest standards of cybersecurity applicable to supercomputers. It shall contribute to the Union’s technological autonomy by supporting the development of technologies and applications reinforcing the European HPC technology supply chain and promoting their integration in supercomputing systems that address a large number of societal and industrial needs.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

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

(3 a) The Joint Undertaking shall implement its mission and objectives in a clear, simple and flexible way in order to increase attractiveness towards industry, SMEs and all relevant stakeholders.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

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

(b) Infrastructure pillar, encompassing the activities for the acquisition, upgrades, deployment, and operation of the secure, hyper-connected world-class supercomputing, quantum computing and data infrastructure, including the promotion of the uptake and systematic use of research and innovation results generated in the Union.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii a (new)

iii a) research and innovation activities for the technological development of low- power supercomputing hardware systems and the development of the next generation of chip technology.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7

(7) The Union's financial contribution referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall be used for capability building across the whole Union, including the acquisition, upgrades and operation of High Performance Computers, quantum computers or quantum simulators, the federation of the High Performance Computing and quantum computing service and data infrastructure and the widening of its use, and the development of advanced skills and training.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)

(1 a) The Joint Undertaking shall provide a favourable framework to support Participating States. In order to maximise the impact of the indirect actions, the specificities of the EuroHPC JU, with its tripartite model, shall be taken into consideration with regards to the management of financial contributions from Participating States.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6

(6) The staff resources shall be set out in the staff establishment plan of the Joint Undertaking and shall adequately reflect the numbers and grades needed to ensure the highest standards of recruitments in the field, indicating the number of temporary posts by function group and by grade, as well as by the number of contract staff expressed in full-time equivalents, in accordance with its annual budget.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1

(1) The activities of the Joint Undertaking shall be subject to continuous monitoring and periodic reviews in accordance with its financial rules, to ensure the highest impact and excellence, as well as the most efficient use of resources. Such monitoring and reviews shall not cause additional administrative burden neither to the Joint Undertaking nor to its beneficiaries. The outcomes of monitoring and periodic reviews shall feed into the evaluations of the Joint Undertaking as part of Horizon Europe evaluations.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3

(3) Evaluations of the Joint Undertakings’ operations shall be carried out in a timely manner and without increasing the administrative burden neither for the Joint Undertakings nor for its beneficiaries, to feed into the overall interim and final evaluations of Horizon Europe and the related decision- making process as specified in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4

(4) The Commission shall carry out an interim evaluation of each Joint Undertaking as part of the Horizon Europe interim evaluation, as specified in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe, and without causing additional administrative burden for the Joint Undertaking. This evaluation shall be performed with the assistance of independent experts on the basis of a transparent process once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of Horizon Europe, but no later than four years after the start of Horizon Europe implementation. The evaluations shall examine how the Joint Undertaking fulfils its mission according to its economic, technological, scientific, societal and policy objectives, including climate-related objectives, and evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and Union added value of its activities as part of Horizon Europe, its synergies and complementarities with relevant European, national and, where relevant, regional initiatives, including synergies with other parts of Horizon Europe (such as missions, clusters or thematic/specific programmes). Impacts achieved at Union and national level, taking into account the component of synergies and policy retrofitting will be given particular attention. The evaluations shall, where relevant, also include an assessment of the long-term scientific, societal, economic and policy-relevant impact of the Joint Undertaking and shall include an assessment of the most effective policy intervention mode for any future action, as well as the positioning of any possible renewal of the Joint Undertaking in the overall European Partnerships landscape and its policy priorities.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 6

(6) TWithout causing additional administrative burden to the Joint Undertaking, the Commission may carry out further evaluations of themes or topics of strategic relevance, with the assistance of external independent experts selected on the basis of a transparent process, to examine the progress made by the Joint Undertaking towards the objectives set, identify the factors contributing to the implementation of the activities and identify best practices. By carrying out those further evaluations, the Commission shall fully consider the administrative impact on the Joint Undertaking.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 7

(7) The Joint Undertaking shall perform periodic reviews of its activities with the minimum burden for the beneficiaries to inform the interim and final evaluations of the Joint Undertaking as part of Horizon Europe evaluations referred to in Article 47 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1

