BETA

Activities of Dragoş TUDORACHE

Plenary speeches (59)

Review of the Romanian Presidency of the Council (debate)
2019/07/16
Humanitarian assistance in the Mediterranean (debate)
2019/07/17
Foreign electoral interference and disinformation in national and European democratic processes (debate)
2019/09/17
The Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences (debate)
2019/10/23
Dossiers: 2019/2886(RSP)
Interference from other countries in our democracies and elections (topical debate)
2019/11/27
False and Authentic Documents Online (FADO) system (debate)
2020/02/12
Dossiers: 2018/0330B(COD)
Migration situation at the Greek-Turkish border and the EU's common response to it (debate)
2020/03/10
Situation in the Schengen area following the Covid-19 outbreak (debate)
2020/06/18
Dossiers: 2020/2640(RSP)
Rule of Law conditionality in the framework of the MFF 2021-2027 and Next Generation EU (continuation of debate)
2020/10/05
Report on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (short presentation)
2020/10/19
Dossiers: 2019/2201(INI)
Inauguration of the new President of the United States and the current political situation (debate)
2021/01/20
Lack of transparency on Council appointments to the EPPO (debate)
2021/01/20
Democratic scrutiny of social media and the protection of fundamental rights (debate)
2021/02/10
European strategy for data – Commission evaluation report on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation two years after its application (continuation of debate)
2021/03/25
Dossiers: 2020/2217(INI)
Digital Green Certificate - Union citizens - Digital Green Certificate - third country nationals - The accessibility and affordability of Covid-testing (debate)
2021/04/28
Dossiers: 2021/2654(RSP)
Digital future of Europe: digital single market and use of AI for European consumers (debate)
2021/05/19
Dossiers: 2020/2216(INI)
European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (debate)
2021/05/19
EU Digital COVID Certificate - Union citizens – EU Digital COVID Certificate - third-country nationals (debate)
2021/06/08
Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of 22 June hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (continuation of debate)
2021/07/07
Dossiers: 2021/2780(RSP)
Situation in Afghanistan (debate)
2021/09/14
Dossiers: 2021/2877(RSP)
Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters (debate)
2021/10/04
Dossiers: 2020/2016(INI)
The future of EU-US relations (debate)
2021/10/05
Dossiers: 2021/2038(INI)
The situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression (debate)
2021/10/05
The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) (debate)
2021/11/11
EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (debate)
2022/02/16
Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)
2022/03/08
Dossiers: 2020/2268(INI)
Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova (debate)
2022/03/23
Dossiers: 2021/0438(COD)
Cooperation and similarities between the Putin regime and extreme right and separatist movements in Europe (topical debate)
2022/04/06
Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)
2022/05/03
Dossiers: 2020/2266(INI)
Strengthening Europol’s mandate: cooperation with private parties, processing of personal data, and support for research and innovation (debate)
2022/05/03
Dossiers: 2020/0349(COD)
State of play of the EU-Moldova cooperation (debate)
2022/05/05
Dossiers: 2022/2651(RSP)
EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (debate)
2022/05/18
Dossiers: 2021/2237(INI)
EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (debate)
2022/05/18
Dossiers: 2021/2237(INI)
The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine (debate)
2022/05/19
Dossiers: 2022/2655(RSP)
The EU and the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific (debate)
2022/06/06
Dossiers: 2021/2232(INI)
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022, including the meeting with Western Balkan leaders on 23 June - Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia (debate)
2022/06/22
Dossiers: 2022/2716(RSP)
The EU and the defence of multilateralism (debate)
2022/07/05
Dossiers: 2020/2114(INI)
The relations of the Russian government and diplomatic network with parties of extremist, populist, anti-European and certain other European political parties in the context of the war (debate)
2022/07/06
Countering the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Putin’s European cronies (topical debate)
2022/10/05
The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)
2022/10/05
EU-China relations (debate)
2022/11/22
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency (debate)
2023/01/17
Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)
2023/01/17
Dossiers: 2022/2048(INI)
The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine (debate)
2023/01/17
The Global Gateway Initiative (debate)
2023/01/19
Transparency and targeting of political advertising (debate)
2023/02/01
Dossiers: 2021/0381(COD)
Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (debate)
2023/02/02
One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)
2023/02/15
The challenges facing the Republic of Moldova (debate)
2023/03/14
The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)
2023/04/18
Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)
2023/06/13
Dossiers: 2021/0106(COD)
Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)
2023/06/13
Dossiers: 2021/0106(COD)
Artificial Intelligence Act (A9-0188/2023 - Brando Benifei, Dragoş Tudorache) (vote)
2023/06/14
Dossiers: 2021/0106(COD)
Artificial Intelligence Act (A9-0188/2023 - Brando Benifei, Dragoş Tudorache) (vote)
2023/06/14
Dossiers: 2021/0106(COD)
Global Convergence on Generative AI (debate)
2023/07/13
European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) (debate)
2023/09/11
Dossiers: 2022/0219(COD)
Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)
2023/09/13
Dossiers: 2023/0079(COD)
Taking stock of Moldova's path to the EU (debate)
2023/10/03
Outcome of the EU-US summit (debate)
2023/11/09

Reports (3)

