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2608 Amendments of Carmen AVRAM

Amendment 93 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that SMRsExplore the potential role of SMRs to play a significant role in decarbonising the European industry, haveing the potential to play a significant role in replacing fossil fuels17 ; _________________ 17 https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/Europ eanSMRPrePartnership.rovide a firm baseload of clean electricity, heat and steam for the industry and households, as well as replacing fossil fuels as the baseload technology in Europe
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 102 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the use of SMRs for low-carbon hydrogen production; Reminds that vast amounts of new electricity capacity is needed to ensure the required scale of hydrogen production to decarbonize EU.
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 107 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the potential role of SMRs for industrial heat and steam production;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 109 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the potential of SMRs for district heating;Explore the potential role of SMRs for district heating for heating and cooling supply need where other clean energy sources are not available. Reminds that heating and cooling constitute approximately half of all EU energy consumption, and majority of this is still covered by fossil fuels; Acknowledges that SMRs can provide decarbonized, low temperature heat to the district heating systems; Notes that SMRs can be designed to produce only heat and therefore operated at lower temperature and pressure.
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 149 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Reminds that SMRs can support the integration of intermittent energy production to the system with flexible production.
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 165 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that the implementation of appropriate and long-term contractual and financial mechanisms is needed to provide long-term predictability;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 170 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to launch a specific industrial strategy for SMRs that includes a focus on efficient permitting procedures, access to finance and stable supply chains;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 172 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Recognizes the necessity to protect the vulnerability of IT systems needed for functioning of SMR due to the risk of cyber-attacks; emphasizes that cybersecurity need to be considered as a fundamental part of overall nuclear security
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 182 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that clear support from public authorities to guarantee the competitiveness of the SMR supply chain will be essential in enabling service providers to take a long-term view and accelerate their projects to meet the market window of opportunity;the importance of proactive anticipation, innovation and adaptation to effectively to meet SMR developers’ expectations in terms of fuel cycle and waste management; This includes recognizing the necessity for preparatory work to ensure the operational readiness of specific front-end fuel cycle requirements prior to the deployment of SMRs.
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 192 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. RecognEmphasises that the business model of SMR producers will rely on the series effect of building a large number of similar SMRs in different countries; notes that design standardisation is key to unlocking the competitive advantages of mass productionkey success factor of SMRs is serial production, which would allow manufacturers to improve their processes and reduce costs;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 200 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the need to identify the elements for establishing a European pre-licensing processCalls for the acceleration of the cooperation of national nuclear safety regulators to harmonize a pre-licensing process and standardization of SMR based on commonly accepted safety assessments in the licensing of the same SMR design;.
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 207 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises that regulatory bodies and national authorities should create the conditions to ease the licensing process of SMRs;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 216 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the need to sufficiently explore and identify all possible options for financing European SMR production and scale up;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises that a robust, capable and reliable supply chain is critical for the success of mass-produceding SMRs;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 253 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Recognises the importance of identifying the main challenges in adapting the value chain to the specific characteristics of SMRs compared with high-powerlarge reactors and the need for consultations both with vendors and a large number of supply chain suppliers;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 278 #
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 279 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – point 1 (new)
(1) Recognises the importance of refining existing training in key nuclear construction skills to align them with the unique requirements of SMRs, while also ensuring the prevention of skill shortages in areas under high demand;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 280 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – point 2 (new)
(2) Underlines the importance of strategic workforce planning.
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 281 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – point 3 (new)
(3) Emphasises that such planning should be forward-looking and adaptable, taking into account the potential shifts in skill requirements for the deployment of SMRs, especially within the supply chain and for SMRs.
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 290 #

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises the need to provide uniform rules regarding the responsibility of SMR owners for the safe handling and storage of radioactive waste, as well as for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel;
2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted in New York on 16 December 1966,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 10 #
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
– having regard to the EPSR Action Plan with its 2030 headline targets and the EU social scoreboard,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
– having regard to the UNICEF research centre report (2014) entitled ‘Children of the Recession: The impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2021 on access to decent and affordable housing for all,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 19 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 29 April 2021 on the European Child Guarantee,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 20 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 7 April 2022 on the EU’s protection of children and young people fleeing the war in Ukraine,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 July 2022 towards a common European action on care,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 October 2022 on the EU’s response to the increase in energy prices in Europe,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
– having regard to the Eurydice Brief (2019) entitled ‘Key data on early childhood education and care in Europe’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
– having regard to the UNICEF report (2020) entitled ‘Innocenti Report Card 16. Worlds of Influence – Understanding what shapes child well- being in rich countries’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 25 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
– having regard to UNICEF’s annual report (2021) entitled ‘Protecting child rights in a time of crises’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 26 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
– having regard to UNICEF’s annual report (2021) entitled ‘Where do rich countries stand on childcare?’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Directive (EU) 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 32 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to the Council recommendation of 22 May 2019 on High-Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 33 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (COM(2020) 152 final), of 5 March 2020,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation for 2020-2030 (COM(2020) 620 final), of 7 October 2020,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 35 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 e (new)
– having regard to the Commission’s Communication Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030 (COM(2021) 101 final), of 3 March 2021,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 f (new)
– having regard to the Communication of the European Commission on European Care Strategy (COM/2022/440 final) of 7 September 2022 , the Council recommendation 14785/22 of 29 November 2022 on early childhood education and care: the Barcelona targets for 2030 and the Council recommendation 13948/22 of 25 November 2022 on access to affordable high-quality long-term care,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 g (new)
– having regard to the Council Recommendation of 30 January 2023 on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion 2023/C 41/01,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
– having regard to the Eurochild report (2022) entitled ‘(In)visible children – Eurochild 2022 report on children in need across Europe’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
– having regard to the Save the Children report (2023) entitled ‘Guaranteeing Children’s Future – How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to the report of the International Labour Organization (ILO) – UNICEF (2021) entitled ‘Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
– having regard to the ILO – UNICEF report (2023) entitled ‘More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children’,deleted
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 46 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
– having regard to the reportopinion of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality,
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas child poverty iin 2021, more than 19.6 million children (one in four children) were at risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU; whereas despite significant differences in child poverty and social exclusion rates between the Member States, no Member State is free of child poverty1a; whereas over one-fifth (22.4 %) of the EU population living in households with dependent children was at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 20222a; whereas in 2021, 54.3 % of people living in single-adult households with dependent children in the EU were unable to meet unexpected financial expenses3a; whereas child poverty is thus a multidimensional phenomenon stemming from household poverty, meaning that low- er-education and low-income families, single-parent families – mostly made up of women and their children – and large disadvantaged families are at greater risk of poverty and bear a higher probability of transmission of poverty over several generation; whereas this phenomenon requires a multidimensional response, which necessarily includes improving employment quality and job security, guaranteeing and enforcing rights, increasing income and ensuring universal access to quality public services; , as well as family and child benefits; _________________ 1a Save the Children Europe (2023) Guaranteeing Children's Future: How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do. Available at: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net /pdf/Guaranteeing-Childrens-Future- Report-Full-MARCH-2023.pdf/. 2a Eurostat (2023) Living conditions in Europe - poverty and social exclusion. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Living_conditi ons_in_Europe_- _poverty_and_social_exclusion&oldid=58 4082. 3a Eurostat (2022) Living conditions in Europe - material deprivation and economic strain. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Living_conditi ons_in_Europe_- _material_deprivation_and_economic_str ain.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas poverty and social exclusion are closely related to migration, minority or disability status of children and their parents;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas life in areas with the lack of accessible quality child-centred services and support to the families increases the risk of child poverty and social exclusion;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the quality of environments where children are born and their living spaces has a significant impact on the quality of their life and their equal opportunities to grow and develop healthy; whereas in 2021, 17 % of the EU population lived in overcrowded households and 6.9% of it was unable to keep their home adequately warm; whereas 8.3 % of the EU population spent 40 % or more of their household disposable income on housing1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat (2023) 7% of EU population unable to keep home warm in 2021. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/prod ucts-eurostat-news/w/DDN-20230515-1.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the economic and social consequences of the pandemic and the increased inequalities have become intertwined with the economic and social hardship caused by the war in Ukraine and the rising cost of living, which exacerbated the economic and social vulnerabilities of children and their families, especially the low- and middle- income households that have been most affected by the pandemic and previous crises; whereas already in 2022, charitable organisations recorded average 40 % increase in the requests for social services support1a; whereas current global social and economic volatility as well as the risks generated by climate change increase the possibility for emergence of new large-scale crises; whereas the right to a safe, secure and clean environment for children and their protection from the negative aspects of climate change crisis are not yet fully integrated in the European Union policies and instruments; _________________ 1a Eurodiaconia & Caritas Europa (2022) Survey on energy poverty/cost-of-living crisis. Available at: https://www.caritas.eu/wordpress/wp- content/uploads/2022/12/Energy-survey- Data-with-Eurodiaconia.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas in April 2023, there were almost 4 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian invasion benefitting from the secondary protection in the EU Member States1a; _________________ 1a Eurostat (2023) 30 April 2023: Almost 4 million with EU temporary protection. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/prod ucts-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20230609-1.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 79 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas almost 83 % of Roma children in the EU live in the households at risk of poverty; whereas one in five Roma lived in a household without indoor tap water in 20211a; whereas the proportion of Roma children experiencing severe material deprivation strongly exceeds the share of vulnerable children in the general population2a; whereas in 2022, 6 out of 10 Roma children did not have access to quality early childhood services, and 4 out of 10 Roma families with children under 6 did not receive any kind of subsidy or similar support3a; _________________ 1a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Roma in 10 European countries: Main results. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2022-roma-survey-2021- main-results2_en.pdf. 2a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2023) Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Roma in 10 European countries: Main results. Available at: https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2022-roma-survey-2021- main-results2_en.pdf. 3a Romani Early Years Network (2023) Breaking the silence: The REYN Early Childhood Research. Available at: https://www.reyn.eu/wp- content/uploads/2023/05/REYN- Research-Cross-country-Report- Summary.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas not having a nationality or identity documents makes it difficult for stateless children to access some of the most fundamental rights, such as birth registration, education, healthcare, social security and housing, and exposes them to greater risks of abuse and exploitation such as trafficking, child labour, and immigration detention;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, adopted in 2021, aims to reduce the number of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion by at least 5 million by 2030; whereas even if this target were achieved around 15 million children in the EU would still be at risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas this number is projected to further increase with the emergence of new complex and intertwined social crises1a; _________________ 1a Save the Children Europe (2023) Guaranteeing Children's Future: How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do. Available at: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net /pdf/Guaranteeing-Childrens-Future- Report-Full-MARCH-2023.pdf/.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 91 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Child Guarantee is a key EU instrument for preventing and combatting poverty and social exclusion by guaranteeing free and effective access for children in need to essential care services, such as early childhood education and care, educational and school-based activities, healthcare and at least one healthy meal per school day, and effective access for all children in need to healthy nutrition and adequate housing;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas childcare and pre-scgh-quality inclusive early childhoold education mayand care plays a significant role in compensating for the disadvantaged socio-economic status of children at risk of poverty and its impact on children’s health and socio-emotional development, and fosters the integration of parents, especially mothers, into the labour market; whereas the remote learning policies during the COVID-19 pandemic increased inequalities due to the lack of resources and support needed to the disadvantaged children and their families1a; _________________ 1a Human Rights Watch (2021) “Years don’t wait for them”: increased inequality in children’s right to education due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Available at: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/me dia_2021/05/global_covideducation0521_ web.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the first 1000 days of child’s life are crucial for laying the foundations of optimum health, growth, and neurodevelopment across the lifespan1a; whereas child- and family- centred quality services for infants and young children can help to identify, prevent, overcome, or minimise at-risk situations, particularly for children with developmental delays, physical, intellectual or sensory impairments, or conditions such as autism, and mental health issues2a; _________________ 1a Cusick, Sarah and Michael K. Georgieff (2013) The first 1,000 days of life: The brain’s window of opportunity. Available at: https://www.unicef- irc.org/article/958-the-first-1000-days-of- life-the-brains-window-of- opportunity.html 2a European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (2022) Family-centred Early Childhood Intervention: The best start in life. Available at: https://www.easpd.eu/fileadmin/user_uplo ad/Publications/Family- Centred_ECI_PP_EASPD_The_best_star t_in_life.pdf.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas in 2021, 3.6% of children in the EU below 16 had unmet medical needs and 4.4 % of children reported a disability1a; whereas even in countries where the right to health is enshrined in law, inequalities persist and many children do not have timely access to adequate healthcare and some have extremely limited access to services other than emergency services, putting at risk the health of women during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as thessential health services; whereas the far-reaching crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic put at risk mental health and well-being of the entire generations of children; whereas the prevalence of mental health problems is three times higher among children from low-income families2a; whereas the risks of pervasive digital technologies for health and wellbeing of children and their families should not be underestimated; _________________ 1a Eurostat (2023) Health statistics - children. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Health_statistic s_-_children&oldid=508288. 2a Save thealth of babies and children; Children Europe (2023) Guaranteeing Children's Future: How COVID-19, cost-of-living and climate crises affect children in poverty and what governments in Europe need to do. Available at: https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net /pdf/Guaranteeing-Childrens-Future- Report-Full-MARCH-2023.pdf/.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas sexual health is fundamental to the overall health and well-being of individuals, couples and families; whereas several Member States are attempting to further limit access to sexual and reproductive health and rights through highly restrictive laws that put at risk the health of women during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as the health of children;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 141 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas all children, parents, foster families and carers should be protected from discrimination, such as discrimination on grounds of sex, language, sexual orientationand/or gender identity , religion or belief, political or ideological beliefs, national, racial, ethnic or social origin, belonging to a national minority, economic situation, disability, age or any other status, and children from vulnerable population groups are at greater risk of marginalisation, poverty and social exclusion;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 142 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas children with disabilities and children born to parents with disabilities are still exposed to discrimination and violation of their rights through persistent barriers in all areas of life; whereas these barriers and lack of accessible quality care and support services for persons with disabilities and other persons in need of care and support is particularly manifest in the times of crises, leading to the additional burden on informal, family carers, majority of whom are women;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 144 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas child support and family policies do not always reflect and are not sufficiently adapted to the family diversity and family living arrangements (e.g. families with unmarried parents, children of separated parents living in two households or children living in a blended large family, foster families, rainbow families), to the detriment of families’ living standards, access to social protection programs and benefits, and their resilience to crises;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas poverty is an important risk marker for entry into alternative care as it increases the vulnerability of children and their families and may lead to a situation where parents can no longer provide adequate care for the children; whereas estimated 345, 000 children in the EU, still live in institutions1a; whereas child protection measures, including deinstitutionalisation and child protection and care reform, are also essential for children to achieve their rights and reach their full potential; whereas the EU has committed to the transition from institutional to family and community- based care; _________________ 1a Lerch, Véronique and Anna Nordenmark Severinsson (2019) Feasibility Study for a Child Guarantee: Target Group Discussion Paper on Children in Alternative Care.
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas playing gives children the opportunity to express themselves in a symbolic way and forms an essential basis of the way they think; is the natural and the most effective way for children to learn about themselves, their social and natural environment, to express themselves and develop; whereas participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport directly contributes to children’s well-being and helps them to thrive; whereas financial constraints hamper participation of children from disadvantaged families in non-formal educations and extracurricular activities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 191 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increassignificantly increase and ensure sustainable and adequate public investment in universal and targeted policies that have a direct and indirect impact on children’s lives, above all by guaranteeing equal access to high-quality public services (especially, such as care, early childhood education and care, education, health, decent housing, cultural and leisure activities), to promote the creation of work with rights based on robust collective bargaining and recruitment with decent and fair wages, to facilitate a work-life balance by, inter alia, reducing working hours and providing for maternity and paternity leave, and to bolster mechanisms for ensuring the participation of children and their families in the development, implementation and monitoring of these policies; for children and families in vulnerable situations; calls on the Commission and Member States to bolster mechanisms for ensuring the participation of children and their families in the development, implementation and monitoring of these policies; underlines the importance of exempting the investment in the key policies for combatting child poverty and social exclusion from the national spending cuts;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 200 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the creation of quality jobs with strong labour rights and decent working conditions, including stable and fair work contracts, as well as decent and fair wages, which guarantee access to social and health protection, and robust collective bargaining as a crucial mechanism for representing and defending workers’ rights, especially in the times of crises; underlines the importance of facilitating a work-life balance by, inter alia, maternity, paternity, care and parental leave, reducing working hours and, providing flexible working arrangements for parents and carers;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 206 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Acknowledges the critical role of family and child benefits, as part of fair and inclusive social protection systems, which are adapted to the variety of family arrangements and provide timely access to social protection and adequate support for all, including for refugee and migrant children and their families; calls on the Member States to tackle the low take-up of social benefits and support by campaigns dedicated to raising awareness and combatting stigma and stereotypes;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 209 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that the governments of the Member States are moving away from universal policies andto increasingly promoting policies based on the liberalisation of services and instruments whose availability depends on the resources of the beneficiaries; stresses that universal, coordinated and long-term policies offer better protection against the multiple causes of poverty and social exclusion, by providing structural responses that can, if necessary, be supplemented by immediate, one-off support measuresor temporary targeted support measures; calls on the Commission to take this issue up in the context of the annual cycles of the European Semester for coordination of economic and social policies; encourages the Commission to invest in further take- up of the Social Imbalances Procedure;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 215 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of well- designed minimum income schemes for social inclusion and people’s ability to lead dignified lives, especially in the times of crises; calls on the European Commission to propose a framework Directive on Minimum Income that sets minimum common standards and methodologies to guarantee accessible, enabling and adequate minimum income schemes;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 221 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to refrain from recommending reforms that lead to cuts in and the weakening of public administrationsector in the Member States, aimed at promoting the relaxation of employment relationships and the privatisation and liberalisation of public services, which have led to the weakening and, in some cases, the undermining of the social and labour rights of children and their families; calls on the Member States to increase the investment in availability and accessibility of professional care services as a means of reducing the burden on informal carers and ensuring minimum quality standards in care; deplores the recent statements by the President of the ECB, who criticised the investments by national governments in social responses aimed at addressing the increased cost of living;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 233 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the widest possible use of the Child Guarantee as a social response facilitating the social integration and inclusion of children suffering from poverty and exclusion; stresses the key importance of living up to the political commitment with comprehensive ambitious, regularly and timely updated Child Guarantee national action plans with measures targeting the most vulnerable children and their families, clear indicators, a timeframe and a structured monitoring framework that guarantees meaningful participation of multi-sectoral stakeholders, paired with a national framework for adequately disaggregated data collection; calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up investment and to strengthen child protection systems and social welfare services, allowing for swift implementation of the Child Guarantee in the context of new crises and the growing number of children in need;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 261 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to implement legislation that protects or enhances maternity, paternity and parental rights, allowing for a more effective work- life balance and a more equal distribution of care and housework, that makes it possible for women to return to work after pregnancy and maternity leave, and for breastfeedingallow for adequate time for breastfeeding after returning to work;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 273 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU budgetary authorities to take advantage of the upcoming mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 to strengthen and make better use of ESF+, ERDF, FEAD and Child Guarantee allocations in order to strengthen structural policies and social support for children and families accounting for the multisectoral nature of poverty; reiterates its repeated calls for the urgent increase in funding of the Child Guarantee with a dedicated budget of at least €20 billion for the period 2021-2027; insists on making this dedicated budget part of the revised MFF and reinforced ESF+; calls on the Commission to make available – and on the Member States to make full use of – all available resources to effectively implement the Child Guarantee, including the ESF+, ReactEU and the RRF;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 282 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends thatCalls on the Member States to ensure that all children have access to formal and non-formal, public, free, inclusive and quality education at all ages; deplores persistent cases of discrimination through separation or concentration of disadvantaged children, particularly Roma children, children with disabilities and children with a migrant background, in specific schools and classrooms; calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat school segregation and to develop policies, strategies and tools for advancing inclusive education; calls on the Commission and the Member States to specifically ensure access to inclusive, high-quality education for all persons with disabilities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 295 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses, in view of the difficulties in accessing early childhood care in most Member Stateducation and care throughout the Union, especially for children aged 0-3 and children from economically and socially disadvantaged families, the need for increased investment in quality early childhood education and care services, thereby creating or bolstering a public, universal and free response from the very beginning of the education processupport to parents and carers from child’s early years;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 311 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the experience of some Member States, which ensure that textbooks and teaching materials, as well as school transport and healthy meals, are inclusive and provided free of charge; recommends extending this system to all Member States as a means of ensuring equal access to education and as an important means of financial support for the most vulnerable of families; encourages the Member States to use the available European funds to promote equal participation of children from disadvantaged households in extracurricular and leisure activities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 321 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to guarantee universal, public, free and quality healthcare for all children and their families; highlights the value of vaccinating children and the need to fight the hotbeds of misinformation with regard to the benefits of vaccinationintegrated healthcare, including health promotion and disease prevention, for all children and their families through a universal health coverage package; calls on the Member States to guarantee universal and accessible maternal, new- born and paediatric care, from pregnancy to adolescence, providing for regular paediatric visits, consultations with nutritionists, psychologists, speech and language therapists, and other health professionals, regardless of the ethnic, social or administrative status of the parents; highlights the value of vaccinating children and the need to fight the hotbeds of misinformation with regard to the benefits of vaccination; is concerned over the persistent considerable shortage of medicines for children and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure sufficient production and stockpiling of important paediatric primary care medicines; calls on the Member States to support families in vulnerable situations through individualised and tailored social services and psychosocial support;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 329 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to develop specific measures to support parents with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities, and to ensure accessible information about the support available to them; acknowledges the benefits of family-centred early childhood intervention and calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream it in all the relevant policy areas, such as policies for the protection of children’s rights and persons with disabilities, and to foster an exchange of information and best practices on it; calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate the disability perspective and meaningfully consult persons with disabilities and their representative organisations when planning actions to ensure adequate standard of living and social protection of persons with disabilities, particularly in times of crises and transitions;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 333 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to accelerate the transition from institutional care to family- and community-based affordable professional quality care services, in full respect of the obligations enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and other key human rights instruments;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 335 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the right to comfortabledecent housing that meets the needs of children and their families and ensures their well- being, privacy and quality of life; calls on the Member States to eradicate homelessness through preventive and housing-led strategies, to promote a public housing policy that tackles property speculation and guarantees this righte right to affordable quality housing, and to increase investment in quality social housing; highlights the importance of adapting the living, care and education facilities to climate emergencies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream child-sensitive approach in policies and measures for tackling climate change;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 340 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Deplores the fact that the cycle of poverty in Roma families often leads to Roma children being overrepresented in social protection institutions in comparison to non-Roma children; highlights the fact that Roma children and their families are often the first to suffer in times of crisis; calls on the Commission and Member States to pay specific attention in the implementation of the Child Guarantee to the unique challenges faced by Roma children, who often experience extreme poverty, marginalisation, and discrimination in all spheres of life; calls on the Member States to prioritise effective measures and specific actions for improving the status of the family and living conditions, health and well-being of children, early learning and fostering responsive parenting in the implementation of the EU Roma Strategic Framework;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 344 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to foster programmes to monitor the prices of food, energy, transport and other essential goods in order to reduce the impact of the rise in the cost of living on children and their familiesprovide timely assistance to the families hit by the cost of living crisis, taking into account child- and gender-sensitive approach; highlights the detrimental impact of inflation and cost- of-living crisis on the life and rights of children and families in vulnerable situations and calls on the Member States to uprate social benefits and wages to inflation;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 359 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Condemns all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation, including child labour, and neglect with regard to children, as well as violence against women, domestic and gender based violence; calls on the Member States to develop and implement integrated prevention and protection systems for children and other victims with a view to eradicating violence and discrimination, both in physical and digital environment;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 374 #

2023/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to invest in support and follow-up for children and young asylum seekersrefugee and migrant children , especially unaccompanied minors and stateless children, their families, carers and host institutioncommunities;
2023/07/03
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the report by the Market Advisory Council (MAC)1a on the Commission report entitled ‘Implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products’ (COM(2023)0101), _________________ 1a https://marketac.eu/2022-report-on-the- functioning-of-the-common-market- organisation-cmo/
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to the report by the Market Advisory Council (MAC)2a entitled 'Improving the Labelling Legislation for Plant-Based Imitations of Fisheries and Aquaculture Products', _________________ 2a https://marketac.eu/improving-the- labelling-legislation-for-plant-based- imitations-of-fisheries-and-aquaculture- products/
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Agrees that for the CMO to fully achieve its objectives, consumers must be informed, through marketingpromotional and educational campaigns, of the value of eatingnutritional properties and health benefits of fishery and aquaculture products, the wide variety of species available and the importance of understanding the information on labels; believes that for consumers to be able to make informed choices, they should receive clear and comprehensive information on the products sold on the EU market, and that this information should comply with the same rules, regardless of the products’ origin;
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 64 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to consider improving the labelling of fishery and aquaculture products so that consumers can clearly identify the origin of products, given that this information is increasingly valued by European consumers and it encourages them to consume local foods that are produced or obtained in their area; underlines the need to change the current system identifying fishery products by FAO area as it does not indicate their origin clearly and in detail, and can create confusion;
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote and establish new protected quality designations in light of their known and proven benefits for EU fishery and aquaculture products and better marketing of those products; urges the Commission to facilitate the application of the new regulation to be adopted in the coming months, which will bring in significant changes that will benefit these quality structures, reducing as far as possible the time needed to deal with applications;
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 79 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to revise the existing legislation on the labelling and presentation of plant-based products that imitate fishery and aquaculture products to ensure that consumers are given accurate and precise information that avoids any misunderstandings and maintains equal opportunities in the EU market; suggests that the Commission should take into account the progress made in this area in a number of Member States, such as the measures in Royal Decree 474/2014 (Spain) and Decree 2022-947 (France);
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 90 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Market intelligence and crisis management
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 92 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission, when next revising the CMO, to look into the possibility of establishing a crisis reserve or system as a means of protecting the sector from any exceptional situations that might arise in the European fisheries and aquaculture sector; recalls that exceptional aid recently had to be provided to tackle the crisis caused by the COVID pandemic; calls on the Commission to set out the criteria for using such aid, taking as a basis the crisis reserve model already in use for other food sectors;
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #

2023/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Underlines the importance of ensuring the commitment of all stakeholders, throughout the fishery and aquaculture supply chain and civil society, to increase confidence and understanding in applying the CMO provisions, in particular by maintaining and strengthening collaboration with the Market Advisory Council (MAC);
2023/09/05
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas rural areas face the urgent challenges of demographic decline and ageing, especially affecting EU farming populations, along with rural abandonment, lack of access to infrastructure, healthcare, education and services, low incomes and fewer job opportunities;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the digital and green transitions offer opportunities for stronger, connected, resilient, innovative and prosperous rural areas in the long term, however, despite recent improvements in high-speed broadband connectivity, only 59% of households in rural regions have access to broadband, compared to 87% of the households in the EU;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas calls to improve rural quality of life, achieve balanced territorial development and stimulate economic growth in rural areas;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the role and importance of rural areas is often under-appreciated, insufficiently rewarded and funded;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the diversity of EU’s rural areas calls for locally designed responses and solutions corresponding to each territory’s specific needs and possibilities and strategies should address rural areas according to their individual characteristics and in relation to their environment, using, among other tools, the rural proofing mechanism;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas rural communities are exposed to greater damages from climate change, more frequent adverse climate events such as storms, floods and droughts, and the consequences of biodiversity loss, and experience greater costs associated with climate transition;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas sustainable farming and forestry management, that includes environmental, economic and social sustainability, provided decent work and livelihoods, ecological systems and biodiversity and also enhances climate and risk resilience;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that small, medium and family farms are the backbone of EU rural areas, providing food security and ecosystem services for European citizens;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the role that agriculture plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion, and combating climate change, while helping to diversify agricultural production, preserve biodiversity and develop local economies;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the role of e-services, mobile service solutions, private-public partnerships, social enterprises, cultural and creative industries; accessibility of education and healthcare; as well as cooperatives to help provide necessary services for rural areas and act as a key factor for rural socio-economic development;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for improvement of the level of digital skills and the availability and affordability of adequate digital infrastructure, and the capacities to effectively deploy digital technologies, such as digital service platforms in rural areas;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for development of partnerships in all economic activities in rural areas, between businesses of all sectors, local authorities, researchers and services based on innovation, knowledge sharing and cooperation;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls for more effort in enabling rural residents to take active part in policy and decision-making processes, involving a broad range of stakeholders at all levels of governance to develop tailor-made, place-based and integrated policy solutions and investments
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls for improving affordable public transport services and infrastructure such as railways, roads, charging and refuelling stations to support e-mobility solutions;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Emphasises the essential economic role played by agriculture, forestry and fisheries, calls for further development of short supply chains, quality schemes, producer organisations and cooperatives that contribute to increasing the sustainability of European food production;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Emphasises that generational renewal is the key for social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy and the future of agriculture and thus must remain a high priority in territorial development plans and strategies, stresses the need to account for the needs of small and medium sized farmers, and especially focus at attracting young farmers, preventing land abandonment and facilitating land access and access to credit;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2023/2048(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Stresses the significance of circular and bio-economy principles, as well as their application within the agricultural sector, in contributing to the realization of the objectives set out in the European Green Deal; encourages the enhancement of understanding and the implementation of circular and bio- economy principles within the European agriculture and food system.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action against the alarming increase in antisemitism in the Union; is of the opinion that the will to accommodate other religious minorities in some cases has created an unjustifiable acceptance of antisemitism;
2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 154 #

2023/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Reiterate its call on all Member States and the Union institutions and agencies to adopt and apply the working definition of anti-Semitism employed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)1a; _________________ 1a P8_TA(2017)0243
2023/07/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Communication of the European Commission " Towards a Strong and Sustainable EU Algae Sector", published on the 15th of November 2022,
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have had dramatic effects on global trade and have made it more apparent that the EU needs to diversify its food supply chains and strengthen its production;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas animal-based proteins in the EU meet some of the highest sustainability standards in the world, represent a vital component of a balanced diet and preserve the vitality of the rural areas in the EU;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas both plant-based and animal-based proteins are part of a crucial mix for the transition towards more sustainable food systems with a reduced climate impact;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas plant-based proteins are also crucial for the transition towards more sustainable food systems with a reduced climate impact;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the market for plant-based and alternative sources of protein is steadily increasing due to consumer demanddriven by demand, which is still in a pre-mature phase;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas cell-based agriculture and seafood farming areseafood is a promising and innovative solutions;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 148 #

2023/2015(INI)

J. whereas interest in insects for human and animal consumption is growing;deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas organic animal husbandry has been suffering from a scarcity of organic protein feed for many years and is highly dependent on imports;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 3
3. The development of plant-based and alternative protein, such as algae, for food and feed;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that, from a geopolitical and strategic perspective, dependencies on a single or few suppliers must be reduced; and in so doing the European sector needs holistic support to develop, implement and produce to cover the local demand;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 294 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the protein strategy should acknowledge the sustainable development of all possible protein sources, in order to achieve EU independence and resilience in terms of protein demand;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that developing the production of plant and alternativenimal sources ofd proteins in the EU is an effective way of addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that the EU faces;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 360 #

2023/2015(INI)

8. Stresses that European businessefarmers and agricultural producers must become more competitive;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 392 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to propose medium- and long-term policy measures to close the nutrient loop, such as enabling the use of recovered nitrogen from digestate from bio-waste and other manure (RENURE) products;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 421 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Developing plant-based and alternative and animal-based protein for food and feed
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 448 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of grasslands as a protein source; highlights that properly fertilised grass with manure remains the most efficient, affordable and sustainable source of protein for ruminants; highlights the relevance of projects that extract high- quality protein as well as biomethanol from grasslands through biorefining;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 452 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of grasslands as a protein source, in particular in combination with livestock production; highlights the relevance of projects that extract high- quality protein as well as biomethanol from grasslands through biorefining;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 460 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is of the opinion that aquaculture is an important protein producer and that the use of algae as a feed additive is a promising way of reducing emissions from livestock and a promising source of protein for feed;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 479 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that innovative cell- based food can help increase protein production and support agriculture;deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 486 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that innovative cell- based foodon, in particular new genomic techniques, can help increase protein production and support agriculture;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 507 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that insects shcould be considered as alternative sources of protein, particularly for animal nutrition;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 540 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for more research and development into plant-based and alternativeall sources of proteins, including plant-based proteins;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 547 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for more research and development into plant-based and alternative proteins;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 560 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines that improved coordination and collaboration between the supply chain’s stakeholders, through inter alia farmers organisations and agri- cooperatives, is needed to bridge the current gaps between farmers, processors and retailers;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 562 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines that improved coordination and collaboration between the supply chain’s stakeholders is needed to bridge the current gaps between farmers, their organizations, processors and retailers;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 588 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises that the production of renewable energy is linked to the production of protein and therefore farmers need to be assisted in producing and supplying renewable energy;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 589 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises that the production of renewable energy at farm level is linked to the production of protein, and should be further facilitated;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 628 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point ii
ii. Novel food legislation that simplifies and speeds up authorisation processes, while ensuring the proper evaluation of potential risks for human consumption;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 656 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point vii
vii. A carbon removal certification framework that enables carbon farming practices related to the growing of protein- rich crops, while ensuring additional income for farmers;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 674 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point ix
ix. A front-of-pack label regulation that compares the carbon footprint of food and fedeleted;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 696 #

2023/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point xiii
xiii. A clear research and development funding strategy to promote and stimulate the market uptake of sustainable protein sources, including plant-based proteins, for food and feed in the EU;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is one of the most inclusive and sustainable trade deals ever signed; whereas substantial increase in trade flows and positive trends in cooperation between the two parties have been registered following its entry into application;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas a number of Member States have not ratified the Agreement since its entry into application six years ago;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfaction the considerable increase in bilateral trade in food and agricultural products between the EU and Canada and the 26 % increase in exports of EU agricultural products to Canada since the start of the provisional application of CETA; welcomes the significant increase in the number of the Union’s micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises exporting to Canada, as well as the increase in the value of exported products;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that, in the implementation of CETA and all other EU trade agreements, due account must be taken of respect for sustainable agricultural production, reciprocity and the maintenance of high production standards, in particular sanitary and phytosanitary standards, as laid down in Union law;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines the importance of effective cooperation between the agricultural sectors of the Union and Canada in contributing to the mitigation of climate change and to environmental protection, including through the exchange of information on innovative farming practices, while limiting the administrative burden on producers;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of recognising the system of geographical indications (GIs) as a key component of the agreement; underlines the need for further effective enforcement of GI protection for EU rights holders in Canada, also through better communication to stakeholders on CETA's GI commitments, in particular on the GI protection regime and on its enforcement;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that, in order to maintain balanced market conditions, Canada does not use measures favouring local producers, such as differential taxes and mark ups, or measures that allow for direct delivery exclusively by local producers;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the importance of swift amendment of the Annexes to the 2003 Agreement on Trade in Wines and Spirits Drinks to allow for the inclusion of certain GIs from Member States that joined the Union after 2003;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2023/2001(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the progress made in eliminating most of the duties in trade of agricultural products between the Union and Canada, as well as the evolution of the use of tariff rate quotas (TRQs);
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the EUR 53,76 million in commitments and EUR 52,58 million in payment for agriculture; nonetheless calls for an increase of the budget considering the challenges that the agri-food sector has faced in 2023 and still needs to tackle in 2024, mainly due to the high level of inflation, which on the one hand resulted in a loss of the economic value of CAP subsidies, and on the other led to implementation difficulties of the Rural Development measures;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the Parliament resolution on “Upscaling the 2021-2027 MFF: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges”; calls for an urgent revision of the EU long-term budget to respond more effectively to evolving needs, address funding gaps, increase flexibility and crisis responsiveness, and provide new funding for new political priorities, while maintaining that the repayment of recovery plan borrowing does not jeopardise EU programmes; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for a new batch of new resources as soon as possible;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the role that agriculture plays in achieving the Union objectives of food security, sustainable growth, social inclusion, and combating climate change, while helping to diversify agricultural production, preserve biodiversity and develop local economies;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that the Commission must guarantee that EU funds are not allocated or linked to any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalization while ensuring notably that individuals or groups affiliated, linked to, or supporting terrorist organisations are excluded from Union funding; reiterates its position that salaries of education civil servants responsible for drafting and teaching school textbooks paid by Union funds, must be made conditional on full compliance with UNESCO standards of peace and tolerance; is concerned about antisemitism, hate speech and incitement to violence taught in Palestinian school textbooks, funded by the EU; stresses that conditionality of EU financial assistance in the educational sector needs to be duly considered; underlines the importance of proper training of Palestinian teachers, in line with UNESCO education standards.
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the negative effects of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on the agricultural markets in EU Member States in the vicinity of the conflict, in particular, and on food security, in general;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out the negative effects of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on food security, and stresses the rapidly increasing importance of food and feed sovereignty;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to urgently think of financial alternatives to the already utilised CAP's crisis reserve ahead of the fall agricultural campaign and to prolong the exceptional and temporary preventive measures on limited imports from Ukraine amid Russia's termination of Black Sea Grain Initiative, which will put even higher pressure on riparian EU Member States agricultural markets and ports' infrastructure;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that inflation has been much higher than the 2 % deflator foreseen in the MFF, which will not compensate for the loss of value, imposing further strains on farmers’ profitability, especially small- scale and young farmers; highlights the fact that the CAP budget in the MFF 2021-27 is already lower than in the previous planning period and that the high inflation further depreciates the funding available to farmers particularly in the CAP Budget;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for additional support for Member States with the lowest direct payments, through, inter alia, speeding up the process of flattening CAP support towards the EU average, in order to strengthen their capacity to withstand inflationary pressures and increased input prices;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is committed to ensuring that generational renewalConsiders that that the demographic challenge of ageing population is of particular concern in rural areas and is committed to ensuring that generational renewal, as the key for social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy, the future of agriculture and the traditional family farming model, must remain a high priority in the future CAP programming period; calls for the strengthening of support measures for young farmers and for the improvement of their access to land and credit;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of redistributive income support mechanisms in supporting smaller and medium-sized farms and ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of Union funds;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of funding research and innovation in the agri-food sector; recalls the importance of ensuring that research results reach farm level, in particular through the Horizon Europe programme and the European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs), recalls the importance of ensuring that research results reach farm level and are translated into accessible farm advisory services, underlines the role of stronger agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS), as well as the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN) to encourage innovation projects and to diffuse their use;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the acceleration of the digital transformation in agriculture and rural areas to allow for more precise, efficient and sustainable agricultural systems in the EU with a higher environmental performance, as well as increase the attractiveness of employment in agriculture and rural communities for younger generations;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the important role of agri-cooperatives, and calls on Member States to provide more support for the cooperative sector to develop incentive schemes for setting up new cooperatives, helping to boost the competitiveness of the agri-food sector and the economic and social development of rural areas; stresses that this collaboration can help cooperatives’ members to adapt more easily to climate change, increase efficiency and diversify their production;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises the need for careful monitoring of the national CAP strategic plans. Recalls that implementation of common agricultural policy (CAP) strategic plans began in January 2023, putting in place CAP’s new green architecture and taking an important step in the transition towards more sustainable food systems in the EU, emphasises the need for careful monitoring of the national CAP strategic plans; encourages Member States to improve the quality of data and indicators reported to the Union in order to realize the full potential of the new performance-based CAP and accurately assess its impact;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the mobilisation of the crisis reserve to finance exceptional measures for Union farmers most affected by the war in Ukraine, climate events and market disturbances, recalls, however, that the crisis reserve only consists of about EUR 3 per hectare of the farmland in the EU, emphasises the urgent need for additional better-funded instruments for crisis management;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recalls that, according to the Court of Auditors’ special report, climate spending in the 2014-2019 budget was not as high as reported, and that reliability issues could remain in the Commission's reporting for the 2021-2027 period, when the EU’s new climate spending target will rise to 30%, calls on the Commission to report on the contribution made by climate spending to EU climate and energy objectives, focusing in particular on measuring the impact of the budget on mitigating climate change and review the methodology of climate mainstreaming accountability, to allow better decision- making to ensure a full transition to a sustainable agricultural sector;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Recalls the Court of Auditors’ Special report on conflict of interest in EU cohesion and agricultural spending, calls on the Commission to take action to improve the prevention, detection and reporting of conflicts of interests, and to promote transparency;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Calls for the Commission to maintain an adequate level of funding in order to preserve the high sanitary and phytosanitary status in the EU, and rejects any decrease in co-financing rates for sanitary programmes and control of emerging diseases, which may jeopardise animal and plant health, and thus human health in the EU;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Points out the significant potential of results-based carbon farming for tackling climate change through carbon sequestration and the preservation of biodiversity and eco-systems;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Emphasises the value that circular economy and the agricultural sectors that work according to its principles can bring in achieving the goals set in the European Green Deal, encourages pilot projects to improve knowledge and increase the understanding of possible benefits of circular economy principles for the European food system;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 g (new)
11g. Reaffirms the significance of the Union's school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme to help children follow a healthy diet, with nutrition its primary focus; invites Member States to fully use their allocations of those schemes and prioritise sustainable, local, and high-quality production;
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 h (new)
11h. Stresses the importance of Solidarity Lanes in ensuring that Ukrainian grain can reach countries most in need, supporting Ukraine's economy and preventing a global food crisis, notices, however, the impact of the surge in traffic, and calls on the Commission to provide funding for strengthening and improving the relevant infrastructure.
2023/07/26
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) NGT plants that could also occur naturally or be produced by conventional breeding techniques and their progeny obtained by conventional breeding techniques (‘category 1 NGT plants’) should be treated as plants that have occurred naturally or have been produced by conventional breeding techniques, given that they are equivalent and that their risks are comparable, thereby derogating in full from the Union GMO legislation and GMO related requirements in sectoral legislation. In order to ensure legal certainty, this Regulation should set out the criteria to ascertain if a NGT plant is equivalent to naturally occurring or conventionally bred plants and lay down a procedure for competent authorities to verify and take a decision on the fulfillment of those criteria, prior to the release or placing on the market of NGT plants or NGT products. Those criteria should be objective and based on science. They should cover the type and extent of genetic modifications that can be observed in nature or in organisms obtained with conventional breeding techniques and should include thresholds for both size and number of genetic modifications to the genome of NGT plants. Since scientific and technical knowledge evolves rapidly in this area, the Commission should be empowered in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to update these criteria in light of scientific and technical progress as regards the type and extent of genetic modifications that can occur in nature or through conventional breeding.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Category 1 NGT plants and products shouldmust not be subject to the rules and requirements of the Union GMO legislation and to provisions in other Union legislation that apply to GMOs. For legal certainty for operators and transparency, a declaration of the category 1 NGT plant status should be obtained prior to deliberate release, including the placing on the market.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Since the criteria for considering that a NGT plant is equivalent to naturally occurring or conventionally bred plants are unrelated to the type of activity that requires the deliberate release of the NGT plant, a declaration of the category 1 NGT plant status made prior to its deliberate release for any other purpose than placing on the market in the territory of the Union should also be valid for the placing on the market of related NGT products. In view of the high uncertainty existing at the field trial stage about the product reaching the market and the likely involvement of smaller operators in such releases, the verification procedure of category 1 NGT plant status prior to field trials should be conducted by national competent authorities as this would be less administratively burdensome for operators, and a decision should be taken at Union level only in case there are commentreasoned scientific objections to the verification report by other national competent authorities. Where the verification request is submitted prior to the placing on the market of NGT products, the procedure should be conducted at Union level in order to ensure effectiveness of the verification procedure and consistency of the category 1 NGT plant status declarations.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2023/0226(COD)

(21) Decisions declaring the category 1 NGT plant status should assign an identification number to the NGT plant concerned in order to ensure transparency and traceability of such plants when they are listed in the database and for the purpose of labelling of plant reproductive material derived from them.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and the Council on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 834/2007(47 ) prohibits the use of GMOs and products from and by GMOs in organic production. It defines GMOs for the purposes of that Regulation by reference to Directive 2001/18/EC, excluding from the prohibition GMOs which have been obtained through the techniques of genetic modification listed in Annex 1.B of Directive 2001/18/EC. As a result, category 2 NGT plants will be banned in organic production. However, it is necessary to clarify the status of category 1 NGT plants for the purposes of organic production. The use of new genomic techniques is currently incompatible with the concept of organic production in the Regulation (EC) 2018/848 and with consumers’ perception of organic products. The use of category 1 NGT plants should therefore be also prohibited in organic production. _________________ 47 Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Provision should be made to ensure transparency as regards the use of category 1 NGT plant varieties, to ensure that production chains that wish to remain free from NGTs can do so and thereby safeguard consumer trust. NGT plants that have obtained a category 1 NGT plant status declaration should be listed in a publicly available database. To ensure traceability, transparency and choice for operators, during research and plant breeding, when selling seed to farmers or making plant reproductive material available to third parties in any other way, plant reproductive material of category 1 NGT plants should be labelled as category 1 NGTindicated by a mention in the national and EU variety registers.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) In order to enable NGT plants to contribute to the sustainability objectives of the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, cultivation of NGT plants in the Union should be facilitated. This requires predictability for breeders and farmers as regards the possibility to cultivate such plants in the Union. Therefore, the possibility for Member States to adopt measures restricting or prohibiting the cultivation of category 2 NGT plants in all or part of their territory, set out in Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC would undermine those goals.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) To achieve the goal of ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market, NGT plants and related products should benefit from the free movement of goods, provi and the free movement of NGT plant products across the EU, the deliberate release of NGT plants and placing on the market of NGT products should be based on the harmonized requirements and procedures laid down in this Regulation, leading to the adoption of a decision uniformly applicable to all Member States. Member States shall not unilaterally derogate from the provisions set out in this Regulation in a way that would restrict, prohibit or hindedr they comply with the requirements of other free movement, placing on the market and deliberate release of NGT plants or related products within the territory of the Union law.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘NGT plant’ means a genetically modified plant obtained by targeted mutagenesis or cisgenesis, or a combination thereof, on the condition that it does not contain any genetic material originating from outside the breeders’ gene pool that temporarily may have been inserted during the development of the NGT plant;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘targeted mutagenesis’ means mutagenesis techniques resulting in modification(s) of the DNA sequence at precisetargeted locations in the genome of an organism;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘breeders’ gene poolgene pool for breeding purposes’ means the total genetic information available in one species and other taxonomic species with which it can be cross-bred, including by using advanced techniques such as embryo rescue, induced polyploidy and bridge crosses;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 230 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b a (new)
(b a) for which it is not feasible to provide an analytical method that detects, identifies and quantifies.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 239 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘NGT product’ means a product, other than food and feed, containing or consisting of a NGT plant and food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from such a plant, and other products containing or consisting of such plants;
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The rules which apply to Annex IB GMOs in Union legislation shall notalso apply to category 1 NGT plants.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 270 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2018/848, the rules set out in its Articles 5 (f) (iii) and 11 shall apply to category 1 NGT plants and to products produced from or by such plants.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. 2a. Category 1 NGT plants and the products from such plants, are not subject to provisions established in Article 24 of this Regulation or Regulation 1829/2003.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 284 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Category 1 NGT plants and products from such plants are not subject to provisions established in Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 300 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Verification procedure of category 1 NGT plant status for requests submitted prior to the deliberate release for any other purpose than placing on the market
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 312 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. The other Member States and the Commission may make commentreasoned scientific objections to the verification report within 20 days from the date of receipt of that report. These objections must solely refer to the fulfilment of the criteria as set out in Annex I and must include a scientific justification.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 328 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. In the absence of any commentreasoned scientific objections from a Member State or the Commission, within 10 working days from the expiry of the deadline referred to in paragraph 7, the competent authority that prepared the verification report shall adopt a decision declaring whether the NGT plant is a category 1 NGT plant. It shall transmit the decision without undue delay to the requester, the other Member States and to the Commission.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 347 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. In cases where a commentreasoned scientific objection is made by another Member State or by the Commission by the deadline referred to in paragraph 7, the competent authority that prepared the verification report shall forward the the commentobjection(s) to the Commission without undue delay.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission, after having consulted the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’), shall prepare a draft decision declaring whether the NGT plant is a category 1 NGT plant within 45 working days from the date of receipt of the commentresoned scientific objection(s), taking the latter into account. The decision shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Plant reproductive material, including for breeding and scientific purposes, that contains or consists of category 1 NGT plant(s) and is made available to third parties, whether in return for payment or free of charge, shall bear a label indicating the words ‘cat 1 NGT’, followed by the identification number of the NGT plant(s) it has been derived from.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) methods for sampling (including references to existing official or standardised sampling methods), detection, identification and quantification of the NGT plant. In cases where it is not feasible to provide an analytical method that detects, identifies and quantifies, if duly justified by the notifier, the modalities to comply with analytical method requirements shall be adapted as specified in the implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 27, point (e) and the guidance referred to in Article 29(2);the NGT plant should fall under category 1 as to Art 3 (7)(c)
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The incentives in this Article shall apply to category 2 NGT plants and category 2 NGT products, where at least one of the intended trait(s) of the NGT plant conveyed by the genetic modification is contained in Part 1 of Annex IIIicle 52(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… (reference to Plant Reproductive Material) and it does not have any traits referred to in Part 2 of that Annex.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 477 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Member StatesThe Commission shall take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of category 2 NGT plants in products not subject to Directive 2001/18 or Regulation 1829/2003, only in the event that the category 2 NGT plants are able to be detected, identified and quantified by analytical method. These provisions shall not apply to category 1 NGT plants and products produced from or by such plants. The burden of proof of the unintended presence shall not be put on the NGT2 producer.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 26b of Directive 2001/18/EC shall not apply to category 2 NGT plants.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 500 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1
A NGT plant is considered equivalent to conventional plants when it differs from the recipient/parental plant by no more than 20 genetic modifications of the types referred to in points 1 to 5, in any DNA sequence sharing sequence similarity with the targeted site that can be predicted by bioinformatic toes not include foreign genetic material from outside the breeders’ gene pools.
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 512 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
(1) substitution or insertion of no more than 20 nucleotides;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 521 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2
(2) deletion of any number of nucleotides;ed
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 525 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3
(3) on the condition that the genetic modification does not interrupt an endogenous gene: (a) targeted insertion of a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool; (b) targeted substitution of an endogenous DNA sequence with a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 530 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point a
(a) targeted insertion of a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 537 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – point b
(b) targeted substitution of an endogenous DNA sequence with a contiguous DNA sequence existing in the breeder’s gene pool;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 548 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 4
(4) targeted inversion of a sequence of any number of nucleotides;deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 553 #

2023/0226(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 5
(5) any other targeted modification of any size, on the condition that the resulting DNA sequences already occur (possibly with modifications as accepted under points (1) and/or (2)) in a species from the breeders’ gene pool.deleted
2023/11/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The safety of Union shipping, seafarers and of citizens using it and, along with the well-being of passengers and crew as well as the protection of the environment should be ensured at all times.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 7 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The welfare of workers in the maritime industry, ensuring fair labour conditions and adequate protection for seafarers should be guaranteed.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) At international level, the function of investigating maritime accidents is part of flag State responsibilities,; wherein it is of utmost importance to ensure that accident investigations prioritize accountability and learning to prevent future accidents; while at the Union level it is made independent and regulated by Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . This Directive should not affect Directive 2009/18/EC. _________________ 29 Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Council Directive 1999/35/EC and Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 114)
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 11 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Minimum criteria and inspection targets related to those resources should be established on the basis of the practical and observational experience of the Member States, including the use of non-exclusive inspectors, via implementing measures.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The fulfilment of a harmonised capacity building scheme, post- qualification, by flag State surveyors and inspectors, should ensure a level playing field between maritime administrations and contribute to the qualitative performance of ships flying the flag of a Member State. Continuous training and professional development for seafarers should be ensured as to stay up-to-date with evolving safety and environmental standards.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 13 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The establishment and development of a database providing essential information, in an electronic format on ships flying the flag of a Member State should contribute to enhanced exchange of information, further improve the transparency of the performance of a high quality fleetworking conditions and wages of fleet to promote fair labour practices and allowing enhanced monitoring of flag State obligations to ensure a level playing field between maritime administrations.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 15 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Transparency in maritime operations should be ensured along with accountability of ship-owners for any violation of safety or environmental regulations.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 16 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Relevant authorities should establish mechanisms for whistle-blowers to report safety and environmental violations without fear of retaliation.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) In order to discuss flag State matters, including technical, issues and facilitate exchange of expertise and information, a high level group on flag State matters consisting of Member States’ national authorities, flag State experts and inspectors, as well as, aswhere appropriate, experts from the private sector and representatives of maritime workers, should be established.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 20 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(la) ‘outstanding deficiencies’ include, without limitation, any unresolved or pending issues, violations, or concerns related to ship's safety, environmental compliance, crew qualifications and welfare, documentation, certification, prior flag State findings, the assurance of fair labour conditions, adequate safeguards for seafarers and adherence to the legal framework of the flag State. These deficiencies constitute a comprehensive range of potential issues that possess the capacity to impede the secure operation of the vessel, influence its environmental footprint, affect the well-being of the crew, or contravene established international regulations.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 21 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Prior to allowing a ship to operate, which has been granted the right to fly its flag, the Member State concerned shall ensure that the ship in question complies with the applicable international rules and regulations, notably with regard to seafarers' working conditions and environmental protection. In particular, it shall verify the safety records of the ship using the inspection reports and certificates contained in database referred to in article 6a. It shall, if necessary, consult with the losing flag State in order to establish whetherto address any outstanding deficiencies or safety issues identified by the latter remain unresolved. This collaboration shall aim to ensure that any outstanding deficiencies or safety concerns are fully resolved before the ship operates.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 22 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
(a) prohibiting ships from sailing until such ships can proceed to sea in compliance with international rules and standards; including the conduct of regular safety drills and exercises to ensure the readiness of the crew for emergency situations, and enforcing crew rest hour regulations to prevent fatigue- related accidents;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 23 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
(b) ensuring that ships entitled to fly their flag have been surveyed in accordance with the survey guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC); and,. This includes conducting environmental audits to assess compliance with regulations related to emissions, ballast water management, and other environmental concerns, going beyond standard safety inspections;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 24 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
(ba) Promoting a safety culture on board by encouraging the reporting of near-misses and unsafe conditions, as well as the continuous improvement of safety practices;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 25 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
(bb) Collaborating with other flag States and international bodies to conduct joint inspections, share information, and harmonize enforcement efforts to ensure the effective enforcement of international rules and standards;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 26 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
(c) carrying out supplementary flag State inspections of ships to verify that the actual condition and working conditions of the ship is in conformity with the certificates it carries. These inspections should also encompass crew training and welfare, ensuring that crew members receive proper training in safety and environmental procedures, and that their rights and well-being are protected in accordance with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC 2006);
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 27 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
(ca) Utilizing advanced monitoring technology, such as satellite tracking and remote sensors, to track a ship's activities and compliance with regulations in real- time;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 28 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
(cb) Requiring ships to submit regular reports on safety and environmental compliance and making these reports accessible to relevant authorities for review, thereby enhancing reporting and transparency.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 31 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(ga) Information related to the ship's environmental performance, such as emissions data (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, sulphur oxide emissions) and data on the management of ballast water and other potentially polluting substances;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 32 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gb) Details about the ship's crew, including their qualifications, certifications, and rest hours, to ensure compliance with labour and safety regulations;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 33 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gc) Reporting of any accidents, incidents, or near-misses, along with the actions taken to address them, contributing to a proactive safety culture;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 34 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gd) Information on the type, quantity, and handling of cargo, especially for ships carrying hazardous materials or dangerous goods, to assess compliance with transport and safety regulations;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 35 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(ge) Data related to the ship's Safety Management System, including records of safety meetings, hazard assessments, and corrective actions taken;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 36 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gf) Data on security measures and compliance with international maritime security codes and conventions, particularly relevant in today's security- conscious environment;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 37 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gg) Information on technological upgrades, equipment maintenance, and safety-related modifications made to the ship;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 38 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gh) Records related to the welfare and living conditions of seafarers, including records of crew complaints or concerns;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 39 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gi) The ability for Member States to verify the authenticity and validity of certificates and documentation presented by the ship, helping to combat fraud and ensure compliance;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 40 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
(gj) Reporting on sustainability practices, such as fuel consumption, energy efficiency measures, and environmental impact reduction efforts, aligning with global sustainability goals.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 45 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
(ja) Develop recommendations and guidelines for flag State inspections and procedures that prioritize the protection of workers' rights and safety on ships, including the involvement of workers' representatives in safety inspections;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 46 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
(jb) Provide recommendations for flag State inspections and procedures that emphasize environmental compliance, ensuring that ships are adhering to international environmental regulations and guidelines;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 47 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
(jc) Assist in the development of measures to promote social responsibility and compliance with labour standards on ships, including monitoring and reporting on crew welfare, working conditions, and adherence to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006);
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 48 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
(jd) Encourage flag States to engage with local communities in ports of call to address any social or environmental concerns related to ship operations, promoting positive relationships and responsible maritime practices;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 49 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
(je) Advise on the integration of new technologies, such as digital reporting tools and IoT devices, to enhance the effectiveness of flag State inspections and oversight, while also considering data privacy and cybersecurity aspects;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 50 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
(jf) Establish mechanisms for conflict resolution and dispute resolution related to flag State inspections and procedures, ensuring fair and transparent processes.
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
(iva) Investments in green and environmentally sustainable technologies, such as the use of cleaner fuels or emission reduction equipment, to demonstrate efforts towards reducing the environmental footprint of the flagged fleet;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 53 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
(ivb) Initiatives and measures taken to promote a safety culture on board ships, including training programs, safety drills, and campaigns to raise awareness among crew members about safety practices;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 54 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
(ivc) Any incidents, accidents, or violations related to safety and pollution prevention requirements, along with actions taken to address them, promoting transparency and accountability;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 55 #

2023/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
(ivd) Collaboration with other Member States and international bodies to enhance safety and pollution prevention, including joint inspections, information sharing, and participation in international initiatives to improve maritime safety and environmental protection;
2023/10/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) Council Directive 2001/110/EC20 lays down definitions, names, common rules on composition, quality and labelling requirements for honey. _________________ 20 Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey (OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 47).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 15 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In light of the allegations of fraud and unfair competition from adulteration of imported honey products and of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, especially for the honey distributed under the EU School Scheme, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the origin of their food, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, and given the recent data showing that 46% of all samples of imported honey analysed by EU public bodies were found to be suspicious from a fraud point of view1a, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country. _________________ 1a https://food.ec.europa.eu/safety/eu-agri- food-fraud-network/eu-coordinated- actions/honey-2021-2022_en
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) In light of the close link between the quality of honey and its origin and the need for the consumer not to be misled regarding the quality of the product, Directive 2001/110/EC lays down rules on the labelling of the origin where the honey has been harvested. In particular, Article 2(4) of that Directive requires the country or countries of origin where the honey has been harvested to be indicated on the label and provides that, if honey originates in more than one Member State or third country, the mandatory indication of the countries of origin may be replaced by one of the following, as appropriate: ‘blend of EU honeys’, ‘blend of non-EU honeys’, ‘blend of EU and non-EU honeys’. The different rules adopted on this basis by Member States may have misled consumers and may have hindered the functioning of the internal market. In the light of Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy’s objective of strengthening consumers in making informed choices, including on the geographical origin of their food, and the details of this origin in case of blending, and in the interest to preserve the efficient functioning of the internal market throughout the Union through a harmonisation of the labelling rules, it is appropriate to revise the rules for honey origin labelling and provide that the country or countries of origin should be mentioned on the packaging. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one countryin descending order and with their respective percentages on the packaging.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for full transparency in this area, the country or countries of origin in which the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same visual field as the indication of the product. In light of the reduced size of the packs containing only a single portion of honey (breakfast packs) and the resulting technical difficulties, it is therefore appropriate to exempt those packs from the obligation of listing all individual countries of origin, where the honey originates in more than one country.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Recalling that the 2023 DG Health - JRC - and OLAF reports on honey adulteration "EU Coordinate action "From the hives"" and "EU Coordinate action to deter certain fraudulent practices in the honey sector - Analytical testing results of imported honeys" highlight a very high percentage of imported honeys suspected of adulteration and confirm a range of frauds that exist in the honey sector. Aware of the fact that some operators use "customised" sugar syrups that are very difficult to detect even when the most sophisticated analytical techniques. Noting with regret the lack of official, validated analytical methods for detecting new types of adulteration with sugar syrups means that national authorities are unable to identify as fraudulent honeys. Pointing out that the honey market is faced with a significant supply of honeys that have been adulterated by the addition of sugar syrups, either during the honeyflow or at some stage in the packaging process. Convinced that several elements need to be clarified or improved in the honey directive to limit the possibilities of fraud and facilitate controls: complementing mandatory traceability measures with a block-chain system, rejecting filtered honey and honeys whose excessive water content has been reduced by vacuum evaporation.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) Stressing that in order to limit as much as possible fraud linked to the addition of products that do not correspond to the designation "honey", by making it possible, inter alia, to validate the percentage of honeys used in the composition of blends, and in order to offer maximum transparency for the consumer, the European rules on traceability must be supplemented by the introduction of a block-chain system so that, at all levels of the chain, the essential information concerning the origin of the honey or honeys in a blend can be known. Convinced that it must be ensured that the new traceability requirements set out in the Directive complement the horizontal rules already applicable to the agri-food sector (rf. Article 18 of Regulation No. (EC) 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Noting that in the event of an inspection at any stage of production, access to detailed knowledge of the origin (country-region, year of production, producer identifier) of the honeys making up a blend makes it much easier for a honey analysis laboratory to check the geographical indication on the honey packaging and detect fraud. Being of the view that the additional rules on traceability (block-chain system) only concern beekeepers who sell their honey to other operators who do not resell it under the name of the original producer. These rules should not add to the administrative burden on producers, but they should make it easier for consumers and the supervisory authorities to keep track of the honey's entire journey from harvesting to bottling.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 e (new)
(3e) Acknowledging that the term filtered honey used in Directive 2001/110 is misinterpreted by consumers, who confuse this industrial filtration with the filtration carried out by beekeepers after extracting their honey to remove particles of wax and other foreign elements from the honey. Consequently, filtered honeys as defined in Directive 2001/110/EC should no longer be allowed to be marketed under the name "honey" and the definition of "filtered honey" should be deleted from the text of the Directive. Noticing that the removal by filtration of some or all of the pollen and figurative elements present in a honey and a filter mesh size of less than 100 µm no longer allows the correct identification of the geographical and/or botanical origin of a honey. This makes it much more difficult to differentiate between sugar syrup or a mixture of honey and syrup and honey. Industrial filtration makes it impossible to trace honey using an analytical approach such as melissopalynology. Underlining that Annex II of Directive 2001/110 should be amended to specify the level of filtration permitted, which does not significantly alter the density and pollen spectrum of the honey, but which does remove most of the foreign matter in the honey.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 f (new)
(3f) Recalling that both the definition of honey in Directive 2001/110 EC and that of the Codex Alimentarius clearly specify the work carried out by bees in the hive after they have harvested their crop, which they transform by combining it with specific materials of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store, and leave to ripen in the combs of the hive. Dehydration followed by ripening are operations carried out by the bees. Outside the European Union, some countries accept that the work of bees is limited to harvesting nectar secretions from plants or honeydew in the production of honey. Unripe honeys produced in this way have a moisture content well in excess of the 20% threshold laid down in Directive 2001/110/EC. Operators work with heated vats under a vacuum to limit the boiling temperature of the water in the honey. However, this process degrades the final product, depleting its aromas and enzymes. Insists that the Honey Directive should prohibit this vacuum evaporation process for honeys.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 f (new)
(3f) Given the particular interest shown by consumers in the geographical origin of honey in relation to its characteristics and quality, and the need for total transparency in this area, the country or countries of origin in which the honey was harvested must appear on the label in the same visual field as the indication of the product.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 g (new)
(3g) Noticing with concern Heat treatment above 40°C (± 5°C) causes degradation of certain constituents of the honey. The indicators currently used, namely HMF and the diastase index, make it possible to evaluate the significant degradation of honeys but do not make it possible to highlight the degradation of more sensitive honey constituents such as invertase. Consumer must be able to differentiate between honeys not exposed to treatments involving heating above 40°C (± 5°C) and other honeys. The words "virgin honey or unheated honey" must thus appear on the label. In order to control the absence of thermal degradation of a honey, a minimum threshold must be set for the presence of invertase in honey, an enzyme that is much more sensitive and degrades very rapidly once high temperatures are reached.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Whereas Annex to Directive 2001/112/EC lists in Part II, Point 2 ingredients that may be used in manufacturing of products covered by the Directive. Limited amount of ingredients are allowed to be used in manufacturing of fruit juices and fruit nectars. There is an increasing consumer interest in innovative products that contain other ingredients from natural sources such as spices and aromatic herbs (which are already allowed in tomato juice), providing a new taste to the consumer. Since organoleptic characteristics may change, the name of the ingredient should accompany the legal name to better inform consumers in line with the Regulation (EU) 1169/2011.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(1a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. the product names referred to in Annex I, points 2 and 3, shall apply only to the products defined therein and shall be used in trade to designate them. These names may be replaced by the simple product name ‘honey’, except in the case of "comb honey", "honey with pieces of comb" and "industrial honey".
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – points a, b, c (new), d (new)
(2) in paragraph 4, points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following and points (c) and (d) are added:
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) The country of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the label and on the front of the package close to the commercial name of the product. If the honey originates in more than one country, the countries of origin where the honey has been harvested shall be indicated on the front label of packs containing more than 25 g in descending order and with their respective percentage in the blend;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 103 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(b) For the purpoexcept in the cases of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 and in particular Articles 12 to 15 thereof, the particulars to be indicated according to point (a) of this paragraph shall be considered as mandatory particulars in accordance with Article 9 of that Regulation.honey intended for industry, these names may be supplemented by indications relating to: - floral or vegetable origin, if the product comes entirely or essentially from the origin indicated and has the organoleptic, physico-chemical and microscopic characteristics thereof, - regional, territorial or topographical origin, if the product comes entirely from the origin indicated, - specific quality criteria.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) For honeys produced and imported into the EU, each honey marketed under an identification other than that of the harvesting beekeeper must have an identifier linked to a block- chain traceability system enabling the competent authorities to trace the entire history of the honey back to the harvesting beekeepers or operators in the case of imported honeys. Any personal information that may be included in the traceability system will only be accessible to consumers with the prior agreement of the producers of the batch or batches in question.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 2– paragraph 4– point b b (new)
(bb) except for honeys intended for industrial use, these names may be supplemented by indications referring to the absence of significant heat treatment. The term referring to the absence of significant heat treatment such as "raw honey" or "unheated honey" may be included on the label on the front of the commercial packaging of the honey if no heat treatment has degraded highly sensitive enzymes such as invertase, from harvesting to potting, while complying with the conditions referred to in Annex II, points 6 (diastase index and hydroxymethylfurfural content) and 7 (invertase index).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 3
Article 3 of Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: In the case of honey intended for industry, bulk containers, packaging and sales documentation shall clearly indicate the full product name as set out in point 3 of Annex I.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 2 – paragraph 2
When placed on the marketParagraph 2 of the ANNEX II on the COMPOSITION CRITERIA FOR HONEY, is replaced by the following: "When placed on the market, distributed under the EU School Scheme as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey. Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition. With the exception of point 3 of Annex I, it must not have any foreign tastes or odours, have begun to ferment, have an artificially changed acidity or have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated. " Or. en (32001L0110)
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 121 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 of Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: The first sentence of Article 4 of Directive 2001/110/EC is replaced by the following: The Commission may adopt methods for verifying the compliance of honey with the provisions of Directive 2001/110/EC and of this Directive, including the implementation of blockchain-type traceability incorporating a minimum of criteria (criteria set out in Annex 3). These methods shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2) of Directive 2001/110/EC.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council**, the statement ‘no added sugars’, ‘no fruit juices contain added sugars’ may appear on the label in , or any other same field of vision astatement likely to have the nsame of the products referred to in Part I, point 1, of Annex I to this Directivemeaning for the consumer, may appear on the label.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 2001/112/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. Without prejudice to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 for mixtures of fruit juice and fruit juice from concentrate, reduced-sugars fruit juice and reduced-sugars fruit juice from concentrate, and for fruit nectar obtained entirely or partly from one or more concentrated products, the labelling shall bear the words ‘from concentrate(s)’ or ‘partially from concentrate(s)’, as appropriate. That information shall be entered close to the product name, standing out well from any background, in clearly visible characters.;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 1 – paragraph 2 – point b – point viii
Annex I to Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: In paragraph 2, point (b)(viii) is deleted and replaced by the following: (viii) raw or unheated honey: the honey obtained which has been extracted from the combs, decanted and then, if necessary, sieved. Honey so designated has not been heated to the extent that its enzymes and other thermally sensitive elements are degraded to such an extent that they no longer comply with the criteria laid down in points 6 and 7 of Annex II.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 6 a
The product obtained from the product defined in point 1(a) where naturally occurring sugars have been removduced by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in Part II, point 3, of Annex I, which maintains all the otherthe European Commission Delegated Act. The product maintains essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes, defined in the European Commission Delegated Act. Flavour, pulp, and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the reduced-sugar fruit juice.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 6 b
The product obtained from the products defined in point 1(b) or point 2 and/or in point 6(c), where naturally occurring sugars have been removduced by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in point 3 of Part II of Annex I, which maintains all the otherthe European Commission Delegated Act, and that have been reconstituted with potable water that meets the criteria set out in Directive 98/83/EC. The product maintains essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes, and that have been reconstituted with potable water that meets the criteria set out in Directive 98/83/ECdefined in the European Commission Delegated Act. Flavour, pulp, and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point 6 b
The mixing of reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate with fruit juice,d fruit juice, reduced- sugars fruit juice, concentrated reduced- sugars fruit juice, fromuit purée and/or concentrate,d fruit purée and/or fruit purée from concentrate is authorised in the production of reduced-sugar fruit juice from concentrate.; is authorised in the production of reduced-sugars fruit juice from concentrate.’; c) concentrated reduced-sugars fruit juice The product obtained from the products defined in point 6(a) by the physical removal of a specific proportion of the water content, and/ or the product defined in point (2) where naturally occurring sugars have been reduced by at least 30 % by using a process authorised under the conditions laid down in the European Commission Delegated Act. The product maintains essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of concentrated juice of the fruit from which it comes, defined in the European Commission Delegated Act. Where the product is intended for direct consumption, the removal of water shall be at least 50 % of the water content. Flavour, pulp, and cells obtained by suitable physical means from the same species of fruit may be restored to the concentrated reduced-sugar fruit juice.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 4 a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 2 – point 2 – indent 8 a (new)
– The following indent is added: - Spices and aromatic herbs For products made only from products listed in Annex I and spices and/or herbs, a descriptive name in line with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 should be “[name Annex I] with (added) [name of the spice/herb]”.
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point i – indent 4 b (new) Directive 2001/112/EC
– the following indent is added: - Fiber For products made only from products listed in Annex I and fiber, a descriptive name in line with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 should be “[name Annex I] with (added) fiber”
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 191 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii – indent 1 a (new)
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 2 – point 3 – indent 4
– Indent 4 is replaced as follows: Enzyme preparations: pectinases (for breakdown of pectin), proteinases (for breakdown of proteins), and amylases (for breakdown of starch) and cellulases (for breakdown of cellulose) meeting the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food enzymes (1);
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – point ii – indent 2
Directive 2001/112/EC
Annex 1 – part 2 – point 3 – indent 12 a (new)
– Processes to remove naturally occurring sugars, to the extent that they maintain all the other essential physical, chemical, organoleptical and nutritional characteristics of an average type of juice of the fruit from which it comes: membrane filtration, yeast fermentation. enzymatic process;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 2 – paragraphs 2 and 3
Annex II to Directive 2001/110/EC is amended as follows: In paragraph 2, the introductory text is amended as follows: When placed on the market as honey or used in any product intended for human consumption, honey shall not have added to it any food ingredient, including food additives, nor shall any other additions be made other than honey. Honey must, as far as possible, be free from organic or inorganic matters foreign to its composition. With the exception of point 3 of Annex I, it must not have any foreign tastes or odour, have begun to ferment, have an artificially changed acidity or have been heated in such a way that the natural enzymes have been either destroyed or significantly inactivated, or have been exposed to vacuum evaporation. Honey, when marketed as such or used in any product intended for human consumption, must comply with the compositional characteristics set out in points 1 to 6. In addition, when marketed as "raw honey" or "unheated honey", honey must also comply with the compositional characteristics set out in point 7. In paragraph 3, the introductory text "Without prejudice to point 2(b)(viii) of Annex I, neither pollen nor any other constituent particular to honey, may be removed except where this is unavoidable in the removal of foreign inorganic or organic matter." is replaced by the following: "No significant change in the pollen count or pollen spectrum of pollen smaller than 100 µm is permitted. No constituents of honey smaller than 100 µm may be removed. A new composition criterion (7) is added to Annex II. 7. invertase index (Gontarski unit) for "raw honeys" or "unheated honeys". Determined after processing and blending. - generally, not less than 50 U/kg - honeys with a low natural enzyme content, not less than 25 U/kg
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I a (new)
Directive 2001/110/EC
Annex 2 a (new)
Annex IIa MEASURES RELATING TO HONEY TRACABILITY Guidelines The identification data that must accompany honey throughout the food chain, from producer to consumer, and which must be entered into the blockchain system are as follows: 1. Harvesting beekeeper references 2. Lot defined by the harvesting beekeeper 3. The specific identifier assigned by the non-European operator ensuring the sale to the EU market of batches of honey harvested in a non-EU country. 4. The unique identifier (code) of each operator in the food chain who purchases and processes honey from the beekeeper- harvester. Importers of honey into the EU are treated in the same way as operators and the traceability of honeys applies to them too. 5. Year the honey was harvested if sold in bulk from the beekeeper down the chain. 6. The year of blending if honeys from different geographical origins (country of origin) are blended. 7. In the case of a blend of honeys, indication of the percentages of the different batches of honeys identified by their identifier and creation of a new identifier linked to the initial information. 8. Specific floral or plant origin if mentioned on the packaging of the honey marketed. 9. Geographical origin corresponding to the origin indicated on the marketed honey. The indication of origin must meet at least the requirements of Article 2(4)(a), i.e. the country of harvest. The information on origin may not be modified under any circumstances and must always appear when the honey is mixed or in transit. All packaging of blended honey, from the barrel to the jar, must be labelled with the last identifier assigned to the honey, so that it can be linked to all the honeys of origin and to the various blends made by the intermediary operator(s).
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 254 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 1 – part 1 – point b – indent 2
– The name ‘jelly marmalade’ may be used where the product defined as citrus marmalade contains no insoluble matter except possibly for small quantities of finely sliced peel. In the name 'citrus marmalade', the term 'citrus fruit' may be replaced by the name of the citrus fruit used.;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 256 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
(2a) In Annex II, the second indent is replaced by the following: ‘– fruit juice, whether or not concentrated: only in jams’;
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2023/0105(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2001/113/EC
Annex 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
(2b) In Annex II, the fourth indent is replaced by the following: ‘- red fruit juices, whether or not concentrated: only in jam and extra jam manufactured from rosehips, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, redcurrants, plums and rhubarb,
2023/09/25
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas on 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation illegally invaded Ukraine, and its effects have put food security and the resilience of the global food system at the centre of the political agenda; whereas European food production must therefore be considered a strategic sector and be placed on an equal footing with energy security, defence and the fight against climate change at the Union and international level;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Insists, nevertheless, that the Commission carefully manage and monitor the TRQs and keep the European Parliament constantly informed;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. CNotes that there is only a general final clause of the FTA, therefore, calls for the EU to implement safeguards, such as seasonality, on the additional TRQs for agricultural products;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that the EU beef and sheep sectors are under pressure owing to the market access being given to non-EU countries; calls on the Commission to consider the cumulative impacts of future trade deals on EU farmers and the need for investment in local EU production; it is necessary to maintain a level playing field for EU farmers, agri-food producers and workers; therefore, calls for the introduction of appropriate support measures for EU farmers;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that it would welcome exchanges between the EU and New Zealand on good practices, in particular regarding regulations on new breeding techniques and attracting young people, especially female farmers, into the farming profession;
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2023/0038M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the obligation for the insurance of the effective implementation of the ILO convention and the multilateral environmental agreements, including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, welcomes that the FTA also includes chapters on SPS measures, rules of origin, customs and trade facilitation, and technical barriers to trade.
2023/08/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the decision of the UK Government to pursue a hard Brexit upon its withdrawal from the EU was inevitably going to entail the disruptive disintegration of economic and trade ties and the divergence of regulatory regimes for farmers, agri-food producers, citizens and third-country trading partners;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the TCA provides for social security coordination to protect the social security rights of people moving between the EU and the UK after 1 January 2021; whereas it also provides for a robust level playing field to ensure fair competition by maintaining high levels of protection in a number of areas, including social and labour rights, with binding enforcement and dispute settlement mechanisms to ensure compliance;
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 3 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is necessary to preserve a level playing field and legal certainty for famers, agri-food producers and workers, citizens;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of strong EU and UK civil society involvement, including employers’ and workers’ organisations and non-governmental organisationtrade unions, as well as NGOs, in the implementation of the TCA in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 thereof; nNotes the meetings of the EU Domestic Advisory Group in this regard and welcomes the first meeting of the Civil Society Forum in October 2022; stresses the importance of continuing this dialogue and cooperation;
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 6 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that UK requirements for unnecessary guarantees in relation to certain animal diseases are not in line with the standanrds of the World Organizations for Animal Health; regrets the fact that the UK is not respecting the obbligation to align its certification requirements with international standards;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination’s commitment to adopting a decision approving the use of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) in the context of the Protocol, as well as considering that relevant parts of the Decisions and Recommendations of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems should be made applicable in the context of the Protocol by means of a Specialised Committee Recommendation3 ; Reiterates its call on Member States to ensure that the EESSI becomes fully functional as soon as possible and to make use of the opportunities provided by existing EU funds to fully implement the EESSI and further digitalise public administration; __________________ 3 Minutes of the Second meeting of the Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination, Brussels, 30 June 2022.
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned by a number of developments in the labour and social sphere, which represent in the UK, which pose a risk of non- compliance with the level playing field provisions of the TCA; notestrongly regrets in this regard the July 2022 repeal of the prohibition of employment agencies fromin providing temporary staff to replace workers taking part in industrial action, which undermines the right of workers to take collective action, including the right to strike;
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 9 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Further highlights worrysome concerning legislative developments in the UK which have been proposed but are not yet adopted, namelysuch as the Bill of Rights Bill, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and, the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill and the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (No. 2) Bill; stresses that these proposals, if adopted, would have serious implications for workers’ rights, in particular the fundamental rights of freedom of association and the right to organise, and the right to collective bargaining and collective action, including the right to strike; stresses that the adoption of these legislative proposals would undermine the UK’s commitments under the TCA;
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 11 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that, although interim arrangements offered by the EU allowed to improve the situation, strucural solutions are needed for the acceptance of EU paperless certificates by the United Kingdom;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the protection of theseworkers’ rights is essential for maintaining a level playing field and sustainable development as set out in, inter alia, Articles 355, 386, 387, 399 and 524 of the TCA; cCalls on the Commission to closely monitor developments in this regard and to use all available means to address any concerns that the adoption of these proposals could raise for the application of Chapter 6 of Title XI, including through dialogue in the Partnership Council and Specialised Committees, consultation of the EU Domestic Advisory Group and where necessary the dispute settlement mechanisms provided for under Article 389;
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that in June 2021 the UK Government announced its intention to establish a single enforcement body for employment rights tasked with ensuring centralised supervision of its labour laws4 with the aim of improving the coordination and effectiveness of existing bodies and expanding enforcement into new areas; notes, however, that to date no further progress has been made on the proposal; calls on the Commission to continue to closely monitor the enforcement of relevant labour and social standards, as required by the TCA, and to monitorany developments in this regard, and to continue its efforts with the UK Government to ensure full compliance with the TCA; __________________ 4 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, UK. Establishing a new single enforcement body for employment rights, 2021.
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges the introduction by the United Kingdom of the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill in May 2022, establishing new rules for release and marketing of "precision bred organisms" in England;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Strongly regrets the UK’s discriminatory treatment of workers from five EU Member States in 2021 as regards reduced fees for long-term work visas; further regrets the UK’s subsequent renunciation of Article 18(2) of the European Social Charter and consequent removal of work-related visa fee reductions for all EU citizens as of February 2022; calls on the Commission to continue to raise this issue through the Partnership Council and the Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development; calls on the Commission to take all measures necessary in view of ensuring a level playing field in this regard.
2023/06/07
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the EU to speed up the adoption of legislation on the use of new breeding techniques, in order to ensure a level playing field for EU farmers, while sustainably increasing yields and making crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view of harmful organisms, floods, droughts, water shortages and other extreme weather conditions that are afflicting an increasing number of Member States;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to assess the level of protection of EU geographical indications protected in the United Kingdom by virtue of the Withdrawal Agreement and to launch discussions with the UK on new provisions pertaining to the protection of EU geographical indications registered from January 2021;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2022/2188(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to keep Parliament fully informed in a timely manner of all difficulties that may arise, in particular possible breaches of the Agreements that might jeopardise the level playing field and fair competition for the EU’s farmers, agri-food producers and workers;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas although food prices are high, they are not offsetting production costs for EU farmers and agri- cooperatives, which have been exponentially increasing over the past year due to soaring energy and packaging prices as well as availability and price issues with fertilisers and machinery;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 174 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
I a. Whereas according to the Combined Drought Indicator (CDI), including the first ten days of August 2022, 47% of Europe has been in warning conditions of severe draught and 17% has been in alert conditions; whereas those regions affected by drought in spring 2022 have been the ones with the most worsening conditions1a; _________________ 1a https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/ne ws/GDO- EDODroughtNews202208_Europe.pdf
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 184 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas taking the ECB data and inflation forecasts, the aggregate 2021- 2027 real value of the CAP budget will shrink 21.95% with regard to 2020, and in the last year (2027) 34.12% vis-à-vis 20202a; _________________ 2a https://www.farm-europe.eu/news/the- cap-budget-is-shrinking-fast-removing- any-leverage-for-green-deal- investment%EF%BF%BC/?utm_source= piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campai gn=21853&pnespid=pL1qUDtIb6gcguXeo i6xE4KGsE_1TctlKvS9xfUzvxRmO8dKXI T6FoSLazkyruFjhVfVt1OMag
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 187 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
I c. whereas inflation in the Euro Zone peaked at 10.6% in October 2022, Euro Zone food inflation rose to 13.1%, while energy price inflation rose to 41.5%;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 195 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have once again demonstrated the need for the EU to strengthen its food security and reduce its dependence on imports from outside the EU, such as fossil fuels, fertiliser, feed and raw materials; welcomes the adoption, due to the exceptional current circumstances, of temporary measures to increase EU production during the 2022/23 harvest season, which will contribute to food security and invites the European Commission to assess the need for potential prolongations; welcomes the derogations from key environmental requirements in the EU’s farming subsidy programme to maximise the EU’s cereal production capacity;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines the impact of the Ukrainian war on the European farmers, and especially on those in the proximity of the war; acknowledges the efforts made by the Member States with common border with Ukraine to ensure the flow of the Ukrainian cereals out of the country; considers it timely-adequate to speed up the process of external convergence to empower farmers in these Member States to keep on supporting Ukraine's war-ravaged economy and Eu's strategic priority;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes the new Temporary Crisis Framework to help European producers cope with the effects of the war in Ukraine, but underlines the necessity to identify new financial support to ensure the food security of Europe and third countries; underlines the critical situation of the pig and milk market in some Member States and calls for direct and immediate financial support for these sectors;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 415 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on the sustainable use of plant protection products does not include an overall impact assessment (economic, social and environmental) and that the targets proposed do not take into consideration the regional specificities of the European agriculture; regrets the blanket ban on the use of pesticides in sensitive areas being mooted by the Commission, since this would pose a significant threat to the livelihood of many farmers and severely limit their output.
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 441 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission communication on ensuring the availability and affordability of fertilisers (COM(2022)0590) of a strategy to help farmers cope with exceptionally high costs; considers, however, that while it contains many valid medium and long- term policy recommendations, it fails to provide adequate immediate support for farmers in the current crisis, which could have very serious implications for food security;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 458 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Acknowledges that organic farming is less exposed to price increases, yet pending the transition to uses of sustainable types of fertilisers, the fertilising industry in the EU must be made available the necessary imports, including gas, to produce fertilisers within EU itself and to ensure that prospects for EU harvests are not jeopardised; calls on the European Commission to speed up the communication of the risks and vulnerabilities identified through the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism (EFSCM);
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Welcomes the European Commission's intention to source key nutrients such as phosphate and potash from other origins and calls to speed up this process in order to anticipate future shortages;
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 514 #