(1) Ex-post audits of expenditure on actions funded by the Horizon Europe budget shall be carried out without increasing administrative burden neither for the Joint Undertaking nor for its beneficiaries in accordance with in accordance with Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Horizon Europe as part of the Horizon Europe indirect actions, in particular in line with the audit strategy referred to in Article 48(2) of that Regulation.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2

(2) Ex-post audits of expenditure on activities funded by the Digital Europe budget shall be carried out by the Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article xxx of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Digital Europe Programme, without increasing administrative burden neither for the Joint Undertaking nor for its beneficiaries.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0260(NLE)

Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Angelika WINZIG, Aldo PATRICIELLO, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Markus PIEPER, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Pernille WEISS, Angelika NIEBLER, Christian EHLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3

(3) Ex-post audits of expenditure on activities funded by the Connecting Europe Facility budget shall be carried out by the Joint Undertaking in accordance with Article xxx of Regulation (EU) No xxx establishing Connecting Europe Facility as part of the Connecting Europe Facility actions, without increasing administrative burden neither for the Joint Undertaking nor for its beneficiaries.

2021/03/29
Committee: ITRE

2020/0259(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH, Dragoş PÎSLARU

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 4 a (new)

having regard to the principles established by the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocol on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Certain providers of number- independent interpersonal communications services, such as webmail and messaging services, are already using specific technologies to detect and report child sexual abuse online to law enforcement authorities and to organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation, or to remove child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material, on a voluntary basis. Those organisations refer to national hotlines for reporting child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material, as well as to organisations whose purpose is to reduce child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimisation, located both within the Union and in third countries. Collectively, those voluntary activities play a valuable role in enabling the identification and rescue of victims, and reducing the further dissemination of child sexual abuse ~~material~~and child sexual exploitation material, which constitutes a gross violation of the right to privacy of the child, while also contributing to the identification and investigation of offenders, and the prevention of child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation offences.

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Since the sole objective of this Regulation is to enable the continuation of certain existing activities aimed at combating child sexual abuse online, the derogation provided for by this Regulation should be limited to well-established technology that is regularly used by number-independent interpersonal communications services for the purpose of detecting and reporting child sexual abuse online and removing child sexual abuse material before the entry into force of this Regulation. The reference to the technology includes where necessary any human review directly relating to the use of the technology and overseeing it. The use of the technology in question should therefore be common in the industry, without it necessarily being required that all providers use the technology and without precluding the further evolution of the technology in a privacy-friendly manner. In this respect, it should be immaterial whether or not a particular provider that seeks to rely on this derogation itself already uses such technology on the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The types of technologies deployed should be the least privacy-intrusive in accordance with the state of the art in the industry ~~and should not include systematic filtering and scanning of communications containing text but only look into specific communications in case of concrete elements of suspicion of~~. The technologies deployed should not be able to understand the content of the communications but solely be able to detect patterns of possible child sexual abuse.

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) This Regulation restricts the right to protection of the confidentiality of communications and derogates from the decision taken in Directive (EU) 2018/1972 to subject number-independent interpersonal communications services to the same rules as all other electronic communications services as regards privacy. The period of application of this Regulation should, therefore, be limited until 31 December 2025, that is to say for a time period reasonably required for the adoption of a new long-term legal framework~~, with more elaborate safeguards~~. This new legal framework will provide a new legal basis and mandatory requirements for companies to detect and report child sexual abuse online and remove child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material online. The new legal framework should also incorporate more elaborate safeguards, as well as the creation of a European Centre to prevent and counter child sexual abuse, to improve transparency and accountability. In case the long-term legislation is adopted and will enter into force before that date, that legislation should repeal this Regulation.

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Silvio LEGA, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) The images and videos depicting child sexual abuse material concern the child's intimacy, and are therefore special categories of data whose processing to enable its dissemination is unlawful. Companies should not be prevented from taking measures to prevent that processing and ensure that their services are not abused for the purpose of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

This Regulation lays down temporary and strictly limited rules derogating from certain obligations laid down in Directive 2002/58/EC, with the sole objective of enabling providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to continue the use of technologies for the processing of personal and other data to the extent necessary to detect and report child sexual abuse online and remove child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material on their services.