REPORT on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova
2020/09/28
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2019/2201(INI)
Documents: PDF(237 KB) DOC(92 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Dragoş TUDORACHE', 'mepid': 197665}]
REPORT on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova
2022/05/12
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2021/2237(INI)
Documents: PDF(231 KB) DOC(90 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Dragoş TUDORACHE', 'mepid': 197665}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on laying down harmonised rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union Legislative Acts
2023/05/22
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Dossiers: 2021/0106(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(746 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Brando BENIFEI', 'mepid': 124867}, {'name': 'Dragoş TUDORACHE', 'mepid': 197665}]

Shadow reports (17)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Council Joint Action n°98/700/JHA, Regulation (EU) n° 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) n° 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council
2019/11/11
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0330B(COD)
Documents: PDF(213 KB) DOC(68 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Roberta METSOLA', 'mepid': 118859}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for ETIAS purposes and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1861
2020/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2019/0002(COD)
Documents: PDF(254 KB) DOC(115 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Jeroen LENAERS', 'mepid': 95074}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for accessing the other EU information systems and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 and Regulation (EU) 2019/816
2020/12/11
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2019/0001(COD)2019/0001B(COD)2019/0001A(COD)
Documents: PDF(236 KB) DOC(104 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Jeroen LENAERS', 'mepid': 95074}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2019/816 and (EU) 2019/818 as regards the establishment of the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for the purposes of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System
2021/03/30
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2019/0001B(COD)
Documents: PDF(228 KB) DOC(67 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Jeroen LENAERS', 'mepid': 95074}]
REPORT on EU-NATO cooperation in the context of transatlantic relations
2021/06/03
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2020/2257(INI)
Documents: PDF(217 KB) DOC(82 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE', 'mepid': 28399}]
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 603/2013, (EU) 2016/794, (EU) 2018/1862, (EU) 2019/816 and (EU) 2019/818 as regards the establishment of the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for the purposes of the Visa Information System
2021/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0152B(COD)
Documents: PDF(172 KB) DOC(51 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Paulo RANGEL', 'mepid': 96903}]
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1860, (EU) 2018/1861, (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA, for the purpose of reforming the Visa Information System
2021/06/21
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0152A(COD)
Documents: PDF(207 KB) DOC(60 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Paulo RANGEL', 'mepid': 96903}]
REPORT on artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters
2021/07/13
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/2016(INI)
Documents: PDF(243 KB) DOC(97 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Petar VITANOV', 'mepid': 197844}]
REPORT on the future of EU-US relations
2021/07/26
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2021/2038(INI)
Documents: PDF(408 KB) DOC(108 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Tonino PICULA', 'mepid': 112744}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794, as regards Europol’s cooperation with private parties, the processing of personal data by Europol in support of criminal investigations, and Europol’s role on research and innovation
2021/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/0349(COD)
Documents: PDF(485 KB) DOC(231 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Javier ZARZALEJOS', 'mepid': 197606}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters as regards the entry of alerts by Europol
2021/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/0350(COD)
Documents: PDF(238 KB) DOC(107 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Javier ZARZALEJOS', 'mepid': 197606}]
REPORT on the EU and the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific
2022/04/04
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2021/2232(INI)
Documents: PDF(219 KB) DOC(79 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'David McALLISTER', 'mepid': 124806}]
REPORT on security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of the common security and defence policy
2022/05/30
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2021/2199(INI)
Documents: PDF(249 KB) DOC(103 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI', 'mepid': 197566}]
REPORT on the EU and the defence of multilateralism
2022/06/08
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2020/2114(INI)
Documents: PDF(235 KB) DOC(94 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Javi LÓPEZ', 'mepid': 125042}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and the Council and Council Decision 2005/671/JHA, as regards the digital information exchange in terrorism cases
2022/10/27
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2021/0393(COD)
Documents: PDF(240 KB) DOC(100 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Patryk JAKI', 'mepid': 197516}]
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data
2023/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2021/0399(COD)
Documents: PDF(190 KB) DOC(78 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Patryk JAKI', 'mepid': 197516}]
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the European defence industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act
2023/04/28
Committee: AFETITRE
Dossiers: 2022/0219(COD)
Documents: PDF(412 KB) DOC(164 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Michael GAHLER', 'mepid': 2341}, {'name': 'Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI', 'mepid': 124891}]

Opinions (2)

OPINION Critical technologies for security and defence: state of play and future challenges
2023/03/10
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2022/2079(INI)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(49 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Dragoş TUDORACHE', 'mepid': 197665}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures to strengthen solidarity and capacities in the Union to detect, prepare for and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents
2023/10/27
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2023/0109(COD)
Documents: PDF(256 KB) DOC(179 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Dragoş TUDORACHE', 'mepid': 197665}]

Shadow opinions (8)

OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on the framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies
2020/09/23
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/2012(INL)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(77 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Assita KANKO', 'mepid': 197469}]
OPINION on Artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/2013(INI)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(66 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Patryk JAKI', 'mepid': 197516}]
OPINION on shaping the digital future of Europe: removing barriers to the functioning of the digital single market and improving the use of AI for European consumers
2021/02/15
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/2216(INI)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(66 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Annalisa TARDINO', 'mepid': 197806}]
OPINION on a European strategy for data
2021/02/18
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/2217(INI)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(76 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Marina KALJURAND', 'mepid': 197491}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)
2021/07/13
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2020/0340(COD)
Documents: PDF(401 KB) DOC(239 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sergey LAGODINSKY', 'mepid': 197460}]
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148
2021/07/15
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2020/0359(COD)
Documents: PDF(228 KB) DOC(72 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Markéta GREGOROVÁ', 'mepid': 197549}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act)
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2022/0047(COD)
Documents: PDF(375 KB) DOC(243 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sergey LAGODINSKY', 'mepid': 197460}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020
2023/07/18
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2023/0079(COD)
Documents: PDF(298 KB) DOC(191 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Miriam LEXMANN', 'mepid': 204336}]