2022/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Considers that a contribution to food security could be also made through projects financed under the new REPower chapter and encourages the uptake of projects that are mutually beneficial for both energy and agriculture sectors
2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to "The challenge of land abandonment after 2020 and options for mitigating measures" report, published by the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies Directorate-General for Internal Policies, 2020;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas in 2020, a majority (57.6 %) of farm managers (all genders) were at least 55 years of age and approximately only 10 % of farm managers were under 40 years old; whereas a relatively high proportion of farmers have 65 years of age or more in many Member States;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in 2016, for every farm manager under 40 in the EU there were three farm managers over 65;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas almost all EU regions are experiencing a steady increase in average farm sizes and a concentration of production on fewer and larger farms; whereas the number of farms in EU-27 declined between 2013 and 2016 from about 15 to 10 million (-32%) with the strongest decline being among small farms 1a; _________________ 1a The Future of the European Farming Model: Socio-economic and territorial implications of the decline in the number of farms and farmers in the EU, 2022
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas generational renewal is related to land abandonment and would require a joint strategic approach;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas farms run by managers of 40 years old or younger have the lowest income on average at EU level and that farms run by women have lower incomes in comparison with men 1a; _________________ 1a EU Farm economics overview, 2021
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in 2020 slightly more than two thirds (68.4%) of farm managers in the EU’s 9.1 million holdings were male;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas young farmers had higher levels of educational attainment in terms of full agricultural training (21.4 % vs 3.6 % for over 65 year olds) and had followed up-to-date professional training courses including those on new and innovative farming practices1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Farmers_and_t he_agricultural_labour_force_- _statistics#Young_farmers_remain_scarc e:_female_farmers_a_continuing_minorit y_but_share_increasing
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas 72.3% of farm managers in the EU in 2020 had only practical experience, while barely 10.2% had full agricultural training and the remaining 17.5% only basic agricultural training;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas farming remains a predominantly family activity as in 2020 almost nine in ten (86.1%) people who worked regularly in agriculture in the EU were the sole holder (farmer) or members of his/her family;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas remoteness is an important element of difficulty in rural areas, involving relevant aspects of life, therefore mountainous areas are in dire need for a coherent process of generational renewal in the agricultural sector;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that generational renewal and intergenerational continuity is key for the social, economic and environmental sustainability of rural areas and EU food autonomy, as well as for the future of agriculture and the traditional family farming model;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the low level of intergenerational renewal in farming, while part of a larger trend of demographic decline, is a general EU concern for the sector, affecting particularly remote rural areas; ;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income and quality of life for farmers and their families is essential in attracting young and new people to the sector and that Member States must devote at least 3% of their direct payments envelope to this objective;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a fair and dignified income, a full process of flattening the value of CAP entitlements across the EU and quality of life for farmers and their families isare equally essential in attracting young and new people to the sector;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. 6. Recalls that although the number of new entrants from outside the agricultural sector is growing, intra- family succession is still the dominant form of entry into farming;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 102 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the Court of Justice of the European Union has been recognising in its rulings the specific nature of agricultural land as well as a set of public interests and objectives that can justify the establishment of land market regulation measures;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that fears of retirement, primarily due to inadequate safety nets for pensioners, leads older farmers to use direct payments as a form of support in retirement and retain land;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Acknowledges the positive effect of CAP young’s farmers measures on the number of young farmers, in particular those located in more peripheral rural areas 1a; _________________ 1a SWD (2021) 78 final
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Highlights the positive contribution of LEADER projects and initiatives to social inclusion and to challenges faced by young people, notably when prioritising youth in selection criteria and in setting up youth local action groups;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets that young people in rural areas experience significant daily challenges, particularly as regards education, access to quality jobs, social isolation, public transport, healthcare and digital connectivity, especially in remote, mountainous and less developed rural regions;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges the higher risk of depopulation, farm and land abandonment, soil erosion and biodiversity degradation in mountainous areas and calls for rapid action in generational renewal in this areas;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to develop coherent strategies to promote generational change, combining different measures in a complementary way, such as financial support, tax breaks and incentives, to improve links between EU policies and national and regional policies; calls on the Commission to promote the sharing of best practices between Member States in this regard, with a focus on increasing efficiency, simplification and accessibility when designing measures for young farmers;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that generational renewal needs both younger and older generations and therefore intergenerational cooperation and dialogue must be fostered;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to promote innovative models of intergenerational collaboration, such as partnerships, share farming or land- matching services; recalls the potential of the cooperation measures under the CAP Strategic Plans in this regard and regrets that only 5 Member States have made use of this possibility; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure an enabling administrative framework that facilitates the adoption of these innovative approaches;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the importance of preserving farmland and the objectives of sustainable food production; calls on the Commission to launch a study on the effects of competing uses for farmland, such as urbanisation and energy, on the quantity and quality of farmland available, on drivers of farmland abandonment and on prices and land concentration, differentiating land grabbing from assembling agricultural plots to form viable farm units, while also evaluating the impacts of all relevant EU policy areas in this regard;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers by all means available, such as pre-emptive rights in favour of young farmers, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activity; calls, furthermore, for the establishment of national plans aimed at facilitating land mobility;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to ensure the transparency of the rural land market, while maintaining up-to date public information on land markets and land planning, planning and ownership, communicating about land sales and monitoring land concentration;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 245 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, tenancy regimes, as well as changes in farmland use and land abandonment;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Highlights that land lease is a viable alternative to gain access to land, locking fewer resources; calls on Member states to adopt policies to promote long- term land leasing, such as tax exemptions, providing security of tenure and time to invest
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to factor in the young farmers dimension horizontally when designing policies and funding instruments, other than the CAP;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 305 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the importance Member States attached to the challenge of promoting generational renewal in farming in the process of drafting the national strategic plans, demonstrated by the vast majority of MS allocating more than the minimum required amount to support for young farmers2a; _________________ 2a "Approved 28 CAP Strategic Plans (2023-2027). SUmmary overview for 27 Member States. Facts and figures", published by the European Commission, April, 2023
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 310 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Insists that generational renewal remain a high priority in the future programming period in order to receive, namely on the CAP, to be supported in a mandatory and increased supportway;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Encourages politicians, schools, media, farmers, local associations, to work together in promoting a positive image of farming and rural areas and to communicate on the farmer’s role in food production and environmental services;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 314 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Points out that the decisions to enter the farming sector are taken earlier than the stage of farm transfer, to which most of the current policy instruments are being directed; considers therefore that public policies should address farmer’s needs prior to the installation;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 315 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)
27c. Stresses the importance of providing tailored advisory services, in particular to support young farmers and new entrants, prior to their installation and in the following years; highlights the potential of diversifying the models of advice to better address farmers diversity (e.g. peer-to-peer learning, mentoring schemes);
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 d (new)
27d. Highlights the importance of integrating in the training schemes for new entrants and young farmers, in addition to the technical, business and digital contents, also contents on soft skills, communication, leadership, mental health and well-being, among others;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 e (new)
27e. Considers that diverse options of facilitating the farm transmission process should be fostered in public policies at European and national level, such as existing farms acting as incubators for start-up businesses or new models of business allowing progressive transfer of land and assets between a farmer and his/her successors
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 319 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that young farmers and new entrants should be able to develop their businesses progressively and therefore recommends that the current time limit placed on access support in the common agricultural policy be reviewed in order to ensure continuity;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the role of young farmer’s organisations, cooperatives and farmer organisations in helping young farmers overcome barriers to installation, providing guidance services and enhancing their participation in the policy dialogue; calls for the gender-balanced representation of young farmers’ in their governance bodies to be ensured;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 328 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the impact and potential of digital technologies onfor young farmers' activities and business opportunities, and that a strong political commitment is required at all levels of policy implementation to ensure connectivity andbroadband infrastructure and connectivity and a particular focus on digital inclusion;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 331 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Highlights the importance of reliable internet access for young farmers quality of life in rural areas, namely to overcome social isolation, access education and training opportunities, as well as for service provision;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Insists on the need to ensure adequate working and living conditions and social protection for young farm workers and seasonal workers, in particular women and migrant workers;
2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the outermost regions (ORs) offer major assets to the EU; whereas many of the ORs have a young population, extensive maritime economic zones, unique biodiversity, rich renewable energy sources, location and climate suitable for space sciences and astrophysics activities, important space infrastructure and proximity to other countries while at the same time, they are facing challenges to their development such as remoteness, insularity, small size, vulnerability to climate change, and economic dependence on a few sectors;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 16 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas social inequalities are at the heart of theone of the greatest social challenges facing the outermost regions (ORs) of the EU; whereas the ORs collectively are disproportionately affected by high poverty, unemployment and school dropout rates and these issues are exacerbated by the particularities that are common to these regions; a gross domestic product (GDP), which is significantly below EU and national averages (60% in the ORs if the EU-27 average is put at 100%)1a; whereas these issues are exacerbated by the particularities that are common to these regions; _________________ 1a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates a GDP PPS per inhabitant percentage in 2020 of 60% in the ORs. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 27 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the number of young people who are not in employment, education or training is at an alarming level in the ORs; (22% compared to 11% in the EU-27)2a; _________________ 2a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates average young people rates of early leavers, NEETs (not in employment, education and training double the rate on EU Level. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 29 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas young people from the outermost regions frequently need to travel and move to other regions to obtain specific training and education; whereas many who have moved away are not coming back later on;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 38 #

2022/2147(INI)

D. whereas women in the ORs too often face unstable and short-term employment; the employment rate of women in the ORs is significantly below the EU and national averages (47% compared to 62% in the EU-27)3a; _________________ 3a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates the female employment rates in the ORs compared to the average European levels. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the social situation of young people is a central concern forin the ORs; calls, in this regard, for the reinforced Youth Guarantee to be fully deployed in the ORs; believes that an evaluation of the guarantee’s implementation is necessary in these territories is necessary, including an assessment of the existing barriers for young people;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 68 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States as well as the regional and local authorities concerned to put in place or strengthen measures to fight unemployment, poverty and social exclusion in the ORs, including through the strengthening of public employment services, the promotion of lifelong learning and other measures focused on professional development;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights that education and training as well as the integration into the labour market is an important instrument to combat poverty and inequalities; urges the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to support measures aimed at disadvantaged and low-skilled groups in the ORs, with emphasis on education and training that allow for the development of social, scientific and professional skills, in particular basic digital skills; calls on the Member States as well as the regional and local authorities concerned to ensure the diversification of the education and training offers, according to the needs of the regions and to ensure equal opportunities;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses the importance of enhancing public services in the ORs, through strengthened regional cooperation, economic diversification, investments in R&D and digitalisation, reinforced vocational education and training, upskilling and reskilling opportunities and active labour market policies, to tackle long-term unemployment and youth unemployment in particular (45,82% compared to 16,8% in the EU-27);4a _________________ 4a The Commission’s report: “Outermost regions at a glance – assets, challenges and opportunities” from May 2022 illustrates a comparison between the youth employment rates in the ORs in relation to the average EU-27 level. https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sourc es/policy/themes/outermost-regions/rup- 2022/comm-rup-2022-glance_en.pdf
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 74 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support youth employment in the ORs by working with local stakeholders, including within the private sector, universities and local authorities, to establish a digital one-stop shop in order to help young peoplejobseekers who are seelooking for their first job or lookingwant to establish or take over a businesses;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 90 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to ensure the empowerment of women in the ORs by promoting access to stable, high-quality jobs, including equal pay and fair remuneration;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the establishment of special economic zones in order to promote economic and social recovery, job creation and skills development in the ORs, and to support the Member States in the evaluation, renewal and adaptation of existing special economic zones;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to improve access toand the Member States to improve access to information regarding the European Social Fund Plus in the ORs by setting up masslaunching information campaigns aimed at institutional and associative partners, providing a support services for project leaders and financing training for managing authorities.;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that the outermost regions' economies are heavily dependent on the tourism and transport sectors, which were severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic; calls therefore on Member-States as well as regional and local authorities concerned to work together to best ensure the socio-economic recovery of the ORs, taking into account challenges such as rising prices due to inflation and disruption of supply chains;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve access to Union funding for the ORs and to advance with the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including in the areas of quality employment, education, skills, social inclusion, and equal access to healthcare;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2022/2147(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to provide tailored support to the ORs to ensure they can make the most out of EU opportunities, as well as to organise specific workshops on EU programmes and strengthen the dialogue with relevant stakeholders in the ORs;
2023/01/18
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 19 May 2022on the social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine – reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 14 d (new)
— having regard to the EP Report on the implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD,
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas approximately 1 in 6 people in the EU live with some kind of disability; whereas 50.6 % of persons with disabilities are employed and 28.4 % are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 74.8 %7 and 18.4 % respectively of persons without disabilities8 ; whereas the EU activity rate of persons with disabilities is only 61.0 % compared to 82.3 % of people without disabilities; _________________ 7 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/et udes/BRIE/2020/651932/EPRS_BRI(2020) 651932_EN.pdf 8 https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Disability_statist ics_-_poverty_and_income_inequalities
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women with disabilities are at higher risk of unemployment and poverty or social exclusion comparing to men with disabilities and women without disabilities, with only 20% of women with disabilities in full-time employment, comparing to 29% of men with disabilities and 48% of women without disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 73 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas between 2011 and 2016 the gap in tertiary attainment between persons with and without disabilities widened – from 7% to 9%;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 77 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the employment rate of persons with disabilities remains significantly lower than that of persons without disabilities;. whereas the latest data from the EU-SILC, shows that the disability employment gap was 24.5 % in 2020;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 82 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the key obstacles to the employment of persons with disabilities include disability-related stereotypes, bureaucratic difficulties in accessing the available services, lack of strategic vision in governance, insufficient monitoring of policy implementation, limited training resources for employers and lack of specialist support;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 88 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas entrepreneurship and self-employment support in the form of guidance, training and financial aid can provide opportunities for persons with disabilities to be active in the open labour market, disincentivising their reliance on disability benefits and pensions, but such support needs to be well targeted and adequately resourced;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas the disadvantage experienced by persons with disabilities extends far beyond the realm of employment;. whereas the social and financial situation of persons with disabilities in the EU is significantly worse than that of persons without disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 96 #
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 98 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B h (new)
Bh. whereas lockdowns and restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic particularly affected young people;. whereas 57% of persons with disabilities aged 18 to 29 reported feeling lonely - 23% more than young people without disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B i (new)
Bi. whereas having a disability is synonymous with structural or educational disadvantage and discrimination; .whereas support measures focusing on aspects other than employment – for instance, poverty reduction, access to housing and childcare, accessible public transport, and personal assistance – also play a key role in providing opportunities for people with disabilities to access and remain in the workforce;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 101 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B j (new)
Bj. whereas political participation does not affect all persons with disabilities equally; whereas those with more severe impairments, as well as persons with particular types of impairment – for example, persons with intellectual disabilities –disproportionately face barriers to their participation in the political life; whereas these individuals are often some of the most isolated and excluded;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the importance of a holistic definition and application of accessibility and its value as an indispensable basis for persons with disabilities to have equal opportunities as recognised in the UNCRPD and in line with the UN CRPD General Comment No 2, taking into account the diversity of the needs of persons with disabilities and promoting universal design as a principle of the EU;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges therefore the Commission to put forward a proposal for a common definition of disability at EU level, as well as mutual recognition of disability status and the associated benefits and social protection rights between the Member States in line with the concluding observations of the UNCPRD Committee on the initial report of the European Union adopted in 2015 with the aim of removing the fundamental obstacle for intra-EU mobility of persons with disabilities and enabling their access to health, care and other services that facilitate independent living, as well as equal education and employment opportunities; calls for the implementation and expansion of the European Disability Card to all Member States, supporting mutual recognition of disability across the EU and paving the way to a European definition of disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission and Member states to adopt a holistic life cycle policy approach to support prevention of discrimination and to ensure effective retention and inclusion of PwD in the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 137 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on all Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to do so without further delay, and for the EU to fully ratify it; calls on the Council to take the necessary steps to ensure the accession of the EU to the Optional Protocol;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Member States to take active measures to safeguard non- discrimination for all , and to ensure that PwD can exercise their labour and trade union rights on equal terms with others; urges the EU to ratify the Istanbul Convention that is supposed to have a transversal impact on all EU legislation with a specific focus on women with disabilities who face multiple and intersectional discrimination and are more vulnerable to harassment at the workplace;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 145 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that income- and disability- related assistance are complementary in promoting the effective participation of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls, therefore, on Member States to unbundle income- and disability-related assistance10 ; _________________ 10 UN Special Rapporteur, as salaries are not a substitution for the coverage onf the rights of persons with disabilities, ‘Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities’, presented to the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, August 2015.costs related to disabilities; calls therefore on Member States to unbundle income and disability- related assistance;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 149 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to assess the effectiveness of existing sheltered workshops in providing PwD with skills to gain employment in the open labour market, to ensure that they are bound by legal frameworks covering social security, minimum wages and non- discrimination and to phase them out; calls on the Commission to monitor this process; further insists that workers with disabilities in sheltered workshops should at least be ensured the legal statute equivalent to labour rights of people working in open working environments based on the application of the respective collective agreement for the economic sector;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls sheltered workshops should be a step, a temporary period for workers with disabilities in their working life cycle; in that respect, calls the Member States to develop inclusive models of sheltered and supported employment, respecting the rights of persons with disabilities, that serve as measures for effective inclusion and later transition to the open labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 162 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is concerned that in some Member States, persons with disabilities working in sheltered workshops are not formally recognised as workers under the law, are paid less than the minimum wage and are not entitled to the same social protection as regular workers; urges the Commission to ensure that Member States respect the principle of equal treatment and equal pay for work of equal value for all workers;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 176 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls that future telework policies should be developed from a disability rights perspective and involve people with disabilities in their design and when new collective agreements are negotiated on telework, or when companies revise their telework policies to ensure they are disability-friendly;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 178 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to monitoring the respect of Principles No 2 and 3 of the European Pillar of Social Rights, providing for equality of treatment and opportunities regarding participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment and career progression between men and women, regardless of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation recalls on monitoring the adoption of the measures established by the UNCRPD;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages public employment services to roll out personalised measures to improve the employability and retention of persons with disabilities in the labour market; calls on Member States to provide guidance, training and financial aid to support job creation, recruitment, entrepreneurship and self- employment for persons with disabilities.;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 194 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that while supporting and promoting the labour market participation of people with disabilities is crucial, adequate and inclusive social protection mechanisms also need to be put in place to ensure support is available for all people with disabilities, irrespective of their employment status;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 201 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that labour market support measures must take into account disability and tailor-made policy responses to support the inclusion of persons with disabilities in employment; highlights that people with disabilities, their family , and their representative organisations governments, trade unions and NGOs representing the voices of people with disabilities – play an important role in the provision of support; notes that the active involvement of persons with disabilities, including through their representative organisations, in policy development and law making has not yet been formalised as a requirement or put in practice in all EU Member States. Calls on the Members States to use intersectional disaggregated data in order to monitor the inclusion of pwd in the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 211 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that persons with disabilities are as among the most marginalized and at-risk population in any crisis-affected community; stresses further that as a consequences of war people with disabilities in situations of armed conflict face violent attacks, forced displacement, and ongoing neglect in the humanitarian response to civilians caught up in the fighting, are abandoned in their homes or in deserted villages for days or weeks, with little access to food or water;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 220 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on Member States to ensure the participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process in 2024 and in the law making process; Calls on Member States to eliminate barriers that can exclude persons with disabilities from the opportunity to influence the development and implementation of the laws and policies which shape their daily lives;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 229 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Encourages National public authorities to ensure that the requirement to register to vote or for reasonable accommodation does not result in persons with disabilities being excluded from elections;. calls on Member States to include measures ensuring that the registration process is accessible by redesigning relevant websites in line with EU standards;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 232 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Notes that complaints mechanisms, both judicial and non- judicial, should be made more accessible for persons with disabilities; . calls on Member States to lift restrictions on the right of persons deprived of legal capacity to bring complaints independently of their guardian and take effective measures to make sure that information about how and where to complain is accessible to all persons with disabilities through the production of information materials in different and accessible formats distributed through support and advocacy organisations for persons with disabilities, including disabled persons organisations (DPOs);
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 237 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Member States and, in particular, the national coordinators under the European Child Guarantee to pay particular attention children with disabilities and ensure access to free, effective and good-quality services to all children with disabilities, including those fleeing Ukraine, on an equal footing with children in the host countries, in line with the recommendation to ensure national integrated measures and take intersectional disadvantages into account; highlights that the COVID-19 crisis and the arrival of refugees following the war in Ukraine will exacerbate the situation of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion; calls on the Member States and the Commission, therefore, to urgently increase the funding of the European Child Guarantee with a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion in order to combat the poverty that is affecting children and their families and to contribute to the goal of reducing poverty by at least 15million by 2030 – including at least 5 million children in all Member States by2030; calls on all Member States, in this regard, to allocate more than the minimum 5 % of European Social Fund Plus resources under shared management to supporting activities under the European Child Guarantee; furthermore, calls on the Member States to neutralise all national expenditures dedicated to the eradication of child poverty within the implementation of fiscal rules;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 243 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Calls on the Commission to revise the Cross-border health care Directive to bring it in line with the UN CRPD in order to guarantee access to affordable and quality cross-border healthcare for persons with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 244 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Is of the opinion that the European Funds must adhere to the UNCRPD and Structural Funds should continue to foster transition from institutional to community and family- based care, finance support services to realise the right to live independently , and that the ex ante conditionalities must be concrete and quality-assessed; calls on the EU to ensure all funding programmes are accessible and include a dedicated budget for accessibility; furthermore, the Commission shall make sure that all funds are actively invested in research to develop better and more affordable assistive technology for persons with disabilities and towards increasing the participation of persons with disabilities in all EU funded programmes;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 246 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Highlights that harassment at work, including sexual harassment and retaliation for speaking up, hinders access to work and employment, job retention and equal career paths, in particular for women with disabilities, and that specific actions are needed in Member States to prevent, combat and sanction harassment against persons with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 249 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Stresses that the low activity rate of persons with disabilities is, as well, a huge obstacle hindering socioeconomic inclusion which must be improved by European and national programmes aiming at the activation and training of persons left outside the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 250 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Reminds that reasonable accommodation is a right for workers with disabilities which is not always covered or understood by employers, who, sometimes, either have stigma about capabilities and necessities of persons with disabilities, or do not have enough support in terms of information and resources regarding its application in the workplace; calls on the Commission to revise Directive 2000/78/EC and propose, among others, the EU harmonised minimum standards for reasonable accommodation for workers with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 251 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Underlines the need to offer specialised protection and care to persons with disabilities coming from Ukraine; recalls the importance of the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child, the Child Guarantee, the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, as well as all existing EU legal instruments, including the Temporary Protection Directive in supporting the Member States to help them address the specific needs of persons with disabilities fleeing the war in Ukraine;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 252 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Repeats Its call on the Member States to implement the reinforced Youth Guarantee to ensure offers of high quality, including providing fair remuneration and access to social protection, prohibiting the abuse of atypical contracts, and ensuring working environments that are adapted to the needs of persons with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 253 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 o (new)
4o. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the challenges and rights violations experienced by persons with disabilities during the COVID- 19pandemic, and to adopt targeted measures for paths of psychological support and reintegration into the labour market;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 254 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4p. Recalls the Commission to develop those measures in coordination and communication with persons with disability and all the organisations involved, starting from the European Parliament’s CRPD network;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 255 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 q (new)
4q. Calls on the Member States to create an independent entity responsible for monitoring all accessibility-related legislation, including the European Accessibility Act, the Audio visual Media Services Directive, the Telecoms Package and the Web Accessibility Directive;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 256 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 r (new)
4r. Calls on the Members State to implement the Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers that introduces a carers’ leave of five working days per year; insists that special arrangements in terms of carers’ leave, paternity leave, parental leave and flexible working hours should be considered for parents in particularly disadvantaged situations, such as those with disabilities or parents of children with disabilities or long-term illnesses ,without any repercussions from the employer;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 257 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 s (new)
4s. Calls on the Members States to ensure better working and living conditions, including through adequate minimum wages and pay transparency measures, to reduce the disability pay gap and achieving inclusive and sustainable growth of the labour market; stresses the importance of a swift adoption of the directive on minimum wages and the Pay Transparency fully applying to persons with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 258 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 t (new)
4t. Highlights the importance to consider and treat with equal attention also the persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, adopting measures for their future after the carers’ death;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 259 #

2022/2026(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 u (new)
4u. Calls on the Commission to develop and promote a European legal framework for inclusive enterprises, with the aim to create permanent employment of people with disabilities;
2022/06/28
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 12 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to Commission communication of 30th of June 2021 on a Long-term Vision for the EU’s Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 20401a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /strategy/strategy_documents/documents/l tvra-c2021-345_en.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the Draft Commission Regulation declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/20142a; _________________ 2a https://ec.europa.eu/competition- policy/public-consultations/2022-agri_en
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
— having regard to the European Commission Communication on "Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems";
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the European Commission's Communication on "A Renovation Wave for Europe - greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives";
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
— having regard to the new European Bauhaus initiative;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
— Having regard to the responsibilities of the EUMS under the UN Convention to Combat Desertification;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the "New EU Forest Strategy for 2030";
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 68 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas about 60 % of the EU’s D. forests are owned by 16 million private forest owners, of whom a significant share are small-holders, while the other share of approximately 40% of EU's forests is publicly owned; whereas involving and motivating these owners through a comprehensive policy and legislative framework, based on the recognition of their property rights, experience as managers and specific challenges, will be key to achieving the strategy’s targets, including the provision of climate and other ecosystem services; whereas member States are obliged to set an example for sustainable forest management in their publicly owned forests for the public good;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas most recent data gathered under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive indicates that only 49 % of forests habitats have a good conservation status; whereas focusing solely on aggregated data might be insufficient to identify and address key information on the most urgent issues and it is therefore necessary to consult more specific local indicators on trends in condition and pressures; whereas these indicators do not support an overall negative assessment of the state of the EU’s forests, but show both positive and negative trends that require nuanced case- by-case responses;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas almost 23% of European forests are to be found in Natura 2000 sites, with the share in some Member States exceeding 50%, and almost half of the natural habitats in Natura 2000 areas are forests;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas agroforestry, defined as land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with agriculture on the same land unit, is a suite of land management systems, which boost overall productivity, generate more biomass, maintain and restore soils, combat desertification and provide a number of valuable ecosystem services;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 108 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas global voluntary certification schemes for sustainable forest management are currently in place; whereas certification schemes are an essential tool to meet EUTR requirements for due diligence3a; _________________ 3a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/afa5e0df-fb19-11eb- b520-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
E d. whereas in 2020, the area covered by forests and other wooded land equated to 45.1 % of the EU-27’s land area, a slightly higher proportion than the area of land used for agriculture11a; _________________ 11a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3 217494/12069644/KS-FK-20-001-EN- N.pdf/a7439b01-671b-80ce-85e4- 4d803c44340a?t=1608139005821
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 117 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
E e. whereas Europe’s forests are of immense value in terms of climate mitigation, since forest ecosystems absorb and store around 10 % of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, and there is potential to increase that capacity;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the increasing pressure on the EU’s forests and their habitats and stresses the urgent need to increase forest adaptation to climate change and ecosystem resilience;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 188 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that over the past decades, the EU’s forest resources have been increasing in terms of forest cover and volume, and that currently forests and other wooded areas cover around 45% of the total EU land area, representing close to 180 million hectares; further notes that according to EUROSTAT, between 1990 and 2020, the area of EU forests increased by 10.2 million hectares4a;highlights that forests represent significant parts of the territories of some Member States, which makes them dependent on forestry; further stresses out that in the EU-28 forests, every year more wood grows than is harvested and that 75% of the net annual increment is utilised by fellings5a; _________________ 4a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_21/SR_Forestry_EN.pdf 5a p 89-90, https://foresteurope.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/08/SoEF_2020.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 198 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the strategy must align with the work undertaken in international forums, such as FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, and should avoid duplicating work and increasing administrative burden; further believes that, given the EU’s strong commitment to promoting the sustainable use of resources globally, the strategy should be implemented in such a way as to serve as a model of best practices;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 205 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the European Commission to provide a comprehensive impact assessment of the strategy to identify the implications for market conditions, rural areas and the various funding needs, including for research and innovation, skills development, infrastructure, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and biodiversity enhancement;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the key role of forests and the entire forest-based vaolue chain in protecting the climate and biodiversity and in achieving, by 2050, a sustainable and climate-neutral economy; underlines that the multi-functional role of forests comprises multiple socioeconomic functions, such as the provision of raw and nature-based materials, which leads to jobs and economic growth in rural areas, the provision of clean water and air, protection against natural hazards and recreational value; stresses that the implementation of the strategy must ensure a balanced provision of all services and maintain competitiveness and innovation; underlines that the successful provision of services requires sustainable active management;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the European Commission's communication on "A long-term Vision for the EU's Rural Areas - Towards stronger, connected, resilient and prosperous rural areas by 2040" and the acknowledgement of the role of forests and of sustainable forest management in safeguarding decent work and livelihoods in rural areas; ; considers that the important environmental, social and economic of forestry in rural areas should be preserved; is concerned, though, that the contribution of agriculture, forestry and fisheries to rural regions has decreased both in economic and employment terms to 12% of all jobs and 4% of gross value added, while crucially maintaining food security in the EU13a; calls therefore on the European Commission to find new ways to make the combination of different funds more attractive and easily implemented, reflecting and leveraging on the multi- functional character of forests and forest ecosystem services; _________________ 13a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/IP_21_3162
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 223 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that forests contribute to climate change mitigation via carbon sequestration, carbon storage and the substitution of wood and wood products for fossil fuels, fossil-based products, materials and energy sources and derived products; notes that the strategy has a particular focus on storage in the construction sector and believes its implementation should support a broader use of different options forso as to ensure the best combination of sequestration, storage and substitution, in line with the goals of the bioeconomy strategy; and in order to achieve a post-fossil-fuel economy;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that for both the long- lived and short-lived wood-based products to contribute optimally to climate change mitigation and a circular economy requires that they be used in the most efficient and sustainable way; believes that the cascading principle8 is a goodn important guideline for efficient use, but must not use a static approach and therefore must be adjusted regularly to reflect innovative uses; stresses that a well-functioning, un- distorted market incentivises the efficient use of wood- based resources; _________________ 8 As outlined in the Commission’s ‘Guidance on cascading use of biomass with selected good practice examples on woody biomass’.
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 257 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of a reliable supply of wood, wood-based products and forest-based biomass to achieve the EU’s sustainability goals, including the 2050 carbon neutrality objective, and notes that the demand is thus expected to continue to grow; believes that the EU’s forestry sector provide the most sustainably sourced raw materials; calls on the Commission to consider displacement effects and monitor any effects on the availability of wood following the implementation of measures under the strategy;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that 2.1 million people work in the forest-based sector, while the extended forest-based value chain supports 4 million jobs in the green economy, not accounting for retail activities and non- wood activities such as forest-related leisure activities, scientific work on forests, etc.; calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess the effects of a shift in the balance of forest functions on the overall employment situation, especially in rural and mountainous areas; highlights the important role that forests play in the creation of green jobs and in growth in rural areas;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Protection, restoration, re- and afforestation and sustainable management
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 282 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing additional voluntary indicators and threshold values for sustainable forest management; underlines the need to align the Commission’s work with that of FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as to engage with the Member States' national and regional competent authorities, public and private forest managers to ensure that indicators and value ranges are fit-for-purpose for their application at the local level under specific bio-geographic conditions; points out that coherence must be achieved with the Forest Europe think thank on sustainable forest management, since the European Commission and all EU Member States are among Forest Europe signatories;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Takes note of the work of the Commission on developing guidelines on biodiversity friendly afforestation and reforestation; stresses that the focus should be particularly in those Member States where forest cover is low, on land that is not suitable for food production, close to urban and peri-urban areas as well as in mountainous areas, where appropriate;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 304 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that pressure on forests from pests and diseases, natural disasters and other disturbances is being increasingly intensified by climate change and that strengthening forests’ adaptation resilience is a matter of urgency; notes the role that restoration and afforestation can play in strengthening resilience and enhancing biodiversity; notes that sustainable forest management consists of a broad array of actions and adaptive practices, many of which can play a key role in climate mitigation;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes with high concern that large-scale and more intense wildfires are becoming an increasing challenge across the European Union, with forest firefighting representing a yearly budget of EUR 2.2 billion for EU governments and public agencies; underlines the need for more resources and development of science-based fire management to tackle the effects of climate change in forests and calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote and make use of the integrated fire management concept12a; _________________ 12a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files /181116_booklet-forest-fire-hd.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of the ongoing work on guidance for ‘closer-to-nature’ forestry by the Working Group on Forests and Nature; believes that to ensure added value, guidance on this concept should be in full respect of the subsidiarity principle and should incorporate a menu of results- oriented, scientifically and locally proven sustainable forest management practices to give managers the tools to yield connections and cooperation on better integrating biodiversity protection with improved management practices; calls on the European Commission to provide incentives for forest owners, local managers, the forest industry and the national competent authorities to engage in "closer-to-nature" forestry practices;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 341 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its call for the protection of primary and old-growth forests and stresses the need to createset a definition, build upon existing definitions and based on a comprehensive EU framework, for what constitutes primary and old-growth forests with Member States and forest stakeholders before any designation; welcomes the ongoing work of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse and comprehensive set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific and diverse conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types; across all Member States;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 353 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Further calls on the European Commission to acknowledge the work done so far in some Member States in identifying, mapping and assessing these forests and to encourage the exchange of best practices and knowledge sharing;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the European Commission to conclude the list of activities allowed in these forests, in full respect with the protection and strict protection status of these forests and to thoroughly evaluate the impact of the protection regime on the local communities affected; calls on the Commission to put forward a just transition fund for these communities, for professional reconversion, since the distribution of these forests is uneven, 90% of them being located in just four Member States6a; _________________ 6a https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/handle/JRC124671
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 361 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Welcomes the pledge to plant, in full respect of ecological principles, at least 3 billion additional trees by 2030, set out in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; takes note of the Commission Staff Working Document “The 3 Billion Tree Planting Pledge for 2030”, accompanying the Commission’s Communication on the “New EU Forest Strategy for 2030”; calls on the Commission to include in its additionality principles the trees planted under the new CAP’s eco-schemes and the “Environmental, climate-related and other management commitments” as well as those under the National Recovery and Resilience Plans, since both the new CAP and the Recovery and Resilience Facility will have been implemented after the adoption of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; stresses that since land is a finite resource, the conversion of agricultural land must be avoided, especially under the new geopolitical circumstances, as well as the conversion of pastures and natural grasslands, since it leads to no significant changes identified in soil organic carbon7a; notes the opportunity for urban forest development in this area; _________________ 7a p.41 of the Commission Staff Working Document “The 3 Billion Tree Planting Pledge for 2030”
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 386 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that the European agricultural fund for rural development is the main source of support for forestry measures, accounting for 90% of total EU forestry financing; further notes that between 2014 and 2020, Member States only spent 49 % of the available funds, and that the Commission has identified administrative burden, insufficient attractiveness of the premiums and a lack of advisory services as reasons for this low usage; , no adequate remuneration for the provision of ecological services7a and a lack of advisory services as reasons for this low usage; outlines that the European Commission’s 2017evaluation of forestry measures concluded that the effect of rural development support for forests was generally positive and could contribute significantly to delivering economic, environmental and social benefits8a; _________________ 7a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_21/SR_Forestry_EN.pdf 8a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR21_21/SR_Forestry_EN.pdf
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 395 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Although rural development spending has been available to support mainly two forestry measures, several other rural development measures could have had an impact on forests; regrets though the fact that the European Commission does not track forestry expenditure under other rural development measures;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to better promote the other EU financing sources, like the LIFE programme, Horizon Europe, the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the EIB Natural Capital Financing Facility;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 399 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Takes note of the European Commission’s conclusion that forestry aid measures have not created any significant distortion of competition in the internal market and in the light of this experience, it should be therefore possibly to exempt those aid measures from the notification obligation irrespective of whether they are co-financed by EAFRD; calls on the European Commission to consider eligible under the aid for forest- environmental and climate services and forest conservation also the commitments regarding the protection and strict of protection of forests stemming from the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030; calls on the European Commission to prolong the undertaking of these commitments for periods longer than seven years, especially in the case of strictly protected forest areas;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the important contribution of existing certification schemes to the further uptake of sustainable forest management and as an essential tool to meet EUTR requirements8a; takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing a voluntary ‘closer-to-nature’ certification scheme; encourages the Commission to cooperate with existing certification schemes and believes that to create added value, the certification must be based on a mandatory framework with clear requirements and must offer foresters a price premium for the provision of ecosystem services; calls on the European Commission, after concluding the work on the "closer-to-nature" definition, to assess both the added value and the costs for forest owners of such a certification scheme; _________________ 8a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/afa5e0df-fb19-11eb- b520-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 444 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the importance of the forestry sector as a provider of jobs in rural communities and notes with high concern the steady decline of 7% in employment in the forestry and logging sector between 2000 and 2019, according to EUROSTAT9a and the high number of accidents in the sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor the effects of measures taken under the strategy on employment and work safety and highlights the importance of making this type of employment attractive, taking measures to increase the safety of work and adequately training workers; _________________ 9a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Forests,_forest ry_and_logging#Employment_and_appar ent_labour_productivity_in_forestry_and_ logging
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the importance of attracting young people and female entrepreneurs in the sector, especially in the context of digital and green transitions of the forest-based activities; welcomes the Commission proposals to promote the establishment of a skills partnership under the Pact for Skills and make use of the European Social Fund Plus to work together to increase the number of upskilling and reskilling opportunities in forestry, creating quality jobs and providing workers with opportunities and adequate working conditions in the wood-based bioeconomy;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 463 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of accurate, integrated and up-to-date data on Europe’s forests and takes note of the initiative for a legislative proposal for a framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection, in full respect of the subsidiarity principle; underlines that the broad availability, high quality and transparency of data are preconditions to meeting the goals of the strategy and believes that to deliver added value the framework must build on existing mechanisms and processes through a bottom-up approach to best use the expertise and experience present in the Member States, developed according to internationally agreed commitments and their related Member States' competencies;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 473 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that in order to ensure the availability of high-quality data, remote sensing technologies must be combined and proof checked with data acquired by ground-based monitoring and must be interpreted in close cooperation with local experts;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 485 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note of the idea to introduce strategic plans for forests under the framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; further notes that several Member States already have national strategies for forests in place, therefore work duplication and increasing administrative burden must be avoided;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 492 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that due to the multi- functional contribution of forests to high- level EU goals and the different administrative levels and stakeholder groups involved, the cornerstones of the strategy’s implementation must be close cooperation and the exchange of best practices with national and regional experts, stakeholders, private and public forest managers, scientists and civil society; underlines that governance must take EU and Member State engagement in international processes into account;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Highlights the importance of the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork to properly involve stakeholders in the development and implementation of EU forest related policies;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes the extensive and sometimes contradictory overlap among policies and legislation that impact forests and the forestry sector and stresses the importance of aligning them; calls on the Commission and the Directorates Generals with forest related competences to work strategically to ensure coherence in any forestry related work and enhance the sustainable management of forests, in full respect of the subsidiarity principle;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 517 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Expresses its concern about reports of illegal logging, firmly condemns that illegal logging and deforestation have resulted in cases of murder and violence against forestry personnel, journalists and activists and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to effectively implement relevant national and EU legislation and define illegal logging;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 520 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Member States to encourage the commercialisation of felled wood and trimmed wood/roundwood, instead of living trees from publicly- owned forests, as a method to prevent illegal logging and overexploitation, which would give state authorities more control over the volume of cut and commercialised wood, thereby discouraging illegal practices by privately contracted firms;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 523 #

2022/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Calls on the European Commission to promote mirror clauses in international bioeconomy markets and to make use of pan-European and international partnerships and foreign trade agreements to promote the EU’s climate ambition and the sustainability of forest use outside the EU;
2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and in line with life-cycle thinking to deliver the best overall environmental outcome, the measures provided for under this Regulation aim at reducing the amount of packaging placed on the market in terms of its volume and weight, and preventing the generation of packaging waste, especially through packaging minimisation, avoiding packaging where it is not needed, and increased re-use of packaging, paying full attention to the hygienic and sanitary implications of product handling for, inter alia, dairy products, such as butter, in order to avoid risks to consumer health and safety. In addition, the measures aim at increasing the use of recycled content in packaging, especially in plastic packaging where the uptake of recycled content is very low, as well as higher recycling rates for all packaging and high quality of the resulting secondary raw materials while reducing other forms of recovery and final disposal.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 114 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Fostering a sustainable bio- economy can contribute to decreasing Europe's dependence on imported raw materials. Improving market conditions for bio-based recyclable packaging and compostable biodegradable packaging and reviewing existing law hampering the use of those materials offers the opportunity to stimulate further research and innovation and to substitute fossil fuel-based feedstocks with renewable sources for the production of packaging, where beneficial from a lifecycle perspective, and support further organic recycling.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) In order to establish harmonised rules on packaging design to ensure its recyclability, without compromising its functionality, the power to adopt delegated acts should be delegated to the Commission to set out detailed criteria for packaging design for recycling per packaging materials and categories, as well as for the assessment of the packaging recyclability at scale including for categories of packaging not listed in this Regulation. In order to give economic operators and Member States sufficient time to collect and report the necessary data to establish the “at scale” recycling methodology, the manufacturers should ensure that packaging is recycled at scale as of 2035. That should ensure that packaging complies with the design for recycling criteria, and is also recycled in practice on the basis of the state of the art processes for separate collection, sorting and recycling.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unitbatch of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 29 a (new)
(29a) 'traceability’ means the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food- producing animal or substance intended to be, or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed, through all stages of production, processing and distribution;
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 333 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 351 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin protected under Union legislation.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 452 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
5. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging alcoholic beverages in the form of wine, with the exception of sparkling wine, shall ensure that: (a) products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill; (b) those products are made available in reusable packaging within a system for re-use or by enabling refill.deleted from 1 January 2030, 5 % of those from 1 January 2040, 15 % of
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 476 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7
7. Economic operators using transport packaging in the form of pallets, plastic crates, foldable plastic boxes, pails and drums for the conveyance or packaging of products in conditions other than provided for under paragraphs 12 and 13 shall ensure that: (a) such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for re-use; (b) such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for re-use.deleted from 1 January 2030, 30 % of from 1 January 2040, 90 % of
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 514 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. The packaging design subject to geographical indications of origin protected under Union legislation shall not comply with paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 556 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. They shall, to that end, submit an application for registration in each Member State where they make packaging available on the market for the first time. Where a producer has appointed a producer responsibility organisation as referred to in Article 41(1), the obligations set out in this Article shall be met by that organisation, unless otherwise specified by the Member State in which the register is established.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 580 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall endeavour to establish and maintain deposit and return systems in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, beverage cartons and for reusable packaging. Member States shall endeavour to ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging where technically and economically feasible.deleted
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 588 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 6
Flower pots intended to be used only for the selling and transporting of plants and not intended to stay with the plant throughout its life time
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 597 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 15
Flower pots used throughout different stages of production or intended to staybe sold with the plant throughout its life time
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 607 #

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part I – point 6
6. Legal requirements: the packaging design shall ensure that the packaging and packaged product can comply with the applicable legislation including the protection of geographical indications and relevant intellectual property rights protected under Union legislation.
2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The aim of this Regulation is to develop a voluntary Union certification framework for carbon removals and carbon farming, with the view to incentivise the uptake of high- quality carbon removals, in full respect of the biodiversity and the zero-pollution objectives. It is a tool to support the achievement of the Union objectives under the Paris Agreement, notably the goal of collective climate neutrality by 2050 laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . The Union also committed to generate negative emissions after 2050. In accordance with Regulation 2021/119 priority should be given to reduction in direct emissions which will have to be complemented by carbon removals. An important instrument to enhance carbon removals in terrestrial ecosystems is Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 , which is currently under review, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/83925 . The objective of the review is to set out a Union net removals target of 310 Mt CO2 eq by 2030, and to allocate respective targets to each Member State. __________________ 24 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’) (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1). 25 Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1).
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Union certification framework will support the development of carbon removal activities in the Union that result in an unambiguous net carbon removal benefit, while avoiding greenwashing. In the case of carbon farming, such certification framework should also encourage the uptake of carbon removal activities, or of those activities which preserve existing carbon stores, that generate co-benefits for biodiversity, therefore achieving the nature restoration targets set out in Union law on nature restoration. The Union certification framework will be instrumental in meeting the Union climate change mitigation objectives set in international agreements and in the Union legislation.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The different types of carbon removal activities vary in terms of the removal process, the storage medium and the timescales of the storage, which can vary from decades to centuries for carbon farming or storage in certain products, to permanent storage in geological formations. For this reason, different rules should be set out for these kind of activities.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
(5 b) The scope of carbon farming covered under the Union carbon removal certification framework should be consistent with the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/841, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/839, and of the reporting under that Regulation in the national greenhouse gas inventories.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) This Regulation should set out the requirements under which carbon removals and carbon farming should be eligible for certification under the Union certification framework. To this end, carbon removals and carbon farming should be quantified in an accurate and robust way taking into account their level of uncertainty in order to limit the risk of overestimating the quantity of CO2 removed from the atmosphere; and they should be generated only by carbon removal activities that generate a net carbon removal benefit, are additional, aim to ensure long-term storage of carbon, and have a neutral impact or co-benefit on sustainability objectives. Furthermore, carbon removals should be subject to independent third-party auditing in order to ensure the credibility and reliability of the certification process. Mandatory Union carbon pricing rules established through Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council26 are in place which regulate the treatment of emissions from activities covered by that Directive. This Regulation should be without prejudice to Directive 2003/87/EC, except in relation to the certification of removals of emissions from sustainable biomass which are zero-rated in accordance with Annex IV thereto. __________________ 26 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) This Regulation should set out the requirements under which carbon removals should be eligible for certification under the Union certification framework. To this end, carbon removals should be quantified in an accurate and robust way; and they should be generated only by carbon removal activities that generate a net carbon removal benefit or enable the maintenance of existing carbon pools, are additional, aim to ensure long-term storage of carbon, and have a neutral impact or co- benefit on sustainability objectives. Furthermore, carbon removals should be subject to independent third-party auditing in order to ensure the credibility and reliability of the certification process. Mandatory Union carbon pricing rules established through Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council26 are in place which regulate the treatment of emissions from activities covered by that Directive. This Regulation should be without prejudice to Directive 2003/87/EC, except in relation to the certification of removals of emissions from sustainable biomass which are zero-rated in accordance with Annex IV thereto. __________________ 26 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 104 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) A carbon removal activity should result in a net carbon removal benefit showing that it delivers a positive climate impact. The net carbon removal benefit should be computed following two steps. First, operators should quantify the amount of additional carbon removals that a carbon removal activity has generated in comparison to a baseline. A standardised baseline reflecting the standard performance of comparable activities in similar social, economic, environmental and technological circumstances and geographical locations should be preferred because it ensures objectivity, minimises compliance and other administrative costs, and positively recognises the action of first movers who have already engaged in carbon removal activities. In the context of carbon farming, the use of available digital technologies, including electronic databases and geographic information systems, remote sensing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and of electronic maps should be promoted to decrease the costs of establishing baselines and of monitoring carbon removal activities. However, where it is not possible to set such a standardised baseline, a project-specific baseline based on the operator’s individual performance may be used. In order to reflect the social, economic, environmental and technological developments and to encourage ambition over time in line with the Paris Agreement, baselines should be periodically updated, while keeping the administrative burden manageable, in particular for individual operators.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Carbon removals should be quantified in a relevant, accurate, complete, consistent and comparable manner. Uncertainties in the quantification should be duly reported and accounted in order to limit the risk of overestimating the quantity of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere and should be publicly available through an Union register in order to ensure transparency and traceability to carbon removal unit certificates. Carbon removals generated by carbon farming should be quantified with a high level of accuracy to assure the highest quality and minimise uncertainties. Moreover, in order to incentivise synergies between Union climate and biodiversity objectives, enhanced monitoring of land needs to be required, thereby helping to protect and enhance the resilience of nature-based carbon removals throughout the Union. The satellite and on-site monitoring and reporting of emissions and removals need to closely reflect those approaches, and make the best use of advanced technologies available under Union programmes, such as Copernicus, making full use of already existing tools, and ensure consistency with the national greenhouse gas inventories.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Carbon removal activities and carbon farming have a strong potential to deliver win-win solutions for sustainability, even if trade- offs cannot be excluded. Therefore, it is appropriate to establish minimum environmental, economic and social sustainability requirements to ensure that carbon removal activities have at least a neutral impact or generate co-benefits for the sustainability objectives of climate change mitigation and adaptation, the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems, the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, the transition to a circular economy, and pollution prevention and controlprotection of soil quality and prevention of erosion, the fair remuneration of operators, the protection of employment, the transition to a circular economy, and pollution prevention and control. Furthermore, carbon farming should not have a negative impact on food production and food supply in the Union or in the third countries. Those sustainability requirements should, as appropriate, and taking into consideration local conditions, build on the technical screening criteria for Do Not Significant Harm concerning forestry activities and underground permanent geological storage of CO2, laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/213928 , and on the sustainability criteria for forest and agriculture biomass raw material laid down in Article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . Practices, such as forest monocultures, that produce harmful effects for biodiversity should not be eligible for certification. __________________ 28 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 of 4 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives (OJ L 442, 9.12.2021, p. 1). 29 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Farming practices that remove CO2 from the atmosphere contribute to the climate neutrality objective and should be rewarded, either via the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) or other public or private initiatives such as sustainable private finance, contractual arrangements along supply chain, voluntary carbon markets and product claims.. Specifically, this Regulation should take into account farming practices as referenced in the Communication on Sustainable Carbon Cycles30 . __________________ 30 Communication from the Commission, Sustainable Carbon Cycles, COM (20221) 800.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) quality criteria for carbon removal and carbon farming activities that take place in the Union;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 219 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) rules for the verification and certification of carbon removals and carbon farming;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ‘carbon farming’ means a carbon removal or reduction activity related to land management that results in the increase of carbon storage in living biomass, dead organic matter and soils by enhancing carbon capture and/or reducing the release of carbon to the atmosphere;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Carbon removals and carbon farming shall be eligible for certification under this Regulation where they meet bothall of the following conditions:
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the minimum information on the carbon removal or carbon farming to be included in the Union registry referred to in Article 12 has been provided by the certification scheme to the Commission in accordance with Annex 2a.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Net carbon removal benefit = CRbaseline – CRtotal – GHGreduction – GHGincrease > 0
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 307 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) GHGreduction is the emission reduction of GHG emissions accounted for in CO2 or CO2 equivalent, achieved through the implementation of the carbon farming activity.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 516 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. By 31 July 2026, the Commission should assess how biogenic emissions reduction resulting from carbon farming activity may be accounted towards the Union 2040 climate target and, if appropriate, present a legislative proposal to amend Article 1a paragraph 2 of this Regulation.
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 525 #

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II a (new)
ANNEX II a Minimum information to be included in the Union registry The Union registry shall include the following minimum information: (a) the certification methodology for each carbon removal activity, in accordance with Article 8; (b) information on the certificates and updated certificates, including disaggregated for each carbon removal unit, in accordance with Article 9; (c) the current status of the carbon removal unit (active, retired/in use, expired), log of transactions of the unit and, if applicable, the current holder and purpose for which a unit is held; (d) the certification audit report and, where applicable, updated audit report, in accordance with Article 9; (e) the list of certification bodies accredited in accordance with Article 10(1), the applicable certification body for a certificate, and any notification of non- conformity of a certification body, in accordance with Article 10(4); (f) the rules and procedures of certification schemes, in accordance with Article 11(2); (g) the annual report about the operations of certification schemes, in accordance with Article 14;
2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) As recognised in the Preamble to the 2014 Protocol to Convention No. 29 on forced labour (‘ILO Convention No. 29’) of the International Labour Organization (‘ILO’), forced labour constitutes a serious violation of human dignity and fundamental human rights, contributes to the perpetuation of poverty and stands in the way of the achievement of decent work for all. The ILO declared the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour as a principle concerning the fundamental rights. The ILO classifies ILO Convention No. 29, the 2014 Protocol to Convention No. 29 and the ILO Convention No.105 on the abolition of forced labour (‘ILO Convention No.105’) as fundamental ILO Conventions16and issued recommendation to prevent, eliminate, and remedy forced labour17b. Forced labour covers a wide variety of coercive labour practices where work or service, mainly in productive sectors, such as processing, agriculture and fisheries, in particular in third countries involved in trading relations with the EU, and services, such as transportation, storage and logistics, is exacted from any persons under threat have not offered it themselvesof a penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily. 17c _________________ 16 https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/introd uction-to-international-labour- standards/conventions-and- recommendations/lang--en/index.htm. 17b ILO Forced Labour (Supplementary Measures) Recommendation, 2014. 17c The ILO definition of forced labour according to the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 19230 (No. 29), What is forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking (Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking) (ilo.org).
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 30 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The use of forced labour is widespread in the world. It is estimated that about 27.6 million people were in forced labour in 2021.18Vulnerable and marginalised groups in a society are particularly susceptible to be pressured into performing forced labour. Even when it is not state imposed, forced labour is often a consequence of a lack of good governance of certain economic operators. Women and girls make up to 11.8 million of the total in forced labour. More than 3.3 million of all those in forced labour are children. Between 2016 and 2021 the estimated number of people in forced labour increased by 2.7 million18a.Vulnerable and marginalised groups in a society, such as women, children, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, lower casters, indigenous and tribal people, migrants, especially if they are undocumented, with a precarious status and in the informal economy, are particularly susceptible to be pressured into performing forced labour. Even when it is not state imposed, forced labour is often a consequence of a lack of good governance of certain economic operators. Unfair purchasing practices by economic operators can lead to labour rights violation in the value chain, especially in the field of agriculture, fisheries, textile, road transport and logistics, mainly in third countries involved in trading relations with the EU. _________________ 18 The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733. pdf. 18a The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733 .pdf.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 40 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The eradication of forced labour is a priority for the Union. Respect for human dignity and the universality and indivisibility of human rights are firmly enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. Article 5(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union andexplicitly prohibits slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour and trafficking in human beings. Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights provide that no one is to be required to perform forced or compulsory labour. The European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly interpreted Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights as requiring Member States to penalise and effectively prosecute any act maintaining a person in the situations described set out in Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.19Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union recognizes the right of every worker to fair and just working conditions, which respect his or her health, safety and dignity. The right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial is laid down in Article 47 thereof. _________________ 19 For instance paras. 89 and 102 in Siliadin v. France or para. 105 in Chowdury and Others v. Greece.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 44 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) All Member States have ratified the original fundamental ILO Conventions on forced labour and child labour.20They are therefore legally obliged to prevent and eliminate the use of forced labour and to report regularly to the ILO, while some Member States have not yet ratified the 2014 Protocol to Convention No. 29, which guarantees victims protection and access to appropriate and effective remedies, such as compensation. According to the ILO, remediation remains one of the key policy priorities for addressing forced labour21a. _________________ 20 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---europe/---ro-geneva/---ilo- brussels/documents/publication/wcms_195 135.pdf. 21a ILO Global Estimates of modern slavery: forced labour and forced marriage, 2022.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 47 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Through its policies and legislative initiatives the Union seeks to eradicate the use of forced labour. It is inherently linked to the promotion of decent working conditions, such as the right to organise and take collective action, social dialogue, freedom of association, collective bargaining, sustainable business conduct and social protection. The Union promotes due diligence in accordance with international guidelines and principles established by international organisations, including the ILO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (hereinafter “OECD”) and the United Nations (hereinafter “UN”), to ensure that forced labour does not find a place neither in the value chains of undertakings established in the Un, nor in goods and services that are to be made available on the Union market or to be exported. Any due diligence of the economic operator in the value chain shall only be relevant insofar as it relates to evidence of remediation.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 53 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The prohibition of products and services for which forced labour has been used should contribute to the international efforts to abolish forced labour. The definition of ‘forced labour’ should therefore be aligned with the definition laid down in ILO Convention No. 29. The definition of ‘forced labour applied by state authorities’ should be aligned with ILO Convention No. 105, which prohibits specifically the use of forced labour as punishment for the expression of political views, for the purposes of economic development, as a means of labour discipline, as a punishment for participation in strikes, or as a means of racial, religious or other discrimination.31It should be the responsibility of the economic operator concerned to demonstrate that its product or service was manufactured or provided without using forced labour and that any use of forced labour was remediated. _________________ 31 What is forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking (Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking) (ilo.org) and the ILO Conventions No. 29 and No. 105 referred therein.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘forced labour’ means forced or compulsory labour as defined inall work or service exacted from any person under threat of a penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention on Forced Labour, 1930 (No. 29) of the International Labour Organization, including forced child labour;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘forced labour imposed by state authorities’ means the use of forced labour: - as described ina means of political coercion or education or as a punishment for holding or expressing political views or views ideologically opposed to the established political, social or economic system; - as a method of mobilising and using labour for purposes of economic development; - as a means of labour discipline; - as a punishment for having participated in strikes; or - as a means of racial, social, national or religious discrimination, in accordance with Article 1 of the Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957 (No. 105) of the International Labour Organization;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 65 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘due diligence in relation to forced labour’ means the efforts by an economic operator to implement mandatory requidentify, premvents, voluntary guidelines, recommendations or practices to identify, prevent, mitigate or bring to an end the use of forced labourbring to an end and remediate forced labour in its operations and value chain, with respect to its products and services that are to be made available on the Union market or to be exported, whereby brining to an end forced labour does not mean disengagement as first resort;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) As recognised in the Preamble to the 2014 Protocol to Convention No. 29 on forced labour (‘ILO Convention No. 29’) of the International Labour Organization (‘ILO’), forced labour constitutes a serious violation of human dignity and fundamental human rights. The ILO declared the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour as a principle concerning the fundamental rights. The ILO classifies ILO Convention No. 29, the 2014 Protocol to Convention No. 29 and the ILO Convention No.105 on the abolition of forced labour (‘ILO Convention No.105’) as fundamental ILO Conventions16. Forced labour covers a wide variety of coercive labour practices where work or service , mainly in productive sectors, such as processing, agriculture and fisheries, in particular in third countries involved in trading relations with the EU,or service, such as transportation, storage, cleaning or logistics,is exacted from persons that have not offered it themselves voluntarily.17 _________________ 16 https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/introd uction-to-international-labour- standards/conventions-and- recommendations/lang--en/index.htm. 17 The ILO definition of forced labour according to the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 19230 (No. 29), What is forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking (Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking) (ilo.org).
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 72 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Before initiating an investigation in accordance with Article 5(1), the competent authority shall request from the economic operators under assessment information on actions taken to identify, prevent, mitigate or bring to an end risks ofand remediate forced labour in their operations and value chains with respect to the products and services under assessment, including on the basis of any of the following:
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 72 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 requires, inter alia, fishing activities to be managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic, social and employment benefits, as well as to ensure a level- playing field and a culture of compliance within the Union. Fishing activities conducted with the use of forced labour undermine the achievement of these CFP objectives. In addition, they contribute to creating unfair competition among operators, in particular due to lower costs resulting from the use of social sub- standards, and increase the risk of fishery products made with such exploitative practices entering the EU market. For those reasons, fisheries control rules should be strengthened to provide for effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties, including the attribution of points, against those committing fishing activities with the use of forced labour.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 73 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) oftenly contributes to the perpetuation of forced labour;
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 77 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) All Member States have ratified the fundamental ILO Conventions on forced labour and child labour.20, while some of them have not yet ratified the 2014 Protocol to Convention No. 29, which guarantees victims protection and access to appropriate and effective remedies, such as compensation.They are therefore legally obliged to prevent and eliminate the use of forced labour and to report regularly to the ILO. _________________ 20 https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---europe/---ro-geneva/---ilo- brussels/documents/publication/wcms_195 135.pdf.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 82 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The prohibitionimport and export ban of products and services should contribute to the international efforts to abolish forced labour. The definition of ‘forced labour’ should therefore be aligned with the definition laid down in ILO Convention No. 29. The definition of ‘forced labour applied by state authorities’ should be aligned with ILO Convention No. 105, which prohibits specifically the use of forced labour as punishment for the expression of political views, for the purposes of economic development, as a means of labour discipline, as a punishment for participation in strikes, or as a means of racial, religious or other discrimination.31 _________________ 31 What is forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking (Forced labour, modern slavery and human trafficking) (ilo.org) and the ILO Conventions No. 29 and No. 105 referred therein.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The competent authorities of the Member States and the European Commission should monitor the market to identify violations of the prohibition. In appointing those competent authorities, Member States should ensure that those authorities have sufficient resources and that their staff has the necessary competences and knowledge, especially with regard to human rights, value chain management and due diligence processes. Competent authorities should closely coordinate with national labour inspections and judicial and law enforcement authorities, including those responsible for the fight against trafficking in human beings in such a way as to avoid jeopardising investigations by such authorities.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 86 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to increase the effectiveness of the prohibition, competent authorities should grant reasonable timeand the European Comission should grant 30 working days to economic operators to identify, mitigate, prevent and bring to an end the risk of forced labour.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 87 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Before initiating an investigation, competent authorities should request from the economic operators under assessment information on actions taken to mitigate, prevent or, bring to an end risks ofand remediate forced labour in their operations and value chains with respect to the products under assessment. Carrying out such due diligence in relation to forced labour should help the economic operator to be at a lower risk of having forced labour in its operations and value chains. Appropriate due diligence means that forced labour issues in the value chain have been identified and addressed in accordance with relevant Union legislation and international standards. That implies that where the competent authority considers that there is no substantiated concern of a violation of the prohibition, for instance due to, but not limited to the applicable legislation, guidelines, recommendations or any other due diligence in relation to forced labour being applied in a way that mitigates, prevents and brings to an end the risk of forced labour, no investigation should be initiated.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 89 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) During the preliminary phase of investigation, competent authoritiesCompetent authorities and the European Commission should focus on the economic operators involved in the steps of the value chain where there is a higher risk of forced labour with respect to the products or services under investigation, also taking into account their size and economic resources, the quantity of products or services concerned and the scale of the suspected forced labour.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 90 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Competent authorities, when requesting information during the investigation, should prioritise to the extent possible and consistent with the effective conduct of the investigation the economic operators under investigation that are involved in the steps of the value chain as close as possible to where the likely risk of forced labour occurs and take into account the size and economic resources of the economic operators, the quantity of products and services concerned, as well as the scale of suspected forced labour.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 91 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) Competent authorities and the European Commission should bear the burden of establishing that forced labour has been used at any stage of production, manufacture, harvest or extraction of a product, including working or processing related to the product on the basis of all information and evidence gathered during the investigation, including its preliminary phase. To ensure their right to due process, economic operators should have the opportunity to provide information in their defence to the competent authorities throughout the investigation. When the products and services originate from high-risk areas, as established in the database, the economic operators should bear the burden of proof that forced labour has not been used at any stage of the value chain.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 92 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
11 Database of forced labour risk areas or products
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 93 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall call upon external expertise to provide an indicative, non-exhaustive, verifiable and, regularly updated and publically accessible database of forced labour risks in specific geographic areas, production sites, sectors or with respect to specific products and services including with regard to forced labour imposed by state authorities. The database shall be based on the guidelines referred to in Article 23, points (a), (b) and (c), and relevant external sources of information from, amongst others, international organisations and third country authorities. This database shall be easily accessible. The Commission, after consultation with competent authorities, trade unions and other stakeholders, may presume that products or services originating from countries or regions with systematic and wide spread forced labour practices, as identified by the Commission, or from countries and regions listed in the database, were manufactured or provided using forced labour. It shall be the responsibility of the economic operator concerned to demonstrate that its product or service was manufactured or provided without using forced labour and that any use of forced labour was remediated. The database shall include an archive of previous decisions.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 94 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) CWhen competent authorities thatand the European Commission establish that economic operators violated the prohibition, they should without delay prohibit the placing and making available of such products or services on the Union market and their export from the Union, and require the economic operators that have been investigated to withdraw the relevant products already made available from the Union market and have them destroyed, rendered inoperable, or otherwis. These products should be made available in the interest of charitable organisations, that benefits public interests, or should be recycled and ultimately, if none of the above work, should be disposed of, in accordance with national law consistent with Union law, including Union legislation on waste management, following a cascading principle.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 96 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) If the economic operators fail to comply with the decision of the competent authorities by the end of the established timeframe, the competent authorities should ensure that the relevant products are prohibited from being placed or made available on the Union market, exported or withdrawn from the Union market and that any such products remaining with the relevant economic operators are destroyed, rendered inoperable, or otherwisshould be made available in the interest of charitable organisations, that benefits public interests, or should be recycled and ultimately, if none of the above work, should be disposed of, in accordance with national law consistent with Union law, including Union legislation on waste management at the expense of the economic operators, following a cascading principle.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘forced labour imposed by state authorities’ means the use of forced labour: - as described ina means of political coercion or education or as a punishment for holding or expressing political views or views ideologically opposed to the established political, social or economic system; - as a method of mobilising and using labour for purposes of economic development; - as a means of labour discipline; - as a punishment for having participated in strikes;or - as a means of racial, social, national or religious discrimination, in accordance with Article 1 of the Convention on the Abolition of Forced Labour, 1957 (No. 105) of the International Labour Organization;
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 102 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘due diligence in relation to forced labour’ means the efforts by an economic operator to implement mandatory requirements, voluntary guidelines, recommendations or practices to identify, prevent, mitigate or bring to an end the use ofand remediate forced labour in its operations and value chain, with respect to its products and services that are to be made available on the Union market or to be exported, whereby bringing to an end forced labour does not mean disengagement as first resort;
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 106 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A Union Network Against Forced Labour Products (‘the Network’) is established and led by the Commission. The Network shall serve as a platform for structured coordination and cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission, and to streamline the practices of enforcement of this Regulation within the Union, thereby making enforcement more effective and coherent.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 107 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The Network shall be composed of one representatives from each Member States’ competent authority, representatives from the Commission and, where appropriate, experts from the customs authoritie and representatives from the Commission as well as one independent expert appointed by the European Parliament and four representatives of European social partners as observers. Each Member State shall nominate a representative and an alternate representative from its competent authority. Cross-industry social partner organisations at Union level may designate four representatives as observers to the Network with an equal representation of trade union and employer organisations.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
[...]deleted
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 109 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall chair the Network and ensure its secretariat. The Network shall invite a representative of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), a representative of the European Labour Authority (ELA) and representatives of EFTA States that are contracting parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area as observers to its meetings. It may also invite representatives of Union delegations and other Union bodies, representatives of third country authorities, stakeholder organisations and other relevant experts to attend the meetings of the Network.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2022/0269(COD)

3. Before initiating an investigation in accordance with Article 5(1), the competent authority shall request from the economic operators under assessment information on actions taken to identify, prevent, mitigate or bring to an end risks ofand remediate forced labour in their operations and value chains with respect to the products and services under assessment, including on the basis of any of the following:
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 111 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) set up a contact point for persons, economic operators and other stakeholders, who wish to report suspected violations of Article 3 of this Regulation, and establish follow-up procedures;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 113 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) improve the knowledge of wide- spread and systematic forced labour and its root causes, including poverty, inequalities, systemic discrimination, lack of social protection and education, disrespect of collective rights and a lack of efficient labour inspections, through studies and research, also in view of expanding the data base referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 114 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) contribute to the development of guidancedevelop guidelines to ensure the effective and uniform application of this Regulation and monitor its enforcement in the Member States;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) to promote the cooperation and exchange of expertise and best practices between competent authorities and customs authorities;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 116 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(fa) promote the cooperation and exchange of expertise and best practices with the competent authorities of third countries, international organisations and other relevant actors and bodies;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point f c (new)
(fc) monitor the redirection of products, which were refused for release for free circulation or export, to be used in the interest of the public;
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall assess all information and evidence gathered pursuant to Articles 4 and 5 and, on that basis, establish whether Article 3 has been violated, within a reasonable period of time30 working days from the date they initiated the investigation pursuant to Article 5(1).
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 120 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point f d (new)
(fd) provide information and make recommendations regarding forced labour to the Commission and other relevant Union bodies.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 121 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall support and encourage cooperation between enforcement authorities through the Network and participate in the meetings of the Network.
2023/05/05
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 127 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Database of forced labour risk areas or products
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 130 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall call upon external expertise to provide an indicative, non-exhaustive, verifiable and regularly updated database of forced labour risks in specific geographic areas or with respect to specific products including with regard to forced labour imposed by state authorities. The database shall be based on the guidelines referred to in Article 23, points (a), (b) and (c), and relevant external sources of information from, amongst others, international organisations and third country authorities. This database shall be easily accessible.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 142 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – title
Union Network Against Forced Labour Products
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 144 #

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A Union Network Against Forced Labour Products (‘the Network’) is established. The Network shall be lead by the European Commission and shall serve as a platform for structured coordination and cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and the Commission, and to streamline the practices of enforcement of this Regulation within the Union, thereby making enforcement more effective and coherent.
2023/06/01
Committee: PECH
Amendment 122 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41noted that the Union must act without delay to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding EU-widereduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system42. _________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system recalled the need for robust, scientific ex ante impact assessments, covering sustainability from the economic, social and environmental perspectives and the need to take into account cumulative effects, possible trade-offs, the availability of the means to achieve the targets and different farming models across the Member States as part of any legislative proposals under the Farm to Fork Strategy; deplores the fact that the European Commission has not yet published the additional analysis promissed and is highly concerned by the fact that the European Parliament is amending the regulation in the absence of the impact assessment's supplement.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Acknowledges the concerns of the European Commission expressed in the Commission Staff Working Document “Impact Assessment report” regarding the way the current implementation of the SUD led and is expected to lead to varying levels of pesticide use and risk, different levels of protection of human health and the environment and uneven competition on the international market. Yet, the Commission’s proposal fails to explain how the newly proposed regulation is going to solve these disparities, as expressed by the Regulatory Scrutiny Board.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Takes account of the two overall opinions issued by the Regulatory Scrutiny Board, the first one negative, and a second one positive with reservations, both outlining the lack of evidence in terms of how the EU reduction targets will be measured or allocated, in such a way to ensure a fair burden sharing between Member States;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) In case the additional impact assessment which is expected to be published on the 28th of June raises risks concerning EU food security, Chapter II of this regulation should be reassessed.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 136 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’47set out a roadmap of key measures, including legislative, to significantly reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides. In the Farm to Fork Strategy48, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203049and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50, the Commission committed to take action to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk from chemical pesticides by 2030 and reduce by 50% the use of more hazardous pesticides (plant protection products containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council51and listed in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201152, or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/40853) by 2030. The sustainable use of plant protection products is also complementary to the promotion of organic farming and achieving the Farm to Fork Strategy target of at least 25% of the Union’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. It supports the objectives of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work54and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment. As plant breeding and seed production contribute to the overall reduction targets, through the marketing of resistant varieties and the supply of healthy seeds to the market, the above mentioned activities are exempt from the overall reduction targets. _________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The European Green Deal COM/2019/640 final. 48 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, COM/2020/381 final. 49 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives, COM/2020/380 final. 50 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil', COM(2021) 400 final. 51 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 52 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1). 53 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18). 54 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, COM/2021/323 final.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 142 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Two European citizens’ initiatives address the use of pesticides and call for ambitious reduction targets. The initiative ‘Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides’ submitted to the Commission on 6 October 2017 called on the Commission, under its third aim, ‘to set EU-wide mandatory reduction targets for pesticide use, with a view to achieving a pesticide- free future’. In its reply adopted on 12 December 2017, the Commission stated that it would re-evaluate the need for EU- wide mandatory targets for pesticides. More recently, the initiative ‘Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment’ calls on the Commission ‘to propose legal acts to phase out synthetic pesticides in EU agriculture by 80% by 2030, starting with the most hazardous, and to become free of synthetic by 2035.’ The initiative has collected over 1 million statements of support by 30 September 2021 which are currently being verified by Member States authorities.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In its conclusions of 19 October 202056, the Council of the European Union, when taking note of the Commission’s reduction targets for the use of pesticides set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, pointed out that achieving those targets will require efforts from Member States and all stakeholders and intensive co- operation, consultation and collaboration. Members States requested that the EC base its legislative proposals on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments taking into account the cumulative effect of the legislative proposals, including their effects on EU agriculture competitiveness and farmer profitability.The Council also requested the Commission to ensure that these targets are Union targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level. The Council conclusions request such targets to be set taking into account achievements to date, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions. Finally, the Council also highlighted the importance of ensuring adequate and scientifically- sound integrated pest management measures and the promotion of the use of sustainable alternative plant protection products and methods, especially through use of digital and precision agriculture technology. _________________ 56 Brussels, 19 October 2020, 12099/20.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In its conclusions of 19 October 202056, the Council of the European Union, when taking note of the Commission’s reduction targets for the use of pesticides set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, pointed out that achieving those targets will require efforts from Member States and all stakeholders and intensive co- operation, consultation and collaboration. The Council also requested the Commission to ensure that these targets are Union targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level. The Council conclusions request such targets to be set taking into account achievements to date, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions. The Council also stressed that the EU trade policy should contribute to enhancing cooperation with third countries and should seek to obtain ambitious commitments from them in key areas, including the sustainable use of pesticides and antimicrobials and requested the Commission to perform impact assessments for those trade agreements and make the results available well before the final phase of the negotiation. The Council also welcomed the intended revision of the import tolerances applications, taking into account environmental aspects; _________________ 56 Brussels, 19 October 2020, 12099/20.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are a sustainable controlis one type of alternative to the use of chemical products, which can be combined with other solutions such as innovative agricultural equipment, sustainable agronomic practices, etc. for the control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257, biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and, high technology farming, conventional farming and especiallyorganic farming. Access to biological controls would facilitatesmoving away from chemical plant protection products and applying them as a last resort following the integrated pest management principles, including reduced use through precision farming techniques. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. _________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union and Member State levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. National contributions to the targets should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These binding national targetcontributions should also be achieved by Member States by 20305. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union and Member State levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. National targetcontributions should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These binding national targetnational contributions should also be achieved by Member States by 2030. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In March 2022, 12 Member States published a “non-paper” raising concerns about a draft legislative act and the sustainable use of pesticides and submitted it to Council. In June 2022, 10 Member States once again submitted a non-paper to the Council repeating the concerns shared in the previous non- paper. Concerning pesticide reduction targets, the Member States highlighted that the 50% reduction targets should apply to the EU as a whole. In December 2022, the Council agreed to trigger Article 241 of the TFEU, requesting the Commission to submit a study complementing the impact assessment of the Commission proposal to the Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 176 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and differences in intensity of pesticide use between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibility when setting their own binding national targets (“national 2030 reductionthe pragmatic level of flexibility to adapt their national contribution to the EU binding targets”). Intensity of use isand risk should best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the fotaking into account the specificities of each Member State in terms of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were appliedests, diseases and alternative products available on the market1a. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower into accounttheir nationalintensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. It is also appropriate to require them to take in relation tothe Union average and to otheir higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account Member States with similar conditionsin setting their national 2030 reduction targetcontributions. In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 2030 reduction targets, considering also the time lapsed from the moment each Member State became a member of the EU until the entry into force of this regulation, considering thus both the time and financial limitations, generated by, inter alia, the yet ongoing process of external convergence. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets only for those Member States which position themselves above the EU average. Member States geographically located at the EU's border, are exposed to pests from neighbouring third countries which use chemicals banned in the EU. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent, or the localisation in the immediate vecinity of third country neighbours,insularity and high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow these categories ofMember States to take into account the specific needs of these irregions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets contributionsand the annual progress made towards them EU- wide targetsshould be publicly accessible. _________________ 1a https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pd f/10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1416
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 180 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and, substantial differences in intensity of pesticide use between Member States, as well as the need for plant protection products to maintain a sufficient level of production, guaranteeing food security it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibility when setting their own binding national targets (“national 20305 reduction targetcontributions”). Intensity of use is best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the form of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were applied. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 20305 reduction targetcontributions. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 20305 reduction targets.contributions. Furtheremore, when designing their contributions, Member States should take into account market availability and affordability of low-risk and non- chemical alternative tools for plant protection since availability of suitable alternatives enables farmers to use chemicals as a last recourse following IPM principles In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 20305 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union- wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continentcontributions. Member States' territories, includig the EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean, should be allowed to take into account the specific needs of their different regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In some particular regions, tailor-made measures should be further developed to cope with problems derived from remoteness, insularity and/or high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions a. This should allow a case-by-case decision-making process regardsing the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and croplevel of pesticide reduction targets in both EU continental and outermost regions. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduct5 declared contribution to the Union target before 20305, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national5 reduction targetcontribution. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targetreduction contributions and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 183 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In its Staff Working Document on the Drivers of Food Security1a, the European Commission acknowledges that “Soil, water, biodiversity, and air are basic requirements for food production” and confirms that availability and access to food for consumers at reasonable prices are objectives that cannot be taken for granted. _________________ 1a Commission staff working document, “Drivers of Food Security”, published 04/01/2023, https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/ 2023- 01/SWD_2023_4_1_EN_document_travai l_service_part1_v2.pdf
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 184 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Whereas certain Member States are already under the EU average in terms of use of chemical pesticides and more hazardous pesticides while other Member States are considerably above, reduction efforts should be made by the latter.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draft and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as set out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out inMember States should describe the nactional action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environmens to be taken in order to contribute to the 2035 Union target. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the Unational 20305 reduction targets. In order to monitor compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on their contribution to the Union targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 197 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 20305 reduction targets’) as well as national 20305 reduction targetcontributions, it is necessary to increase the availability, accessibility and affordability of low-risk alternatives and use of biological control and other economically justified non-chemical alternatives, including new breeding, technological, and precision techniques. Availability and viability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming, conservation agriculture and low till farming.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 201 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 2030 reduction targets’) as well as national 2030 reduction targetcontributions, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of biological control and other non-chemical alternatives. A, through, inter alia, accelerating the legislative proposal for the new genomic techniques. Legislative provisions and availability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 211 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, including those under the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucial role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show in their national CAP Strategic Plans that their implementation of the CAP contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation. Beyond the CAP, there is a substantial need to deliver adequate funding to farmers to ensure they receive sufficient financial support to prevent productivity losses while enabling a sustainable and resilient European agriculture.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, includingother than those under the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucial role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show inalready drafted their national CAP Strategic Plans thatand the European Commission approved them. In order for their implementation of the CAP to contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation, the European Commission must propose additional financial instruments.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) For the sake of transparency and in order to encourage greater progress, it is necessary to measure the progress made by Member States in relation to the achievement of the national 2030 reduction targets and other national indicative reduction targets. This should be done without creating additional administrative burden for national competent authorities and farmers, on an annual basis by means of annual progress and implementation reports. In order to monitor the level of compliance with this Regulation in a streamlined, easily comparable manner, Member States should also include quantitative data in relation to the implementation of this Regulation as regards use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management. In order for the Commission to encourage progress towards achieving national 2030 reduction targets and other national indicative reduction targets, including any measures in support of such achievement, the Commission should analyse such progress and measures every 2 years.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) For the sake of transparency and in order to encourage greater progress, it is necessary to measure the progress made by Member States in relation to the achievement of the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions and other national indicative reduction targets. This should be done on an annual basis by means of annual progress and implementation reports. In order to monitor the level of compliance with this Regulation in a streamlined, easily comparable manner, Member States should also include quantitative data in relation to the implementation of this Regulation as regards use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management. In order for the Commission to encourage progress towards achieving national 20305 reduction targetcontributions and other national indicative reduction targets, including any measures in support of such achievement, the Commission should analyse such progress and measures every 2 years.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when there are no viable alternatives or all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 225 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rula guide of best practices in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products they apply or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 244 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Use of plant protection products may have particularly negative impacts in certain areas that are frequently used by the general public or by vulnerable groups, communities in which people live and work and ecologically sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council67and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68. If to be defined precisely at EU level and on a case-by-case scenario. If high-risk plant protection products are used in areas used by the general public, the possibility of exposure of humans to such plant protection products is high. In order to protect human health and the environment, the Member States may prohibit or restrict the use of plant protection products in sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas, should therefore be. If a physical buffer zone is already present, no addition buffer zones are needed. If prohibited.D, derogations from the prohibition should onlybe allowed under certain conditions and on a case-by-case basis. _________________ 67 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November for plant protection products authorised in accordance with Regulation 1107/2009 onfor the conservtinuation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 68 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7)existing agricultural activities or, under certain conditions, existing national legislation, and on a case-by-case basis.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 252 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Precision farming refers to agricultural management systems carefully tailoring crop management to fit localised conditions such as those found within land parcels. The application of existing technology, including the use of Union space data and services (Galileo and Copernicus), has the potential to significantly reduce pesticide usage. It is therefore necessary to provide for a legislative framework that incentivises the development of precision farming. Application of plant protection products from an aircraft, including application by planes, helicopters and drones, is usually less precise than other means of application and may therefore potentially cause adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Aerial application should therefore be prohibited, with limited derogations on a case-by-case basis where it has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method or there is no viable alternative application method. It is also necessary to record the numbers of aerial applications carried out on the basis of permits granted for aerial application in order to have clear data on how many aerial applications for which permits were granted actually took place.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 255 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Precision farming refers to agricultural management systems carefully tailoring crop management to fit localised conditions such as those found within land parcels. The application of existing technology, including the use of Union space data and services (Galileo and Copernicus), has the potential to significantly reduce pesticide usage. It is therefore necessary to provide for a legislative framework that incentivises the development of affordable precision farming techniques. Application of plant protection products from an aircraft, including application by planes, helicopters and drones, is usually less precise than other means of application and may therefore potentially cause adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Aerial application should therefore be prohibited, with limited derogations on a case-by-case basis where it has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method or there is no viable alternative application method. It is also necessary to record the numbers of aerial applications carried out on the basis of permits granted for aerial application in order to have clear data on how many aerial applications for which permits were granted actually took place.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 260 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) It is however likely that certain unmanned aircraft (including drones) will allow for the targeted aerial application of plant protection products. Such unmanned aircraft are likely to help reduce the use of plant protection products due to targeted application and consequently help reduce the risks to human health and the environment compared to use of land- based application equipment. It is therefore appropriate to set criteria in this Regulation for an exemption of certain unmanned aircraft from the prohibition of aerial application. It is also appropriate to defer the application of this exemption for 31 years given, so that the cEurrent state of scientific uncertaintyopean Commission sets evaluation methodology to allow authorisation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 267 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure a planned approach to harmful organism control techniques across a number of growing seasons with a view to minimising the use of chemical plant protection products as much as possible and to ensure a proper implementation of integrated pest management, professional users should be required to regularly consult trained, independent advisors on pest management, so that plant protection products are only used as a last resortwhere no viable alternative is available.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 276 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators and progress towards achieving bindingUnion Union targetsand national targetcontributionsbased on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuations. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011– 2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets is 2015–2017, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. _________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators and progress towards achieving binding Union and nationaltargets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuations. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011–2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets is 2015–2017, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. _________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 280 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) When use data of plant protection products become available as result of the entry into force of the agricultural statistics regulation (SAIO), the European Commission should work towards moving away from reduction objectives based on sales data and hazard of plant protection products to a more precise and comprehensive picture on agriculture, including actual uses per crops, per region plus productivity and land-use data. Impact-based indicators should be developed combining use data of plant protection products with an indicator considering fate, exposure and effect per active ingredient applied on the field. Models which fulfil these criteria already exist and are currently used at national level, such as SYNOPS in Germany, PestLCI and USEtox. An indicator based on monitoring results of pesticides levels in environmental matrices such as water, soil and air, should complement this approach.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 286 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used in the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 20305 reduction targets and national 20305 reduction targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategycontributions. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better quantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 287 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) For reasons of transparency, and to ensure uniform implementation by all Member States, the methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2035 reduction targets and two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions and the methodology for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators at Union and national level should be set out in an Annex to this Regulation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 293 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) In order to enforce the obligatAs observed in the Commission's set out in this Regulation, Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringementsimpact assessment, implementation of this e Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties should be effective,will lead to higher costs of proporductionate and dissuasive for farmers and for consumers. It is also important to provide for Member States to recover costs related to carrying out obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges in order to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to competent authorities. The Commission should take into consideration providing additional financial support to farmers in order to comply with provisions of this Regulation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 299 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) Sufficient funding is needed for the further implementation of integrated pest management. The establishment of a new funding instrument beyond CAP will help foster the implementation and uptake of integrated pest management and make related measures more attractive to farmers, e.g. by providing compensations in case of proven loss of income. Furthermore, it would support the transition towards a more sustainable use of plant protection products at EU and Member State level, allowing for medium- and long-term alternatives to be developed and deployed.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 306 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78, which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in their transition towardsa more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional period. This exceptional option for Member States to provide additionalfunding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers andother users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, a longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordinglywhich stems from a different regulatory framework, the budget must also come from a different source offunding,other than the CAP. _________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 307 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78, which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in their transition toward a more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional period. The transition towards a more sustainable use of plant protection products, at EU and Member State level must be financed through new funding sources. No CAP funding should be used in this contex.This exceptional option for Member States to provide additional funding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers and other users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, a longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly. _________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, of of EU-wide reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management. The deadline for the achievement of these EU- wide targets should be decided only after the implementation of the legislation on the new genomique techniques.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 319 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for plant protection products application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management, and providing for Member State contributions to the European Union reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products by 2035.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’47 set out a roadmap of key measures, including legislative, to significantly reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides. In the Farm to Fork Strategy48 , EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203049 and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50 , the Commission committed to take action to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk from chemical pesticides by 2030 and reduce by 50% the use of more hazardous pesticides (plant protection products containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council51 and listed in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201152 , or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/40853 ) by 2030. The sustainable use of plant protection products is also complementary to the promotion of organic farming and achieving the Farm to Fork Strategy target of at least 25% of the Union’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. It supports the objectives of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work54 and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well- adapted work environment. As plant breeding and seed production contribute to the overall reduction targets, through the marketing of resistant varieties and the supply of healthy seeds to the market, the above mentioned activities are exempt from the overall reduction targets. __________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The European Green Deal COM/2019/640 final. 48 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, COM/2020/381 final. 49 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives, COM/2020/380 final. 50 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil', COM(2021) 400 final. 51 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 52 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1). 53 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18). 54 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, COM/2021/323 final.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 335 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Two European citizens’ initiatives address the use of pesticides and call for ambitious reduction targets. The initiative ‘Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides’ submitted to the Commission on 6 October 2017 called on the Commission, under its third aim, ‘to set EU-wide mandatory reduction targets for pesticide use, with a view to achieving a pesticide- free future’. In its reply adopted on 12 December 2017, the Commission stated that it would re-evaluate the need for EU- wide mandatory targets for pesticides. More recently, the initiative ‘Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment’ calls on the Commission ‘to propose legal acts to phase out synthetic pesticides in EU agriculture by 80% by 2030, starting with the most hazardous, and to become free of synthetic by 2035.’ The initiative has collected over 1 million statements of support by 30 September 2021 which are currently being verified by Member States authorities.deleted
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 350 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In its conclusions of 19 October 202056 , the Council of the European Union, when taking note of the Commission’s reduction targets for the use of pesticides set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, pointed out that achieving those targets will require efforts from Member States and all stakeholders and intensive co-operation, consultation and collaboration. Members States requested that the EC base its legislative proposals on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments taking into account the cumulative effect of the legislative proposals, including their effects on EU agriculture competitiveness and farmer profitability. The Council also requested the Commission to ensure that these targets are Union targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level. The Council conclusions request such targets to be set taking into account achievements to date, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions. Finally, the Council also highlighted the importance of ensuring adequate and scientifically- sound integrated pest management measures and the promotion of the use of sustainable alternative plant protection products and methods, especially through use of digital and precision agriculture technology. __________________ 56 Brussels, 19 October 2020, 12099/20.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 353 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘application equipment’ means any equipment the use of which for the application of a plant protection product is reasonably foreseeable at the time of manufacture and accessories that are essential for the effective operation of such equipmenwhich according to manufacturer's manual is intended for the application of plant protection product, with the exception of equipment designed for the sowing or planting of propagating material treated with plant protection products;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are a sustainable controlis one type of alternative to the use of chemical products, which can be combined with other solutions such as innovative agricultural equipment, sustainable agronomic practices, etc. for the control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257 , biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and, high technology farming, conventional farming and especially organic farming. Access to biological controls would facilitates moving away from chemical plant protection products and applying them as a last resort following the integrated pest management principles, including reduced use through precision farming techniques. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. __________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 362 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘aerial application’ means application of a plant protection product from an aircraft or an unmanned aircraft (including drones);
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 373 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union and Member State levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. National contributions to the targets should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These binding national targetcontributions should also be achieved by Member States by 20305. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 378 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In March 2022, 12 Member States published a “non-paper” raising concerns about a draft legislative act and the sustainable use of pesticides and submitted it to Council. In June 2022, 10 Member States once again submitted a non-paper to the Council repeating the concerns shared in the previous non- paper. Concerning pesticide reduction targets, the Member States highlighted that the 50% reduction targets should apply to the EU as a whole. In December 2022, the Council agreed to trigger Article 241 of the TFEU, requesting the Commission to submit a study complementing the impact assessment of the Commission proposal to the Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 382 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
(a) an freely accessible area used by the general public, such as a public park or garden, recreation or sports grounds, or a public path;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 388 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
(b) an freely accessible area used predominantly by a vulnerable group as defined in Article 3(14) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/ 2009;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 389 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and, substantial differences in intensity of pesticide use between Member States, as well as the need for plant protection products to maintain a sufficient level of production, guaranteeing food security it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibility when setting their own binding national targets (“national 20305 reduction targetcontributions”). Intensity of use is best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the form of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were applied. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 20305 reduction targetcontributions. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 20305 reduction targets.contributions. Furthermore, when designing their contributions, Member States should take into account market availability and affordability of low-risk and non- chemical alternative tools for plant protection since availability of suitable alternatives enables farmers to use chemicals as a last recourse following IPM principles In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 20305 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions contributions. Member States' territories, includin,g their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union- wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean, should be allowed to take into account the specific needs of their different regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In some particular regions, tailor-made measures should be further developed to cope with problems derived from remoteness, insularity and/or high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions a. This should allow a case-by-case decision-making process regardsing the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and croplevel of pesticide reduction targets in both EU continental and outermost regions. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduct5 declared contribution to the Union target before 20305, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national5 reduction targetcontribution. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targetreduction contributions and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 392 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
(c) human settlements (community in which people live and work), defined as the most up to date CORINE (Coordination of information on the Environment) system maintained by the EEA Land Cover Level 1 classification (Artificial Surfaces) (excluding Level 2 – 1.2: Industrial, commercial and transport units and Level 2 – 1.3: Mine, dump and construction sites)80; _________________ 80 See CORINE Land Cover nomenclature conversion to Land Cover Classification system (https://land.copernicus.eu/user- corner/technical-library/corine-land- cover-nomenclature-guidelines/html) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC) inventory (CORINE Land Cover — Copernicus Land Monitoring Service).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 397 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d
(d) an freely accessible urban area covered by a watercourse or water feature;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 400 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
(e) non-productive areas as defined under the EU standards on good agricultural and environmental condition of land (GAEC), GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In its Staff Working Document on the Drivers of Food Security2a, the European Commission acknowledges that “Soil, water, biodiversity, and air are basic requirements for food production” and confirms that availability and access to food for consumers at reasonable prices are objectives that cannot be taken for granted. __________________ 2a Commission staff working document, “Drivers of Food Security”, published 04/01/2023, https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/ 2023- 01/SWD_2023_4_1_EN_document_travai l_service_part1_v2.pdf
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 404 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Whereas certain Member States are already under the EU average in terms of use of chemical pesticides and more hazardous pesticides while other Member States are considerably above, reduction efforts should be made by the latter.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 409 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
(i) any freely accessible protected area under Annex IV of Directive 2000/60/EC, excluding those designated pursuant Annex IV 1 part (iv) including possible safeguard zones as well as modifications of those areas following the risk assessment results for drinking water abstraction points under Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council81; _________________ 81 Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 411 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draft and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as set out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out inMember States should describe the nactional action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environmens to be taken in order to contribute to the 2035 Union target. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the Unational 20305 reduction targets. In order to monitor compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on their contribution to the Union targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 424 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 20305 reduction targets’) as well as national 20305 reduction targetcontributions, it is necessary to increase the availability, accessibility and affordability of low-risk alternatives and use of biological control and other economically justified non-chemical alternatives, including new breeding, technological, and precision techniques. Availability and viability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming, conservation agriculture and low till farming.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 448 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, including those under the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucial role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show in their national CAP Strategic Plans that their implementation of the CAP contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation. Beyond the CAP, there is a substantial need to deliver adequate funding to farmers to ensure they receive sufficient financial support to prevent productivity losses while enabling a sustainable and resilient European agriculture.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 457 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Union 20305 reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 459 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) For the sake of transparency and in order to encourage greater progress, it is necessary to measure the progress made by Member States in relation to the achievement of the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions and other national indicative reduction targets. This should be done on an annual basis by means of annual progress and implementation reports. In order to monitor the level of compliance with this Regulation in a streamlined, easily comparable manner, Member States should also include quantitative data in relation to the implementation of this Regulation as regards use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management. In order for the Commission to encourage progress towards achieving national 20305 reduction targetcontributions and other national indicative reduction targets, including any measures in support of such achievement, the Commission should analyse such progress and measures every 2 years.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 466 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and achievement of national targets in accordance with Article 5 to achieving by 2030 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 2030 reduction targets’).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 471 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and achievement of national targetcontributions in accordance with Article 5 to achievwards approaching by 20305 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 20305 reduction targets’).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 474 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when there are no viable alternatives or all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 479 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Progress towards achieving the Union 20305 reduction targets shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 488 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Member States 20305 reduction contributions towards the EU-wide reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2022/0196(COD)