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

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

(b) solicitation ~~of children for the purpose of engaging in sexual activities with a child or of producing child pornography by any of the following~~as:

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Dragoş TUDORACHE, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Anna Júlia DONÁTH

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

(i) ~~luring the child by means of offering gifts or other advantages~~the proposal by an adult to meet a child for the purpose of committing any of the offences referred to in Articles 3(4) and 5(6) of Directive 2011/93/EU;

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

(ii) ~~threatening the child with a negative consequence likely to have a significant impact on~~an attempt to commit the offences provided for in Article 5(2) and (3) of Directive 2011/93/EU by an adult soliciting a child to provide child pornography depicting theat child;

2020/0259(COD)

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

(bb) all the instances of possible child sexual abuse online, after accurate human review, are reported to law enforcement authorities and to organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse, to enable the identification of the child victims and as a safeguard to identify detection errors by the providers;

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)

Article 3a Obligation for a data protection impact assessment In order to rely on the derogation provided for by this Regulation, providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services shall conduct a data protection impact assessment where required by Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 where: (a) processing falling within the requirements of Article 3 is already underway, by ... [three months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]; or (b) processing falling within the requirements of Article 3 is not already underway, prior to commencing such processing. Point (a) shall not apply where a data protection impact assessment has been conducted prior to the entry into force of this Regulation. Point (a) shall not have the effect of requiring the suspension of such processing while the data protection impact assessment is conducted.

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

2020/0259(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Vasile BLAGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)

Article 3b Public interest and legitimate interest of providers For the purposes of this Regulation, the detection and reporting of child sexual abuse online and the removal of child sexual abuse material online shall be considered to be (a) a legitimate interest of providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services, within the meaning of point (f) of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/679; and (b) a task carried out in the public interest, within the meaning of point (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/679.

2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. The JTF shall support t~~he Investment for jobs and growth goal in~~erritories as mentioned in article 1 paragraph 1 from all Member States.

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4

4. By way of derogation from Article [21a(1)] of Regulation (EU) [new CPR], any additional resources referred to in paragraph 2, allocated to the JTF in the Union budget or provided by other resources shall not require complementary support from the ERDF or the ESF+.

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

In accordance with paragraph 1, the JTF shall ~~exclusively~~at least support the following activities:

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)

(da) investment in deployment of technologies to replace technologies based on fossil fuel, except natural gas, with technologies using alternative fuels including natural gas.

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) investment in transport infrastructure facilitating economic development and jobs creation;

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)

(gb) investment in transport decarbonisation

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ

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

Additionally, the JTF may support, in ~~areas designated as assisted areas in accordance with points (a) and (c) of Article 107(3) of the TFEU,~~the territories as defined in Article 1 paragraph 1 productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs, provided that such investments have been approved as part of the territorial just transition plan based on the information required under point (h) of Article 7(2). Such investments shall only be eligible where they are necessary for the implementation of the territorial just transition plan.

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Vasile BLAGA, Gheorghe FALCĂ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. The JTF pr~~iority~~ogrammes or priorities shall ~~comprise~~be finance by the JTF resources consisting of all or part of the JTF allocation for the Member States and the resources transferred in accordance with Article [21a] (1)]of Regulation (EU) [new CPR]. The total of the ERDF and ESF+ resources transferred to the JTF priority shall be at least equal to one and a half times the amount of support from the JTF to that priority but shall not exceed three times that amount.

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Vasile BLAGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h

(h) where support is provided to productive investments to enterprises other than SMEs, an exhaustive list of such operations and enterprises and a justification of the necessity of such support through a gap analysis demonstrating that the expected job losses would exceed the expected number of jobs created in the absence of the investment;deleted

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Vasile BLAGA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)

(ia) where support is provided to investment to transport infrastructure, a list of such operations and the impact study demonstrating the level of attracted investment and the expected jobs created as effect of the built infrastructure;

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Vasile BLAGA

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

(ib) where support is provided for implementing, for a transition period, of technologies to produce reduced greenhouse emissions an analyses demonstrating the benefit generated by preserved jobs versus emission reduction.