Institutional motions (234)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the USA-Mexican border
2019/07/15
Dossiers: 2019/2733(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, notably the situation of environmental activists and Ukrainian political prisoners
2019/07/15
Dossiers: 2019/2734(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Hong Kong
2019/07/15
Dossiers: 2019/2732(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela
2019/07/15
Dossiers: 2019/2730(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the USA-Mexico border
2019/07/17
Dossiers: 2019/2733(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Hong Kong
2019/07/17
Dossiers: 2019/2732(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, notably the situation of environmental activists and Ukrainian political prisoners
2019/07/17
Dossiers: 2019/2734(RSP)
Documents: PDF(179 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela
2019/07/17
Dossiers: 2019/2730(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Romanian revolution of December 1989
2019/12/16
Dossiers: 2019/2989(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law in Malta following the recent revelations surrounding the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
2019/12/16
Dossiers: 2019/2954(RSP)
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
2020/06/10
Dossiers: 2020/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(196 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Venezuela and the migration and refugee crisis
2020/07/07
Dossiers: 2019/2952(RSP)
Documents: PDF(183 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights situation in Turkey, notably the case of Selahattin Demirtas and other prisoners of conscience
2021/01/18
Dossiers: 2021/2506(RSP)
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights situation in Vietnam, in particular the case of human rights journalists Pham Chi Dung, Nguyen Tuong Thuy et Le Huu Minh Tuan
2021/01/18
Dossiers: 2021/2507(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
2021/01/18
Dossiers: 2021/2505(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest developments in the National Assembly of Venezuela
2021/01/18
Dossiers: 2021/2508(RSP)
Documents: PDF(175 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest developments in the National Assembly of Venezuela
2021/01/19
Dossiers: 2021/2508(RSP)
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of Aleksei Navalny
2021/01/19
Dossiers: 2021/2513(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of Aleksei Navalny
2021/01/20
Dossiers: 2021/2513(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
2021/01/20
Dossiers: 2021/2505(RSP)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights situation in Kazakhstan
2021/02/08
Dossiers: 2021/2544(RSP)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political situation in Uganda
2021/02/08
Dossiers: 2021/2545(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina
2021/02/08
Dossiers: 2021/2543(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian and political situation in Yemen
2021/02/08
Dossiers: 2021/2539(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Myanmar
2021/02/08
Dossiers: 2021/2540(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian and political situation in Yemen
2021/02/09
Dossiers: 2021/2539(RSP)
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(60 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Myanmar
2021/02/09
Dossiers: 2021/2540(RSP)
Documents: PDF(211 KB) DOC(61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina
2021/02/10
Dossiers: 2021/2543(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage
2021/03/08
Dossiers: 2021/2577(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders
2021/03/08
Dossiers: 2021/2578(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass trials against opposition and civil society in Cambodia
2021/03/08
Dossiers: 2021/2579(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders
2021/03/10
Dossiers: 2021/2578(RSP)
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass trials against the opposition and civil society in Cambodia
2021/03/10
Dossiers: 2021/2579(RSP)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage
2021/03/10
Dossiers: 2021/2577(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the rule of law in Malta
2021/04/21
Dossiers: 2021/2611(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America
2021/04/26
Dossiers: 2021/2645(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the accessibility and affordability of COVID testing
2021/04/26
Dossiers: 2021/2654(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fifth anniversary of the Peace Agreement in Colombia
2021/04/26
Dossiers: 2021/2643(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Blasphemy laws in Pakistan, in particular the case of Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel
2021/04/27
Dossiers: 2021/2647(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bolivia and the arrest of former President Jeanine Añez and other officials
2021/04/27
Dossiers: 2021/2646(RSP)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the blasphemy laws in Pakistan, in particular the case of Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel
2021/04/28
Dossiers: 2021/2647(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, the case of Alexei Navalny, the military build-up on Ukraine’s border and Russian attacks in the Czech Republic
2021/04/28
Dossiers: 2021/2642(RSP)
Documents: PDF(174 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fifth anniversary of the Peace Agreement in Colombia
2021/04/28
Dossiers: 2021/2643(RSP)
Documents: PDF(178 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Sri Lanka, in particular the arrests under the Prevention of Terrorism Act
2021/06/07
Dossiers: 2021/2748(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The listing of German NGOs as 'undesirable organisations' by Russia and the detention of Andrei Pivovarov
2021/06/07
Dossiers: 2021/2749(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on systematic repression in Belarus and its consequences for European security following abductions from an EU civilian plane intercepted by Belarusian authorities
2021/06/07
Dossiers: 2021/2741(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan
2021/06/07
Dossiers: 2021/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Sri Lanka, in particular the arrests under the Prevention of Terrorism Act
2021/06/09
Dossiers: 2021/2748(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the use of minors by the Moroccan authorities in the migratory crisis in Ceuta
2021/06/09
Dossiers: 2021/2747(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the listing of German NGOs as ‘undesirable organisations’ by Russia and the detention of Andrei Pivovarov
2021/06/09
Dossiers: 2021/2749(RSP)
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic repression in Belarus and its consequences for European security following the abductions from an EU civilian plane intercepted by Belarusian authorities
2021/06/09
Dossiers: 2021/2741(RSP)
Documents: PDF(176 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan
2021/06/09
Dossiers: 2021/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Lebanon
2021/09/14
Dossiers: 2021/2878(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan
2021/09/14
Dossiers: 2021/2877(RSP)
Documents: PDF(189 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on media freedom and further deterioration of the rule of law in Poland
2021/09/14
Dossiers: 2021/2880(RSP)
Documents: PDF(193 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Paul Rusesabagina in Rwanda
2021/10/04
Dossiers: 2021/2906(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Myanmar, including the situation of religious and ethnic groups
2021/10/04
Dossiers: 2021/2905(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The state law relating to abortion in Texas, USA
2021/10/04
Dossiers: 2021/2910(RSP)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression
2021/10/04
Dossiers: 2021/2881(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Tigray
2021/10/04
Dossiers: 2021/2902(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Pandora Papers: implications for the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance
2021/10/18
Dossiers: 2021/2922(RSP)
Documents: PDF(206 KB) DOC(64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law
2021/10/19
Dossiers: 2021/2935(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Pandora Papers: implications for the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance
2021/10/20
Dossiers: 2021/2922(RSP)
Documents: PDF(205 KB) DOC(65 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Somalia
2021/11/22
Dossiers: 2021/2981(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights violations by private military and security companies, particularly the Wagner group
2021/11/22
Dossiers: 2021/2982(RSP)
Documents: PDF(178 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On the human rights situation in Cameroon
2021/11/23
Dossiers: 2021/2983(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
2021/12/13
Dossiers: 2021/3000(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Cuba, namely the cases of José Daniel Ferrer, Lady in White Aymara Nieto, Maykel Castillo, Luis Robles, Félix Navarro, Luis Manuel Otero, Reverend Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, Andy Dunier García and Yunior García Aguilera
2021/12/13
Dossiers: 2021/3019(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continuous crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Russia: the case of Human Rights organisation Memorial
2021/12/13
Dossiers: 2021/3018(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on forced labour in the Linglong factory and environmental protests in Serbia
2021/12/13
Dossiers: 2021/3020(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Russia: the case of human rights organisation Memorial
2021/12/15
Dossiers: 2021/3018(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on forced labour in the Linglong factory and environmental protests in Serbia
2021/12/15
Dossiers: 2021/3020(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
2021/12/15