By … [OP: please insert the date – 6 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targetcontributions in its national legislation to achieve by 20305 a reduction set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, of the following:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 505 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 6 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislationcontributions to achieve by 2030 a reduction set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, of the following:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 508 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the use and risk of chemical plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 1’);
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 517 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the use of more hazardous plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 2’).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 522 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the two national reduction targetcontributions listed in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, are collectively referred to as the ‘national 20305 reduction targetcontributions’.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 523 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the two national reduction targets listed in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, are collectively referred to as the ‘national 2030 reduction targetcontributions’.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 527 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Precision farming refers to agricultural management systems carefully tailoring crop management to fit localised conditions such as those found within land parcels. The application of existing technology, including the use of Union space data and services (Galileo and Copernicus), has the potential to significantly reduce pesticide usage. It is therefore necessary to provide for a legislative framework that incentivises the development of precision farming. Application of plant protection products from an aircraft, including application by planes, helicopters and drones, is usually less precise than other means of application and may therefore potentially cause adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Aerial application should therefore be prohibited, with limited derogations on a case-by-case basis where it has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method or there is no viable alternative application method. It is also necessary to record the numbers of aerial applications carried out on the basis of permits granted for aerial application in order to have clear data on how many aerial applications for which permits were granted actually took place.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 529 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The progress of each Member State towards achieving the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 530 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The progress of each Member State towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targetcontributions shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 539 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall reach the targets referred toaim to acheive the contribution to the Union targets, as defined in paragraph 1 by 20305. A Member State thatwhose contribution reaches the level of one of itsthe Union 20305 national reduction targets before 2030contributions before that year shall not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts. It shall, however, continue to monitor annual fluctuations in order to maintain the progress achieved in relation to that 2030 national reductioncontributing to the Union 2035 targets.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 544 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall reach the targetcontributions referred to in paragraph 1 by 2030. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 2030 national reduction targets before 2030 shall not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts. It shall monitor annual fluctuations in order to maintain the progress achieved in relation to that 2030 national reduction target.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 554 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Subject to paragraphs 5 to 8, the national 2030 reduction targets shall be set at such level so as to achieve a reduction between the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the year 2030 in the relevant Member State that at least equals 50%, except for the Member States with uses below the EU average.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 556 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Subject to paragraphs 5 to 8, the national 2030 reduction targetcontributions shall be set at such level so as to achieve a reduction between the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the year 2030 in the relevant Member State that at least equals 50%.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 557 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure a planned approach to harmful organism control techniques across a number of growing seasons with a view to minimising the use of chemical plant protection products as much as possible and to ensure a proper implementation of integrated pest management, professional users should be required to regularly consult trained, independent advisors on pest management, so that plant protection products are only used as a last resortwhere no viable alternative is available.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 561 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Subject to paragraphs 5 to 8, the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions shall be set at such level so as to achieve a reduction between the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the year 20305 in the relevant Member State that at least equalsup to 50%.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 566 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national target for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid-point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to the use and risk as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 572 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 573 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average and in this case the Member State shall be exempted from any further reduction contribution;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 582 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 5at least 20% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 585 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74 should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators and progress towards achieving binding UnionUnion targets and national targetcontributions based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuations. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011–2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 20305 reduction targets is 2015–2017, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. __________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 594 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) When use data of plant protection products become available as result of the entry into force of the agricultural statistics regulation (SAIO), the European Commission should work towards moving away from reduction objectives based on sales data and hazard of plant protection products to a more precise and comprehensive picture on agriculture, including actual uses per crops, per region plus productivity and land-use data. Impact-based indicators should be developed combining use data of plant protection products with an indicator considering fate, exposure and effect per active ingredient applied on the field. Models which fulfil these criteria already exist and are currently used at national level, such as SYNOPS in Germany, PestLCI and USEtox. An indicator based on monitoring results of pesticides levels in environmental matrices such as water, soil and air, should complement this approach.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 598 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by subtracting from 50% the difference between the reduction achieved and the Union average reduction;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 605 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) where a Member State has increased the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 606 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used in the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 20305 reduction targets and national 20305 reduction targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategycontributions. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better quantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 611 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) For reasons of transparency, and to ensure uniform implementation by all Member States, the methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2035 reduction targets and two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions and the methodology for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators at Union and national level should be set out in an Annex to this Regulation.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 614 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
For the purposes of this paragraph ‘weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products’ means a value corresponding to the kilograms of chemical active substances in plant protection products sold per year in a Member State, weighted according to their hazardrisk weightings as set out in row (iii) of the Table of Annex I, divided by the number of hectares of utilised agricultural area in that Member State.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 617 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national targetcontributions for the use of the more hazardous plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid- point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to use as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national targetcontributions to that percentage.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 622 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35at least 10% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 628 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) In order to enforce the obligatAs observed in the Commission's set out in this Regulation, Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringementsimpact assessment, implementation of thise Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties should be effective,will lead to higher costs of proporductionate and dissuasive for farmers and for consumers. It is also important to provide for Member States to recover costs related to carrying out obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges in order to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to competent authorities. The Commission should take into consideration providing additional financial support to farmers in order to comply with provisions of this Regulation.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 631 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 5at least 20% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 649 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) Sufficient funding is needed for the further implementation of integrated pest management. The establishment of a new funding instrument beyond CAP will help foster the implementation and uptake of integrated pest management and make related measures more attractive to farmers, e.g. by providing compensations in case of proven loss of income. Furthermore, it would support the transition towards a more sustainable use of plant protection products at EU and Member State level, allowing for medium- and long-term alternatives to be developed and deployed.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 655 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78 , which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in their transition toward a more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional period. The transition towards a more sustainable use of plant protection products, at EU and Member State level must be financed through new funding sources. No CAP funding should be used in this context. This exceptional option for Member States to provide additional funding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers and other users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, a longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly. __________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 659 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4 a (new)
For the purpose of this paragraph, in Member States where EFSA acknowledged the lack of less hazardous alternatives to these substances, derogations shall be granted;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 663 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. Member States wi' territories, including the outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, mayshould be allowed in all cases to take into account the specific needs of theseir different regions as regards the use of plant protection products when adopting national 20305 reduction targetcontributions, due to the particular climatic conditions and crops in these regions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 665 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Member States geographically located at the EU's border, which are exposed to pests from neighbouring third countries which use chemicals banned in the EU, may also take into account the specific needs of their regions as regards the use of plant protection products when adopting national 2030 contributions, due to particular pests and crops conditions in these regions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 668 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. In no case may the application of paragraph 5, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 result in either of the 2030 national reduction targets being lower than 35%.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 675 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. In no case may the application of paragraph 5, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 result in either of the 20305 national reduccontribution targets being lower than 3510%.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 679 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
9. By … [OP: please insert the date – 7 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall communicate its national 20305 reduction targetcontributions to the Commission.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 683 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. If a Member State fails to adopt a national 2030 reduction target by … [OJ: please insert the date –6 months after the date of application of this Regulation], that target shall be deemed to be either 50%; or, where the percentage would be above 50% in accordance with paragraph 5 or paragraph 6, that higher percentage.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 687 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. If a Member State fails to adopt a national 20305 reduction targetcontribution by … [OJ: please insert the date –6 months after the date of application of this Regulation], that targetcontribution shall be deemed to be either 50%; or, where the percentage would be above 50% in accordance with paragraph 5 or paragraph 6, that higher percentage.at least 10%;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 688 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. If a Member State fails to adopt a national 2030 reduction targetcontribution by … [OJ: please insert the date –6 months after the date of application of this Regulation], that target shall be deemed to be either 50%; or, where the percentage would be above 50% in accordance with paragraph 5 or paragraph 6, that higher percentage.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 698 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions communicated to it in accordance with Article 5(9) and the information explaining any lowering of targetcontributions made in accordance with Article 5(5) or Article 5(6).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 700 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the national 2030 reduction targetcontributions communicated to it in accordance with Article 5(9) and the information explaining any lowering of targets made in accordance with Article 5(5) or Article 5(6).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 705 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission concludes, on the basis of the information made available to it, that the national 20305 reduction targetscontribution communicated by a Member State need to be set at a more ambitious level, it shall, by … [OP: please insert the date – 1 year after the date of application of this Regulation], recommend that Member State to increase the level of its national 20305 reduction targetscontribution. The Commission shall make that recommendation public.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 706 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission concludes, on the basis of the information made available to it, that the national 2030 reduction targetcontributions communicated by a Member State need to be set at a more ambitious level, it shall, by … [OP: please insert the date – 1 year after the date of application of this Regulation], recommend that Member State to increase the level of its national 2030 reduction targets. The Commission shall make that recommendation public.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 711 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where a Member State adjusts its national 20305 reduction targetcontributions as recommended by the Commission, it shall amend the national targetcontributions set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targetcontributions in its national action plan together with the Commission’s recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 712 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where a Member State adjusts its national 2030 reduction targetcontributions as recommended by the Commission, it shall amend the national targets set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targets in its national action plan together with the Commission’s recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 718 #

2022/0196(COD)

4. Where a Member States decides not to adjust its national 20305 reduction targetcontributions, as recommended by the Commission, it shall include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the text of the recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 719 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Where a Member States decides not to adjust its national 2030 reduction targetcontributions, as recommended by the Commission, it shall include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the text of the recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 723 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Member States which have received a Commission recommendation referred to in paragraph 2 shall communicate the adjusted targetcontributions, or their justification for not adjusting them, as applicable, to the Commission by… [OP: please insert the date – 18 months after the date of application of this Regulation].
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 724 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. Member States which have received a Commission recommendation referred to in paragraph 2 shall communicate the adjusted targetcontributions, or their justification for not adjusting them, as applicable, to the Commission by… [OP: please insert the date – 18 months after the date of application of this Regulation].
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 730 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Having assessed the level of national 2030 reduction targetcontributions of all Member States set in accordance with Article 5, the Commission shall verify whether their average at least equals 50% so as to achieve the corresponding Union 2030 reduction target.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 732 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Having assessed the level of national 20305 reduction targetcontributions of all Member States set in accordance with Article 5, the Commission shall verify whether their average at least equals 50%is sufficient so as to achieve the corresponding Union 20305 reduction target.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 737 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. If the average of national 20305 reduction targetcontributions of all Member States is lower than 50%, the Commission shall recommend that one or more Member States increase the level of their national 20305 reduction targetscontribution in order to achievepproach the Union 20305 reduction targets. The Commission shall make any such recommendation public.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 738 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. If the average of national 2030 reduction targetcontributions of all Member States is lower than 50%, the Commission shall recommend that one or more Member States increase the level of their national 2030 reduction targets in order to achieve the Union 2030 reduction targets. The Commission shall make any such recommendation public.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 745 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) adjust its national 20305 reduction targetcontributions as recommended by the Commission, amend the national targetscontribution set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targets in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 746 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) adjust its national 2030 reduction targetcontributions as recommended by the Commission, amend the national targets set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targets in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 750 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) provide justifications for not adjusting its national 20305 reduction targetcontributions as recommended by the Commission, and include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 751 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) provide justifications for not adjusting its national 2030 reduction targetcontributions as recommended by the Commission, and include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 756 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Publication of Union and national 20305 reduction targets and national 2035 reduction contributions trends by the Commission
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 766 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish on a website the average trends in progress towards achieving the Union 20305 reduction targets. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 771 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish information for each Member State on trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targetcontributions. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 2015- 2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I, on the website referred to in paragraph 1.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 772 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish information for each Member State on trends in progress towards achieving the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 2015- 2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I, on the website referred to in paragraph 1.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 786 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions adopted in accordance with Chapter II;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 787 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the national 2030 reduction targets contributions adopted in accordance with Chapter II;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 794 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) information related to national 20305 reduction targetcontributions as set out in Article 9;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 795 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) information related to national 2030 reduction targetcontributions as set out in Article 9;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 813 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a link to the relevant parts of CAP strategic plans, drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, which set out plans for an increase in the utilised agricultural area engaged in organic farming and how the plans will contribute to achieving the target set out in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system84of having 25% of the utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 without compromising the viability of the rest of sustainable productive methods existing and applied in EU territories; ; _________________ 84 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM/2020/381 final).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 814 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a link to the relevant parts of CAP strategic plans, drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and approved by the European Commission, which set out plans for an increase in the utilised agricultural area engaged in organic farming and how the plans will contribute to achieving the target set out in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system84of having 25% of the utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030; _________________ 84 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM/2020/381 final).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 827 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, innovation and the development and use of non-chemical pest control methods;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 840 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) other planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, the sustainable use of plant protection products in line with integrated pest management principles, including those contained in crop-specific rules as set out in Article 15(1).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 854 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The updated versions of national action plans published until and including 20305 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (i).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 860 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The updated versions of national action plans published after 20305 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (c) to (i).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 873 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States geographically located at the EU's border, which are exposed to pests from neighbouring third countries which use chemicals banned in the EU, may take measures tailored to these regions in their national action plans taking into account the particular needs related to the specific pests and crops conditions in these regions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 878 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Information on national 20305 reduction targetcontributions in national action plans
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 885 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. National action plans published until and including 20305 shall include all of the following information related to the national 2030 reduction target5 contributions:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 887 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a list of at least the 5 active substances, where these substances exists and work for the specific pests and crops conditions in different regions of the EU, that most strongly influence the trend in the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, and of the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, as determined by applying the methodology set out in Annex I, during the 3 years preceding the adoption of the national action plan;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 900 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for each of the pests referred to in point (c), a list of non-chemical methods used, where they exist, or likely to be available by 2030.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 902 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for each of the pests referred to in point (c), a list of non-chemical methods used or likely to be available by 20305.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 916 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the estimated scale of its use, based on data on the sale of plant protection products, surveys and expert judgement, during the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, together with a national indicative target for increasing its use by 20305 and a list of potential obstacles to achieving this increase;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 928 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the percentage of all plant protection products used on those crops which were biological controls during the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, together with the national indicative targets for increasing that percentage by 20305 and a list of the potential obstacles to achieving that increased percentage;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 931 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) a list of measures and other actions to be taken by the Member State and by other actors to address the potential obstacles referred to in point (a), with a detailed timeline of intermediary steps and the authorities responsible for each step to be taken by the Member State, where and if scientifically possible.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 936 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. National action plans shall also include national indicative targetcontributions for increasing the percentage of overall sales of plant protection products which are not chemical plant protection products from a baseline period of the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 954 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 987 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By … [OP: please insert the date – 2 years after the date of application of this Regulation], and every 2 years thereafter until 20305, the Commission shall publish on a website an analysis of:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 989 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the trends in progress towards the Union 20305 reduction targets;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 993 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Member States’ progress towards achieving the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1015 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. Where, on the basis of its analysis of the annual progress and implementation reports, the Commission concludes that the progress achieved is insufficient for the collective achievement of the Union 20305 reduction targets, it shall propose measures and exercise its other powers at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those targets. Such measures shall take into consideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union 20305 reduction targets by Member States set out in the national 20305 reduction targetcontributions adopted by them.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1027 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Professional users shallmay apply integrated pest management as follows:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1059 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first applyconsider measures that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products for the prevention or suppression of harmful organisms before resorting to application of chemical plant protection products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1167 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. A professional user shall enter an electronic record in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register, referred to in Article 16 of the name of its advisor or decision support system and the dates and the content of the advice received from it in accordance with Article 26(3). The professional user shall make those records available to the competent authority referred to in Article 15(2) upon request.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1189 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on integrated pest management controls that must be adhered to when growing or storing a particular crop and are designed to ensure that chemical crop protection is only usused when needed after all other non- chemical methods have been exhaustconsidered and when a threshold for intervention is reached (‘crop-specific rulguidelines’). The crop-specific rulguidelines shall implement the principles of integrated pest management, set out in Article 13, for the relevant crop and be set out in a binding legal act.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1410 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a competent authority designated by a Member State may permit a professional user to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area for a limited period with a precisely defined start and end date that is the shortest possible but does not exceed 690 days, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1430 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall decide on the application for a permit for the use of a plant protection product within 23 weekorking days of its submission.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1470 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The competent authority shall keep an electronic record of the applications received and decisions taken, including the information referred to in paragraph 8 for a period of 5 years.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1483 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledging Member States’ different characteristics, Member States shall retain the possibility for adaptation to local circumstances to implement measures to adequately protect sensitive areas and report measures taken in their National Action Plans.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1580 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant 1. protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) or through Decision Support Systems that contain advice on the use of plant protection products that reproduce product label recommendations and takes into account documented IPM rules as recognised by Member States competent authorities.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1678 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. TIn the interests of transparency, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registered in the system referred to in that paragraph (‘independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situationdeclare any links to commerical interests which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner. The advisor shall be a trained agronomist and have the appropriate skills to promote and advise farmers on the use of conventional crop protection, biopesticides as well digital and precision technologies.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1700 #

2022/0196(COD)

(c) precision farming techniques, including use of seed treatment, space data and services;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1833 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two national and two UnUnion 2035 reduction targets and the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1842 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 20305 reduction targets and the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions until and including 20305 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1846 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union reduction targets and two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions annually until and including 20305 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1859 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1896 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE TWO UNION 2035 REDUCTION TARGETS AND TWO NATIONAL 20305 REDUCTION TARGETCONTRIBUTIONS
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1903 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation is the instrument used to achieve the pesticide reduction targets contained in the Farm to Fork Strategy by requiring each Member State to contribute to achievpproaching by 20305 a 50 % Union- wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 2’). This Regulation also regulates the contribution of each Member State to these Union targets. Each Member State contribution, set in the form of a national targetcontribution, to Union 20305 reduction target 1 is referred to as a ‘national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 1’, while a Member State contribution to Union 20305 reduction target 2 is referred to as a ‘national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 2’. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving these targets and contributions is set out below:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1904 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – subheading 1
National 20305 reduction targetcontribution 1: methodology for estimating progress towards the reduction in use and risk of chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1909 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
2. The following general rules shall apply for the calculation of progress towards achieving reduction targetcontribution 1:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1910 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 3
Categorisation of active substances and hazard weightings for the purpose of calculating progress towards national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 1
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1919 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subheading 1 – point 1
1. The methodology for calculating trends towards the two Union 20305 reduction targets shall be the same as the methodology for calculating trends at national level as set out in Sections 1 and 2.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1924 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – point 1
1. the trends in a Member State’s progress towards achieving the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions referred to in Article 10(2), point (a);
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2148 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a competent authority designated by a Member State may permit a professional user to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area for a limited period with a precisely defined start and end date that is the shortest possible but does not exceed 690 days, provided that all of the following conditions are met:
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2170 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall decide on the application for a permit for the use of a plant protection product within 23 weekorking days of its submission.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2198 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The competent authority shall keep an electronic record of the applications received and decisions taken, including the information referred to in paragraph 8 for a period of 5 years.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2215 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledging Member States’ different characteristics, Member States shall retain the possibility for adaptation to local circumstances to implement measures to adequately protect sensitive areas and report measures taken in their National Action Plans.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2306 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) or through Decision Support Systems that contain advice on the use of plant protection products that reproduce product label recommendations and takes into account documented IPM rules as recognised by Member States competent authorities.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2427 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. TIn the interest of transparency, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registered in the system referred to in that paragraph (‘independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situationdeclare any links to commercial interests which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner. The advisor shall be a trained agronomist and have the appropriate skills to promote and advise farmers on the use of conventional crop protection, biopesticides as well digital and precision technologies.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2447 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) precision farming techniques, including use of seed treatment, space data and services;
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2634 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two national and two UnUnion 2035 reduction targets and the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2644 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 20305 reduction targets and the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions until and including 20305 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2649 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union reduction targets and two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions annually until and including 20305 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2678 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2743 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE TWO UNION 2035 REDUCTION TARGETS AND TWO NATIONAL 20305 REDUCTION TARGETCONTRIBUTIONS
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2755 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation is the instrument used to achieve the pesticide reduction targets contained in the Farm to Fork Strategy by requiring each Member State to contribute to achievpproaching by 20305 a 50 % Union- wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 2’). This Regulation also regulates the contribution of each Member State to these Union targets. Each Member State contribution, set in the form of a national targetcontribution, to Union 20305 reduction target 1 is referred to as a ‘national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 1’, while a Member State contribution to Union 20305 reduction target 2 is referred to as a ‘national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 2’. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving these targets and contributions is set out below:
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2758 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – subheading 1
National 20305 reduction targetcontribution 1: methodology for estimating progress towards the reduction in use and risk of chemical plant protection products
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2767 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
2. The following general rules shall apply for the calculation of progress towards achieving reduction targetcontribution 1:
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2779 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 3
Categorisation of active substances and hazard weightings for the purpose of calculating progress towards national 20305 reduction targetcontribution 1
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2812 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subheading 1 – point 1
1. The methodology for calculating trends towards the two Union 20305 reduction targets shall be the same as the methodology for calculating trends at national level as set out in Sections 1 and 2.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2820 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – point 1
1. the trends in a Member State’s progress towards achieving the two national 20305 reduction targetcontributions referred to in Article 10(2), point (a);
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 392 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and area-based restoration measures which together shall cover, by 2030, at least 20 % of the Union’s land and sea areas and, by 2050, all degraded ecosystems in need of restoration.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 447 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘urban green space’ means all green urban areas; broad-leaved forests; coniferous forests; mixed forests; natural grasslands; moors and heathlands; transitional woodland-shrubs and sparsely vegetated areas, with the exclusion of areas used for agricultural purposes, - as found within cities or towns and suburbs calculated on the basis of data provided by the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service as established by Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council110; _________________ 110 Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 469 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex I which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat typeoverall areas listed in Annex I that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 482 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex I in areas not covered by those habitat types, with the exclusion of areas used for agricultural purposes. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 499 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex I, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance including their typical species, as referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article. Areas where the habitat types listed in Annex I are in unknown condition shall be considered as not being in good condition.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 605 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex II which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat typeoverall areas listed in Annex II that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 614 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The determination of the most suitable areas for restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall be based on the best available knowledge and the latest scientific evidence of the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex II, measured by the structure and functions which are necessary for their long-term maintenance, including their typical species, referred to in Article 1(e) of Directive 92/43/EEC, and of the quality and quantity of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3. Areas where the habitat types listed in Annex II are in unknown condition shall be considered as not being in good condition.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 675 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall remove the barriers to longitudinal and lateral connectivity of surface waters identified under paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with the plan for their removal referred to in Article 12(2), point (f). When removing barriers, Member States shall primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 684 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt implementis empowered to adopt delegated acts ing acts to establish acordance with Article 20 to develop practical and cost- effective methods for monitoring pollinator populations. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2).
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 727 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) share of agricultural land with high-diversity landscape features.deleted
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 734 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall put in place restoration measures to ensure that at least 7% of the arable land at national level is devoted to high-diversity landscape features or non productive areas or features, including land lying fallow.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 773 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
For organic soils in agricultural use constituting drained peatlands, Member States shall put in place restoration measures, including rewetting. Those measures shall be in place on at least:
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 781 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % of such areas by 2030, of which at least a quarter shall be rewetted;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 796 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) 50 % of such areas by 2040, of which at least half shall be rewetted;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 808 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) 70 % of such areas by 2050, of which at least half shall be rewetted.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 891 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare national restoration plans and carry out the preparatory monitoring and research needed to identify the restoration measures that are necessary to meet the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, taking into account the latest scientific evidence, as well as the needs of local communities and stakeholders.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 921 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv
(iv) the areas, with the exclusion of areas used for agricultural purposes, most suitable for the re- establishment of habitat types in view of ongoing and projected changes to environmental conditions due to climate change;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 963 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. When preparing their national restoration plans, Member States shall take the following into accountpromote greater regulatory coordination and coherence with the following:
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1040 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) the estimated co-benefits for climate change mitigation associated with the restoration measures over time, as well as wider socio-economic benefiimpacts of those measures;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1056 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point l
(l) the estimated financing needs for the implementation of the restoration measures, which shall include the description of the compensation envisaged and of the support to stakeholders affected by restoration measures or other new obligations arising from this Regulation, and the means of intended financing, public or private, including (co-) financing with Union funding instruments;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1062 #

2022/0195(COD)

(n) a summary of the process for preparing and establishing the national restoration plan, including information on public participation and, of how the needs of local communities and stakeholders have been considered and of how local communities and stakeholders have been provided with the necessary knowledge, advice and services to support the implementation and management of restoration measures;
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1094 #

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. When assessing the draft national restoration plan, the Commission shall evaluate its compliance with Article 12, as well as its adequacy for meeting the targets and obligations set out in Articles 4 to 10, as well as the Union’s overarching objectives referred to in Article 1, the specific objectives referred to in Article 7(1) to restore at least 25 000 km of rivers into free-flowing rivers in the Union by 2030 and the 2030 objective of covering at least 10% of the Union’s agricultural area with high-diversity landscape features.
2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) To acquire EU long-term resident status, third-country nationals should prove that they have adequate resources and sickness insurance, to avoid becoming a burden for the Member State. Member States may indicate a certain sum as a reference amount, but they may not impose a minimum income level below which all applications for EU long-term resident status will be refused, irrespective of an actual examination of the situation of each applicant. When making an assessment of the possession of stable and regular resources, Member States may take into account factors such as contributions to the pension system and fulfilment of tax obligations. The concept of ‘resources’ should not concern solely the ‘own resources’ of the applicant for EU long- term resident status, but may also cover the resources made available to that applicant by a third party provided that, in the light of the individual circumstances of the applicant concerned, they are considered to be stable, regular and sufficient.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Equal treatment should also include equal treatment between women and men in compliance with article 157 TFEU. For a better understanding of this article, the concept of women and men should include all persons in all their diversity irrespective of their sex, gender identity, gender expression or sexual characteristics.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 43 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Professional qualificationand occupational diplomas, certificates and other qualifications as well as skills and competences acquired by a third-country national in another Member State should be recognised in the same way as those of Union citizens. Qualifications acquired in a third country should be taken into account in accordance with Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council35 . This Directive should be without prejudice to the conditions set out under national law for the exercise of regulated professions. __________________ 35 Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22).
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) In order to promote better integration of EU long-term residents, rules on favourable conditions for family reunification and access to work for spousefamily members irrespective of their sex, gender identity, gender expression or sexual characteristics should be introduced. Thus specific derogations from Council Directive 2003/86/EC should be provided for. Family reunification should not be subject to conditions relating to integration, as EU long-term residents and their families are deemed to be integrated in the host society. In order to enhance the integration of family members of EU long term residents, the residence permit for their children should be interconnected to their residence permit. The access to the EU long term resident status for children of an EU long term resident should be automatic without any other specific conditions and/or requirements.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 59 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) Member States should ensure a level playing field between EU long-term residence permits and national residence permits of permanent or unlimited validity, in terms of procedural and equal treatment rights, procedures and access to information. In particular, Member States should ensure that the level of procedural safeguards and rights granted to EU long- term residents and their family members is not lower than the level of procedural safeguards and rights enjoyed by holders of national residence permits of permanent or unlimited validity. Member States should also ensure that applicants for an EU long- term residence permit are not required to pay higher fees for the processing of their application than applicants for national residence permits. Finally, Member States should engage in the same level of information, promotion and advertisement activities with respect to the EU long-term residence permit as they do for national residence permits of permanent or unlimited validity, for example with regard to information on national websites on legal migration and information campaigns, and training programmes provided to the competent migration authorities. All the information on the procedure to obtain the status on EU long term residence should be available in languages the third-country national can understand and should be accessible for persons with disabilities.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 71 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) As soon as an EU long-term resident submits a complete application for residence in a second Member State within the deadline provided for in this Directive, it should be possible for that Member State toshall allow the EU long-term resident to begin employment or study. EU long-term residents should be entitled to begin employment or study at the latest 30 days after submitting the application for residence in the second Member State.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 85 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Notwithstanding paragraph 3 of this article, Member States shall grant EU long- term resident status to third-country nationals who have resided legally and continuously within its territory for fivthree years immediately prior to the submission of the relevant application.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 95 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, point (a), Member States shall evaluate the stable and regular resources by reference to their nature and regularity and may take into account the level of minimum wages and pensions prior to the application for long-term resident status. Member States may indicate a certain sum as a reference amount, but they may not impose a minimum income level, below which all applications for EU long-term resident status would be refused, irrespective of an actual examination of the situation of each applicant.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 99 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Where Member States issue national residence permits in accordance with Article 14, they shall not require EU long-term resident permit applicants to comply with stricter resources and integration conditionsconditions and requirements that are stricter than those imposed on applicants for such national residence permits.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 102 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
The person concerned shall be informed about his/her rights and obligations under this Directive, including the applicable fees.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 103 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Any consequIn absences of no decision being taken by the end of the period provided for in this provision shall be determined by national legislation of the relevant M, the EU long term resident status shall be granted by the member Sstates to the applicant.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 108 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Member States may require the payment of fees for the handling of applications in accordance with this Directive. The level of fees imposed by a Member State for the processing of applications shall not be disbe proportionate or excessiveand shall be based on the services actually provided for the processing of applications and the issuance of permits.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 109 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. EU long-term residents shall enjoy equal treatment with nationals as regards at least:
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 111 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) access to employment and self- employed activity, provided such activities do not entail even occasional involvement in the exercise of public authority, and conditionterms of employment and decent working conditions, including conditions regarding dismissal and remuneration working hours, overtime rates, annual and sick leave, leaves related to care and holidays, protection against discriminatory, illegitimate and disproportionate deductions from the remuneration, as well as equality of treatment between men and women, and health and safety at the workplace, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/1152, Directive 2008/104/EC, Directive89/391 EEC, and Directive .../... on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union;
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) education and vocational training, including study grants in accordance with national law;
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 117 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) access to branches of social security referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 , and social assistance and social protection as defined by national law; __________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) access to goods and services and the supply of goods and services made available to the public , including access to private housing, and to procedures for obtaining publicprocedure for obtaining private housing, and public housing ensuring a decent standard of living, as well as freedom of choice of housing;
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) the right to strike and take industrial action, freedom of association and affiliation and membership of an organisation representing workers or employers or of any organisation whose members are engaged in a specific occupation, including the benefits conferred by such organisations, including the right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements in compliance with the right to association, to organise and to collective bargaining as provided for in ILO Conventions 87 and 98, without prejudice to the national provisions on public policy and public security;
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 132 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) Member States may require proof of appropriate language proficiency for access to education and training. Amake access to university may be subject to the fulfilment of specific educational prerequisites.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 139 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. TheDependent children of an EU long- term resident who are born or adopted in the territory of the Member State that issued him/her the EU long-term residence permit shall acquire EU long-term resident status automatically, without being subject to the conditions set out in Articles 4 and 5. The EU long-term resident shall lodge an application with the competent authorities of the Member State in which he/she resides to obtain the EU long-term resident permit for his/her child.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 146 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) pursuit of studies or vocational training;
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 150 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) stable and regular resources , also made available by a third party, which are sufficient to maintain themselves and the members of their families, without recourse to the social assistance of the Member State concerned. For each of the categories referred to in Article 16(2), Member States shall evaluate these resources by reference to their nature and regularity and may take into account the level of minimum wages and pensions;
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 153 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Without prejudice to the second subparagraph, the persons concerned may be required to attend language courses.deleted
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 158 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) in case of study or vocational training the second Member State may require the persons concerned to provide evidence of enrolment in an accredited establishment in order to pursue studies or vocational training.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 163 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The EU long-term resident shall be allowed to commence work or study in the second Member State not later than 30the days after the date of submission of the complete application.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 165 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) evidence that they have stable and regular resources , also made available by a third party, which are sufficient to maintain themselves without recourse to the social assistance of the Member State concerned or that the EU long-term resident has such resources and insurance for them, as well as sickness insurance covering all risks in the second Member State. Member States shall evaluate these resources by reference to their nature and regularity and may take into account the level of minimum wages and pensions.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 186 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall make easily accessible toprovide each applicants for an EU long- term resident permit informationwith accessible information, in a language he/she can understand
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 188 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) on rights and procedures related to living and working in another EU member state
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 189 #

2022/0134(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) on the status acquisition and residence conditions applicable to third- country nationals and to their family members, including their rights and obligations and the procedural safeguards. under this Directive and under relevant Union and national labour law and practice.
2022/11/14
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 83 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I, in Annex Iab or in Part 1 of Annex VII are carried out, and any other directly associated activities on the same site which have a technical connection with the activities listed in those Annexes and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d a (new)
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(da) Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 is replaced by the following: "‘poultry’ means poultry as defined in point 19 of Article 24 of Council Directive 90/539/EEC of 15 October 1990 on animal health conditions governing intra- Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs(25); Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases81a;" _________________ 81a OJ L84, 31.3.2016, p.1-208 Or. en (Directive 2010/75/EC)
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23b
(23b) ‘cattle’ means domestic animals of the species Bos taurus;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23c
‘livestock unit’ or ‘LSU’ means the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3 000 kg of milk annually, without additional concentrated foodstuffs, which is used to express the size of farms rearing different categories of animals, using the conversion rates, with reference to actual production within the calendar year, set out in Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014**’.a standard unit of measurement that allows for the aggregation of the categories of livestock unit relevant for the purposes of this Directive, in order for those categories to be compared; notwithstanding Annex Ia, those livestock categories cover pigs and poultry whose unit coefficients are listed in Annex Ib;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – second subparagraph
‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may set a procedure for the registration of installations covered only by Chapter V or Chapter VIa.’.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Directive 2010/75/EU
Chapter VIa – title
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR INTENSIVE REARING OF POULTRY, AND PIGS AND CATTLE
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70a
This Chapter shall apply to the activities set out in Annex Ia which reach trearing of pigs or poultry in installations of 750 livestock units (LSU) or more. The capacity thresholds proximate equivalent in LSU shall be basetd out in that Annex. n the coefficients that are established in Annex Ib to this Directive.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70b – first paragraph
If two or more installations are located close to each other and if their: (a) they are operator ised by the same or if the instalperator, or (b) on a lastions are under the control of operators who are engaged in an economic or legal relationship, the installations concerned shall be considered as a single unit for the purpose of calculating the capacity threshold referred to in Article 70a. ng basis all their management and operational functions are preformed as if they were a single economic entity and they are operated by entities participating in a same group, as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, they shall be considered as a single unit for the purpose of calculating the capacity threshold referred to in Article 70a. The simple fact of being members of a same cooperative shall not entail that the requirement set out in point (b) of the first subparagraph is met.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – Title
Permits and simplified registration procedure
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 1a (new)
By way of derogation from the first paragraph to this Article, Member States may set a specific procedure for the registration of the installations only covered by this Chapter. The procedure for the registration shall be specified in a binding act and include at least a notification to the competent authority by the operators of the intention to operate its activity. Member States may use any similar pre- existing procedure for the registration. They shall avoid administrative burden and additional costs for the operators. Member States shall issue the permits within six months from the date of the operator's application.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) the nature and quantities of foreseeable emissions from the installation into each medium under normal operating conditions.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 3
3. Applications shall also include a non-technicalIn duly justified cases, applications may include a summary of the information referred to in paragraph 2.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 159 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70c – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take necessary measures to ensure that the operator informs the competent authority, without delay, of any planned substantial change to the installations falling within the scope of this Chapter which may have consequences for the environment. Where appropriate and within two months from the notification of the operator, the competent authority shall reconsider and update the permit.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – first paragraph – second subparagraph
The operator shall keep a record of, and process, all monitoring results, for a period of at least 62 years, in such a way as to enable the verification of compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in operating rules referred to in Article 70i.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 170 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 2
2. In the event of non-compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in the operating rules referred to in Article 70i, Member States shall require that the operator takes the measures necessary to ensure that compliance is restored within the shortest possiblein a reasonable period of time.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 172 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 3
3. The operator shall ensure that any land spreading of waste, animal by- products or other residues generated by the installation is undertaken in accordance with the best available techniques, as specified in the operating rules referred to in Article 70i, and other relevant Union legislation and that it does not cause significant pollution of the environment, in accordance with relevant Union legislation.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70e – paragraph 3
3. The operator shall, without delay, make available the data and information listed in paragraph 2 of this Article to the competent authority upon duly justified request. The competent authority may make such a request in order to verify compliance with the operating rules referred to in Article 70i. The competent authority shall make such a request if a member of the public requests access to the data or information listed in paragraph 2 of this Article. Nonetheless, without prejudice to Article 4(2) second subparagraph of Directive 2003/4/EC, at the request of the operator, those parts of such reports that involve sensitive commercial or industrial information, or which include personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 that are not strictly necessary for the purpose of this Article, shall not be published.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 189 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70g – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the reports of inspections of the installations falling within the scope of this Chapter. Nonetheless, without prejudice to Article 4(2) second subparagraph of Directive 2003/4/EC, at the request of the operator, those parts of such reports that involve sensitive commercial or industrial information, or which include personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 that are not strictly necessary for the purpose of this Article, shall not be published.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 194 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70h – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they have a sufficientlegitimate interest;
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 204 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Commission shall establish operating rules containing requirements consistent with the use of best available techniques for the activities listed in Annex Iab, which shall include the following:
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 213 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The operating rules shall take into account inter alia the nature, type, size and density of these installations and the specificities of pasture based cattle rearing systems, where animals are only seasonally reared in indoor installations.
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 227 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2
2. In order to allow the provisions of this Directive to meet its objectives to prevent or reduce pollutants emissions and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 76, to amend Annex I or Annex Ia by including in those Annexes an agro- industrial activity that meets the following criteria:
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (a)
(a) it has or is expected to have an impact on human health or the environment, in particular as a consequence of pollutant emissions and use of resources;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 233 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (b)
(b) its environmental performance diverges within the Union;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (c)
(c) it presents potential for improvement in terms of its environmental impact through the application of best available techniques or innovative techniques;deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 27
Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 74 – paragraph 2 – point (d)
(d) its inclusion within the scope of this Directive is assessed, on the basis of its environmental, economic and social impacts, to have a favourable ratio of societal benefits to economic costs.deleted
2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 268 #

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II
Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ib (new)
Type of animal Coefficient - Poultry - 0,018 - Production pigs (over 30 kg) - 0,375 - Sows - 1
2022/11/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 181 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) Criteria should be set to assess the performance of the EUIPO, including in terms of agricultural knowledge. These criteria should ensure quality, coherence and efficiency of the assistance provided. The Commission should prepare a report to the Parliament and to the Council on the results and experience of the execution of these tasks by the EUIPO.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 210 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 274 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. This Title covers wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, including foodstuffs and fishery and aquaculture products for human consumption, listed under Chapters 1 to 23 of the combined nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8743 , and the additional agricultural products under the combined nomenclature headings and codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation. _________________ 43 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 279 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. This Title covers wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, including foodstuffs and fishery and aquaculture products, listed under Chapters 1 to 23 of the combined nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8743 , and the additional agricultural products under the combined nomenclature headings and codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation. _________________ 43 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘wine’ means the products referred to in Part II, points 1, 3 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 15 and 16 of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 305 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the person concerned is the only producer willing to submit anof that product at the time of the application for the registration of a geographical indication; and
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State shall scrutinise the application for registration in order to check that it meets the conditions for registration of the respective provisions for wine, spirit drinks or agricultural products as appropriate.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 319 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7
7. The Member State shall ensure that its decision, be it favourable or not, is made public and that any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest has an opportunity to lodge an appeal. The Member State shall alsoopted and ensure that the product specification on which its favourable decision is based is published, and shall provide electronic access to the product specification.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for wine;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 335 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A recognised producer group may agree on sustainability undertakings to be adhered to in the production of the product designated by a geographical indication. Such undertakings shall aim to apply a sustainability standard higher than mandated by Union or national law and go beyond good practice in significant respects in terms of social, environmental or economic undertakings. Such undertakings shall be specific, shall take account of existing sustainable practices employed for products designated by geographical indications, and may refer to existing sustainability schemes. For the purposes of this Article, sustainability means sustainability as set out in Article 210(3) (a) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 340 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph (1) shallmay be included in the product specification or developed in separate initiatives.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 344 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The sustainability undertakings referred to in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to requirements for compliance with hygiene, safety standards and competition rules.deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 348 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 84 defining sustainability standards in different sectors and laying down criteria for the recognition of existing sustainability standards to which producers of products designated by geographical indications may adhere.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 352 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may adopt implementing acts defining a harmonised presentation of sustainability undertakings. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 53(2).deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the document summarising the product specification referred to in Article 94 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 for wine;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 363 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) Article 116a of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards wine;deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 374 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 84 defining procedures and conditions applicable to the preparation and submission of Union applications for registration.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 432 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by detailed procedures and deadlines for the opposition procedure, for the official submission of comments by national authorities and persons with a legitimate interest, which will not trigger the opposition procedure and by rules on entrusting its tasks set out in this Article to EUIPO.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 454 #

2022/0089(COD)

2. Where a producer group has been recognised by the national authorities in accordance with Article 33, that group shall be identified as the rights' holdepresentative of producers of thea product designated by a geographical indication in the Union register of geographical indications and in the official extract referred to in paragraph (1).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 482 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by provisions entrusting EUIPO with the publication of standard amendments referred to in paragraph (9).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 494 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by rules entrusting EUIPO with the tasks set out in paragraph (5).
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 586 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 a (new)
Article 33a Associations of producer groups 1. An association of producer groups may be set up on the initiative of interested producer groups. 2. An association of producer groups may exercise in particular the following functions: (a) participating in consultative bodies; (b) exchanging information with public authorities on geographical indication policy-related topics; (c) making recommendations to improve the development of geographical indication policies, in particular with regard to sustainability, the fight against fraud and counterfeiting, the creation of value among operators, competition rules and rural development; (d) promoting and disseminating best practices among producers on geographical indication policies; (e) take part to promotional activities as defined by Regulation (EU) 1144/2014.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 743 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94
(2) [...]deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 749 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94 – paragraph 1
1. The product specification shall enable interested parties to verify the relevant conditions of production relating to the designation of origin or geographical indication. The product specification shall comprise: (a) (b) indication, being a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication; (c) a description of the wine or wines, including the principal analytical organoleptic characteristics; (d) where applicable, the specific oenological practices used to make the wine or wines, as well as relevant restrdeleted the name to be protected; the type of geographical the definition of the geographical the maximum yields per hectare; an indications on making them; (e) area delimited with regard to the link referred to in point (h); (f) (g) variety or varieties the wine or wines are obtained from; (h) in Article 93(1), point (a)(i), or, as the case may be, point (b)(i): (i) of origin, the link between the quality or characteristics of the product and the geographical environment referred to in Article 93(1), point (a)(i); the details concerning the human factors of that geographical environment may, where relevant, be limited to a description of the soil, plant material and landscape management, cultivation practices or any other relevant human contribution to the maintenance of the natural factors of the geographical environment referred to in that point; (ii) geographical indication, the link between a specific quality, the reputation or other characteristic of the product, and the geographical origin referred to in Article 93(1), point (b)(i); (i) where provided for by Member States or by a recognised producer group, if applicable, having regard to the fact that such requirements must be objective, non- discriminatory and compatible with national and Union law.f the wine grape the details on the link referred to as regards a protected designation as regards a protected other applicable requirements
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 751 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94 – paragraph 2
2. The product specification may contain sustainability undertakings pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council [Regulation on GI’s]*.deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 753 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94 – paragraph 3
3. Where the wine or wines may be partially de-alcoholised, the product specification shall also contain a description of the partially de-alcoholised wine or wines in accordance with paragraph (2), point (c), mutatis mutandis, and, where applicable, the specific oenological practices used to make the partially de-alcoholised wine or wines, as well as the relevant restrictions on making them.deleted
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 761 #

2022/0089(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) Articles 95 to 99, Articles 101 to 106 and Article 107 are deleted.
2022/11/28
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the New European Bauhaus aims to reimagine the way we live togetherinitiative aims to improve the way people live together by reimagining public spaces for new ways of living, encompassing both urban and rural areas, and the connections between these;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 7 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the implementation of the New European Bauhaus initiative ishould be guided by the principles of reconnecting with nature, maintaining and regaining a sense of belonging, prioritising the places and people that need it most, and fosteringvulnerable people and neighbourhoods, and fostering sustainability through long-term, life- cycle and integrated thinking in the industrial ecosystem; and should feed such principles into the “Renovation Wave” guidelines;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 14 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas the New European Bauhaus isnitiative has been initially funded by different EU programmes, such as Horizon Europe, the LIFE programme and the European Regional Development Fund;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the New European Bauhaus movementinitiative should focuses on creating a healthy environment, housing,decent and affordable housing for all, new quality employment and workplaces, society,an inclusive society, as well as a sustainable economy and way of living;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 17 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the New European Bauhaus initiative should be based on innovation at all levels and the active participation and involvement of people and local communities including the integration of female creativity and knowledge in the planning of the daily life in the homes and city spaces as well as the future ways of living;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that sustainability and inclusion are intertwined values at the core of the New European Bauhaus initiative and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure they support the universal right to adequate and healthy housing conditions, including social housingcent housing, including social housing, and provide sufficient decent and affordable housing for all in particular for vulnerable groups;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 41 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that the announcement of the Commission for the New European Bauhaus initiative must be followed up by concrete action and receive sufficient financial support in the long-run to make it meaningful and ensure added value;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 49 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue the green transition of the industrial ecosystem through the New European Bauhauincluding the construction sector, through the New European Bauhaus initiative, in a way that also benefits the workforce and provides for new and equal opportunities;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 54 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to mandate the development of an EU technical standard for New European Bauhaus housing projects in the form of standards adopted by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), which would take precedence over national construction standards; calls on the Commission to remove the need for a local building permit for specific New European Bauhaus zoning plans at municipal level if a New European Bauhaus construction plan is compliant with these CEN standards, with a view to easing the administrative burden and reducing costs and construction time in order to increase the availability of affordable housing;deleted
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 64 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Expects a successful New European Bauhaus initiative to create new quality employment in the construction, restoration, architecture, design, textile, cultural and creative sectors, and to offer upskilling and reskilling opportunities;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 67 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the New European Bauhaus movementinitiative, as it can contributes to creating a common European identity and a shared sense of belonginga shared sense of belonging and togetherness, both at local and European level, and foster creativity inspired by different cultural backgrounds, geographical settings and climatic conditions;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 92 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in developing new, sustainable building techniques and designs to cin relate aion to the New European Bauhaus way of thinking and to contribute to an EU-wide healthy lifestyle for all Europeansinitiative, in order to provide decent housing at affordable costs for all, also in view of tackling energy poverty;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 110 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to require Member States to ensure a minimum of 100 m² of green space per home when planning New European Bauhaus housing projects, and a minimum of one hectare of continuous green space per New European Bauhaus neighbourhoodsufficient amount of green and qualified public space per home and per neighbourhood following the global and European urban planning standards when planning New European Bauhaus housing projects taking the spacial setting into account, and to look for innovative solutions to better incorporate environmental considerations;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 115 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that New European Bauhaus projects will contribute to reduce the land use for buildings, by focussing for example on the renovation of the existing housing stock and the use of already built-up areas;
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 118 #

2021/2255(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to agree on a binding arbitration mechanism in order to quickly resolve potential disputes involving New European Bauhaus projects through an expert panel tasked with swiftly establishing legal certainty for the parties involved; stresses that the outcome of the arbitration procedure should be binding until a judgment is handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union.deleted
2022/03/23
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
— having regard to the study "The future of the European Farming Model - Socio-economic and territorial implications of the decline in the number of farms and farmers in the EU", published by Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion in April 2022,
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)
— having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Region on an Action Plan for the development of organic production, April 2021,
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 c (new)
— having regard to the Motion for a Resolution on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, adopted by the European Parliament in March 2022,
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 d (new)
— having regard to the Evaluation of the impact of the CAP on generational renewal, local development and jobs in rural areas, published by the European Commission in April 2021,
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the number of farms in EU-27 declined between 2003 and 2016 from about 15 to 10 million (-32%), with the decline strongest among small farms (< 5ha; -38%); underlines that by 2040, the EU might lose an additional 6.4 million farms, resulting in a remaining number of approx. 3.9 million farms across the EU, an impressive 62% decrease as compared to 2016 figures;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in 2016, there were 10.5 million farmers in the EU, of which the majority (92%) were family farms and between 2005 and 2016 alone, Europe lost 4.5 million farmers – a trend that seems irreversible.
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas it is necessary to encourage European production of agricultural commodities in order to ensure continuity in the agri-food supply chain during times of crisis;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas in 2016, for every farm manager under 40 in the EU there were three farm managers over 65, there for the ageing of Europe’s farmers is one of the greatest challenges facing rural areas in the EU;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the European livestock farms employ around 4 million people (salaried and non-salaried), 80% of whom reside in the more recent EU Member States1a; _________________ 1a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas livestock farming is the main beneficiary of second pillar aid to farms in disadvantaged areas, which make up 50% of the European UAA, and of Agro-Environmental Measures, which compensate for the additional costs linked to unfavourable location or the obligations of having to respect specific legislation2a; _________________ 2a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the European Union has close to 182 million hectares of forests covering 43% of its land area; whereas these forest areas are primarily located in rural areas and are one of Europe's most important renewable resources3a; _________________ 3a https://ec.europa.eu/info/food-farming- fisheries/forestry/forestry-explained_en
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas the buffalo breeding and buffalo milk processing sectors provide immense economic, social, health strategic and cultural value, yet, in just over a decade, buffalos became an endangered species; whereas this endangered species is well adapted to the new global warming conditions and has a limited impact over the natural environment in which it is bred, without producing irreversible ecological damages5a; _________________ 5a "Particularities of Buffalo breeding in Romania" Marcel Matiuti, Carmen- Luminita Matiuti, Cristina Garleac, Ioan Hutua
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines that the urbanisation of last decades has led to the population shift towards urban areas and high-income countries or regions are facing urbanisation pressure, and rural areas are facing the risk of abandonment of farming and depopulation;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 247 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that livestock breeding, especially in remote mountainous areas, is among the very few activities which keep rural communities alive; stresses out the immense value of the endangered species which are to be found in this remote areas, such as the buffalos; calls that specific support should be given to farmers who contribute to the conservation of such endangered species;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets that the work of rural women is still not properly recognised; underlines that the most recent data (Eurostat, 2016) suggests that 29% of farms across EU are managed by a woman with considerable differences between countries (in Lithuania and Latvia, nearly half of all farms are managed by a woman and by contrast, in Malta, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands the proportion of female farm managers does not exceed 10%); emphasises that 4.2% of female farmers are under the age of 35, and 42% of women working in agriculture are over 65 creating the premises to widen the gender gap in farming in future years; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to design and implement measures to fight gender gaps;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 326 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that rural areas suffer higher risks of social exclusion and energy poverty owing to longer distances to be covered and mobility constraints; underlines that the Rural Development Policy and the Cohesion Policy, even if not targeted towards fighting poverty and social exclusion of individuals, aim at promoting economic growth of rural areas and thus exert an impact on the phenomenon of poverty of rural areas; points out that new rural mobility solutions and investments are needed to achieve equitable growth, in harmony with a sustainable energy transition;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 333 #

2021/2254(INI)

18a. Points out that remoteness is an important element of difficulty in rural areas, involving relevant aspects of life; stresses out that the concentration of the main services in urban areas impacts on the quality of life of groups already at risk of social exclusion: health services for elderly or disabled, child care facilities for female workers, also a reduction in existing public and private services (e.g. retail, postal offices, banks, childcare, libraries, kindergartens) is ongoing;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 341 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Underlines that limited transport infrastructure is still a problem in many rural regions, increasing the distance from markets and, more generally, social isolation of some social groups, and in particular, in rural regions characterized by high dispersion of population and numerous small villages, providing the traditional public transport services is difficult and very expensive;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 348 #

2021/2254(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that the digital transition brings about new opportunities for rural areas, which are only accessible if there is adequate, stable and accessible broadband coverage; underlines that digital technologies are key for making rural communities more attractive, smart and sustainable as well as for reducing problems related to remoteness and improving access to services; warns of the risks of the widening of the rural digital gap as a result of the lack of 5G coverage, and calls on Member States to mobilise all available instruments to prevent it;
2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the recovery and resilience scoreboard,
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 8 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is placing a heavy burden on people in the EU, particularly those from more vulnerable groups, such as women, people with disabilities, children, young people and the elderlyolder people, in their everyday lives, working lives and livelihoods2 3 ; _________________ 2 Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung, Belastungen von Kindern, Jugendlichen und Eltern in der Corona-Pandemie, 2021. 3 European Commission, Joint Employment Report 2021.
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 13 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the RRF created an unprecedented structure adapted to addressing the complex effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economy, society and institutions as well as to make sure that the transitions of climate-neutrality, digitalisation and demographic change, are socially fair and just; whereas it should be ensured that it tackles gender- specific socio-economic impacts on its path to recovery; whereas evaluation of the implementation of the RRF is needed to implement lessons learned and to update the current structures put in place;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas social and territorial cohesion is one of the six pillars of the RRF; whereas creating and, specifically the implementation of the twenty principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights; whereas contributing to the upward economic and social convergence, restoring and promoting sustainable growth and the integration of the economies of the Union, fostering high- quality sustainable employment creation, growth, ensuring equality of and access to opportunities and social protection, protecting vulnerable groups and improving the living standards of all is one of the objectives included in the RRF Regulation;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 34 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the consequences of the Russian invasion in Ukraine are placing a heavy burden on households due to the increase in prices of basic needs, including energy and food, and services; whereas integrating refugees in this economic context will require the mobilisation of public and social services;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 36 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
C a. Having regard to the armed conflict in Ukraine and the refugee crisis faced by the Member States, in particular those on the external border with Ukraine;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 39 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas poverty as well as in-work poverty are on the raise again in the EU; whereas according to OECD, a fiscal response targeting support for the more vulnerable of 0.5% of GDP could substantially mitigate the economic impact of this current crisis without substantially adding to inflation; whereas the increased need for funding to strengthen the economy will not place budgetary constraints on the Member States, if combined with a fair redistribution of wealth on property and an effective progressive tax policy that ends tax fraud and tax evasion; whereas, under current market conditions, the profits of electricity companies could increase by €200 billion, and so a tax increase on these profits in these circumstances could help reduce the electricity bills of consumers and the mostvulnerable groups; whereas Member States should keep investing in a sustainable transition in order to maintain the recovery from the pandemic;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 48 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the COVID-19 crisis has already left many people jobless or in precarious employment; calls on the Commission and Member States to fight against youth unemployment and to ensure that young people,stresses that the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the sanctions against the Russian Federation will produce negative and asymmetric effects on the EU economy, Member States and especially thouse not holds in regards to the on-going employment, education or training (NEETs), receive adequate, paid and quality first working experiencenergy crisis; is concerned about its social consequences and the further increasing social inequality; expects that the EU will react with the same determination, unity and speediness and in solidarity in this new severe crisis;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 61 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. SCalls on the Commission and Member States to fight against youth unemployment and to ensure that young people, especially those not in employment, education or training(NEETs), receive adequate, paid and quality first working experience; stresses that Member States must adopt reforms and include investments in the next generation, children and youth in line with the objectives of the Child Guarantee and reinforced Youth Guarantee; recalls that there is RRF funding expressly available for the development of education, training and skills, particularly digital skills; stresses, further, the importance of the mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences in fostering labour mobility; calls on the Commission for a ban of unpaid traineeships and to present a legal framework for fairly remunerated traineeships, internships and apprenticeships; calls on the Commission to present a proposal that offers an allowance scheme for obtaining qualifications to every adult in need that wants to enrol in vocational training or tertiary education, and which covers educational costs and essential needs of the person and his/her dependants;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the social milestones and targets that have been set out are insufficient and need to be improved by the Commission for reporting on progress and for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the facility, and should define a methodology for reporting social expenditure, including on children and young people, under the facility; points out the particular importance of indicators related to the implementation of the EPRS principles, quality employment, upward social convergence, equality of and access to opportunities and social protection, education and skills, and investment in access and opportunities for children and young people related to education, health, nutrition, jobs and housing, in line with the objectives of the Child Guarantee and Youth Guarantee; calls on the Commission to work with the European Parliament, social partners and civil society, in the context of the recovery and resilience dialogue, to review these indicators, as committed by the Member States at the social summit in Porto in May 2021 to implement the EPSR action plan in the RRF implementation, in accordance with those established by the European Parliament resolution on a strong social Europe for just transitions, in order to properly assess the investments in and reforms of the NRRPs, as well as the proposed measures to ensure progress towards these goals;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 112 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the country-specific recommendations remain focused one- sidedly on narrow concepts of competitiveness an economic growth instead of on the sustainable development of prosperity and wellbeing, and points out that there is a need for strong parliamentary oversight of the Commission and governments during the process, in order to hinder restrictive,one- sided reform targets;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 119 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Urges the Commission to verify the proper consultation of the social partners while Member States drafted the Nationalrecovery and resilience plans (NRRPs), where social partners were heard according to national rules and practices; urges the Commission to verify the proper implementation of the social objectives of the country-specific recommendations in the NRRPs, as to mitigate the employment impact of the crisis as well as the social protection of workers, with in particular non-standard workers;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 122 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Reminds the Commission that the rule of law conditionality mechanism is an essential component of the RRF; calls on the Commission to refrain from approving the NRRPs of Member States as long as concerns regarding the observance of the rule of law and the prevention and detection of and fight against fraud, conflicts of interest and corruption persist in those countries, and to ensure that all the measures set out in their plans comply with EU values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 123 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tax energy companies' windfall gains and sending direct income support to low-income households as the war in Ukraine disrupts the energy market and adds to spiralling inflation;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 124 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomNotes the creation and publication of the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard.; criticizes the lack of initiative of the Commission to come forward with complementary social indicators tracking notably the implementation of the 20 principles of the EPSR through the NRRPs; recalls that the European Parliament has asked the Commission to cover the following areas in the Action Plan and in the Social Scoreboard: decent work, social justice and equal opportunities, robust social welfare systems and fair mobility; notes that the delegated act on social expenditure and on the resilience scoreboard will not be sufficient to track and to report on the gender dimension and impacts of the RRF; calls on the Commission to come forward with complementary gender indicators tracking notably the gender impacts of the NRRPs; is convinced that public social and green investments should be excluded from deficit and debt calculation;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 131 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes positively that several Member States provide data at regional level and invites the other Member States to provide data at regional level; calls for the Commission to update the monitoring of the implementation of the six pillars and to ensure granular data is made available in the RRF scoreboard and that the European Parliament is regularly updated to continue and enhance its role in scrutinising the implementation of the RRF;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 133 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recommends prioritising projects that strengthen the resilience of Member States and their capacity to meet the needs arising from the refugee crisis;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 134 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers that the RRF should become a permanent framework to ensure that it is available again in crises of similar severity,and can be accessed more quickly; stresses however that the weaknesses of the RRF should be corrected in the new instrument including more ambitious social goals, firmly establishing the sustainable development of prosperity and wellbeing as well; notes that with the establishment of the new instrument that the Commission and Council should learn from the conclusions to improve the mechanisms driving the economic governance framework especially when it comes to establishing a more transparent and democratic coordination process, defining underlying political guidelines, cooperation between the European institutions as well as with the national governments and stakeholders and increased national ownership of policy design by providing positive incentives for productive investments and reforms, developing the national reform and investment programmes and implementing socially-balanced and sustainable structural reforms;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 138 #

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to speed up the implementation of energy resilience projects and to identify sustainable solutions to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices on the population;
2022/03/25
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 190 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Supports Armenia’s efforts at maintaining the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly as an important forum for political dialogue with neighbouring countries and therefore encourages Armenia to continue making full use of it;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 224 #

2021/2230(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Armenia to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
2022/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas one in four of every seafood product consumed in Europe comes from aquaculture, and considering that 70 % of seafood consumption comes from imports, only 10 % of EU seafood consumption comes from EU aquaculture and accounts for less than 2% of world production;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 39 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas almost 70% of aquaculture production in the EU is concentrated in four Member States (Spain, France, Italy and Greece), with a vast majority of production for mussels, trout, seabream, oysters, seabass, carp and clams, it is still a lot of potential for further growth and diversification in terms of producing countries and species farmed;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas aquaculture is especially sensitive to extreme weather events in riverbeds and coastal areas, including droughts, floods, storms and waves, which cause severe damage to aquaculture infrastructures and the species cultivated;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 92 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that EU aquaculture meets high standards in terms of product quality and animal health, but there is still margin for improvement in terms of diversification, competitiveness and environmental performance. Low-impact aquaculture (such as low-trophic, multitrophic and organic aquaculture), and environmental services from aquaculture can, if further developed, greatly contribute to the European Green Deal, to the farm-to-fork strategy and to a sustainable blue economy1a _________________ 1a Transforming the EU's Blue Economy for a Sustainable Future (2021) - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52 021DC0240&from=EN
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 98 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that aquaculture was developed as a social necessity to provide a constant supply of fresh aquatic food in seasons and regions where capture fisheries failed to deliver it, thus fulfilling one of the most important roles for society: the provision of healthy fresh food mainly for the local or regional market and therefore the expansion of aquaculture in Europe is strongly linked to traditional cultural practices, which were more or less specific to one or another part of the continent.
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the aquaculture sector capable of providing a consistent contribution to ecosystem services for society, and pond aquaculture1a, algae and shellfish farming especially can contribute to decarbonising the EU economy and mitigating climate change; supports the proposed actions on climate change but highlights the need for a common methodology to measure the carbon footprint of individual aquaculture farms and requests an impact assessment for all the proposed measures; _________________ 1a https://aac- europe.org/en/recommendations/position- papers/322-aac-recommendation-on- ecosystem-services
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 141 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support green business models, such as those based on carbon sequestration, in order to make supply chains more sustainable; stresses, in this regard, that certain aquaculture practices, such as mussel or oyster farming and pond polyculture2a, can be successful models for the future, in the context of the Emissions Trading System; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support this type of green business in the light of the strategy’s objectives; _________________ 2a https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/a quaculture-ponds-hold-carbon/
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 190 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Urges the European Commission to promote programmes of the EU Agricultural Promotion policy in which aquaculture products can be promoted specifically and alone; stresses the importance of making use of the current review of the EU Agricultural Promotion policy to better position the promotion of sustainable aquaculture products and encourages the European Commission to use the EU Agricultural Promotion policy to support sectors and operators that inherently contribute to, or lead the transition to, achieving the objectives of the Green Deal;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 196 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Underlines that knowledge and innovation (including the use of digital technology) are key to achieve the other objectives set for the EU aquaculture sector and Horizon Europe, the EU framework programme for research and innovation, offers an important opportunity to make a step forward in this area;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 199 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Takes note that an innovative aquaculture sector also demands the development of appropriate skills achieved through the promotion of specialised curricula and knowledge on aquaculture (e.g. specialised veterinary studies for fish and training on fish health for aquaculture operators), as well as life- long training for farmers on innovative approaches for the aquaculture sector;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 220 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish permanent measures to effectively regulate the number of cormorants and reduce their economic and social impact on aquaculture; considers that only some of Parliament’s demands have been fulfilled through the actions of the Commission, such as the guidance document for applying derogations under Article 9(1) of the Birds Directive, the CorMan Project and the EU Cormorant Platform; calls on the Commission to include the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in Annex II, Part A of the Birds Directive, which consists of a list of species that may be hunted under national legislation;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 237 #

2021/2189(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Urges the Commission to consider re-authorising the use of 30 % of the daily ration of fishmeal and fish oil from non- organic aquaculture trimmings, or trimmings of fish caught for human consumption that come from sustainable EU fishery products, for a transitional period of five years for all newcomers in the organic aquaculture sector, given its positive impact on the circular economy and as a necessary support measure in view of the lack of organic feed; calls on the Commission to consider also the species (which could not naturally spawn in Europe) for which induced reproduction is performed using pituitary extracts, species which are used in polyculture practices in order to use other trophic niches of the culture environment thus contributing to carbon sequestration, mitigating eutrophication, increasing overall ponds productivity and reducing the nutrient load of fish farming;
2022/02/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 18 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to Commission maritime economic paper No 8/2020 of 9 March 2021 entitled "The EU fishing fleet 2020: Trends and economic results",
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 19 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 21.02.2023: The common fisheries policy today and tomorrow: a Fisheries and Oceans Pact towards sustainable, science-based, innovative and inclusive fisheries management",
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 23 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021on a Farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system,
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 24 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 d (new)
— having regard to the STECF report of 26 September 2019 entitled "Social data in the EU fisheries sector (STECF 19-03)",
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 25 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 e (new)
— having regard to the STECF report of 8 December 2021 entitled "The 2021 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF 21-08)",
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 26 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 f (new)
— having regard to the STECF report of 10 December 2020 entitled "Social dimension of the CFP (STECF 20-14)",
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 27 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 g (new)
— having regard to the study conducted for the Committee on Fisheries of July 2021 entitled "Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on EU fisheries and aquaculture",
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 28 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 h (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 22 November 2012 on small-scale coastal fishing, artisanal fishing and the reform of the common fisheries policy,
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 29 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 i (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 16 September 2021 entitled "Fishers for the future: Attracting a new generation of workers to the fishing industry and generating employment in coastal communities",
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 30 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 j (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled "EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives" (COM(2020)0380),
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 31 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 k (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2021 on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives,
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 33 #

2021/2169(INI)

A. whereas given that the European Parliament has already expressed its views on several specific features of the CFP, it is appropriate to mainly focus hereafter on the conservation of marine biological resources and the management of fisheries underkeep a balance between the 3 pillars of sustainability, not just the environmental dimension, and to address gaps in the social dimension of the CFP;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 46 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the CFP includes the objectives of ensuring "that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long-term and are managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic, social and employment benefits, and of contributing to the availability of food supplies" and mentions the objectives of implementing "the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management so as to ensure that negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised", of contributing "to a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities, bearing in mind coastal fisheries and socio-economic aspects" and of promoting "coastal fishing activities, taking into account socio-economic aspects";
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 47 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
A j. whereas EU fisheries is a strategic sector of the Union, providing a significant number of direct and indirect jobs in fishing and coastal areas, ensuring food security and maintaining a sustainable economy by linking employment and people’s livelihoods to the territory and to the maintenance of cultural traditions;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 48 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
A l. whereas fishing makes an indispensable contribution to the Union’s food security;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 49 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A m (new)
A m. whereas fishing creates jobs both at sea and on land; whereas some regions rely on landings happening locally to ensure the viability of many businesses and to maintain lively coastal communities;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the EU did not meet the 2020 deadline to achieve the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) exploitation rate for all fishing stocks; whereas, however, considerable progress has been made towards achieving the MSY target, particularly in the north-east Atlantic and Baltic Sea, where in 2020, 99 % of landings that are managed solely by the EU and for which scientific advice was available, were "sustainably managed stocks";
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 67 #

2021/2169(INI)

A e. whereas the EU has committed itself to delivering on the UN 2030 Agenda which includes SDG 14 "to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development";
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 82 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the Council is responsible for setting fishing opportunities (total allowable catches or total fishing efforts), which are then allocated to the Member States ensuring the principle of relative stability; whereas, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, Member States are responsible for allocating fishing opportunities; whereas there may be large differences between the sectors in different countries, with the result that a ‘one size fits all’ approach is not desirable;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 83 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas according to the latest STECF assessment on the social dimension of the CFP, the Commission’s 2020 request to Member States to provide information on their allocation system included a question on impact assessment and only two Member States (Sweden and Denmark) reported conducting such an assessment; whereas the same report found that in 2020, only 16 out of 23 coastal Member States replied to the Commission’s request to inform it of the allocation method used; whereas several of those responses were of limited use as they contained only broad descriptions of the national fishing fleet or simply emphasised the intent of their allocations without outlining the ‘transparent and objective’ criteria;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 84 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
A f. whereas in its resolution on the farm to fork strategy, Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States to "provide adequate support for the transition to low-impact fisheries" including "by increasing the percentage of the national quotas allocated to small- scale coastal fisheries";
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
A g. whereas "small-scale coastal fishing" is defined in the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) regulation as fishing activities carried out by marine and inland fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear, or by fishers on foot, including shellfish gatherers;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 86 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
A k. whereas the EMFAF provides financial support for young fishers starting up fishing activities, while there is no subsequent guarantee for acquiring fishing opportunities;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 87 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A n (new)
A n. whereas Brexit has also had an impact on the distribution of fishing rights in the EU;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 111 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 includes the objective of reducing the negative impacts of fisheries and extraction activities on sensitive marine habitats and species, including the seabed, with a view to achieving good environmental status;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 112 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
A i. whereas objectives of the EU biodiversity strategy include the reduction of by-catch of species to a level that allows their recovery and conservation;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 113 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A o (new)
A o. whereas the CFP does not mention major societal concerns such as climate change, Brexit, Green Deal, energy crisis and neither does address the impact of the growing number of marine protected areas, the expansion of off-shore renewable energy sites, food security and energy transition;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 114 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A p (new)
A p. whereas, even so, the majority of Member States and the EU’s economic partners in the fishing industry refer often to the income insecurity of fishing activity in some sectors, which is a factor in young people’s lack of interest in fishing, a trend that has been increasing in recent years, and which creates additional difficulties in maintaining activities troubled by job losses in coastal communities;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 115 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A q (new)
A q. whereas, even so, the majority of Member States and the EU’s economic partners in the fishing industry refer often to young people’s lack of interest in fishing, a fact which was first acknowledged at least two decades ago, and which creates additional difficulties in the industry as a whole and exacerbates social problems in coastal communities of the continent and overseas regions;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 116 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A s (new)
A s. whereas, where accidents and incidents at sea are concerned, of all maritime vessels, fishing vessels are the ones most often lost, although fishing is not the activity that generates the most accidents; whereas a 40 % increase was recorded in 2018 of the number of incidents involving fishing vessels;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 117 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A t (new)
A t. whereas 32 000 lives are lost every year in the fisheries sector, not to mention the thousands of victims of more or less serious accidents; whereas furthermore, as has also been pointed out by professional organisations, occupational diseases among those engaged in this laborious activity have increased alarmingly in recent years;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 118 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A u (new)
A u. whereas, when all is said and done, fishing is a backbreaking occupation involving serious risks to the health and safety of those engaged in it; whereas the ILO recognised this problem in a convention dating back to 2007 and called on the countries that have ratified it to guarantee safe and healthy working conditions in this sector;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A v (new)
A v. whereas, despite the increase in the number of incidents, the number of fatalities arising from accidents and incidents on fishing vessels has shown a downward trend, with the vast majority of incidents being the result of human factors (62.4 %) and system/equipment failures being the second most common cause of incidents (23.2 %); whereas the three most reported factors contributing to accidents on fishing vessels related to human actions are a lack of safety awareness, a lack of knowledge and inadequate working methods among on- board personnel; whereas all these factors cannot be addressed separately from fishing income;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 120 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A w (new)
A w. whereas safety issues – fishing activity is universally considered a risky profession – the arduous nature of work on fishing boats, with unpredictable incomes, and the lack of guarantees for stable and regular remuneration, are significant factors in younger people’s lack of interest in fishing, thereby jeopardising generational renewal in the fisheries sector and the future of the fishing industry as a whole;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 121 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A x (new)
A x. whereas the opportunities for improving living standards that maritime fisheries activity has provided and can continue to provide should also be highlighted;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 122 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A y (new)
A y. whereas young people who want to start their own business as fishers face significant barriers, especially related to the system of allocation of fishing opportunities and the impact it has on the price of fishing vessels;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A z (new)
A z. whereas a significant number of people working in the fisheries sector are women, the higher percentage are employed on land activities, often informally, in support of sea-based activities, notably in the case of small- scale fishing; whereas despite their significant contribution to the sector, the role of women is still not sufficiently recognised;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 134 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A r (new)
A r. whereas the special characteristics and permanent structural constraints of the outermost regions need to be acknowledged and considered; stresses that the fisheries sector plays an important role in the socio-economic situation, in employment and in the promotion of economic and social cohesion of these regions, and that there is potential for employment growth in the sustainable blue economy; highlights that geographical location puts outermost regions in a privilege position in the monitoring and control of coastal and oceanic areas and should be used for the EU’s efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 144 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the CFP must ensure that fishing and aquaculture activities are environmentally sustainable in the long term and are managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic, social and employment benefits, and of contributing to the availability of food supplies and to provide a fair standard of living for fisheries and aquaculture communities;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 147 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that, since 2014, the implementation of the CFP has primarily focused on the environmental aspect of this policy, as a prerequisite to and at the expense of socioeconomic and food security considerations; considers that the resulting negative impacts on the fishing sector have been exacerbated since Brexit and, the COVID-19 pandemic, energy crisis and Ukrainian war, and that these negative impacts continue to increase and have become unsustainable due to recent international geopolitical developments; calls on the Commission to keep a balance between the 3 pillars of sustainability and to address gaps in the social dimension of the CFP;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 157 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that seafood is the healthiest and most environmentally friendly source of protein which has a generally lower carbon footprint than land- based food, which indicates the strategic value of seafood in the context of the European Green Deal;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 161 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the CFP reform should aim to reach a re-equilibration between its objectives; therefore supports strengthening the CFP’s socioeconomic and food security dimensions and the reaching of a level playing field in its international dimension; Calls on the Commission to keep a balance between the 3 pillars of sustainability and to delevop fisheries policies in this direction, such as the redefinition of fishing capacity to enable the improvement of working conditions, safety and energy efficiency
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 171 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, to that end, to systematically conduct full ex ante and ex post impact assessments, including socioeconomic analyses, before any strategy or legislation is proposed or any policy decisions are taken with the consultation of all stakeholders involved in the fisheries sector;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 196 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the introduction of MSY as a fisheries management reference point has been a driver for improving the overall state of fish stocks; underlines that in recent years, more and more stocks have reached sustainable levels, with particular good results in the Northeast Atlantic; considers, however, that the MSY objective should be implemented in light of the practical reality and in consideration of the socioeconomic, proportionality and food security dimensions enshrined in the Treaty and in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) code of conduct;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 212 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates the views expressed in its resolution of 18 May 2021 on the landing obligation2; recalls that despite the ongoing efforts and collaboration by all stakeholders,the landing obligation, introduced as a fundamental paradigm shift in fisheries management, is not properly implemented and the shortcomings need to be addressed; highlights again that the landing obligation is not a goal in itself but a tool to minimise unwanted catches and that an assessment of the socioeconomic impact of this obligation must be carried out; _________________ 2 OJ C 15, 12.1.2022, p. 9.
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 216 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1
- the current landing obligation should be applied in a flexible manner, taking into account the specific characteristics of each fishery; underlines that fishers know best when and where to fish while avoiding unwanted catches and we should value their efforts to improve conservation;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 221 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 1 a (new)
- undelines that by fishers' efforts progress have been made in the development of innovative and more selective gears;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 226 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3
- the landing obligation should be made more attractive, notably through incentives, to improve ownership by operators and thereby compliance; calls on the Members States to fully use EMFAF possibilities and support for this purpose;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 233 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Insists that the objective of minimising unwanted catches should be primarily met by using technical measures and should be supported by better documenting catches and a quality scientific advice; calls on the Commission to propose to the co- legislators other alternatives to the landing obligation;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 236 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that total allowable catches (TACs) and quotas are the most direct way of managing fishing mortality, but single stock TACs can be problematic in mixed fisheries (due to the choke effect); Stresses that in fisheries under quota management the problem of choke species has the potential to shut down fishing operations before the end of the season with potentially significant economic implications for fishers; underlines in this regards that a good quota system should include a fair degree of flexibility as it would allow fishers who need extra quotas for a choke species and fishers who have available quotas to arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 238 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Recalls that fish stocks are a natural public resource, that fishing activities and management are an asset based on this resource and belong to our common heritage, and that fish stocks should be managed in a way that guarantees the highest long-term benefits for society, minimises the impact on ecosystems and guarantees food security by providing healthy food; recalls that the economic profitability of the European fleet should be ensured through environmentally, economically and socially sustainable exploitation and based on reliable scientific advice and the precautionary principle;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 239 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. underlines that recreational fisheries could have a significant impact on fish resources and calls on Member States to ensure that reacreational fisheries are conducted in a manner that is compatible with the objectives of the CFP;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 249 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that it is up to the Member States to determine the criteria they use when allocating fishing opportunities;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 250 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. notes that there is a lack of transparency and that several Member States are not making public what criteria they apply when distributing fishing opportunities and encourages them to make those criteria public and easily accessible; Calls on the Member States to make their respective methods of distributing fishing opportunities publicly available, in line with the applicable data protection legislation; Calls on the Member States to design allocation systems so as to guarantee simplicity, avoid burdensome bureaucratic processes and, ultimately, allow operators and stakeholders to monitor the allocation criteria and process;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 260 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Emphasises that transparent allocation criteria is one the parameters that provides stability and legal certainty for operators; underlines that it is desirable to make progress on transparency across the Union with regard to the criteria and their practical application; stresses, therefore, that information on the functioning of the system of fishing opportunities, including the method of allocation, should be easily accessible and capable of being understood by everybody, and in particular by operators and stakeholders so as to facilitate a consistent, rules-based allocation method that allows for better scrutiny, equal opportunities for all interested parties and more predictability for fishers;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 261 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Recalls that POs play an essential role in the distribution and management of fishing quotas among the different vessels; notes that, in many Member States, relatively few small-scale fishers belong to POs, and even fewer small-scale fishers have their own dedicated POs, limiting their capacity to exploit this channel to access fishing quotas; encourages the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the creation of POs for and by small-scale fishers;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 262 #

2021/2169(INI)

16 c. Considers that the allocation methods should be developed with the involvement of fishing communities, regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders, making sure all fleet segments, POs and workers’ organisations are fairly represented, based on the best available scientific advice, and that they should include safeguards such as notice periods to allow fishers to adapt in case Member States decide to change their allocation method;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 263 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16 d. Calls on Member States to ensure a level playing field and equal opportunities for all fishers to allow for fair access to marine resources;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 288 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. recalls that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund offers financial support to move towards more sustainable fishing, including support to increase the energy efficiency of fishing vessels or to innovate towards low impact fishing using gear;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 289 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. calls on Member States to make use of the funds from Just Transition Fund, RePower EU and Horizon Europe to facilitate decarbonisation and to finance research on decarbonisation;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 290 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. underlines that, although safety conditions on board have improved, particularly on larger vessels, the number of incidents and accidents recorded by EMSA in 2018 increased by 40 % compared with the previous year, despite the fact that the number of fatalities has been falling steadily in recent years;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 291 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. underlines that professional maritime activities in general are considered high risk and dangerous, particularly fishing, and that this situation is made worse by the fact that 85 % of EU vessels are small-scale coastal vessels (less than 12 metres in total length) and are, therefore, exposed to greater risks caused by adverse weather conditions and by operating close to shore;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 292 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18 e. Stresses that small-scale coastal vessels have more difficulties providing protective spaces and improving working conditions with risks also associated to the advanced age of a significant proportion of this fleet; underlines that these vessels are particularly vulnerable to serious meteorological events associated with climate change; emphasises the need for sustained and coordinated action at all levels and policies aimed towards mitigation and increasing adaptation capacity to the consequences of climate change, bolstering resilience, and, at the same time, guaranteeing fishers’ safety conditions;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 293 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18 f. Stresses that, despite international and EU efforts to improve safety conditions on board vessels, particularly fishing vessels, the international conventions setting out the rules and systems for the protection of ships and persons on board apply above all to larger vessels, although many Member States have national rules on measures concerning protection and living conditions for smaller vessels;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 294 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18 g. Reiterates that working and living conditions on board cannot be seen separately from safety conditions; takes the view that good working and living conditions on vessels and the suitable modernisation thereof improve the safety conditions in which fishing operations are carried out, as does time to rest for fishers, with direct implications for their safety, as a large percentage of accidents and incidents on fishing vessels continue to be linked to human error, whether caused by lack of knowledge or training or by fatigue;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 295 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)
18 h. Recalls that the ultimate goal of the CFP is to make fishing activity socially, environmentally and economically sustainable; stresses that improving fishers’ living standards, with better working and safety conditions, is one of the elements to promote employment and development of coastal communities, attract young people and achieve the generational renewal that is essential for the survival of this activity, which also provides healthy food;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 296 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 i (new)
18 i. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the best safety, work and living standards are in place on fishing vessels, regardless of their size;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 297 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 j (new)
18 j. Calls for the inclusion in the Common Fisheries Policy of overarching social objectives in parallel with environmental objectives, acknowledging that the wellbeing of workers on board fishing vessels is essential for the future of the industry;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 298 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 k (new)
18 k. Points out that CFP standards are among the most stringent and make an important contribution to environmental, economic and social sustainability and that, although there is still much room for improvement, progress made in recent decades shows what can be done in this direction, contributing, on the one hand, to the sustainability of fish stocks and habitats and, on the other, to increasing the earnings of fishers and ship owners; Highlights that promoting high standards in terms of the environmental and social sustainability of the fisheries sector is, among other factors, key to attracting a new generation of fishers and providing long-term economic stability for the sector;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 299 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 l (new)
18 l. Stresses the need to ensure the continuity of fishing activity, generational renewal and greater social recognition for this sector and its importance for the sustainable supply of healthy food for Europeans that come from environmentally sound habitats;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 300 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 m (new)
18 m. Points out that the involvement of young people and generational renewal will not only ensure the continuity of the oldest activity of the blue economy, but also secure populations in coastal areas and surrounding rural areas, preserving the cultural heritage of many coastal communities; considers it to be of vital importance that younger generations are better informed and more aware of sustainability issues, with new knowledge, and of the need for all to contribute to tackling and combating climate change, which is having the hardest impact on sea and coastal areas around the planet;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 301 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 n (new)
18 n. Welcomes the fact that the new 2021-2027 EMFAF will provide assistance and support for young fishers engaged in the first purchase of a vessel or fishing enterprise; stresses the need to attract young people not only to sea fishing activities, but also to fishing enterprise management and aquaculture, thereby ensuring generational renewal across the entire sector; calls on Member States to promote this renewal by removing obstacles and supporting people who want to start a career in the fisheries sector and to address issues such as the high cost of initially starting a business, the methods for allocating fishing opportunities, income instability, gender equality and uncertainty about career duration;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 302 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 o (new)
18 o. Underlines that generational renewal must take into account the objectives of the European Green Deal and the need to ensure digital transition also in the blue economy; notes that this means not only attracting young people to fishing but also ensuring that they are informed and properly trained, offering them attractive career prospects and the opportunity to improve their personal situation – particularly by improving their income and ensuring its sustainability – and contribute to the cohesion of their local communities, especially in the most isolated coastal regions and those with fewer job opportunities, enabling them to work for economic, social and environmental change in these areas, while enhancing the role of women in this sector through enhanced mobility and employment opportunities throughout the EU, without difficulties or restrictions regarding recognition of their skills and training; considers that generational renewal must not lead to a clash between generations, and should include fishers of all ages ensuring balance in the ecological and digital transition in order to ensure that the legacy of experience is not lost;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 303 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 p (new)
18 p. Recalls that the Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025 requires that the relevant EU funds support actions to promote women’s participation in the labour market and work-life balance, promote investments in care facilities, support female entrepreneurship, and combat gender segregation;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 304 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 q (new)
18 q. Calls on the Commission to launch initiatives to acknowledge the work of women in fisheries and to secure equal payment between genders;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 305 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 r (new)
18 r. Highlights the role of women in the fisheries sector, which is often overlooked or barely visible, but fundamental in the logistical and administrative support for fishing vessels as well as in the marketing and processing of fish; underlines that actions to attract young people to fishing activity must ensure gender equality and consider the role of women in the entire fishing industry, from the catching of fish to the management of vessels to aquaculture, marketing and the processing of fisheries products, as well as their role in science and administration;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 315 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the essential role of multiannual plans (MAPs) as main frameworks for regional fisheries management, based on scientific, technical, and economic advice;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 321 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the need to improve the implementation of the ecosystem approach at regional level and the need for consistent fisheries management measures concerning stocks straddling over regions covered by several MAPs, in order to maintain ecosystems in a healthy, productive, and resilient condition;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 336 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Encourages Member States to widely use the regional cooperation tool in accordance with Article 18 of the CFP Basic Regulation in order to design regional conservation measures through joint recommendations;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 339 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the fundamental role of Advisory Councils (ACs) for stakeholder consultations; underlines the necessity to reinforce stakeholders cooperation through the involvement in the Advisory Councils;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 340 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Emphasise that the Advisory Councils are essential to provide experience and knowledge to the European Commission and can provide recommendations and explain problems of the sector;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 341 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Underlines that Advisory Councils play a key role in the context of regionalization, and possess the knowledge and experience to sipport and improve the draft new legislation;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 346 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Highlights the importance of involving the ACs with the European Parliament’s work, not only in PECH Committee but also in ENVI Committee;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 356 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Underlines the role of POs in promoting fishing and aquaculture sector sustainability, food security, growth and employment through the management and implementation of collective actions; points out a low uptake related to the creation of POs in EU due to the complex recognition framework, which varies between Member States;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 357 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28 b. Points out the important role POs play in linking producers, first buyers and consumers in the supply chain, and also in promoting viable and sustainable fishing activities to consumers by participating in certification schemes; underlines that POs contribute to the elimination of IUU fishing through the promotion of compliance with fishing regulation, supporting traceability and enhancing transparency and data quality in catch declarations;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 394 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Recalls that the war in Ukraine has negative effects on maritime security, which resulted in a disruption of fishing activities in the Black Sea, due to drifting floating mines, and led to a loss of biodiversity, particularly reflected by an alarming increase in the mortality of Black Sea cetaceans;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 395 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35 b. Points out that SFPAs with non- EU countries provide mutual benefits both to the EU and to partner countries; underlines that recent SFPAs include human rights clauses and integrate the needs of local populations;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 406 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Considers that imported seafood products must be subject tocomply with the same high environmental and social standards, similar to those applied in the EU products;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 424 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Considers that the aquaculture sector is capable of providing a consistent contribution to ecosystem services for society, and that pond aquaculture, algae and shellfish farming can contribute to decarbonising the EU economy and mitigating climate change; stresses, however, that carbon sequestration by algae and shellfish farming is limited depending on the production method and use when the product is harvested; calls on Member States to promote efficient short supply chains, where appropriate, with a view to contributing to the combat against climate change;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 425 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43 b. Points out that certain aquaculture practices, such as mussel or oyster farming and pond polyculture, can be successful models for future emissions credit systems, in the context of EU climate legislation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support this type of green business;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 426 #