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2020/0006(COD)

Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI, Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN, Gheorghe FALCĂ, Vasile BLAGA

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

(a) the share of each Member State is calculated as the weighted sum of the shares determined on the basis of the following criteria, calculated as an average for 2015-2017 period, weighted as indicated:

2020/05/20
Committee: ITRE

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) embrace an enhanced and future- oriented vision for the next decade of the EaP with the aim of providing first and foremost benefits for citizens, ensuring lasting and irreversible achievements and deepening EU-EaP cooperation;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) maintain the ~~inclusive natur~~right balance between the inclusive nature and the differentiation principle of the EaP by acting as a driver towards improved democratic accountability, better economic governance, reinforced citizens’ rights and environmental sustainability;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) devise additional measures for deeper integration ~~such as in~~and further sectoral cooperation, with selected EU agencies~~, intra-~~ and EU programmes and initiatives designed for the Member States, in full compliance with existing conditionalities and pursuant to the more for more principle;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) ensure that the conclusions of the June 2020 Summit include a long-term strategic vision for the EaP, reinforced EU commitments and political incentives, and a pledge from the EaP countries to deliver on their ~~own~~EU-associated obligations;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) acknowledge that the EaP should continue to be an attractive framework for cooperation and provide clear incentives, in line with the “more for more” principle, in order to keep partner countries engaged in the reform process and on their path to the EU;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v

(v) acknowledge the importance of security and stability for the future development of EaP members by boosting cooperation in security and defence and devoting particular attention to regional conflicts and new type of common challenges, such as hybrid threats, cyber- attacks and disinformation campaigns;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z

(z) increase the visibility of the support provided by the EU in the recipient EaP countries, both at national and local levels, and boost EU citizens’ awareness about the EaP; there is also a need to step- up strategic communication efforts and those aimed at countering disinformation;

2020/03/25
Committee: AFET

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the right of access to documents, and its nature as a fundamental right, is further emphasised by Article 42 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, which now enjoys "the same legal value as the Treaties";

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the leading concern in the inquiries closed by the Ombudsman in 2018 were: transparency, accountability and public access to information and documents (24.6%), followed by culture of service (19.8%) and proper use of discretion (16.1%); whereas other concerns included respect of procedural rights such as the right to be heard, respect of fundamental rights, recruitment, ethical issues, public participation in EU decision-making, including in infringement procedures, sound financial management of EU tenders, grants and contracts, recruitment and good management of EU personnel issues;

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas in 2018 the Ombudsman launched a new website, which includes a revised and user-friendly interface for potential complainants; whereas the Ombudsman's "fast-track" procedure for dealing with complaints about public access to documents reflects the Ombudsman's commitment to provide assistance and to take decisions quickly for those seeking assistance;

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the initiatives already launched which address public demands for more transparency, such as the Interinstitutional Register of Delegated Acts launched on December 2017 as a joint tool of the European Parliament, European Commission and the Council giving access to the whole lifecycle of delegated acts;

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. recalls its calls on the Commission and the Council in its resolution of 28 April 2016 on public access to documents for the years 2014-2015;

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Welcomes that the ClientEarth vs Commission case significantly clarifies the scope of the concept of "legislative documents" and CJEU found that documents drawn up in the context of an impact assessment qualify as legislative documents and thus cannot be protected under a general presumption against public disclosure;

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Notes that as regards the exception for the protection of international relations, the General Court acknowledges in several cases, the wide margin of appreciation held by the institution in its framework due to the particularly sensitive and essential nature of the interests protected;

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on all the institutions to improve communication to the public during the whole legislative cycle and to proactively disseminate more of their own documents related to the legislative procedure through their publication on their websites and in various Registers;

2020/11/13
Committee: LIBE

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges Turkey to protect the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, including children and women, LGBTI people and ethnic and religious minorities;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2175(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Regrets the lack of progress on media freedom, abusive language, intimidation and even hate speech; urges Serbian authorities to take immediate measures to guarantee freedom of expression and media independence; recalls that a free and independent media plays a major role in democracy;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)