Dossiers: 2021/3010(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Cuba, namely the cases of José Daniel Ferrer, Lady in White Aymara Nieto, Maykel Castillo, Luis Robles, Félix Navarro, Luis Manuel Otero, Reverend Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, Andy Dunier García and Yunior García Aguilera
2021/12/15
Dossiers: 2021/3019(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political crisis in Sudan
2022/01/17
Dossiers: 2022/2504(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Kazakhstan
2022/01/17
Dossiers: 2022/2505(RSP)
Documents: PDF(179 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong
2022/01/17
Dossiers: 2022/2503(RSP)
Documents: PDF(173 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political crisis in Sudan
2022/01/19
Dossiers: 2022/2504(RSP)
Documents: PDF(219 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong
2022/01/19
Dossiers: 2022/2503(RSP)
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Kazakhstan
2022/01/19
Dossiers: 2022/2505(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the political crisis in Burkina Faso
2022/02/14
Dossiers: 2022/2542(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the recent human rights developments in the Philippines
2022/02/14
Dossiers: 2022/2540(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty in Iran
2022/02/14
Dossiers: 2022/2541(RSP)
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico
2022/03/07
Dossiers: 2022/2580(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
2022/03/07
Dossiers: 2022/2582(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, one year after the coup
2022/03/07
Dossiers: 2022/2581(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(46 KB)
on the situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico
2022/03/09
Dossiers: 2022/2580(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
2022/03/09
Dossiers: 2022/2582(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On Human rights situation in North Korea, including the persecution of religious minorities
2022/04/04
Dossiers: 2022/2620(RSP)
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the rule of law and human rights in the Republic of Guatemala
2022/04/04
Dossiers: 2022/2621(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny
2022/04/04
Dossiers: 2022/2622(RSP)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
2022/04/05
Dossiers: 2022/2571(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
2022/04/05
Dossiers: 2022/2560(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2571(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2560(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in North Korea, including the persecution of religious minorities
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2620(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(56 KB)
the situation of the rule of law and human rights in the Republic of Guatemala
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2621(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(52 KB)
on the Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2622(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on threats to stability, security and democracy in West and Sahelian Africa
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2650(RSP)
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on reports of continued organ harvesting in China
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2657(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of play of EU-Moldova cooperation
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2651(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Osman Kavala in Turkey
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2656(RSP)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous crackdown of political opposition in Cambodia
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2658(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(45 KB)
threats to stability, security and democracy in Western and Sahelian Africa
2022/05/04
Dossiers: 2022/2650(RSP)
Documents: PDF(201 KB) DOC(63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the reports of continued organ harvesting in China
2022/05/04
Dossiers: 2022/2657(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(52 KB)
the State of play on the EU-Moldova cooperation
2022/05/04
Dossiers: 2022/2651(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuous crackdown of political opposition in Cambodia
2022/05/04
Dossiers: 2022/2658(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Osman Kavala in Turkey
2022/05/04
Dossiers: 2022/2656(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the fight against impunity of war crimes in Ukraine
2022/05/13
Dossiers: 2022/2655(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus
2022/05/13
Dossiers: 2022/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
2022/05/17
Dossiers: 2022/2655(RSP)
Documents: PDF(183 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus
2022/05/17
Dossiers: 2022/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(193 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the instrumentalisation of justice as a repressive tool in Nicaragua
2022/06/07
Dossiers: 2022/2701(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on reports of the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
2022/06/07
Dossiers: 2022/2700(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On Violations of media freedom and safety of journalists in Georgia
2022/06/07
Dossiers: 2022/2702(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national recovery plan (RRF)
2022/06/08
Dossiers: 2022/2703(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
2022/06/08
Dossiers: 2022/2700(RSP)
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists in Georgia
2022/06/08
Dossiers: 2022/2702(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(53 KB)
on the instrumentalisation of justice as a repressive tool in Nicaragua
2022/06/08
Dossiers: 2022/2701(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
2022/06/20
Dossiers: 2022/2716(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
2022/06/22
Dossiers: 2022/2716(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the 612 relief fund in Hong Kong
2022/07/04
Dossiers: 2022/2751(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Philips and Bruno Pereira
2022/07/04
Dossiers: 2022/2752(RSP)
Documents: PDF(176 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
2022/07/04
Dossiers: 2022/2753(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(46 KB)
on the arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the 612 relief fund in Hong Kong
2022/07/06
Dossiers: 2022/2751(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
2022/07/06
Dossiers: 2022/2753(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(53 KB)
on the situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
2022/07/06
Dossiers: 2022/2752(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of human rights in Uganda and Tanzania linked to the investments in fossil fuels projects
2022/09/12
Dossiers: 2022/2826(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights violations in the context of forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
2022/09/12
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Strait of Taiwan
2022/09/12
Dossiers: 2022/2822(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Strait of Taiwan
2022/09/13
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of human rights in Uganda and Tanzania linked to investments in fossil fuels projects
2022/09/14
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights violations in the context of the forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and the forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
2022/09/14
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights in Haiti in particular related to gang violence
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2856(RSP)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2857(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2858(RSP)
Documents: PDF(152 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2849(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2851(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death of Mahsa Jina Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights in Haiti in particular related to gang violence
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area
2022/10/12
Dossiers: 2022/2852(RSP)
Documents: PDF(152 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
2022/10/14
Dossiers: 2022/2866(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on growing hate crimes against LGBTIQ+ people across Europe in light of the recent homophobic murder in Slovakia
2022/10/18
Dossiers: 2022/2894(RSP)
Documents: PDF(174 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Egypt
2022/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/2962(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION forced displacement of people as a result of escalating conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
2022/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/2957(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Afghanistan and specially the deterioration of women's rights and attacks against education institutions
2022/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/2955(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuing repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus
2022/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/2956(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the forced displacement of people as a result of the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
2022/11/23
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, especially the deterioration of women’s rights and attacks against educational institutions
2022/11/23
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Egypt
2022/11/23
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prospects for the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine
2022/12/09
Dossiers: 2022/2949(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Military junta crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Chad
2022/12/12
Dossiers: 2022/2993(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Chinese government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People's Republic of China