2021/2169(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 c (new)
43 c. Calls on the Member States to continue encouraging the promotion of algae farming and facilitate the use and development of algae as food and feed; highlights that there is untapped potential in algae farming for creating new jobs and providing ecosystem services and more environmentally friendly food and feed;
2023/03/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 28 April 2021 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107 and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/16271a _________________ 1a (EP-PE_TC1-COD(2019)0272)
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the judgement number 1801790 given on July 15th, 2021 by the fourth chamber of the Administrative Court of Montpellier
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 18 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas objective 14.b of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals calls for providing “access of small- scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets”;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 38 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the STECF assessment of the social dimension of the CFP found that in 2020 only 16 out of 23 coastal Member States replied to the Commission’s request to inform it of the allocation method used; whereas according to STECF, several of those responses were of limited use as they contained only broad descriptions of the national fishing fleet or simply emphasised the intent of their allocations without outlining the ‘transparent and objective criteria’;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 40 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas according to STECF the Commission’s 2020 request to Member States to provide information on their allocation system included a question on impact assessment and only two Member States (Sweden and Denmark) reported conducting such an assessment;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas according to STECF Ireland is the only member state that is reported to cite Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 in its management rules and descriptions;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 63 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Oa. Whereas very often the management of fishing opportunities is bureaucratic and distant from fishers and the stakeholders involved in the sector; whereas regulations are often complex and opaque and in many cases, policy consultations are not accessible to most fishers;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P
P. whereas some stocks are mainly targeted by differentparticular fleet types, but many others are targeted by both small-scale and large-scale fleets;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 73 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas on November 10th, 2020 the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission have reached an agreement on the Regulation establishing a multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EU) 2017/2107 and (EU) 2019/833 and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/1627; Whereas such agreement was then voted down by the Council contradicting a decision already agreed with the other two institutions;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 75 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that fish stocks are a natural common goods thatpublic resource and so too are shares or rights to harvest them; Stresses in this regard that they should not be considered commodities and should be managed in a way that guarantees the highest long-term benefits for society and minimises the impact on ecosystems; Stresses also, in this regard, that no actor should be granted an indefinite, exclusive right to fish stocks that are owned commonly;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 81 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that in fisheries under quota management the problem of choke species has the potential to shut down fishing operations before the end of the season with potentially significant economic implications for fishers; underlines in this regards that a good quota system should include a fair degree of flexibility as it would allow fishers who need an extra quotas for a choke species and fishers who have available quotas to arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 86 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that the Member States are not transparent and are not making public what criteria they apply when distributing fishing opportunities; recalls that an objective allocation methods entails the clear and unambiguous description of well-defined allocation criteria including a clear description of the relative weightings of criteria or the conditions for their use in case of multiple criteria for allocation;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 94 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that transparent allocation criteria provides stability and legal certainty for operators; stresses therefore that information on the functioning of the system of fishing opportunities, including the method of allocation, should be easily accessible and capable of being understood by the general public so as to facilitate a consistent, rule-based allocation method that allows fora better scrutiny, less influence by particular interests and a more predictability for fishers;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 98 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onUnderlines that quota shares represent the entitlement to a public resource; calls on in this regard the Member States to make their respective methods of distributing fishing opportunities and the final quota allocation of each producer organisation and each vessel publicly available through the establishment of a compulsory public register at the national level, in line with the applicable data protection legislation;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 103 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the Commission, in its capacity of guardian of the treaties, has the obligation to guarantee the full respect of the prescriptions enshrined in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013; In this regard, calls on the Commission to ensure the correct application by all the member states of the binding transparency provision of Article 17 with regards to national quota allocation processes through an active and constant monitoring activity and, if necessary, to open an infringement procedure for those Member States that fail to comply with that requirement;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 116 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to design allocation systems in a way so as to guarantee simplicity, avoid obscure bureaucratic practices and, ultimately, allow operators and stakeholders to be able to monitor the allocation criteria and process;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the Member States have only marginally modified their fishing opportunity allocation methodsin general have not drawn a direct line between Article 17 and their national quota allocation systems; In this regards, notes that there are no recorded instances of member states changing their allocation methods in 2014 when the reformed CFP and Article 17 came into force, suggesting a minor or non-existent impact since the reform of the CFP in 2013;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 126 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the use of transparent and objective criteria of an environmental, social or economic nature is an obligation for Member States under Article 17 of the CFP;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 132 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the current allocation methods, exceedingly based on historical rights criteria, allow for a certain level of economic stability in the fishing sector, but, at the same time, contribute to reinforcing trends, such as economic concentration in the fishing sector and the difficulty of, that distort competition, erect barriers at the entrance and renders the sector little attractingve for new young fishers; considers, furthermore, that these methods do not provide incentives to fishers who implement fishing practices with a reduced environmental impact, do not provide fair opportunities to small- scale fishers and threaten their existence; in this regards, calls on Member States to adequately protect small-scale fisheries with substantial ad hoc quotas and guarantee that any future increase in quotas, due to good stock management or a successful recovery plan, is redistributed mainly among this segment of the fleet;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 161 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to incentivise operators, through their allocation processes, to establish and strengthen social dialogue with unions and workers’ organisations as well as to fully apply collective bargaining agreements in order to promote social sustainability and fair working conditions within the fisheries sector;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 178 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to engage in more proactive work with the Member States to investigate ways to distribute fishing opportunities in line with the recommendations laid down inprovisions of Article 17 of the CFP, and to publish guidelines on the usecorrect implementation of the transparent and objective criteria of a social and environmental criterianature when allocating fishing opportunities;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 184 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the fact that the translation of the original Article 17 wording “shall use” into other languages may have weakened the legally binding imperative of this element inasmuch as in certain cases it has been translated to be suggestive rather than imperative; Stresses therefore the fact that the adoption of Article 17 into national law, particularly regarding the legally binding terminology, should be reviewed and updated where necessary; calls in this regard the Commission to address this issue within its upcoming report on the functioning of the CFP as well as in a possible future review of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 185 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission, in its upcoming report on the functioning of the CFP, to analyse the implementation of Article 17 by the Member States and make proposals on how to improve its implementation; in this regard, calls on the Commission to consider the establishment of a legal instrument aimed at introducing the obligation to list publicly the details of the criteria used for allocating quota among the different segment of the fleet and the beneficiaries of the allocations through a national transparency register; Calls on the Commission to also consider the setting up of a permanent mechanism aimed at monitoring the correct implementation of the transparency requirement and the correct balancing of social, economic and environmental obligations listed in Article 17;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 187 #

2021/2168(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that the EU is still missing a legislative tool in order to implement the ICCAT decisions taken during its latest sessions; Stresses with deep concern that such a normative void risks to endanger the allocation of important quota for the EU fisheries sector; Urges therefore the Presidency of the Council to come up with an alternative proposals to the agreement already reached between the parties that is able to correspondingly meet the position of the European Parliament;
2022/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 2 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to Articles 38 to 44 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 3 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy1a _________________ 1a OJ, L 354, p.22, 28 December 2013
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 4 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund,1a _________________ 1a OJ, L 247, p.1, 13 July 2021
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
— having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,1a _________________ 1a OJ, L 257, p.135, 28 August 2014
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 6 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 e (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) No. 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products,1a _________________ 1a OJ, L 354, p.1, 28 December 2013
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 7 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 f (new)
— having regard to the position adopted by the European Parliament on 11 March 2021 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008, and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control (COM(2018)0368– C8-0238/2018 – 2018/0193(COD)),
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #

2021/2056(INI)

— having regard to the Opinion of the Committee on Fisheries for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system,1a _________________ 1a (2020/2260(INI))
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 h (new)
— Having regard the European Parliament resolution of 22 November 2012 on small-scale coastal fishing, artisanal fishing and the reform of the common fisheries policy,1a _________________ 1a (2011/2292(INI))
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 i (new)
— Having regard the European Parliament resolution of 12 April 2016 on innovation and diversification of small- scale coastal fishing in fisheries- dependent regions,1a _________________ 1a (2015/2090(INI))
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 11 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 j (new)
— Having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 4 July 2017 on the role of fisheries-related tourism in the diversification of fisheries,1a _________________ 1a (2016/2035(INI))
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 k (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 16 September 2021 on "Fishers for the future: Attracting a new generation of workers to the fishing industry and generating employment in coastal communities",1a _________________ 1a (2019/2161(INI))
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 13 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 l (new)
— having regard to the publication of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) of 26 September2019 entitled “Social data in the EU fisheries sector (STECF-19- 03)”,1a _________________ 1a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/fd0f6774-e0dd-11e9- 9c4e-01aa75ed71a1
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 m (new)
— having regard to the publication of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) entitled “Social dimension CFP (STECF 20- 14)”,1a _________________ 1a https://stecf.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/4 3805/2672864/STECF+20-14+- +Social+dimension+CFP.pdf/a68c6c42- 6b64-41fc-b5a0-b724c71aa78e
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 15 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 n (new)
— having regard to the results of the FAO Regional Conference “Building a future for sustainable small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea” held in Algiers on 7-9 March 2016,
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 16 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 o (new)
— having regard to the MedFish4Ever Ministerial Declaration and roadmap,1a _________________ 1a https://www.actu- environnement.com/media/pdf/news- 28756-declaration-malte-surpeche- mediterranee.pdf
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 p (new)
— having regard to the Regional Plan of Action for Small-scale Fisheries for 2018–2028 (RPOA-SSF),
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 51 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas, at the moment, the only definition of SSF is to be found within Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 that defines "small-scale coastal fishing" as "marine and inland fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear"; Whereas this definition is to be considered for the purposes of the Regulation's implementation only;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 55 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. Whereas in most Member States the defining characteristics of SSF go beyond the EMFAF definition as governments apply a range of additional criteria including gears allowed, maximum vessel length, engine power, maximum duration of fishing trips, distance from port at which vessels can operate, area of operation, maximum allowed travel time or vessel ownership;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 57 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. Whereas the current definition of SSF included in the EMFF and EMFAF Regulation excludes certain types of vessels, such as those using some traditional gears, which in turn struggle to obtain EU funding as a result of this exclusion; whereas this exclusion also reduces the visibility of SSF and its presence within EU statistics as these units are not counted as belonging to the sector;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 58 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) states that the CFP should contribute to "a fair standard of living for the fisheries sector including small-scale fisheries";
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 60 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Ae. Whereas the typical features of SSF include: 1) low-impact nature; 2) seasonally diverse nature in terms of species, fishing grounds and gears; 3) to operate at a low production scale; 4) the respect of the biological and migratory cycles of different species thanks to the polyvalent nature and selectivity of gears used; 5) the low levels of species bycatch and discards; 6) the capability of generating more revenues per invested euro, greater catches per litre of fuel consumed, and more socio-economic added value for every kilo of fish landed;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 84 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the fisheries sector and small-scale fishing make an important contribution towards socio-economic well- being, employment and the promotion of economic and social cohesion in various coastal regions and Member States; in many southern European coastal regions, and in particular in the Mediterranean, SSF are operating at the intersection of the economic, social and environmental dimensions, providing an important contribution towards socio-economic well- being, employment and the promotion of economic and social cohesion; whereas in this sense, income from fisheries is not to be deemed profit per se as it also contributes to perpetuating a way of life that has immense cultural and historical value for many coastal communities while providing, at the same time, an important social and economic safety net; whereas, in this sense, SSF represent a solution against increasing depopulation, ageing population and mounting unemployment, which are all major challenges for most of the coastal regions in southern European countries and islands;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 91 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas SSF provide a fundamental contribution to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainability Goals (SDGs) as explicitly recognized by SDG 14b; whereas, at the same time, small scale fisheries can provide contributions to the other policy imperatives underlying the SDGs, such as the SDG 2 “Zero hunger” and its Target 2.3, SDG 5 “Gender equality” and its targets 5.a and 5.b, the SDG 8 “Decent work and economic growth” and its target 8.5, and the overall SDG 13 “Climate action”;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas issues concerning safety and accidents in fishing cannot be removed from those concerning fishing efforts and fish yield; safety and comfort-related issues of the SSF fleet cannot be viewed separately from those concerning fishing efforts and fish yield; whereas, in this regards, the gross tonnage limitation, as a criterion to measure the fishing capacity, has a negative impact on the safety and comfort of the SSF fleet as it limits the incentive to replace and modernise vessels or increasing available space in order to improve crew comfort, safety and ultimately the attractiveness of the sector, especially for young people and women;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 104 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas safety-related issues cannot be viewed separately from the characteristics of fishing fleets in the Member Statesparticular nature of the fleets as the characteristics of SSF such as the lack of specialised safety advice for the sector, single handed nature of operations, long working hours or the danger of entrapment in the equipment, may render them at high risk; ;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 117 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas, despite small-scale fishing’s importance in the EU, it accounts for a substantially smaller share of the sector’s total income than large-scale and distant-water fishing; whereas, at the same time, SSF has significant potential for added value as the 5% of the catch by volume produced contributes to the 15% of the value of the catch;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 128 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas earningsresources, especially fishing quotas, are very unequally distributed between industrial fisheries on the one hand, which tend to take a more and small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries on the other; whereas one of the main reasons for this unequal deistructive approach to resources, and small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries on the otheribution is the predominant use by members states of the criteria of the historical catches, which penalizes exceedingly the SSF sector, impeding generational change and erecting barriers for those who wish to enter the market;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 138 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Na. Where markets are often dominated by few established products and SSF products that are a sustainable alternative to heavily exploited species do not get sufficient marketing attention; whereas consumers are often prevented from obtaining full information about the product they are buying, its production system or the fishing gear;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 144 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Oa. Whereas SSF enterprises are often undercapitalised or underfunded and have very limited access to basic accounting tools, credits, micro-finance and insurance;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 145 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Ob. Whereas the SSF sector continues to experience economic difficulties and substantial decrease in revenues as a result of the significant increase in operating costs aggravated by other factors such as the reductions in the value of fish at first sale or rising fuel prices; whereas these and other factors have rendered SSF ever more relying on fuel subsidies and often impose an increase in fishing effort onto the fishers in order to reach economic viability for their activity;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 148 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Oc. Whereas the SSF sector has traditionally suffered from a lack of organizational capacity; whereas among the main factors contributing to limit SSF collective action there is: 1) the large number of actors in the SSF sector combined with their geographical dispersion; 2) the nature of the business, which is mainly based on small-family enterprises; 3) the lack of trained staff devoted to management; 4) the lack of financial support for SSF organisations to take part in the decision-making process;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 150 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O d (new)
Od. Whereas the SSF sector finds itself more and more in competition with other blue maritime activities as well as with renewable energy interests that affect many activities along the coast, in beaches or harbour areas, thus potentially taking over areas previously used almost exclusively by SSF, resulting in displacement as well as in ‘sea and coastal grabbing’;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 152 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O e (new)
Oe. Whereas gentrification processes occurring in many developing coastal areas risk to make it increasingly unaffordable for small scale fishers to live in coastal areas, pushing them far from their place of work and thus rendering their activity even more difficult and inconvenient;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 156 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Pa. Whereas management strategies based solely on the reduction of fishing days, such as that applied for the Western Mediterranean, are putting the SSF sector on its knees; whereas these continuous reductions, if combined with the already precarious situation caused by the COVID pandemic, are leading to the collapse of a large share of the sector, which would no longer be able to reach the minimum profitability threshold that guarantees its survival; whereas these reductions also raise numerous issues such as those linked to safety on board, the greater risk of injuries, the increase of illegal fishing and the social repercussions resulting from unemployment;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 177 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
PStrengthening Small Scale Fisheries along the value chain and promoting higher fisheries incomes
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 182 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the future of small-scale, coastal and artisanal fishing depends on immediate, meaningful and effective measures to increase fishing incomes, empower the fleet, tonhance the organizational and commercial capabilities of the sector, enhance the profession’s attractiveness and provide training for young people and to improve operating conditions; calls on the Commission, therefore, working in close cooperation with the Member States, to establish and implement support mechanisms for small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries that make it possible to tackle the specific problems in this part of the sector;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 189 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to invest in product diversification through initiatives aimed at creating new markets, shedding light on lesser-known species in order to improve SSF’s market position, alleviate the demand for products whose constant supply throughout the year can only be guaranteed by imports and help reduce fishing pressure on overexploited species;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 192 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the fact that the seafood sector has very limited tools, such as labels, available to the consumers in order to assess sustainability criteria and promote SSF low impact products; underlines that eco-labels, when they exist, often become a disadvantage to SSF as they do not have the data or the financial capacity to initiate a certification process; in this regard, calls on the Commission to propose the creation of a certified seafood label and fisheries product brand mechanism that can encourage consumers to buy locally and sustainably sourced seafood as well as raise consumers’ awareness on SSF products; calls on the Commission to address this issue within a reform of the Common Markets Organization Regulation;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 195 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms the need to strengthen and shorten the sector’s value chain and promote marketing strategies, fostering mechanismbetween the producer and the consumer by reducing the number of intermediaries and ideally reaching the point where the producer is able to serve the final customer directly; in this sense, underlines thate improve the first-sale price, so as to benefit fisherortance of promoting new distribution channels, such as online sales or apps, online platforms or social media channels and calls for regulatory measures of direct selling off the boat that do not harm the existence of this important channel of distribution for SSF products;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 210 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that measures are neededStresses the fact that SSF are the weakest segment along the value chain and marketing arrangements often tend to favour the interests of the buyer, rather than the fishers, who have little to no control over pricing, which in turn end up in marginal earnings for the products sold; urges the need for measures to defend or create markets of origin, thereby advocating short sales channels for traditional products and promoting and defending the particularintrinsic qualityies of fish from small-scale fishing;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 216 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for small-scale fishing support programmes to be introduced with a view to driving down production costimproving business management and organizational capabilities, driving down production costs, improving first sale prices and ensuring economic sustainability;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 221 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Warns of the difficulties that the fisheries sector is still experiencing, which have now been aggravated by rising fuel prices;deleted
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 230 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that public institutions should facilitate access to finance to the weakest segments of the fleet in order to foster value chains and prevent market failures; in this regard, calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up legislative initiatives to facilitate access to formal finance for the SSF sector; stresses that this should include: 1) access to both formal credit for capital expenses and financing for fishing operations, 2) the development, in partnership with financial institutions, of facilities and financial products for medium to long- term investment, 3) the application of formal financing schemes such as production contracts or storage receipts, with the participation of fishers, traders and public authorities;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 242 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) should make it possible to provide specific support for small-scale fishing in the form of fuel subsidies;Underlines that in certain sea- basins, such as the Mediterranean, the majority of the SSF sector is dependent on fuel subsidies; underlines that the new proposal for a council directive restructuring the Union framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity1a, by ending the current mandatory exemption for the fishing sector, puts at risks the survival of the majority of the SSF segment; stresses the need for alternative solutions that allow the sector to combine a just transition towards the sustainability goals set by the Green Deal with the ability of the SSF sector to economically survive and guarantee the decent sustenance of its workers; _________________ 1a COM(2021) 563 final
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 259 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to allow, under the aegis of EMFAF, SSF sector- specific support to be provided once again forfor installation of storage, freezing and refrigeration, infrastucture and for maintaining the cold chain from boat to plate as a decisive element enabling full advantage to be taken of fisheries resources – without destroying or depleting stocks – and ensuring a regular supply to the publicdelivery of high quality fresh products to the public, hotels, restaurants and to the food processing industry;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 272 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that support under theprovided by Member States, when implementing the new EMFAF, should be marshalled to address market failures, thereby contributing to increased incomes from fishing, promoting jobs with rights in the sector and ensuring fair prices for producers;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 283 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that the EU is missing a tool to understand the extent of EMFF and EMFAF investments in the SSF sector, the number of good practices funded, the delivering of concrete results and how FLAGs are working and effectively implementing the CFP; calls on the Commission to establish such a tool as a fundamental step in order to understand how to scale up good practices and replicate virtuous fishing methods at the EU scale;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 291 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the gross tonnage criteria to measure fishing capacity, by also including space reserved for crew facilities and comfort, hinders the modernization of the fishing vessels and the much needed improvement of the working conditions of the SSF fleet; urges, in this regard, the Commission to review these criteria in order to find a solution able to balance the needs of the SSF workers with the need to control the EU fleet's fishing capacity;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 380 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view, however, that the necessary setting of environmental objectives must go hand in hand with defining social and economic objectives, which are crucial for any fisheries policy; calls on the Commission to take the interdependence of these objectives into account when designing future fisheries legislation;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 385 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses the need to reach a consensus around a common definition of SSF at the EU level; stresses the need to draft a common definition through an appropriate matrix system to include other characteristics of the segment; stresses the need for this definition to be pragmatic, measurable and clear; stresses the fact that this definition should be included in a more horizontal regulation, such as the CFP Regulation, so to encompass the whole EU fisheries legislation; calls on the Commission to address this issue within the future review of the CFP Regulation;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 388 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Highlight the scarcity of economic, social and territorial statistical data and indicators on SSF at the European level; stresses that this lack and inadequateness of statistics does not allow for a proper analysis of the segment and therefore for a proper legislative action to tackle the most critical issues SSF faces; urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive and region-wide mapping action to develop an accurate and complete baseline data on SSF with a view to measure the economic and social impact of SSF both in quantitative and qualitative terms and to estimate 1) the value of the output produced by SSF; 2) its economic impact on coastal communities and 3) its impact on related sectors; stresses the need to involve fishers and fishers’ associations in scientific monitoring, mapping, data collection, management and control activities, in order to take full advantage of their knowledge;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 391 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive and region-wide mapping of 1) social protection systems and national legislations in place and available to SSF in the EU member states with a view to identifying and promoting the most successful options; 2) legislation and institutional mechanisms which ensure the full participation of SSF in all activities regarding the sustainable development of the sector (development of alternative activities, co-management, financial support, labelling, traceability, right to decent work, social protection, etc.);
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 393 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Stresses the crucial importance for the SSF sector to have a stronger dedicated organizational capacity in order to strengthen its position along the value chain; stresses that stronger producers organizations can play a key role in the management of commercialization structures of SSF products, in improving market access for SSF products and in increasing the availability of local food within coastal communities; stresses, in particular, the fact that their strengthening and promotion would help SSF to 1) become price-makers instead of price-takers; 2) set fair prices; 3) diminish the intra-sectoral competition; 4) promote a more efficient use of its own structures and resources through collective action; calls on, in this regard, the Commission and the Member States to follow up on the prescriptions of the CMO Regulation by establishing regional plans for SSF producers' organizations in order to increase the SSF sector's profitability and improve the quality and traceability of its products;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 395 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)
26e. Stresses that the SSFsector, more than the rest of the fleet segments, may bear the brunt of the impact of the growing need for renewable energy sources to meet the goals set by the EU Green Deal; stresses that SSF will be particularly affected if displacement deriving from installation of a growing number of offshore windfarm units within inshore fishing grounds takes place, as it may not have the capacity to move to fishing grounds further afield or to change fishing methods; calls, in this regard, for appropriate marine spatial planning in order to guarantee the interests of all the sectors and for fair compensation to small scale fishermen as a last resort;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 396 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)
26f. Stresses the opportunities deriving from possible synergies between the SSF and other sectors and in particular with coastal tourism that shares the same assets and infrastructures of the SSF sector; stresses that such synergies would enable diversification in the local economy, provide additional jobs and income to families, and help stabilise the declining profitability and employment in the fisheries sector; calls, in this regard, for a clear definition of pesca-tourism that allows for a regulated activity and at the same time for professional small-scale fishers to take full advantage of the opportunities given by synergies with the blue economy sector;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 397 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)
26g. Stresses that the socio-economic and environmental challenges arising from the management of Maritime Protected Areas offer a potential solution to reconcile conservation and sustainability objectives on the one hand with the integration of the SSF sector into management decisions in and around MPAs; calls on, in this regard, the Commission and the Member States to develop participatory approaches to the management MPAs, based on biological and socio-economic data jointly formulated, implemented and revised together with MPA practitioners, concerned stakeholders and the SSF sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider developing participative management practices also to find a balance between the sustainable development of SSF and, where applicable, the sustainable development of responsible tourism;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 398 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)
26h. Stresses that the viability of SSF critically depends on secure access to resources and fishing areas on the one hand, and to value added markets on the other; calls, in this respect for a differentiated approach to the management of SSF, with priority access to inshore fishing areas and ring fenced quotas granted to SSF activities; calls for the establishment of fishing areas reserved for SSF activities under co- management regimes, with associations of SSF empowered to share responsibility and decision-making power in the drafting and implementation of co- management plans with national authorities in co-management committees;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 399 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 i (new)
26i. Stresses the fact that the SSF sector should be granted a fair share of fishing quota; stresses that in order to achieve this goal, distribution methods by the Member States should be less based on historical records and more on the basis of other criteria such as fleet size, age of the fishers or the fishing gears employed; urges, in this regard, all Member States to fully implement the prescriptions present in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy for the use of transparent and objective allocation criteria, including those of an environmental, social and economic nature, and to increase the percentage of national quotas allocated to the SSF sector accordingly;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 400 #

2021/2056(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 j (new)
26j. Highlights that within the SSF sector women continues to be underrepresented; stresses that despite this, women have always played an active, although frequently invisible, role within the SSF sector; stresses that this “invisibility” is due to cultural reasons but also to the lack of official statistical data on women’s employment within the SSF sector; calls on the Commission and Member states to support projects dedicated to collecting information on women’s employment as well as to enable women to enter the SSF sector and take a central role within it;
2021/12/21
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the proper functioning of the single market is key to safeguarding sufficient, affordable and high quality agri-food supplies across the EU and is the best tool to ensure recovery for allcompetitiveness, vibrant rural areas, decent incomes, a fair standard of living and a prompt recovery for the European agricultural community; notes that in some Member States the COVID-19 pandemic has led to certain types of local restrictions; recalls that national measures cannot undermine the fundamental principles of the single market;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of enhancing the resilience of EU agri-food systems, including regional and local food systems, as well as of short supply chains, as set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy; stresses, however, that the strategy should be based on a comprehensive ex-ante, scientific and cumulative impact assessment based on public consultations with representatives of the agri-food chain and other relevant stakeholders, and not lead to additional barriers and greater fragmentation within the single market;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the recent increase in national labelling requirements for food and drink products; underlines that these requirements must be justified and, proportional and in line with EU harmonized food and drink regulatory framework, especially with regard to safety issues, and should not create obstacles to the smooth movement of food products across the EU;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2021/2043(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the importance of improving transparency in the EU Single Market, and of better traceability of all production and distribution processes in accordance with the right of European consumers to have more information on the origin and production methods of the foodstuffs they consume; notes that an appropriate EU mandatory labelling on the origin of food products have the potential to significantly increase transparency and traceability, as well as avoid disruptions of the internal market;
2021/05/04
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the importance of clean energy transition that will minimize fossil fuels import, generate job growth, develop communities, and raise living standards of all EU citizens, contributing to post- COVID 19 recovery;
2021/04/26
Committee: PECH
Amendment 22 #

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Emphasises that offshore renewable energy will only be sustainable if it does not have a negative impact on the marine environment;
2021/04/26
Committee: PECH
Amendment 23 #

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Encourages facilitation of dialogue where all industry, NGOs, fishers and scientists can exchange views and work on joint projects at an early stage;
2021/04/26
Committee: PECH
Amendment 48 #

2021/2012(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Encourages further monitoring of impact on the environment, scientific analyses and data exchange as new policies, findings and technologies are constantly developing;
2021/04/26
Committee: PECH
Amendment 11 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions, especially in the agriculture sector, where the sources of methane emissions are often diffuse and make measurement, reporting and verification challenging; welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop, in cooperation with international partners, an international emissions observatory; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the lack of a comprehensive EU monitoring framework for methane emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to improve the measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the agricultural sector, in which further disaggregation of emission factors and their determination on a scientific basis is required for all EU production systems before progress beyond level 2 approaches can be made;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that agriculture plays an important role in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation; highlights that European agriculture is the only major system in the world that significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) since 1990 and that the emissions from EU agriculture are among the lowest worldwide; underlines that reducing European production to fight climate change runs the risk of exporting GHG emissions (“carbon leakage”) and accepting lower animal health and welfare standards, leading to a shift in production towards other parts of the world and to an abandonment of certain land upon which grazing is the only means of valorisation and which constitutes a rich source of biodiversity with environmental, social and economic repercussions on EU rural regions and landscapes;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Takes note of the scientific data provided by International Energy Agency and the European Environment Agency included in the Communication of the European Commission on an EU Strategy to reduce methane emissions, according to which both world and EU agriculture contributes to the anthropogenic methane emissions between 23 – 31%; underlines, however, that EU’s GHG emissions from European agriculture (including livestock) registered a reduction of 22.2% between 1990-20181a in the EU-28, due to the reductions in agricultural emissions of methane by 21% (enteric fermentation by 22%, and manure management by 17%); notes in this regard that, since 2005, emissions from the European agriculture have not contributed to the increase of global warming1b; _________________ 1aEEA - https://www.eea.europa.eu/data- and-maps/data/data-viewers/greenhouse- gases-viewer 1bMyles Allen “Measuring and reducing methane emissions in the agricultural sector” (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs /2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/ENV I/DV/2021/05- 26/Allen_ENVI_2021_EN.pdf)
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the European Commission to clarify the share contribution of EU agriculture to the EU's anthropogenic methane emissions, to differentiate this share to the world’s agriculture one and to estimate the contribution of the imported agri-food products to the EU anthropogenic methane emissions, through the EDGAR- FOOD database;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Emphasises that a significant share of global methane emissions in the agri-food sector originates outside of the EU; emphasizes the need for the EU to take the lead in exchanges of best practices with its third countries' trading partners with the aim to reduce methane emissions from agriculture, including, for example, through forestry-based initiatives;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 44 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Calls for the definition of policies and measures to encourage and support improved climatic performance of agricultural and livestock production through reductions in methane emissions, in line with the principle of ensuring access for all population groups in Europe to healthy, safe and sufficient food;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Calls for regulatory measures based on national and regional specificities and production systems for emissions from agriculture and related land use as part of the “Fit for 55” package to ensure ambitious reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors in the EU and also to address embedded land use emissions from imported feed and food; calls for harmonized calculation methods for methane and then a regulatory framework that incentivizes progressive reductions in methane emissions to deliver on climate objectives; reiterates that especially the methane reduction calculation should consider innovative feed additives and nutrition management plans, as well as innovative husbandry practices;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to ensure positive synergies between climate regulation and the Industrial Emissions Directive in order to avoid double regulation; welcomes the announcement of the European Commission to revise the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) in order to reflect the increased carbon reduction target through increased incentives to reduce methane emissions, for example through specific dedicated eco-schemes and carbon farming initiatives under the new CAP;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that although agriculture offers the second-highest overall methane-emission reduction potential of any sector, its methane-emission sources are diffuse and therefore potentially difficult to monitor, report and verify;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. HStresses the importance of recognizing the progress made by the agri-food sector to offset emissions and restore soil fertility; highlights that further research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sectoralls, in this regard, on the European Commission to develop and constantly update, in line with the latest state-of-the-art technologies, an inventory of best practices for the farming sector and in cooperation with farmers, stakeholders, Member States and local, regional and national authorities; supports the stimulating uptake of regenerative agriculture practices, improving also the access to technologies, data, training and information, and diversifying farmers’ income through payments for ecosystem services, thereby increasing their resilience; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector, while decreasing the dependence of imported plant proteins; underlines, in this regard, that the livestock sector not only has a great potential to help the EU successfully achieve its methane emissions' reduction targets, but also has a key role in preserving unique biodiversity functions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance and can obtain bigger decreases; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector, which is crucial if we are to maintain population levels in rural areas and ensure that those areas offer a vibrant and thriving living environment;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Looks forward to the work of the International Methane Emissions Observatory in the hope that, with a view to achieving a more dynamic system that more accurately assesses the weight of methane emitted by ruminant livestock, which is clearly less than the other gases that cause global warming, it will revise methane's global warming potential (GWP), a measurement system which statically assesses methane emitted over 100 years and whose results overestimate the impact of short-lived gases like methane;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Acknowledges that, according to the FAO, well management practices of livestock can lead to a 30%3a decrease in GHG emissions, including methane emissions, and that healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water as they move through the production system; calls on the European Commission and Member States to facilitate the uptake of agricultural technologies including precision farming, nitrification inhibitors and advanced animal nutrition to reduce the methane emissions from agriculture; _________________ 3a http://www.fao.org/3/ca7089en/ca7089en. pdf
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights that economic viability is critical in maintaining sustainable livestock farms and ensuring the development and implementation of future mitigation practices, as well as a secure and stable supply of food; stresses the need that future policy decisions have to ensure that the livestock activity can deliver and at the same time continue to be able to project itself; underlines that the sector must continue to constitute a real source of employment and the profession must remain attractive for the young generations;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that, rather than looking at individual links in isolation, the efficiency and emissions reductions of the livestock production value chain must be considered as a whole;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Emphasizes the importance of new animal feed strategies able, inter alia, through the supplementary feeding of red algae (Asparagopsis), to reduce methane emissions in the livestock sector; underlines the need for new scientific research and innovation in anaerobic digestion and composting as an effective solution to recycle organic waste materials (production of biomass and organic fertilizers) and prevent methane emissions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 105 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that value-added utilisation of agricultural residues and other by-products is an important driver of the circular economy and bio-economy, only if it's done in a sustainable way; recalls, in this regard, that in order to meet new environmental targets, a balance of plant and animal production should be maintained, which will ensure sufficient amount of nutrients and organic matter in the soils in the EU, positively influencing the biodiversity and contributing to more healthy and balanced dietary habits of the Europeans; encourages farming models able to be sustainable socially, environmentally and economically; calls for the acceleration of European biogas production from agriculture waste in a sustainable way, as an important tool for reducing methane emissions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 120 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights the active engagement of the agricultural sector in climate action and recognizes the full potential of woodlands and grasslands; calls for the development of nutrient management systems and innovative dietary solutions to reduce methane emissions in the livestock sector and for methods to calculate the true impact of methane on the environment to be developed in light of more recent research on the lifecycle of methane;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 124 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to promote the establishment of community manure and slurry management centres, for both composting and biogas, and to support the transfer of the energy generated to the electricity grid;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. CWelcomes the announcement of the European Commission to set up an expert group with the aim of analysing the life-cycle methane emissions matrix; considers that farm level certification schemes for climate effective farming, including common measurement and verification data for methane reductions, will be an important tool for monitoring and incentivising methane reductions at farm level; highlights the need to assess not just the impact on methane emissions of specific livestock management and animal welfare choices, imported or domestic feeds and intensive or pastoral farming choices, but also of the impact of supplementing the animal diet with feed additives on animal health, pest resilience, food safety(toxicity), productivity, product quality, environmental impact;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that animal production is the only possible activity on permanent grassland, allowing the survival, economic stability and existence of rural farms in hill and mountain regions, thus preventing the overgrowth of such areas and the excessive reproduction of large carnivores (bears, wolves), the promotion of animal production therefore being essential in such areas; underlines that carbon storage by grasslands compensates up to 45% of GHG emissions (almost all of the enteric fermentation produced by ruminants); stresses the need to integrate the carbon stored by grasslands and their capacity not to release carbon in order to better assess the mitigation potential of agriculture;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 167 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to include in its forthcoming Long Term Vision for Rural Areas cross-sector cooperative approaches with and amongst farmers and local communities in order to develop and promote circularity also in the field of sustainable biogas production, aiming at reducing methane emissions;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 173 #

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that technical mitigation measures will complement other significant advances in the livestock sector in rural areas, in keeping with the EU's farm to fork strategy;
2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) While existing or proposed Union legal acts provide for certain general safeguards, challenges in platform work require some further specific measures. In order to adequately frame the development of platform work in a sustainable manner, it is necessary for the Union to set new minimum standards in working conditions to address the challenges arising from platform work and to protect workers’ fundamental rights. Persons performing platform work in the Union should be provided with a number of minimum rights aiming at ensuring correct determination of their employment status as well as fair and just working conditions, at promoting transparency, fairness and, accountability, and preventing health and safety risks in algorithmic management, and at improving transparency in platform work, including in cross-border situations and at ensuring the right to bargain collectively. This should be done with a view to improving legal certainty, creating a level playing field between digital labour platforms and offline providers of services and supporting the sustainable growth of digital labour platforms in the Union.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 294 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Digital labour platforms differ from other online platforms in that they organise and trade labour, or intermediate in the organisation of work performed by individuals at the request, one-off or repeated, of the recipient of a service provided by the platforminvolving computer programs and procedures. Organising work performed by individuals should imply at a minimum a significant role in matching the demand for the service with the supply of labour by an individual who has a contractual relationship with the digital labour platform and who is available to perform a specific task, and can include other activities such as processing payments. Online platforms which do not organise the work performed by individuals but merely provide the means by which service providers can reach the end-user, for instance by advertising offers or requests for services or aggregating and displaying available service providers in a specific area, without any further involvement, should not be considered a digital labour platform. The definition of digital labour platforms should not include providers of a service whose primary purpose is to exploit or share assets, such as short-term rental of accommodation. It should be limited to providers of a service for which the organisation of work performed by the individual, such as transport of persons or goods or cleaning, constitutes a necessary and essential and not merely a minor and purely ancillary component.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 312 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
(22) Where the existence of an employment relationship is established based on facts, the party acting as employer should be clearly identified and that party should fulfil all the obligations resulting from its role as employer. and comply with national law and relevant national or sectorial collective agreements in line with the sector of activity which is to be determined by Member States in cooperation with the most representative social partners, identified in line with national law and practice.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 325 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Ensuring correct determination of the employment status should not prevent the improvement of working conditions of genuine self-employed persons performing platform work. Where a digital labour platform decides – on a purely voluntary basis or in agreement with the persons concerned – to pay for social protection, accident insurance or other forms of insurance, training measures or similar benefits to self-employed persons working through that platform, those benefits as such should not be regarded as determining elements indicating the existence of an employment relationshipMember States should take particular care in their national policies to ensure effective protection to workers especially affected by the uncertainty as to the existence of an employment relationship, including female workers, as well as the most vulnerable workers, young workers, older workers, workers in the informal economy, migrant workers, including undocumented migrant workers, and workers with disabilities.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 359 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) In order to ensure that labour inspections are carried out effectively, Member States should have sufficient labour inspectors, in accordance with ILO Convention 81 on Labour Inspection and ILO Report III on the 95th International Labour Conference in 2006, which recommends that there should be one labour inspector per 10 000 workers.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 398 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) Digital labour platforms and any other undertaking should not be required to disclose the detailed functioning of their automated or semi-automated monitoring and decision-making systems, including algorithms, or other detailed data that contains commercial secretwhich have implications for is protected by intellectual property rights. However, the result of those considerations should not be a refusal to provide all the information required by this Directivefundamental rights and freedoms of the workers or affecting working conditions or work organisation.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 482 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) ‘digital labour platform’ means any natural or legal person providing a commercial service which meets all of the following requirements:using automated or semi-automated processes and algorithms for intermediating, supervising or organising in any way the work performed by individuals, irrespective of whether that work is performed online or in a certain location;
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 522 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) ‘automated or semi-automated monitoring and decision-making systems’ means any system, software, or process that involves the use of data, machines and algorithms to make decisions or uses computations to aid or replace management decisions or policy that impact work organisation, working conditions, opportunities, access, freedoms, rights and safety of workers;
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 534 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The definition of digital labour platforms laid down in paragraph 1, point (1), shall not include providers of a service whose primary purpose is to exploit or share assets. It shall be limited to providers of a service for which the organisation of work performed by the individual constitutes not merely a minor and purely ancillary component.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 543 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall have appropriate and effective procedures in place to verify and ensure the correct determination of the employment status of persons performing platform work, with a view to ascertaining the existence of an employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in the Member States with consideration to the case-law of the Court of Justice, and ensuring that they enjoy the rights deriving from Union law applicable to workersimplement the presumption of employment relationship in line with article 4.1.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 557 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Digital labour platforms exerting the prerogatives of employers are undertakings and shall comply with the corresponding employers’ obligations under national law and collective agreements applicable in the sector of activity, which is to be determined by Member States in cooperation with the most representative social partners, identified in line with national law and practice. Platform workers shall fully enjoy the status of worker in line with national law and sectorial collective agreements, including the right to join a trade union, to organise, and bargain collectively.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 592 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The legal presumption shall apply in all relevant administrative procedures and administrative and legal proceedings. Competent authorities and bodies responsible for registering administrative procedures, verifying compliance with or enforcing relevant legislation shall be able to rely oneffectively apply that presumption.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 688 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) develop guidance forand establish procedures for national competent and enforcement authorities to proactively identify, target and pursue digital labour platforms in order to ensure effective compliance with the provisions established in this directive, including by imposing dissuasive sanctions against non-compliant digital labour platforms;
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 695 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) develop guidance and establish procedures for competent administrative authorities and institutions to proactively apply the legal presumption in the administrative procedures and to share data with other relevant authorities in order to apply the legal presumption in the processing and registration of contractual relations and social security related data;
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 762 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Control and direction in connection with the performance of work within the meaning of article 5.3 (a)shall be understood as including, but not limited to, one of the following: – effectively determining, or setting upper limits for, the level of remuneration or issuing periodic payments of remuneration; – determining working conditions or enforcing the performance of work through sanctions, including restricting access to work, or using customer rating systems as a tool of control and basis for sanctions – controlling or restricting the communication between the person performing platform work and the recipient of the service while and after the work is being performed or preventing the person performing platform work from developing business contacts with potential clients; – tracking or monitoring the person performing platform work – providing the worker with any kind of support for social protection, accident insurance, pension scheme or other forms of insurance, training measures or similar benefits; – requiring the person performing platform work to respect specific rules with regard to appearance, conduct towards the recipient of the service or performance of the work; – verifying the quality of the results of the work; – drawing consequences from such quality control or from recipients’ ratings for decisions to propose work assignments in the future, including their remuneration; – effectively restricting the time schedule or duration in which the person can choose to perform platform work; – effectively restricting the use of subcontractors or substitutes to perform the work; – effectively restricting the possibility to perform work for any third party, including other competitors of the digital labour platforms.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 765 #

2021/0414(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Member States shall regularly review assess and, where necessary, complement these conditions, in consultation with the social partners. Such proceedings shall not have suspensive effect on the application of the legal presumption.
2022/06/10
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 15 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, the mission of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is, inter alia, to assist Member States in reporting information on fishing activities and control and inspection activities to the Commission and third parties like GFCM secretariat. It is therefore appropriate for EFCA to be included in the communications received from Member States and the Commission with information related to control and inspection, such as authorised vessels to operate, suspected infringements detected and the list of vessels to be included in the IUU List of GFCM Agreement Area. _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the European Fisheries Control Agency (OJ L 83, 25.3.2019, p. 18).
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 29 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) Total catch of key species listed in Article 33.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 31 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a (new)
By way of derogation from the first paragraph, the use of ROVs shall be allowed, for scientific purposes only, until June 2023, in the framework of research programmes conducted by scientific institutions and authorised by Member States.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 32 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall maintain an updated register of fishing authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 and shall send to the Commission, by 31 May each year, the list of fishers and/or vessels for which the authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 were issued. The Commission shall communicate that list to the GFCM Secretariat not later than 30 June each year. That list shall include for each vessel at least the information referred to in Annex VIII .
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 38 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall designate landing points where landings by vessels actively fishing for the species listed in Article 68 shall take place. For each designated port, Member States shall specify permitted landing and transhipping times and places. Member States shall also ensurecarry out inspection coverage of such activities during landing and transhipping times at all designated landing points on the basis of a risk analysis.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 39 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 – paragraph 2
2. All catches of key stocks, as listed in Article 68, irrespectively of the live weight of the catch, as well as catches of non-target species in excess of 50 kg, shall be reported in the logbook.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 40 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 1
1. Before 1 December of each year, Member States shall send to the Commission, with EFCA in copy, through the accustomed data- processing support, an updated list of the vessels of more than 15 metres in overall length flying its flag and registered in its territory that it authorises to fish in the GFCM Agreement area by issuance of a fishing authorisation.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 41 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission, with EFCA in copy, shall send the updated list to the GFCM Secretariat before 1 January of each year so that the vessels concerned can be entered on the GFCM register of vessels of more than 15 metres in overall length authorised to fish in the GFCM Agreement area (GFCM register).
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 42 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 126 – paragraph 4
4. Any change to be made to the list referred to in paragraph 1 shall be notified to the Commission, with EFCA in copy, for transmission to the GFCM Secretariat , through the accustomed data-processing support, at least 10 working days before the vessel begins fishing activity in the GFCM Agreement area.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 43 #

2021/0248(COD)

8. Member States shall, without delay, communicate to the Commission, with EFCA in copy, any information showing that there are strong reasons for suspecting that vessels of more than 15 metres in overall length that are not on the GFCM register are fishing for or transhipping fish and shellfish in the GFCM Agreement area.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 132 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 48(8) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, the Member States shall submit to the Commission, with EFCA in copy, at least 140 days before the GFCM Annual Session, the following information:
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 45 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 132 – paragraph 2
2. Where appropriate, the Commission, with EFCA in copy, shall forward to the GFCM Secretariat at least 120 days before the GFCM Annual Session any additional information received from Member States and which might be relevant for the establishment of the IUU vessel list.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 46 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 133 – paragraph 1
1. If the Commission receives from the GFCM Secretariat any evidence supporting the presumption of IUU fishing activities by a fishing vessel flying the flag of a Member State, the Commission shall, without delay, transmit EFCA in copy, transmit immediately that information to the Member State concerned.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 47 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 133 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State concerned may provide the Commission with evidence, at least 45 days before the GFCM annual session, including evidence showing that the listed vessels have not fished in contravention to GFCM conservation and management measures or had the possibility of fishing in the GFCM area of application. The Commission, with EFCA in copy, shall forward that information to the GFCM Secretariat at least 30 days before the GFCM annual session.
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 48 #

2021/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 135 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission, EFCA and Member States shall cooperate and exchange information with the GFCM Secretariat , in particular by:
2022/04/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to swiftly incorporate future CCSBT measures into Union law, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amendments to this Regulation concerning the information provided for in the CCSBT Record of Vessels, and time limits or periods related to reporting for catch tagging forms, retention of CDS documents, transmission of transhipment notifications and declarations, transmission of information to the CCSBT Compliance Committee concerning the IUU vessel list and investigation reports, transmission of information concerning point of contact for port inspections, and transmission of notification of delays in the submission of port inspection reports, transmission of by- catch report, and deadlines for the submission of annual reports, in addition to the documents included in the annex to this Regulation and its subsequent amendments.
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘Catch monitoring form’ means the CDS document thato which point 1 of the annex to this Regulation, which records information on the catch, transhipment, export, and import of SBF;
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) ‘Catch tagging form’ means the CDS document thato which point 2 of the annex to this Regulation refers, which records information on individual fish tagged;
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) ‘Export or re-export form’ means the CDS document thato which point 3 of the annex to this Regulation refers, which contains information on SBF already tracked on the catch monitoring form of an import that is, either in full or part, exported or re- exported;
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) ‘CCSBT Transhipment declaration’ means Annex I to the CCSBT Resolution on Establishing a Program for Transhipment by Large-Scale Fishing Vessels17; __________________ 17 https://www.ccsbt.org/sites/default/files/us erfiles/file/docs_english/operational_resol utions/Resolution_Transhipment.pdfthe document to which point 4 of the Annex to this Regulation refers;
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 16 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
TUnless the best available scientific advice states otherwise and is agreed in the framework of the Convention, the targeting of SBF by Union fishing vessels shall be prohibited. Any SBF retained on board of Union fishing vessels shall account exclusively for by-catch.
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall adopt, by ... [6 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], a delegated act in accordance with Article 26 supplementing this Regulation with the CCSBT documents listed in the annex to this Regulation. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 26 to amend that delegated act subsequently. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts amending or supplementding this Regulation in accordance with Article 26 concerning measures adopted by CCSBT in the following areas:
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 19 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) targeting by Union fishing vessels of SBF of Article 4, in accordance with the best scientific advice available;
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 22 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Delegated acts amending or supplementing this Regulation in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be strictly limited to the implementation in Union law of amendments to the CCSBT conservation and management measures.
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 23 #

2021/0242(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex (new)
ANNEX (1) The catch monitoring form set out in Appendix 1 to the CCSBT Resolution on the Implementation of a CCSBT Catch Documentation Scheme of 21 October 2021; (2) The catch tagging form set out in Appendix 1 to the CCSBT Resolution on the Implementation of a CCSBT Catch Documentation Scheme of 21 October 2021; (3) The export/re-export form set out in Appendix 1 to the CCSBT Resolution on the Implementation of a CCSBT Catch Documentation Scheme of 21 October 2021; (4) The ‘CCSBT Transhipment declaration’ set out in Annex I to the CCSBT Resolution on Establishing a Program for Transhipment by Large- Scale Fishing Vessels of 12 October 2017;
2022/03/22
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls that EFCA budget should also assure the necessary means to assist the uniform implementation and organisation of the operational coordination of control activities by Member States for the implementation of specific control and inspection programmes, control programmes related to IUU fishing and international control and inspection programmes, including in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations convention areas such as NAFO, IOTC and others;
2021/07/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 18 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; invites Member States to draw on the EMFAF to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under- represented groups, particularly women, to join the sector; highlights that generational renewal can contribute to the achievement of Green Deal objectives, since younger generations are more prepared and open to the green and digital transitions, which are fundamental for the sector;
2021/07/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 345 #

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)Directive (EU) 2018/2001

Annex IX – part A
(a a) In part A, the following point (r) in inserted: (r) Intermediate and cover crops.
2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 b (new)
(22 b) According to the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries' Annual Economic Report 20211a, the Union fishing fleet has reduced its energy consumption by more than 15 points in the last decade. However, the fisheries sector faces serious decarbonisation challenges due to the lack of alternatives in the short term and existing fishing capacity limits. Fishery and aquaculture products are among the food with the lowest carbon footprint, especially wild fish from the small-scale coastal fleet. The Union is the world's largest fish market, importing 60% of what it consumes. The introduction of a new fuel tax for the fisheries sector would have a serious impact on the competitiveness of the Union fleet, especially the small-scale coastal fleet, resulting in a reduced capacity for self- sufficiency, higher prices for the consumer and a consequent increase in emissions due to increased imports. The Union fishing sector should therefore continue to benefit from the exemptions provided for in Directive 2003/96/EC of the Council. _________________ 1a The 2021 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF 21-08)
2022/02/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 27 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
(23) Fuel used for waterborne navigation, including fishing, should also be taxed, and the Member States party to international agreements providing for the exemption of that fuel, have to, by the date of the application of this Directive, ensure they eliminate the incompatibilities. It is necessary to allow for a different level of taxation to be applied to the use of energy products and electricity for intra-EU waterborne regular service navigation, fishing and freight transport and their respective at berth activities. Considering the specificity of those uses, the minimum levels of taxation should be lower than the ones applicable to general motor fuel use. In order to provide an incentive to the use of sustainable alternative fuels and electricity, such fuels and electricity should be exempted from taxation for ten years. Energy products and electricity used for the remaining intra-EU waterborne navigation should be subject to the standard levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels and electricity in the Member States.
2022/02/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 35 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) For extra-EU air navigation, without prejudice to international obligations, and for extra-EU waterborne navigation, including fishing, Member States may exempt or apply the same levels of intra-EU taxation, according to the type of activity.
2022/02/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a In addition to the general provisions set out in Directive 92/12/EEC on exempt uses of taxable products, and without prejudice to other Union provisions, Member States shall exempt energy products supplied for use as fuel for a fishing vessel within Union waters and electricity produced on board a fishing vessel, from taxation under conditions which they shall lay down for the purpose of ensuring the correct and straightforward application of such exemptions and of preventing any evasion, avoidance or abuse. For the purposes of this Article, ‘fishing vessel’ shall mean any vessel as defined in point (4) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council.
2022/02/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 49 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 5, Member states shall apply, as a single use, under fiscal control not less than minimum levels of taxation as set out in Tables B and D of Annex I to energy products supplied for use as fuel to vessels, and to electricity used directly for charging electric vessels, for the purposes of intra-EU waterborne regular service navigation, fishing and freight transport.
2022/02/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 57 #

2021/0213(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) energy products supplied for use as fuel for fishing vessels on inland waterways, and electricity produced on board a fishing vessel; For the purposes of this Article, ‘fishing vessel’ shall mean any vessel as defined in point (4) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council.
2022/02/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 93 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan30a highlights that social rights and the European social dimension need to be strengthened across all policies of the Union as enshrined in the Treaties, in particular Article 3 TEU and Article 9 TFEU. _________________ 30a Endorsed by the European Council on 24 and 25 June 2021.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 101 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 should provide an additional economic incentive to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with other measures, this should, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment. _________________ 31 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32)The Commission will collect data on the social impact of the accompanying measures and how they affect different Member States, regions and vulnerable groups. The aspects of preventive approach, reduction of inequalities and social compensation are critical in order to avoid the worst effects on the most vulnerable households and self-employed persons while maintaining a high level of investment to ensure the success of the ecological transition.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 111 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) However, resources are needed to finance those investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cooking, as well as for road transport, is likely to increase as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emission trading for buildings and road transport pass on costs on carbon to the consumers.deleted
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 125 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels maytransition towards climate neutrality will disproportionaltely affect vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterpriseself- employed persons and vulnerable transport users who already spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumptionfurther deepening the existing inequalities.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 139 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/ECPreventive measures and compensation should be usprovided to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for thee transition towards climate neutrality to achieve a transition to behat is just and inclusive, and leavinges no one behind.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 148 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services suchthe inability of a household to support an adequate level of energy supply so as to guarantee basic levels of comfort and health, due to as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heatingmbination of low income, high-energy prices and low quality, poor performing housing stock. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32 . Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While social tariffs or direct income support can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 216 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Particular attention needs to be paid to vulnerable tenants in the private rental and social housing markets. These tenants also include households in energy poverty or households, including lower middle income ones, that are significantly affected by the price impacts of increased heating costs or by higher rental prices following renovation, but are not in a position to renovate the building they occupy. As part of their Social Climate Plans, Member States should therefore develop energy efficient, green social housing projects and specific measures and investments to support vulnerable tenants on the private rental and social housing markets. Renovation projects that benefit from support from this fund should not result in an increase of the agreed rental price.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 253 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable would help the just transition. Such support should be understood to be a temporary measure accompanying the decarbonisation of the housing and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support sreduce the existing social challenges associated with the energy transition, disproportionately affecting households suffering from energy poverty, vulnerable househould only concern direct ims spending larger pacrts of their inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat production in the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in timeome on energy and transport, low- income families living in the worst performing buildings and in most deprived areas.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 275 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Taking into account the importance of tackling climate change in line with Paris Agreement commitments, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the actions under this Regulation should contribute to the achievement of the target that 30% of all expenditure under the 2021- 2027 multiannual financial framework should be spent on mainstreaming climate objectives and should contribute to the ambition of providing 10% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2026 and 2027, while considering the existing overlaps between climate and biodiversity goals. For this purpose, the methodology set out in Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council33 should be used to tag the expenditures of the Fund. The Fund should support activities that fully respect thesocial, climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Only such measures and investments should be included in the Plans. Direct income support measures should as a rule be considered as having an insignificant foreseeable impact on environmental objectives, and as such be considered compliant with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’. The Commission intends to issue technical guidance to the Member States well ahead of the preparation of the Plans. The guidance will explain how the measures and investments must comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. The Commission intends to present in 2021 a proposal for a Council Recommendation on how to address the social aspects of the green transition. _________________ 33 Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159). 34 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 285 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent families have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility forrights of persons with disabilities should be taken into accountupheld and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 391 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supportenvisaged by the Fund shall support a socially fair transition to climate neutrality, especially benefit households, micro-enterpriseself-employed persons and transport users, which are vulnerable, and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas)distributional impact of the transition to climate neutrality, including by carbon pricing, especially households in energy poverty and without access to affordable and environmentally sustainable modes of transport.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 800 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Exclusions from the estimated total costs 1. the estimated total costs of Plans shall not include measures in the form of direct income support pursuant to Article 3(2) of this Regulation for households already benefiting: (a) price level of the fuels covered by Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC; (b) price setting for the supply of gas in accordance with Article 3(3) of Directive 2009/73/EC; 2. State concerned in its Plan that the public interventions referred to in paragraph 1 do not fully off-set the price increase resulting from the inclusion of the sectors of buildings and road transportArticle 7 deleted of Social Climate Plans The Fund shall not support, and from public intervention in the from public interventions into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, direct income support may be included in the estimated total costs in the limits of the price increase not fully off-set.Where it is proven by the Member
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 998 #

2021/0206(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 March 2027 each Member State concerned shall assess the appropriateness of its Plans in view of the actual direct effects of the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/087/ECtransition to climate neutrality. Those assessments shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the biennial progress reporting pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
2022/02/23
Committee: EMPLENVI
Amendment 41 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Climate neutrality by 2050 must be reached in a manner that ensures adequate food production, secures a just transition, and does not threaten food security, taking into account the efforts that agriculture sector is already making, as well as the major role it plays in the development of rural areas, its contributions to the economy and employment, and stressing the exemplary way the sector rallied to maintain food security and consumer expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) As regards the agricultural sector, Member States benefit to different levels from CAP payments under the new CAP regulations, and this impacts the economic position of their farmers and capacity to participate in the efforts required to deliver their contribution under this Regulation. This should be recognised so that Member States with the lowest payments secure additional support to facilitate the transition.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 57 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) For that purpose, the greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2030 needs to be revised, for each Member State. The revision of the greenhouse gas emission reduction target should use t to be able to play its part in addressing this transnational challenge. The revision of the greenhouse gas emission reduction target must respect the principle of "leaving no-one behind" and avoid shifting the burden of responsibility onto the Member States facing the greatest transformational challenges. The same methodology should be used that was followed when Regulation (EU) 2018/842 was first adopted, where the national contributions were determined in consideration of the different capacities and cost-efficiency opportunities in Member States so to ensure a fair and balanced distribution of the effort. The reduction of the maximum greenhouse gas emissions for each Member State in 2030 should thus be determined in relation to the level of its 2005 reviewed greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Regulation, excluding verified greenhouse gas emissions from installations that operated in 2005 and which were only included in the emission trading system of the Union after 2005.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In addition to that flexibility, considering the close relationship between the agriculture and forestry sectors, when establishing a new political and legal framework to achieve the EU s climate goals, a limited quantity of net removals and net emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) may be taken into account for Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (‘the LULUCF flexibility’). In order to ensure that sufficient mitigation efforts are deployed until 2030, it is appropriate to limit the use of the LULUCF flexibility by separating the use of such flexibility into two separate time periods, each capped by a limit corresponding to half of the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2018/842. It is also appropriate to bring the title of Annex III in line with the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 carried out by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 202037 . As a consequence, there is no longer a need for Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to provide for a legal basis allowing the Commission to adopt delegated acts to amend the title of its Annex III. Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should therefore be deleted. __________________ 37 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21).
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Member States and competent authorities should assign specific budgets to incentivise farmers to deliver emission reductions, and provide investment in infrastructure for decarbonisation technologies, including for small and medium farms. EU and national authorities should work closely with all relevant stakeholders to develop an enabling environment and vital financial support mechanisms for the transition to carbon neutrality so that the sector can fully contribute to the goal of reaching net zero GHG emissions.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
(17b) Tools such as the adopted Climate, Energy and Environmental State aid guidelines (CEEAG) are instrumental to ensure that the agricultural sector plays a full role in the achievement of the EU s climate targets, while maintaining food production at affordable prices. The Commission should ensure the addition of new sub-sectors to the guidelines as required, such as these covered by the Emission Trading System or included in the carbon leakage list.
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 85 #

2021/0200(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1
(1) In Article 1, “30%” is replaced as follows: “ Subject matter In order to achieve the objectives of Paris Agreement and the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and negative emissions thereafter, this Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union's target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 40%”; below 2005 levels in 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation. This Regulation also lays down rules on determining annual emission allocations and for the evaluation of Member States‘ progress towards meeting their minimum contributions.”
2022/02/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) In accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2019/4731a, the mission of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) is, inter alia, to assist Member States in reporting information on fishing activities and control and inspection activities to the Commission and third parties, and to assist in the uniform implementation of the operational coordination of control activities by Member States for the implementation of specific control and inspection programmes, control programmes related to IUU fishing and international control and inspection programmes. EFCA shall also, at the Commission’s request, assist the Union and Member States in their relations with third countries and regional international fisheries organisations of which the Union is a member, in accordance to Article 4 of the same Regulation. It is therefore appropriate for EFCA to be the body that receives from Member States and transmits to the IOTC Secretariat information relating to control and inspection, IUU fishing fight, such as inspection reports and notifications of the control observers scheme. _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the European Fisheries Control Agency (OJ L 83, 25.3.2019, p. 18).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 55 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
(15 a) 'e-PSM application' web-based application designed and developed to facilitate and assist the Contracting Parties and Cooperating non Contracting Parties (CPCs) of the IOTC to implement the IOTC Resolutions related to Port State Measures (PSM);
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 57 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Union purse seine vessels shall retain on board and land all catches of tropical tunas (bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna and skipjack tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)), excepts where the master of the vessel determines that:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #

2021/0058(COD)

4. For the purpose of this Article non- targeted species includes not targeted tuna species, as well as rainbow runner, dolphinfish, triggerfish, billfish, wahoo, and barracuda (Elagatis bipinnulata), dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus), triggerfish (family Balistidae), billfish (families Xyphiidae and Istiophoridae), wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri), and barracuda (family Sphyraenidae).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 60 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Union fishing vessels shall report to their flag Member States any data buoy that they have observed to be damaged or otherwise inoperable, along with the details of observation, the buoy’s location, and any discernible identifying information on it. Member States shall send such reports, and information on the location of data buoys assets that they have deployed throughout the Area to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(5).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 61 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing vessels shall not retain on board, tranship, or land, any specimens of striped marlin, black marlin, blue marlin or Indo pacific sailfish (Tetrapturus audax), black marlin (Makaira indica), blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) or Indo pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) with a lower jaw fork length of less than 60 cm. If they catch such fish, they shall return them immediately to the sea.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 64 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Member States are encouraged to undertake scientific research on blue shark that would provide information on key biological, ecological, behavioural characteristics, life-history, migrations, post-release survival and guidelines for safe release and identification of nursery grounds, as well as improving fishing practices. Such information shall be included in the reports that are sent to the Commission with EFCA in copy in accordance with Article 51(6).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 65 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing, support and supply vessels shall not use aircrafts or unmanned aerial vehicles as fishing aids. Any occurrence of a fishing operation undertaken in the Area with the aid of aircraft or an unmanned aerial vehicle shall be immediately reported to the flag Member State and the Commission. The Commission, to EFCA and with the Commission in copy. EFCA shall inform the IOTC Secretariat thereof without delay.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing vessels shall record fishing activities in association with drifting FADs and anchored FADs, separately, using the specific data elements in Annex 2. Member States shall send this information to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 67 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Daily information on all active FADs shall be transmitted to EFCA with the Commission in copy containing the information of date, instrumented buoy identification, assigned vessel and daily position, compiled at monthly intervals, submitted at least 60 days later but no longer than 90 days later. The CommissionEFCA will send this information to the IOTC Secretariat.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 68 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. No later than 75 days before the IOTC annual meeting, Member States shall send the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(5), a report on the progress of the management plans of FADs, including reviews of the initially submitted management plans, and including reviews of the application of the principles of Annex V to CMM 19/02. The Commission shall send this information to the IOTC Secretariat not later than 60 days before the IOTC annual meeting.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 74 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall report data on all catches of sharks, including all available historical data, estimates and life status of discards and release (dead or alive) and size frequencies of sharks caught by their fishing vessels to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in their report, in accordance with Article 51(1).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 75 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing vessels shall not retain on board, tranship, land, store, sell or offer for sale any part or whole carcass of oceanic whitetip sharks (Carcharhinus longimanus).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 79 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing vessels shall not intentionally set any gear type around a mobulid ray (species of the genus Mobula) if the animal is sighted prior to commencement of the set.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 81 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Union fishing vessels, shall be prohibited from intentionally setting a purse seine net around a whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the Area, if it is sighted prior to the commencement of the set.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 82 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) report the incident to the relevant authority of the flagvessel’s flag Member State, with the following information:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 83 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall report the information referred to in under point (b) of paragraph 2, through logbooks in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 including the status upon release (dead or alive), or when an observer is on board through observer programmes and send it to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(1) and (5).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 84 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) longline vessels shall carry line cutters and de-hookers in order to facilitate the appropriate handling and prompt release of marine turtles (species of families Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) that have been caught or entangled, taking all reasonable steps to ensure safe release and handling following the IOTC handling guidelines.18 _________________ 18 https://www.iotc.org/sites/default/files/doc uments/2018/11/IOTC_turtles_for_web.pdf
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall send all data on their vessels interactions with marine turtles to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(1). The data shall include the level of logbook or observer coverage and an estimate of total mortality of marine turtles incidentally caught in their fisheries.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 86 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. Union fishing vessels shall record all incidents involving marine turtles during fishing operations, including status on release (dead or alive) in the logbooks in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009. They shall report such incidents to their flag Member States with information, where possible, on the species, location of capture, conditions, actions taken on board and location of release. Member States shall send this information to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(1).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 88 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Union fishing vessels shall use mitigation measures to reduce in levels of seabird (species of orders Procellariiforme, Pelecaniformes, Charadriiformes, Gaviiformes and Podicipediformes) bycatch across all fishing areas, seasons and fisheries:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 89 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Union fishing vessels shall record data on incidental seabird bycatch by species, in particular through Regional Observer Scheme referred to in Article 30, and report these to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(1). Observers shall, to the extent possible, take photographs of seabirds caught by Union fishing vessels and transmit them to national seabird experts or the IOTC Secretariat for confirmation of identification.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 90 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall inform the Commission and EFCA how the Regional Observer Scheme referred to in paragraph Article 30 is implemented, in accordance with Article 51(5).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 91 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall submit to the Commission with EFCA in copy the list of vessels complying with the requirements of paragraph 1, which are authorised to operate in the Area. This list shall include the following information for each vessel:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 92 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall promptly notify the Commission with EFCA in copy of any addition to, deletion from, or amendment of the IOTC Record. The Commission shall send this information to the IOTC Secretariat without delay.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 93 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
The information to be notified by the Member States to the Commission and EFCA, in accordance with Article 24, shall be carried out in an electronic format in accordance with Article 39 of the Regulation (EU) 2017/2403.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 94 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall submit to the Commission with EFCA in copy an updated template of the official authorisation to fish outside national jurisdictions, and update this information whenever this information changes. The Commission shall send this information to the IOTC Secretariat without delay. The template shall include the following information:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 95 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall report the results of the review of the actions and measures taken pursuant to paragraph 1 to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(5).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 96 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. Member States which issue licenses to their authorised fishing vessels shall report annually to the Commission with EFCA in copy all measures taken in accordance with Annex I to CMM 05/07, using the format set out in Annex II of CMM 05/07, and in accordance with Article 51 of this Regulation.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 97 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall notify EFCA with the Commission in copy of any factual information showing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting vessels not registered in the IOTC record to be engaged in fishing for or transhipment of IOTC species in the Area. The CommissionEFCA shall notify the IOTC Secretariat of this information immediately.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 98 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States with vessels fishing for tunas and swordfish in the Area shall, using the appropriate IOTC report template, submit to the Commission with ECA in copy by 1st February of each year a list of fishing vessels flying their flag that were active in the Area during the previous year:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2
2. The observer shall, within 30 days of completion of each trip, provide a report to the flag Member State. The report shall be provided by area of 1˚latitude by 1˚longitude. Member States shall send to EFCA with the Commission in copy within 140 days from reception, each report, but shall ensure that the reports from observer placed on the longline fleet are sent in continuous flow through the year. The CommissionEFCA shall forward within 10 days the reports to the IOTC Secretariat.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 102 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) ensure that the vessel on which an observer is placed shall provide suitable food and lodging during the observer's deployment of the same level as that of the officers on board, where possible;
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 103 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall report the number of vessels monitored and the coverage achieved by gear type to the Commission with EFCA in copy, in accordance with Article 51(6).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 104 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State suspects that one or more on-board vessel monitoring device on board the vessel of another flag Member State or another CPC does not meet required operational conditions, or have been tampered with, it shall immediately notify EFCA with the Commission that wiin copy. EFCA shall forward the notification to IOTC Secretariat and the vessel's flag State.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 105 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the duration of the fishing operation under the chartering agreement does not exceed 12 months cumulatively in any calendar year;
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 106 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) all catches, including bycatches and discards, taken pursuant to the chartering agreement shall be counted against quota or fishing possibilities of the chartering CPC. The observer coverage on board such chartered vessels shall be counted against the coverage rate of the chartering CPC for its fishing activity under the charter agreement period;
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 107 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) chartered vessels shall have a fishing license issued by the chartering CPC, and shall not be on the IOTC IUU list, Community IUU vessel list or in any other IUU vessel list of other regional fisheries management organisation;
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 108 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The chartering Member State shall notify the Commission with EFCA in copy of any vessel to be identified as chartered in accordance with this Article without delay and no later than 50 hours before commencement of fishing activities under a charter agreement, by submitting electronically and without delay the following information with respect to each chartered vessel:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 109 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. The flag Member State shall notify the Commission with EFCA in copy of any vessel to be identified as chartered in accordance with this Article, without delay and no later than 50 hours before commencement of fishing activities under a charter agreement by submitting electronically the information with respect to each chartered vessel referred to in paragraph 1.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 110 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. Member States referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 shall immediately inform the Commission with EFCA in copy of the start, suspension, resumption and termination of the fishing operations under the chartering agreement.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 111 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5
5. Member States chartering fishing vessels shall report to the Commission with EFCA in copy by 10 February of each year the particulars of charter agreements made in the previous calendar year, including information of catches taken and fishing effort deployed by the chartered vessels as well as the level of observer coverage achieved on the chartered vessels in accordance with Article 35(1)(j). The Commission shall forward that information to the IOTC Secretariat by 28 February of each year.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 112 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Where a Member State’s vessel or aircraft makes any sighting of fishing vessels that are suspected of, or confirmed as, being without nationality that may be fishing in the high seas of the Area, that Member State shall report the sighting to EFCA with the Commission, which in copy. EFCA shall forward the information to the IOTC Secretariat immediately.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 113 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall report to the Commission with EFCA in copy all the data for any given year on an aggregated basis in their annual reports, in accordance with Article 51(1).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 114 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 4
4. By 15 March of each year (for the period from 1 July to 31 December of the previous year) and 15 September (for the period from 1 January to 30 June of the current year) Member States that import bigeye tuna shall report to the Commission with EFCA in copy the data collected under the bigeye tuna statistical document programme, using the format of Appendix 3 of Annex I to CMM 01/06. The Commission shall examine the information and shall transmit it to the IOTC Secretariat by 1 April and 1 October respectively.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 115 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 5
5. Member States which export bigeye tuna shall examine export data upon receiving the import data referred to in paragraph 4, and shall report the results to the Commission with EFCA in copy annually, in accordance with Article 51(5).
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 116 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall transmit any changes to the list of designated points of contact and designated ports to EFCA with the Commission in copy at least 30 days before the changes take effect. The CommissionEFCA shall forward that information to the IOTC Secretariat at least 15 days before the changes take effect.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 117 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. After receiving the relevant information pursuant to Article 42 of this Regulation, a port Member State shall decide whether to authorise or deny the third country fishing vessel entry into and use of its ports. Where a third country fishing vessel has been denied entry, the port Member State shall inform the flag State of the vessel and EFCA with the Commission whichin copy. EFCA shall forward the information to the IOTC Secretariat without delay. Port Member States shall deny entry to fishing vessels included in the IOTC list of IUU vessels. , Community IUU vessel list or in any other IUU vessel list of other regional fisheries management organisation.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 118 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 5
5. Each port Member State shall submit to EFCA with the Commission in copy by 15 June of each year, the list of fishing vessels that are not flagged to that port Member State, which have landed in their ports tuna and tuna-like species caught in the Area in the preceding calendar year. This information shall be included in the appropriate IOTC report template and shall detail the catch composition by weight and species landed. The CommissionEFCA shall examine such reports and transmit it to the IOTC Secretariat by 30 June of each year, with the Commission in copy.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 4
4. In the written report of the results of each inspection, each port Member State shall, as a minimum, include the information set out in Annex III to CMM 16/11. Within 3 working days of the completion of the inspection, the port Member State shall transmit a copy of the inspection report and, upon request, an original or certified copy thereof, to the master of the inspected vessel, to the flag State, to EFCA and to the Commission, which. EFCA shall forward the report to the IOTC Secretariat.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 120 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 5
5. By 15 June of each year, port Member States shall submit to EFCA with the Commission in copy, the list of fishing vessels not flagged to that port Member State, which have landed in their ports tuna and tuna- like species caught in the IOTC area the preceding calendar year. This information shall detail the catch composition by weight and species landed. The CommissionEFCA shall forward this information to the IOTC Secretariat by 1 July of each year.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 121 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of the port Member State shall forward a copy of the inspection report to EFCA with the Commission in copy as soon as possible and in any case within three working days. The CommissionEFCA shall transmit that report to the IOTC Secretariat and to the flag CPC point of contact without delay.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 122 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 3
3. Port Member States shall promptly notify the action taken in the event of infringements to the competent authority of the flag CPC and to EFCA with the Commission whoin copy. EFCA shall transmit that information to the IOTC Secretariat.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall submit to EFCA with the Commission in copy, using the reporting form of Annex I to CMM 18/03, any documented information that indicates possible instances of non- compliance by any fishing vessel with IOTC conservation and management measures in the Area over the past two years at least 40 days in advance of the annual meeting of the IOTC. The CommissionEFCA shall examine that information and, if appropriate, forward it to the IOTC Secretariat at least 30 days in advance of the annual meeting.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 124 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1
1. Where the CommissionEFCA receives from a CPC or the IOTC Secretariat any information indicating alleged IUU fishing activities by a Union fishing vessel, it shall transmit that information to the concerned Member State without delay, with the Commission in copy.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 125 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 2
2. The concerned Member State shall provide EFCA with the Commission in copy with the findings of any investigation undertaken in relation to the allegations of non-compliance by fishing vessels flying its flag, and any actions taken to address compliance concerns, at least 45 days in advance of the annual meeting of the IOTC. The CommissionEFCA shall forward that information to the IOTC at least 15 days in advance of the annual meeting.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 126 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. If the CommissionEFCA receives official notification of the inclusion of a Union fishing vessel in the draft IOTC IUU vessel list from the IOTC Secretariat, it shall transmit that notification, including the supporting evidence and any other documented information provided by the IOTC Secretariat, to the concerned flag Member State, with the Commission in copy.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 127 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2
2. The concerned Member State shall provide comments not later than 30 days in advance of the annual meeting of the IOTC Compliance Committee. The CommissionEFCA shall examine and forward that information to the IOTC Secretariat, with the Commission in copy, at least 15 days in advance of the annual meeting of the Compliance Committee.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 128 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Once notified by the CommissionEFCA, the authorities of the concerned flag Member State shall:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 129 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to prevent a Union fishing vessel included in the draft IUU vessel list, as referred to under Article 49, from being included in the provisional IOTC IUU vessel list, the flag Member State shall provide following information to the CommissionEFCA:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 130 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2
2. The CommissionEFCA shall examine this information and transmit it to the IOTC Secretariat, with the Commission in copy, without delay.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 131 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Before 15 June of each year, Member States shall submit to the Commission with EFCA in copy information, for the preceding calendar year, the information concerning the following elements, using the table in Annex II to CMM 18/07:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 132 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The information referred to in paragraph 1, for type of vessels and in regard to provisional and final data, shall be submitted to the Commission with EFCA in copy on the following dates:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 133 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall submit to the Commission with EFCA in copy 75 days before the annual meeting of the IOTC, information for the preceding calendar year, containing the information on actions taken to implement their reporting obligations for all IOTC fisheries, including shark species caught in association with IOTC fisheries, in particular the steps taken to improve their data collection for direct and incidental catches. The Commission shall compile the information into a Union implementation report and sent it to the IOTC Secretariat, with EFCA in copy.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 134 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Flag Member States shall send annually to the Commission with EFCA in copy a national scientific report, not later than 45 days before the session of the IOTC Scientific Committee, at a date communicated by the Commission, containing the following points:
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 135 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 7
7. The report referred to in paragraph 6 shall be reported in accordance with the template prescribed by the Scientific Committee of the IOTC. The Commission shall send to the flag Member States the required template. The Commission shall analyse the information in the report, compile them into a Union report and send it to the IOTC Secretariat with copy to EFCA.
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 136 #

2021/0058(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 a (new)
All personal data collected, transferred and stored in the framework of this Regulation shall comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/6791a. _________________ 1aRegulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1)
2021/07/20
Committee: PECH
Amendment 3 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls onUrges the Commission to review the current text and propose a new 2.0 strategy; deplores the fact that the strategy makes virtually no mention of fisheries and aquaculture, given the serious shortcomings identified; deplores, specifically, the fact that the strategy makes virtually no mention of fisheries (no mention at all) and aquaculture (mentioned only once, in an unspecific way), even though these industries play a vital role along the whole Atlantic coastline and help to, generate economic activity and jobs and play a part in shapeing our coastal regions, helping to maintain population levels and tackle demographic decline;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2020/2276(INI)

2. Stresses that the only reference to fishing is to ‘fishing-for-litter actions’ and that, however important it is for fishers to take part in the clean-up of the oceans, which they already do, it is imperative that the socioeconomic impact of this sector be taken into accountand its main role as a driving force behind regions be taken into account with a view to promoting a strategy which, drawing on the sector's strengths, ensures that it continues to be sustainable into the future;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 6 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the only reference to fishing is to ‘fishing-for-litter actions’ and that, however important it is for fishers to take part in the clean-up of the oceans, it is imperative that the socioeconomic impact of this sector be taken into account, since fisheries is the oldest activity of the blue economy;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. CriticisDeplores the fact that the evaluation of the first Atlantic strategy ignored fisheries and aquaculture, although these sectors were included in the strategy;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will profoundly alter the way EU vessels conduct their activities in the Atlantic Ocean and long-standing dynamics in the region; stresses that the Brexit Adjustment Reserve could be an important tool in this transition; deplores the fact that the budget allocated to this reserve to cover losses caused by the UK's withdrawal in the fisheries sector is completely inadequate and the distribution criteria proposed by the Commission do not treat every part of the sector concerned equally;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 16 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, if the strategy is to be truly effective, the role of the regions must be strengthened, and above all that of the outermost regions, in particular because they are home to a significant proportion of European biodiversity, but also because these regions are greatly dependent of blue economy for their social and economic sustainability;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 19 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the Atlantic Strategy should incorporate links with the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy, in order to guarantee synergy between these initiatives; takes the view, in this respect, that the overall impact of these strategies on the Atlantic region must be analysed, from both an environmental and a social and economic point of view, to enable these strategies to foster a strong, prosperous and sustainable sector that is resistant to threats such as climate change;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 20 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the Atlantic Strategy should incorporate links with the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy, in order to guarantee synergy between these initiatives; The fisheries and aquaculture sectors play a key role providing healthy food with reduced carbon foot print, and the interconnection of the Atlantic Strategy with both strategies is essential;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 32 #

2020/2276(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the Atlantic coastline offers opportunities for other sectors with significant potential, such as renewable marine energy, research and shipbuilding; deplores the fact that no funding has been earmarked for the implementation of the strategy; takes the view that, once reviewed, it should have an appropriate budget.;
2021/02/10
Committee: PECH
Amendment 1 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Whereas agricultural biodiversity includes all components of biological diversity of relevance to food and agriculture; whereas it includes the variety and variability of ecosystems, animals, plants and micro-organisms, at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels which are necessary to sustain key functions of the ecosystems;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas EU fishing, aquaculture and processing sectors subscribe to the highest standards ofwhich, however, are in need of revision and improvement in order to ensure environmental and social sustainability throughout the entire value chain, including labour rights and animal health and welfare, and provide high- quality seafood products, thus playing a fundamental role in food security and nutritional wellbeing to an ever increasingthe population; whereas by restricting fishing, a number of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are jeopardisedit is therefore of utmost importance to achieve a fishing model that reflects a balance between the three fundamental dimensions (environmental, social and economic) put forward by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 objectives;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 2 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Whereas the major direct drivers of biodiversity loss are changes in land and sea use; natural resource extraction; climate change; pollution; and invasion of alien species; whereas those drivers result from adverse set of underlying causes related notably with production and consumption patterns, human population dynamics and trends, trade and technological innovations1a; _________________ 1aIPBES, “Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services”, 2019
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Whereas the long term trends in farmland and forest common bird and grassland butterfly populations demonstrate that Europe has experienced a major decline in farmland biodiversity; whereas this is primarily due to loss, fragmentation and degradation of natural ecosystems, mainly caused by agricultural intensification, intensive forest management, land abandonment and urban sprawl 1b; _________________ 1bEEA, “The European environment – state and outlook 2020”, 2019.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Whereas agricultural land accounts for almost half of the EU area and forests cover about 42% of the EU territory; whereas the sustainable management of agricultural lands contribute to wider ecosystem functions such as biodiversity protection, carbon sequestration, maintenance of water and air quality, soil moisture retention with reduction of runoff, water infiltration and erosion control;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 5 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Whereas agriculture and forestry are key components of the European economy and society, providing safe, quality and affordable food and representing a major component of the viability of rural areas, in terms of preserving employment and economic opportunities, quality of life and the environment;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Whereas the specific nature and structural features of the EU agricultural sector, mainly composed by small farms based on family labour, two-thirds of which with less than 5 ha in size, and where around one third of the managers are 65 years old or over, poses specific challenges that need to be taken into consideration by policy makers in designing measures and policies involving the sector;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas EU fishing, aquaculture and processing sectors subscribe toevolve in order to meet with the highest standards of environmental and social sustainability throughout the entire value chain, including labour rights and animal health and welfare, and provide high-quality seafood products, thus playing a fundamental role in food security and nutritional wellbeing to an ever increasing population; whereas by restricting fishing, a number ofthe lack of consideration of fishing, aquaculture and processing sectors, several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are jeopardisedmay be impossible to achieve;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. wWhereas EU fishers and fish farmers play an essential role across the Union and must continue to contribute to and participate in the development of policies that ensure the environmental, economic and social sustainability they need to continue providing social and economic support to many coastal and inland communities;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active and sustainable management of farmland;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas EU fishers and fish farmers play an essential role across the Union and must continue providingproviding healthy foods of high nutritional value, but also a fundamental social and economic support to many coastal and inland communities;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 22 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the degradation of habitats and disruption of migration corridors by, for example, river modifications and dams, overexploitation for their caviar and meat, as well as pollution have driven sturgeons to the brink of extinction; whereas the drastic decrease of the number of spawners, associated with the population decline, trigger the failure of the natural reproduction, reducing the chance of the few remaining males and females to meet and spawn;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 24 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Cb. Whereas the data held by the research institutes indicate that the populations of sturgeon species are fragmented, missing certain generations, and the species of sturgeon natural reproduction is deficient, the number of adults migrating to the Danube for reproduction is extremely low and the species sturgeon is on the verge of extinction;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 26 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy does notshould take into account at all that there have beenthe considerable improvements in EU fish populations; where in some of the EU's seas; whereas they should serve as an example, such as in the north-east Atlantic where there has been a 50 % increase in the number of fish at sea in only 10 years and overfishing in the EU is at an all-time low, whereas almoswe are mindful of the need for the latter to be eliminated altogether and whereas we must ensure that 100 % of the landings from EU- regulated stocks come from stocks fished at the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 28 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy does notshould take into account at all that there have been considerable improvements in EU fish populationsimprovements in EU fish populations resulting from the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP); whereas in the north-east Atlantic there has been a 50 % increase in the number of fish at sea in only 10 years and overfishing in the EU is at an all-time low, whereas almost 100 % of the landings from EU- regulated stocks in the Atlantic come from stocks fished at consistent withe maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 30 #

2020/2273(INI)

Da. whereas despite the improvement of sustainability verified in the exploitation of marine resources in some sea basins, there are still areas that present worrying situations, in particular the Mediterranean Sea; this sea has the highest percentage of marine protected areas in the European Seas, but at the same time it is the one that presents the greatest concerns about the general state of its resources, habitats and biodiversity;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 32 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas marine biodiversity is seriously endangered, as highlighted in the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-5) and the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 34 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the EU Green Deal and Nature policy documents provide new opportunities and measures to better integrate environmental aspects in the sectorial policies, restore species and habitats and promote environmental friendlier investments;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 36 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas scientific studies on the subject have raised concerns about the long-term negative impact on fishing populations, ocean biodiversity and in the marine environment of the use of certain fishing techniques;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 37 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels, by each economic and societal sector equally, and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss, while avoiding unnecessary administrative burdens in the implementation process; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Protected areas andImplementation of the Strategy targets
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 42 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 1
Protected areas and targetStrategy and its objectives
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 43 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the fact that fisheries are included in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Bringing nature back into our lives; stresses the need for fisheries, aquaculture and marine issues to be an integral part of the global framework for biodiversity in the Union.
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses the importance of ensuring coordination and mutual support between all Green Deal initiatives, and between EU and Member States’ objectives regarding, inter alia, food security, climate change, marine natural resources, and sustainable fisheries management;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 46 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that effectivesustainably managed fished populations are more productive than non-fished onesin the long run; stresses, therefore, the fact that, in certain cases, closing fishing areas might not be compatible withat in order to avoid the closure of fishing areas that may jeopardise social welfare and economic prosperity – essential components of the sustainability – and with the SDGs on food security and poverty alleviationof coastal populations – the ecosystem conditions required by each fishing basin must be guaranteed so as to enable fisheries resources to be maintained or even progressively increased over time;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 48 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that effectively managed fished populations are more productive than non-fished ones; stresses, therefore, the fact that, in certain c, according to FAO1a, it is becoming increasingly clear that intensively managed fisheries have seen increases in average stock biomases, closing fishing areas might not be compatible with social welfare and economic prosperity – essential components ofwith many reaching or maintaining biologically sustainable levels, while fisheries with less-developed management suystainability – and with the SDGs on food security and poverty alleviation;ems are in poor shape; _________________ 1aFAO (2020), The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020 - Sustainability in action, Rome.
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 51 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that the implementation of this strategy will not be as effective as intended from an environmental point of view, unless alternatives and support are provided to ensure that farmers and their businesses do not lose market competitiveness; calls on the Commission to put in place the necessary mechanisms to ensure that third countries which export products to the EU also implement the new measures that apply to European farmers and thus make biodiversity protection more effective globally;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that EU’s food safety, environmental conditionality, animal welfare and social standards should apply fully to the import of products from third countries with which the EU concludes free trade agreements, completing the efforts made by EU farmers to produce food more sustainably;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that marine protected areas (MPAs) are a tool, not an objective per se; underlines the fact thatn important management tool for the restauration and protection of habitats and species with known positive impact in fishing activities, inside and nearby of those MPAs; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)1b underlines the fact that besides the importance of setting a protection objectives through the means of a conservation figure (i.e. a percentage) is irrelevant, since the most important thing is to ensure that the established protection zones truly cover an area with an ecological value that needs to be protected;, it is also important to establish MPAs covering representative areas with ecological representation value and connected to others, as well as to wider seascapes that are equitably and effectively managed; _________________ 1bSecretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (2020) Global Biodiversity Outlook 5. Montreal
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls the importance of encouraging the collective approach, taking advantage of its multiplier effect, to promote the actions of the biodiversity strategy, and calls on the Commission to promote and support associative enterprises, such as agri-food cooperatives, in the implementation of measures to protect biodiversity in a collective manner;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that marine protected areas (MPAs) are a tool, not an objective per se; underlines the fact that setting a protection objective through the means of a conservation figure (i.e. a percentage)n essential tool for curbing the current loss of biodiversity in the marine environment and for its irrelevantrestoration, since the most important thing is to ensure that the established protection zones truly cover an area with an ecological value that needs to be protectedcover the areas of high ecological value which must be protected; stresses that in order to establish such areas, socio-economic impact studies and compensatory solutions for the coastal population concerned are a prerequisite, but recalls that less than 1% of marine areas currently enjoy strict protection in the EU;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 64 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the fact that, the implementation of MPAs with strictly restricted or closed fishing areas might have immediately social and economic negative impacts in fishing sector and local communities, that difficult the acceptance of this management tools; the negative impact in the social and economic pillars, of three PCP sustainability pillars, can have immediate direct impact in the SDGs goals, like SDG 1 (No Poverty) and SDG 2 (Zero Hunger);
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that setting abstract, arbitrary, rigid, unrealistic and non- achievable numerical targets undermines good legislation and the credibility of lawmakers;deleted
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 68 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that setting abstract, arbitrary, rigid, unrealistic and non- achievable numerical targets undermines good legislation and the credibility of lawmakers;deleted
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 71 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers fundamental that the implementation of any MPA should be based in the best available scientific knowledge, associated with a propped specific impact assessment and in close coordination with local authorities, communities and stakeholders;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 72 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that strengthening and efficiently implementing existing closed areas would be much more efficient and meaningfulto be an urgent necessity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish, as a matter of urgency, specific management plans for these areas, defining clear conservation objectives and measures for their control, based on an integrated approach, developed on the basis of methods and techniques that enable the active participation of affected parties in these coastal communities, such as the fisheries sector, the scientific community and social and environmental organisations, so that they can actively engage in the co-management of these areas;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 73 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers thaextremely urgent strengthening and efficiently implementing existing closed areas would be much more efficient and meaningfulmarine protected areas; calls on the Member States to stablish and truly implement management plans for all MPAs, including it monitoring, surveillance and effective control; stresses that only proper governance of this areas would contribute for their objectives;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 79 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes with concern that some man-made wetlands are under a constant pressure by the improper management of certain protected species of birds and mammals, such as Great Cormorant, herons or otters, which are seriously damaging the aquaculture farms bringing the farmers on the edge of abandoning the activity and thus leading to more damage on the overall biodiversity;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 80 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that, when successfully implemented, MPAs offer socio-economic benefits, especially for coastal communities, the fisheries and other sectors like tourism; stresses that MPAs perform key ecological functions for the reproduction of marine species and protection of habitats and improve their resilience to climate change;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 81 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of 5. including in the EU Biodiversity Strategy ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’ provided for by the Convention on Biological Diversity1 ; considers that these ‘other measures’ sometimes offer a higher level of protection than those provided for by an MPABD Decision CBD/COP/DEC/14/81, governed and managed in ways that achieve positive and sustained long-term outcomes for the in situ conservation of biodiversity, with associated ecosystem functions and services and where applicable, cultural, spiritual, socio- economic, and other locally relevant values; _________________ 1https://www.cbd.int/doc/decisions/cop- 14/cop-14-dec-08-en.pdf
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 84 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Acknowledges that fish farming and seafood aquaculture generate the lowest carbon footprint in the animal husbandry sector; encourages thus that the Biodiversity Strategy should recognize, support and promote environmental friendly management practices developed by farmers;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to urgently and temporarily transfer the sturgeons from Annex V to Annex II or even Annex I to Habitats Directive 92/43 / EEC, until scientifically determined that wild stock of sturgeons are no longer red listed under the IUCN list;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 86 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry in the EU, on food security and prices, and on the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural and forestry production with imports;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the strong link with the Farm to Fork strategy and the need for a holistic approach to the food system; calls on the Commission to establish an evidence-based evaluation of the implementation of the strategy’s measures and targets, in particular of the individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture and forestry in the EU, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural and forestry production with imports;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 88 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 2 a (new)
Stresses the emergency to establish “fish stock recovery areas” (or “no take zones”) in the Black Sea, to allow the recovery of the wild populations of sturgeons, as such areas were proven beneficial both for biodiversity conservation and for fishery management;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 90 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that establishing protection zones doesno-take zones is essential to ensure the protection of the restocking and breeding areas of many species essential for biodiversity, such as marine cetaceans, which in certain cases do not have to be incompatible with the practice of activities, including extrsustainable tourism active onities, as long as they do not compromise the values of those protected areas and provided that they are established under scientific advice and that there is adequate management and control, but that they can bring great alternative benefits to coastal areas, as well as serving as important sites for education and research on marine biodiversity; points out the need for new areas created under this strategy to be included in the Natura 2000 framework and, where appropriate, supplemented by additional designations by the Member States;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 91 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that establishing protection zonestrictly protected areas does not have to be incompatible with the practice of activities, includingnon- extractive onactivities, as long as they do not compromise the values of those protected areas and provided that they are designed and established under best scientific advice, with high stakeholder participation, and that there is adequate management, monitoring, surveillance and control;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 93 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that no-take zones can, and should, be used as Ocean Literacy sites improving marine and environmental awareness of local communities and visiting population; stresses that non-extractive uses of no- take zones can play a major role in the surveillance and even monitoring of the area with the participation of visitors in Citizen Science actions and programmes;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recognises the difficulties associated to the compatibilization of different uses of the sea and conflicts managements between some uses of space including recreational and leisure activities; highlights that technology is in constant evolution and, as consequence, all activities also evolves, being necessary consider spatial planning as evolutionary;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 104 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of proper and inclusive spatial planning, which takes sufficiently into account the environmental, social and economic sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture, pointing to the need for allocating space to existing and new fishing grounds and aquaculture farms;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 105 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls the need to consider all other blue economy activities in spatial planning, in particular recreational and leisure activities; stresses the need to avoid banning entire sectors from marine protected areas; in the case of fishing, calls on the Commission to distinguish different types of fishing gear and to take into account fishing effort and specific impact, to determine which activity should, or not, be restricted; underlines that some fishing activities, such as small- scale or recreational fisheries, can be very selective and even non-extractive;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 106 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is among the key societal goals, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming community and the forest-based sector, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; further encourages positive incentives and voluntary bottom-up participatory process in order to increase the acceptance, motivation and commitment to biodiversity protection;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recognise the need to implement an action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems, considering the urgency of reversing biodiversity losses; therefore, considers necessary the implementation of additional and complementary measures to the CFP framework;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 109 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)CFP provides for a robust regulatory framework with sophisticated tools, which has set down the dates of publication of specific reports: the Commission is to report to Parliament and to the Council on the functioning of the CFP by 31 December 2022;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 111 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls also that, according to the new Technical Measures Regulation2 , the Commission must submit a report to Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2020, and that only in cases where there is evidence that the objectives and targets have not been met, the Commission may propose measures; _________________ 2 OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 105.
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 112 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming community and forest-based sector, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership and increased commitment with biodiversity protection, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that, according to the new Technical Measures Regulation2 , the Commission must submit a report to Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2020, and that only in cases where there is evidence that the objectives and targets have not been met, the Commission may propose measures; _________________ 2 OJ L 198/105, 25.7.2019.
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 114 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges Member States to take action to strengthen the ex-situ conservation of sturgeons in special facilities, resume supportive stocking programs with native juvenile sturgeons and launch studies assessing the percentage of adult fish returning for spawning;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 118 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on therefore on the Commission to wait for the abovementioned reports before proposing an action plandraw up an action plan in order to be able to act to prevent further degradation of biodiversity;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls the importance of proper and diligent implementation of the Control Regulation, the reform of which is to be adopted soon and which will promote the protection of marine biodiversity in European seas;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 120 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the importance of continuing to implement a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal, unregulated and undocumented fishing, and of promoting sustainable fishing by combating overfishing and by-catches of endangered species as well as other species;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 121 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for third countries, in particular neighbouring countries, to be required to monitor the fishery resources in their waters in an equivalent manner in order to ensure a healthy ecosystem in marine habitats that do not depend on artificial man-made borders;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that more focus should be put at all policy levels in developing win-win solutions for biodiversity protection where the three dimensions of sustainability, economic, social and environmental are promoted;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 123 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 5
DFiscriminatoryheries sector fair treatment
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 124 #
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 128 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep regret over the obvious discriminatorythe need to a fair treatment of fisheries sector compared to othat of agricultureer activities; welcomes the fact the proposed strategy outlines that ‘the progress towards the targets will be under constant review, and adjustment if needed, to mitigate against undue impact on biodiversity, food security and farmers’ competitiveness’; notes, however, that this sentence, which is a necessary safety net, is clearly discriminatory since it fails to mentionshould treat at the same level of importance fishers and aquaculture producers by referring them;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 129 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep regret over the obvious discriminatorythe need for fair treatment of fisheries compared to othat ofer sectors such as agriculture; welcomes the fact the proposed strategy outlines that ‘the progress towards the targets will be under constant review, and adjustment if needed, to mitigate against undue impact on biodiversity, food security and farmers’ competitiveness’; notes, however, that this sentence, which is a necessary safety net, is clearly discriminatory since it fails toshould equally mention fishers and aquaculture producers;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 130 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expresses the need to accord the fisheries sector the importance it justly deserves in order to guarantee in all cases the socio-economic sustainability of all people affected by the transformation processes of the marine environment required to guarantee the biodiversity indices needed by the various ecosystems to remain healthy and to continue to provide the environmental services resulting from natural processes, including, where necessary, the promotion of new alternatives that the blue economy will offer to fishing communities and the associated training processes that they may require;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 131 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Subheading 6
Fisheries: the source of all evil?deleted
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 134 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
12. Strongly denounces the excessive focus on fishing and its connection with the failure to achieve the good ecological status in marine ecosystems and the lack of consideration given to other sources of pressure and degradation, such as oil, gas, dredging or shipping;deleted
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 139 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in both protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity and in fulfilling its objectives under Art. 39 of the TFEU; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Points out the need of a global approach to the drivers of marine biodiversity loss including not only all forms of pollution, but also shipping, coastal and near shore uses, dredging, seabed mining among others;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 143 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
13. Strongly denounces the fact thatCalls for the sStrategy accunot to criminalises bottom trawling, as the 'most damaging activity to the seabed', withouand demands that any in-depth analysis to back it upbe carried out and made available, including relevant environmental impact assessments in each area where this gear is used, thus clarifying the negative or positive consequences it may have on each of them, and facilitating decision- making;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 147 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recognises that bottom trawling can have damaging impact on the seabed depending on the fishery and the particularities of the fished areas; highlights, however, that this impact can be mitigated to reduce the pressure to seabed and minimising the impacted area with the implementation of several mitigation measures;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 149 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that gears and techniques should not be demonised; recalls that bottom trawling can also enhance biodiversity in certain sandy seabeds and that itRecalls that bottom trawling is one of the most common and most regulated fishing gears in Europe; stresses that, and it is the only viable way to catch many key species that we eat and that almost all of them are fished at MSY levels and that many of them are Marine Stewardship Council certifiedwithin the quantities for Europeans consumption demands;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 151 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that gears and techniques should not be demonised; recalls that bottom trawling can also enhance biodiversity in certain sandy seabeds and that it is one of the most common and most regulated fishing gears in Europe; stresses that it is the oncurrently the most economically viable way to catch many key species that we eat and that almost allmany of them are fished at MSY levels and that many of them are Marine Stewardship Council certified; calls for corrective measures to be proposed with realistic deadlines for bottom trawling fisheries not yet managed at MSY levels, such as those included in the Multi- Annual Management Plan for Demersal Species in the Western Mediterranean Sea;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 153 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to implement an ecosystem approach to fisheries management by adopting and implementing actions to improve fishing gear selectivity, contributing to survival of non-target species, and implement measures to reduce the impact of fishing technics on marine ecosystems; fisheries management plans should take into account the results of scientific studies that analyse fishing practices and their impact on species, habitats, ocean biodiversity and marine environments, and contribute with solutions to solve negative impacts identified, including limiting their use or introducing new technological mitigation solutions;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 159 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the need to simplify administrative procedures on aquaculture activities, especially when in Natura 2000 areas, and asks the Commission to update its guidance on ‘Aquaculture and Natura 2000 areas’, where harmful interactions with the marine environment must be avoided;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 160 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the need to simplify administrative procedures on aquaculture activities, especially when in Natura 2000 areas, and asks the Commission to full implement and, if needed, update its guidance on ‘Aquaculture and Natura 2000 areas’;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 161 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that ecosystem services provided by aquaculture, of which the maintenance of biodiversity is an important one, must be taken into consideration and supported; underlines that the value of the ecosystem services provided by pond farming is greater than that of any agricultural sectors, however the support for these complex natural value services created and maintained by aquaculture is significantly lower than in agriculture;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 164 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Some forms of aquaculture, such as pond carps farming, lagoon aquaculture, shellfish and algae aquaculture, especially traditionally managed are not only having a long history being integrated in the ecosystem but are of the utmost importance for the maintenance of wetland habitats improving biodiversity, and, consequently are providing a full range of ecosystem services, not only as a healthy food provider, but also regulation services such as carbon sequestration, nutrients removal, bio-remediation or cultural services;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 168 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 18
18. Embraces the ambitions set out in the Water Framework Directive3 and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive4 ; highlights that aquaculture can play a role in restoring degraded marine and freshwater ecosystems, with known contributions from low impact aquaculture farms for the conservation objectives of areas such as wetlands and lagoons; _________________ 3 OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1. 4 OJ L 164 25.6.2008, p. 19.
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 174 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of adequate funding through the European Maritime and, Fisheries Fundand Aquaculture Fund and Horizon Europe in order to achieve the EU’s goals on biodiversity;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 175 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of collectively achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 179 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the high level of ambition when setting targets; strongly recommends, however, that such targets should not be legally binding without an exhaustive prior impact assessment, and that they should be set on a case-by-case basis, and be adapted to local specificities and to the level required to protect nature on the basis of fishery co-management groups; recommends that such targets should also take into account socio- economic considerations and the need to ensure a long-term resilience of the fisheries and aquaculture value chain, be proportionate with the objective pursued and have a solid scientific basis;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 180 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the high level of ambition when setting targets; strongly recommends, however, that such targets should not be legally binding, and that they should be set on a case-by-case basis, adapted to local specificities and to the level required to protect nature; recommends that such targets should also take into account socio-economic considerations, should be backed by reconversion programs and alternative livelihood to fishing communities and the need to ensure a long-term resilience of the fisheries and aquaculture value chain, be proportionate with the objective pursued and have a solid scientific basis;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 183 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the high level of ambition when setting targets; and strongly recommends, however, that such targets should not be legally binding, and that they should be set on a case-by-case basis, adapbe translated to locregional specificities and to the level required to protect nature; recommends that such targets should also take into account socio-economic considerations and the need to ensure a, not only the long-term resilience of themarine ecosystems, but also to the long-term sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture value chain,; these targets should be proportionate with the objective pursued and have a solid scientific basis;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 185 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Emphasises that the designation of any MPA and development of all associated management measures should be based on the best available scientific knowledge and advice;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 188 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of the constructive, effective and equal consultation of all blue economy activities, in particular fishers and aquaculture producers in any decision related to biodiversity; management tolls and spatial planning related with biodiversity and any other protection action of habitats, species or environment;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 193 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises the importance of ensuring an adequate and fair income to fishers and farmers, as well as a level playing field with imported food; reiterates that the EU has the responsibility to promote a global and equitable sustainable development of all countries; stresses that the needs of some developing countries are not always compatible with EU ambitious environmental objectives; highlights that highly-demanding measures within the EU will significantly increase imports from third countries with lower environmental standards, resulting in negative impacts on the world biodiversity and thus undermining the objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy, as well as EU International Ocean Governance goals;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 199 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 25
25. Notes the Commission’s remark that in order ‘to have healthy and resilient societies we need to give nature the space it needs’; stresses, howeverd that, to that aim, sustainability needs to be seen from a holistic perspective, accounting for its environmental, social and economic aspects, and, that if we are to have healthy and resilient societies not only do we need to give nature the space it needs, but also give to fishermens and aquaculture producers the space they need;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 202 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
26. Recommends that MPAs should designated as areas in which only fisheries and aquaculture activities can occur;deleted
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 203 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
26. Recommends that MPAs should designated as areas in which only fisheries and aquaculture activities can occur;deleted
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 206 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to develop revised, appropriate and ambitious plans and regulations to prevent the incursion of invasive species in the various European seas and oceans with comprehensive protocols to prevent, above all, the entry of species that can have a major negative impact on biodiversity, but also on fisheries, resulting in large economic losses, and including the design of lines of action for the management of invasive species and in order to minimise the negative effects that invasive species can cause on the different sectors and ecosystems in the event that such incursions cannot be avoided;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 208 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Welcomes the restoration of free flowing of rivers in a sustainable way, taking into account the environmental, social and economic aspects, investing in technology and innovation for the creation of fishing migrating routes, without hindering the right of Member States to decide on their energy mix, the economic activity of hydropower plants, the energy security and the environmental benefits of hydropower;
2021/01/27
Committee: PECH
Amendment 209 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that organic farming is not the only environmentally sustainable production method and calls on the Commission also to promote other environmentally friendly production methods, such as integrated production, a method which is widely established in many Member States and which optimises the use of natural resources, protects soil, water and air and promotes biodiversity;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 231 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of sustainable forest management for the health and longevity of forest ecosystems and the preservation of the multifunctional role of forests; highlights the potential of agroforestry to improve and boost ecosystem services and farmland biodiversity, to produce more biomass and to absorb more atmospheric carbon, while enhancing farm productivity;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 240 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the importance of enhancing biodiversity in agro-systems at all levels, from fields to landscapes; considers fundamental to reinforce scientific research on the relations between agriculture practices, ecological processes and ecosystems services, promoting the development of innovative practical solutions and the site-specific knowledge necessary to promote ecosystem services in a wide range of ecological contexts;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to incentivise farmers, forest owners, national and local authorities to increase the forest cover, especially in areas not suitable for food production and those in proximity to urban areas, in order to mitigate adverse heat effects and pollution, while curbing deforestation;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 249 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Member States to improve national legislation to put in place, or strengthen where necessary, protection against illegal logging and loss of biodiversity;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 252 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Acknowledges the lack of knowledge about agroforestry among many farmers; calls, therefore, on the European Commission to promote EU- wide specialised training programmes, in order to make farmers aware of the benefits and the practice of integrating woody vegetation with agriculture at local, regional and global scales;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 271 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is neededcollectively needed, accompanied by development of alternative sustainable protection technologies; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a biggproper toolbox of safe, effective and affordable crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolsterespecific support for investments in sustainable agricultural production methods, as well as bolstered research, innovation and training and advisory systems;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that in order to achieve an effective reduction of plant protection products we need to apply all the tools at our disposal without excluding those offered by biotechnology, which includes new genomic techniques for which a legislative framework should be established for their implementation in the EU;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 290 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Strongly encourages Member States to envisage financial compensations for the designated protected and strictly protected areas, protection and conservation measures eligible under their eco-schemes in order to reach the impacted farmers and forest owners due to the increased production costs;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 296 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights that the excessive use of fertilisers is a source of air, soil and water pollution and climate impacts, with negative effects on biodiversity; recalls that nutrients are essential for agricultural production and for keeping healthy soils; urges Member States to put forward in their Strategic Plans measures promoting the efficient management and circularity of nutrients, as well strongly support education of farm advisors and farmers; stresses that improved management of nutrients presents both economic and environmental benefits;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 297 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to establish the appropriate regulatory framework to speed up the adoption of new plant health solutions, including plant protection products with a lower impact, such as low-risk substances or biosolutions;
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 313 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental and climatic challenges that lie ahead.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Draws attention to the fact that in perennial crops, such as the traditional European wine grape varieties of Vitis vinifera, the loss of diversity occurs also by loss of genetic diversity within the varieties themselves; regrets that the UE vegetative propagation systems are designed in a way that does not promote the conservation of intra-variety biodiversity; calls on the Commission to promote regulatory changes to the EU vegetative propagation regulations, encouraging “on farm” conservation of genetic variability of the traditional European varieties.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 318 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to develop ambitious, appropriate and renewed regulations and plans to prevent the incursion of invasive species into the different European territories and seas with comprehensive protocols, to prevent the entry of both plant and animal species, which can generate major negative impacts on biodiversity, but also on agriculture and fisheries, resulting in large economic losses, including the design of lines of action for the management of invasive species and the effects that they may cause in different ecosystems and sectors.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Underlines that the abandonment of agricultural fields affects between 10 and 50% of the agricultural land of the EU, which causes the loss of traditional landscapes, increases the risk of soil erosion and deteriorates habitats for numerous farmland species; recalls the fundamental role of the measures for Areas Facing Natural Constraints in avoiding land abandonment and maintaining human occupation in these areas, but also in forest fire prevention and in protecting specific ecosystems and natural resources, such as High Nature Value farmland areas.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 327 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Highlights the fundamental role of farm advisory systems in disseminating innovation and knowledge, stimulating the exchange of experiences, promoting practical demonstrations, in particular by working at local level to better adapt to the specific realities on the ground; calls on Member States to provide comprehensive advice to farmers on adopting production systems and management practices promoting biodiversity on farmland.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 331 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Underlines that research and innovation are key drivers in accelerating the transition to sustainable food systems notably by providing advanced knowledge enabling farmers to produce food with fewer inputs and to increase the delivery of the ecosystem services, while supporting a social and economic sustainable development; stresses that particular efforts are needed in the dissemination and exchange of knowledge to ensure broader and inclusive uptake by farmers.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 334 #

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Considers that digital technologies can help European farmers to provide safe and quality food while helping preserving biodiversity and minimising the environmental impact of agriculture; stresses that work is needed to ensure that everyone benefits from the digitalization opportunities, by improving network connectivity in rural areas and by facilitating the implementation of digital agriculture in an inclusive manner, through training and rural extension that considers the farmers' culture and specific conditions.
2021/01/21
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 3 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the European Food Safety Authority scientific opinion "General approach to fish welfare and to the concept of sentience in fish", adopted on 29 January 20091a, _________________ 1a The EFSA Journal (2009) 954, 1-27
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the Aquatic Animal Health Code, OIE, 2015,
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 5 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
— having regard to the European Commission’s study “Welfare of farmed fish: Common practices during transport and at slaughter”, September 2017,
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 9 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 28 June 2021 on animal welfare during maritime long distances transport to third countries1a, _________________ 1a https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-10235-2021-INIT/en/pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 14 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Strategy 2021-20253a, _________________ 3a https://www.oie.int/app/uploads/2021/05/e n-oie-aahs.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 92 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the European livestock farms employ around 4 million people (salaried and non-salaried), 80% of whom reside in the more recent EU Member States3a; _________________ 3a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 96 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas livestock farming is the main beneficiary of second pillar aid to farms in disadvantaged areas, which make up 50% of the European UAA, and of Agro-Environmental Measures, which compensate for the additional costs linked to unfavourable location or the obligations of having to respect specific legislation4a; _________________ 4a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 103 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas EU fish intra-trade plays an essential role in the whole EU fishery trade and it accounted in 2014 for 86% of total trade within and outside the EU, volumes sold within the EU reaching at 5,74 million tonnes with a value of EUR 20,6 billion, the highest registered since 20065a. _________________ 5a https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/201 6/february/tradoc_154321.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 114 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that transport is stressful for animals andhe scientific literature on animal transport is scarce and that the transport is stressful for animals, especially when not properly conducted, and it can have a potential impact not only on their health and welfare, but on consumer's health as well;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 125 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes note of the fact that, albeit factors such as extreme temperatures, lack of food, water and rest, loading and unloading6a are catalysed by the length of the journey, it is not the journey duration per se that causes welfare issues for live animals during transport; further notes that, provided conditions are optimal, healthy and fit farm animals could possibly be exposed to long transport durations without necessarily compromising their welfare5a; _________________ 5a https://www.researchgate.net/publication/ 221974187_Road_transport_of_farm_ani mals_Effect_of_journey_duration_on_ani mal_welfare 6a Results from scientific projects (Hartung et al., 2006; Marahrens et al., 2003) show that the main source of stress is the loading and unloading procedure and not the duration of transportation
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 127 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that live animal transport is the result of the specialization of farmers in one or more stages of the animal’s life, of the management of environmental issues and of the various production systems across the EU, which arise from different geographical, climatic, environmental and traditional factors and that it supports the economic strength and social vibrancy of territories across the EU, which contain main production areas being located in depopulating areas or in areas with natural constraints across the EU;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 129 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Emphasises that due to the complex relationships among the various needs and requirements of farmed fish and their behavioural and physiological consequences, as for all animals it is impossible to find one single measurement or welfare indicator that will cover all possible husbandry systems, farmed species and situations;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 132 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that in the Council conclusions of 16 December 2019 on animal welfare, all Member States recognised the challenges that long- distance transport implies for animal welfare, the shortcomings and inconsistencies in enforcing the rules and the need for better rule enforcement, as well as the need to review and update the current legislation, in the light of the latest scientific knowledge;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 145 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 does not fully take into account the different transport needs of animals, according to species, age, size and physical condition, or specific feeding and watering requirements; underlines that for terrestrial farm animals, transport is prescribed in more details in the Regulation, but not for fish;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 301 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Takes note of the Commission’s findings that, with some exceptions, the systems in place for livestock vessel approval are insufficient to minimise the risks, mainly because the majority of the competent authorities inspecting livestock vessels do not have adequate procedures, or access to specific technical expertise, to verify vessels’ emergency systems, systems for water pumps and feeding, ventilation and drainage, all ofnon veterinary systems which are critical for animal welfare during a journey on a livestock vessel;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 370 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that Member States are solely responsible for creating sanction systems, which ultimately leaves each of them to define their own administrative and sanctioning procedures, as well as the level of penalties for infringements in the event of animal welfare violations during transport, thereby resulting in very different systems all across the EUnd unfair competition between operators all across the EU, as well as avoidance of some routes, leading, in some cases, to longer transport distances and times;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 385 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Is also aware of the inconsistencies in risk-based animal welfare road controls, which is generated by the lack of police training of police officers, the insufficient human resource and the lack of equipment and infrastructure;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 420 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Regrets the fact that, in spite of the mandatory use of control post facilities for unloading, watering, feeding and resting of animals during long journeys, thvehicle drivers of the vehicles do not always stop or unload the animals in keeping with the requirements of the regulation, as has been reported on various occasions;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 427 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)
42a. Takes note of the paucity of updated scientific knowledge on fish species specific requirements regarding oxygen, pH, salinity and temperature, and their different abilities to cope with variances of these parameters during transport;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 510 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50 a (new)
50a. Recalls that, according to the European Implementation Assessment of the European Regulation 1/2005, ascertaining the state of pregnancy of live animals is still problematic7a; _________________ 7a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2018/621853/EPRS_STU(2 018)621853_EN.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 532 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Notes with concern the absence of an authorised transporter for the sea leg of the journey, in some cases8a; _________________ 8a https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/fc8d71e4-93f5-11ea- aac4-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format- PDF/source-130896440
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 535 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Considers that the presence of a veterinarian for the leg of the journey at sea to provide real-time support for sick or injured animals on vessels, as well as to adjust the watering and feeding of the animals to their immediate needs constitutes good practice;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 548 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53a. Notes the limited number of inspections after loading of a vessel, as recommended in the Network Document, but not specifically mentioned by the Regulation 1/2005;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 573 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
55. Notes that, in the absence of a certification and audit instrument by an independent body2a, once livestock crosses the EU border, respect for animal welfare standards may be difficult to guarantee, both en route and on arrival, as third countries are not bound by EU legislation; recalls the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which states that EU welfare rules are binding until the final place of destination in third countries; _________________ 2a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/STUD/2021/690877/IPOL_STU(20 21)690877_EN.pdf
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 587 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
57. Stresses that inadequate journey planning in terms of administrative procedures, unrealistic journey times and lack of coordination with border posts, as well as an excessive bureaucratic burden, can create a cascade of delays at borders and ports, when a large number of trucks arrive at the port and all livestock needs to be loaded on board a single vessel;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 608 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
61. Points out the lack of an EU-level system to verify and ensure the existence of control posts in third countries and that these control posts comply with the rules, as well as the lack of an official EU updated list of resting posts outside the EU; takes note of the work done in the past by the independent certification and audit bodies in creating a list of such control posts outside the EU along the frequent road transport routes;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 610 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Recalls the external independent audits taking place outside the EU until 2013 and their positive impact on animal welfare, as the only effective tool in monitoring, checking and enforcing the provisions of the EU Regulation 1/2005 during the stages of the journey taking place outside the EU and in complying with the judgement of the European Court of Justice of 23 April 2015;
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 617 #

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63a. Takes note of the best available legislative environments, such as the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS)3a, through which the Australian Government legally monitors, audits and holds accountable all actors involved in the supply chain, ensuring the traceability throughout the transport of live animals and their welfare at all stages of the journey, from loading, until slaughtering in a third country; _________________ 3a https://www.agriculture.gov.au/export/con trolled-goods/live- animals/livestock/information-exporters- industry/escas
2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT
Amendment 4 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy of 11 December 2013,
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 6 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the common fisheries policy,
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1224/2009, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008 and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control (COM(2018)368),
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 d (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products,
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 15 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 e (new)
- having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 g (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 30 May 2018 on the implementation of control measures for establishing the conformity of fisheries products with access criteria to the EU market (2017/2129(INI)),
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 18 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 h (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives’,
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 19 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 i (new)
- having regard to Scientific Opinion No 3/2017, ‘Food from the Oceans - How can more food and biomass be obtained from the oceans in a way that does not deprive future generations of their benefits?’,
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 22 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the fishery and aquaculture sectors are an integral part of the EU food system, and whereas the resilience and sustainable development of the EU food systemse sectors depends on the work of European fishers and fish farmers, as they play a key role in supporting the economic and social dimension of coastal and many inland communities;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 24 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the resilience and sustainable development of the EU food system depends, insofar as it corresponds to them, on the work of European fishers and fish farmers, as they play a key role in supporting the environmental, economic and social dimension of coastal and many inland communities;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 27 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors subscribe to the highest standards, but there is a need for review and approval to ensure environmental and social sustainability throughout the entire value chain, including labour rights and animal health and welfare, and whereas those sectors provide high-quality seafood products, thereby playing a fundamental role in the food security and nutritional well-being of the population; whereas it is therefore of the utmost importance to achieve a fisheries model that reflects the balance between the three key dimensions (environmental, social and economic) proposed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 goals;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 30 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the unprecedented public health crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic will have repercussions for trade and the market, and has come as a serious blow to fishers throughout Europe; whereas, despite the health risks and the low price of fish, European fishers have continued to work, identifying themselves as key workers;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 32 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis adopted on 19 June,
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 38 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas fishing is a victim rather than a cause of climate change, as demonstrated by the many natural phenomena, such as the increase in water temperature, which have had, and will continue to have, an extremely negative impact on the profitability of the sector;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas fish caught in the wild is the source of animal protein that has by far the smallest carbon footprint; whereas, compared with other animal proteins, fish caught in the wild has the lowest environmental impact as it lives in the wild and does not require any land, artificial feeding, water supply, antibiotics or pesticides, and it is therefore the best combination for European citizens in terms of food security and climate protection;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 53 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas efficient science-based fisheries management founded on ambitious, internationally agreed management targets have meant that the European fisheries sector is a global leader in terms of sustainability; whereas the sector has for a long time helped to provide European consumers with high quality products that meet high nutrition and food safety standards;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 58 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas EU consumers are showing an increasing interest in the country of origin of fishery products and their traceability throughout the food chain; whereas the existing EU legislation does not require origin to be stated on the final prepared or preserved product; whereas the information on traceability is thus lost in the food value chain;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 62 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the current marketing standards apply to 75% of landings in the EU, but to less than 10% of fishery products imported from third countries; whereas this creates unfair competition for the EU fishing fleet;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 65 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas one of the objectives of the common fisheries policy is to help to supply the EU market with highly nutritional food and to reduce the EU market’s dependence on food imports from third countries; whereas the current pandemic has made it even more apparent that the EU needs to be able to fully guarantee food security for its citizens and reduce its reliance on food imports from third countries;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 67 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. ExpressesStresses that the common fisheries policy and European ocean governance are an integral part of the EU system and food supply chain, which interact closely with the European health and environment pillars at the core of the Farm to Fork Strategy; expresses, therefore, disappointment at the lack of prominence and ambition of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the Farm to Fork Strategy; stresses that the current strategy should instead be integrated with a cross- cutting approach to fishing that considers the main EU legislation on the subject, in the light of the objectives it contains, taking due account of the three pillars of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 70 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. EWelcomes the fact that the fisheries and aquaculture sector has been included in the Farm to Fork Strategy; expresses disappointment, nevertheless, at the lack of prominence and ambition in the contribution and potential of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the Farm to Fork Strategyas regards ensuring that the future food system is fairer, healthier and more respectful of the environment;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 75 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that whilst the Strategy rightly highlights the role of farmers as ‘custodians of the land’, it does not give the same recognition to small-scale traditional fishing, whose fishers are the backbone of the European fishing industry and who have, for some time, been at the forefront of achieving the Strategy’s objectives; whereas European fishers should be regarded and recognised as the true ‘custodians of the sea’ and have a key role to play in achieving the Strategy’s objectives;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 77 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of ensuring coordination and mutual support between all Green Deal initiatives, and between the objectives of the Union and the Member States in relation to food security, climate change, marine natural resources, sustainable fisheries management, and so on;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 80 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission’s recognition of key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that fishery workers, not just agri-food sector workers, fall under this category; calls on the Commission, therefore, to step up efforts to improve the position of European fishers in the value chain by enhancing workplace health and safety, guaranteeing them a decent wage and protecting their freedom of movement, especially in times of crisis;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 83 #

2020/2260(INI)

1c. Stresses that, in order to fully and effective achieve the Strategy’s objectives, an extensive preliminary socio-economic impact assessment is needed to consider all possible repercussions of the proposed measures on EU coastal communities and on the productivity and competitiveness of EU fisheries; stresses, further, that the transition to a sustainable model of production and consumption should happen gradually and in a manner that is commensurate with the EU fishing industry’s capabilities;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 84 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that the agreement of the fisheries sector should, in particular, be a necessary part of fully achieving the objectives of the Strategy and correctly applying its rules; expresses its disappointment, in this regard, at the Strategy’s total failure to mention any involvement of representatives from the sector in institutional forums or a bottom- up approach that fully involves European fishers in drawing up the rules that they have to apply;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that very often the transposition of fair and acceptable principles risks turning into onerous and excessive practices that are difficult for fishers to apply without ever really achieving the objectives that these principles set out to achieve; stresses, therefore, that the proposals in the Strategy should not pose an excessive financial and bureaucratic burden for operators in the fisheries sector;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 86 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Agrees with the Commission on the need to ensure that the key principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights are respected, especially with regard to precarious, seasonal and undeclared workers; stresses, to this end, that practical steps should be taken in order to meet this need, through greater cooperation with Community bodies for social dialogue, such as the EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries (EUSSDC), when drawing up legislative initiatives to achieve the Strategy’s objectives;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 88 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that promoting healthy and sustainable diets should privilege EU fisheries and aquaculture products, as they are an importantthe source of protein with the smallest carbon footprint and a crucial component of a healthy diet and also highlight the value of the work of fishers and women in the sector, and of aquaculture; notes that the ecological transition of food systems generally and fisheries in particular should take place in a way that ensures a fair income for the fisheries sector, strengthening its position in the value chain by grouping it into guilds, cooperatives, associations or other organisations, and conducting appropriate monitoring within the framework of the Directive on unfair trading practices;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 98 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the need to move towards intelligent integration of global, regional and local food systems, promoting short channels in the fisheries value chain in order to improve food security, in accordance with the principles of the European single market;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 110 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s planned assessment of the CFP, due by 2022, with ahich will need to focus on the risks triggered by climate change for the sustainability of species; calls for this evaluation to be followed up with legislative proposals to adapt the CFP to the new challenges facing the fisheries sector and to address any shortcomings that prove to be significant;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 112 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s assessment of the CFP, due by 2022, with a focus on the risks triggered by climate change for the sustainability of species; agrees with the proposal to draw up an emergency plan to ensure the EU’s food supply and food safety in the event of future crises;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 122 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the announced new EU Strategic Guidelines on Aquaculture and emphasises the fundamental role of this sector and the need for its development; urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that the plans for the sustainable development of aquaculture take into account the main barriers to development of the sector’s potential and recognise the need to allocate space to this sector through appropriate spatial planning; stresses that the development of aquaculture requires a solid, reliable and clear legal framework in relation to the use of space and licenses, and one that provides confidence and security for investments in the sector;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the announced new EU Strategic Guidelines on Aquaculturefor the sustainable development of EU aquaculture 2021 – 2030 and requests member states and the European Commission to work on to effectively address the challenges as sustainable aquaculture development is a cornerstone in ensuring self-sufficiency of healthy food;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 127 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the urgent need for a food traceability system in the EU that enhances the sustainability of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and that responds to consumer demands by providing information on where, how and what fish has been caught, primarily to improve food safety but also to enable checks throughout the chain and to combat illegal, unregulated and undocumented fishing; believes that this system should involve all actors in the value chain so that they can collaborate with each other, using simple digital systems that are easy to use and transfer and that do not entail excessive costs for operators, especially small businesses;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 128 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support green business models, such as those based on carbon sequestration, in order to make supply chains more sustainable; stresses, in this regard, that certain aquaculture practices, such as mussel or oyster farming, can be a successful model for the future in the context of the CO2 trading system, and calls on the Commission to invest in this type of green business in the context of the Strategy’s objectives;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 131 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasizes the importance to recognize and adequately support forms of environmentally friendly aquaculture such as algae, shellfish or integrated multitrophic pond fish farming as important parts of circular economy and net contributors to excess nutrient transformation in high quality protein;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 134 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to take action to accelerate the market deployment of energy efficiency solutions in the agriculture and food sectors; stresses, in this regard, that such actions should also take the aquaculture sector into account in order to deploy all potential forms of energy production involved in these types of farming and to promote a zero-consumption production system;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 136 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to promote organic production systems; stresses, in this regard, that in contrast to organic agriculture, organic aquaculture still has ample untapped potential for development, and it is therefore necessary to invest even greater resources in its growth;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 137 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses the fact that all too often organic products are put in a price bracket that is beyond the reach of most European consumers; stresses, therefore, the need to establish a fair price system at EU level for organic products so that they are no longer the privilege of a few, but can form the basis of healthy eating for all;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 138 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Welcomes the Commission’s willingness to place a greater focus on investing in technology and green and digital practices, but expresses disappointment at the lack of any mention of fisheries and the aquaculture sector; stresses the urgent need to support fishers and actors in the fish product supply chain in the transition to more digital practices by investing heavily in training, and financing for digitisation and conversion to ‘green’ practices and tools;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 140 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the Commission and the Member States improveHighlights the importance of improving and streamlining the labelling of all fisheries products at EU level, whether fresh, frozen, processed or from aquaculture, marketed in restaurants and through retailers to allow traceability from the place of origin; stresses that this step will enhance the value of sustainable products and protect consumer rights; stresses that, to this end, the labelling must be objective, based on scientific data, non-discriminatory with regard to the actual nutritional value of the foods and able to provide exhaustive and specific information on the nutrients in the product based on the reference intakes of the average consumer, without misleading and influencing purchasing choices, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 142 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the Commission and the Member States improve the labelling of all fisheries products, whether fresh, frozen, processed or from aquaculture, marketed in restaurants and through retailers, to meet the consumers’ demands by offering information on origin, gear used and species caught, and to allow traceability from the place of origin; stresses that this step will enhance the value of sustainable products and protect consumer rights;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 147 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that a double standard between products from the EU and third countries could put EU fisheries at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of a global convergence of sustainability standards; stresses, to this end, that the labelling and traceability rules for EU products should also be applied to imported products; stresses, moreover, the need to change the current legislation which allows EU and third country products to be combined in production lines without having to declare the origin of the final product;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 148 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for a coordinated approach to ensure consistency between the various initiatives aimed at improving consumer information and the implementation of appropriate impact assessments, comparing the costs and benefits of different policy options pursuing similar objectives, in order to prioritise those that are most efficient;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 152 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the European Commission to put forward a proposal for a revision of Article 35 of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) Regulation, so that the mandatory provisions for consumer information can be extended to prepared or preserved fish, crustaceans, molluscs and caviar (in accordance with codes 1604 and 1605 of the Integrated Tariff of the European Union (TARIC)) and can guarantee fair competition;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 154 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support the implementation of the rules on misleading information as regards the sustainability of food products and to develop an EU sustainable food labelling framework;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 157 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses that information on the sustainability of food products must be science-based, transparent and supported by rigorous independent verification; requests that the Commission consider environmental statements that meet robust, internationally recognised criteria, such as ISO 14024, and that are based on a full life cycle assessment rather than focusing on a single part of sustainability;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 160 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to continue to promote the responsible exploitation of fisheries resources an; stresses, in this regard, that EU fisheries have already made significant efforts to meet the objectives for sustainable exploitation of stocks by significantly reducing the fleet and fishing days, despite the significant sacrifices involved, in order to ensure that their fishing activity is sustainable both in terms of catches and in terms of the environmental impact on the marine ecosystem; stresses that any further restrictive measures could seriously jeopardise the survival of the sector and, in particular, the survival of small-scale traditional fishing; calls, therefore, for any further action to be accompanied by a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the socio-economic impact on the sector and on coastal communities; stresses the need to combat IUU fishing by strengthening the policy of sustainable fisheries agreements with non- EU countries for European vessels providing quality products;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 164 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, in order to ensure the safety of imports of fishery products and protect consumers, trade agreements concluded with third countries should include chapters on sustainable fishing that are in line with the EU’s sustainable development policies, the common fisheries policy and the provisions of the IUU Regulation; stresses that the EU should continuously monitor the efforts to combat IUU fishing put in place by third countries that have been granted preferential tariffs for fishery and aquaculture products; stresses that it is essential for the EU to make full use of the instruments at its disposal in accordance with the IUU Regulation, including the ‘red card’, if a country that has been granted preferential tariffs fails to comply with the EU requirements in terms of labour rights and sustainable fisheries;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 166 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Whereas European Union fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors already apply high environmental and social standards and since these standards will be revised in order to provide higher quality fishery products, it is of the utmost importance to apply the reciprocity principle for fishery products entering the European Union market from the third countries and to ban the products resulting from IUU fishing;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 175 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of EMFAF in sustaining and modernising the sector, favouring generational renewal, and promoting the active participation of women, associations, including guilds (‘cofradías’), producer organisations and the retail sector; welcomes the Commission’s intention to invest in research, innovation and technology, and stresses that the new EMFAF should also be used to support research and innovation programmes and projects aimed at reducing food waste and to promote a sustainable food system; stresses, moreover, the need to integrate the current European research and innovation programmes with the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity 2030 Strategies and with the new EMFAF, in order to maximise potential synergies between different sectors;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 177 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of EMFAF in sustaining and modernising the sector, favouring generational renewal, and promoting the active participation of women, associations, including guilds (‘cofradías’), producer organisations and the retail sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and create incentives for the digital transformation of the sector in all links of the value chain for fisheries and aquaculture products;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 183 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates the need for all food products marketed in the EU to comply with the same level of stringency in relation to environmental and social sustainability requirements; urges the Commission and the Member States to require that all EU trade agreements include conditionality for sustainable production standards, particularly from the point of view of traceability of fishery products and standards relating to animal welfare, social requirements and environmental sustainability;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 193 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. RWelcomes the Commission’s intention to give consumers the necessary tools to make informed, healthy and sustainable food choices; recommends that appropriately funded, far-reaching and effective dedicated awareness campaigns aimed at consumers be launched in order to bolster fish consumption, highlight the properties and benefits of fish products, and help consumers to choose wisely when buying fresh fish products; stresses, moreover, that these campaigns should be promoted by working closely with trade associations and specific professional bodies, such as nutritionists, doctors and paediatricians, in order to take targeted and effective action to help European consumers.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 194 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that appropriately funded dedicated campaigns aimed at consumers be launched to bolster fish consumption; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement initiatives to reduce food waste and rubbish coming from EU fish and seafood markets.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 203 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Commission develop guidelines on digital tools for consumer information, on information transmitted through all links in the value chain, including existing platforms, with the aim of promoting interoperability and improving the efficiency of existing systems.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 204 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the need to include small scale fisheries in local food chains in order to strengthen their position in the food chain in such a way to ensure them a fair income; stress the need to bring them together in associations, cooperatives, producers organisation to have a better negotiating position in relation with the markets suppliers.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 207 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises the need for a harmonised EU legal framework to develop a mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling system at EU level, based on independent scientific evidence; urges the Member States to support the implementation of the future EU nutritional profiling system and to refrain from unilateral actions that could hinder harmonisation of the European Commission’s efforts; calls on the Commission to consider the need to include changes in the algorithm for creating these nutritional profiles so that the presence of omega-3 is positively taken into account and the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fats is considered when attributing penalty points.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 210 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to combating food waste as a pillar of a genuinely sustainable food system; highlights that the fisheries and aquaculture sector should be fully involved in the implementation of this objective.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 213 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that, in order to fully adhere to the European circular economy and food waste reduction objectives, virtuous behaviour such as reusing fishery products that have been caught and that fall below the minimum conservation reference size for which there is a ban on discards, should also be promoted and encouraged in fisheries.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 216 #

2020/2260(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Stresses that in the aquaculture sector it has long been common practice to reuse unused (or usable) animal products for human consumption; points out that, in the interests of a circular economy, considerable investment is needed to create synergies between aquaculture and food waste, and to support virtuous processes in the interests of a circular economy in order to reuse aquaculture waste (such as algae) for feeding fish.
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 216 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and, maintains human and animal health and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, working conditions, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 241 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transformadapt in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 323 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. considering that the EU is the only agricultural actor worldwide, that has significantly reduced greenhouse gas and nitrate emissions coming from agriculture, as well as the use of antibiotics in livestock; and that the new commitments expected from the sector to adapt to the requirements of the European Green Deal should take into account the achievements of EU agriculture in recent decades;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 348 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the farm-to-fork strategy recognises the substantial efforts made to reduce the use of antimicrobials in animals, further strengthened by the new EU Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products and Medicated Feed, thus contributing to the global effort to reduce antibiotic resistance; whereas the EU must ensure that treating animals with antimicrobials remains possible where needed to ensure that the health and welfare of animals is protected at all times;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 353 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the European Commission’s One Health Action Plan Against Antimicrobial Resistance recognises that immunisation through vaccination is a cost-effective public health intervention with proven economic benefits and a control measure for AMR;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 355 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the uptake of smart and digital farming technologies to continuously monitor animal health and welfare has the potential to ensure effective disease prevention and the implementation of animal welfare standards;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 356 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas it is necessary to ensure consistency and coherence amongst the measures envisaged by the farm to fork strategy and the CAP and CFP, the Trade Policy, the EU biodiversity strategy , as well as other related EU policies and strategies;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 378 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are trained, informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs, including the price, on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns, available for all consumers, that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 412 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers and their cooperatives or producers organisations, workers employed along the food value chain, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions and sanitary risks, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 491 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal, the European Pillar of Social Rights and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, decent working conditions, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible, involving not only farmers but all actors in the food chain, including consumers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 531 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the contribution to climate change mitigation and the viability of the European model of agriculture, as well as the resilient supply of sustainable and safe food, are not mutually exclusive objectives and can be achieved with a balanced and evidence- based approach;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 543 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to develop a contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in order to coordinate a common European response to crises affecting food systems ; insists that a prevention approach is needed to avoid panic movements and overreactions by people, firms or Member States; considers that it will be an adequate response to the growing expectations about food security that are to be addressed at European level; urges the Commission to consider strategic food stock issues in the way that it does for strategic petroleum stocks across European Union;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 548 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the Commission to integrate food aid issues in the farm to fork strategy since 33 millions of Europeans suffer from lack of food, especially single parent families and students, and the social and economic consequences of the pandemic will increase that figure; recognises the unique role of the food aid associations across the European Union that need to be more supported because of the growing number of people who need help; considers that the resilience of our food system need to increase the connections between food policies and agricultural policies at every level from the local to the European level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 574 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems that should be based on transparent data and take into account the latest scientific knowledge; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy in which all actors make their contribution, aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional and competitive agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policdifferent EU policies and strategies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives that respond to rational criteria based on the best scientific knowledge; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 634 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the Commission should, for the remaining legislative proposals announced in the strategy, rely on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments describing the calculation methods for each target and the baselines and reference periods for each of them, taking into account the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals and the need to adapt them to the reality of each Member State;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 666 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that the social dimension must be fully integrated in all future initiatives of the farm to fork strategy along with the economic and environmental dimensions to achieve a much-needed policy coherence for sustainable development; insists that improvement of working conditions, in line with the 8 ILO core Convention, collective bargaining, social protection, investment in public services, inclusive governance and fair taxation should be included as sustainability criteria;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 668 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recalls that for the FAO, agroecology is a fundamental part of the global response to climate change and for the creation of sustainable food and agricultural systems, the new legislative framework for sustainable food systems, to be proposed until 2023, must be based on the principles and elements defined by the FAO as agroecology in order to trigger a true agroecological transition;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 730 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the 3. directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertiliserexcess of nutrients, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust, according to its climatic and agricultural production characteristics, should establish robust, effective and proportionate quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives as well as support for implementation at farm level and further research and development for innovative farming solutions; acknowledges that these targets could have negative impact on the viability of the sector, farmers income and food security and should therefore be subject to an impact assessment prior to setting any targeted reduction and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 752 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the collective reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of collectively pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets, taking into account different realities and characteristics of each Member State in terms of pesticides, fertilisers and other chemical use, and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 803 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the reduction targets for phytosanitary products that will finally be established should be accompanied by sustainable alternatives available on the market with equivalent effectiveness in the protection of plant health, in order to avoid the lack of necessary treatments for crops in the EU and the proliferation of organisms harmful to plants;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 834 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recalls that simply reducing the volume of phytosanitary products will not automatically reduce the resulting environmental impact; notes that tools and technologies already exist and are under development to reduce their impact on the environment or on human health and asks the European Commission to take them into account when revising the Directive;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 857 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission to establish the appropriate regulatory framework to speed up the adoption of new plant health solutions, including plant protection products with a lower impact, such as low-risk substances or biosolutions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 872 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Emphasises the need to improve policy coordination between agricultural legislation, particularly legislation on plant protection products, biocides and fertilisers, and, inter alia, water legislation, in order to ensure the protection of our water resources, particularly those used for drinking water supply , from overexploitation and agricultural pollution;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 938 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions andefforts made by European agriculture to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the need to make further progress in reducing them and in reducing the impact of agricultural activity on land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets based on scientific knowledge to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 963 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note of the opportunities of manure management in promoting organic fertilisers, improving soil carbon content and, thus, contributing to carbon sequestration; further encourages EU waste legislation to look at agricultural residues as possible sources of fertilisers, bedding material and bioenergy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1074 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal; calls on the European Commission together with the Member States to define what kind of production models are considered as intensive and industrial and to provide instruments to bring about change on those farms to become consistent with the principles and objectives defined in the Green Deal;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1124 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission to promote EU-wide specialised training programmes, in order to make farmers aware of the benefits and the practice of integrating woody vegetation with agriculture at local, regional and global scales; stresses the importance of using agro-forestry and forests curtains to increase productivity and alternatives to the use of fertilisers in agricultural production;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1190 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the acknowledgment of the crucial role played by seed diversity in ensuring the sustainability and resilience of food production; calls for a meaningful reform of the seeds marketing legal framework that would enable a wide range of crop diversity in the EU and ensure that different types of diversity have facilitated access to the market;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1201 #

2020/2260(INI)

7b. Regrets the lack of a European policy on both animal and plant genetic resources, vital to ensure seed security;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1247 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production, such models should support farmers in the transition towards climate neutrality;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1281 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Welcomes the explicit recognition of a safeguard of the social rights of workers in the food chain; recalls that this has been endorsed by the European Parliament with the introduction of the social conditionality for the CAP basic payment in its position on the national strategic plans Regulation;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1282 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the necessity to diversify the organic production, based on the market demand, to make sure the prices will not lower under the production costs and to create and adapt the market for their products in order to protect our farmers from bankruptcy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1286 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights that agri-cooperatives require a supportive legislative environment to further develop innovative business models that can deliver on the objectives of the farm to fork strategy and contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1287 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Underlines that the COVID 19 pandemic presents the EU with the unique opportunity to rethink the European agriculture and food systems with a more sustainable and socially just vision;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1298 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission and Member States to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans; and to ensure that working and social protection conditions throughout the EU food supply chain meet national, EU and international standards for all workers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1398 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction; calls for a better management of the veterinary prevention and promotion of high standards of animal health and animal welfare also with trading partners in order to prevent spread of zoonotic diseases and to promote the high levels of bBiodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systemssecurity developed in EU as the best practice at global level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1407 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Acknowledges the importance of plant health for sustainable food production systems, and points to the need of raising public awareness and providing adequate training emphasising preventive approaches to dealing with pests and diseases;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1457 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Commission to propose mechanisms that support cooperation between the various links in the chain, for example, by prioritizing stable market- oriented trade relations; considers that collaboration between the different segments of the food chain will be essential in the future, as it has been during the worst months of the covid-19 crisis;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1480 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; recalls the importance of making farmers more resilient in the market by getting more value out of the food chain, which is achieved by encouraging their participation in producer organisations or cooperatives; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1490 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers and in combating dual standards in agri-food practices; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1513 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward proposals for better cooperation between farmers, already allowed under competition rules, and to support investment in improving production and marketing structures to make them more robust, stable, secure and profitable for farmers as means of helping strengthen their position in the chain;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1519 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recognises that retailers and wholesalers can help move sustainable products away from market niches and into mainstream markets; highlights their growing commitment to create transparency, promote healthy diets through consumer information, reformulation, promotion of organic products and treatment of food waste, which they offer in response to the already strong demand from its customers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1521 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls for the recognition of the food distribution system, based on the proximity of retail outlets to consumers, both in urban and rural areas, as essential to ensure access to food to all European citizens, avoiding the so-called food deserts that occur in the USA;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1650 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures toat European level to encourage product reformulation of products not covered by EU quality schemes and reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science and urges Member States to support the implementation of the upcoming EU system and refrain from unilateral actions that could hinder the harmonization work of the European Commission;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1703 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the European Commission to consider digital consumer information as a key element in making information on healthy and sustainable diets available to consumers in the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1710 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the EU single market and provide clarity and simplicity for all players in the food sector, offering a more harmonised and science-based approach, which is currently lacking, in areas such as front-of-pack labelling, origin labelling, waste management, food donations, to name but a few, so that Europe can uphold sustainability standards in the food chain at the international level;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1719 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Recalls the growing importance attached by producers and consumers to origin labelling; insists that such labelling should be established at EU level, should not undermine the smooth functioning of the internal market, be fully verifiable and traceable, and should be compatible with the EU's international obligations;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1773 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint and alerting consumer on the proliferation of ultra- processed products that are presented as healthy copies; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2035 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets and common criteria for measuring food waste in the different links of the food chain are needed to achieve this;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2068 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain, including Horeca, and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2079 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Expresses its concern on the dynamics resulting from the process of concentration and the increasing dominant power of financial investors in the food supply chain, which lead to lower food quality and worsening of working conditions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2119 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; stresses the strategic importance of collective approaches through producer organisations and cooperatives to bring farmers together in achieving their goals;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2147 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes that in order to achieve the goals set out in this strategy, we must take advantage of scientific and technological progress, highlighting recent advances in both the versatility, safety and sustainability of new technologies for genetic improvement, promoting a legislative process in the EU that provides the necessary certainty for the development of this innovative sector, at the service of a more sustainable and healthy European food system;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2176 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Recalls that the transition to this system will require significant investments and it cannot be accomplished without the complicity and support of European farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2179 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Considers the allocated budget to achieve the ambitions of the EU Green Deal and the Just transition mechanism to be insufficient to deal in a socially sustainable manner with the consequences of the expected transformation; calls for the Just transition mechanism to cover as well agricultural regions that may be adversely affected and underlines the need to ensure the proper involvement of social partners in the definition and implementation of future initiatives of the strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2262 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the explicit reference to the risk of asymmetries between the new requirements for European producers and those for imported products and calls once again on the European Commission to demand effective reciprocity in the negotiation of agreements with third countries;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2269 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to unblock the trade agreement for agri-food products with the United States of America considering that the American market is the biggest organic market in the world;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2278 #

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen control mechanisms both at origin and at the border in trade with third countries to safeguard the animal and plant health of European agriculture and prevent the entry of pests and diseases from outside the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas EU competition policy is designed to maintain an open market economy with free, fair and effective competition favouring an efficient allocation of resourcesmust benefit all EU citizens, while promoting innovation and fair competition in the single market, paying particular attention to the SMEs and a level playing field;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 17 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas exceptional and temporary measures to respond to the pandemic should not be applied in disguise of anticompetitive behaviour, nor be exploited by financially already unhealthy companies to receive additional aid without the necessary and effective restructuring plans and whereas all aid should be designed and granted in an economically and socially responsible manner; whereas in the long run, companies should commit to resume their contribution to sustainable development goals for social, economic and environmental wellbeing and for the fight against climate change;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 20 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas competition policy should address efficiently social, digital and environmental challenges, and must be in line with the priorities outlined in the European Green Deal and the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 21 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the rapid emergence and evolution of digital markets poses new challenges to the effectiveness of competition policy, especially in the field of antitrust rules where so far, ex ante interventions are not allowed;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 22 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas data scandals, investigations and evidence have shown how personal date is being collected and stored often in an excessive data storage manner, as well as used and sold to third parties by platforms and how dominant technology players and platforms have been tracking consumers online systematically;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 23 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas smart reconciliation of the Union’s competition rules with its industrial and international trade policies is essential for re-shoring value chaaching the objectives under the European Green Deal and the Pillar of Social Rights while securing activities and bolstering global competitiveness; nd creating decent jobs in the EU and third countries; whereas the Commission is currently carrying out a general review of competition policy enforcement effectiveness including antitrust regulations, a number of State aid rules and guidance, and the evaluation of merger control rules and the review of the Merger Definition Notice;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 30 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas given that recent data scandals, investigations and evidence have shown how personal data is being collected, used and sold to third parties by platforms and how dominant technology players and platforms have been tracking consumers online systematically;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 51 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that a strict and impartial enforcement of EU competition rules by independent competition authorities can make a significant contribution to key political priorities, such as social inequalities or the climate crisis; emphasises itshowever the importance alsoof flexibility in crisis conditions;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is concerned with the rapid evolvement of the digital markets and that existing competition policy instruments cannot always provide for quick and efficient ex-ante detection and timely intervention, especially in antitrust-cases; welcomes in this regard the Commission proposal on DSA and DMA, and looks forward to further analysis on how competition policy and market monitoring tools can be adapted to the digital markets evolution;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 80 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the adoption of a Temporary Framework for State aid measures established in response to the COVID-19 crisis and supports its application for as long as the recovery is ongoing;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 88 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights the importance of policy coherence and for any aid granted to be issued only to companies enduring direct financial consequences of the pandemic; urges furthermore that companies using tax havens outside the EU for tax avoidance to be banned from accessing State Aid or financial support if they do not commit to changing their behaviour;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 92 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that recapitalisation, even under the temporary framework, should be considered only as the last resort solution by Member States, given the potential major distortive impact recapitalisation measures can have on the single market; is of the opinion that recapitalisation measures or any other public financial support to companies should be conditional upon the funding being used to benefit employees and that the recipient companies should refrain from bonuses to the management, paying out dividends or offering share buy-back schemes for as long as they receive such support;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 117 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses that EU aid measures in response to theCOVID-19 crisis, including through the Recovery and Resilience Facility, should not be given to companies that were inefficient and structurally loss making before the Covid- 19 crisis, or favour monopolistic undertakings, notably in critical sectors and which have not committed to a change of behaviour or planned/performed the necessary structural reforms;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 134 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Given the Covid19 economic crisis and the realisation of the existential role of European farmers for our food supply and agriculture sovereignty; calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to any third country anti-competitive practices that risk penalising our agriculture sector and penalise our farmers; the same rules and standards should be requested from third countries when importing agriculture products;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 135 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Draws attention to the growing number of farmers’ protests and notes that the cumulative impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on the EU’s agri-food sector is one of their concerns; questions whether FTAs leave EU agri-food producers at a competitive disadvantage, given differences in social, health, labour, environmental and animal welfare standards in third countries; therefore calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, its latest report on the cumulative impact of ongoing and future trade deals, and calls for the application of the principles of reciprocity and compliance for agricultural products and for the protection of vulnerable sectors in future and ongoing trade negotiations, ensuring that all necessary inspections are carried out;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 138 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the importance of global dialogue and cooperation on competition policy enforcement and a common approach towards fair competition;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 143 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls for the EU and the UK to find common ground to continuously cooperate and strive towards fair competition and a level playing field;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 184 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Supports the inclusion in EU competition rules of a thorough State aid check on undertakings from third countries, while stressing that the Union should remain open to foreign direct investments complying with its legal framework and not distorting competition;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 196 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights the importance of a European competition policy design fit to tackle new challenges linked to the use of data, algorithms and fast-moving markets in an increasingly digital environment, as well as strengthening cooperation networks between Member States' authorities and the Commission to support fair competition in the single market;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 197 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Regrets the slowness of some antitrust investigations compared to the fast-moving digital markets; underlines that the Google Shopping case started on the 30th November 20101a, stresses the damaging effect resulting from this situation and the financial consequences to which some actors have and are being exposed; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/is ef/case_details.cfm?proc_code=1_39740
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 199 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Regrets that ten years after the opening of an investigation into Google search bias practices, the European Commission has still not completed the investigation; notes that antitrust enforcement actions in the United States of America by the Department of Justice and the Attorney Generals capture a wide range of Google's anti-competitive practices; deplores the limited scope of EU enforcement action which fails to protect European consumers; notes that the remedies proposed by Google have been rejected as inefficient by market players and consumer organisations across Europe; calls on the European Commission to file antitrust charges against Google for abuse of dominance in other specialised search services, including local search;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 201 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Considers, while acknowledging efforts made, that problems linked to large technology undertakings’ excessive market dominance have so far been insufficiently addressed and need to be resolved urgently; welcomes in that context the Commission's proposals for a Digital Services Act and a Digital Markets Act;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 202 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Welcomes the introduction of new ex-ante rules, however the European Commission should make full use of its existing tools in competition enforcement; the DMA should not jeopardize the proper enforcement of competition law; in particular the Commission should address pending concerns with the Android decision and insufficient competition in online search;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 204 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Looks forward to seeing how the DMA and DSA will resolve in practice the structuring of big platforms and ensure adequate market oversight enabling intervention before a dominant position is established;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 211 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that new competition tools might be needed to deal with structural competition problems across digital markets which current rules cannot address in the most effective manner and calls for careful Commission surveillance on these markets so as to be able to act fast on major issues and legal loopholes;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 221 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider proposals to prohibit platforms from engaging in self-preferencing or operating in lines of business that depend on or interoperate with the platform, as well as to require platforms to make their services compatible with competing networks to allow for interoperability and data portability; moreover, the toolbox of the Commission as future DMA regulator should include the ability to ban abusive self-preferencing practices in the form of default settings; the Commission should have the ability to force a gatekeeping platform to substitute certain default settings by an effective and objective consumer choice architecture;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 222 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Recalls that data driven advantages linked to data sharing and data selling, but also services set as default settings risk conferring some companies the position of a so-called “gatekeeper” in the digital markets and need to be addressed effectively by the DMA and DSA;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 226 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the structural unbundling of Big Tech monopolies is desirable for restoring competition in digital markets given the limits of fines and the failure of passed behavioural remedies in certain antitrust cases;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 229 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Urges the European Commission to speed up procedures and notes that while it is important to ensure due process and the right of defence of undertakings under investigation, there is a need to make administrative procedures faster and more efficient. When this is not possible due to the complexity of the cases, the European Commission should make use of interim measures to prevent that the abusive conduct caused an irreparable harm on competition;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 234 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Looks forward toWelcomes the Commissionʼs proposals for a Digital Services Act and a Digital Markets Act; the objective of these proposals is to ensure fair and contestable digital markets in the EU; this objective is complementary but distinct from the goal pursued by competition law, namely the protection of undistorted competition on the market and a level playing field; notes that the first enforcement action under the new DMA Regulation will only be possible in five years; therefore urges the European Commission to pursue its antitrust enforcement in new and pending cases involving gatekeepers in the digital environment;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 240 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Insists on the enforcement framework in the DMA; as regulator, the Commission should be sufficiently resourced and the process should be participatory among all actors; the identification of remedies should not be left to the sole appreciation of the incriminated company but instead be subject to a strict compliance mechanism;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 242 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Calls on the Commission make full use of its competition policy instruments to guarantee a fair level playing field and by addressing potential gatekeeper effects with regards to access to key enabling technologies for artificial intelligence and data;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 250 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Further encourages the structured dialogues with the Executive Vice- President for Competition and the efforts by the Commission to maintain close co- operation with the members of Parliament’s competent committee; considers the Commission’s annual report on competition policy an indispensable exercise in terms of democratic scrutiny; recalls that in recent years Parliament has been involved through the ordinary legislative procedure in shaping the framework for competition rules; notes that Parliament should begiven co- decision powers to shape the framework for competition rules; recalls its previous request to amend the treaties accordingly;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 254 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls on the Commission to review its merger and acquisition rules when it comes to assessing personal data; calls, in particular, on the Commission to fully consider and assess personal data assets as all other traditional physical assets when it decides on digital mergers and acquisitions; invites the Commission to learn from recent mergers such as Facebook and WhatsApp or Google and Fitbit acquisitions;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 256 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Regrets the European Commission's decision to approve Google’s takeover of wearable fitness device company Fitbit; notes that the remedies proposed by Google and endorsed by the European Commission are insufficient to ensure effective competition in wearables and digital health, which are becoming increasingly important in consumers’ lives; urges the European Commission to take a broader view when evaluating digital mergers and assess the impact of data consolidation; notes that the acquisition of targets with specific data resources can bring about a concentration in control over valuable and non-replicable data resources and result in better data access for the merging parties than for their competitors; stresses that data consolidation via mergers may strengthen a dominant position or allow the acquiring entity to leverage market power, and sometimes raise foreclosure concerns;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 258 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22 c. Calls on the Commission to update its antitrust tools especially on merger control and adequate them to new realities of digital and technology markets and to change the assessment of market power, merger notification thresholds, measurement of merger effects on consumer privacy, industrial data and investigation of abuse of dominant position;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 259 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22 d. Calls on the Commission to investigate the advertising technology at the heart of big tech companies business model, in particular asks the Commission to look into how Google and Facebook are collecting, accessing, processing, using and monetising personal data. Moreover, calls the Commission to investigate Google’s practices in the advertising technology (“ad tech”) value chain, and its position in relation to advertisers, publishers and intermediaries, and competitors in search advertising, display advertising and ad tech services;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 268 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Recalls, with view to its report on competition policy 2019 (2019/2131 (INI))2a that abuse of market power can take place even when products or services are supplied for free or in exchange of private data; believes that the passing on of private data to third parties for marketing or commercial purposes is frequently done without the consumer’s proper consent, as alternatives to sharing data are often not provided; considers that in the digital economy, the concentration of data in a small number of companies leads to market failures, excessive rent extraction and a blocking of new entrants; _________________ 2a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/A-9-2020-0022_EN.html
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 296 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Reiterates that taxation is sometimes used to grant indirect State aid, creating an uneven playing field in the internal market; deplores the abuse of tax rulings, points out that royalties as a financial product do not only risk to facilitate money laundering but also to undermine competition in the single market; recalls that aggressive tax planning does not solely harm fair competition but also undermines the proper functioning of social systems in general; insists that the Commission has access to the information exchanged between the Member States’ tax authorities so as to better detect violations of competition rules; recalls that examination by the Commission of a tax ruling under a State aid point of view does not constitute tax harmonisation;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 305 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Welcomes the Commission repeal of the Apple ruling; Is of the opinion that the Apple case shows once more the need for sound state aid rules, taking into account beneficial tax regimes; repeats its call for a minimum effective tax rate and a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) and public country-by- country reporting (pCBCR); awaits the results of the ongoing international negotiations on a digital tax;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 319 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Considers in particular antitrust proceedings as too lengthy, slowing down much needed market corrections and consequently negatively impacting effectiveness of competition law enforcement, especially in the case of rapidly growing digital markets; calls therefore for faster antitrust proceedings and asks for cooperation on this not only from the Commission but also from the companies under investigation; condemns in that context that some companies under investigation artificially prolong investigations by systematically requesting prolongations of deadlines and by replying to requests for information only with substantial delays or by submitting ineffective proposals for commitments they would take;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 321 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Welcomes the introduction of the “eLeniencytool” by the Commission to further improve the effectiveness of competition policies implementation; recalls that with the swift development of the digital markets, new challenges arise when it comes to the implementation of competition policies; recommends in that sense the Commission to look into the possibilities to intervene ex ante, especially in the digital markets and to provide EU and national competition and regulatory authorities with the necessary means to gather data anonymously so as to be able to better detect market failures in due time;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 327 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Points out that while the level of fines imposed by the Commission is amongst the highest in the world, nearly two-thirds of the fines imposed by the Commission in cartel cases since 2006 stayed below 0.99% of global annual turnover, thus well below the ceiling of 10% of a company’s annual worldwide turnover allowed3a; notes that while the ECA rightly points out that the amount of fines alone does not allow conclusions on whether they are effective deterrents, the ECA also underlines that the ceiling itself of possible fines can limit the deterrent effect in “serious cases”; _________________ 3a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR20_24/SR_Competition_policy _EN.pdf
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 329 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31 b. Recalls that even when heavy fines are imposed they are often not enough of a deterrent, also because they may be passed on to consumers; calls therefore on the Commission to evaluate the deterrence effect of its fines and the usefulness of fines of up to 40% of the worldwide annual turnover of companies to be imposed in serious cartel cases, as it is the case already in one Member State; urges moreover that non-compliance for recurrent infringers should lead to additional sanctions, such as alternative behavioural remedies or the obligation to take specific structural measures which could be a combination of recommendations from the Commission; stresses that the cease-and-desist order should be much more prescriptive in upcoming remedies;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 334 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Suggests looking into ‘killer acquisition’ practices that could jeopardise innovation; calls the Commission to review its thresholds rules in digital mergers and acquisition; moreover, when assessing personal data; calls on the Commission to fully consider and assess personal data assets as all other traditional assets when it decides on acquisitions; invites the Commission to learn from past controversial acquisitions decisions such as Facebook/WhatsApp or Google/Fitbit deals;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 338 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Highlights the possibility of using interim measures to stop any practice that would seriously harm competition and welcomes the Commission’s first use of interim measures in the Broadcom-case; is nonetheless of the opinion that there remains a need to relax the criteria for interim measures in order to avoid any irreversible damage;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 341 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Welcomes Directive(EU) 2019/633 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain, recalls that is an important first step in ensuring fairness between operators, combating dual standards in agri-food practices and in addressing the imbalance of the bargaining power within the food supply chain; stresses the need for the Commission to monitor the progress of transposition closely and to promote the sharing of best practices between Member States; encourages Member States to list further unfair practices as prohibited and set higher standards;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 342 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32 b. Regrets the fact that selling at a loss is not prohibited at EU level; highlights the important contribution made by primary producers in supplying high-quality food and delivering public goods to society; calls on the Commission to guarantee fair competition and greater transparency in offline platforms’ commercial practices, including supermarket and hypermarkets, so as to ensure that EU producers receive fair conditions and prices for their products;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 345 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32 b. With regards the food sector; calls on the Commission to guarantee fair competition and greater transparency in supermarket and hypermarkets chains commercial practices; European farmers should receive a fair price for their products; stresses the need for the Commission to look at hypermarkets powers in the distribution chain and commercial practices in placing competing products, including their own, on the shelves;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 349 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32 c. Calls on the Commission to devote special attention to supermarkets, hypermarkets and retail alliances’ bargaining powers with their clients and suppliers; notes that in some Member States supermarkets, hypermarkets and retail alliances’ sovereignty affects brand value and product choice, cuts corners on their own brands quality, limits innovation and price comparability, thus distorting price architectures;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 352 #

2020/2223(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 d (new)
32 d. Calls on the Commission to make it compulsory for banks receiving State aid to retain their full retail banking/consumer banking services and to ensure that banks are not allowed to use the COVID-19 crisis as a pretext for permanently reducing such services; Calls the Commission to have a close look at cases in the banking sector in certain Member States where consumers currently face higher interest rates and a lack of transparency when it comes to loans, potentially due to concentration of ownership in the banking sector, which could lead to deceptive selling practices of mortgages; Calls the Commission to have a close look at the banking sector in Romania where consumers face high interest rates and lack of transparency when it comes to loans because of potential bank cartels tendencies when it comes to deceptive selling practices of credit;
2021/02/03
Committee: ECON
Amendment 7 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas our action to combat climate change requires important decisions to be taken in the field of agricultural and livestock production in the European Union, raising the requirements for these sectors to contribute to greater environmental sustainability, also with the support of artificial intelligence: considering that we should impose identical requirements on products from third countries with which we conclude free trade agreements;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the Farm to Fork strategy sets out to reduce the use of pesticides by 2030, which could be assisted through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which can enable the creation of new tools to replace those pesticides that could pose a risk to human health, as well as favour a more limited use of them with precision agriculture;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the process of setting up Digital hubs for agriculture, which are expected to have an important role in the introductions and implementation of AI and digital solutions, has started in several Member States;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas some sectors of agriculture already apply AI technologies with potential for growth to a larger scale for the sector; notes that in numerous others the use of such technologies remains absent limited;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 30 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas education and training is crucial for the smooth and successful introduction of AI technologies in the agricultural sector, both among the newer generation, but also among the current members of the agricultural community;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas information about good AI practices should be available to broader range of experts and stakeholders in order to increase awareness and create opportunities for the sector across the whole EU, but also on regional and local level, where applicable;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
C e. whereas the agricultural sector, its digitalisation and the application of AI in the sector depend on reliable data and stable infrastructure from other sectors such as aero-spatial and meteorological tools as well as tools for soil testing and measuring animal indicators, among others; whereas this might imply the need for a technological upgrade and improvement in some regions and Member States;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)
C f. whereas AI technologies and digitalisation have the potential of improving the agricultural performance in areas with natural constraints (ANC), which often suffer from access to limited resources and considerable seasonal variations; whereas because of their constraints they often remain out of the scope of the main research;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C g (new)
C g. whereas AI research and work in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry has the potential of increasing the attractiveness of the sector for younger people and thus contribute to solving the issue of generational renewal;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C h (new)
C h. whereas the demonstration or use of not fully functional AI technologies in the agri-food sector, or of studies, which are not fully completed, risks jeopardizing the trust of the agri-food community in the AI;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C i (new)
C i. whereas agri-food start-ups play an important role for the sector in terms of introduction of new technologies and techniques, which can benefit and facilitate the introduction of AI technologies in it;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C j (new)
C j. whereas AI has the potential of contributing to collecting more accurate and up-to-date data with regards to animal welfare, which on the other hand can improve the quality of sectoral research and respectively the decision making processes;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that issues related to the wellbeing of agricultural workers and/or operatoimprovement of working conditions of agricultural workers and the reduction of high production costs for European farmers, animal welfare, andmong other ethical aspectsissues, should be a priority when it comes to assessing the applicability of AI in the sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Strongly believes that the AI achievements and digitalisations should be accessible to all agricultural producers and breeders irrespective of the size or location of their farm or facilities;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 49 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the responsible authorities in the Member States to prepare and implement smooth transition to any new AI-based model of agriculture by including socially responsible and just policies and solutions for the workers in the sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the EC to facilitate and guarantee within its remits the fair and equal funding, access and distribution of AI achievements among the various sectors such as agriculture with the aim of avoiding new divisions and a two-speed EU on issues such as AI;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Believes that the competent national authorities should prepare and publish analyses on the impact of introduction of AI technologies on work places and workers in short-, mid- and long-term with the aim of helping the labour market adjust accordingly and avoid social and economic exclusion;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Underlines the role which the social partnership and dialogue with employers, employees and their unions or representatives has to play in the area of designing socially responsible and just transition to AI in the agricultural sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Urges the Member States to include all sectoral partners, including workers' representatives and syndicates of agricultural workers, should such exist, in the discussions and the development of sectoral AI plans and strategies;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the family-model of European agriculture should be preserved and that the introduction of AI technologies could be harnessed to support the family model and sustain traditional practiceshelp to steer this production model in particular and help to strengthen the maintenance of traditional practices that now generate low profitability for their future survival;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that AI technologies can and should be used to improve the traceability ofand labelling of agri-food products, including issues such as origin or production methods, thus providing greater transparency and useful information to European consumers;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 106 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the respective authorities in the Member States to present and promote only AI technologies and studies, which are fully functional and completed, so that the agri-food community can benefit more from them without prejudice or assumptions vis-à-vis AI on a larger scale;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Member States to foresee resources for technological and material upgrade and renewal in the scientific bases, which work on or with AI, such as agricultural institutes, universities or other specialised bodies, with the aim of collecting more up-to-date and accurate data about the effect of AI on the plants, animals, soils, water among others;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Member States to consider inclusion of more AI trainings and courses both as part of their general but also specialised agri-food focused higher education, but also any other appropriate level of education, as part of both formal and informal education in their respective constituencies;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 129 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls the Member States with ANC to provide sufficient resources for research on use of AI in these areas in order to facilitate farmers there to make better use of the available resources;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the European Commission to design and put in place a digital platform or a website dedicated to the AI developments in the EU agri-food sector;
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2020/2216(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the EC to conduct thorough analyses on the use of data collecting and measuring and magnetic- and wave-based devices on the most commonly bred agricultural animals such as cattle, sheep, goat, pigs, poultry and bees, which will be crucial for the design and use of AI on EU level.
2021/02/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2020/2169(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Agency received a EUR 16.7 million contribution under the general budget of the Union in 2019, a decrease of 0.4% in comparison with 2018; points out that the Agency receives one of the lowest budget appropriations of all the EU agencies; welcomes the fact that in 2019, the Agency managed to implement its budget at a rate of 99.9% for commitments and 86% for payments;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 2 #

2020/2169(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of fisheries control in achieving the objectives of the common fisheries policy (CFP); acknowledges the Agency’s vital contribution to implementing these goals; stresses that the ongoing revision of the regulation governing fisheries control will increase the Agency’s workload; emphasises the incoherence of seeking to tackle growing obligations without sufficient resources to do so; stresses, therefore, that the financial and human resources available to the Agency need to be increased in the coming years;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 7 #

2020/2169(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the assistance provided by the Agency to the Commission with regard to cooperation with third countries and the Agency's crucial role in securing a level playing field with all coastal states; stresses, in this regard, the need to increase the resources allocated to the Agency with a view to making it possible to handle the increased workload caused by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and any potential consequences of the new relationship for the fisheries control framework;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2020/2169(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the fact that, despite the Agency’s commitment in June 2018 to publishing information on the relevant executive director and staff meetings with lobbyists on its website, no such information has been published yet; calls on the Agency to deliver onuphold its commitment and regularly update the page on its website dedicated to providing this information;
2021/02/04
Committee: PECH
Amendment 3 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the level of error was material for the spending areas that the Court had identified as higher risk, including rural development, market measures, environment and climate action; points out, however, that the error rate of 2,7 % for rural development represents a considerable improvement on the situation in previous years; observes that high-risk expenditure mainly concerned reimbursement-based payments, for instance in the fields of cohesion and rural development, where Union spending is managed by Member States; understands that high-risk expenditure is often subject to complex rules and eligibility criteria; calls on the Commission and the Member States to further reduce the error rate and financial corrections;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that the proper implementation of the CAP interventions is strictly related to the beneficiaries’ compliance with the commitments set out at Union level; stresses that the increased flexibility of Member States in allocating CAP subsidies risks further aggravating abuses, and urges therefore the Commission to avoid renationalisation of the CAP;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Notes that the current compliance system has proven effective as recognised by the ECA and has ensured equal treatment and efficient implementation across the Union; is strongly concerned that a new, hybrid system without Union- wide eligibility rules does not contribute in terms of either simplification or performance of the CAP, and puts at risk the equal treatment of farmers and Member States; stresses that the new control and audit system might increase significantly administrative burden and lead to disproportionate loss of resources, due to its complexity;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights that CAP support to young farmers has proven to be an essential tool, to be further strengthened; believes that digitalisation and innovation could be decisive instruments for the revitalisation of rural areas making them more attractive to young farmers;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that investments contributing to a resilient, sustainable and digital economic recovery in line with the agri-environment-climate objectives pursued under the European Green Deal are fundamental for the social and economic development of rural areas;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to update its analysis of CAP fraud risks more frequently; encourages it to assess Member States’ fraud prevention measures, sharing best practices;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2140(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls its concern at the alleged cases of conflict of interests and land- grabbing by oligarchs with possible involvement by governments and public authorities; invites the Commission to further intensify the controls in order to better identify the final destination of CAP funds;
2021/01/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 25 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to use the different redistributive tools for a fairer distribution of funds and to apply the capping provisions on direct payments; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to take decisive action to increase the external convergence under Pillar I of the CAP as another tool to combat unfair distribution of EU money among Member States;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2020/2126(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern at the cases of high-level conflicts of interest and land- grabbing by oligarchs, which are possibly being facilitated by governments and public authorities; further calls for a distinction to be made between land- grabbing and the accumulation of small agricultural plots as a way to reduce high levels of fragmentation and to assemble economically viable agricultural units;
2021/11/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has remarkably remained broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers and SMEs in the agri-food sector; highlights that the Union’s yearly agri-food trade surplus exceeded EUR 60 billion; recalls in this context that agriculture and agri-food are key drivers for EU exports and economic recovery;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the remarkablenoteworthy resilience of European agriculture; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality and development of its rural areas; underlines that the success of European agriculture is strictly connected with the Common Agriculture Policy, that through the years has been the instrument to improve farmers' condition and guarantee food security in the EU;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support, including, in particular, the extension of the extraordinary measures for the wine sector, to reactivate these exports and regain market share;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 64 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri-food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU rules and standards and to this extent frequent and thorough controls should be put in place to guarantee this compliance from products from third countries;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 74 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. underlines that the crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic should be an opportunity to rethink the EU trade policy especially for what concerns its environmental impact and to put EU agriculture concerns, especially of the most vulnerable sectors, as high priorities in the trading negotiations with third partners; is convinced that the EU should use its position as a major global player to set the benchmark and direct international standards for sustainable food systems, based on respect for human and labour rights, fair competition, the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare in accordance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that the EU, in line with its Green Deal principles, should not import products coming from deforested areas or with lower environmental standards; recalls therefore the need to have a full transparent supply chain to guarantee the respect of EU standards as well as a high level information for the consumers;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses the need, due in part to the disruptions to global production chains and increased price volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, to develop open strategic autonomy for the EU with the aim of ensuring access to key markets and reducing dependency on imports of critical goods such as plant- based protein sources; reiterates that agri- food systems must be acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the EU’s open strategic autonomy in order to ensure sufficient availability of safe and good-quality food and to maintain functioning and resilient food supply chains and trade flows during future crises, in line withArticle 2(1) of the Paris Agreement;
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2020/2117(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the overall importance of a well-functioning internal market in order to enhance Europe’s export capacity and secure our producer network; stresses that the model of the EU agriculture, based mainly on small- and medium-sized family farms with limited financial capacity, could suffer from an unfair competition deriving from free trade agreements; calls therefore the Commission and the Member states to be prepared to defend and support this model with a coherent and holistic trade policy, taking into account all costs and benefits deriving from it.
2021/04/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the European Commission's Study to support the evaluation of the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015,
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the Council's conclusions on animal welfare - an integral part of sustainable animal production, adopted on 16th of December, 2019,
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
— having regard to the Council's conclusions on an EU wide animal welfare label, adopted on 7th of December, 2020,
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas consumer's interest in the quality of food purchased is higher than ever;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European livestock farms employ around 4 million people (salaried and non-salaried), 80% of whom reside in the more recent EU Member States1a; _________________ 1ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas EU fish intra-trade plays an essential role in the whole EU fishery trade and it accounted in 2014 for 86% of total trade within and outside the EU, volumes sold within the EU reaching at 5,74 million tonnes with a value of EUR 20,6 billion, the highest registered since 20063a; _________________ 3a https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/201 6/february/tradoc_154321.pdf
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas animal health and welfare are key to enabling food safety and security, public health and contributing to high quality standards in the EU;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas healthy livestock is a key component of achieving sustainable, lower-carbon farming;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas animal health and welfare are essential elements of any sustainable food system and impacts on animal health and welfare have direct effect on the sustainability of the food system;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas livestock farming methods and production systems vary among the Member States;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S
S. whereas the common agricultural policy (CAP) is one of the regulatory tools that can be used to improve the health and welfare of farm animals;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 128 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas livestock farming is the main beneficiary of second pillar aid to farms in disadvantaged areas, which make up 50% of the European UAA, and of Agro-Environmental Measures, which compensate for the additional costs linked to unfavourable location or the obligations of having to respect specific legislation2a; _________________ 2ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/04af47b0-0c38-11eb- bc07-01aa75ed71a1/language-en
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas particular attention should be paid to ensuring that our political decisions do not weaken the European livestock-production sector, which would lead to the relocation of production to other parts of the world where livestock conditions and standards are lower than in Europe, and to other, connected problems, detrimental not only to the animal welfare standards, but also to the European environmental objectives;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Ta. whereas consumer interest in the quality of food purchased is higher than ever, and whereas food quality in relation to animal welfare and animal health has an important part to play in achieving the goals of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 146 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas the uptake of smart farming technologies to continuously monitor animal health and welfare has the potential to ensure effective disease prevention and the implementation of animal welfare standards;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U b (new)
Ub. whereas the adoption of DNA traceability technologies to track and trace every sick animal or infected food has the potential to ensure food safety and prevent food fraud by ensuring consumers;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 207 #