2022/12/12
Dossiers: 2022/2992(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain
2022/12/12
Dossiers: 2022/2994(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 90 years after the Holodomor: recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide
2022/12/12
Dossiers: 2022/3001(RSP)
Documents: PDF(137 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 90 years after the Holodomor: recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide
2022/12/13
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prospects of the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine
2022/12/13
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the military junta crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Chad
2022/12/14
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Chinese Government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People’s Republic of China
2022/12/14
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in Bahrain
2022/12/14
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian consequences of the blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh
2023/01/16
Dossiers: 2023/2504(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU response to the protests and executions in Iran
2023/01/18
Documents: PDF(181 KB) DOC(61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine
2023/01/18
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit
2023/01/25
Dossiers: 2023/2509(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the recent deterioration of the inhuman imprisonment conditions of Alexei Navalny and other political prisoners in Russia
2023/02/13
Dossiers: 2023/2553(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the situation of human rights defenders in Eswatini, notably the murder of Thulani Maseko
2023/02/13
Dossiers: 2023/2551(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violence against opposition activists in Equatorial Guinea, notably the case of Julio Obama Mefuman
2023/02/13
Dossiers: 2023/2552(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine
2023/02/13
Dossiers: 2023/2558(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the inhuman imprisonment conditions of Alexei Navalny
2023/02/15
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights defenders in Eswatini, notably the murder of Thulani Maseko
2023/02/15
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violence against opposition activists in Equatorial Guinea, notably the case of Julio Obama Mefuman
2023/02/15
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tunisia: Recent attacks against freedom of expression and association and trade unions, in particular the case of journalist Noureddine Boutar
2023/03/13
Dossiers: 2023/2588(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha
2023/03/13
Dossiers: 2023/2589(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent poisoning of hundreds of school girls in Iran
2023/03/13
Dossiers: 2023/2587(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the challenges facing the Republic of Moldova
2023/04/12
Dossiers: 2023/2595(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the challenges facing the Republic of Moldova
2023/04/17
Documents: PDF(181 KB) DOC(60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the risk of death penalty and execution of singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria
2023/04/17
Dossiers: 2023/2650(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
2023/04/17
Dossiers: 2023/2648(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda
2023/04/18
Dossiers: 2023/2643(RSP)
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda
2023/04/19
Documents: PDF(185 KB) DOC(55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the risk of the death penalty and the execution of singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria
2023/04/19
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
2023/04/19
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Belarus: the inhumane treatment and hospitalization of prominent opposition leader Viktar Babaryka
2023/05/08
Dossiers: 2023/2693(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Myanmar notably the dissolution of democratic political parties
2023/05/08
Dossiers: 2023/2694(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Media freedom and freedom of expression in Algeria, the case of Ihsane El-Kadi
2023/05/08
Dossiers: 2023/2661(RSP)
Documents: PDF(137 KB) DOC(43 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on media freedom and freedom of expression in Algeria – the case of journalist Ihsane El-Kadi
2023/05/10
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the dissolution of democratic political parties
2023/05/10
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the humanitarian situation in Sudan in particular the death of children trapped by fighting
2023/06/12
Dossiers: 2023/2736(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong, notably the case of Jimmy Lai
2023/06/12
Dossiers: 2023/2737(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(69 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION torture and criminal prosecution of Ukrainian minors Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov by the Russian Federation
2023/06/12
Dossiers: 2023/2735(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community
2023/06/12
Dossiers: 2023/2739(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(48 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular the death of children trapped by fighting
2023/06/14
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong, notably the case of Jimmy Lai
2023/06/14
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua
2023/06/14
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community
2023/06/14
Documents: PDF(177 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the torture and criminal prosecution of Ukrainian minors Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov by the Russian Federation
2023/06/14
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The political disqualifications in Venezuela
2023/07/10
Dossiers: 2023/2780(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION India, the situation in Manipur
2023/07/10
Dossiers: 2023/2781(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan
2023/07/10
Dossiers: 2023/2782(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on India, the situation in Manipur
2023/07/12
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan
2023/07/12
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political disqualifications in Venezuela
2023/07/12
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
2023/09/11
Dossiers: 2023/2833(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Guatemala: the situation after the elections, the rule of law and judicial independence
2023/09/11
Dossiers: 2023/2831(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The case of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, imprisoned in Azerbaijan
2023/09/11
Dossiers: 2023/2832(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
2023/09/13
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, imprisoned in Azerbaijan
2023/09/13
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala: the situation after the elections, the rule of law and judicial independence
2023/09/13
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya
2023/10/02
Dossiers: 2023/2882(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU
2023/10/02
Dossiers: 2023/2838(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Egypt, in particular the sentencing of Hisham Kassem
2023/10/02
Dossiers: 2023/2883(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials
2023/10/02
Dossiers: 2023/2881(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(43 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya
2023/10/04
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU
2023/10/04
Documents: PDF(171 KB) DOC(55 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, in particular the sentencing of Hisham Kassem
2023/10/04
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials
2023/10/04
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the despicable terrorist attacks of Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza
2023/10/16
Dossiers: 2023/2899(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, including the situation in the northern municipalities in Kosovo
2023/10/16
Dossiers: 2023/2880(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(48 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza
2023/10/18
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia
2023/11/06
Dossiers: 2023/2905(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the latest attacks against women, women's rights defenders in Iran, and its arbitrary detention of EU nationals
2023/11/20
Dossiers: 2023/2979(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the killing of Tamaz Ginturi, a Georgian citizen, by Russia’s occupying forces in Georgia
2023/11/20
Dossiers: 2023/2981(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the unlawful detention of President Mohamed Bazoum in Niger
2023/11/20
Dossiers: 2023/2980(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest attacks against women and women’s rights defenders in Iran, and Iran’s arbitrary detention of EU nationals
2023/11/22
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the latest attacks against women and women’s rights defenders in Iran, and Iran’s arbitrary detention of EU nationals
2023/11/22
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Georgian citizens Tamaz Ginturi killed and Levan Dotiashvili abducted by the Russian occupation forces in the occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia
2023/11/22
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the unlawful detention of President Mohamed Bazoum in Niger
2023/11/22
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy
2023/12/08
Dossiers: 2023/2987(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarussian politicians’ and activists’ family members
2023/12/11
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy
2023/12/12
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the attempt of a coup d’Etat in Guatemala
2023/12/12
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(47 KB)