2020/2085(INI)

3a. Is aware of the fact that EFSA produced several opinions on the use of animal-based measures for species not covered by specific legislation (dairy cows and beef cattle) in response to the European Commission mandates; regrets the fact that these animal-based measures issued by EFSA have not been implemented so far; calls therefore on the European Commission to make sure these animal-based measures are updated with the latest scientific knowledge and integrated in the existing specific legislation;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Acknowledges that, as noted by scientific bodies, animal-based measures, though desirable, are not always enforceable and objectively verifiable; calls therefore on the European Commission, in the context of the revision of the European animal welfare legislation, to formulate very specific verifiable requirements in light of the latest scientific opinions and of the various production systems across Member States;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes the six objectives set out in the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012- 2015 and acknowledges that these objectives are still relevant3a; regrets though that the impact of the Strategy was very limited due to the lack of outcome indicators or quantifiable plans for tracking the progress of the Strategy actions, which contributed to a reduced level of accountability for the Strategy’s success; encourages, therefore, the European Commission to prepare a new strategy, with an output-oriented approach, as a proper environment to gather Member States’ representatives, scientific bodies, stakeholders, farmers and NGOs and exchange views and best practices in view of a more uniformed implementation of the animal welfare legislation across Member States, in line with the Green Deal objectives; _________________ 3ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/1e912399-3905-11eb- b27b-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format- PDF/source-178300128
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 215 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the setting up of EU reference centres dedicated to the welfare of different species and categories of animals (EURCAWs), as part of the EU Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015; encourages the European Commission to further develop the network of EURCAWs, especially for species not covered by the specific legislation, as an effective platform of coherent and uniform dissemination across Member States of technical information on the way the EU legislation should be implemented, in areas such as outcome-based animal welfare indicators, common requirements for competence of personnel handling animals, increasing transparency and adequacy of information to consumers on animal welfare;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 220 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that the current EU legislation on animal welfare is not all inclusive and invites the European Commission to assess the need and impact for specific animal welfare legislation, in light of the latest scientific knowledge, for species not covered, in particular for goats, sheep, pullets, dairy and beef cattle, rabbits, turkeys, broiler and laying hen breeders and farmed fish;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is aware of the limited overall coherence between the European Animal Welfare legislation and the 2014-2020 CAP as well as of the poor integration of the specific legislation into the National Plans for Rural Developments, with wide differences from one Member State to another; welcomes that the European Commission included animal welfare in the List of potential agricultural practices that eco-schemes could support, issued in January 2021; encourages the Member States to draw up animal welfare eco- schemes in their National Strategic Plans and calls on the European Commission to assess the achievability and enforceability of the animal based indicators and measures accompanying these eco- schemes, in order to have an output- oriented approach and to make possible the monitoring, impact and implementation of these schemes;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 283 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Proposes enhancing affordable training for farmers and operators in the sector handling animals by adding a specific module for initial and ongoing training with a view to honing skills; takes note of the scientific opinion on the welfare of pigs at slaughter, issued by EFSA in 2020, stating that the majority of the identified hazards originated from actions and behaviours of animal handlers and owners; encourages though Member States to incentivize trainings for farmers and handlers in their National Strategic Plans;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 292 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that some measures believed to improve animal welfare are in fact counterproductive and may undermine other aspects of sustainability, namely welfare and health safety-related issues, as well as efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; cites, by way of example, that keeping rabbits in the open air increases stress and mortality levels, and that installing collective cages in rabbitries leads to aggressive behaviour among does, causing stress, injury and reduced performance; points out that outdoor rearing may also lead to a reduced control over droppings and emissions as well as to greater amounts of feed needed, thereby potentially having a greater carbon impact4a; _________________ 4aXin, H. et al., ‘Environmental impacts and sustainability of egg production systems’, Poultry Science, 90(1), 2011, pp. 263-277
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 325 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Applauds the Commission for publishing, on 12 May 2021, strategic guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture, which pay particular attention to animal welfare, and welcomes the fact that Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries is drafting an own- initiative report on these guidelines; draws the attention to the limited synergy between 2014-2020 Common Fishery Policy and the farmed fish welfare; calls on the European Commission to put forward specific scientifically-sound provisions for farmed fish welfare;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 347 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines that the rate of non- compliance with the animal welfare legislation is limited and has many limitation, amongst which unenforceable and unquantifiable animal-based indicators; notes that the frequency of inspections across Member States ranges from a minimum of 1% to a maximum of 30%; is concerned that this high variation of the frequency of inspections leads to either non-compliance with the Control Regulation, or to high pressure on farmers; calls therefore on the European Commission and on the Member States to standardise the implementation of the Control Regulation to reduce the variation of the frequency of inspections between Member States and livestock sectors;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 351 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Takes note of the lack of animal- based welfare indicators for the Council Directive 98/58/EC (general directive), as well as for the Council Directive 2008/120/EC (pigs), the Council Directive 2007/43/ EC (broilers) and the Council Directive 1999/74/EC (laying hens); acknowledges as well the lack of quantifiable requirements for the implementation and monitoring of environmental conditions such as air quality (nitrogen, CO2, dust), lighting (duration, brightness) and minimal noise, which not only affects the animal welfare, but also distorts competition because of the margins of interpretations; calls for the European Commission to set up enforceable and quantifiable such indicators, which should be species- specific and up to date from a scientific point of view;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Emphasises the importance of precision livestock farming technologies, including the potential of on-farm animal health and welfare monitoring tools, which help to prevent and better control disease outbreaks on farms;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 357 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls for improved management of veterinary prevention and promotion of high animal health and welfare standards, notably on vaccination and preventing the unnecessary use of antimicrobials, to prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 367 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Emphasis the lack of coherence between trade policy and animal welfare policy, which led to an unfair competitive environment for EU producers; calls for reciprocity in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 384 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Animal Welfare Labelling
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 387 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Deplores the lack of a return on investment for farmers who take part in voluntary animal welfare recognition schemes; notes, further, that animal welfare labelling will only prove successful if a return on investment is forthcoming from the higher price point and only if farmers are guaranteed a fair share of the higher price paid by the consumer for the purchase of food products complying with EU animal welfare labelling requirements;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 391 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Notes there is little information available on the impact of the labelling systems studied on food businesses as well as on consumers' confidence and understanding of animal welfare practices;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 393 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that the introduction of animal welfare labelling requires, at an early stage, harmonised rules drawn up in collaboration with farmers and based on clear scientific indicators and large scale promotion campaigns, alongside with education and marketing actions targeting European consumers; calls for consideration to be given to an EU framework for voluntary labelling covering all livestock farms, so as to limit the risks of distorting competition in the internal market while leaving sufficient room for private initiatives;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the Commission to propose an EU framework for voluntary animal welfare labelling which is linked to EU rules – which must be its basis – and which invites the Member States to record the various approaches used; calls for its specifications to be drawn up according to a technically realistic and scientifically- sound approach and for this EU framework to ensure that value is redistributed towards livestock farmers;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #

2020/2085(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Invites the Commission to conduct an in-depth examination of the possible implications of introducing mandatory labelling requirements at EU level, drawing in particular on experience gained in recent public labelling schemes in some Member Statesthoroughly assessing the impact on all the actors involved in the food supply chain, from farmers to consumers, drawing in particular on experience gained in recent public labelling schemes in some Member States; calls on the European Commission to avoid conflicts between possible future schemes with existing labelling frameworks, especially with those envisaged by the mandatory requirements in the animal welfare specific directives; is concerned about the results of a previous impact assessment conducted by the European Commission, in 2012, indicating that labelling would increase industry costs without necessarily increasing the benefits as well;
2021/07/22
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 19 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the shock is symmetrical but the impact varies considerably among Member States, reflecting the severity of the pandemic and the stringency of their containment measures, but also their specific economic exposures and initial conditions, including the vulnerability of particular sectors and their available scope for discretionary fiscal policy responses; Due to their strong interdependencies, an incomplete recovery in one country would spill over to all the other countries and dampen economic growth everywhere;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 28 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas a determined, coordinated and solidarity-based European response is essential to mitigate the negative economic and social consequences of the crisis, the fragmentation of the internal market and the further deepening of macroeconomic divergence and structural polarisation between regions and countries;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 29 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas most of the effects are likely to be temporary and the national and European policies in place to support incomes, jobs, liquidity and investment are effective, economic activity will rebound once restrictions are gradually eased; whereas, nevertheless, lasting negative consequences can be expected, such as continued subdued demand, market and income uncertainties, investment shortfalls and drops in employment, which reduce the productive potential of the economy and harm a return to the former trajectory of production and growth;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 40 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Commission estimates total government financing needs at € 5.4trn over 2020 and 2021. This includes pre-crisis financing needs of € 3.7trn and additional financing needs due to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis of € 1.7trn for EU Member States over 2020 and 2021;1a _________________ 1a Commission Staff Working Document: Identifying Europe's recovery needs https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ec onomy- finance/assessment_of_economic_and_in vestment_needs.pdf
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 43 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the COVID 19 crisis is affecting vulnerable groups in particular, resulting in increased inequalities, poverty, unemployment and social divergences, as well as undermining social and employment standards in Europe;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 47 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas women are disproportionately hit as a result of the crisis;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas the disruption is affecting the European economy as a whole, and whereas an equal debt issuance capacity and access to funding must be ensured in order to deal with the crisis, including for Member States not in the euro area;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 50 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with great concern that, according to the Commission’s Spring 2020 economic forecast, the EU is expected to suffer the deepest recession in its history in 2020; with a contraction in EU GDP of 7½%, far deeper than during the financial crisis in 2009, a surge of the aggregate budget deficit from 0.6% of GDP in 2019 to 8½% of GDP in 2020 in both the euro area and the EU, a new peak of the euro area’s aggregate debt-to- GDP ratio of close to 103% reversing the declining trend since 2014, unemployment in the euro area is expected to increase from 7.5% in 2019 to 9½% and HICP inflation in the euro area of 0.2% in 2020; 1a _________________ 1aEuropean Economic Forecast Spring 2020 https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ec onomy-finance/ip125_en.pdf
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 62 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned at the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the global economy, trade, income inequalities and poverty; , with a projected contraction of the global GDP (excluding the EU) by about 3% this year, which is a sharper downturn than during the Global Financial Crisis in 2008-2009, a fall of world import volumes by more than 10% and a fall of euro area exports by about 13% in 2020; Is alarmed about the increase in poverty since many emerging and low-income countries have limited capacity to deal with a health crisis of this magnitude as well as limited policy space to absorb the macroeconomic impact, in particularly in face of subdued prospects for commodity prices and tightened financial conditions; 1b _________________ 1b European Economic Forecast Spring 2020 https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/ec onomy-finance/ip125_en.pdf
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the Commission’s estimate of the investment needs of the EU for delivering the green transition and digital transformation amounts to at least EUR 595 billion per year8 27 in 2020 and 2021 will amount to €1,5trn in addition to the baseline assumed in the spring forecast, and for delivering the green transition and digital transformation to at least €595bn per year8; including additional investment needs of €20bn per year to make the strategic investments for EU autonomy to strengthen the resilience of industries and the EU’s strategic autonomy for most- needed goods and services (medical products and pharmaceuticals, strategic digital infrastructure, key enabling technologies, critical raw materials, defence and space); _________________ 8 Commission Staff Working Document -: Identifying Europe's recovery needs, p. 16: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/eco nomy- finance/assessment_of_economic_and_inv estment_needs.pdf
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 90 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the swift and strong response to the crisis in the area of monetary and fiscal policy, at both EU and Member State level, with the ECB’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP), the activation of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the launch of the EIB’s pan- European Guarantee Fund ensuring liquidity and stabilization of financial markets, the activation of the ‘general escape clause' by the European Commission, allowing the maximum flexibility to the fiscal framework and the adopted temporary state aid rules to allow national governments to financially support healthcare systems and businesses and the imminent European Support Scheme Mitigating Unemployment Risks in Emergency (SURE) to keep people in employment during the crisis;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 93 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes in principle the Commission’s Communication entitled ‘Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation’, proposing a European Recovery Plan with €1.85trn, a revamped EU budget, amounting to some €1 100bn between 2021-2027, the issuance of common bonds by the European Commission and new own resources to ensure full transparency and democratic accountability and putting solidarity, cohesion and convergence at the heart of the European Recovery Plan; (Article subject to adjustment due to the state of negotiations)
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 113 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the need for the recovery plan to protect workers, employees, the self-employed and SMEs and ensure their income compensation; The recovery must be based on upward social economic convergence, social dialogue and improved social rights and working conditions with targeted measures for those in precarious forms of work; Calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to ensure that public financial support to corporations is provided under the condition to guarantee the jobs and the income of their employees, to commit to sustainability objectives upon adherence to international standards of responsible business;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 118 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the activation of the general escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact, and expects that it will remain activated at least until the end of 2021 in order to support the efforts of the Member States to recover from the pandemic crisis and strengthen their economic and social resilience; and to pave the way to the ecological transition that is fair and inclusive, that supports the economy’s competitiveness and that addresses the risks posed by climate change, including the resulting increase in regional disparities and social inequalities; In this regard, shares the view of the European Fiscal Board that rapidly reversing the fiscal stance is not favourable for the recovery and that larger and longer fiscal support and the extension of discretionary fiscal measures, including a strong component of government spending, is needed, also in 2021, to sustain demand; 1e _________________ 1e EFB Report 2020: Assessment of the fiscal stance appropriate for the euro area https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/asse ssment-fiscal-stance-appropriate-euro- area_en
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 167 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers it essential that the revision of the EU’s fiscal and economic policy framework should be completed by the time the escape clause is repealed and should provide tailor-made solutions to respond to the different needs of the Member States. Calls for rules that enable fiscal policy to respond with discretion to shocks in the short term, and to reduce high public debt ratios to an agreed reference value in the long term, while allowing a sufficient level of public investment, progressive tax policies and stable government revenues, the repayment of loans in a cycle- comfortable manner, and the long-term modernisation of public commodities;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 246 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for an institutionalised economic and social dialogue with social partners and relevant stakeholders to strengthen democratic accountability, transparency and the scrutiny role of civil society;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 270 #

2020/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the urgent need to complete and reinforce the EMU architecture with a view to protecting citizens and reducing pressure on public finances during external shocks so as to overcome social and economic imbalances, by creating, inter alia, a fiscal capacity for public investment, a macroeconomic stabilisation and cohesion function for the euro area, the completion of the Banking Union and a European unemployment benefit reinsurance scheme; Insists on the principle of the community method to enhance the democratic and social dimension of the EMU;
2020/07/13
Committee: ECON
Amendment 18 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the principles of the circular economy entail better oversight over inputs, the development of a collaborative economy, enabling more effective use to be made of equipment and facilities, andpromoting cooperationves' model and more synergies between stakeholders on the ground, underpinned by shared commitments;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 23 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan advocating consumption of legumes, as crops that need no nitrogen-based fertilisers;deleted
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Sees the circular bio-economy as an opportunity for agriculture, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers, stresses the importance of enabling the farmers to use this renewable energy in their farms;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Takes note of the opportunities of manure management in promoting organic fertilizers, improving soil carbon content and, thus, contributing to carbon sequestration; further encourages EU waste legislation to look at agricultural residues as possible sources of fertilizers, bedding material and bioenergy;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to the relocaa more efficient use of resources and the promotion of agriculture and food production at local level by strengthening regional and local food systems;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for broad recognition that young farmers are especially important in the development of a circular economy, and essential generational renewal in the countryside must be supported by sufficient measures;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 93 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Notes the opportunities that the circular economy can create for small and medium farmers, and their importance for the move towards a more inclusive, sustainable, environmentally and climate friendly food supply chain;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 97 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Highlights the importance of research and development in new sustainable agricultural technologies, and the need for farmers, in particular small and medium farmers, to have easy access to them;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Calls for a recognition of agricultural sectors that already work within the principles of circular economy, such as fur farming, biogas production and other sectors that use agricultural and food waste;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 100 #

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Urges the development of a program for of cross-regional biogas production plants, that could use agricultural waste, food waste and green municipal waste closer to the source, while also creating much needed employment opportunities in the regions;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 24 #

2020/2075(INI)

A. whereas over the past 30 years the economic governance framework has undergone a number of changes to resolve its design and implementation flaws and adapt it to new economic challenges;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 25 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B (new)
B. whereas in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, the successive reforms of the EMU focused on risk reduction but failed to introduce risk- sharing elements;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 26 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C (new)
C. whereas in 2015 the European Commission (EC) adopted guidance on the best use of the flexibility in the rules of the SGP strengthening the link between structural reforms, investment and fiscal responsibility;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 27 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)
D. whereas the current governance framework presents conceptual and practical weaknesses that lead to rules overly complex, weak enforcement, lack of ownership and of incentives to pursue symmetrical counter-cyclical policies and it did not succeed to reduce divergences between in the EU nor to protect or stimulate growth enhancing public investment;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 28 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E (new)
E. whereas gross public investment was severely cut following the financial and sovereign debt crisis, and in many Member States net public investment is even negative implying that the current fiscal framework leads to too recessive consolidation measures and facilitates the decline of public investment during the periods of fiscal consolidation;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 29 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F (new)
F. whereas there are significant investment funding gaps that should be addressed: €470 billion a year until 2030 to meet EU environmental objectives 20a; €142billion a year for social infrastructure such as hospitals or schools 21a ; along with €190 billion a year to stabilise the stock of public capital 22a; _________________ 20aEuropean Commission, “SWD(2020) 98 final - Identifying Europe’s recovery needs”, 27.5.2020, p.14-16. 21aThis estimation only cover health and long-term care (EUR 70 billion), education and life-long learnings (EUR 15 billion) and affordable housing (EUR 57 billion). Source: FRANSEN, L., BUFALO, G., REVIGLIO, E., “Boosting Investment in Social Infrastructure in Europe - Report of the High-Level Task Force on Financing Social Infrastructure in Europe”, 2018, 116p. 22aEuropean Commission, “SWD(2020) 98 final - Identifying Europe’s recovery needs”, 27.5.2020, p. 18-20
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 30 #

2020/2075(INI)

G. whereas in 2020, the European Commission started a public consultation on the review of effectiveness of economic governance framework which was disrupted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 31 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H (new)
H. whereas the pandemic is causing an unprecedented exogenous shock with large asymmetric impacts, weighting negatively on the EU economic outlook and enlarging divergences between Member States;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 32 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I (new)
I. whereas the pandemic has amplified pre-existing inequalities and poverty and has demonstrated the importance of European social model and its existing social safety nets;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 33 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J (new)
J. whereas, in Europe, economic forecasts 23a 24a show a multispeed, incomplete and uneven recovery; whereas the vaccine rollout is accelerating but remain slow, and there are considerable risks of divergences and aggravated inequalities across countries and sectors as well as prospects for scarring; _________________ 23aEuropean Commission Winter 2021 Economic Forecasts show a contraction in 2020 of - 6,3 % of GDP in the EU and with - 6,8 % of GDP in the euro area and GDP growth is expected to recover only slowly in the short-term with 3.7% in 2021 and 3.9% in 2022 in the EU, and3.8% in both years in the euro area. 24aWorld Economic Outlook: Managing Divergent Recoveries, IMF (April 2021)
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 34 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K (new)
K. whereas the discretionary fiscal support differed in size and composition across Member States with a clear positive correlation between fiscal space and the size of policy response leading to an asymmetric response, creating risks of an unequal level playing field in the internal market and further differentiate the speed of recovery;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L (new)
L. whereas public debt levels at the beginning of the pandemic were high, the unprecedented economic recession, the unprecedented national fiscal measures taken in response to the pandemic and the need to support a sustainable and inclusive recovery will impact public finances pushing EU debt-to-GDP to a new peak above 100% of GDP;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M (new)
M. whereas environmental 25a and social sustainability are interconnected with long-term fiscal sustainability; _________________ 25aExtreme disaster tend to lower economic output (Botzen, Deschenes and Sanders, 2019); IMF forecasts that major weather-related disasters could have a negative impact in real GDP per capita and countries that are better equipped to address major natural disasters could more easily cushion the impact.
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 37 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N (new)
N. whereas the crisis response of the EU 26a has strengthened the EMU and, so far, succeeded to create trust and confidence, tame financial markets volatility; underlines for this effect the importance of the issuance of EU bonds; _________________ 26a Through in particular the Recovery Package and the SURE instrument.
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 98 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports policies that are tailored to the stage of the pandemic, the path to the economic recovery and to countries´ individual circumstances;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 99 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance to continue to fight the pandemic, to limit the long-term impact of the crisis and to secure the recovery by prioritising health spending together with fiscal support to affected households and firms; considers that, at this stage, too little support would lead to a weak recovery with risks of permanent damages to the society and the economy;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 103 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to embed the high-quality fiscal support in credible medium-term frameworks, to ensure where expansionary fiscal measures are needed, these are supported by growth and inclusive measures bearing in mind that emergency measures are temporary, limited and targeted; calls on the Member States to monitor fiscal risks, namely contingent liabilities, as appropriate for instance guarantee programmes, as appropriate; notes that such good public financial management practices would improve transparency and accountability;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 108 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that for as long as differences in the pace of recovery are economically significant, fiscal policy should limit the scarring and reduce inequalities by supporting those segments of the economy and society that are at a higher risk of divergence; notes that income inequalities are likely to increase notably within young workers, women and low-skilled workers;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 111 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the policy response of governments aimed at avoiding a sharp increase in corporate insolvencies and unemployment; warns that an abrupt and uncoordinated withdrawal of support measures could lead to financial distress and recommends that more general support is replaced gradually by more targeted schemes including solvency measures; further recommends fiscal measures to facilitate job creation and reallocation namely through retraining and reskilling programmes, together with income support as needed;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 120 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates the IMF call to consider a temporary COVID-19 recovery contribution levied on high incomes or wealth as well as the need to implement domestic and international tax reforms;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 121 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls the importance of the swift, responsible and efficient implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility to address the EU´s long term challenges by focusing on building a resilient, inclusive and greener economy, by supporting the recovery and by boosting productivity and investment;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 122 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Highlights that monetary policy has been carrying the main burden of stabilisation in the past years and crisis; notes that the crisis caused by the pandemic showed that monetary policy is not enough for stabilisation purposes and fiscal policy should play an increasing role;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 138 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of complementarity between monetary and fiscal policies to deliver the required support post-COVID-19, the former by preserving favourable financing conditions and the latter by supporting firms, workers and people; considers that the low interest rate environment has implications for fiscal policy; warns against a premature tightening of monetary and fiscal policy;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 148 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that structural factors are likely to keep rates low in the long term; considers that macroeconomic policies should address the factors underlying secular stagnationsuch as ageing, global savings, low inflation and productivity slowdown are likely to keep rates low in the long term and the impact of Covid-19 shocks is likely to accelerate this tendency as precautionary savings are rising further and investment decisions might be delayed; considers that macroeconomic policies should address the factors underlying secular stagnation through high-quality fiscal expansion with durable repercussions on the private-sector savings-investment balance complemented with growth-enhancing reforms;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 154 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for an appropriate fiscal and monetary policy mix that works together towards achieving the EU’s objectives; considers a credible fiscal framework a necessary requirement for a strong and mutually supporting coordination of fiscal and monetary policies, to avoid that pro- cyclical policies will counteract the stimulus of the recovery programme and in order to ensure improved and transparent governance;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 180 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that debt service costs are expected to remain low for the foreseeable future thanks to a large share of debt burden covered by long maturities and sometimes negative yielding bonds, and primary deficits are likely to be offset by favourable interest-growth differentials; further considers that as long as the differentials are negative it is possiblewill ensure the ability to sustain and progressively reduce high debt levels;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 200 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the importance of growth- enhancing policies and public investment aimed at increasing sustainable growth potential and achieving the EU’s objectives; reiterates that future-oriented investment and expenditure has positive spill overs in the medium-to-long-term debt sustainability;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 207 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of pursuing a broad and transparent DSA in orderebt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) in order to support policymakers´ decision to set an appropriate country-specific path, using innovative tools and techniques such as stress tests and stochastic analysis to better reflect risks to public debt dynamics; (such as interest-growth differentials, debt composition, demographics and climate change) and the quality of public expenditure;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 240 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the renewed fiscal framework to promote sustainability and cyclical stabilisation and to improve the quality of public expenditure through sustainable investments and reforms; calls for well-defined, transparent, simple, flexible and enforceable rules embedded in a credible and democratic framework that takes into account the specificities of Member States, including the different economic structures and geographical constraints, and promote upward economic and social convergence;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 272 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the country-specific path would not be subject to applying any strict formula and the outcome should result from a discussion between each Member State and the Commission, after a consultation with the EFB in the context of the European Semester; considers that the expenditure rule should also include a correction mechanism to remove cyclical items as interest payments and cyclical unemployment benefits;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 279 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that expenditure rules allow for automatic stabilisers to operate and are under the direct control of the government; argues that while potential output growth is unobservable and has to be estimated, it is less likely to be subject to revisions than the output gap; notes that expenditure rules show to be more effective in reducing the procyclicality bias of fiscal policy 28a; _________________ 28aManescu, C., Bova, E. (2021), Effectiveness of national expenditure rules: Evidence from EU member states.
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 286 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Proposes, in line with the EFB, ‘ onethe adoption of a general escape clause, triggered based on independent economic judgement’ proposed by the Commission supported by an opinion based on independent economic judgement in order to reduce complexity and to preserve the ability to act in case of unforeseeable circumstances;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 301 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Shares the EFB’s opinion that sustainable growth-enhancing public investments should be exempt from the expenditure rule, in particular those investments that are aligned with the EU’s long-term objectives of the NGEU; calls for a revamped fiscal framework that promotes the increase and stabilisation of growth-enhancing public investment related namely to social resilience, climate change and digitalisation;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 352 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses the importance of the MIP in identifying and taking preventive and corrective actions against emerging imbalances; points out, however, that the potential of this mechanism has not been fully exploited on account of its structural weaknesses notably the asymmetry of the indicators in the Alert Mechanism, indicators lacking a clear prioritization and the lack of clear accountability;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 394 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for a renewed European Semester as the main economic and social policy coordination framework supporting the EU’s long-standing goals of sustainability and upward convergence with stronger national ownership; calls for a more balanced institutional role of the European Parliament in the European Semester to ensure a more rigorous democratic scrutiny ; demands for the European Parliament’s full involvement in defining the overarching goals and the guidance;, in particular the ones related to the euro area; stresses the importance of a stronger balance in policy coordination between employment and social affairs ministers and finance ministers namely in the euro area.
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 408 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Underlines the importance to clarify the link between each specific governance tool and the objectives to be achieved; calls for better reflecting the existing scoreboards in policy recommendations;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 409 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Points towards the lack of ownership as one the main weaknesses of the European Semester; notes that the design of this framework must respect a set of long-term objectives and guidance at EU level, reflected in national plans, policy recommendations on a variety of policy objectives which should allow for policy choices properly reflecting national needs and priorities underpinned by an open and inclusive policy dialogue between the EU and national institutions and stakeholders;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 418 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls for more involvement of national macro prudential authorities and national productivity councils in the MIP process;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 419 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Underlines the importance of ensuring a proper balance of responsibilities between the different institutions in the implementation of the EU fiscal framework; calls for a higher involvement of the European Parliament when discussing medium to long-term budgetary guidelines; in order to ensure greater transparency and accountability, it should be enhanced the involvement of the national parliaments;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 420 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Welcomes the significant improvements of the role of Independent Financial Institutions (IFIs) in the budgetary process for enhancing transparency and accountability of fiscal policy through both monitoring and independent analysis; notes that IFIs should incorporate in their work the medium to long-term challenges to the fiscal frameworks; underlines the importance to ensure accountability of these institutions towards the European and national parliaments, as appropriate;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 435 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to further reflect on the design and implementation of Macroeconomic Adjustment Programmes; is firmly convinced that the way macroeconomic adjustment programmes were implemented had serious consequences on the social fabric of the countries, led to permanent losses of output, raised serious doubt of external political interference and presented a lack of national ownership;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 436 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Calls on the Commission to assess the effectiveness and the added value of post-programme surveillance in those euro area Member States that are no longer subject to a macroeconomic adjustment programme; notes that Member States exiting a macroeconomic adjustment programme are also under enhance surveillance in the European Semester and, where relevant, in-depth reviews can be conducted; considers that this double surveillance does not bring any additional benefits for the process of multilateral surveillance;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 463 #

2020/2075(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Recalls that the creation of the ESM outside the institutions of the Union represents a setback in the development of the Union; recalls its call for the ESM to be integrated into EU law under the Community method;
2021/04/23
Committee: ECON
Amendment 57 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that Cohesion policy should be in line with the aims of the European Green Deal, and its Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights that developing the circular economy should be a key priority within Cohesion policy, as it has a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, optimize material usage and waste management, longer lifecycle etc.; also underlines the significant role of bioeconomy and blue bioeconomy in the fight against climate change;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that Cohesion policy funds can also support biogas production investments which can help reduce methane emissions in a sustainable way by using agricultural waste and residues to contribute to achieving circular economy;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support new recycling technologies in agricultural waste management; and encourage the use of bio-based plastics as replacement of plastic, though aiming to reduce plastic use overall; calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of a uniform labelling scheme for bio-based plastics;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 95 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the importance of supporting short supply chains whose role has been also highlighted by border closures as a consequence of COVID 19, underlines that short supply chains can play a significance role in reducing the carbon footprint; also highlights the positive impact of short food chains which help to reduce food waste; and stresses the need to avoid over-packaging, whilst ensuring that food packaging is important for both hygiene and consumer information reasons;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance of keeping and attracting back young people to rural areas in order to use their contemporary knowledge and perspective on environment protection and climate change and to turn the demographically challenged rural areas into blooming, lively, sustainable communities. Therefore it is important to have adequate support from Cohesion policy programmes for young people;
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 130 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the possibilities of brownfield developments and rehabilitation, which can create new industrial parks and incubator centres, with soil decontamination and environmental improvement of old industrial sites, to reducing the need for further greenfield site building, and attract companies and regional investments, thereby also creating jobs.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that digitalisation and AI technologies can lead toward a more sustainable, resilient and resource- efficient agriculture and also create new types of jobs, but they require appropriate training and education, to which everybody should have access.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 141 #

2020/2074(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Emphasises the need for improving all types of connectivity (broadband, transport etc.) of rural areas in an affordable, sustainable and environment friendly way.
2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Expects that under the future multiannual financial framework (MFF), the contribution to the agricultural and rural development domain will be maintained, in real terms, at least at current levels; insists that any additional measures relating to the green transition be financed with fresh money and additional EU own resources that will go beyond the MFF proposal;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Takes note of the Commission communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan (COM(2020)0021), but emphasises that the elements proposed within it, including the Just Transition Fund, depend entirely on an ambitious MFF agreement; expresses its deep concern that the front-loading of EU budget funds to cover new spending requirements stemming from the COVID- 19 pandemic may deprive EU farmers of funding in the latter years of the MFF, which would be particularly damaging if they are expected to comply with newrigorous obligations under the Green Deal;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas all sectors of the EU economy will be impacted by the transition towards a sustainable economy,
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 21 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals on the MFF and the Next Generation EU, including the additional resources of EUR 32.5 billion for the Just Transition Fund and EUR 1 billion for the European Fund for Sustainable Development, to facilitate the European Investment Fund to provide support to a wide range of small and medium-sized enterprises;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to utilise the Recovery and Resilience Facility, where appropriate, to provide complementary support to European farmers and cooperative businesses to coherently cope with the challenges deriving from the need to ensure compliance with new rules and to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change in a manner that does not threaten food production and respects the principle of sustainability;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the European Green Deal is a growth strategy and should lead to sustainable and inclusive economic growth, job creation and ensure the strategic autonomy of the EU,
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 32 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the Covid-19 sanitary crisis underlines the importance of investments in a socially and environmentally sustainable economy, in particular investments promoting cutting edge R&D, competitive industry, deepening and strengthening of the single market, strong SMEs, healthcare, a strong welfare system and social wellbeing,
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 33 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that a significant percentage of the common agricultural policy (CAP) envelope, which represents the larges a significant share of the EU budget, will be set aside to support climate-related objectives; recalls that the reform of the CAP is still ongoing and that no decision has yet been made on the exact contribution to environmental and climate-related objectives and requirements; recalls also that the Commission evaluation deemed the CAP to be the appropriate framework to develop the targets in the European Green Deal and for this reason it must be adequately funded;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the spending required to support European economies raise the question of how incurred debt will be repaid; whereas it is important to prevent the increase in inequalities suffered following the previous crisis, where the burden on citizens was increased to bail out banks,
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 36 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas tax exemptions for the aviation and maritime sectors may also distort competition between industrial sectors and may promote inefficient and polluting modes of transport,
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 52 #

2020/2058(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the recent COVID- 19 outbreak has revealed the strategic role that agriculture plays in providing safe and high-quality food at affordable prices; insists that efforts made by EU farmers to produce food more sustainably must not be undermined by the import of products from third countries that do not meet the EU’s food safety, environmental protection, animal welfare and social standards.EU’s food safety, environmental conditionality, animal welfare and social standards apply fully to the import of products from third countries, completing the efforts made by EU farmers to produce food more sustainably;
2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the Commission’s European Recovery Plan with the European Green Deal at its heart; endorses the underlying principle that public investments will respect the oath to ‘do no harm’; highlights that this oath applies to both social and environmental objectives; emphasises that national recovery and resilience plans should put the EU on the path to a 50 % to 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 and climate neutrality by 2050 while providing sufficient guarantees to ensure social equity in the sustainable transition;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 112 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Questions whether the SEIP, as currently constituted, will enable the mobilisation of EUR 1 trillion by 2030, given the negative economic outlook following the COVID-19 crisis; requests the Commission to ensure full transparency on financing issues, such as the optimistic leverage effect or the lack of clarity over the extrapolations of certain amounts; furthermore questions how the new MFF as proposed by the Commission in its revised proposals of 27 and 28 May 2020 would enable the achievement of the SEIP targets; regrets that the SEIP alone will not be sufficient to finance the objectives of the Green Deal and that additional investments will have a decisive role in the success of the Green Deal; calls on the Commission and EU Member States to come forward with plans that explain how they will bridge the considerable investment gap with both private and public investments;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 123 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the issuing of long-term common bonds to contribute to financing the recovery and the just and sustainable transition;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 145 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to disclose the exposure of all MFF and Next Generation EU funds to the different EU taxonomy objectives and categories;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 171 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the gradual phasing-out of public and private investments in highly polluting and harmful industries for which economically feasible alternatives are available, while fully respecting the legitimate rights of Member States to choose their energy mix according to their specific situation and needs;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 307 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Reaffirms its previous position regarding candidates for new own resources, and calls on the Commission to propose new own resources which correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; asks, therefore, for the introduction of new own resources based on the auction revenues of the Emissions Trading System, a contribution on non-recycled plastic packaging waste, the future Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base or a precursor based on operations of large enterprises, an EU tax on digital companies by the end of 2020, and a financial transaction tax;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 312 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Supports the work of the Commission to develop a levy based on the operations of large enterprises; considers that multinational corporates have been able to increase their profitability thanks to the EU’s single market without having had to contribute to the maintenance and deepening of this market; calls in this context for a levy on the largest corporates with a global turnover of €750 million for their usage of the single market; considers that the size of this levy should correspond to the size of the business and that the revenues of this levy should be used to repay EU-debt incurred through Next Generation EU;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 317 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Regrets the U.S. decision to withdraw from the global digital tax talks under the OECD framework; recalls the urgency and the need of a digital tax adapted to the reality of the new century; calls the European Commission to put a new European proposal on the table by the end of 2020;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 322 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on all Member States to join the enhanced cooperation framework to implement a Financial Transaction Tax;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 347 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that for the EIB to play a successful role in financing the Green Deal, a bottom-up and participatory approach is crucial, and to better coordinate with various stakeholders, such as local and regional authorities and representatives from civil society;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 361 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises the important role of the national promotional banks and institutions and of international financial institutions (IFIs), including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank, in the financing of sustainable projects, thereby contributing to the achievement of the goals of the Paris Agreement;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 371 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the statement of the ECB President that the ECB is supporting the development of a taxonomy as a way of facilitating the incorporation of environmental considerations in central bank portfolios; calls on the ECB to evaluate the feasibility of including sustainability criteria in its collateral framework and its annual stress testing exercise, while assessing ways to guide lending towards energy transition investments and to rebuild a sustainable economy in the aftermath of the COVID- 19 crisis; encourages the ECB to move forward with its monetary policy review in order to evaluate the financing of economic activities causing significant harm to environmental and social objectives; calls on the ECB to disclose annually its degree of alignment with the Paris Agreement and its exposure to the EU taxonomy;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 464 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the introduction of an enabling framework for public sustainable investments to collectively achieve the goals set out in the European Green Deal, but stresses that whatever financing model is chosen must not undermine the sustainability of public finance in the EU; supports the commitment by EVP Dombrovskis to explore how taxonomy can be used in the public sector; calls for public support for airlines to be used in a sustainable and efficient manner;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 510 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for companies benefitting from public support to commit to public country-by-country reporting, to respect their non-financial reporting obligations and to guarantee jobs, and disclose any beneficial treatment received; urges that such companies should fairly contribute to the recovery efforts by paying their fair share of taxes; seeks in this context a new social contract for corporates, harmonizing aims for profit with considerations for people and planet;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 534 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Invites the Commission to revise the Energy Tax Directive to increase relevant minimum excise duties that lost their effect due to inflation, end current tax exemptions to kerosene and maritime fuels, and coordinate a kerosene tax that could also feed into the EU budget;
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 545 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that tax evasion and tax avoidance cause potential lost resources for national and EU budgets quantified as ranging from €50-70 billion to€160-190 billion;1a therefore seeks an intensified fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning ; calls on the Commission to establish criteria on which it assesses EU Member State that would result in a black-list of EU Member States facilitating tax avoidance and to draft binding tax compliance plans for these Member States; __________________ 1aEuropean Parliament, EPRS, Bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to corporate tax policies in the European Union: I - Assessment of the magnitude of aggressive corporate tax planning, Study, 2015
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 546 #

2020/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on Member States that are accused of facilitating tax avoidance to implement a minimum effective tax rate of 18% on all profits generated at Member State level, including profits shifted to tax havens through passive income such as interests and royalties payments or other base erosion and profit shifting tools so as to fight tax avoidance and mobilise resources to finance the sustainable and just transition.
2020/07/03
Committee: BUDGECON
Amendment 1 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 14 November 2017 on the deployment of cohesion policy instruments by regions to address demographic change,
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the demographic changes and depopulation issues are severely burdening rural, peripheral, sparsely populated areas and islands, as well as impacting the challenge of ageing, generational renewal and agriculture development;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas one of the main issues affecting rural economies is the declining share of agriculture; whereas data has shown that only 10,7% of EU farmers are below 40 years old and the farming population is ageing, which will have an impact on the agricultural sector;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the ongoing depopulation of rural areas is not only having serious economic and social consequences but also hampering our chanccreating challenges ofin achieving the Green Deal’s ambitious objectives;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls the Commission to ensure that priority is given to creating opportunities for the labour market, supporting energy transition and developing transport and broadband infrastructure, in order to address structural challenges that are the main causes for migration from rural areas;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 42 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the need to foster and develop projects to promote the return of young people to rural areas by supporting youth employment, digital connectivity and entrepreneurship using best practices from member states;
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores the fact that the agreement on the multiannual financial framework is not ambitious enough to meet the challenges of demographic change; criticiseregrets the cuts to the EU’s two main instruments designed to promote sustainable development in rural areas: cohesion policy and the CAP.
2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 4 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, more than 10 years ago, the Commission drew up a tourism strategy to maintain Europe’s status as the world’s No 1 tourist destination and tourism as the third largest socio-economic activity; also welcomes the subsequent agenda for sustainable European tourism, which recalls that rural areas invest in tourism in order to diversify their economies and increase their added value;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the key importance of agro and rural tourism in the socio- economic growth and development especially in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that agro-tourism represents an important additional source of income for many farms and offers a wide range of opportunities to maintain the attractiveness of rural areas and create jobs through the entire tourism value chain;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the significance of the involvement of all regional and local actors as well as social and economic actors in the development of guidelines to ensure the appropriate balance between tourism and conservation of biodiversity, agriculture and cultural traditions;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the production processes and the wide range of services of general interest provided by agriculture, as well as the diversity of certain activities and facilities, make farms places of discovery and experiences, where people of all ages can discover the cultural and natural heritage safeguarded by the rural communities and experience farming first hand and gain a better understanding of the responsibilities inherent in dealing with animals and natural resources;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that tourism in rural areas should promote sustainable and responsible consumption and production (SDG 12), especially in relation to water, food, energy and plastic usage;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Outlines the necessity to strongly and decisively counter the counterfeiting market of food and wine products, marked by the PDO, PGI, TGS and GI in general;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Asks to carefully evaluate the crucial role of “wine and food” tourism, conveying investments in this sector, which turns out to be of vital importance to revive rural tourism;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2020/2038(INI)

4. Considers that the integration and interlinking of sustainable local production, processing and marketing with tourist accommodation and the gastronomy sector promotes European cultural heritage and customs, as well as local traditions and food culture and gastronomy as a unique experience;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that accessibility and other requirements to increase competitiveness can be supported by the CAP Strategic Plans, the EAFRD funds and LEADER measures to promote targeted local development strategies and boost innovative approaches which because of their very nature are linked to rural communities and contribute to sustainable tourism.;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the necessity to promote the short chain system in depopulating rural areas and supports the promotion of direct initiatives in inland rural areas, such as "carrovaning”, craft and “food and wine” workshops focused on the production and step-by-step processing of certain agricultural products;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines the urgent necessity to invest funds on the architectonic preservation of historically and culturally relevant villages, as well as to encourage the conversion of abandoned agricultural structures to family-run accommodation activities;
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 63 #

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Points out the importance of the broadband extension, considering that cottages and farms are not always located in easily accessible points: proposes the creation of assistance services for touristic businesses operating in rural areas, guaranteeing free business consultancy and distributing material to prevent environmental impact.
2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the current negotiation will be of decisive importance for the future of the Member States and the United Kingdom (UK) and, in that context, fishing and the management of living marine resources are essential issues; whereas the fisheries sector directly and indirectly represents hundreds of thousands of jobs, provides a livelihood for many coastal areas and coastal communities, contributes to fix population thus fighting demographic decline, contributes to safe and healthy food for millions of consumers, and promotes a strong environmental model;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that no comprehensive agreement can be concluded between the EU and the UK if it does not include a complete, balanced and long-term fisheries agreementagreement on fisheries and fisheries- related matters, allowing the continuation under optimal conditions of access to waters, resources and markets of the parties concerned; Recalls the need for the agreement on fisheries to be concluded by 1 July 2020;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 23 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the greatest mutual benefit will be obtained by maintaining reciprocal accesnd equal access for fishers to waters and resources, by defining common, coherent and stable principles and rules, enabling open access of fishing and aquaculture products to markets without causing economic or social tensions through unbalanced competition;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 28 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need to include in the draft agreement proposal, the distribution percentages that are currently applied for the stocks to be shared between both parties in Annex FISH-2 (Allocation of fishing opportunities) in accordance with the principle of relative stability in force. The fact that the percentages of the stocks to be shared between both parties have been left empty might be seen as an initial concession to the United Kingdom, lowering the objectives of the current mandate;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 39 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the Commission to include provisions on the prevention and combat of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities within Union and United Kingdom waters;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 45 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for adequate cooperation and consultation mechanisms, a common scientific approach and guarantees that the UK will continue to contribute to data collection and the scientific assessment of stocks; and urges the parties to continue their active and loyal cooperation in matters of fishing control and the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 47 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of including a reference in the agreement on the obligation of cooperation within the framework of coastal States, as provided by International Law, which is essential for fisheries management measures and the sustainability of shared stocks;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that the current context of crisis resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak does not facilitate the negotiations for an agreement within the demanding timetable established; calls, therefore, on the parties to be flexible so that the transitional period can be extended if necessary and to provide certainty for the sector;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 53 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that in case the extension of the transitional period is agreed, the current distribution of TACs and quotas should be extended accordingly in order to provide legal certainty to the fisheries sector;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 54 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. However, urges the Commission and the Member States to prepare for all scenarios, both the extension of the transitional period and the no-deal, and to devise the necessary measures to support the sector as well as the regulatory frameworks appropriate to either scenario;
2020/04/06
Committee: PECH
Amendment 4 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the demographic old-age developments have different impacts in the European regions, affecting more severely rural and remote areas, areas which are also experiencing a decline in their population; whereas population decline may have a negative impact in the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the EU;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 8 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas employed workers, in the 55-64 age group, represented 59,1% of the labour force in the EU in 20191a; whereas, in 2016, around one third of the managers of family farms were aged 65 or over and the majority (57%) were at least 55years old or more; whereas only one in ten farm managers were under the age of 40; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.dot ab=table∈it=1⟨uage=en&pcode=tesem050 &plugin=1
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the current situation of older people on the labour market and more broadly in society shows that vast and decisive investment is needed in areas such as equal opportunities, lifelong learning and health, and more generally, employment assistance and health provision, in order to tackle the growing economic and social inequalities within the EU;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas older people in rural or remote areas, may face higher risks of age-related risks, including poverty, poorer access to quality health care and services, less social support or opportunity for social interaction, and lack of access to public transport services;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the currenta political approach, based on a limited and damaging vision (‘any job at any cost’), should be phased out so that is essential based on a vision of employment and work can be seen inas a longer-term perspectivecomponent of the individual’s working life;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that creating opportunities for intergenerational dialogue is important to enrich the social life of rural older people, counteracting the risk of social isolation, and, at the same time, helping younger generations through the knowledge of the past and traditional practices to contributing for cultural and heritage preservation as well as a more cohesive society;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 40 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that sustained efforts will still be required from the social partners and the European and national institutions and the society in general, to create a truly positive ‘culture’ of active ageing and non- discriminatory recruitment;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, but notes that this type of labour has been steadily declining for years and is expected to decline further in the near future, due to ageing and out- migration of young people from rural areas;;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of supporting the rural areas in their diversity, encouraging investments in projects that support local economies, including better transport accessibility and digital connectivity; Considers it important to recall that maintaining agricultural employment has direct implications for keeping rural economies alive; believes in addition that the challenge faced by all farmers, in understanding the role of, and engaging with, modern technology and innovation in agriculture should not be underestimated; stresses therefore stresses the importance of lifelong vocational training, advisory services and knowledge exchange, both within and outside the framework of the CAP.
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 76 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that an ageing population, in particularly in agricultural and rural areas, is an unavoidable trend that must be taken into account when designing economic and social policies; considers that the issue of an ageing population requires a multidimensional approach, and stresses the importance of promoting a wider complementarity and synergy between policy areas and support instruments; reminds that adequate resources and services are essential to provide older people with an age-friendly environment;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights the role of the European structural and investment funds, in combination with other EU funds, in addressing the demographic challenges in rural areas, namely through the promotion of economic development and social inclusion;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights the role and importance of the CAP in encouraging generation renewal in the agricultural sector; Calls on Member States to favour actions to increase numbers of young farmers in their Strategic Plans and to promote the articulation with other instruments available at national and EU level;
2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2020/2007(INI)

- having regard to the Communication of the European Commission of 23 March 2020 on the implementation of the Green Lanes under the Guidelines for border management measures to protect health and ensure the availability of goods and essential services,
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the Communication of the European Commission of 30 March 2020 ‘Guidelines concerning the exercise of the free movement of workers during COVID- 19 outbreak’,
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 11 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to the Communication of the European Commission of 16 July 2020 ‘Guidelines on Seasonal Workers in the EU in the Context of the Covid-19 Outbreak’,
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 29 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s legislative proposal of March 2018 for establishing a European Labour Authority to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way and prevents limitations to such mobility within the European internal market, which some Member States apply with bureaucratic hurdles or additional measures, hampering access to work;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for a swift implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and in particular of Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions, in order to guarantee - among others - the right to fair and equal treatment regarding working conditions, access to social protection and training for workers;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Condemns the exploitation of workers in the agri-food sectors, which is a serious phenomenon affecting in particular seasonal and women workers; underlines that vulnerable workers, such as women and migrants, are at a particular risk of being subject to physical and psychological violence; calls therefore on the Commission and on Member States to strengthen the actions to prevent, suppress and punish exploitation and any other form of abuse;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 62 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, and that insufficient generational renewal, aggravated by the lack of profitability of many agricultural holdings, which makes this activity unattractive for the incorporation of young people, is one of the major challenges faced by the farming sector across the EU, resulting in fewer farmers in the sector year after year;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the necessity to guarantee agri-food supply chains and food security, especially during the current COVID-19 crisis; notes that seasonal workers are crucial to the smooth and proper functioning of the agricultural sectors, in particular for the fruit, vegetable and wine sectors; points out that it is fundamental to protect and guarantee the rights, health and safety of workers in the agri-food sectors, especially during the current COVID-19 crisis;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that rural areas are equipped with the necessary basic public service facilities in order to enable a proper and permanent incorporation of women into any labour activity in these territories;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 80 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that technological innovation is, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies are a driver of structural change within farms and agricultural labour markets, and that many holdings across Europe are not sufficiently prepared for taking up technologicalsuch innovation owing to the low level of agricultural training of their farm managers and workers, a level which differs significantly among Member States; calls therefore for the promotion of digital training and upskilling as well as for support and advice for both workers and employers in the agricultural sector;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 84 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that technological innovation and digital technology is a driver of structural change within farms and agricultural labour markets, and that many holdings across Europe are not sufficiently prepared for taking up technological innovation owing to the low level of agricultural training of their farm managers, a level which differs significantly among Member States;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the new CAP should have a social dimension and a conditionality on social and labour requirements and standards, protecting the rights, wages and social security of all workers, including seasonal ones who are the most vulnerable on the market;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that maintaining farming employment plays a key roleand adequate profitability of agricultural holdings are essential in keeping rural economies alive and isare therefore of significant importance which shows an urgent need for measures beyond the CAP reform;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 96 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the EU should not make legislation on EU minimum wages as this is a national competence.deleted
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Considers it vital to make progress on these issues in the European Union, to adopt measures at European level as a European minimum wage that can protect all workers, regardless of where they come from;
2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 10 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that sustainable forest management is essential not only from environmental but also from the social and economic points of view, as the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly1a and 2,6 million indirectly1b in the Union, and respectively 13 million and 41 million people worldwide1c; _________________ 1aEurostat database on forestry https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/ data/database 1bEuropean Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests 1chttp://www.fao.org/rural- employment/agricultural-sub- sectors/forestry/en
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the Union should encourage the use of locally-sourced timber, harvested wood products or forest biomass in order to minimise the carbon footprint created by transport of imports from third countries and to stimulate sustainable local production and jobs;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that establishing a platform for multi-stakeholder and Member State dialogue on deforestation, forest degradation and on sustainably increasing world’s forest cover is an important element which can complement such a legal framework based on due diligence, and could help all stakeholders to drive actions to address these issues; calls for international actors to actively use that platform;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that only sustainably sourced goods are consumed; but only in combination with common and widely recognised labelling and certification systems, and calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that only sustainably sourced goods are consumed; calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules; further takes the view that such a verification system would improve compliance by limiting and combating financial fraud while hampering cartel practices and dismantling illegal logging logistical operations and movement;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages forest planting and re- planting activities and projects, especially planting of native and wildlife friendly species, as efficient afforestation and protection and restoration of forests help to increase carbon sequestration, reduce the risk and extent of forest fires, complement organic farming and agroforestry and promote biodiversity; stresses the important role of riverside forests in stabilising riverbanks, thereby reducing flood risk, maintaining water temperatures which protect biodiversity, and improving water quality by filtering run-offs from adjacent agricultural land; notes that newly planted forests cannot replace primary forests which are essential in biodiversity and environmental terms;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs)with respect to the application of food safety, environmental and animal welfare standards so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls foron the reopening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTACommission to continue to closely monitor and enforce ongoing free trade agreements against those standards;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 98 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for a more holistic approach in which the Union provides direct support to local authorities for greening, afforestation and sustainable forest management practices; believes, in particular, that poverty-induced use of forest wood as heating fuel must be addressed, including by financing clean alternatives;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 111 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EUnion, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) contains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use change; stresses that the Union funding mechanism should promote sustainable forest management and land-use;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of an observatory system for deforestation, forest degradation and changes in the world’s forest cover; encourages the increased use of the Copernicus satellite system to monitor forests;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 119 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for a stronger role of the Union in helping local authority enforcement of forest protection regulations in force;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 125 #

2020/2006(INL)

9a. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management, including training within the Union and in third countries, with continuous afforestation and reforestation programmes as an essential factor in ensuring biodiversity and the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 126 #

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights the role of agroforestry systems, defined as land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with agriculture on the same land unit, and which boost overall productivity, generate more biomass, maintain and restore soils, limit the spread of forest fires and provide valuable ecosystem services;
2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 9 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of putting right the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard; considers that the serious health situation and its economic consequences call for exceptional financial support to be made available immediatela fresh ‘aid package’ to complement the previous ones and deploy new exceptional financial support to be made available immediately, given that the pandemic and its economic and social effects are not going away;
2020/09/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 30 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of controls on fishing activities; believes that these controls must remain a priority in the financing of the common fisheries policy, especially since new rules to harmonise and improve the fisheries control system in the Union are expected to be approved soon;
2020/09/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 33 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) must be given the additional funding and equipment it needs to carry out its activities properly and to ensure that the EU meets its sustainable fishing goals, including digitalisation and adapting to new technologies; points out, furthermore, that research and development should be included in the area of control and inspection techniques and provision of assistance to the Commission and the Member States in specific fields;
2020/09/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 42 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; considers that Member States should draw on the EMFF and the European Structural Funds to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under-represented groups, particularly women, to join the industrybring women into the different categories of jobs, and to raise the profile of women in the activities they are already involved in;
2020/09/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 129 #

2020/1998(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
51. Points to the persistent challenges in the Union’s Eastern and Southern neighbourhood, as well as the importance of endowing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East with adequate financial resources; ris particularly concerned that school curriculum and textbooks authorised by the Palestinian Authority contain hate speech and violent depictions. Recalls that all teaching and training programmes that are financed from Union funds have to reflect common values and comply with UNESCO standards for peace and tolerance in school education.Recalls the importance of developing stable relations and strong cooperation between the EU and Africa and deems appropriate to dedicate sufficient financial resources to the development of this continent, which would contribute inter alia to mitigating the root causes of forced migration;
2020/10/20
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 201 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) The conditions under which gatekeepers provide online advertising services to business users including both advertisers and publishers are often non- transparent and opaque. This opacity is partly linked to the practices of a few platforms, but is also due to the sheer complexity of modern day programmatic advertising. The sector is considered to have become more non-transparent after the introduction of new privacy legislation, and is expected to become even more opaque with the announced removal of third-party cookies. This often leads to a lack of information and knowledge for advertisers and publishers about the conditions of the advertising services they purchased and undermines their ability to switch to alternative providers of online advertising services. Furthermore, the costs of online advertising are likely to be higher than they would be in a fairer, more transparent and contestable platform environment. These higher costs are likely to be reflected in the prices that business and end users pay for many daily products and services relying on the use of online advertising. Transparency obligations should therefore require gatekeepers to provide advertisers and publishers to whom they supply online advertising services, when requested and to the extent possible, with information that allows both sides to understand the price paid for each of the different advertising services provided as part of the relevant advertising value chain. This should include comprehensive information regarding the methodology for calculating any prices and fees and its application in relation to the respective bids submitted by an advertiser or publisher for each of the advertising intermediation services provided. Furthermore, the gatekeeper shall subject the auction-based matching of advertising demand and supply to regular independent audits to ascertain that the outcome of such auctions corresponds with the bids made and the fees charged reflect the pricing information provided by the gatekeeper.
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 230 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
(53) The conditions under which gatekeepers provide online advertising services to business users including both advertisers and publishers are often non- transparent and opaque. This often leads to a lack of information for advertisers and publishers about the effect of a given ad. To further enhance fairness, transparency and contestability of online advertising services designated under this Regulation as well as those that are fully integrated with other core platform services of the same provider, the designated gatekeepers should therefore provide advertisers and publishers, when requested, with free of charge access to the performance measuring tools of the gatekeeper and the information necessary for advertisers, advertising agencies acting on behalf of a company placing advertising, as well as for publishers to carry out their own independent verification of the provision of the relevant online advertising services. This shall include data relating to all parameters used by the gatekeeper or services belonging to the same undertaking in the context of advertising intermediation services to determine the outcome of such intermediation and corresponding prices for ads or charges for any intermediation service provided either on the buy-side or the sell-side.
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 350 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23 a) "Search result" means any information presented in any format, including texts, graphics, videos, voice or other output, returned in response and related to any written, oral or equivalent search query, irrespective of whether the information constitutes an organic result, a paid result, a direct answer or any product, service or information offered in connection with, or displayed along with, or partly or entirely embedded in the results interface.
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 460 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) refrain from requiring business users to use, offer or interoperate with any ancillary identification service of the gatekeeper in the context of services offered by the business users using the core platform services of that gatekeeper;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 463 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) refrain from requiring business users or end users to subscribe to or register with, register or use any other digital service as a condition to access, sign up, register to, or use any of their core platform services identified pursuant to Article 3 or which meetsing the thresholds inof Article 3 (2) (b) or as a condition to access, sign up or register to any of their core platform services identified pursuant to that Article; for obtaining a better price for the use of such core platform services or any product or services offered through such core platform;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 470 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) provide advertisers and publishers to which it supplies advertising services, upon their request, with a comprehensive set of information concerning: (i) the price and its components, including any fees, surcharges or deductions, paid by the advertiser and publisher, as well as the amount or remuneration paid to the publisher, for the publishing of a given ad and for each of the relevant advertising services provided by the gatekeeper. advertising service provided by the gatekeeper; (ii) the methodology for the calculation of fees and surcharges, including its application to any bids submitted by the advertiser and publisher for each of the advertising service used; (iii) the outcome of an [annual] independent audit of the auctions for any matching of supply and demand for advertising.
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 478 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) refrain from making the indexing, ranking or display of a business user in a core platform service dependent on this business user’s subscription to, registration to or use of any core platform service identified pursuant to Article 3 or meeting the thresholds in Article 3 (2) (b);
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 484 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g b) in addition to the obligations pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1150, ensure that the full chronology of the contracts concluded between the gatekeeper and a business user as well as any corresponding terms and conditions is easily available to that business user at all stages of the commercial relationship, including for at least five years following the end of the relationship;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 488 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(g c) refrain from making available any data not publicly available, which may influence the outcome of advertising intermediation services, sourced from one advertising service of the gatekeeper to any other advertising service belonging to the same undertaking at a different level of the advertising value chain.
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 510 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) refrain from treating more favourably in rankingcrawling, indexing, ranking or obtaining information regarding the criteria for such measures any services and products offered by the gatekeeper itself or by any third party belonging to the same undertakingparty, with which it has entered into an agreement, compared to similar services or products of third partyies and apply fair, reasonable and non- discriminatory conditions to such crawling, indexing and ranking;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 519 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) provide sufficient space in results pages of its core platform service for organic search results generated by a purely relevance-based intermediation service as compared to paid search results or own offerings generated by the gatekeeper, and shall clearly indicate the biased nature of the latter;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 521 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(d b) refrain from imposing mechanisms or conditions that make the collection and combination of relevant data from end users or the obtaining of consent for the use of such data by a business user for the purpose of serving interest-based advertising within a core platform service more burdensome or difficult where the business user complies with all statutory requirements for such advertising, in particular under Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 540 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) provide advertisers and publishers, upon their request and free of charge, with access to the performance measuring tools of the gatekeeper and via a suitable interface high-quality, continuous and real-time access and use of all the information and data necessary for advertisers and publishers to carry out their own independent verification of the ad inventory, independent third parties, to effectively carry out their own independent measurement of the performance of their services and the intermediation services provided by the gatekeeper, including the verification of the provision of the relevant advertising services, the ad inventory and the attribution;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 556 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) provide business users, or third parties authorised by a business user, free of charge, with effective, high-quality, continuous and real-time access and use of aggregated or non-aggregated data, that is provided for or generated in the context of the use of the relevant core platform services by those business users and the end users engaging with the products or services provided by those business users; for personal data, provide access and use only where directlywhere connected with the use effectuated by the end user in respect of the products or services offered by the relevant business user through the relevant core platform service, and when the end user opts in to such sharing with a consent in the sense of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679; s;
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 650 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Where consent for collecting and, processing or sharing of personal data is required to ensure compliance with this Regulation, a gatekeeper shall take the necessary steps to either enable business users to directly obtain the required consent to their processing and retrieval, where required under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Directive 2002/58/EC, or, if such consent is not obtained, to comply with Union data protection and privacy rules and principles in other ways including by providing business users with duly anonymised data where appropriate. The gatekeeper shall not make the obtaining of this consent by the business user more burdensome than for its own services.
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 653 #

2020/0374(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The gatekeeper shall neither make it less burdensome nor create stronger incentives to withdraw any such consent (opt-out) for the business user than for its own services. Where an end user has not granted or has withdrawn consent for the collection and processing of personal data required to ensure compliance with this Regulation, a gatekeeper may not itself process such data for any other purpose than the provision of the core platform service for which the data was provided by the end user.
2021/09/09
Committee: ECON
Amendment 157 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) In the digital age, information and communication technology (ICT) supports complex systems used for everyday societal activities. It keeps our economies running in key sectors, including finance, and enhances the functioning of the single market. Increased digitalisation and interconnectedness also amplify ICT risks making society as a whole - and the financial system in particular - more vulnerable to cyber threats or ICT disruptions. While the ubiquitous use of ICT systems and high digitalisation and connectivity are nowadays core features of all activities of Union financial entities, digital resilience is not yethas yet to be sufficiently built in their operational frameworks.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 167 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) However, that approach should in no way be taken to mean that, in its implementation, this Regulation should serve to hamper innovation and flexibility with regard to how financial entities deal with resilience issues while complying with its provisions. Through dialogue with supervisory authorities, which should acknowledge the virtues of flexibility, there will be full scope for adaptation and innovation while fully maintaining a high level of resilience.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 193 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Moreover, as solely those financial entities identified as significant for the purposes of the advanced digital resilience testing should be required to conduct threat led penetration tests, the administrative processes and financial costs entailed by the performance of such tests should be devolved to a small percentage of financial entities. Finally, with a view to ease regulatory burdens, only financial entities other than micro enterprises should be asked to regularly report to the competent authorities all costs and losses caused by significant ICT disruptions and the results of post- incident reviews after significantuch ICT disruptions.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 197 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
(41 a) The definition of critical or important functions in this Regulation should encompass critical functions as defined in Directive (EU) 2014/59. Thereby, functions that are deemed to be critical functions pursuant to Directive (EU) 2014/59 should be deemed to be critical or important within the meaning of this Regulation.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 208 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) To ensure that financial entities remain in full control of all developments which may impair their ICT security, notice periods and reporting obligations of the ICT third-party service provider should be set out in case of developments with a potential material impact on the ICT third- party service provider’s ability to effectively carry out critical or important functions, including the provision of assistance by the latter in case of an ICT- related incident at no additional cost or at a cost that is determined ex-anterelevant to the services being provided by the ICT third-party service provider to the financial institution at no additional cost or at a cost that is determined ex-ante. Ancillary ICT services on which the financial entities are not operationally dependent shall not be covered by this Regulation.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 211 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
(53) Rights of access, inspection and audit by the financial entity or an appointed third party shall cover only critical and important functions and are crucial instruments in the financial entities’ ongoing monitoring of the ICT third-party service provider’s performance, coupled with the latter’s full cooperation during inspections. In the same vein, the competent authority of the financial entity should have those rights, based on notices, to inspect and audit the ICT third-party service provider, subject to confidentiality.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 213 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
(54) Contractual arrangements should provide for clear termination rights and related minimum notices as well as dedicated exit strategies enabling, in particular, mandatory transition periods during which the ICT third-party service providers should continue providing the relevant functions with a view to reduce the risk of disruptions at the level of the financial entity or allow the latter to effectively switch to other ICT third-party service providers, or alternatively resort to the use of on-premises solutions, consistent with the complexity of the provided service. Moreover, credit institutions should also ensure that the relevant ICT contracts are robust and fully enforceable in the event of resolution of the credit institution. In line with the resolution authorities’ expectations, credit institutions should ensure that the relevant contracts for ICT services are resolution-resilient. As long as critical and important ICT functions continue to be performed, those financial entities should ensure that the contracts foresee, among other requirements, non- termination, non-suspension and non- modification clauses on the grounds of restructuring or resolution.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 239 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 a (new)
- reporting of major operational or security payment-related incidents to the competent authorities by financial entities referred to in points (a) to (c) of Article 2 (1);
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 242 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This Regulation is without prejudice to the competences of Member States concerning the maintenance of public security, defence and national security in compliance with Union law.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 246 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) central securities depositories, and operators of securities settlement systems,
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 249 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) insurance intermediaries, reinsurance intermediaries and ancillary insurance intermediaries,deleted
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 265 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(u a) payment cards' networks,
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 277 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘ICT risk’ means any reasonably identifiable circumstance in relation to the use of network and information systems, - including a malfunction, capacity overrun, failure, disruption, impairment, misuse, loss or other type of malicious or non- malicious event - which, if materialised, may compromise the security of the network and information systems, of any technologyICT-dependaent tool or process, of the operation and process’ running, or of the provision of services, thereby compromising the integrity or availability of data, software or any other component of ICT services and infrastructures, or causing a breach of confidentiality, a damage to physical ICT infrastructure or other adverse effects;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 279 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) ‘incident’ means any event having the potential to disrupt, or that in fact disrupts, the operations of a financial entity;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 286 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6 a) ‘operational or security payment- related incident’, means an event or a series of linked occurrences unforeseen by financial entities referred to in points (a) to (c) of Article 2(1) which has or is likely to have an adverse impact on the integrity, availability, confidentiality, authenticity or continuity of payment- related services;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 292 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8 a) ‘significant cyber threat’ means a cyber threat whose characteristics clearly indicate that it is likely to result in a major ICT-related incident or a major operational or security payment-related incident;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 305 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) ‘critical or important function’ means a function whose discontinued, defective orthat is essential to the operation of a financial entity as it would be unable to deliver its services without the function, or whose failed performance would materially impair the continuing compliance of a financial entity with the conditions and obligations of its authorisation, or with its other obligations under applicable financial services legislation, or its financial performance or the soundness, or continuity of its services and activities;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 333 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 50 b (new)
(50 b) 'service' means any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by electronic means and at the individual request of a recipient of services, and where: (i) ‘at a distance’ means that the service is provided without the parties being simultaneously present; (ii) ‘by electronic means’ means that the service is sent initially and received at its destination by means of electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data, and entirely transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means; and (iii) ‘at the individual request of a recipient of services’ means that the service is provided through the transmission of data on individual request.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 397 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) guarantemaximize the security of the means of transfer of information;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 400 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) develop and document an information security policy defining rules to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of theirs, and their ICT resources, data and information assets while ensuring full protection of customers’ ICT resources, data and information assets; within financial entities’ own ICT systems
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 439 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Financial entities shallother than small and microenterprises shall assess the need to maintain redundant ICT capacities equipped with resources capabilities and functionalities that are sufficient and adequate to ensure business needs.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 471 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Operational or security payment-related incidents concerning financial entities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2(1) The requirements laid down in Chapter III of this Regulation shall apply to operational or security payment-related incidents and to major operational or security payment-related incidents where they concern financial entities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2(1).
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 474 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The classification requirements laid down in paragraph 1 shall apply to operational or security payment-related incidents and major operational or security payment-related incidents in cases where they concern financial entities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2(1).
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 475 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. 1b. Financial entities shall classify significant cyber threats based on the following criteria: (a) the number or relevance of clients or financial counterparts targeted and, where applicable, the amount or number of transactions targeted by the significant cyber threat; (b) the duration or the frequency of the significant cyber threat; (c) the geographical spread with regard to the areas targeted by the significant cyber threat, particularly if it affects more than two Member States; (d) the criticality of the services targeted, including the financial entity’s transactions and operations;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 479 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the criteria to be applied by competent authorities for the purpose of assessing the relevance of major ICT- related incidents or, as applicable, major operational or security payment-related incidents, to other Member States’ jurisdictions, and the details of ICT-related incidents reporor, as applicable, major operational or security payment-related incidents, to be shared with other competent authorities pursuant to points (5) and (6) of Article 17.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 482 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the criteria set out in paragraph 1b, including high materiality thresholds for determining significant cyber threats which are subject to the reporting obligation laid down in Article 17 (1a);
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 485 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The ESAs shall submit those common draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by [PO: insert date 13 years after the date of entry into force].
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 487 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – title
17 Reporting of major ICT-related incidents and significant cyber threats
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 492 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Financial entities shall notify significant cyber threats without undue delay to the relevant competent authority as referred to in Article 41.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 498 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Where a significant cyber threat could adversely impact the financial interests of clients, financial entities shall inform their clients, without undue delay, of the significant cyber threat and of the measures which the financial entity intends to take to mitigate the adverse effects of such threat. Where appropriate, the financial entity shall also advise its clients on the measures they can take to mitigate the adverse effects of the threat.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 529 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) common draft implementing technical standards in order to establish the standard forms, templates and procedures for financial entities to report a major ICT- related incident and notify a significant cyber threat.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 530 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The ESAs shall submit the common draft regulatory technical standards referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 and the common draft implementing technical standards referred to in point (b) of the paragraph 1 to the Commission by xx 202x [PO: insert date 12 years after the date of entry into force].
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 545 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Upon receipt of a report as referred to in Article 17(1) and (1a), the competent authority shall acknowledge receipt of notification and shall as quickly as possible provide all necessary feedback or guidance to the financial entity, in particular to discuss remedies at the level of the entity or ways to minimise adverse impact across sectors and also provide appropriately anonymised feedback, insight and intelligence to all relevant financial entities where it could be beneficial, based on any major incident reports they receive.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 576 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the type of supervisory cooperation needed for the implementation and to facilitate full mutual recognition of threat led penetration testing in the context of financial entities which operate in more than one Member State, to allow an appropriate level of supervisory involvement and a flexible implementation to cater for specificities of financial sub- sectors or local financial markets..
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 577 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The ESAs shall submit those draft regulatory technical standards to the Commission by [OJ: insert date 26 months before the date of entry into force].
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 578 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Until the entry into force of this Regulation, and the development and adoption of regulatory technical standards specified in Article 23 (4), financial entities shall follow those relevant guidelines and frameworks in the Union which apply to intelligence-based penetration tests, as these will continue to apply when this Regulation comes into force.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 581 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) are certified by an accreditation body in a Member State or are certified by a well-established accreditation body in a third country or adhere to formal codes of conduct or ethical frameworks;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 589 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
4. As part of their ICT risk management framework, financial entities shall maintain and update at entity level and, at sub-consolidated and consolidated levels, a Register of Information in relation to all contractual arrangements on the use of ICT services provided by ICT third- party service providers. Where available, financial entities shall follow the guidelines and other measures issued by the ESAs and competent authorities until the entry into force of the implementing technical standards referred in Article 25(10). Where relevant, the register of information may be constituted by records pursuant to Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/79.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 590 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6. Financial entities may only enter into contractual arrangements with ICT third-party service providers that comply with high, appropriate and t security standards. The latest information security standardstandards shall also be considered when determining whether the information standards in place are appropriate.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 602 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point d
(d) verifiable circumstances where the competent authority demonstrably can no longer effectively supervise the financial entity as a result of the respective contractual arrangement.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 608 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – introductory part
9. Financial entities shall put in place exit strategies, to be reviewed periodically, in order to take into account risks that may emerge at the level of ICT third-party service provider, in particular a possible failure of the latter, a deterioration of the quality of the functions provided, any business disruption due to inappropriate or failed provision of services or material risk arising in relation to the appropriate and continuous deployment of the function.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 626 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) provisions on accessibility, availability, integrity, securconfidentiality and protection of data including personal data and on ensuring access, recover and return in an easily accessible format of personal and non- personal data processed by the financial entity in the case of insolvency, resolution or discontinuation of the business operations of the ICT third-party service provider;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 633 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point h – point i a (new)
i a) the obligation to allow competent authorities to have access to all contractual arrangements;
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 643 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Competent authorities shall be able to access the contractual arrangements.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 720 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) request records of telephone and data traffic, in accordance with the principle of proportionality.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 746 #

2020/0266(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Processing of personal data for the purposes of this Article is in accordance with point (f) of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
2021/06/01
Committee: ECON
Amendment 49 #

2020/0066(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 114 – paragraph 6
(-1) In Article 114, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: “6. For exposures indicated in Article 495(2): (a) in 201823 the risk weight applied to the exposure values shall be 20 % of the risk weight assigned to these exposures in accordance with paragraph 2; (b) in 201924 the risk weight applied to the exposure values shall be 50 % of the risk weight assigned to these exposures in accordance with paragraph 2; (c) in 20205 and onwards the risk weight applied to the exposure values shall be 100 % of the risk weight assigned to these exposures in accordance with paragraph 2.” Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0575-20230628)
2020/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 83 #

2020/0066(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 493 – paragraph 4
(2a) In Article 493, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: “4. By way of derogation from Article 395(1), competent authorities may allow institutions to incur any of the exposures provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article meeting the conditions set out in paragraph 6 of this Article, up to the following limits: (a) 100 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital until 31 December 201823; (b) 75 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital until 31 December 201924; (c) 50 % of the institution’s Tier 1 capital until 31 December 20205. The limits referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of the first subparagraph shall apply to exposure values after taking into account the effect of the credit risk mitigation in accordance with Articles 399 to 403.” Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0575-20230628)
2020/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 84 #

2020/0066(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 495 – paragraph 2
(2b) In Article 495, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: “2. In the calculation of risk-weighted exposure amounts for the purposes of Article 114(4), until 31 December 201722 the same risk weight shall be assigned in relation to exposures to the central governments or central banks of Member States denominated and funded in the domestic currency of any Member State as would be applied to such exposures denominated and funded in their domestic currency.” Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02013R0575-20230628)
2020/05/27
Committee: ECON
Amendment 95 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The Union is a global leader in the transition towards climate neutrality, and is determined to achieve it in a just, socially fair and inclusive way, as well as help raise global ambition and to strengthen the global response to climate change, using all tools at its disposal, including climate diplomacy.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The European Parliament called for the necessary transition to a climate-neutral society by 2050 at the latest and for this to be made into a European success story33 and has declared a climate and environment emergency34 . The European Council, in its Conclusions of 12 December 201935 , has agreed on the objective of collectively achieving a climate-neutral Union by 2050, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, while also recognising that it is necessary to put in place an enabling framework and that the transition will require significant public and private investment. The European Council also invited the Commission to prepare a proposal for the Union’s long- term strategy as early as possible in 2020 with a view to its adoption by the Council and its submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. _________________ 33European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)). 34European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency (2019/2930(RSP)). 35 Conclusions adopted by the European Council at its meeting on 12 December 2019, EUCO 29/19, CO EUR 31, CONCL 9.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) To ensure the Union and the Member States remain on track to achieve the climate-neutrality objective and progress on adaptation, the Commission should regularly assess progress. Should the collective progress made by Member States towards the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective or on adaptation be insufficient or any Union measures inconsistent with the climate- neutrality objective or inadequate to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience or reduce vulnerability, the Commission should take the necessary measures in accordance with the Treaties. The Commission should also regularly assess relevant national measures, and issue recommendations where it finds that a Member State’s measures are inconsistent with the climate-neutrality objective or inadequate to enhance adaptive capacity, strengthen resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 206 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The relevant Union institutions and the Member States shall take the necessary measures at Union and national level respectively, to enable the collective achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in paragraph 1, taking into account the importance of promoting fairness and, solidarity and a just transition among Member States.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 221 #

2020/0036(COD)

3. By September 2020, the Commission shall review the Union’s 2030 target for climate referred to in Article 2(11) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in light of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), and explore options for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% emission reductions compared to 1990on the basis of a thorough impact assessment and explore as many feasible and cost-effective options as possible in economic and, in particular, social terms for a new 2030 target of 50 to 55% emission reductions compared to 1990. It shall also include a cost-benefit assessment at Member State level. Where the Commission considers that it is necessary to amend that target, it shall make proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council as appropriate.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 331 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j a (new)
(ja) technological neutrality and the right of Member States to determine their energy mix;
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point j b (new)
(jb) different national circumstances of the Member States.
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 446 #

2020/0036(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
1. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3(1) is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adoptArticle 9 delegated acts referred to in Article 3(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from …[OP: date of entry into force of this Regulation]. 3. to in Article 3(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to tExercise of the delegation The delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. 5. act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. to Article 3 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.referred Before adopting a delegated act, As soon as it adopts a delegated A delegated act adopted pursuant
2020/06/15
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The regulatory framework governing the Union’s cohesion policy for the period from 2021 to 2027, in the context of the next multi-annual financial framework, contributes to the fulfilment of the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by concentrating Union funding on green objectives as well as the European Pillar of Social Rights. This Regulation implements one of the priorities set out in the Communication on the European Green Deal (‘the European Green Deal’)11 and is part of the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan12 providing dedicated financing under the Just Transition Mechanism in the context of cohesion policy to address the economic and social costs of the transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy, where any remaining greenhouse gas emissions are compensated by equivalent absorptions. _________________ 11 COM(2019) 640 final, 11.12.2019. 12 COM(2020) 21, 14.1.2020.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 34 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In order to be successful, the transition has to be fair, inclusive and socially acceptable for all. Therefore, both the Union and the Member States must take into account its economic and social implications from the outset, and deploy all possible instruments to mitigate adverse consequences. The Union budget has an important role in that regard.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 89 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) As set out in the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, a Just Transition Mechanism should complement the other actions under the next multi-annual financial framework for the period from 2021 to 2027. It should contribute to addressing the social and economic consequences of transitioning towards Union climate neutrality byin particular taking into account those areas and Member States most affected by the energy mix transition, bringing together the Union budget’s spending on climate and social objectives at regional level.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 105 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) In view of the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, the commitment regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the increased ambition of the Union as proposed in the European Green Deal, the JTF should provide a key contribution to mainstream climate actions. Resources from the JTF own envelope are additional and come on top of the investments needed to achieve the overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditure contributing to climate objectives. Resources transferred from the ERDF and ESF+, according to the development needs identified at regional and local level in the national just transition plans, will contribute fully to the achievement of this target.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 109 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) The resources from the JTF should complement the resources available under cohesion policy which should be kept as a distinct and separate investment instrument which has proven its merits for many EU regions; moreover, the JTF and the cohesion funds allocations should avoid increasing the disparities between EU Member States in particular during and after the Covid-19 crisis.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 112 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15 a) Member States should favour the adoption of bottom-up strategies in the preparation and implementation of the territorial just transition plans, ensuring the active participation of the relevant public authorities, economic and social partners from all sectors of activity, and other relevant civil society stakeholders, including from the agricultural sector. For an effective action at local level, the stakeholders at the level of the territories affected should, where feasible, be actively involved in the preparation of the territorial just transition plans.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 116 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) In order to have a Just Transition Fund that can match the extraordinary challenges that Europe faces it must be increased with new additional own resources that should come from new taxes such as an EU digital tax and financial sector taxes. In particular, Europe should come up with an EU Digital tax proposal by the end of the year.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 118 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Transitioning to a climate-neutral economy is a challenge for all Member States. It will be particularly demanding for those Member States that rely heavily on fossil fuels or greenhouse gas intensive industrial activities which need to be phased out or which need to adapt due to the transition towards climate neutrality and that lack the financial means to do so. Particular attention should also be given to those Member States that largely depend on energy generated by nuclear power plants that cannot be closed in one day and investments in nuclear research and waste management must continue. The JTF should therefore cover all Member States, but the distribution of its financial means should reflect the capacity of Member States to finance the necessary investments to cope with the transition towards climate neutrality.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 131 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation identifies types of investments for which expenditure may be supported by the JTF. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union. The list of investments should include those that support local economies and are sustainable in the long- term, taking into account all the objectives of the Green Deal. The projects financed should contribute to a transition to a climate-neutral and circular economy. Moreover, investments should also keep in mind those Member States that are largely dependent on energy generated by nuclear power plants that cannot be closed in one day; investments in nuclear research and nuclear waste management must continue. For declining sectors, such as energy production based on coal, lignite, peat and oil shale or extraction activities for these solid fossil fuels, support should be linked to the phasing out of the activity and the corresponding reduction in the employment level. As regards transforming sectors with high greenhouse gas emission levels, support should promote new activities through the deployment of new technologies, new processes or products, leading to significant emission reduction, in line with the EU 2030 climate objectives and EU climate neutrality by 205013 while maintaining and enhancing employment and avoiding environmental degradation. Particular attention should also be given to activities enhancing innovation and research in advanced and sustainable technologies, as well as in the fields of digitalisation and connectivity, provided that such measures help mitigate the negative side effects of a transition towards, and contribute to, a climate- neutral and circular economy. __________________ 13 As set out in “A Clean Planet for all European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy”, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank - COM(2018) 773 final.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 148 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productive investments in SMEs, including start-ups, leading to job creation, economic diversification and reconversion;
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The planned revision of State Aid rules should aim at reinforcing and simplifying investment capacities in sustainable solutions and concrete tools for national, regional and local authorities whose role will be instrumental in an effective and innovative implementation of the Just Transition Fund.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 204 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) the creation and development of social services of general interest;
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) capacity building to collect, harmonise and disseminate data on labour.
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 208 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The JTF shall support the Investment for jobs and growth goal in all Member Statefund the social, socio-economic and environmental impact of the transition in affected regions.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 220 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The resources for the JTF under the Investment for jobs and growth goal available for budgetary commitment for the period 2021-2027 shall be EUR 7.5 billion in 2018 prices, which may be increased, as the case may be, by additional fresh resources allocated in the Union budget, and by other resources in accordance with the applicable basic act.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 236 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) productivsustainable investments in SMEs, including start-ups, leading to economic diversification and reconversion;
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 249 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) investments in the creation of new firms relevant for the transition to sustainable development, including through business incubators and consulting services;
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 258 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) investments in sustainable research and innovation activities and fostering the transfer of advanced technologies;
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 259 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) an assessment of the transition challenges faced by the most negatively affected territories, including the social, economic, and environmental impact of the transition to a climate-neutral economy, identifying the potential number of affected jobs and job losses, the development needs and objectives, to be reached by 2030 linked to the transformation or closure of greenhouse gas-intensive activities in those territories and the challenges regarding energy poverty;
2020/05/06
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) investments in the deployment of technology and social infrastructures for affordable clean, safe and sustainable energy, in greenhouse gas emission reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy;
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 307 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) any other specific activities, as agreed between the relevant local and regional authorities for the territory concerned, the Member State and the European Commission, that are in line with local development strategies and contribute to the transition towards a carbon-neutral EU economy by 2050;
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 325 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the decommissioning or the construction of nuclear power stations;deleted
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 339 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) investment related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels with the exception of investments aimed at switching from coal-fired power plants to small flexible gas power plants in order to replace existing more carbon-intensive infrastructure and to ensure the transition to climate neutrality;
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 422 #

2020/0006(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraphs 1 a – 1 d (new)
1a. A Just Transition Platform (hereinafter referred to as the ''Platform'') shall be set up, under the supervision and direct management of the European Commission, in order to enable bilateral and multilateral exchanges of best practices across all affected sectors. 1b. The Platform shall comprise both technical working groups, facilitating exchanges of best practices on the preparation of territorial just transition plans, and an Annual Forum of Just Transition Regions (hereinafter referred to as the ''Forum''), co-organised with the European Committee of the Regions, enabling the coordination of policy orientations and their transposition into operational activities of the technical working groups. 1c. The Commission shall establish the detailed arrangements concerning governance mechanisms, membership, operation and budget of the Platform. The European Parliament should regularly be informed on each Forum's conclusions and on the next steps to be followed. 1d. The Platform's operational costs shall be covered from the technical assistance resources pursuant to Article 3(2), third subparagraph.
2020/06/02
Committee: ECON
Amendment 26 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the SFPA should contribute to the sustainable development of the Seychelles fisheries sector, in particular artisanal fisheries, with the aim of ensuring long-term food security and food sovereignty for the Seychelles population;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU-Seychelles SFPA should promote further economic, financial, technical and scientific cooperation between the EU and Seychelles in the field of sustainable fisheries and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Seychelles fishing zone, including support to control, surveillance and inspection of fishing activities;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the implementation of the measures recommended by the IOTC, particularly those concerning the restoration of yellowfin tuna stocks; urges the Commission to take additional emergency measures to stop the overfishingset capture limits of yellowfin tuna byto the EU fleet consistent with those recommendations;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 69 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the need to improve selectivity with a view to strongly reducing bycatch and unwanted captures of all species, in particular of sensitive species and juveniles, in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of stocks;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 77 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the establishment of marine protected areas by Seychelles in its waters over recent years; expresses concern with regard to their management and warns of the negative effects that activities such as oil exploration and exploitation could have in these protected areas. Calls the importance to the surveillance and monitoring of those areas for granting the best scientific knowledge supporting their management;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 81 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the collection of accurate and reliable data, as well as effective surveillance, monitoring and controls of fisheries, is key to ensuring healthy fish stocks in the long term, and that the EU-Seychelles SFPA must reinforce cooperation in these fields; welcomes the possibility of carrying out risk-based joint inspection programmes on EU vessels;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 83 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the introduction of an obligation for the Seychelles Government to publish all fisheries agreements signed by Seychelles. Reiterates the importance for the Seychelles authorities to only sign fisheries agreements with countries that are committed to the effort of fight against IUU and fleets that follow strict fisheries sustainable management rules;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 91 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that sectoral support should be targeted more precisely so as to finance only those measures that actually help the local fishing sector, in particular artisanal fisheries, to develop and contribute to efficient fisheries management, crew safety training and the improvement of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS); calls for the publication of the detailed list of projects being funded by the sectoral support provided under this SFPA;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 99 #

2020/0002M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to further increase the share of the total cost of SFPAs that is paid by ship owners by increasing the fee per tonne of fish caught, with the aim of reducing the share of access rights that is paid for from the EU budget, targeting the financial support mainly to the sustainable development of the Seychelles fisheries sector;
2020/06/08
Committee: PECH
Amendment 38 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, on March 2019, the European Commission, as a response to a Parliament’s request, declared it would continue to apply strict conditionality to its financial assistance to Moldova, and together with the EEAS, will monitor and assess Moldova's progress in implementation of DCFTA/AA with the EU in all sectoral areas, through both bilateral and Eastern Partnership regional channels;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines that the situation in Moldova should be closely monitored in the long term, including during the pre- electoral period, in accordance with the normal OSCE/ODIHR practices and standards, particularly in the current period of crisis, as the forthcoming presidential elections will be a test for democracy and the rule of law in the country;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the need to de-monopolise and provide full transparency of the ownership in the media and the advertising market, and to ensure a stronger involvement of civil society in the process. Deplores the fact that despite the recent changes on the Moldovan political scene and the reduction of the number of broadcasting licenses allowed per person (from five to two), Moldova's media scene still remains largely monopolised and subordinated to a small number of major political and business groups; highlights the need to fight Russian disinformation through fact-based and accessible quality information, as well as through public campaigns aiming to increase the public awareness;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 43(2) thereof,
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 3 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 16 June 2020 'Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2021' (COM(2020)248),
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 4 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to the plenary reports of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) (PLEN 20-01, 19-01, 18-01 and 17-01), and its reports 'Evaluation of Member States' Annual Reports on the Landing Obligation (for 2019)' (Adhoc-20-02), 'Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy' (Adhoc-20-01) and 'Evaluation of Joint Recommendations on the Landing Obligation and on the Technical Measures Regulation' (STECF-20-04),
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of 19 December 2016 implementing the Agreement concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organisation,
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 7 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the study 'Implementation of the EU fisheries control system by Member States (2014- 19)', requested by the PECH committee,
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to the studies requested by the PECH committee on the landing obligation and choke species in multispecies and mixed fisheries in the North Sea 1a, the North Western Waters2a and the South Western Waters3a, and the studies on the discard ban, landing obligation and MSY in the Western Mediterranean 4a 5a, _________________ 1aLanding Obligation and Choke Species in Multispecies and Mixed Fisheries - The North Sea 2aLanding Obligation and Choke Species in Multispecies and Mixed Fisheries - The North Western Waters 3aLanding Obligation and Choke Species in Multispecies and Mixed Fisheries - The South Western Waters 4aDiscard ban, landing obligation and MSY in the Western Mediterranean Sea - the Spanish case 5aDiscard ban, landing obligation and MSY in the Western Mediterranean Sea - the Italian case
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
- having regard to the book 'The European Landing Obligation, Reducing discards in complex, multi-species and multi-jurisdictional fisheries', published in 2019,
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
- having regard to the report 'A third assessment of global marine fisheries discards', published by the FAO in 2019,
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 11 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas target 14.4 of Goal 14 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development urges the international community to effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science based management plans by 2020, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-A a. whereas the magnitude of annual discards in global marine capture fisheries is estimated to be 9.1 million tonnes, which represent 10.8% of the annual average catch of 2010-2014; whereas fisheries targeting tunas and other pelagic species had the lowest discard rates, while fisheries targeting crustaceans had the highest discard rates; whereas fisheries targeting demersal fishes produced the highest volumes of discards and fisheries targeting molluscs (excluding cephalopods) produced the lowest volumes; whereas annual global discards peaked at around 18.8 million tonnes in 1989 and gradually declined to less than 10 million tonnes by 20141a; _________________ 1a A third assessment of global marine fisheries discards, FAO, 2019
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 13 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-A b. whereas the aim of the reformed Common Fisheries Policy was to ensure that negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised, including the avoidance and reduction, as far as possible, of unwanted catches; whereas there is no scientific evidence to suggest that the implementation of the landing obligation has led to a dramatic reduction in unwanted catches;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 15 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas discarding is a common fisheries practice of returning unwanted catches to the sea, either dead or alive, owing to damaged fish, undersized individuals, reasons of marketability, lack of quota or catch composition rules; whereas before the introduction of the landing obligation, there was an obligation to discard undersized and over- quota fish;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the landing obligation leads to the discarding in port of fish which could be destined for human consumption or which, when returned to the sea, may contribute to the feeding of a range of scavenging species, from avian to mesopelagic and benthic communities;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 19 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas a certain level of unwanted by-catch and discarding is unavoidable, specially in mixed fisheries; whereas unwanted catches and discards constitute a substantial waste of natural resources and have an adverse effect on the sustainable exploitation of fish stocks and marine ecosystems and the financial viability of fisheries;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 24 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas discarding accounts for around 23 % of worldwide catches; whereas the historically high levels of discards in some EU fisheries have posed a serious problem to the long-term sustainability of EU fisheries and undermined, calling into question the credibility of the Union’s fisheries policy;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 25 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the potential for choking in mixed fisheries remains a deep rooted and constant problem; whereas selectivity will not fully solve the problems in these fisheries and it will be very difficult from a technical point of view to improve selectivity in order to reduce catches of the relevant choke stocks without causing large losses of other marketable catches, thus creating serious economic difficulties for the fleets concerned;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 30 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as reformed in 2013, introduced the objective for the Union to gradually eliminate discards by avoiding and reducing unwanted catches as far as possible, and by ensuring that catches of regulated commercial species are landed;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 39 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the landing obligation, which was phased in over a period of four years (2015-2019), makes it mandatory to land and deduct from applicable quotas all catches of regulated species in EU waters, or in certain cases by EU vessels in international waters, and forbids the use of undersized fish for direct human consumption;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 41 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas according to the STECF1a, no information has been provided on the implementation of the landing obligation for the long-distance fleets operating outside Union waters; whereas the LDAC highlighted that the landing obligation does not apply in practice to EU vessels fishing outside EU waters; _________________ 1aEvaluation of Member States' Annual Reports on the Landing Obligation (for 2019) (STECF-Adhoc-20-02)
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 43 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas landed fish below minimum conservation reference sizes continues to be used for fish meal, pet food or as bait for pot fisheries, with low economic returns; whereas these alternative uses are economically feasible when there is a production facility nearby the landing port, but the feasibility decline (or vanish) when there is the need of logistics and infraestructura for long distance transport or investments in new production facilities1a; _________________ 1a Market outlets for unwanted catches. EUMOFA. 2020
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
F c. whereas several Member States suggest that legislation should be amended to allow fish under the relevant minimum conservation reference sizes which are subject to a landing obligation may to be used for charitable purposes;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 45 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
F d. whereas the implementation of the landing obligation is expected to result in a loss of income in the short term, with potential negative consequences for the socio-economic viability of the sector but some benefits could be expected in the medium and long term if the implementation leads to more selective fishing practices and improved stock status; whereas the effects of the discard ban should be evaluated from a multi- dimensional perspective 1a; _________________ 1aMonitoring the environmental, social and economic dimensions of the landing obligation policy, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 46 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
F e. whereas the European Commission has so far failed to report on the extent to which the reduction of discards has been achieved or to analyse the socio-economic impact of the landing obligation or the effects of its implementation on safety on board fishing vessels;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 51 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas up to five Member States provided no response to the Commission's questionnaire on the implementation of the landing obligation for 2019; whereas two of these states have failed to do so for the last three years;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 55 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. whereas the implementation of the landing obligation depends on the extensive use of exemptions which, by their nature, are temporary and require annual review, which requires time and effort from decision-makers and the fishing sector;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 61 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas according to the Member States reports the number of specific studies or pilot projects to test more selective gears or avoidance strategies has been declining;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 65 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
G d. whereas the potential for chokes in mixed fisheries remains a deep rooted and ongoing problem;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 67 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
G e. whereas differences in control and enforcement of the landing obligation may result in an uneven playing field within the different fisheries and between Member States;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 70 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas several third countries and self-governing territories have established discard bans to different extents, including Canada, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Iceland, Chile and New Zealand-such as Canada, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Iceland, Chile and New Zealand- have established policies aimed at achieving discards reductions or partial discard bans, including selectivity improvements, spatial measures, quota related measures, economic incentives and monitoring and control measures;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 73 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas almost 4000 scientific papers have been published on discards, of which more than 3700 are related to industrial fisheries and less than 200 papers focused on small scale coastal fisheries;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 75 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas since about 1950 many marine species across various groups have undergone shifts in geographical range and seasonal activities in response to ocean warming and biogeochemical changes, such as oxygen loss, to their habitats, which has resulted in shifts in species composition, abundance and biomass production of ecosystems, from the equator to the poles; whereas the change in the distribution of fish stocks has an impact on future fisheries management and hence also on the implementation of the landing obligation;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 79 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Affirms the EU’s overall objective of ensuring the sustainable exploitation of fish stocks and the protection of marine ecosystems; highlights that reducing discards and minimising unwanted catches is a public policy priority that has been shaped in response to concerns over accountability, conservation and the wasting of natural resources as well as the scientific need to fully account for all sources of fishing mortality; acknowledges, however, that since 2010 there has been an obligation to record discards in the logbook in application of the control regulation; regrets that, despite the introduction of the landing obligation, knowledge about discards is limited and the European Commission has admitted that the quantities recorded as discarded and the landed quantities of catches below the minimum conservation reference sizes are very low and it is extremely doubtful that they reflect the true quantities being caught;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 82 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes with concern that the increase on the number of precautionary TACs, in contrast with the reduction in the quantities of analytical TACs, shows that the availability of scientific information on the status of the stocks has not improved after the introduction of the landing obligation;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 83 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Regrets that the European Commission's annual reports on the state of play of the Common Fisheries Policy include very little information on the implementation of the landing obligation, without having so far managed to report on the extent to which the reduction of discards under the obligation has been achieved and without having analysed the socio-economic impact of the LO or the effects of its implementation on safety on board fishing vessels;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the introduction of the landing obligation represents a majorone of the greatest changes, and challenges, in the history of EU fisheries management – from recording landings to a system that records the entire catch – and has inevitably had a range of short- and long- term ecological and economic impactssocio-economic and ecological impacts, also in the food chains and in those species which nourished from catches discarded and previously thrown back into the sea;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 90 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for the collection of socio- economic data on how the landing obligation impacts on the socio-economic viability of the sector, the remuneration system, the number of crew members, the workload, the working conditions and safety standards of fishers, in line with FAO and ILO recommendations;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 93 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Regrets that the difficulties encountered in implementing the discard ban have been used to damage the image of the fisheries sector and this despite the progress made in achieving the maximum sustainable yield objective as evidenced by the fact that in 2020 over 99% of landings in the Baltic, North Sea and the Atlantic managed exclusively by the EU will come from sustainably managed fisheries and that in the northeast Atlantic the biomass in 2018 was 48% higher than in 2003 for fully assessed stocks;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 94 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the progress made in terms of stakeholder cooperation and the steps taken to improve selectivity; notes, however, that, according to the European Commission and STECF, implementation of the landing obligation remains low overall and that discarding is occurring at rates roughly comparable to the years before the landing obligation was introduced; Urges the Commission to reflect on the changes needed in the landing obligation, and submit a legislative proposal after the evaluation of the CFP reform that will be carried out by 2022 if appropriate, in order to better achieve its main objective of reducing discards and improving stocks;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the landing obligation has raised concerns in the fishing industry, especially in mixed fisheries exposed to potential choke species cases and early closure of fisheries; welcomes the measures taken to date – quota swaps and quota pools for by-catch species – andbut stresses that these measures are mostly non-permanent and subject to negotiations between the Member States; insists on the need to further develop effective by-catch reduction plans with the aim of rebuilding vulnerable stocks;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 105 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the concern that shared stocks with third countries may not be subject to the same provisions on discards; stresses the need for progressive convergence with regard to the main objectives of fisheries management in order to ensure the highest standards for achieving good environmental status of shared stocks, sustainability of the fishing activity and the maintenance of a level playing field;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 106 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Highlights the problems posed by the landing obligation in mixed fisheries with the choke stocks; Emphasizes that choke situations will continue to persist and lead to catch limits and under- utilisation of available quotas, creating serious economic difficulties for the fleets concerned;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 107 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the potential and the need for the use of the exceptions (high survivability and de minimis) provided for in the regulation to facilitate implementation and counteract potential choke cases; recalls that reliable and accurate evidence and data needs to be provided and recommends that the process for granting exemptions should be streamlined, including better scientific data collection;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 108 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that the STECF has acknowledged that the quality of submissions to support the exemptions has generally improved since the first joint recommendations were submitted in 2014; Recognizes that providing data and information in support of the exemptions can be challenging due to the nature of the data required; Notes with concern, however, that the STECF has highlighted that there are many cases where the information and data supplied is not species and/or fishery specific and the same studies and assumptions are used to support multiple exemptions; stresses that the absence of species- and fishery- specific data and information makes it difficult to evaluate the likely impact of proposed exemption or whether the exemption meets the conditions for de minimis or high survival;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 112 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls the failure in the search for alternative uses for landed material below minimum conservation reference sizes and unwanted catches due to the prohibitive cost to the fishermen of storage and transport of such catches1a; Calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of amending the legislation to allow such catches to be used for charitable purposes as suggested by several Member States and the South Western Waters Advisory Council; _________________ 1a EUMOFA study on Market Outlets for Unwanted Catches (2020)
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 121 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the results from recent scientific studies (e.g. DiscardLess, MINOUW and LIFE iSEAS) on innovative gear selectivity, avoidance strategies and vessel modifications to handle unwanted catches on board; Considers it necessary to continue research efforts to improve gear selectivity, avoidance strategies and handling of unwanted catches; Welcomes the proposed Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters and considers that a mission in the area of healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters will help develop solutions urgently needed and that have a direct impact on the fishing sector and the sustainable use and management of ocean resources;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 126 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned about the lack of proper control over and compliance with the landing obligation and underlines its negative impact on; highlights that the obligation has generated a high number of delegated acts in the form of discard plans whose provisions complicate both the implementation and enforcement of the landing obligation and the compliance evaluation by the EFCA; underlines that the increasing complexity of the landing obligation makes it more difficult to achieve the objective of protecting and improving the sustainability of fisheries; calls for better use to be made of new technologies and digital solutions and for cooperation between the fishing sector and the Member State authorities to be strengthened in order to rapidly improve control; monitor, control and surveillance;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 140 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point a
a. using quota-based tools: the distribution of quotas in line with the expected catch composition, further use and optimisation of adjustments through quota swaps with other Member States and neighbouring third countries with which the EU shares stocks, moving towards permanent and not only annually renewable mechanisms after the setting of TACs and quotas, and the allocation of estimated discard share of quotas for fishers that opt to use more selective gear;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 148 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point b
b. studying the feasibility of implementing a marine spatial planning approach in order to avoid discards by guiding fishers to areas where undersized fish are less likely to be present, while ensuring that such measures do not result in the non-use of other commercially sized species;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 154 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point e
e. studying the feasibility of granting exclusive access to fishing locations or time periods in order to encourage selectivity;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 159 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point f
f. adopting strategies to use unwanted catches other than for human consumption, ensuring their operational and economic viability for fishers;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 162 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point g
g. developing a plans for unwanted catches and/orin the different fisheries and areas in order to better develop regional by- catch plans, involving Member States and the fishing industry and supported by the European Maritime and Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 170 #

2019/2177(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point h a (new)
h a. progressively introducing the requirement for compliance with the same discard policy for imports of fisheries products from third countries in order to eliminate the comparative disadvantage and unfair competition for the European fleet, while moving towards better protection of global fisheries resources;
2020/12/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 1 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 26 June 2020 'Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2021' (COM(2020)0248),
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 2 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors' special report of 26 November 2020 on 'Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep',
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 4 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
- Having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on climate change – a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy in accordance with the Paris Agreement1a, _________________ 1a Text adopted P8_TA(2019)0217
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
12 a Having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal1a, _________________ 1a Text adopted P9_TA(2020)0005
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 6 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the study entitled ‘The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries’, published by the FAO in 2018,
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 7 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
- having regard to the report 'A third assessment of global marine fisheries discards', published by the FAO in 2019,
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
16 a having regard to the report 'The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets', published by the FAO in 2020,
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the report entitled 'The European Environment State and Outlook 2020', published by the European Environment Agency in 2019,
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to decision P9_TA- PROV(2020)0253 adopted by the European Parliament on 8 October 2020 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law),
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 35 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas climate adaptation strategies must emphasize the need for poverty eradication and food security in accordance with the Paris Agreement and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; whereas poverty and marginalisation are the primary causes of the vulnerability of certain coastal communities and the eradication of poverty and guarantees of food security for the world’s poor are essential for building up are essential to help people out of poverty and to increase their capacity to adapt to and resist the effects of climate change;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 39 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas climate change is having a very clear impact on the oceans, too, given that heat is st, according to the IPCC report ‘The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’, the global ocean has warmed unabated since 1970 and has taken up mored to a greater extent in the water, in addition to other factors exacerbating the gravity of the situation, such as pollution, the disappearance of various species, the substitution of some species to the detriment of others, lack of oxygen, etc.han 90% of the excess heat in the climate system and by absorbing more CO2, the ocean has undergone increasing surface acidification and a loss of oxygen has occurred from the surface to 1000 m;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 53 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the global fishing fleet is estimated at around 4.56 million vessels, of which about 65% are motorized; whereas Asia has the largest fishing fleet (68% of the total), followed by Africa (20%), America (10%), Europe (over 2%) and Oceania (less than 1%);
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 54 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas an estimated 59.51 million people were engaged in the primary sector of capture fisheries (39 million) and aquaculture (20.5 million) in 2018; whereas women accounted for 14% of the total, with shares of 19% in aquaculture and 12% in capture fisheries; whereas the highest numbers of workers are in Asia (85%), followed by Africa (9%), the Americas (4%) and Europe and Oceania (1% each);
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 56 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas, according to FAO, the proportion of fish stocks that are within biologically sustainable levels decreased from 90% in 1974 to 65.8% in 2017 (a 1.1% decrease since 2015), with 59.6% classified as being maximally sustainably fished stocks and 6.2% underfished stocks;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 57 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas, according to FAO, the percentage of stocks fished at biologically unsustainable levels increased from 10% in 1974 to 34.2% in 2017; whereas it is estimated that 78.7% of current marine fish landings come from biologically sustainable stocks; whereas in the northeast Atlantic1a the proportion of overexploited stocks decreased from around 71% in 2003 to 38% in 2018 and 99% of landings in the Baltic, North Sea and the Atlantic managed exclusively by the EU come from sustainable managed fisheries 2a; _________________ 1aCovers FAO area 27 and includes the waters of the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and adjacent waters 2aTowards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2021, (COM(2020)0248)
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 58 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
H e. whereas of the stocks of the ten species most landed between 1950 and 2017 – anchoveta, Alaska pollock, Atlantic herring, Atlantic cod, Pacific chub mackerel, Chilean jack mackerel, Japanese pilchard, Skipjack tuna, South American pilchard and capelin – 69% were fished within biologically sustainable levels in 2017; whereas among the seven principal tuna species, 66.6% of their stocks were fished at biologically sustainable levels in 2017, an increase of about 10 percentage points from 2015;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
H f. whereas, according to FAO, intensively managed fisheries have seen decreases in average fishing pressure and increases in average stock biomass, with many reaching or maintaining biologically sustainable levels, while fisheries with less-developed management systems are in poor shape;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 60 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H g (new)
H g. whereas human communities in close connection with coastal environments, small islands, polar areas and high mountains are particularly exposed to ocean and cryosphere change, such as sea level rise, extreme sea level and shrinking cryosphere but the humanity as a whole is also exposed to changes in the ocean, such as through extreme weather events;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 61 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H h (new)
H h. whereas in addition to their role within the climate system, such as the uptake and redistribution of natural and anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) and heat, as well as ecosystem support, services provided to people by the ocean and/or cryosphere include food and water supply, renewable energy, and benefits for health and well-being, cultural values, tourism, trade, and transport;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 62 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H i (new)
H i. whereas over the last decades, global warming has led to widespread shrinking of the cryosphere, with mass loss from ice sheets and glaciers, reductions in snow cover and Arctic sea ice extent and thickness, and increased permafrost temperature;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 63 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H j (new)
H j. whereas since about 1950 many marine species across various groups have undergone shifts in geographical range and seasonal activities in response to ocean warming, sea ice change and biogeochemical changes, such as oxygen loss, to their habitats, which has resulted in shifts in species composition, abundance and biomass production of ecosystems, from the equator to the poles;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 64 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H k (new)
H k. whereas ocean warming has contributed to an overall decrease in maximum catch potential, compounding the impacts from overfishing for some fish stocks; whereas a decrease in global biomass of marine animal communities, their production, and fisheries catch potential, and a shift in species composition are projected over the 21st century in ocean ecosystems from the surface to the deep seafloor under all emission scenarios;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 65 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H l (new)
H l. whereas the global-scale biomass of marine animals across the foodweb is projected to decrease between 5.9 and 15% and the maximum catch potential of fisheries by 20.5 and 24.1% by the end of the 21st century relative to 1986–2005 under the high-emissions scenario (RCP 8.5); whereas it is projected that the total maximum catch potential in the world's exclusive economic zones is likely to decrease by 2.8% to 5.3% by 2050 (relative to 2000) under RCP 2.6 or by 7% to 12.1% under RCP 8.5;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H m (new)
H m. whereas future shifts in fish distribution and decreases in their abundance and fisheries catch potential due to climate change are projected to affect income, livelihoods, and food security of marine resource-dependent communities;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 67 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H n (new)
H n. whereas strengthening precautionary approaches, such as rebuilding overexploited or depleted fisheries, and responsiveness of existing fisheries management strategies reduces negative climate change impacts on fisheries, with benefits for regional economies and livelihoods;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 68 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H o (new)
H o. whereas the ecosystem approach to fisheries aims to achieve sustainable fisheries by combining broad ecological sustainability of stocks with the socio- economic viability of the fishing industry at local and regional scales;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 69 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H p (new)
H p. whereas anthropogenic pressures, such as pollution, eutrophication, habitat modification, and fisheries are increasing ecosystem vulnerability by decreasing resilience, adding even more complexity to the process of assessing the impact of climate change at a local scale; whereas reducing uncertainty in predictions of climate-induced changes in ecosystems is needed to understand their societal consequences and contribute towards management mitigation strategies;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 70 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H q (new)
H q. whereas the absorption of increasing amounts of anthropogenic CO2 by the oceans results in acidification of waters, with potentially detrimental impacts on shell-forming aquatic life; whereas water acidity has increased by 26 percent since the industrial revolution and this trend will continue, especially in warmer low- and mid-latitudes;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 71 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H r (new)
H r. whereas in 2017, fish consumption accounted for 17% of the global population's intake of animal protein, and 7% o all proteins consumed; whereas in some countries it reaches 50%;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 72 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H s (new)
H s. whereas the United Nations estimates that as much as 80% of all global marine pollution originates from land-based sources, threatening marine life in general, but especially coastal waters and areas of high biological productivity. Pollutants of land-based origin include agricultural run-off, pesticides, chemical waste, cleaning agents, petroleum products, mining waste, garbage and sewage; whereas there are now close to 500 dead zones covering more than 245,000 km² globally;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 73 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H t (new)
H t. whereas according to data in IMO and FAO, globally, fishing vessels (including inland vessels) consumed 53.9 million tonnes of fuel in 2012, emitting 172.3 million tonnes of CO2, (equivalent to 0.5% of total global CO2 emissions that year), while aquaculture accounted for approximately 0.45% of global GHG emissions in 2013; whereas overall the energy use of protein production per unit mass of fish is comparable to chicken but much less than that from other land- based systems such as pork or beef; whereas the main source of GHG is from the use of fossil fuel;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 74 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H u (new)
H u. whereas plastic is the most abundant and damaging component of marine litter due to its longevity; whereas marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980 and each year between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes end up in the ocean; whereas some studies estimate that by 2040, 20 million tonnes of plastics will be entering the ocean per annum 1a; _________________ 1aBreaking the Plastic Wave, A comprehensive assessment of pathways towards stopping ocean plastic pollution
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 75 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H v (new)
H v. whereas according to the European Court of Auditors while a framework was in place to protect the marine environment, the EU's actions had not restored seas to good environmental status, nor fishing to sustainable levels in all seas;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 76 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H w (new)
H w. whereas aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors in the world and is now responsible for more than half of the global seafood production; whereas it is expected that this sector will be an even more important food resource in the future; whereas climate model outputs must be evaluated against and calibrated to local conditions to be relevant for many aquaculture planning and management decisions, climate change impact assessment and climate adaptation strategies;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 77 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Possible policy solutions and a keyword: ‘adaptation’deleted
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 81 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Highlights the urgent need for ambitious action to tackle climate change and environmental challenges, to limit global warming to 1.5 C, thus limiting the impacts of climate change on the planet, and therefore on fisheries and aquaculture, to the least negative scenario; recalls the EU's sustainable commitment to achieving its net-zero greenhouse gases emission target by 2050 at the latest as confirmed in the European Green Deal; takes note of the Commission proposal to increase the 2030 emissions target to at least 55%, as highlighted in the communication on Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition; considers that urgent action is needed in order to reduce GHG emissions to 60% by 2030 compared to 1990 as expressed by the European Parliament in the vote of the European Climate Law;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 82 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Emphasises that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors will benefit most from a strengthening of European and global ambition in the fight against climate change since the oceans has taken up more than 90% of the excess heat in the climate system and the rate of ocean warming has more than doubled since 1993, posing a serious threat to the marine species and ecosystems and, hence, to fisheries and aquaculture activities and food security; Recalls that the IPCC has warned that the maximum catch potential of fisheries is projected to decrease by 2.8-9.1% to 16.2-25.5% by the end of the century depending on the efforts adopted to fight climate change, with the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of tropical countries showing the largest decreases (less than -40%), but also in the temperate Northeast Atlantic (about - 30%);
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 83 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Urges the Commission to accelerate its plans to address air pollution and emissions from maritime transport since international maritime shipping emissions are expected to increase between 50% and 250% by 2050 and by 86% at the Union level unless further action is taken; emphasises the importance of fostering the development of zero-emission ports using renewable energy; recalls that the deployment of new emission control areas and the reduction of speed for shipping, are relevant solutions to reduce emissions;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 84 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1 c. Emphasises the importance of European fisheries and aquaculture and its potential to contribute to climate action, the circular economy and enhanced biodiversity; Recognises the progress made in achieving sustainable fishing by EU fleets with pressure on fish stocks from fishing steadily eased between 2003 and 2018 in the northeast Atlantic; regrets that the stocks are being exploited on average at rates well above the sustainability objective in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas, yet welcomes the conservation efforts already undertaken notably with the implementation of the Western Mediterranean Multiannual Plan and the actions to deliver on the MedFish4Ever and Sofia Declarations;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1 d. Stresses that EU fishers must be given the necessary tools to fight and adapt to climate change, such as investing in the transition to more sustainable fishing systems and more energy-efficient vessels, with the aim of phasing out GHG emissions in fisheries in a timeframe consistent with the Paris Agreement;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 86 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1 e. Welcomes the proposed Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters; considers that a mission in the area of healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters will help develop solutions urgently needed and that have a direct impact on the fishing and aquaculture sectors such as systemic solutions for the prevention, reduction, mitigation and removal of marine pollution including plastic, the transition to a circular and blue economy, adaption to and mitigation of pollution and climate change in the ocean, sustainable use and management of ocean resources, development of new materials including biodegradable plastic substitutes, new feed and food, urban, coastal and maritime spatial planning, ocean governance and ocean economics applied to maritime activities;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 87 #

2019/2163(INI)

-1 f. Considers that in order to achieve a better environmental status of the seas it is necessary to tackle the sources of marine pollution, 80% of which are of land-based origin such as nutrient inputs from urban wastewater and agricultural activities, the discharge, loss and leakage of contaminants -pesticides, biocides, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals…-, micro pollutants and marine litter, particularly plastics; regrets that 60% of EU surface waters are not meeting the Water Framework Directive's standards for sustainable management and that the European Environment Agency considers the achievement of good environmental status of European marine waters by 2020 unlikely, while the status of European freshwaters has little progressed over the last 10-15 years;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 88 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1 g. Regrets that the Commission has not given fisheries and aquaculture products the importance they deserve in its Farm to Fork strategy, despite the potential of the fisheries sector in contributing to the objectives of the European Green Deal; stresses the importance of ensuring adequate support for European fishers in their transition to sustainable fishing activities; recalls its call on the Commission to present a proposal to improve the traceability of all seafood products, including the labelling of origin of canned fish products and the rejection of products which damage or deplete the marine environment;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 89 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 h (new)
-1 h. Considers that significant opportunities exist for reducing fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions in capture fisheries and aquaculture, that emerging and maturing renewable energy systems such as wind and solar can help reduce emissions in shore-side facilities and that fisheries management can also help reduce fuel use and GHG emissions;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 92 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 k (new)
-1 k. Takes the view that ports have a wide margin of manoeuvre to reduce their carbon footprint and considers in this respect that energy audits should be promoted both in the construction of new ports and in the improvement of existing ones in order to calculate energy requirements and to improve efficiency; considers that ports, especially those serving the small-scale fleet because of their lower energy demand, should aim to cover their energy needs from systems based on renewable sources such as solar and wind and the integration of flexibility from demand response and storage;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 93 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 l (new)
-1 l. Insists that while aquaculture, like capture fisheries, is not a major global producer of GHG emissions, there is great potential for reducing them, especially in intensive production of finfish and crustaceans; emphasizes that, according to FAO studies, the aquaculture sector could reduce its CO2 emissions by 21% per tonne of fish production by improving efficiency of input use, shifting energy supply from fossil fuels to renewable, adopting best practices and replacing fish- based feed ingredients with crop-based ingredients; calls on the Commission to promote the greening of the EU aquaculture sector in its review of the strategic guidelines on aquaculture;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 94 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 m (new)
-1 m. Stresses that good fisheries management is crucial to mitigating the effects of climate change; recalls that the global fishing effort is almost twice what is needed to maximise the net yield from ocean fisheries; Insists that effective fisheries management that would reduce fishing effort and increase fish stocks would substantially reduce the GHG emissions generated by the world’s fishing fleets;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 95 #

2019/2163(INI)

-1 n. Recognises that fisheries management measures in EU waters have paid off, with a 50% increase in biomass and the MSY objective broadly being attained in the North-East Atlantic, with more than 99% of landings in the Baltic, North Sea and Atlantic managed exclusively by the EU coming from sustainably managed fisheries but with significant challenges remaining, especially in the Mediterranean and Black Seas;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 96 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 o (new)
-1 o. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts in promoting improved fisheries management at international level and to use sustainable fisheries partnership agreements with third countries to promote the adoption of best practices in fisheries management in order to improve the state and sustainability of global stocks;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 97 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 p (new)
-1 p. Takes note of the Commission's communication on an EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its proposal to legally protect a minimum of 30% of EU's sea area; considers that although primarily designed to protect and recover marine biodiversity, marine protected areas also have implications for fisheries; highlights that according to recent studies1a MPAs tend to increase catch in overexploited fisheries and tend to decrease catch in well-managed fisheries and those that are underexploited relative to maximum sustainable yield and that strategically expanding the existing global MPA network to protect and additional 5% of the ocean could increase future catch by at least 20% via spillover, generating 9 to 12 million metric tons more food annually than in a business-as- usual world with no additional protection; _________________ 1a'A global network of marine protected areas for food', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, November 10, 2020
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 98 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 q (new)
-1 q. Considers it necessary to further study the likely impacts of climate change on EU's waters and coastal areas in order to be able to adopt measures adapted to the projected local impacts, which could strengthen the resilience of fishing and aquaculture activities to them; calls on the Commission to allocate the necessary funds to improve our understanding of the effects of climate change and possible mitigation measures in the field of fisheries and aquaculture; calls on the Commission to open a participatory process for the development of a jointly agreed strategy on climate change mitigation measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 108 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the strengthening and development of international scientific programmes to monitor the temperature, salinity and heat absorption of the oceans, as well as their acidification, deoxygenation and stratification, and to establish a global ocean observation network in order better to predict the impact of climate change on the functioning of the oceans, carbon absorption and management of living marine resourcesspecies and resources; considers it necessary to establish a similar network at European level, capable of analysing the impact and projecting the consequences of global warming on maritime activities, and specifically on fishing and aquaculture activities, at the level of each European basin;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 116 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that fisheries is the sector most affected by the many other uses of, and activities taking place on, the seas, such as maritime transport and tourism, urban and coastal development, the exploitation of raw materials and energy sources, and seafloor mining, as well as being affected by environmental issues such as marine pollution and climate change; considers that a decisive action consistent with a pathway to limit the temperature increase to 1,5ºC above pre- industrial levels as set out in the Paris Agreement is a precondition for achieving sustainable and viable fisheries and aquaculture, capable of avoiding the worst-case scenarios envisaged by the IPCC;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 131 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Commission and the Member States provide for appropriate management measures when fish populations move from one basin to anotherand ecosystem approach to both fisheries management and stock assessments and provide measures taking into account that changes in sea water temperature have an impact on the biology and distribution of marine species, which affects fishing activity and the allocation of fishery resources; therefore considers it necessary to study this impact in order to provide scientific advice;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 137 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for proactive management of extreme events, considering it a matter of urgency to invest in adaptation measures for climate resilience (such as safety at sea, climate-resilient infrastructure, etc.), risk reduction and climate disaster prevention, while safeguarding the health of the aquatic ecosystem and providing for specific measures in the future EMFF to support affected sectors;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 142 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a (new)
-a) Integrating fisheries and aquaculture sectors fully into climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 144 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a a (new)
-a a) Reducing external stressors on marine systems: reduce land-based sources of pollution and improve more selective and sustainable fishing practices;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 145 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a b (new)
-a b) Identifying and protecting valuable marine areas, promoting the restoration of carbon-rich ecosystems as well as important fish spawning and nursery areas;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 146 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a c (new)
-a c) Increasing the research effort on both the spatial changes in routes and timing of migrations of target species and the effects of climate change on these;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 147 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a d (new)
-a d) Encouraging the exchange of good practice examples of adaptation actions among Member State authorities and across sectors through, for example, FARNET and the Fisheries Local Action Groups;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 148 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a e (new)
-a e) Intensifying the efforts to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 149 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
a) a broader use of community-based approaches (regionalisation): many regional initiatives are lookingencourage a bottom-up approach involving professionals, local communities, civil society, NGOs and government organizations in promoting and developing initiatives to tackle the current challenges faced by the fisheries sector and ecosystems with measures to fight and adapt to the effects of climate change. CTransboundary coordination in respect of national mitigation and adaptation strategies, cross-border management and research strategies are key, particularlyalso with regard to combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 156 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
b) the creation of alternative livelihoods (fishing of other species): new opportunities will open up for: climate change and changes in the distribution of fish species will generate losers and winners, especially in the small-scale fisheries segment and the communities which depend on them, as new, potentially marketable species could increase catches and therefore profitability. The arrival of non-indigenous species will also cause problems for those who fish native species; it, thus preventing overfishing and developing management strategies that are robust to temperature-driven changes in productivity are essential if society is to maintain and rebuild the capacity for wild-capture fisheries to supply food and support livelihoods in a warming ocean; it will be necessary to respond to the arrival of non-indigenous species and the problems they may generate in relation to native species, and to study the feasibility of their commercial exploitation where possible and the adoption of strategies to promote their consumption among the general public, where appropriate;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 169 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point d
d) by improving the resilience and economic stability of the fishing sector, especially in the small-scale fishersegment, by providing better access to credit, micro- financing, insurance services and investment, including through the future EMFAF;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 174 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
e) implementation of measures to improve early warning systems and safety at sea, build protective infrastructure where necessary, and to protect fishing- related infrastructure, making ports, landing sites and markets, for example, more secure and resilient;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 179 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g
g) promotion of investment and technological support to sustainably increase European seaweed production and reduce dependence on Asia;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 180 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
g a) accommodating the different activities that take place at sea - fishing, aquaculture, energy, tourism... - through adequate maritime spatial planning that incorporates the projected effects of climate change and that involves all the relevant stakeholders, giving priority to traditional activities;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 183 #

2019/2163(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g b (new)
g b) implementing effective fisheries information systems and data sharing, supporting capacity building in the data supply chain (data collection, data mangement, data analysis), increasing accountability and transparency of the fisheries sector;
2020/12/15
Committee: PECH
Amendment 25 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission report of 31 July 2018 assessing Member States'programmes of measures under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) (COM(2018)562)
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 41 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas still around 38 % of stocks in the North-East Atlantic and around 92 % in the Mediterranean are overexploited or exploited exceeding MSY levels, according to the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF), despite the legal requirement to stop overfishing by 2020;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas for multi-specific fisheries the species management based in MSY model is impossible to apply, even in scientifically well-known and documented fisheries
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 81 #

2019/2162(INI)

2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen scientific coverage with the objective that 100 % of the fish stocks exploited in European waters be assessed at the latest by 2025 and that the MSY can be calculated for all these stocks that it is scientifically possible;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Instigates the Commission, the Member States nad the Scientific community to develop a scientific based model for multi-specific fisheries that allow the management and optimisation level of exploitation that can be used for the stocks explored in this way. This model should make possible apply similar management objectives to the use of MSY in CFP, making possible to follow the evolution of the implemented management rules
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 90 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to strengthen the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management in order to minimise negative impacts on marine ecosystems, fisheries stocks and society;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 104 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the EU should go beyond current fisheries management practices andcontinue to promote a transition towards low-impact fisheries in order to rebuild fisheries stocks and restore marine ecosystems;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 141 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal, in its 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, to have at least 30 % of sea area in the EU protected, which includes areas where only the most destructive fishing techniques are banned, and fisheries stock recovery areas are set, as provided for under the CFP;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 152 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for halfthat 1/3 of that area, meaning 150 % of European waters, to benefit from a high level of protection, which includes areas where all catches and any economic activities are prohibited (no-take zones), areas where only the most destructive fishing techniques, such as bottom- contacting gear, are banned, and fish stock recovery areas, as provided for under the CFP;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 165 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for MPAs to be established as part of a coherent European network of connected areas, including offshore, high- seas and deep-sea areas; recalls the requirement to cease fishing with bottom- contacting gear below 400 m in areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are known to exist or are likely to occur;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 166 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to set strong MPA management guidelines for Member States and to establish a classification of MPAs taking into account their stage of establishment, management plans and ecosystemic benefits, drawing on existing guidelines such as the global standards of the IUCN; and to implement a formal and effective European Marine Protected Areas Network;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 173 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States to set stronger and more effective management plans for the existing MPAs and to put in place stronger monitoring, surveillance and control measures to ensure that MPAs are respected, including by involving theall stake holders in particular the commercial and recreational fisheries sector;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 187 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that the success of MPAs and other protected areas lies in them being accepted and embraced by fishers, coastal communities and other professional and recreational stakeholders; calls therefore for the inclusion of the fisheries sector, including its artisanal and recreational component, as well as other relevant stakeholders, in the design, management and, monitoring and even control of MPAs;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 190 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of having a comprehensive and coherent approach when establishing MPAs, by not only limiting commercial fishing activities but also tackling other activities such as fossil fuel exploration and exploitation, mining, large-scale aquaculture, dredging, transport and, recreational fisheries and other leisure activities;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 198 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Invites the Member States to expand the network of fisheries stock recovery areas under the CFP;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 206 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that rapid and strong action to fight climate change is essential for the preservation of healthy fish populationmarine organisms populations and habitats, and therefore for the continuity of sustainable fishing activity and for food security in the long term;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 209 #

2019/2162(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that the rebuilding of fisheries stocks also requires tackling other anthropogenic effects such as oxygen depletion and acidification, as well as various sources of pollution impacting the rebuilding of fish stocks, such as nitrates, waste water, fertilisers, pesticides, toxic chemicals, pollution from industrial activity and mass tourism, residues from aquaculture, plastic and microplastic pollution, sun creams, hormones, noise pollution, oil leaks and lost or discarded fishing gearpollution, mainly inland but also marine, that have negative impact on stocks rebuilding or contributing to it scarcity;
2020/09/11
Committee: PECH
Amendment 4 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the FAO publication “Safety at sea as an integral part of fisheries management (2001)”1a _________________ 1aPetursdottir, G.; Hannibalsson, O.; Turner, J.M.M., Safety at sea as an integral part of fisheries management. FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 966. Rome, FAO. 2001. 39p.
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to Council Directive (EU) 2017/159 of 19 December 2016 implementing the Agreement concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007of the International Labour Organisation, concluded on 21 May 2012 between the General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union (Cogeca), the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) and the Association of National Organisations of Fishing Enterprises in the European Union (Europêche)
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Social dimension of fisheries’ (exploratory opinion) EESC 2019/032032a, _________________ 2ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52019 AE3203
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 11 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
— having regard to the report on “Social data in EU fisheries sector” (STECF 19-03)2b _________________ 2bScientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – Social data in the EU fisheries sector (STECF-19-03). Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg,2018, ISBN 978-92-76-09514-9, doi:10.2760/638363, JRC117517
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
having regard to t"The 2019 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF 19-06)"3 , and to “The 2020 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF 20-06)"3a, _________________ 3Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) – The 2019 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF-19-06). Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019, JRC112940, ISBN 978-92-79-79390-5, doi:10.2760/56158) 3aScientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) - The 2020 Annual Economic Report on the EU Fishing Fleet (STECF 20-06), EUR 28359 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN978-92-76-27164-2, doi:10.2760/500525, JRC123089,
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to document entitled “The scope of EU labour law: Who is (not) covered by key directives?”3b,European Parliament, Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies (2020) _________________ 3b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/IDAN/2020/658181/IPOL_IDA(20 20)658181_EN.pdf
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 19 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the common fisheries policy (CFP) aims to ensure that fishing and aquaculture are sustainable in the long term and that this sustainability is based on three pillars – environmental, social and economic; whereas in order to reach social sustainability fisheries policies should integrate and improve labour conditions, health and safety, job creation, training, social inclusion and a fair standard of living; whereas in many fishing communities and regions of the EU, the social importance of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors outweighs its direct economic contribution;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 24 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit fishers across Europe as a consequence of public health crises, and trade and market disruptions; whereas despite the safety risks and low prices of fish, fishers have continued fishing; whereas during the COVID-19 crisis fishers have been identified as fundamental workers that exercise critical occupations ensuring important food supply; whereas as vital professionals EU institutions must afford them special consideration it roles and importance for Union's food security;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 29 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in the last few years fisheries across Europe have undergone major structural changes, leading to social consequences for both fishers as for fishing communities; whereas there is an increasing need of raising awareness and that more attention should be paid to the social dimension of fisheries, for instance assessing social impacts in the framework of impact assessments of policy proposals related to the CFP;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 32 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the current lack of systematic comprehensive data and regular scientific analysis on the social aspects of the CFP compromise fishery policymaking; whereas these data could promote fishing as a successful working career, as away of contributing to the livelihood of coastal communities and attract young people to the profession;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 40 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, even without any specific data covering only the fisheries sector, it is possible to obtain some information on the age of fisheries workers in some of the Member States’ statistics services; whereas the figures show that the percentage of fishers aged 55 or older has been increasing in the last 10 years and currently stands at some 20% of active fishers and, on the other hand, the percentage of young fishers (aged 34 or younger) does not display a clear trend, remaining between 20 and 23% of active fishers;deleted
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the collection of social indicators for the EU fishing fleet, aquaculture and fish processing industry was introduced by Regulation No 2017/1004 on the establishment of a Union framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the CFP, whereas social variables are to be collected every three years from 2018 onwards, including: Employment by gender, Full Time Employment (FTE) by gender, Unpaid labour by gender, Employment by age, Employment by education level, Employment by nationality, Employment by employment status, Total FTE National;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 45 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas according to the STECF report on Social data in EU fisheries sector (19-03), in 2017 there were around 150 thousand people employed in the EU fishing fleet, equivalent to some 99 thousand FTEs. Most workers in the EU fishing fleet were male at 96%, 4% were female; whereas according to the age data reported, the 40-64 age class made up the largest proportion (58%) of people employed in the EU fishing fleet, followed by the 25-39 age class at 26%, a further 7% were over 65 years, followed by 5% in the 15-24 age class and 4% were unknown, noting a significant variation in age profiles across the Member States: in Estonia 31% of fishers are over 65 while in many other Member States the same category only makes up a very low proportion of the fishing population (1% in Belgium and Germany and 2% in Finland);
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 46 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas employed people in the EU fishing fleet were nationals of their own country (86%), followed by non- EU/EEA nations (8%), unknown (3%), other EU countries (3%), and EEA (0.1%); whereas the proportion of nationals working in different Member States fleets varied significantly: 27% of people employed in the Irish fleet were non-Irish nationals and 36% of people employed in the Belgian fleet were non- Belgian nationals. In contrast, 94% of the workers in Italian fleet were Italian born; 99% of the Portuguese workers were nationals and all the people employed in the Bulgarian fleet were Bulgarians;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 47 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas 52% of people employed in the EU fishing fleet have educated to a low level, followed by 24% with medium level and 4% up to a high level; whereas the education level is unknown for a relatively high share of the fishing sector (20% of employees), this may reflect that this question can be experienced as being sensitive; whereas education levels varied considerably across Member States only 1% of Portuguese fishers have a high level of education while the corresponding figure in Sweden is of 21%;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 48 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas 61% of people employed in the EU fishing fleet were employees and 36% were vessel owners, with a wide variation in the employment status variable across Member States with employees representing 100% in Belgian and only 28% in Sweden;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas according to FAO fishers depend on their vessels for their survival and risks vary with each type of fishing, the fishing grounds and weather conditions, vessel size, equipment carried and tasks of each fisher. On larger vessels, the fishing gear and other heavy equipment pose a considerable risk of death or injury to the crew while on small vessels, the risk of capsizing while pulling in a large catch, being flooded in heavy seas or run down by a larger vessel can be considerable. Thus, different safety problems are associated with each fishing activities and vessel size;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 57 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas, despite the increase in the number of incidents, the number of fatalities arising from accidents and incidents on fishing vessels has shown a downward trend, with the vast majority of incidents being the result of human factors (62.4%) and system/equipment failures being the second most common cause (23.2% of incidents); whereas the three mostly reported factors contributing to accidents on board fishing vessels related to human action are lack of safety awareness, as well as lack of knowledge and also inadequate work methods among onboard personnel;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 72 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas, a significant proportion of fishermens have low and irregular incomes, which do not provide them with enough social protection, and these facts are a further factor that lessens fishing’s attractiveness among young people;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 97 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the first STECF report on Social data on the EU fisheries sector, providing a comprehensive overview of the social data collected under the EU Data Collection Framework; Stresses the need to address the conclusions of this first report and calls, therefore, for future STECF reports on social data to refine the existing social indicators, requiring a proper definition of whom to consider part of the fisheries work force, include new elements for analysis and adequate geographic scale, lower than country level, considering the need to know the regional and even local reality;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 107 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that, despite international and EU efforts to improve safety conditions on board vessels, particularly fishing vessels, the international conventions setting out the rules and systems for the protection of ships and persons on board apply omainly to larger and newly built vessels;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 113 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the steps taken internationally, particularly under the Torremolinos Protocol (1993) and the Cape Town Agreement (2012), to amend and improve the Torremolinos Convention (1977), which was established as a means to address fishing vessel safety, and points out that, even with the 2012 reduction in requirements, this Convention is still not in force; Recalls that this Convention has been transposed into EU legislation through the Council Directive 97/70/EC setting up a harmonised safety regime for fishing vessels of 24 metres in length and over;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 123 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the best safety, work and living standards are in place on fishing vessels, regardless of their size; proposes that steps be taken to establish basic legal rules applicable in a uniform and cross-cutting manner to the entire EU fishing fleet, taking into account specific characteristics concerning vessel size and the types of fishing operation for which vessels are intendedreminds Member States that the deadline set for transposition Directive (EU) 2017/159 which incorporates ILO Convention No 188 (ILO C 188) into the Union’s legal framework, was 15 November 2019; recalls that given the large number of self-employed fishers in the EU, and the fact that the Directive does not cover them, it is necessary for the Member States to ratify ILO C 188, to ensure a level playing field and fair competition among all fishers and fishing activities; urges the Commission to present, as quickly as possible, a proposal for an accompanying Directive on control and enforcement provisions, as was done for the maritime transport sector, in order to establish a harmonised inspections system;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 146 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Notes that, under the 1995 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F), the ILMO establishes a number of fundamental standards regarding workingtraining and safety conditions, including minimum safety training requirements for all types and sizes of fishing vessel; points out that, while this convention has been in force since September 2012, it applies only in those countries that have ratified it;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 147 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes that although the European Union implemented the so-called 1993 Torremolinos Protocol into its acquis through Directive 97/70/EC and the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 through Directive (EU) 2017/159, so far it did not act as swiftly and energetically with regard to safety training; recalls that Decision (EU) 2015/799 authorising Member States to become party or to accede to STCW-F has proven ineffective in light of the remaining, poorly lower ratification/accession rates of its Member States; reminds that Directive (EU)2017/159 forces Member States to adopt legislation on training and certification of fishers; therefore stresses that Union legislation on safety training for fishers should go further than what STCW-F regulates by also introducing standards for all fishing vessels less than 24 metres, that form the larger part of the Union’s fishing fleet; calls on the European Commission to present a proposal for a Directive transposing STCW-F into the Union’s acquis in order to complete the implementation in the Union’s legislation of the internationally agreed minimum standards for ensuring safety at sea in fishing;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 149 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Points out that, while the acquisition of practical knowledge and hands-on work experience provides a solid basis that remains valid for the training of fishermens in a number of Member States, formal certification provides the only guarantee that the necessary knowledge has been properly assimilated; notes that formal certification not only enhances the personal status of fishermen but also provides a form of social recognition for this profession;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 153 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to establish common bases for a standard training and certification system for the various categories of fishermens, allowing rapid recognition at European level of the certification obtained in a given Member State; considers that this should include a procedure for the recognition of certificates obtained outside the Union compatible with the European training recognition system, facilitating the movement of fishermens within the EU;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 154 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes that Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications does not establish a standardized level of training and certification for all fishers and hinders the movement of fishers between Member- States; recalls that while the Union has introduced specific, different rules for recognition of seafarers’ certificates of competency based on STCW Convention, so far the Commission has not proposed specific rules as provided in STCW-F Convention for recognition of fisher’s certificates of competency; calls, therefore on the European Commission to propose specific measures for recognition of fisher’s certificates of competency in line with the provisions of STCW-F Convention, not only for European fishers but also for citizens of third countries having ratified or acceded to STCW-F;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 157 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Points out that, while the aim of the EMFAF is to contribute to the full implementation of the CFP, in order to achieve this objective, fishermens must be properly trained and certified, requiring a portion of the funding to be earmarked for the training and certification of existing and incoming EU fishermens;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 170 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Points out that, despite the dangers of fishing activity, there is no reason to exclude or hamper access for women to this profession, as demonstrated by the increasing number of female crew members and skippers on working fishing vessels; observes that there are fortunately a number of particularly active associations representing women employed in the fisheries sector, especially in the regionalEU Fisheries advisory councils;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 183 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that CFP standards are among the most stringent and make an important contribution to environmental, economic and social sustainability and that, although there is still much room for improvement, progress made in recent decades shows what can be done in this direction, contributing, on the one hand, to the sustainability of fish stocks and habitats and, on the other, to increasing the earnings of fishermens and ship owners;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 201 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Stresses the significant contribution of fishermens to the advancement of scientific knowledge, through both their direct involvement in the collection of fishing data, collaboration with science, and the provision of additional information regarding the state of the marine environment, species and habitats and the conservation thereof;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 212 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Observes that, given the right training and specific skills, fishermens could contribute even more to the advancement of scientific knowledge through the in situ collection and registration of environmental data, providing verification of that obtained by remote observation using satellites and other instruments; in 2019, the Community fleet, consisting of over 81 000 fishing vessels of all sizes, provided an incomparable number of platforms constantly collecting fishing and other marine data on an almost daily basis; this is a facility that can and should be used for the collection of even more data regarding the seas of Europe and the world;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 215 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Points out that the involvement of young people and generational renewal will not only ensure the continuity of the oldest activity of the blue economy, but also secure population in coastal areas, preserving the cultural heritage of many coastal communities; considers vital to keep younger generations better informed and more aware of sustainability issues and of the need for all to contribute to tackling and combating climate change, which is impacting hardest on sea and coastal areas around the planet;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 233 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Points out that improvements in the conservation status of fish stocks have boosted fishermen’s productivity and average earnings, as well as achieving a reduction in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions; notes that fishermens have been increasingly involved in the collection of all marine refuselitter, including but not only lost or abandoned fishing gear, and that their ecological contribution in this respect should be recognised and encouraged;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 241 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Welcomes the proposals under discussion in connection with the 2021- 2027 EMFAF to provide assistance and support for young fishermen engaged in the first purchase of a vessel or fishing enterprise; stresses the need to attract young people to not only sea fishing activities, but also fishing enterprise management, thereby ensuring generational renewal across the entire sector;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 247 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
45. Points out that the need to improve on-board working, living and safety conditions, the difficulties regarding the recognition of fishery certificates, the obstacles to the movement of fishermens between Member States and the need for manpower in this sector are factors encouraging the arrival of third-country fishermens who are, in many cases, employed illegally; Considers, in line with the EESC opinion on the Social dimension of fisheries, that it is essential to develop general principles and operational guidelines for fair labour market services in the fishing sector. In this regard the European Commission and Member States should promote the guidelines on the decent employment of migrant fishers developed in 2020 by the European Social Partners in the fisheries sector;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 251 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Calls on the European Commission and the Council of the EU to use its trade policy to ensure that similar environmental and social sustainability standards are applied to both European and foreign operators, opening up the internal market only to compliant products. The EU would otherwise be sending the wrong message to the international community, rewarding those who have done least for the sustainability of fish stocks and fair treatment of fishers;
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 264 #

2019/2161(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Notes the continued relevance of the question raised in the Bénodet 2000 report entitled 'Fish comes from the sea, but where will future fishermen come from?', which can be reformulated more elaborately two decades later as follows: 'Fish comes from the sea, and fishermens are guardians of fish and the sea, but how will we be able to replenish them and where will future fishermens come from?';
2021/02/24
Committee: PECH
Amendment 25 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the marine waste visible on beaches and on the surface of open bodies of water represents only a fraction of a much further reaching pollution phenomenon; whereas this waste stems from activities on land but also at sea, and ranges from nanoplastics to containers lost at sea, from wrecks of semi-sunken vessels to waste that is potentially very hazardous to fishermen and the quality of their catches, such as explosives or other war debris;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 63 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the impact of marine waste on the fisheries sector is felt more by small-scale fisheries than industrial fisheries, since smaller vessels are more vulnerable to damage by waste to their propellers, engines and fishing gear,and since marine litter is more concentrated in shallow marine waters, where most small- scale fishing takes place;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 69 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the fisheries sector has for some time acted as a first line of defence against pollution caused by marine waste, although this is only a small contribution to tackling the problem on a global scale, fishermen and aquaculture producers having for some time played an active and proactive role in contributing to cleaner seas;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 81 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas many issues and differences still remain between the Member States in relation to port reception facilities, despite the important progress made on the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2019/883; in many Union ports it is still very difficult for fishermen to locate these facilities, where they exist, and to have access to them; whereas all of this acts as a barrier and disincentive to fisheries operators to contribute to cleaner seas;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 97 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to improve the European legislative framework in order to reduce financial costs for fishermen accidentally catching marine litter when fishing, while avoiding presenting them with an excessive bureaucratic burden; stresses, further, that legislation on marine litter should pay greater attention to the social dimension of the problem;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the need to foster inclusive solutions and dialogue between the representatives of all categories affected by the problem of marine waste; stresses, further, the need to strengthen the bottom-up approach, promoting practical solutions for workers in the fishing sector, with a view to ensuring more effective implementation of the rules;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 111 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to champion an ambitious governance model in international UN negotiations on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions and to recognise the ocseans as a common good, with a view to adopting a new approach that prioritises individual and collective responsibilities over the traditional principles of freedom and sovereign rights, as laid down in the Law of the Sea, and thus ensures that the sea is protected;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 129 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that in order to improve and enhance the effectiveness of the legislative framework and governance relating to the collection, disposal and recycling of marine waste, it is essential to proceed with and broaden awareness raising, prevention and training projects aimed at those working in the fishing sector, thereby promoting greater involvement in those issues;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 137 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to play a major role in the UN’s Decade of Ocean Science and to support digitisation and the use of artificial intelligence with a view to improving our understanding of the ocseans and our impact on them;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 140 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to step up research and data collection on the impact of marine waste on fisheries and ecosystems and the impact of nano- and microplastics on both fishery resources and human health; calls, further, on the Commission to conduct an assessment of the social and economic contribution of fishermen through ‘Fishing for Litter’ projects, with a view to quantifying more accurately the contribution of the fisheries sector to action for cleaner seas;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 145 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the shortage of available data and studies makes it difficult to quantify the exact extent to which damage caused by marine litter is affecting the fisheries sector and its negative economic consequences for fishermen; calls, therefore, on the Commission to increase collection of data on the amount and type of litter in European waters and its effect on fishing, increasing, too, the collection of data on the amount of waste landed, disposed of and delivered for recycling;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 156 #

2019/2160(INI)

8a. Stresses the need for annual mapping of marine waste collected through the ‘Fishing For Litter’ programme in relation to the various catchment basins with a view to obtaining information on the origin of the marine litter caught and strengthening campaigns for selective collection;stresses that this must be linked to existing mapping efforts; urges the Commission to draw up an annual report on the amount of marine waste landed in ports through the FFL programme, including the volumes, materials and types of items caught;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 168 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of strengthening cooperation and promoting synergies with start-ups and private initiatives involved in the eco-design and recycling of fishing gear; stresses, further, the need to strengthen a model for synergy between the fisheries and research areas; urges the Commission, therefore, to organise future projects for the circular economy for fishing gear in relation to existing EU funding programmes for research and innovation;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 173 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that in order to accelerate the development of the circular economy in the fishing and aquaculture sector, it is essential to plan future legislative solutions to the problem of marine waste collection and disposal in conjunction with the Farm to Fork Strategy and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 174 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Stresses that it is essential, as regards the circular economy for fishing gear, to fully involve fishermen and other fisheries operators in the fishing sector when identifying new materials and designing new fishing gear;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 175 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the development of 11. efficient recycling channels through the upgrading of reception facilities at European ports with a view to improving selective waste sorting; calls for collection operations to be made more attractive by taking measures to support fishermen and aquaculture producers that bstresses, therefore, the need for greater efforts by the Member States to upgrade port logistics facilities to ensure sufficient space for separate storage of various types of marine waste, sufficient personnel for proper and safe treatment of landed waste, and supply to all vessels of containers for collecting marine litter; calls for collection operations to be made more attractive by taking measures involving reward schemes and financial incentives to support fishermen and aquaculture producers in collecting, disposing of and recycling waste caught at sea and delivering their end- of-life fishing or aquaculture gear back to port;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 180 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that very few Member Sates have used resources within the framework of the current EMFF to fund ‘Fishing For Litter’ actions, the total contribution amounting to only a small percentage of all of the measures implemented or envisaged in the 2014- 2020 period to support the EU fishing fleet; stresses, further, that for the present the activity of collecting marine litter consists almost exclusively of largely voluntary initiatives and programmes, for the most part privately funded; calls therefore on the Commission to step up identification, sharing and promotion of best practices with a view to encouraging the adoption FFL programmes in a greater number of Member States;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 188 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses how strengthening and extending existing good practices also involves simplification and streamlining of administrative processes for all vessels participating in ‘Fishing for Litter’ campaigns, regardless of their home port or size; stresses, therefore, the need for harmonisation and a more complementary approach to the rules on landing of marine waste collected during FFL actions in Member State ports;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 193 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13 Urges the Member States to take action to clear up areas in rivers and estuaries where marine waste has accumulated; urges, further, the Member States to establish a ‘special fund for cleaning the seas’, managed through the EMFF or other relevant budget lines, in order to support collection of marine litter by fishing vessels, ensure provision of adequate on-board waste storage facilities and monitoring of passively fished litter, improve operator training, promote voluntary participation in initiatives for collection of sea litter, and cover the costs of both waste treatment and the personnel required for the operation of such programmes;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 198 #

2019/2160(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the role of fishermen in voluntary collection programmes which make it possible to identify, collect and recycle marine waste, such as the ‘Fish for Litter’ programme must be promoted and supported, including with financial incentives and reward schemes to encourage good practices; stresses, further, that to reduce to a minimum the health and safety risks for fisheries operators, fishermen should be adequately trained on how to handle marine waste properly during collection, landing, disposal and delivery for recycling;
2020/11/13
Committee: PECH
Amendment 1 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 3 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 1343/2011 on certain provisions of fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (the 'Habitats Directive'),
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 6 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
— having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework of maritime spatial planning ('Maritime Spatial Planning Directive'),
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 7 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 e (new)
— having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive),
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 f (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council pf 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 g (new)
— having regard to Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... 2021 on the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/10041a _________________ 1aOJ L ... (not yet published in the Official Journal)
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 h (new)
— having regard to the amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 10 March 2021 on the proposal for regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council regulation (EC) No1224/2009, and amending Council regulations (EC) No 768/2008, (EC) No1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008. and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control1b, _________________ 1b TA-PROV...
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 11 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
— having regard to the mid-term strategy (2017-2020) of GFCM towards the sustainability of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and the decision on a new strategy for the period 2021-2025,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the GFCM decision on building together of a new strategy for Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and aquaculture for the period 2021-2025, which was taking during the High-Level Meeting of 3 November 2020,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 13 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to the EC proposals on the European Green Deal and on the EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
— having regard to Ministerial Declarations adopted at the meetings in Burgas (31 May 2018) and Bucharest (9 May 2019) on a Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea, which have been signed by all 6 littoral Black Sea states,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 15 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the Charter of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation, which aims at improving the policy dialogue, among other numerous policies, in the areas of environmental protection and exchange of statistical data,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 16 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
— having regard to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the Black Sea (SRIA), which was launched in 2019 and aims at advancing a shared vision for a productive, healthy, resilient and sustainable Black Sea by 2030,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 17 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the high-level stakeholder conferences (Black Sea Stakeholders conferences) on Blue Economy in Bucharest (2014), Sofia (2015), Odessa (2016) and Batumi (2017),
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 18 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to the 1992 Convention for the Protection of the Black Sea aAgainst Pollution and its Protocols, to which Bulgaria and Romania are parties and in respect of which the European Union has observer status, and also having regard to the work of the Commission on the protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution on the basis of this Convention,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 19 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Protection of the Black Sea Ministerial Declaration of 7 April 1993,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 20 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the Black Sea integrated monitoring and assessment programme for years 2017-2022 (BSIMAP 2017-2022),
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 21 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
— having regard to the BlackSea4Fish project with the financial support of the EU and annual budget of around 1 100 000 EUR for ensuring the sustainable management of fish stocks in the Black Sea,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 22 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Recommendation GFCM/42/2018/9 on establishing a regional research programme towards the sustainable exploitation of rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the Black Sea, which aims at providing an estimate of the distribution, abundance, size and age structure of the rapa whelk population in the participating countries - Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Georgia and Ukraine,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 25 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the 1995 FAO code of conduct for responsible fisheries,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 26 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
— having regard to the reports of the EU-UNDP regional initiative (the EMBLAS-I and EMBLAS-II projects), which helped strengthen the capacities of three countries (Georgia, Ukraine and the Russian federation) for biological and chemical monitoring of water quality in the Black Sea in line with EU water- related legislation, which were implemented in the period 2013-2014 (EMBLAS-I) and 2014-2018 (EMBLAS- II) respectively,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 27 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
— having regard to Recommendation GFCM/33/2009/8 of the GFCM on the establishment of a list of vessels presumed to have carried out IUU fishing in the GFCM area of application,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 28 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 e (new)
— having regard to the online regional platform - GFCM Regional Repository of National Legislation (GFCM-Lex), which encompasses national legislation on the conservation of marine living resources and ecosystems in three GFCM countries at the moment aiming at covering the whole GFCM area (including the Black Sea) in the future,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 29 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
— having regard to the Berne Convention, the Bon Convention (CMS), CITES, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Pan-European Action Plan for Sturgeons (PANEUAP) adopted within the framework of the Berne Convention,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 31 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution on current and future management of Black Sea fisheries from 13 September 20111c _________________ 1c P7_TA(2011)0365
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 32 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution on Measures to promote recovery of fish stocks above MSY from 21 January 20211c, _________________ 1c P9_TA(2021)0017
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 34 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the Black Sea Assistance Mechanism, which aims at providing guidance and support to governments, private investors, trade and industrial associations, research institutions, universities and the general public regarding opportunities to engage in Blue economy maritime activities in the Black Sea region,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 35 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
— having regard to the EU Black Sea Synergy Initiative, and the three reports on the implementation of the Black Sea Synergy from 2008, 2015 and 2019,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 36 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 c (new)
— having regard to the EU strategy for the Danube region, which among other things aims at facilitating and coordinating key issues such as biodiversity, socio-economic development and others, in the countries from the Danube River basin,
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 37 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Black Sea is a semi- enclosed sea, which is only connected to an ocean by the Mediterranean via the Marmara and the Aegean Seas and is bordered upon by six countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, the Russian federation), of which only two are EU Member States (Bulgaria and Romania);
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 41 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Black Sea has a large anoxic layer (87%) and its oxic layer has thinned by 20 to 25 metres over the last 20 years; whereas with the exception of few anaerobic bacteria, marine life is absent at depths below 50-200 m under the sea surface;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 42 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas eight species fished in the Black Sea are of major interest to the fishing sector (European anchovy (Ergaulis encrasicolus), European sprat (Sprattus sprattus), horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus), turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), whiting (Merlangius merlangus), red mullet (Mullus barbatus), Rapa whelk (Rapana venosa), Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias), most of which form part of shared stocks, while two species are subject to quotas – sprat (Sprattus sprattus), which has an autonomous quota) and turbot (quota set by the GFCM); Scophthalmus maximus), which has a TAC quota set by the GFCM; where as the quota for sprat for the period 2020-2022 remained unchanged since 2011 at the rate of 11 445 tonnes per year for the EU (8 032,5 tonnes for Bulgaria and 3 442,5 tonnes for Romania), while that for turbot was increased for the EU from 114 to 150 tonnes per year, divided equally between Bulgaria and Romania;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas a system of maximum sustainable yields for the economically important species in place in the Black Sea countries will be beneficial for the biodiversity, but also the sustainability of the fishing sector in mid- and long-term; whereas Romania has put in place a national quota for other species than the 2 quoted on EU level - such as rapa whelk (Rapana venosa), mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), gobies (Ponticola cephalargoides), clam (Chanelea gallina), whiting (Merlangius merlangus), piked/spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias);
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 45 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, according to 2018 figures, annual fish consumption per capita in Bulgaria (7.00 kg) and Romania (7.99 kg) is well below the EU average (24.36 kg), which can be seen as an opportunity for the local fishing sector to grow;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 46 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas on average 91% of the Black Sea fishing fleet of all 6 littoral countries consists of small vessels,; which make upereas almost 95% of the Bulgarian fleetand 87% of the Romanian fleet falls under this category;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 49 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the small-scale fishing is characteristic for the Black Sea and Lower Danube region;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 50 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing vessels are operating in the Black Sea; whereas per the latest available data of GFCM from 4-8 November 2019 there have been 65 vessels identified as IUU fishing vessels;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EMFF allocated more than EUR 88 million to Bulgaria and more than EUR 168 million to Romania for the period 2014-2020; whereas the absorption rates of both countries according to the latest available information until 31.12.2020 remain among the lowest in the EU at rates of funds spent at 36,34% for Bulgaria and 33,72% for Romania; whereas lower absorption rates could mean missed opportunities for the fishing communities in these countries;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 55 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas climate change has an impact on the increase of the aerial temperature, which on the other hand has an impact on the marine temperature, which affects the biodiversity and the marine species; whereas this change has an impact on the fishing sector through the resources, which it depends on;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 56 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the European Commission has proposed the EU Green Deal and the EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030, which foresee legislative packages changing the acquis communataire in relation to the environment; whereas this would create new opportunities and measures to better integrate environmental aspects in sectorial policies, restore species and habitats and promote more environmentally friendly investments and policies;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 58 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas according to the report drawn as part of the EMBLAS-Plus project on the Black Sea, the Black Sea has almost twice as much waste as the Mediterranean Sea, which undoubtedly has consequences for the biodiversity and respectively for the stocks and the fishing sector;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 59 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the Black Sea has three endemic sub-species of cetaceans, two of which have the status of endangered species; whereas - Black Sea common dolphin (Delphinus delphis ponticus), Black Sea common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ponticus) and Black Sea harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta), all of which are classified as endangered species and two of them Black Sea common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ponticus) and Black Sea harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) are included under the Habitats Directive; whereas all of these these are carnivores which feed mainly on fish;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 60 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) is a source of income, but is an invasive species thatconsidered as an invasive species without natural enemies in the Black Sea, which poses a serious threat to the populations of other organisms, however at the same time it has become an important source of income and is also a species subject of commercial fishing;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 62 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the Black Sea ecosystem depends on major European rivers such as the Danube; whereas both the Danube and the Black Sea are home to certain species, including the sturgeons (Acipenseriformes) and the Pontic shads (Clupeiformes);
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 65 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas factors such as the degradation of the habitat of these species, disruption of their migration corridors and their overexploitation for caviar and their flesh, as well as pollution, have brought Danube and Black Sea sturgeon to the verge of extinction; whereas, due to the drastic reduction in the number of reproductive sturgeon, this species can no longeronly very rarely breed in the wild nowadays;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 66 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the drastic decrease of the number of spawners, associated with the population decline, trigger the failure of the natural reproduction, reducing the chance of the few remaining male and female sturgeons to meet and spawn;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 67 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas the data held by the research institutes indicate that the populations of sturgeon species are fragmented, missing certain generations, and the species of sturgeon natural reproduction is deficient, the number of adults migrating to the Danube for reproduction is extremely low and the 5 sturgeon species (sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus), European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) and beluga sturgeon (Huso huso)) are on the verge of extinction, while the species ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) is already considered extinct;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 68 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
M c. whereas the EU fishery sector already applies high standards, which need to be reviewed and adjusted in order to ensure environmental and social sustainability along the entire value chain, including labour rights and animal health and welfare, and provide high- quality fishery products;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 69 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M d (new)
M d. whereas the recreational fisheries sector can provide opportunities, such as activity or income diversification, while being compatible with environmental objectives, given that recreational angling is a very selective form of fishing;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 70 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is having a serious impact on the Black Sea fishing sector; whereas analyses showed that the fisheries sector in the Black Sea suffered drastically during the pandemic with reduction of up to 80% of the work of the operating ships as well as initial reduction with around 75% of the production;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 72 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to strengthen cooperation with third countries in the region with a view to efficiently managing fisheries resources and meeting challengUnderlines the high strategic and geopolitical stakes in the Black Sea basin due to the very specific environmental conditions, which demand special attention, tailored approach and collective actions aiming at sustainable Blue Economy and Growth; stresses the need to further strengthen and deepen the cooperation among all littoral Black Sea countries with a view to efficiently managing fisheries resources and meeting challenges; calls in this regard for a regional capacity plan, which ensures appropriate balance among available natural resources, environmental safety and the fleet capacity of all Black Sea littoral countries;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 76 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that cooperation on equal footing in the field of fisheries management is needed in the Black Sea region because of the shared stocks and global challenges, which go beyond national borders;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 79 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Urges the inclusion of all Black Sea countries in the GFCM-Lex project in order to facilitate and coordinate better and faster the common management of fish stocks;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 80 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that statistics show that a large proportion of keyIs concerned that after decades of increasing human pressure on the Black Sea marine and the Danube river's ecosystems and fisheries resources, the latest data suggests that more than 75% of the fish stocks are being overfished; stresses that this has been a growing trend in recent years; notes that there have been some positive trends in the past years for some stocks, for example the turbot, whose TAC quota has been increased for the period 2020-2022, however there is no significant improvement on a general scale for the Black Sea yet;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 83 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recognizes the role of the administrations in the whole Black Sea basin, which bring together different policies and which execute monitoring, control, sustainable management, which contribute to improving the sustainability of the fishing sector;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 84 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities to help the sector through securing resources specifically targeted at improving the selectivity of the fishing vessels through better mesh nets; believes that such a targeted measure will reduce the quantities and varieties of unwanted by-catch;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 85 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls for integrating of the institutional and human capital of the Black Sea littoral countries for joint research and applied activities aiming at improvement of the bio resources of the Black Sea and the stocks of the economically important species;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 89 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for funding for scientific bodies researching stocks both of fish species, including migratory species such as the sturgeon and the Black Sea shads, and non-fish species (veined whelks, mussels, etc.);
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 90 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the regional research programme on the population of the rapa whelk initiated by GFCM as it will help reach consensus on the species; believes that this can help develop science-based exploitation, which could bring socio- economic profits to the communities and environmental benefits for the Black Sea ecosystem by limiting the impact of this invasive species;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 91 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the importance of applying zero-tolerance policy towards IUU fishing in the Black Sea; welcomes the efforts of GFCM in this regard and urges all littoral states to put and combine efforts against IUU fishing also in their waters;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 92 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Urges all littoral states to promote sustainable fishing which among other things includes combating overfishing and or limiting to zero by-catches of endangered species, such as the sturgeons, shads and others;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 93 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Urges all intergovernmental institutions and organs, with participation of all Black Sea littoral states among others, to facilitate and monitor and in line with their commitments to share data on fishery resources in a thorough and all-inclusive manner in order to ensure high ecosystem status of the marine habitats;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 94 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Reminds that reliable official statistics, collected regularly through a harmonised methodology among all littoral states, regular monitoring and common regulatory measures are crucial for the success of proper fisheries management in the Black Sea; calls in this regard the respective authorities in both member states and also the cooperating countries to conduct regular and thorough research on the fish resources for which national funding and aid is be key;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 95 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Stresses the need also for local and regional communication cooperation within the different Black Sea littoral states, so that common and coherent approach to the management of the fish stocks can be executed;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 96 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3 g. Reminds the potential, which the new technologies provide and the high added value to the research and planning of the fisheries management which they can have; reminds that there are projects funded through the EMFF which aim among other things at mapping the sea bottom and its research as well as presence of plastics in it, among other things;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 97 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3 h. Urges the Black Sea littoral states to invest in digitalisation of statistics and data about the fisheries stock in the Black Sea basin in order to facilitate the better and sustainable management of the stocks; calls for a common methodology on tabling and using this data;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 98 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3 i. Calls on the fishing industry in the region to consider making use of the underrated and not used resources of fishing, which also constitute a source of proteins;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 99 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3 j. Invites the scientific communities in the member states to research the potential of the oxygen free environment;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 100 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3 k. Highlights the role of the non- governmental sector in the decision- making process vis-à-vis the Black Sea; recommends setting up a mechanism of inclusion of the NGO sector in this process;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 101 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 l (new)
3 l. Welcomes the support that was provided to the fisheries and aquaculture sector through the EMFF programmes in order to soften the harsh effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the local fishing sector; recalls however that not all affected stakeholders could benefit from that support due to administrative requirements and limitations, which has put some in more unfavourable situation than others;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 102 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 m (new)
3 m. Underlines the important work, which the Black Sea Advisory Council does both on regional, but also EU level with providing expertise on the fisheries sector and the trends, which affect it; calls in this regard the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities to contribute for the functioning of the Council, so that it can fulfil its functions and also allow all stakeholders, the small-scale fishers included, to take part in the work and the decision-making process of this advisory council;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 103 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that through the fishing sector seafood can be offered for sale on local markets where consumption rates for such products are low; invites the competent authorities in Bulgaria and Romania to help the fishing and aquaculture sectors increase awareness about local consumption and the cumulative positive effects the sustainably grown or caught fisheries have for the local economy;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 104 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recognizes and underlines that Black Sea fisheries contribute to regional and local economies significantly by generating direct revenues and incomes, driving wider spending and providing crucial jobs either independently or via cooperation with other sectors such as tourism and transport; calls for deepening the cooperation among all sectors, which use the marine environment in order to achieve better results and balance between the interests of the environment, the industry and the artisanal fishers;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 106 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that the fishing fleet of the Black Sea comprises mostly by small-scale fishing vessels, which underlines the need for a more tailor-made approach and policies towards this segment of the fishing sector; is worried that the small- scale fishers have uncertain livelihoods and lower incomes compared to other sectors, which makes them vulnerable to unforeseen developments or crisis; calls on the competent authorities in the littoral member states to include representatives of the small-scale fishing sector in the policy draft and discussions in a transparent and inclusive manner;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 107 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that there is rising global demand for the proteins found in fishery and aquaculture products, to which both the fisheries and the aquaculture production can have great contribution; considers that the possibility of supporting marine aquaculture can help the sector develop and grow in the years to come and also reduce the pressure on the wild stocks; is of the opinion, that sustainable aquaculture would require also further scientific research on issues such as density and side effects, which need to be taken into account, when designing policies for the aquaculture sector in the Black Sea;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 108 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on local fishing communities to consider classifyingintroducing designations origin for the Black Sea products as coming from an area of regional or local importance; calls on the local and regional authorities help these communities in their efforts of doing so;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 109 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States in the region to consider supporting the sector by, for example, developing specialised trade channels and marketsthrough inclusion in their national programmes for 2021-2027 or other national instruments, allocations for campaigns dedicated to the benefits of fish consumption and the importance of sustainable fisheries production and to support the sector create local food chains, to facilitate easier access to the market, especially for the small-scale fishers and to develop, improve or facilitate the fisheries infrastructure (f.e. fish markets or fish auction places etc.);
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 112 #

2019/2159(INI)

7 a. Urges the competent authorities in Romania and Bulgaria to include in their respective EMFAF Operational programmes for the period 2021-2027an instalment of a targeted scheme for young fishers in order to rejuvenate the fishing sector, including supporting the first acquisition of a fishing vessel, and also measures targeted at reducing pollution by supporting investments in replacing the old fishing vessels engines with new more environment friendly ones;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 113 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines that the pressure on adapting to new challenges should not fall solely on the fisheries and aquaculture sector, as these sectors already apply high environmental and social standards; calls therefore that the other marine activities should be in focus as well, such as recreational fisheries, coastal tourism, harbour and shipping activities and resources exploitation activities, which need to uplift their standards for successful Blue transition;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 114 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the role of Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) in exchanging and promoting best practices of interest for the sciences, local stakeholders and the industry both among the members of the respective fishing communities, but also through international cooperation; urges the competent authorities in Bulgaria and Romania to foresee national support for exchange of best practices with the other Black Sea littoral states, which have shown good practices in stock management for the economically important species, such as turbot, among others;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 115 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Pays attention to the necessity of preserving the good practices in the fisheries sector through reducing the economic burdens for the artisanal fishers and their associations;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 116 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for training in the sector to be made more attractiveand education in the sector on both secondary and higher education level to be made more attractive through for example targeted information campaigns, open days for perspective students in cooperation with the public and private sector;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 117 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Reminds that the low education level of the fishers (11% in Bulgaria and 53% in Romania) requires proactive measures on different levels in order to ensure that there is skilled and well trained labour force, which is familiar with the necessary technical, social and environmental standards, and which will help achieve better levels of sustainability of the stocks; calls for a strong societal dimension in the Black Sea region sustainable blue growth with respect to key principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, especially with regard to precarious, seasonal and undeclared workers and to the access of women in the sector;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 118 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Welcomes the efforts for establishing demonstration centers in Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria, which has been in cooperation with GFCM and which has the potential of increasing the attractivity of the fisheries for the local businesses and stakeholders;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 119 #
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 124 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for targeted measures and adequate resources to reduce pollution throughout the basin through joint programmes and budgets; calls for extensive research and estimates on the plastic pollution and the effects of plastics and other pollutants on the living organisms in the Black Sea; calls for systemic measurement of the nitrogen pollution in the Black Sea Basin;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 128 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors do not case temperature rise and thus climate change, but rather suffer from its sequences such as increased aerial temperature, which increases the marine temperature in the upper layers;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 131 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls on the Black Sea littoral states to invest in scientific research and data collection with regard to the effect of the climate change on the Black Sea and Lower Danube ecosystems; reminds that this should include providing enough resources to the scientific community to conduct research on the spot with regards to the migratory routes, wintering, feeding and reaching reproductive maturation, which will also have an effect on the characteristics and availability of stocks;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 134 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Stresses the importance of the marine protected areas (MPA) in preserving biodiversity and halting or restoring the current loss in the marine environment, designed to ensure that the established MPA cover habitats of high ecological value to be protected; stresses that in order to establish such areas, socio-economic studies and compensatory solutions for the members of the coastal communities are necessary; considers that the implementation of any MPA should be based on the best available knowledge in coordination with all stakeholders, such as local authorities, scientific community and fishers' organisations;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 135 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Is very concerned by the real threat of extinction for the remaining 5 sturgeon species in the Black Sea and Danube Delta basin; acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the authorities in Bulgaria and Romania, which have introduced a complete ban on sturgeon fishing in the Black Sea since 2008 and in the Danube river since 2011 and which was prolonged for 5 more years (until 2026); welcomes the refishing efforts with sturgeons, which have been undertaken and supported by experts from the non- governmental and state structures;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 136 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10 e. Is concerned that the research on climate change and its effects on the Black Sea is not sufficient, while still crucial in the years to come; calls on the littoral states to fund such research, which covers the fish species (their physiology, migratory routes and reproduction) as well as the changes in their food chain, which has an effect on the stocks;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 137 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10 f. Is of the opinion that regular measurements of the dynamics of the stocks is necessary so that adequate management measures can be designed; reminds that due to the overfishing and the anthropogenic pressure, the stocks of the economically significant species are more sensitive and vulnerable to climate change;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 138 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 g (new)
10 g. Urges the respective control authorities to exercise effective control on NATURA 2000 sights and MPAs in the Black Sea;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 140 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Member States to develop the ex situ farming of sturgeon; invites the Member States to provide retraining programmes and access to other livelihoods for sturgeon fishermens, with an eye to reducing illegal catch levels;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 142 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the urgent need to establish areas, in which wild populations of sturgeons, shads and other fish species can recover; calls on the competent authorities in the member states concerned to come up with a proposal in this direction, which will be both beneficial for the biodiversity conservation and for the fishery management;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 144 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Reminds that further scientific research is needed for the population of some molluscs such as the striped white venus clam (Chamalea gallina) in order to make better mapping of the distribution of the species and also explore the possibility of using it for marine aquaculture;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 145 #

2019/2159(INI)

12 c. Invites the Black Sea littoral states to find a common approach on helping the cetaceans reach stable population levels and improve their conservation status;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 146 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12 e. Calls on the Commission and the competent authorities in Bulgaria and Romania to provide funding for research on the state of the Black Sea shads (Alosa spp.) currently listed in Annex V of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC, with scientific and socio-economic analyses included, assessing the need to move Alosa spp. in Annex II or even Annex I of this Directive, if the necessary criteria are met;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 151 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Calls on the Commission to urgently consider transferring the sturgeons (Acipenseriformes) currently listed in Annex V of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC to Annex II or even Annex I of it;
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 152 #