Oral questions (6)

The use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus
2020/04/16
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(11 KB)
The use of contact tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus
2020/04/16
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(11 KB)
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
2022/01/10
Documents: PDF(56 KB) DOC(12 KB)
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
2022/04/28
Documents: PDF(59 KB) DOC(12 KB)
Timetable and vote for the accession of Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia to the Schengen Area
2022/09/21
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Call for a European strategy to counter hostage diplomacy
2023/02/27
Documents: PDF(54 KB) DOC(11 KB)

Written explanations (10)

Assessment of Hungary's compliance with the rule of law conditions under the Conditionality Regulation and state of play of the Hungarian RRP (B9-0511/2022)

The European Parliament has always said that no EU money should end up in the hands of governments that cannot guarantee that funds are protected from misuse. Hungary has had enough time to implement the 17 measures required to address systemic irregularities on the rule of law that the Commission asked for within the remit of the conditionality mechanism and did not deliver. The Orbán government is now pressing us through blackmail and dirty politics, but we cannot give in. I fully endorse this resolution that stresses that, for the sake of the Union, no European money for the recovery plan and no cohesion funds should be given to autocrats like Orbán.
2022/11/24
Situation of human rights in the context of the FIFA world cup in Qatar (B9-0539/2022, B9-0541/2022, B9-0542/2022, B9-0543/2022, B9-0537/2022, RC-B9-0538/2022, B9-0538/2022)