2019/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and to the Commiss, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the governments and parliaments of the Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Georgia and Turkey, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic cooperation, the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution.
2021/03/17
Committee: PECH
Amendment 6 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation No 1143/2014 of the EP and the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species and the consecutive Implementing regulations with updates of the List of invasive species, among which also tree species,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 14 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the Mid-Term Review of the Biodiversity Strategy to 2020,
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 16 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the responsibilities of the EU States under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 18 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
— having regard to the proposed Climate Law 2a _________________ 2a Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU)2018/1999 (European Climate Law)
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas more than 3 million people in the EU are employed by the EU forest sector and these jobs are dependent on resilient forest ecosystems in the long- term;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 24 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the global demand of authentic wild nature is growing, and public support for strict protection of forest ecosystems has increased significantly;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes no reference to a common EU forest policy, and responsibility for forests lies with the Member States, but whereas the EU has a long history of contributing, through its policies, some of which already have implications on the Member States' forestry policies, to sustainable forest management (SFM) and the Member States’ decisions on forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 27 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes no reference to a common EU forest policy, and responsibility for forests lies with the Member States, but whereas the EU has a long history of contributing, through its policies, to sustainable forest management (SFM) and the Member States’ decisions on forests;forest protection inherently forms part of the environmental action for which Community competence is founded on Article 191 of the Treaty1a; _________________ 1aCourt judgement for Joined cases C- 164/97 and C-165/97
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 28 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas only 26 % of forest species and 15 % of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/bett er-information-needed-on-europes-forests
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas illegal logging is ongoing also in the EU5a _________________ 5aexamples Romania, Sweden, Poland https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing%20note%20May- June%202019_Final.pdf and https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing_Note_April_- _May_2018_Public_version.pdf
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 34 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas approximately 40% of EU's forests are publicly owned, Member States are obliged to set an example for sustainable forest management in their publicly owned forests for the public good;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 35 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas only 26 % of forest species and 15 % of the forest habitats are in favourable conservation status;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 36 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. whereas Europe’s forests are of immense value in terms of climate mitigation, since they absorb and store 10 % of EU carbon emissions; whereas they store about 2.5 times more C in soils than in tree biomass 1a , highlights therefore the importance of complex forest ecosystems for the terrestrial carbon cycling in Europe; _________________ 1aBrunoDe Vos et al., Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey, Geoderma, Volumes 251–252, August 2015,Pages 33-46
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 36 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas European forests absorb and store approximately 10% of EU carbon emissions, contributing thus to climate change mitigation efforts;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 37 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas illegal logging is ongoing also in the EU3a _________________ 3aexamples Romania, Sweden, Poland https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing%20note%20May- June%202019_Final.pdf and https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/p df/Briefing_Note_April_- _May_2018_Public_version.pdf
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas in order to preserve the full scale of forest biodiversity and functionality, together with the need for mitigation of climate change, a proportion of forest areas to be set aside any form of active human intervention is crucially needed;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 41 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas forests and the entire forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bioeconomy as they provide jobs, ensure economic welfare in rural and urban areas, deliver climate change mitigation and adaptation services, offer health-related benefits, and protect the biodiversity and prospects of mountainous and rural areas and combat desertification;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas high extinction rates of specialized forest species often observed in managed forests contradict the idea of sustainability of such management and calls into question the compatibility of active management and forest conservation for cases where full scale of forest biodiversity, and in particular the most threatened species, are the subject of conservation goals;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 46 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas riverside forests have a very important role to play being natural protection against increase of water level during floods, but also in terms of preserving humidity in a situation of rising global temperature; whereas they play a key role in preserving biodiversity, but also tend to absorb among others agricultural mineral residues through the groundwater, thus limiting the expose of rivers to polluting factors; whereas in some member states there have been some regional projects of replanting riverside forests at least several meters from the river shore;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas properly funded high- quality research, innovation, collection of information, maintenance and development of databases, best practise and knowledge sharing are of utmost importance for the future of EU´s multifunctional forests and for the entire forest-based value-chain, in light of the increasing demands being placed upon them and the needs to meet the multiple opportunities and challenges facing the society;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the risk of forest fires driven by weather is projected to increase markedly with climate change in most European regions, particularly in western central Europe, leading to a northward expansion of the zones at moderate fire danger, with the highest absolute danger concentrated around the Mediterranean area; whereas that risk is more pronounced for higher than for lower emission scenarios1a _________________ 1a https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/bitstream/JRC108974/jrc108974_fin al.pdf
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 51 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas intact ecosystems have greater capability to overcome environmental stressors, including changes to climate, than degraded ones as they have inherent properties that enable them to maximize their adaptive capacity, whereas they sustain large-scale ecological processes, such as natural disturbance regimes, which maintain disturbance adapted species and evolutionary lineages that are uniquely adapted to survive major seasonal temperature changes and landscape-level disturbances over time, such as large fires and insect infestations2a; _________________ 2aJames E. Watson et al, 2018: The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. In Nature Ecology& Evolution
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 53 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Rural Development Fund, in the framework of the CAP, has provided tools and resources to support the forestry sector and should continue to do in the post-2020 CAP, through a strong focus on Sustainable Forest Management (SFM);
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 55 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas sustainably managed forests are enormously important in guaranteeing jobs in rural areas, representing a benefit for human health, while at the same time making a vital contribution to the environment and biodiversity;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the provisions of the LULUCF Regulation3a recognize that a carbon pool of deadwood in the forest is analogous to the long-lived harvested wood products as its carbon does not undergo instantaneous oxidisation, whereas deadwood constitutes crucial microhabitats on which number of species, including protected species, are dependent; _________________ 3aRegulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 61 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas access to natural forest terrains and/or forest products comprise a crucial element for some breeds of domesticated or semi domesticated autochthonous and local breeds of animals, which have a high socio- economic and cultural value, such as the East Balkan swine or the Black Iberian pig; whereas the quality of the products from these animals depend highly on the presence of acorns and other forest products, which is why it is crucial to allow the breeders have access to the necessary conditions for the respective animal breeding;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 65 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas forests are part of EU natural capital, on which the EU has competence to act 1a ; _________________ 1aTFEU Art 191 , such legal interpretation confirmed by court judgement of Joined Cases C-164/97 and C-165/97
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 65 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the crucial role of sustainable forest management should be promoted to European society, which is increasingly disconnected from forests and forestry, underlining the multiple benefits forests provide under the economic, social and environmental, as well as cultural and historical point of view;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 67 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas in order to preserve the full scale of forest biodiversity and functionality, together with the need for mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, a proportion of forest areas to be set aside any form of active human intervention is crucially needed;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 67 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas almost 23% of European forests are to be found in Natura 2000 sites, with the share in some Member States exceeding 50%, and almost half of the natural habitats in Natura 2000 areas are forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas High Conservation Value Forests (HCV Forests) have a crucial role to play in preserving vulnerable habitats, but also in enhancing science; whereas some EU member states have adopted targeted policies towards HCVF, which is commendable; whereas the added value from these forests cannot be compared or measured in economic terms, which makes it difficult at times to be understood by forest owners, which is why some sort of compensatory mechanism could be further designed, if and where applicable;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 71 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas high extinction rates of highly specialised forest species often observed in managed forests contradicts the idea of sustainability of such management, in particular in the context of environmental pillar, and calls into question compatibility of active management and forest conservation for cases where full scale of forest biodiversity, and in particular the most threatened species, are the subject of conservation measures;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas according to the latest estimations, only 26% of forest species and 15% of the forest habitats were found to be in favourable conservation status1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/biodive rsity/forests/forest-dynamics-in-europe- and
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas forests can be sources of both primary forest products such as wood, they provide for valuable secondary products such as mushrooms, truffles, herbs, honey and berries, which are very important for the economic activities in some regions of the Union;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 77 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas it is clear that old growth forests, mixed stand forests and agroforestry offer climate, biodiversity and resilience benefits that exceed those of plantation forestry;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 78 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas the demand of authentic wild nature globally is growing, and public support for strict protection of forest ecosystems has increased significantly;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 79 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision from the Commission to introduce a new forest strategy; stresses the need for the forest strategy to fully observe the principle of subsidiarityrecognize both competences of EU member states and the European Union in the area of protection of forests; emphasises, in this regard, the need for a holistic and consistent forest sStrategy that enhances the multifunctional role of forests and the forest-based sector in the EU and that promotes the far- reaching societal, economic and environmental benefits of forests; underlines the urgent need to prevent and managunderstand and manage accordingly the natural disturbances; highlights that the forest strategy should not be subordinate to any other sectoral strategybe built on an EU Biodiversity Strategy as laid down in the European Green Deal Communication;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 80 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas agroforestry, defined as land use systems in which trees are grown in combination with agriculture on the same land unit, is a suite of land management systems, which boost overall productivity, generate more biomass, maintain and restore soils and provide a number of valuable ecosystem services;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 82 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas socially and environmentally responsible hunting plays an important role also in forests and semi-forest regions through control of game or spread of disses on it, such as African swine fever;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 83 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas new climate change adaptation and mitigation options arise, among them proforestation5a _________________ 5aproforestation - growing existing forests intact to their ecological potential, as in William R. Moomaw, 2019: Intact Forests in the United States: Proforestation Mitigates Climate Change and Serves the Greatest Good. In Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 86 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas the provisions of the LULUCF Regulation6a accept that carbon pool of deadwood in the forest is analogous to the long-lived harvested wood products as its carbon does not undergo instantaneous oxidisation, whereas deadwood constitutes crucial microhabitats on which number of species, including protected species, are dependent; _________________ 6a Regulation (EU) 2018/841 OF THE EUROPEANPARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 30 May2018
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 87 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas forests play a crucial role in the fight against soil erosion, but also desertification of land masses; whereas studies show that trees in parks and city- environment have positive effect on keeping lower temperatures as compared to treeless areas;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2019/2157(INI)

Cg. whereas in the current programming period (2014-2020) there are measures in the CAP targeted at helping economic actors in building capacities with regard to forestry management;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 91 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas the proposed climate law considers increased ambition without improving and correcting rules guiding the EU energy union and climate action;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Ch. whereas some forestry regions have been massively invaded by pests and insects such as woodworms and various fungi; whereas natural populations of chestnut forests have been massively invaded by Cryphonectria parasitica, which causes a serious threat for the survival of these populations, but also threatens man-led activities related to it, such as production and collection of chestnuts in the long run;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 99 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)
Ci. whereas global voluntary certification schemes for responsible forest practices certification such as the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) are currently in place; where as of today 11 EU member states have introduced the FSC certification system together with 45 other states or other territories;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 109 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that according to scientific research, sustainably managed forests6a there is a reduction in forest carbon stocks as a result of increased wood harve a higher CO2 absorption capacity than unmanaged forestssting, and the long periods required (decades to centuries) before the initial increase in emissions is reabsorbed.; urges, therefore, that the new forest strategy should promote sustainable forest management; recognises the positive impact of sustainable forest management, in particular non-intervention management, on European forest biodiversity; notes that forest protection and production do notcan act in contradiction, but canould in fact be complementary to one another;atible with one another and have positive result also for climate when principles of nature-based solutions are adopted7a; _________________ 6aEuropean Academies Science Advisory Council, February 2019: Forest bioenergy, carbon capture and storage, and carbon dioxide removal: an update 7aEEA, December 2019: The European environment - state and outlook 2020
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 110 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the eight plus one priority areas of the strategy have been implemented with relatively few impediments, with the exception of ongoing challenges in the areas of ‘What forests do we have and how are they changing?’ and ‘Fostering coordination and communication’specifically concerning the public perception and information on the forestry sector and ‘Fostering coordination and communication’, specifically concerning forest-related policies;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the eight plus one priority areas of the strategy have been implemented with relatively few impediments, with the exception of ongoing challenges in the area of biodiversity, where the reports show no improvement so far, and in the areas of ‘What forests do we have and how are they changing?’ and ‘Fostering coordination and communication’;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 113 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Takes note of the fact that forests fulfil several, often-conflicting objectives (including regulating water quality, biodiversity protection and providing raw materials for paper, construction and energy), which is why, as a result, many of these forests fall consequently under distinct domains where the EU is competent, such as energy, agriculture, environment, climate and water, and many European Commission Directorates General are engaged in forest related issues1a although forests per se remain outside the realm of EU competences; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Directorates Generals with forest- related competences to work strategically to ensure coherence in any forestry- related work and enhance the sustainable management of forests; as well as to review its organisational structures relevant to forest, agroforestry and the forest-based sector to ensure effective implementation of the strategy; _________________ 1ahttps://www.mdpi.com/1999- 4907/9/3/125/htm#
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 118 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that a definition of SFM was agreed as part of the pan- European FOREST EUROPE process; notes that the definition has been incorporated into national legislation and voluntary systems, such as forest certifications, in place in the Member States; welcomes the introduction of the FSC certification in the member states, which have put it in place and urges the remaining member states to speed up the necessary procedures to follow suit;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 127 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that according to research4a old-growth forests and forest grew old continue to accumulate carbon, contrary to the view that they are carbon neutral or even sources of CO2; _________________ 4a S.Luyssaert et al., 2008: Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks. In Nature
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 128 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that while the maintenance of biodiversity is mentioned in several policy documents, the actual quantified rate of forest biodiversity loss cannot be evaluated based on the data collected for the Pan-European Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management7a _________________ 7aForest Europe, 2015: Goals for European Forests, available at: https://foresteurope.org/wp- content/uploads/2016/11/MID_TERM_Ev aluatG2020T_2015.pdf
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 131 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reiterates the fact that conservation of high-carbon ecosystems, including forests, represents a response option with immediate impact on climate change, unlike afforestation, reforestation and restoration which take more time to deliver8a, calls for policy actions in the EU to be guided by this principle; _________________ 8aIPCC, 2019: Climate Change and Land Report-Summary for Policymakers
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 132 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines the crucial importance of forest habitats and their favourable status for implementation of the EU Biodiversity Strategy;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 133 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Highlights the need of effective conservation of especially primary and old-growth forests which as complex systems have more above and belowground carbon stored, more faunal complexity, major carbon sequestration, regulating local and regional weather regime, generation of rain and reduced risks of drought, ensuring hydrological services, consistently higher number of forest-dependent species, sustain important large-scale ecological processes, higher functional diversity, higher intra-specific genetic diversity,- higher chance for dispersal or retreating refugia, provision of key pollination and dispersal processes and human health benefits than simplified systems8a _________________ 8aJames E.M:Watson at el., 2018: The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. In Nature Ecology& Evolution
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 134 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses therefore particular importance of the Carpathian region and notes that the EU accession to the Carpathian convention would be of relevance to provide support to the region which holds irreplaceable natural values in continental Europe;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 135 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Highlights significant unused carbon sequestration potential of European forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including raw materials, improved air quality, absorbing and storing around 10% of EU carbon emissions thereby significantly contributing to climate change mitigation efforts, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including supporting ecosystem services, raw materials, improved air quality, clean waterdrinking water provision and groundwater recharge, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches, cultural ecosystem services and they foster biodiversity;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 147 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that forested areas vary a great deal across the Member States; refers in this connection to the particularly valuable role of stable mixed forests including native species of trees suited to the local conditions and the essential part that mixed forests play in ecosystems and the contribution they make to biodiversity; calls on the Member States to support forest owners in their efforts to maintain and establish native mixed forests characteristic of the local area;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 152 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes with concern that at EU level, reported data indicate that energy accounts for 48% of total use of woody biomass1a, reiterates in this respect that significant financial resources are allocated to support schemes for early energy recovery from biomass; _________________ 1aCamia A., Robert N., Jonsson R., Pilli R., García-Condado S., López-Lozano R., van der Velde M., Ronzon T., Gurría P., M’Barek R., Tamosiunas S., Fiore G., Araujo R., Hoepffner N., Marelli L., Giuntoli J., 2018: Biomass production, supply, uses and flows in the European Union. First results from an integrated assessment
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the important role forests can play in substituting to some extent fossil- based materials with bio-based products; believes that the new forest strategy should reflect the importance of the role played by European forests and the EU’s circular bio- economy in reaching climate neutrality by 2050 and that measures to this end should be included;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 157 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that forests and other wooded areas cover at least 43 % of the surface of the EU and that the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly3 and 2.6 million indirectly in the EU4 ; stresses that this workforce is dependent on a well- preserved and sustainably managed forest ecosystem in the long term; _________________ 3 Eurostat database on forestry, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/d ata/database 4European Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests.
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 158 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the letter of more than 700 scientists calling for a scientifically-sound revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, in particular excluding certain types of woody biomass from counting towards the target and from the eligibility to receive support;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 162 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights the need of effective conservation of especially primary and old-growth forests which as complex systems have more above-and belowground carbon stored, more faunal complexity, major carbon sequestration, regulating local and regional weather regime, generation of rain and reduced risks of drought, ensuring hydrological services, consistently higher number of forest-dependent species, sustain important large-scale ecological processes, higher functional diversity, higher intra-specific genetic diversity, higher chance for dispersal or retreating refugia, provision of key pollination and dispersal processes, human health benefits than simplified systems 9a; _________________ 9aJames E.M. Watson at el., 2018: The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems. In Nature Ecology& Evolution
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 164 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that over 60 % of the productive forests in the EU, and over 20 % worldwide are certified according to Sustainable Forest Management voluntary standards; notes also that the share of the round wood stemming from certified forests processed by the wood- based industries globally is higher than 20 % and that this share is reaching 50% in the EU;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 165 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that the Member States are obliged to undertake sustainable forestry management in their public forest ownership in exemplary fashion; this applies in particular to environmental, economic and social aspects;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 166 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that around 60% of the EU´s forests are privately owned; supports all measures improving the exchange of information and best practises as regards the implementation of sustainable forest management;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 168 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that no substitution effect of forest-based products can compensate for the loss of old-growth and primary forests, which are recognised as irreplaceable 10a and should be protected through legal and incentivising instruments targeting their complexity, connectivity and representativeness 11a ; _________________ 10aEuropean Commission, 2019: Communication Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests’ (COM(2019)0352 11aEuropean Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019/2824(RSP)), the exact reading of par.52
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 169 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that long-term investments in SFMand adequate funding and compensation mechanisms can help ensure that forests´ remain not only economically viablesilience and adaptive capacity and help the forest sector to stay economically viable and environmentally sound, but also contribute to achieving the many goals of the EU, including the successful implementation of the European Green Deal and the transition to a circular bioeconomy;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 171 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses particular importance of the Carpathian region and notes that EU accession to Carpathian convention would be of relevance to provide support to the region which holds irreplaceable natural values in continental Europe;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 172 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Notes with concern that at EU level, reported data 11a indicate that energy accounts for 48% of total use of woody biomass; reiterates that next to natural carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection in situ, to be coherent with our biodiversity and climate goals, use of harvested wood should be leaning towards material use; _________________ 11aJoint Research Centre of the European Commission, 2018:Biomass production, supply, uses and flows in the European Union
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 176 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that research and technology have come a long way since the forest strategy was introduced in 2013; stresses the importance of encouraging further research in forestry and bio-based products and and that science is now unequivocal that parts of the bio-based economy were and are a false solution, in particular when it comes to bioenergy; stresses the importance of encouraging further research in forestry and bio-based products and incorporating scientific findings into policy to turn bioeconomy into a no regret and success story, believes that EU funds for research should be further directed towards this; stresses that more research and funding would make a positive contribution to climate change mitigation, sustainable economic growth and employment, especially in rural areas;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 190 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to increase CO2 sequestration in forests and agroforests, and their soils, carbon storage in wood- based products and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 192 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that wood is the only material capable of sequestering CO2 and calls on the Commission to promote its use in long-life products and as a substitute for energy- and resource- intensive materials such as plastic, aluminium and concrete, particularly in the construction sector; calls for this benefit to be taken into account and rewarded in the EU's revised climate and energy framework;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 199 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the fact that although forests in the EU are managed according to the commonly agreed principle of SFM and forest cover in the EU has been increasing over the past decades, the quality of forests is worsening in many areas; welcomes therefore that a different approach to SFM has been developed in the context of the recently agreed regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment and amending Regulation 2019/2088 on sustainability- related disclosures in the financial services sector;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 201 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reminds that there are several tree species in the List of invasive alien species of Union concern; notes that other invasive alien plants can also be met in forests; calls on all state, regional or local authorities as well as to any other stakeholder from the public, private or non-governmental sector, to include only local varieties of trees suitable for the given regions, while implementing various forest (re)planting projects and activities; calls also to the national responsible authorities to exchange information and best practicing with their partners from other member states on how to overcome the spread of invasive alien species in the forests and if possible how to reduce their presence with the aim of replacing them fully with local varieties;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 202 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance delivery of multiple ecosystem services forests provide such as biodiversity, clean air, water, healthy soils, wood and non-wood raw-materials; highlights that voluntary tools and legislations in place, such as the EU Birds and Habitats directives, affect land management decisions and must be respected and implemented appropriately;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 203 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that farmers and forest owners are key actors in rural areas; welcomes the recognition of the role of forestry, agro-forestry and forest-based industries in the Rural Development Programme of the 2014-2020 CAP, and the improvements introduced through the Omnibus Regulation; encourages to safeguard this recognition in the CAP 2021-2027 and in the implementation of the European Green Deal;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 209 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses its concern over the health condition and resilience of forests in many parts of Europe; highlights the need to strengthen and make full use of EU mechanisms to tackle the transboundary pressures, including those man-induced, on forests from the spread of invasive alien species, pests, and diseases, excessive or illegal logging.
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 210 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Member States to give the necessary provisions for breeders of autochthonous breeds of animals, which are dependent on access to forests, to get such smoothly so that jobs can be preserved in rural areas, which also preserves traditional knowledge and biodiversity, while at the same time providing quality products to the EU consumer;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 212 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Encourages the Member States to intensify their respective forestry stakeholders to reach to a broader segment of the population through educational tools and programmes both for pupils, but also for people of the other age groups, stressing the importance of forests both for human-led activities, but also for preserving biodiversity and various ecosystems;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 216 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
The future – the crucial role played by the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy and the European Green Deal in meeting the biodiversity-related and goals of the Paris Agreement
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 224 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to create economic and political instruments that will allow more forest to grow to their ecological potential and absorb carbon dioxide;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 232 #

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for strict protection of EU's primary and old-growth forests as part of the EU Forest Strategy;
2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 232 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s 2020 Work Programme and especially the acknowledgment of the new EU Forest Strategy’s contribution to the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; stresses, in this regard, that in future, forests should not be considered as the only type of CO2 sink as that would give other sectors less of an incentive to minimise their emissionsnd restoration action should therefore target also e.g. grasslands, wetlands and peatlands in particular; highlights, in addition, the importance of transitioning from a fossil-based to a truly low-carbon society;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 235 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reiterates the call of the European Parliament10a for an EU-wide legally binding target to restore degraded habitats by 2030, including natural forests; _________________ 10aEuropean Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019/2824(RSP))
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 236 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Reiterates the call of the European Parliament11a for consistent forest-related policies, which combat biodiversity loss and climate-change impacts, and which lead to an increase of the EU’s natural sinks while protecting, conserving and enhancing biodiversity; _________________ 11aEuropean Parliament resolution of 16 January 2020 on the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2019/2824(RSP))
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 237 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, agroforests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s environmental and climate goals will never be possible without multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions tocalls on the Commission, in addition, to consider creating a special budget, outside the Common Agricultural Policy budget, to incentivise Member States to comply with EU-wide targets for increaseing forest cover, especially in areas not suitable for food production and those in proximity to urban areas, in order to mitigate adverse heat effects and pollution, while curbing deforestation;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 242 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s environmental and climate goals will never be possible without effectively protected forests and multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest cover; restore and improve the status of forest ecosystems and where appropriate, to increase forest cover to strengthen resilience and support local development;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 251 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that maximising sustainable self-sufficiency in wood as a raw material is in the interest of Europe's timber industry; points out that promoting short-rotation plantations might constitute a building-block of the energy transition as a way of reducing the pressure on forests;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 264 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that an ambitious, 13. independent and self-standing EU Forest Strategy is needed for the post-2020 period which is not subordinate to any other sectoral strategy; notes that since agroforestry can have both agricultural and forestry characteristics, The EU Forest Strategy needs to be coordinated with the Farm to Fork Strategy; calls for a new EU Forest Strategy that builds on the holistic approach to SFM, taking into account all of the economic, social and environmental aspects of the forest-based value chain; stresses that a coordinated and coherent approach to forests, the forest- based sector and the multiple services they provide needs to be developed, given the growing number of national and EU policies directly or indirectly affecting forests and their management in the EU;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 272 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to make every effort to ensure, in the implementation of the Regional Development Fund, that particularly initiatives aimed at putting a stop to biodiversity loss in forests, promoting mixed- and native-species planting and improving forest management are fostered, and that projects are implemented and funding is targeted;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 274 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that strictly protected areas in non- intervention management regime should be part of the EU Forest Strategy and of local development strategies based on low impact natural tourism and provisioning of non- productive ecosystem services;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 275 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to make every effort to ensure that communication in the Member States between forest owners and users, particularly those in the environmental protection, leisure, tourism and hunting sectors, has priority and is supported and promoted at local level; stresses in this connection the role of local partnership schemes, for example in the context of regional forest forums;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 281 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that the EU Forest Strategy should act as a bridge between national forest and agroforest policies and EU objectives relating to forests and agroforests, recognising both the need to respect national competence and the need to contribute to wider EU objectives, while coherently addressing the specificities of both private forests and publicly owned ones;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 285 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that the EU Forest Strategy should act as a bridge between national forest policies and EU objectives and competences relating to forests, recognising both the need to respect national competence and the need to contribute to wider EU objectives;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 288 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to improve national legislation to put in place, or strengthen where necessary, protection against illegal logging and loss of biodiversity;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 289 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the European Commission to encourage the commercialization of felled wood and trimmed wood/roundwood, instead of living trees from publicly-owned forests, as a method to prevent illegal logging and overexploitation, which would give state authorities more control over the volume of cut and commercialized wood, thereby discouraging illegal practices by privately contracted firms;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 302 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the European Commission to invest supplementary funds - additional to the budget already allocated to the CAP scheme - in an EU- wide action on reforestation, afforestation and to implement specific subsidies for forestry management and environmental protection, to contribute to the Green Deal 2050 climate change mitigation efforts;
302/01/01
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 308 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation, which can positively contribute to further solutions for climate change mitigation and job creation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil-based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry, the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 311 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to take into consideration the links between the forest- based sector and other sectors, notably agriculture, as well as the importance of digitalisation and investing in research and innovation; stresses the crucial role of wood-based materials in substituting fossil- based alternatives in industries such as the construction industry, the textile industry, the chemical industry and the packaging industry;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 316 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that the cascade model is a forward-looking, resource- efficient principle in forest management; calls on the Commission in this regard to pay particular attention to the cascade model in European funding initiatives; notes that using wood for burning should be the final stage of the cascading use process;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 320 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognizes the value of wood for energy purposes, but calls on the Commission and Member States to consider introducing binding sustainability criteria for biomass, in order to avoid overexploitation of wood resources and forests;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #

2019/2157(INI)

16b. Considers that the EU should encourage the use of locally-sourced timber, harvested wood products or forest biomass in order to minimise the carbon footprint created by transport of imports from third countries and to stimulate sustainable local production and jobs;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 332 #

2019/2157(INI)

17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example by encouraging forest grazing and the conversion of at-risk forests to agroforests, through more research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties sto they can beprotect and restored them;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 338 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change and as a result of man-made changes, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by makincreasing forests more resilientce, for example through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 340 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that effective adaptation strategies will be crucial to lessening the detrimental impacts of climate change on forest fires and their negative effects in the rural economy, biodiversity and provision of ecosystems services; underlines the need for more resources and development of science-based fire management and risk-informed decision- making to tackle the effects of climate change in forests, taking into account the socio-economic, climate and environmental roots of forest fires;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 342 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the state or regional actors, which responsible for forests, to support either with adequate resources or expertise and knowledge the repopulation of riverside forests, where relevant, with local and/or specialised stakeholders, with the aim of creating biodiverse habitats, after the creation of which ecological services, such as absorption of harmful substances, which circulate through groundwaters, will be achieved;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 345 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Given the worrying increased risk of forest fires in Europe, calls on the European Commission to include support for silvopasture (forest grazing) within the agroforestry measure and to encourage Member States to implement it in the next Rural Development programme;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 347 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Highlights the benefits of heterogeneous landscape mosaics over large homogeneous areas of forest on biodiversity, enhancement of ecosystem services, resilience to climate change and in the prevention of forest fires; considers essential the promotion and support of the maintenance of agroforestry mosaics which, by creating discontinuities in land occupation, benefit forest management and helps counter the spread of forest fires, while promoting economic diversification and human occupation in territories of very low density;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 348 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the members states where secondary forest products play an important socio-economic role to develop and enhance guidelines, or where necessary also national legislation with regard to practicing these activities;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 349 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on the member states to design initiatives for preserving and where necessary establishing HCV Forests with necessary mechanisms and instruments for incentivising and compensating, where applicable, forest owners, so that knowledge and science can advance vis-à-vis these forests, alongside preserving natural habitats;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 353 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to properly manage such areas; reiterates that strict protection may be needed in some particular cases;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficientencourages further research into the relationship between biodiversity and resilience; notes, however, that technical advice and fresh financial resources are needed to manage such areas;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 376 #

2019/2157(INI)

21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP with the possibility of adding forestry activities to more measures than currently; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well-coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms; is worried at the same time that horizontal RDP measures such as “Young farmer” do not include forestry activities at least in some member states, which is illogical since investments in forestry often need intensive investment with return on investment coming back only in a few years’ time;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 386 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP and forestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; encourages the continuity of forestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP, supported by an adequate budget to achieve the EU forest sector objectives; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well-coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 388 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the crucial importance of the CAP, forestry and agroforestry measures in implementing the EU Forest Strategy; encourages the continuity of forestry and agroforestry measures under the 2021-2027 CAP; highlights the need for other easily accessible, well- coordinated and relevant EU funding mechanisms;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 394 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Takes note of the challenge for both farmers and administrators in identifying and monitoring the preservation of landscape features, in particular those aiming to protect scarce woody vegetation; calls on the European Commission to reduce and simplify the administrative requirements, in order to boost woody vegetation promotion and preservation linked to landscape features policies associated with Pillar I and Pillar II payments;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 395 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights the benefits of the association between grazing and forest management, namely on fire risk decrease and reduced costs of forest maintenance via biomass control and on soil protection and soil fertility improvement; considers that research and knowledge transfer to practitioners regarding sustainable grazing techniques are crucial to guarantee forest regeneration in the long term and high quality forest products;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the member states to align the various strategies and plans for forestry management so that the respective targets can be followed and corrected accordingly in due course, instead of creating administrative mosaics, which then threatens achieving the goals set in these strategic documents;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Takes note of the low uptake of the numerous measures within the 2014-2020 Rural Development Regulations designed to support the deliberate integration of woody vegetation with farming; therefore calls on the European Commission to bundle various agroforestry promotion initiatives in the post 2020 Common Agricultural Policy Reform into a unique “agroforestry” measure, which will promote the use of woody component in agrarian and forestry systems;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 403 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Regrets the omission in the CAP proposal for the 2021-2027 programming period regarding agroforestry; considers fundamental for the next CAP regulation to recognise the benefits of agroforestry and continue promoting and supporting the establishment, regeneration, renovation and maintenance of agroforestry systems; calls on the European Commission to promote the uptake of agroforestry support measures by Member States in their Strategic Plans;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls on the European commission together with its respective agencies and centers, where necessary to invest in and where necessary intensify the research on finding a solution to the spread of the Cryphonectria parasitica on chestnut trees and forests;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 408 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Notes that no specific funds are allocated to improve the management and restoration of already existing agroforestry lands in a clear way; calls on the European Commission to integrate maintenance payments for agroforestry similar to those of afforested/reforested lands;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 411 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Calls on the European Commission to support the promotion of the recognition of the high quality products and ecosystem services that agroforestry delivers, by appropriate market promotion and agroforestry identification, or labelling;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 412 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Acknowledges the lack of knowledge about agroforestry among many farmers; calls, therefore, on the European Commission to promote EU- wide specialised training programmes, in order to make farmers and female farmers aware of the benefits and the practice of integrating woody vegetation with agriculture at local, regional and global scales;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 414 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Recognizes the significant capacity of agroforestry to boost overall biomass productivity and therefore encourages the European Commission to treat it as a productive measure; underlines that such mixed ecosystems produce more biomass and absorb more atmospheric carbon and therefore encourages promotion of agroforestry systems;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 415 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 g (new)
21g. Calls on the European Commission to implement a common maximum EU-wide annual growth quota (excluding the protected areas) for wood harvesting in forests, based on different national criteria;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 416 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 h (new)
21h. Calls on the European Commission to consider the implementation of EU-wide binding graduated forestry techniques from non- intervention in strictly protected areas, to limited interventions such as ecological and hygienic clearing in buffer zones; regrets the unsustainable practices and illegal logging taking place in such areas in some Member States; further calls on the Member States to consider stringent penalties for flagrant violations and a more efficient and rapid implementation of such penalties;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 421 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines the essential role of high-level research and innovation in fostering the contribution of forests, agroforests and the forest-based sector to overcoming the challenges of our time; stresses the importance of the EU’s post- 2020 research and innovation programmes and recognises the role of the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 432 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation, illegal logging and forest degradation, including in Europe, are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives and enforcement mechanisms should be developed and improved to tackle issues outsidein the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sectordrivers of biodiversity loss in forests with impact on the resilience and adaptation potential, and on illegal logging; stresses the need to foster the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 436 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the importance of education and skilled, well-trained workforce as it comes to the successful implementation of sustainable forest management in practice; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to implement measures and to use existing European instruments such as the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European training programmes (ET2020) to support generation renewal and to compensate for the skilled workforce shortage in the sector;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 437 #

2019/2157(INI)

23a. Calls on the Member States to encourage political measures which permit the use only of legally-harvested, sustainable timber in the public procurement of timber, timber products and biomass for energy, in accordance with the EU’s sustainability objectives, thereby ensuring deforestation-free supply chains, with the aim of minimising the loss of tropical forests;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 439 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that digitalisation and sustainable technologies play a key role in providing added value in the further development of the forest-based sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage knowledge and technology transfer and sharing best practises on e.g. sustainable and active forest management;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 446 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information and Monitoring System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General, that is able to provide real-time information on forest resources, monitor whether natural reserves and protected trees are well preserved and forecast and measure the impact of natural disasters and disturbances on forest condition and health; stresses the importance of science- based, balanced information with socio- economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy; notes that national forest inventories represent a comprehensive monitoring tool for assessing forestry stocks and take into account regional considerations;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 453 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of providing real- time, science-based, and balanced information on European forest resources and aiming at forecasting the impact of natural disturbances and their consequences with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 458 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of science-based, balanced information with environmental and socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 459 #

2019/2157(INI)

24a. Welcomes the trend toward digitalization in the sector and calls on the European Commission to consider the implementation of an EU-wide digital wood-traceability mechanism for data gathering, consistent transparency, ensuring a level playing field, reducing uncompetitive behaviour and deliberate wrongful action in the wood trade, within and outside the EU, through a verification system; further takes the view that such a verification system would improve compliance, limiting and combating financial fraud, while hampering cartel practices and dismantling illegal logging logistical operations and movement; would further encourage exchanges of good practices with Member States which have already implemented such reforms at national level;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 461 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Reiterates the fact that conservation of high-carbon ecosystems, including forests, represents a response option with immediate impact on climate change, unlike afforestation, reforestation and restoration which take more time to deliver12a; calls for policy actions in the EU to be guided by this principle; _________________ 12a IPCC Climate Change and Land Report-Summary for Policymakers, 2019
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 462 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that the Commission should support the Member States in forest protection and sustainable forest management and calls for appropriate legislation;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls for strict protection prioritizing the protection of primary and old-growth forests with preserved structure, species richness and adequate area where these forests still persists, and enable and facilitate restoration in high- nature value areas mapped or designated for this purpose;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 465 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls for the revision of relevant parts of the Climate and Energy package provisions which do not reflect the up-to- date science in relation to forest ecosystems and different carbon pools and their true value for the climate change mitigation and adaptation and which undermine the crucial role of biodiversity for this adaptation, within the Proposed Climate Law;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 474 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Recalls the pledge of the Commission to zero tolerance to non- compliance, stresses that number of infringement cases currently open against the Member states1a address irreplaceable values of European forest ecosystems and urges the Commission to swiftly act in these; _________________ 1a e.g. Case 2018/4076 against Slovakia, Case 2020/2033 against Romania
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 478 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Urges the Commission to prioritize effective enforcement of the nature legislation as part of the future Strategies, including the use of its prerogative to ask for a decision ordering interim measures and compel compliance through imposition of sanctions and penalty payments when there is a risk of irreparable damage to invaluable and irreplaceable natural values;
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 482 #

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States.
2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 6 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests, and stresses the need for a holistic and coherent approach for the protection, restoration and management of forests;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the important role played by farmers in agricultural and food production and how this is dependent on natural resources such as soil, water and forests; recognises the multifunctionality of forests and their interdependence from other ecosystems and their elements;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the rolsocial and economic importance of agriculture is expanding as the growing world population requires increased food production of food and agricultural commodities; considers, therefore, that all further actions must address issues such as preventing unsustainable land use and management practices, coping with natural disturbances and mitigating climate change;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to promote the consumptionuse of sustainably sourced goods by introducing and promoting the use of a labelling and certification system for deforestation-free products imported into the EU and incorporating the deforestation- free aspect into EU trade deals and other multilateral agreements; notes that some labelling schemes (such as FSC) exist in some countries; is of the opinion that however a ubiquitous system would help both increase awareness and have a quantitative view of the trends globally;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 48 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to regularly present a report covering the trends of deforestation and exploitation of high carbon stock areas, such as peatlands, in third countries;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the need to include safeguard clauses in future trade agreements allowing the EU to suspend imports of related products from regions or countries where deforestation is observed;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 54 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Encourages the implementation of support measures aiming at increasing agricultural productivity in concerned countries, in order to reduce the social and economic pressure onto deforestation and exploitation of peatlands;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 61 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for further significant progress in developing and implementing an EU protein plant strategy and ensuring robust protein plant production within the EU, in order to reduce the dependence on imports, and reduce the pressure on forests due to land use change;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of further developing existing systems such as the FLEGT action plan as well as current legislation like REDD+ and the EU timber regulation, and promotion of current voluntary systems, in order to reduce the administrative burden of Member States, and to enable the transfer of knowledge and education for partners outside the EU;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the drivers of deforestation should be addressed in a EU policy framework, thereby ensuring the coherence of forest-related policies, reducing the pressure on forests by developing more innovative and efficient farming within and outside the EU, and reducing food losses throughout the food chain and the production of agricultural commodities through new technologies; considers that the high demand for food should be addressed through technical assistance, cooperation among agricultural organisations and knowledge transfer;
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 94 #

2019/2156(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of sustainable forest management within the EU and in third countries as an essential factor in ensuring the income of forest owners and farmers practicing agroforestry and in improving the resilience of forests, as well as enhancing carbon sequestration within forests.
2020/04/03
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 2 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the Preliminary Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor of 26 March 2014 on ‘Privacy and competitiveness in the age of big data: The interplay between data protection, competition law and consumer protection in the Digital Economy’ and the Opinion 8/2016 of the European Data Protection Opinion of 23 September 2016 on ‘Coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data’;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 3 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to the Statement of the European Data Protection Board of 29 August 2018 on the data protection impacts of economic concentration;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 6 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the agricultural production sector is vulnerable due to the imbalance in the food supply chain given by the difference between the economic size of farmers and that of the other players of the chain. Such a disparity in terms of size results into a disparity in terms of market power and should be taken into account whenever competition rules are enforced by the European Commission and by national competition authorities;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 12 #

2019/2131(INI)

A b. whereas the ATMF urges the European Commission to take concrete initiatives to end the confusion that currently reigns about the limits of operability posed by competition rules over the mission of producers organisations (POs), association of producers organisations (APOs),and other forms of cooperation between producers in the agricultural sector;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 17 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas in the past mandate the EU adopted legislative proposals regarding the significant prevalence of abusive practices in the retail supply chain and the importance of the major trends towards consolidation in both online and offline retail; whereas these practices and their cascading effects affect all producers, including farmers, regardless of the size; whereas these practices are the focus of EU and national level investigations, and mentioned in the 15 July 2019 EU Commission Annual Competition Policy Report and Staff Working Document;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 22 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas competition policy must be tailored to tackle digital, ecological, industrial and social challenges, in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the EU green deal priority;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 24 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas in fast-moving digital markets competition policy could in some cases be excessively slow, and therefore at risk of being ineffective, in remedying systemic market failures and reinstate competition, and complementary ex-ante regulation and monitoring could prove beneficial to ensure a more effective oversight;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 25 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas European competition authorities should be equally attentive to avoid under-enforcement in digital markets as they are wary of over- enforcement;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 30 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the study on producer organisations and their activities in the olive oil, beef and veal, and arable crops sectors, which reaffirms the importance of these organisations and their associations in strengthening the position of primary producers in the food chainsupply chain and in contributing positively to CAP objectives set in article 39 TFEU;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 33 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Asks the European Commission to focus on establishing a fair trading environment for all actors, in support of innovation in the EU,value creation choice and quality for consumers and prepare a comprehensive analysis on the need to adapt EU competition policy to the most recent market developments in consumer retail, including concentration and abusive practices;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Draws the Commission’s attention to companies benefitting from favourable treatment in their home market entering European markets, thus distorting competition in those various markets; Calls on the Commission to increase scrutiny of investments by entrants from countries granting advantages not available to European operators to combat unfair practices;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 45 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it essential to clarify the provisions governing producer organisations and their associations and interbranch organisations in Regulation (EU) No 1308/20131 , particularly as regards competition policy, and to consolidate the progress made by Regulation (EU) No 2017/23932 (the ‘Omnibus Regulation’), supplemented by the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 14 November 2017 (‘the Endives Case’)3 , thereby providing greater legal certainty and improving the position of farmers in the food chain; _________________ 1 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671. 2 OJ L 350, 29.12.2017, p. 15. 3 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 14 November 2017, President de l’Autorité de la concurrence v Association des producteurs vendeurs d’endives (APVE) and Others.
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 47 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the “Study of the best ways for producers organisations to be formed, carry out their activities and be supported”, which recognizes the critical importance of POs and APOs in creating economical, technical or social benefit for their members, with indirect beneficial effects (competitive yardstick effects) also on farmers that do not adhere, as well as with positive externalities for other operators in the food supply chain.
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 52 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Considers that an adequate size of a PO is necessary to benefit from economies of scale and therefore welcomes the consolidation between POs;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls the European Commission to take concretely into account the primacy of CAP objectives over those of competition policy, as stated by the European Court of Justice, by means of a more flexible, clear and predictable applications of competition rules to producers and producers organisations;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Calls on the European Commission to monitor the Member States legislations on the recognition of POs and APOs, which shall eliminate hurdles for the recognition while aiming at decreasing the danger of opportunities behaviors (without proper economic activities);
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 56 #

2019/2131(INI)

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure reciprocity with third countries in public procurement and in investment policy, state aid, data protection and investment policy; all while paying particular attention to those least developed countries, which should not be harmed due to their inability to fulfil the reciprocity requirements;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 57 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Calls on the European Union institutions to provide agri-cooperatives and other types of POs some necessary and clear derogations from competition law, so that they can deliver on improving farmers’ income and their share of the value chain;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 58 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Calls for the necessity of providing more clarity to POs and APOs with regard to the application of competition rules by issuing appropriate guidelines able to single out specific “safe harbor market shares” under which there are exemptions or derogations from competition rules. In this respect, the guidelines already published by the Commission for the olive oil, arable crops and beef and veal meat sectors should be extended also to other sectors, widened in scope and improved both in clarity and effectiveness;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 59 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2 g. Maintains that the European Commission in his capacity of European Union competition rules’ enforcers, as well as national competition authorities, should be more lenient in applying article 101 TFEU to the agreements, practices and coordination conducts carried out by POs, APOs, agricultural cooperatives and consortia between producers, especially with regard to the fundamental objective of achieving concentration of supply inline with Article 39 TFEU;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 66 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Acknowledges that consumer welfare is a centre piece of competition law enforcement in the EU and that it is manifested not only on price outputs but also on consumers benefiting from wider choices and product quality in the Single Market; calls on the Commission to continue enforcing competition laws in benefit of consumers by ensuring that intervention is designed to protect the interest of consumers in Europe’s social market economy;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 67 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls the Commission to strictly safeguard fair competition, level playing field and equal treatment by the dominant platforms operating and making huge profits in the EU 500 million consumers digital single market;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 68 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption of the Directive on unfair trade practices4 in the agricultural and food supply chain and calls on the Commission to monitor closely progress on transposition thereof; _________________ 4Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.and adequate implementation thereof;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 69 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the provisions of Article 6(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 2017/23932 (the 'Omnibus Regulation') aimed at helping Member States to manage double standards issues with regard to agri-food products, for example; calls on the Commission to consider a regulation applicable at European level introducing a register of all products being sold on the European market, thereby giving a unique character to items marketed with the same name and packaging; registration should be completed through self-declaration by the economic operator first introducing the product on the EU market and should, in the case of food, contain the information found on the product label under Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011; the measure should also be applied to third-country manufactures being sold on the Single Market; in this way, European consumers will have ongoing rapid access to a database indicating the characteristics of the product they wish to acquire, ensuring that they are in full possession of the facts on deciding to purchase and that competition will not will be affected by trading practices based on double standards;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 70 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Considers that the entry onto the European market of products from third countries which do not meet the same social, health, labour and environmental standards creates unfair competition for European producers; calls, therefore, for the protection of vulnerable sectors and the systematic application of the principles of reciprocity and compliance as regards agricultural products in both future and ongoing trade negotiations, including MERCOSUR; calls on the Commission to assess the impact of MERCOSUR trade agreement on all vulnerable EU agricultural sectors;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 75 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure the balanced application of State aid control to European operators in order to avoid asymmetries with their foreign competitors, who are not subject to itat state aid control is applied equally to European and non-European operators and to prevent distortion of competition by firms receiving government subsidies abroad;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 76 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that in order to become more effective and to foster innovation, EU competition rules should provide a frame facilitating and encouraging the creation of European Projects;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 81 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that competition policy is about consumer welfare and consumer welfare is about innovation, quality, variety and price. However, competition law enforcement seems to be concentrated towards prices only and unable to deal with the new intermediaries (online and offline platforms) and their dual role and the impact of their practices on innovation, quality and variety; Indeed, other sectors such as the grocery retailing (offline supermarket platforms), in which dominance seems to be absent, have experienced the dual role conflict and similar practices for years in absolute impunity; calls on the Commission to reassess competition policy and to identify the current loopholes;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 81 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to adopt a more favourable approach to industrialbusiness cooperation in order to foster the emergence of European leaders that are globally competitive; notes however that clear rules are needed in this regard so that this does not come at the expense of EU citizens’ financial or consumer interests, so that start-ups, newcomers and innovation have a level playing field to enter the market and that this does not trigger any dominant or market abuse position;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 87 #

2019/2131(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes the publication of the Regulation (EU)2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services and the opening by the European Commission of a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon's use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition rules; notes that Amazon has a dual role as a platform: (i) it sells products on its website as a retailer; and (ii) it provides a marketplace where independent sellers can sell products directly to consumers; Emphasizes that the example of this supposed dual role abuse sounds familiar to any supplier, including agri-food ones, dealing with European Supermarket platforms but to make matters worse the offline supermarkets control both their own brands' prices and those of third parties; stresses that vertical integration and differentiated (discriminatory) treatment in the offline supermarket world might distort competition in the market;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 90 #

2019/2131(INI)

4 c. Calls on the Commission to devote special attention to this dual role in the offline world (Supermarket platforms) as much as it did in the online world, as with offline supermarkets sovereignty comes the concern that they might be able to undertake actions that serve their own interests and not necessarily those of their customers. In particular, offline supermarkets sovereignty may permit deliberate damage to brand value, restrict product choice, cut corners on their own brands quality, limit price comparability, restrict innovation and allow for the manipulation of prices to distort category price architectures in their favour; stresses that the Commission and Competition Authorities have a crucial role to play in ensuring that such situations do not arise; takes note that the existence of a risk threshold or tipping point above which offline supermarkets own brands market shares in a product category might turn their nowadays positive effects into negative effects for the competitiveness of the EU agro-food Industrial system, for consumers and for the entire society as a whole has been constantly highlighted by economists in recent years;
2019/12/12
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 92 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that to strengthen EU digital markets further cooperation and standardization with regard to data sharing should be enabled to ensure that full potential or the data economy in Europe;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 99 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls forWelcomes the Commission launch of a review of the definition of the relevant market in the Commission’s merger and antitrust enforcement (Market Definition Notice), so as to move towards a longer- term vision encompassing the global dimension, digital markets and potential future competition; highlights the need for particular attention to be given to zero price markets and multi-sided markets;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 106 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to review the notion of "abuse of dominance" and the "essential facilities" doctrine to ensure they are fit for the purpose in the digital age; in particular the concept of dominance should be examined with specific reference to online Platforms given that market power itself may present in a different manner compare to a more traditional market; recalls to the Commission indeed that an online platform may not be dominant in terms of value/turnover but may have access to data on an unprecedented scale, as well as large numbers of users; therefore, an online platform may not be dominant in accordance with the current dominance definition settled in the case law of the ECJ but it may lead to a significant asymmetry in contractual relations/negotiations, especially when dealing with SMEs;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 109 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Reiterates the importance of social objectives in our competition policy; believes that where suppliers of goods or services lack market power vis-a-vis purchasers, as is the case with many self- employed contractors, this can be remedied by coordinated pricing;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 130 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to review merger rules and strengthen antitrust action, taking into account the effects of market and network power associated with both personal and financial data; proposes that every merger in the market for such data should be subject to prior monitoring, regardless of thresholds; suggests a broader analysis of market power in connection to conglomerate and gatekeeper effects in digital markets, focusing on entry barriers and network effects of multi-sided platforms, to fight the abuse of dominance of a few large platform operators and create a competitive digital market in Europe;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 133 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to review merger rules and strengthen antitrust action, taking into account the effects of market and network power on individuals, society and democratic values associated with both personal and financial data; proposes that every merger in the market for such data should be subject to prior monitoring, regardless of thresholds;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 135 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that EU Competition rule should be reviewed in order to look into data concentration, aggregation and utilisation; when assessing digital antitrust and mergers, data utilisation1a by dominant platforms should also be looked at understanding potential negative affects on competition for new companies trying to enter and compete on a specific market; notes that the Commission should learn lessons from the past for example when they approved Facebook What’s- App2a acquisition and adapt their tools and criteria accordingly; _________________ 1ahttps://edps.europa.eu/press- publications/press-news/blog/sharing- caring-depends_en 2a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/ cases/decisions/m7217_20141003_20310_ 3962132_EN.pdf
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 137 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that, by enabling personalised micro-targeted advertisements personal and behavourial data provide an important source of revenue for platforms; considers that such micro-targeting puts market power in the hands of the few platforms holding most personal data and, when it concerns political advertisements, endangers the functioning of our democracy by strengthening echo chambers and; calls on the Commission to draft legislation that severely constrains personalized and behavioural targeted advertisement;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 140 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recognises the need to further develop a better understanding of different business models and dynamics within the digital economy in order to accelerate the identification of competition issues; calls on the Commission to carry out a stakeholder consultation to reflect the evolution of the digital economy, including the multi-sided nature of digital markets;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 145 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the buying-out of start- ups by dominant players operating according to business models, involving constant tracking, profiling and targeting of individuals which are incompatible with core European values and fundamental rights, dries up innovation and threatens sovereignty, and calls on the Commission to reverse the burden of proof with regard to such buy- outs;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 147 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the buying-out of start- ups by dominant players dries up innovation and threatens sovereignty, and calls on the Commission to reverse the burden of proof with regard to such buy- outs and to take into account transaction value as part of merger thresholds;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 152 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that abuse of market power can take place even when products or services are supplied for free; believes that the passing on of private data to third parties for marketing or commercial purposes is frequently done without the consumer’s proper consent, as alternatives to sharing data are often not provided; considers that in the digital economy, the concentration of data in a small number of companies leads to market failures, excessive rent extraction and a blocking of new entrants; calls on the Commission to consider the structural unbundling of digital monopolies to restore competition and a level playing field in the European digital market;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 153 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Asks the Commission to assess how more demanding regimes of data access, including data interoperability, can be imposed in particular where data access opens up secondary markets for complementary services or when data is confined to dominant firms;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 155 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Stresses that concentration in digital markets for example for social media in favour of a few non-European companies has contributed to the dissemination of misinformation, online manipulation and the undermining of social cohesion and trust in democratic institutions;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 156 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that some entities, benefiting from dual status as both platforms and suppliers, abuse their position to discriminate in favour of their own products and services and impose unfair terms on competitors; calls on the Commission to penalise them; assess the possibility to impose ex-ante regulatory obligations where competition law is not enough to ensure contestability in digital markets avoiding competitors' foreclosure and ensuring that emerging bottlenecks are not perpetuated by the monopolization of future innovation;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 165 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to assess the long term effects of concentration especially in the case of platforms, intermediaries and retailers, online or offline; as stressed above, one of the key features of these markets is the dual status as both platforms, suppliers, and competitors to their users; increased concentration in these areas can lead to abuse and imposed unfair terms on competitors;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 167 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls that some entities, benefiting from dual status as both search engines and search service suppliers abuse their position and distort the market by granting unjustified advantage to their own search functionalities;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 170 #

2019/2131(INI)

11. Calls on the Commission to introduce a centralised exconsider a possible introduction of ex- ante regulatory measures anted market monitoring system, to provide national authorities with the necessary means to gather data anonymously, and to introduce targeted regulation when practices become systemiconly if competition law turns out to be too slow and ineffective to remedy systemic and far-reaching distortions of competition; in particular, an ex-ante regulatory regime might be targeted to digital markets when companies holding a dominant position exercise a fundamental gatekeeper role in closed ecosystems and large online marketplaces;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 175 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Draws the Commission’s attention to recent acquisitions by foreign monopolies of digital operators of health and educational data and the privacy risks involved, over and above the damaging effects of these transactions on competition and calls on the Commission to prevent competition amongst companies to gather personal health and educational data;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 178 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission to work out European best practice "data ethics guidelines" for companies and businesses to apply and implement into their business model;underlines that such data ethics would be complementary to data protection rules, and would increase consumer safety and trust;proposes that these EU data ethics guidelines include as key principles amongst others: a) Transparency - The consumer is fully informed about and co-controls which datais being used and whether these are correct - Transparency as to whether the company shares data with public authorities or any business partners b) Data safety - Consumers must be reassured that data kept remain safe;therefore cooperation across the board on data safety needs to be prioritised - A clause on not selling data to third parties should likewise form a key element
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 179 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Notes that European citizens have now realised that there is no such thing as “free services” offered by platforms; European consumers pay a high price for these online services with their personal data1a; underlines that some recent scandals have shown how personal data is being collected, used, sold to third parties and misused by platforms; _________________ 1ahttps://edps.europa.eu/press- publications/press-news/blog/sharing- caring-depends_en
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 180 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Recalls that certain online intermediary service providers continue to engage in preferencing their own services and products, and invites the Commission to actively investigate new cases in which platforms engage in self-preferencing;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 181 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Calls the Commission to actively investigate cross-usage of data, in cases where data originating from one service offered by a platform is used to expand the platforms’ offering to new services;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 182 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that, while intermediation platforms play a major role in access to consumers for online services, some abuse their privileged position by acting as gatekeepers; calls on the Commission to conclude its preliminary investigation into Spotify’s complaint about Apple’s anticompetitive practices and to launch a formal procedure as soon as possible; moreover notes that the behaviour of powerful digital platforms is jeopardising competition law in that they often act as bottlenecks for third-party services and favour their own services, preventing consumers from benefiting from unfettered competition and innovation; notes furthermore that the Commission has received a series of complaints that big digital platforms prevent their direct competitors from offering consumers their best deals and from directly communicating with their customers, and make it difficult for consumers to use rival services; expects the Commission to act urgently to stop these discriminatory practices;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 185 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that, while intermediation platforms play a major role in access to consumers for online services, some abuse their privileged position by acting as gatekeepers; calls on the Commission to give explicit attention in its competition policy to these gatekeepers and to conclude its preliminary investigation into Spotify’s complaint about Apple’s anticompetitive practices and to launch a formal procedure as soon as possible;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 193 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Notes that some dominant platforms have become gatekeepers of the Internet1a; addressing and solving urgently the abuses that certain dominant digital platforms exercise over smaller direct competitors is essential for the future of the European digital single market and most importantly in the interest of European consumers; platforms self-preferencing their own services over others or discriminating direct competitors such as competing Apps should be carefully assessed by competition authorities; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/information_society/ newsroom/image/document/2016- 7/uclouvain_et_universit_saint_louis_140 44.pdf
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 194 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Recalls that the online search market is of particular importance in ensuring competitive conditions within the digital single market; regrets that one search engine with over 92% of market share in the online search market in most European Member States has become a gatekeeper of the Internet; calls for the input from all stakeholders, from the past 9 years of antitrust history, to be used to urgently assess if remedies proposed truly benefit consumers, internet users and online businesses in the long run; calls also on the Commission to consider a proposal aimed at unbundling search engines1a from their commercial services to end the status quo and as one potential long-term means of achieving fair and effective competition in the European digital market; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2014-0071_EN.html
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 207 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that the heavy fines imposed are often discounted in advance by businesses and ultimately passed on to consumers; calls on the Commission to impose a new framework for fines, including the possibility of data fines which obliges companies to open source a specific percentage of their raw anonymised data in order to generate more competition;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 212 #

2019/2131(INI)

15 a. Notes also that in lengthy antitrust digital cases, fines have proven their limits in putting an end to certain discriminatory practices; underlines that fines are simply a calculated cost of doing business for dominant technology companies that see the European single market as a market worth paying for; urges the Commission to urgently look at alternative behavioural and structural remedies; in particular the cease-and- desist order should be much more prescriptive in upcoming remedies;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 213 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes the initiative of Commissioner Vestager to review the market definition concept; recalls that digitisation has indeed created new challenges; stresses that it can be difficult for consumers to switch from one ecosystem to another despite a specific ecosystem is not dominant apparently, however the ecosystems can leave consumers locked in, interoperability reduced and therefore consumer choices limited1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/publicati ons/reports/kd0419345enn.pdf
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 214 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on the Commission to take a particularly careful look at closed ecosystems, where the same providers control different layers of the market, such as operating systems, intermediation services and vertical services, as also underlined in the report “Competition policy for the digital era”1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/publicati ons/reports/kd0419345enn.pdf
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 215 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15 d. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration anti-competitive practices in the digital travel and transport sector harming consumer choice and to tackle them effectively in the ongoing evaluation of the Code of Conduct for CRS1a and the Regulation on Air Service1b; _________________ 1aRegulation (EC) No 80/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January 2009 on a Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2299/89 1bRegulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 216 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the slowness of the application of antitrust rules; stresses the financial and structural risk to which some actors are exposed if they initiate lengthy and costly proceedings; calls on the Commission to consider setting deadlines which take into account the economic timeframe of businesses; recalls that for example the antitrust investigation into the Google Shopping began in 20101a, while fully guaranteeing the right of defence, clearly competition authorities need to act faster if we want to avoid further Regulations; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/publicati ons/annual_report/2017/part1_en.pdf
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 224 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the urgent need to adopt precautionary measures to adapt to the rapid development of new markets and to stop any practice which would seriously harm competition; calls on the Commission to relax the criteria for these measures in order to avoid any irreversible damagere- evaluate an use more frequently of specific measures such as interim measures as well as other structural and behavioural remedies, in addition to fines to prevent irreversible distortions of competition capable of irrevocably destroying the competition on the market, by harming competing European companies and in particular SMEs, and resulting in consumer detriment; calls on the Commission to relax the criteria for these measures in order to avoid any irreversible damage; calls on the Commission to revise the Notice on Remedies (2008/C 267/01) by taking into account the developments and evolution of the digital sector over the last years;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 229 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Urges the Commission to be more attentive to the phenomenon of companies grabbing significant market shares through questionable practices; whilst antitrust rules cannot stop companies from exploiting workers, operating without the required licenses, ignoring data privacy regulations, or circumventing taxes, any position built on violating the law or fundamental rights should be considered illegitimate;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 234 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Deplores the fact that, despite repeated requests, the Commission has still not completed the investigation into Google Shopping which began in 2010; stresses that, in the absence of targeted and effective behavioural remedies that have been tested in advance with the undertaking which is the victim, a complete structural separation of general and specialised research services may be necessary; Given the limits of "cease and desist" orders; encourages the Commission to prescribe an effective behavioural remedy to address the abuse in Google Shopping1a and restore competition to the comparison shopping services market; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/publicati ons/annual_report/2017/part1_en.pdf
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 235 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Deplores the fact that, despite repeated requests, the Commission has still not completed the investigation into Google Shopping which began in 2010; stresses that, in the absence of targeted and effective behavioural remedies that have been tested in advance with the undertaking which is the victim, a complete structural separation of general and specialised research services may be necessary; calls on the Commission to launch a formal procedure against Google for abuse of dominance in other specialised search services, including local search;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 236 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Deplores the fact that, despite repeated requests, the Commission has still not completed the investigation into Google Shopping which began in 2010achieved proper remedies in some case reported (Google Shopping case1a); stresses that, in the absence of targeted and effective behavioural remedies that have been tested in advance with the undertaking which is the victim, a complete structural separation of general and specialised research services may be necessary; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/competition/publicati ons/annual_report/2017/part1_en.pdf
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 240 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission to inquire about this new checking account service that will be provided to consumers by some of the world’s biggest tech companies in forthcoming years; in particular their entry into this new digital financial market and the huge amount of data they will gather from their consumers and the potential use of it;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 242 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the European Commission to revise its policy when it comes to commitments and remedies in digital antitrust cases; calls for the cease- and-desist order to be revised, become much more prescriptive and include obligations and indications in order to change discriminatory conducts;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 245 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Reaffirms the need for the EC Directorate General for Competition to be fully equipped also with experts on artificial intelligence and tech engineer’s specialists in order to fully understand and evaluate the remedies that are presented by the dominant technology companies with the aim to ensure fair competition in the digital sector;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 252 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to make more systematic use of investigations in sectors that are essential to the everyday life of citizens, such as digital travel, transport, and the media, in the digital age;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 258 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses the importance of metasearch comparison platforms in digital travel and tourism as drivers of competition which lead to an informed marketplace by offering transparency and more choices to European consumers;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 259 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission to implement measures that effectively tackle anti-competitive practices by dominant players that may undermine European consumers’ ability to make informed choices using a variety of online channels, including metasearch comparison services and online travel agents;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 263 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates that taxation is sometimes used to grant indirect State aid, creating an uneven playing field in the internal market; and promulgating a race to the bottom in corporate taxation levels; calls upon the Commission to be particularly strict in investigating tax benefits to multinational corporations;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 265 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates that taxation is sometimes usedDeplores the usage of tax rulings and advanced pricing arrangements to grant indirect State aid, creating an uneven playing field in the internal market;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 267 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses that in order to achieve a more coherent EU economic policy; fair tax policy should be implemented at the European level in particular with regard to digital businesses; recalls the principle that companies should be taxed where their profits are generated should be applied; supports the commitment of the Commission President to propose an EU solution for a fair taxation in a digitalised and globalised economy, should an international deal not be reached by the end of 2020, on the condition that this EU solution is not limited to digital businesses; understands that such solution would strengthen the Single Market through the establishment of a minimum level of tax that would prevent unilateral measures;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 275 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to fully mobilise the state aid modernisation strategy, in particular for the energy transition and apply flexibility when Member States will want to give state aid to companies for green sustainable projects trying to achieve EU green deal targets, in particular for the energy transition and taking into account the EU Green Deal; stresses the need for the Commission to also monitor potential negative side-effects where certain big companies will go “green” but then use public aid for other objectives such as reinforcing its dominant position in a given sector;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 283 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. With regard to the food sector, calls on the Commission to guarantee fair competition and greater transparency in supermarket and hypermarkets chains commercial practices; European farmers should receive a fair price for their products; stresses the need for the Commission to look at hypermarkets powers in the distribution chain and commercial practices in placing competing products on the shelves;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 286 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Calls on the Commission to devote special attention to supermarkets and hypermarkets bargaining powers with their clients and suppliers; notes that supermarkets and hypermarkets actions often serve their own interests and not necessarily those of their customers; in particular, hypermarkets sovereignty may permit deliberate damage to brand value, restrict product choice, cut corners on their own brands quality, limit price comparability, restrict innovation and allow for the manipulation of prices to distort category price architectures in their favour;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 288 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21 c. Regarding State Aid in the aviation sector; Regrets that the Alitalia EUR 900 millions rescue loan case1a is taking so long for the Commission to decide on given that the violation of the EU rescue rules seem evident; underlines that this case raises some legitimate questions regarding the application of EU Rescue and restructuring aid rules; notes that Italy has just approved a further EUR 400 million loan to the national airline despite no restructuring has been approved, this EUR 400 million aid has not been notified the Commission; stresses that this case is a bad precedent for other companies “in difficulty” that might copy the Alitalia example and raise doubts on the uniform application of EU rules; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/IP_18_3501
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 289 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21 d. Welcomes the recent announcement to revise the Energy Taxation Directive in the Communication on the European Green Deal; calls on the Commission examine whether the current tax exemptions, notably on kerosene for the aviation and maritime sectors, provide for unfair cross-sector competition conditions; asks that the Commission includes legal instruments to remedy any such distortion in its review of the EU competition rules in order to swiftly close any identified loopholes;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 293 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to examine the discrepancies between the rules on State aid in the area of liquidation aid and the resolution regime under the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive, and following that to revise its 2013 Banking Communication accordingly; taking into account the need to allow for the orderly resolutions for struggling, systemically important banks;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 295 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls the Commission to have a close look at the banking sector in Romania where consumers face high interest rates and lack of transparency when it comes to loans because of potential bank cartels tendencies when it comes to deceptive selling practices of credit; notes that Romanian banks have the highest margin between deposit interest rates and loans interest rates in the EU, this is twice the European average as stated by the European Banking Authority in its 2018 report1a; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/E-9-2019-002931_EN.html
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 300 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal requiring competition, data protection and consumer authorities to cooperate proactively with each other, including in enforcement cases raising questions of compliance with more than one area of law; in particular, the competition authorities should carefully assess antitrust and merger cases where there may be negative impact on both the interests of consumers and the democratic rights of citizens;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 308 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to report regularly to Parliament and on its website on the implementation and monitoring of cooperation agreements with reference to competition and to involve it in its international activity;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 310 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Insists on a more regular and transparent exchange with Directorate General for competition and its responsible Commissioner beside the existing structural dialogue inter- institutional agreement; notes that the Economic committee competition working group could be an appropriate place for a deeper and more detailed cooperation; stresses that the European Parliament representing directly the500 million EU citizens should be considered a privilege partner for the Commission, precisely because competition has consumers at its heart;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 324 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to organise multisectoral and interinstitutional forums involving national regulators and national consumerincluding data protection authorities and national consumer groups and civil liberties groups and to decompartmentalise competition policy;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 327 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Stresses that the current complaint form for state aid cases asks for many specific details on when state aid has been accorded, which ordinary citizens can’t possibly know and therefore calls on the Commission to simplify the complaint form, in order to give ordinary citizens the possibility to send in complaints;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 329 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Regrets the lack of information provided during the Commission’s investigation of submitted complaints; calls on the Commission to give the complainant a confirmation of receipt as well as a notification upon the launch of the investigation, including an expectation of the length of the investigation;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 332 #

2019/2131(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Recognizes that preventing distortion of competition as the paramount objective of EU competition policy requires a measure of political independence for the Commission and public scrutiny of lobbying efforts in all EU institutions, reiterates calls for an enhanced Transparency Register;
2020/01/10
Committee: ECON
Amendment 1 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the Interinstitutional Proclamation on the European Pillar of Social Rights on the 17th November 2017 in Gothenburg,
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 2 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
- having regards to the report of the European Parliament on financial crimes, tax evasion and adopted on 26 March 2019 (2018/2121(INI)),
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 3 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 c (new)
- having regards to the Paris Agreements on climate changes in 2015 and the UN 2030 climate and energy framework,
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 5 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 d (new)
- having regards to UN Agenda 2030 and the SDGs,
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 6 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas according to the Commission’s forecasts, the GDP growth rate for 2019 stands at 1.2 % of GDP per capita in the euro area and 1.4 % in the EU28, and is expected to rise to 1.4 % and 1.6 % respectively in 202010, based on the assumption of a status quo in terms of trading patterns between the EU27 and the UK and notwithstanding the mainly negative risks to the global economic outlook; whereas the economic recovery is uneven across the EU; whereas further policy action will nonetheless be required to address unresolved legacies of the global economic crisis; whereas globalisation has not brought the same benefits for all, leading to persistent high levels of income inequality and slow reduction of poverty, needing new efforts to ensure growth and equity; ____________________ 10 Commission’sEuropean Economic Forecast – Summer 2019 (Interim) of 10 July 2019
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 12 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas annual revenue losses caused by aggressive corporate tax planning in the EU ranges from EUR 50- 70 billion to EUR 160-190 billion depending on the methodology;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 13 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas latest estimates of tax evasion within the EU point to a figure of approximately EUR 825 billion per year;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 14 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas nominal corporate tax rates have decreased at EU level from an average of 32 % in 2000 to 21,9 % in 201810a, which represents a decrease of 32 %; ____________________ 10aTaxation Trends in the European Union, Table 3: Top statutory corporate income tax rates (including surcharges), 1995-2018, European Commission, 2018.
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 15 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas some assessments of effective tax rates in the EU diverge from 2,2 % to 30 %10b; ____________________ 10bPublic hearing of 24 January 2019 on ‘The Evaluation of the Tax Gap’.
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 16 #

2019/2110(INI)

Ce. whereas despite a small decline in poverty, 113 million remain at risk, far short of the Europe 2020 target, with large imbalances between member states with more than a 1/3 of population in BG, RO and EL and growing in-work poverty (9.6 %);
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 19 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the general government deficit is expected to rise from 0.5 % to 0.9 % in the euro area and from 0.6 % to 1.0 % in the EU28 in 2019, and to remain at that level in 2020; whereas the debt-to- GDP ratio in 2019 stands at 85.8 % in the euro area and 80.2 % in the EU28 and is forecast to decrease to 84.3 % and 78.8 % respectively in 2020; whereas some Member States record high current account surpluses and European macro- economic imbalances are still large;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 22 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, according to Eurostat and Word Inequality Database, inequality of income distribution in the euro area has increased since the beginning of the financial crisis; whereas tax competition between European states, continually increased, which has undermined the progressivity of taxes increasing the unfair tax burden and undermining public finances;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 23 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the incomes of the richest 1% jumped twice as fast as the average and captured a share of growth similar to those captured by the bottom 50%; In 2017, the richest 20% in the EU earned over 5 x the poorest 20%;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 26 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas, in the light of the risks of trade tensions between the US and the China alongside the persistent uncertainty related to the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, the global outlook risks bending towards the downside; not to mention the risks of recession and crisis in Germany and the situation in Italy;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 28 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas tax optimization, tax evasion and tax avoidance for the benefit of some large companies and individuals have resulted in billions of euros in lost revenue for public finance management in several Member States at the expense of SMEs and other taxpayers; contributing to increasing inequality and imbalances;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 32 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the current European Semester is not designed to drive the necessary economic, social and environmental transformations the EU and its Member States are committed to, within the Commission’s 2030 climate target, the UN SDGs and the Paris Agreement;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 34 #

2019/2110(INI)

Fc. whereas the implementation of the UN SDGs and the Paris Agreement goals requires a comprehensive, broad and long-term EU strategy in which a reformed European Semester needs to be embedded;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 35 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas global CO2 emissions have increased by 55% in 20 years; whereas human activities have altered 75% of the terrestrial environment and 66% of the marine environment; whereas 1 million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction; considering that the value of agricultural production has increased four-fold since 1970; whereas almost half of coral reef cover has disappeared since the 1870s;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 36 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas gaps and labour market segregation remain high throughout the European Union, contributing to gender differences in pay, pensions, decision- making and wealth;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 48 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees that effectiEmphasizes a low level of public inve structural reforms, accompanied by well-targetedment and a lack of ambitious and socially balanced reforms in some Member States, therefore well-targeted investments and social inclusive and sustainable investments and responsible fiscal policies, continue to provide a successful compass for preparing the EU for its future and present challenges;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 57 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the importance of efficient regulation of banking and financial sectors to prevent a new crisis especially in the matter of shadow banking;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 58 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights, that in order to achieve the implementation of the Commission’s 2030 climate target, it is of importance to transform the European Semester into a tool of boosting social inclusive and sustainable investments and introduce a multi-annual sustainability pact, based on the UN SDGs and underpinned by the European Pillar Social Rights;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 59 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission, to enlarge the reference indicators of the European Semester by including social and environmental indicators to be able to take into account the sustainability impact of reforms and fiscal consolidation;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 71 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that the average level of debt-to-GDP is projected to decline; notes, however, that the average level still remains significantly above the level required by the Stability and Growth Pact; points out the possibility of rising debt service costs; underlines, therefore, the importance of bringing down overall debt levels, in line with EU fiscal rulescluding private debt;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 72 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a Supports flexibility in the implementation of the Stability and Growth Pact as proposed by the Commission in 2015; considers that much more flexibility should be set up to boost investments and ecological transition in the EU; calls, therefore, to reform the Stability and Growth Pact and introduce a Euro area fiscal instrument;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 91 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. RegretsTakes note that the aggregate fiscal stance appears to be mildly expansionary in 2019, while emphasising that the European Fiscal Board considers a neutral stance as more appropriate;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 104 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights, the importance of socially-balanced and countercyclical fiscal policies for macro-economic stabilisation and as a tool to prevent excessive swings in the financial cycle, in order to make the economy more resilient to disruptions, flanked by socially and environmentally sustainable structural policies and reforms;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 118 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights, however, the persistent structural problem of insufficient economical activities, steaming from a too low level of public and private investments in essential services, social protection and wages, leading to persistent social and regional inequalities;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 121 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Reminds, that one of the core policy areas of the European Semester and a prerequisite of sustained economic well-being is financial stability; therefore it is essential to ensure that financial institutions are better regulated and supervised both in the Eurozone and all over the EU, to put an end to the era of "too-big-to-fail" and massive bailouts paid for by taxpayers;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 122 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights, however, the persistent structural problem of insufficient economical activities, steaming from a too low level of public and private investments in essential services, social protection and wages, leading to persistent social and regional inequalities.
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 130 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Supports shifting the tax burden away from labour and strengthening education and training systems and investment in skills; stresses the effectiveness of flexibleow income workers/citizens and towards more progressive tax and effective collection, tackling evasion and avoidance; stresses the need to reinforce security and social rights to ensure effectiveness and sustainability of labour market policies;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 139 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to set in place proper policies to ensure equal access to education, and to provide investment to ensure equal access to lifelong education and training and to close the gender gap;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 141 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Is concerned about the extent women are affected by austerity policies, and feminization of poverty; notes that the financial and economic crisis since 2008 hit men harder initially; underlines however, that women were affected more strongly in the long run through cuts in public spending, decreases in generosity in work-life balance policies, failure to close gender and pension pay gap and cutbacks in social security systems;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 142 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Reminds that all EU countries would benefit from increased fiscal capacity and notes that additional resources can be found through a willing and effective policy against tax fraud and tax avoidance including support for an EU Financial Transactions Tax;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 143 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Member States to support and implement EU actions to Aggressive Tax Planning; combat Tax Fraud, Tax Avoidance and Aggressive Tax Planning and anti-money laundering, and in particular, the implementation of the Anti Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD), so that the EU complies with current international standards; calls on the European Commission to publish a first assessment of the ATAD which should has been transposed since 1 January 2019; demands that such assessment includes an analysis on the level of corporate tax revenues, on tax strategies put in place by multinationals and on growth as well as an assessment of the robustness of implementation against new tax avoidance strategies;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 144 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Member States to support and implement EU actions to combat Aggressive Tax Planning; . Reiterates the call of the Parliament and the Commission stating that EU tax policy should not be dependent on a unanimity rule that can be misused for purely national interests, at the expense of the Single Market and other Member States’ needs. A move to qualified majority voting in taxation would enable Member States to control more effectively the part of their sovereignty that they have pooled together in the interests of the Union as a whole and for greater collective and individual results. Invites therefore the Commission to put this statement in practice and make swiftly use of the specific passerelle clause in the Treaties which offers an obvious route to move away from unanimity in the tax area;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 156 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the on-going international negotiations on tax and digitalisation, and in particular, welcomes the Programme of Work to Develop a Consensus Solution to the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalisation of the Economy (Programme of Work) as proposed by the Inclusive Framework and the OECD and endorsed by G20 Finance Ministers last June;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 162 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Remains concerned about the implications of tax competition within the EU and with third countries on the sustainability of tax systems and tax collection, as well as consequences on fiscal capacity and fair competition in the EU Internal Market;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 163 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Supports the French and German position to have a second pillar in the current Programme of Work aiming at granting taxing rights that would strengthen the ability of jurisdictions to tax profits where the other jurisdiction with taxing rights applies a low effective rate of tax to those profits, by 2020; understand that this would leads to a de facto minimum effective level of taxation worldwide which would mitigate the negative effect of tax competition;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 166 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Invites the Commission and the Council to look for new resources that would both allow to speed up the needed ecological transition and create fiscal capacity to finance needed social and sustainable investment [including investments in healthcare, education]; welcomes the announcement of the Commission President to propose a Carbon Border Tax and to review the Energy Taxation Directive;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 171 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Calls for further stabilization of the Euro area by increasing its capacity to absorb large-scale economic shocks and respective consequences for the labour market through the introduction of a European Unemployment Insurance Scheme, combining a self-insurance mechanism for national unemployment insurance systems with a European re- insurance as a solidarity mechanism for extreme shocks; and commitment to progress on an EU framework directive to guarantee adequate minimum income;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 179 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Agrees that the economic upswing needs to be supported by public and private investment, particularly in innovation, and notes that there is still an investment gap in the euro area; welcomes the fact that in some Member States investments already exceed the pre-crisis level, and regrets that in others investment is still lagging behind or is not picking up at the necessary speed; insists that investment has declined on average at EU level by 2.3 points and by 2.7 points in the euro area. They accounted for 20.1% of European GDP in 2017 compared with 22.4% 10 years ago;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 190 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Emphasizes, that a boost in public investment accompanied by higher wages is a prerequisite for an inclusive sustainable and ecological transition while reducing unemployment;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 193 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Emphasises, in the context of the decline of public investment resulting from fiscal adjustment processes, the need to further improve the functioning of the Stability and Growth Pact; Therefore calls on the Commission to revert the SGP to a golden rule under which the deficit would exclude investment expenditure for ecological transition and social investment- enhancing purposes, allowing it to become an important instrument of structural policies to Member States;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 196 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on Member States, while pursuing policies in full respect of the Stability and Growth Pact, to support public and private investment, improve the quality and composition of public finances, and rebuild fiscal buffers, especially in euro area countries with high levels of public debt;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 202 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that, more than relying its recovery on cyclical factors, the only way to a prosper European economy is by encouraging public investment and promoting domestic demand;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 204 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Warns that the longer the current savings-oriented policy – primarily focused on spending cuts – continues without an effective investment plan to generate revenue through growth, social cohesion and solidarity, the more it will become clear that Europe's economic convergence and prosperity is at risk of growing social inequalities;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 210 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines that investment in tangibles and intangibles in order to increase productivity, skills and innovation, along with the growth-enhancing socially- balanced structural reforms, will increase long-term growth potential;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 211 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that the support for the transition towards a low-carbon and circular economy will create new jobs in services and in the development of new and more sustainable products and markets; stresses that investments to foster such a transition should be significantly increased at both national and EU levels;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 214 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to provide an assessment of the gap between the need for green investments and the concrete realization of these; including an annual analysis of green investment needs; calls for annual monitoring of the implementation of green investments in each Member Stat;.
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 216 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
New Subtitle before paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Taxation
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 217 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Recalls that the fight against aggressive tax planning strategies is essential to provide fair treatment of taxpayers, safeguard public finances, and preserve social cohesion and fight inequalities;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 218 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Insists on the need to implement an ambitious pCBCR and CCCTB;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 219 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14f. Recalls the need to implement the recommendations of the special committee TAXE 3; stresses that the complexity of tax systems can give rise to legal loopholes facilitating tax fraud schemes such as cum-ex;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 220 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 g (new)
14g. Encourages a stronger coordination and harmonization of taxation with the objective to reduce the differences among Member States over a ten-year period, thus making any possible company relocation unattractive;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 221 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 h (new)
14h. Asks for a minimum corporate tax rate of 20% in Europe.
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 223 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Agrees withNotes the Council’s recommendations thabut Member States should also increase their growth potential by modernising their economies and strengthening their resiliencepublic investments especially in ecological transition and social investment;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 225 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights that improvements on how the European Semester operates will imply a change in the way Country Specific Recommendations are elaborated, decided and applied; considers that the policy outcome should reach beyond the current conception of structural reforms and fiscal consolidations measures, towards socially and environmentally sustainable reforms capable of driving the necessary economic, social and environmental transformations in favour of well-being for all through sustainable growth, inclusiveness and cohesion, and quality job creation;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 237 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Insists on the need for the CSR to take due account of the 20 key principles and rights to support fair and well- functioning labour markets outlined in the European Pillar of Social Rights, which should serve as a compass for a renewed process of upward convergence towards better working and living conditions in the European Union;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 241 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls the need of stronger surveillance of the employment and social situation in Europe and appropriate and constant follow up at every step of the European Semester to boost quality jobs creation and accordingly achieving smart, sustainable;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 242 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Shares the Commission's concerns over developments in the housing market in some Member States; stresses that rising interest rates and housing prices are affecting households' private debt; underlines that this debt plays a role in the stability of the euro area; calls on the Commission to take initiatives in this area in line with recommendation 19 of the Social Pillar;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 243 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Recalls the need of stronger surveillance of the employment and social situation in Europe and appropriate and constant follow up at every step of the European Semester to boost quality jobs creation and accordingly achieving smart, sustainable;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 250 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes that taxation has regularly become part of the proposed country-specific recommendations for many Member States; welcomes in particular the attention given to spillover effects of taxpayers' aggressive tax planning strategies between Member States; calls on the Commission, the Council and concerned Member States to make proposals to counter the mentioned phenomenon;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 251 #

2019/2110(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Supports recommendation that invite Member States to ensure a greater stability and fairness of their fiscal capacity and tax collection, such as limiting the scope and number of tax expenditures and broadening the tax base; invites the Commission and the Council to better look at the impact of progressivity of tax systems in that regard;
2019/09/19
Committee: ECON
Amendment 23 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned by alleged cases of high-level conflicts of interest and land- grabbing by oligarchs with possible facilitation by governments and public authorities; calls on the Commission to increase efforts to prevent and detect fraud; calls on the Commission to differentiate land-grabbing from land accumulation, which, due to historical land ownership patterns or reorganisation in some Member States, resulted in the need of small farmers to assemble a number of plots to create economically productive units to ensure viability; urges the Commission to be extra vigilant on rule of law matters;
2019/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 31 #

2019/2055(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to establish an observatory service for the collection of information and data on farmland concentration and tenure throughout the Union; calls on the Commission to set up a high-level task force to examine farmland concentration in all Member States;
2019/12/10
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 43 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Notes with serious concern the severe impact of the spread of African swine fever to several Member States and the great number of outbreaks registered since the beginning of 2019; is concerned that big pig holdings have been affected with tens of thousands of animals being culled; is therefore of the opinion that the Fund for emergency measures related to animal and plant health should be increased;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Takes note that third countries have invested in research for developing a vaccine against African swine fever (ASF); is of the opinion that the Union should be investing in research and development of a vaccine, which would help eradicate the spread and occurrence of ASF in the shortest possible time;
2019/07/29
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 402 #

2019/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(10a) In Article 37(1), the following subparagraph is added: "Member States granting transitional national aid in 2020 may continue to do so until the end of the transitional period referred to in Article -1 of Regulation, and may be able to maintain the transitional national aid beyond the end of the transitional period, after the entry into force of the new CAP regulations." Or. en (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02013R1307- 20190301&from=EN)
2020/03/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 7 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU-Cape Verde SFPA should promote more effective sustainable development of the Cape Verdean fishing communities and of related industries and activities, including fisheries science; whereas the support to be provided under the Protocol has to be consistent with the national development plans and the Blue Growth Action Plan, devised with the United Nations to increase production in, and professionalise, the sector in order to meet the local population’s food and employment needs;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU compromises with international agreements should also be supported under this agreements in particular the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in particular SDG 14, and that all UE actions, like this SFPA, must contribute to those objectives;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 13 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that the EU-Cape Verde SFPA should pursue two equally important goals: (1) to provide fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Cape Verde EEZ, on the basis of the best available scientific knowledge and advices and without interfering with conservation and management measures by the regional organisations to which Cape Verde belongs – notably the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) – or overrunning the available surplus; and (2) to promote further economic, financial, technical, and scientific cooperation between the EU and Cape Verde in the field of sustainable fisheries and sound exploitation of fishery resources in the Cape Verde EEZ, while at the same time not undermining Cape Verde’s sovereign options and strategies relating to thatits own development;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 20 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 1
- improve governance: drafting and validating legislation and building on, building on management plans and support the implementation of this legislation and management plans;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 23 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 2
- tighten up monitoring, control and surveillance in the Cape Verde EEZ and nearby surrounding areas;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 25 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 3
- strengthen measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, including in inland waters;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 26 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 4 a (new)
- support the establishment and improvement of a data collection programme that allow Cape Verde authorities know and support the scientific assessment of resources allowing decision making supported on the best available scientific knowledge;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 28 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 5
- enable landing quays and ports to be constructed and/or renovated, atincluding supporting infrastructures, in the main coastal communities, in particular, the port of Mindelo (São Vicente island) for instance;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 31 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 6
- support theand improvement of working conditions for women working conditions for all workers, in particular for women in all fishing related activities, including commercialisation but also transformation, fisheries management and science;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 34 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 7
- support the scientific knowledge necessary for the establishment of marine protected areas; , including its implementation, monitoring and control;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 36 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 8
- enable the reinforcement of organisations representing men and women in the fishing industry, especially those involved in small-scale artisanal fishingeries, thereby helping to strengthen technical, management and negotiating capabilities;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 37 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 9
- serve to set up and/or refurbish basic and vocational training centres, thereby raising the skill levels of fishers and, seafarers and other blue economy associated activities;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 41 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – indent 10
- enhance scientific research capabilities and the ability to monitor fishery resources and marine environment;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 44 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it desirable to improve the quantity and accuracy of data on all catches (target species and by-catches) and on the conservation status of fishery resources, but also the impact of fishing activity in the marine environment, and to improve the implementation of sectoral support funding in order to enable a more exact assessment of the impact of the Agreement on the marine ecosystem and fishing communitiesresources, but also in the local communities including the social and economic impact of the Agreement;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 52 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to urge the Republic of Cape Verde to use the financial contribution provided by the Protocol to strengthen its national fisheries industry in the long term, and encourage demand for local investment and industrial projects, thereby creating local jobs, in particular in the attractiveness of the activity to young generations;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 54 #

2019/0078M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to send to Parliament and make publicly available the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee provided for in Article 9 of the Agreement and the findings of the annual evaluations; calls on the Commission to enable representatives of Parliament to attend Joint Committee meetings as observers and to encourage the participation of Cape Verdean fishing communities and associated stakeholders;
2020/01/30
Committee: PECH
Amendment 16 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Appreciates that the EVFTA strengthen cooperation between the partners in the fight against IUU fishing under its “Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter” and underlines the importance of strengthening the constructive dialogue with Vietnam in order to successfully address the global challenges posed by illegal fishing
2019/11/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 29 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of implementing Vietnam’s new fisheries legislation at provincial level and communicate the importance of compliance to the local stakeholders in the fisheries sector
2019/11/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 38 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the Vietnamese authorities to allocate sufficient financial and human resources to the fight against IUU fishing at both the national and provincial level
2019/11/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 40 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is of the opinion that preferential tariffs should be based on conditions, i.e. a coupling with controls, and a review on the achievement of those conditions, such as the level of reduction of fishing capacity
2019/11/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 41 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that preferential tariffs should also be accompanied by monitoring and auditing of the implementation of the Vietnamese Action Plan to tackle IUU fishing and review of the commitments made by Vietnam under Article 13.9 of the EU-Viet Nam FTA;
2019/11/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 55 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission to provide specific financial and technical support to Vietnam in order to facilitate the implementation of environmental sustainability standards for seafood products. Moreover, calls on the European Commission to also incentivize individual Vietnamese fisheries to help meet sustainability standards
2019/11/14
Committee: PECH
Amendment 60 #

2018/0356M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to make full use of all the tools at its disposal, including the ‘red card’, should Viet Nam fail to fulfil the conditions for sustainable fisheries. in order to ensure the safety of imports of fish and seafood products into the EU market and to protect its consumers.
2019/11/14
Committee: PECH