The football World Cup has begun but instead of enjoying the sport at the highest international level, the spotlight is on the breaches of the rights of migrant workers, women and the LGBTQ community in the host country, Qatar. I fully endorse the resolution voted in the plenary of the European Parliament that condemns Qatar’s systemic violations of basic rights and stresses the shameful failure of FIFA to uphold its own human rights policies and responsibilities, protect the freedom of its players, and respect the game. It is appalling to think that the game is played in stadiums for which over 6 500 migrant workers have died since 2010 due to extreme working conditions and FIFA does not bat an eyelid.
2022/11/24
Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (B9-0580/2022, RC-B9-0581/2022, B9-0581/2022, B9-0582/2022, B9-0583/2022, B9-0584/2022, B9-0585/2022, B9-0587/2022)

The revelations of Qatargate are a stain on European democracy. All those involved, members and staff of any European institution, must be held accountable. We have called for the creation of an independent EU ethics body and now, more than ever, this is needed. We must stand together, restore the integrity of this House, and regain the trust of our citizens. And we must never again allow for this kind of action to tarnish the true values upon which our Union is built on. I wholeheartedly support this resolution that sends a clear message: our values are not for sale!
2022/12/15
90 years after Holodomor: Recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide (RC-B9-0559/2022, B9-0559/2022, B9-0560/2022, B9-0561/2022, B9-0564/2022, B9-0566/2022)

2022-2023 marks the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the artificial famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, a starvation that was planned and implemented by Stalin in order to force the Soviet Union’s regime of collectivisation of agriculture and to suppress the Ukrainian people. Millions lost their lives. With this vote, the European Parliament recognises the Holodomor as genocide against the Ukrainian people and calls on all Member States and third countries to raise awareness of these facts and other Soviet government crimes. Making a comparison to the Soviet era, we cannot allow Putin’s regime to manipulate the historical memory and continue destroying the identity and culture of the Ukrainian people.
2022/12/15
The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine (RC-B9-0063/2023, B9-0063/2023, B9-0064/2023, B9-0068/2023, B9-0069/2023, B9-0072/2023)

Putin’s unprovoked aggression and acts of terror against the people of Ukraine cannot remain unpunished as they are a blatant violation of any fundamental principle of international law and a threat to the foundational norms that underpin the modern legal world. I fully support this resolution that calls for an international tribunal to investigate and prosecute the crime of aggression committed against Ukraine by Russia’s leaders and allies. We owe it to the Ukrainian people that went already through enough; we owe it to our European citizens that await concrete actions from us; and we owe it to history, as we need to be remembered as the ones that stood tall and acted firmly against injustice.
2023/01/19
EU response to the protests and executions in Iran (RC-B9-0066/2023, B9-0062/2023, B9-0066/2023, B9-0067/2023, B9-0070/2023, B9-0079/2023, B9-0080/2023)

The Iranian Government is using criminal prosecution and the death sentence as weapons to punish protesters and terrorise the population in an effort to quell dissent. Iranian forces brutally suppressed peaceful demonstrations while violating international human rights laws and used excessive and deadly force against women, at the forefront of these demonstrations. With this resolution, the EU commits to harshen the sanctions mechanism in response to the Iranian regime and support any effort to collect and store evidence of international crimes in order to contribute to possible cases at the International Criminal Court as all perpetrators of violence must be brought to justice. The respect of fundamental rights and strengthening accountability for their violations across the world is at the core of the European Union and it is not negotiable.
2023/01/19
Transparency and targeting of political advertising (A9-0009/2023 - Sandro Gozi)

Through its favourable vote, Parliament has backed the numerous changes to the proposed political advertising rules that will make future elections and referenda more transparent and resistant to foreign interference. Our citizens will soon be able to easily recognise when and why they are targeted by political advertisement and who paid for it.These limitations on abusive political advertising practices are necessary in order to give our electorate greater transparency and a more open, free and democratic political debate. I fully support this report, which protects our citizens against the misuse of their personal data and defends our European democracies from interference, manipulation and disinformation by unscrupulous political players.
2023/02/02
Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (RC-B9-0092/2023, B9-0092/2023, B9-0093/2023, B9-0094/2023, B9-0095/2023, B9-0096/2023)

Ahead of the EU—Ukraine summit that will take place in Kiev, the European Parliament calls, with this resolution that I fully endorse, for a clear pathway for the start of the accession negotiations, a much needed perspective for the morale of the Ukrainian people. Both Ukraine and Moldova have a long way ahead, but we need to be consistent in our actions and step up our financial, technical and political support in order for them to become full members of the European family. Victory for Ukraine is the only way forward. The security and democracy of the EU might depend on it. We must continue to show unity in the face of Russia’s aggression and focus on relief, recovery and the reconstruction of Ukraine.
2023/02/02
Following up on measures requested by Parliament to strengthen the integrity of European institutions (RC-B9-0147/2023, B9-0147/2023, B9-0150/2023, B9-0152/2023, B9-0153/2023, B9-0154/2023)

The corruption scandal involving representatives of the European Parliament and Qatar shook us all to the core. The trust that our citizens have in our institution is broken. This House supports a zero-tolerance policy on corruption in any form and at any level. With this vote, we call for clear measures to strengthen the integrity of European institutions and a swift implementation of the necessary revised mechanisms to address transparency and accountability for all. We need to step up our efforts and restore the integrity of the Parliament and rebuild trust in the European project.
2023/02/16
One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (RC-B9-0123/2023, B9-0123/2023, B9-0126/2023, B9-0131/2023, B9-0132/2023, B9-0134/2023, B9-0139/2023)

It has been one year since the war alarms went off in the streets of Ukraine because of the unprovoked and unjustified Russian aggression, one year since this war has been killing thousands and forcing millions to leave their homes, but also one year since Europe showed immense mobilisation and solidarity matching the bravery and resilience of the people of Ukraine. With this resolution, we show our determination to continue with the necessary sanctioning measures in order to weaken Putin’s regime, and we underline the unwavering support for Ukraine by providing the necessary means to defeat Russia’s war machine. Ukraine must prevail!
2023/02/16

Written questions (17)

Illegal use of Schengen information system database by UK authorities
2019/09/03
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Rule of law infringement in the UK
2019/09/04
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Implementation and enforcement in the Member States of European legislation regarding 112 emergency call location technology
2019/09/26
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Hearing of 16 September 2019 as part of the rule of law procedure against Hungary under Article 7(1) TEU
2019/10/15
Documents: PDF(47 KB) DOC(19 KB)
UK authorities’ concealed failure to alert the EU to 75 000 criminal convictions
2020/01/21
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Romanian seasonal agricultural workers in the context of COVID-19
2020/05/13
Documents: PDF(44 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Violence against migrants by police and border forces in Croatia and inconsistent spending of EU funds
2020/06/22
Documents: PDF(42 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Allegations of Frontex’s complicity in violating the principle of non-refoulement
2020/10/27
Documents: PDF(54 KB) DOC(10 KB)
NDICI support to vulnerable children and their families in the Republic of Moldova
2020/12/08
Documents: PDF(45 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Nagorno‑Karabakh
2021/03/03
Documents: PDF(52 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Belarusian state-sponsored air piracy and terrorism
2021/05/25
Documents: PDF(52 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Chinese hypersonic missile test in space
2021/10/20
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(10 KB)
The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
2022/06/22
Documents: PDF(49 KB) DOC(10 KB)
PimEyes: the fundamental rights implications of private use facial recognition technology and biometric databases
2022/07/14
Documents: PDF(47 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Large-scale pro-Russian disinformation operations online on Twitter and Facebook
2022/10/19
Documents: PDF(51 KB) DOC(11 KB)
Violence against the police in EU Member States
2023/03/22
Documents: PDF(46 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Attack on Stepanakert by Azerbaijan
2023/09/21
Documents: PDF(52 KB) DOC(11 KB)

Amendments (3233)

Amendment 13 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Recommendation on critical technology areas for the EU's economic security for further risk assessment with Member States (C(2023) 6689 final),
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas China is simultaneously a partner and also increasingly a competitor and a systemic rival to the EUrather than a partner;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the EU can only credibly defend its interests and values against an increasingly assertive China if it acts with a single, united approach and remains consistent with its message;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas in order to defend its core values and be treated as an equal partner, Europe needs a new approach towards China basrooted oin European strategic autonomythe rules-based international order, reciprocity, cooperation with like-minded partners and strong opposition to any form of coercion;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EU must not acceptsanction critical political or military support by China for Russia’s illegal war of aggression in Ukraine or for any circumvention of EU sanctions imposed following Russia’s illegal invasion;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU mustwill not accept any unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, particularly by force, nor ongoing human rights violations within China, in particular in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Hong Kong;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) continue engaging with China to tackle global challenges such as climate change and biodiversity, health and pandemic preparedness, debt relief and humanitarian assistance, and increase dialogue with China on security issueinternational partners in view of China’s increasingly critical role in global security;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ensure that China plays a constructive role indoesn’t hinder the purposes and objectives of multilateral organisations such as the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations and support steps towards allowing Taiwan’s participation in the meetings, mechanism and activities of relevant international institutions such as the WHO, the International Civil Aviation Organization and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) ensure participation of liberal democracies at all levels in the multilateral organisations where China is actively trying to reshape norms;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 225 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) respond adequately to China’s efforts to build alternative international organisations, including through the BRICS group of countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), by ensuring better coordination among the EU Member States and intensifying partnerships with like-minded partners around the world, such as the US, Japan, and South Korea;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) increase EU’s presence in the Global South through its Global Gateway project, to create alternative secure infrastructure to China’s Belt and Road Initiative;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 240 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) insist that China fulfils its responsibilities as a global power by upholding human rights and the rule of law, according to international standards;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ensure a unified European approach, coordinated with international like-minded partners, when China uses its economic leverage to silence opposition against its human rights abuses; intensify and include Members of the European Parliament in the Human Rights Dialogue with China and work towards a united approach on cultural and academic cooperation with China while preventing undue influence from Chinese sources of finance;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) intensify and include Members of the European Parliament in the Human Rights Dialogue with China and work towards a united approach on cultural and academic cooperation with China while preventing undue influence from Chinese sources of finance;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) support an independent and impartial UN investigation into human rights violations in China, in particular in Xinjiang and Tibet, and urge the Chinese authorities to grant meaningful access to the regions concerned and immediately and unconditionally release the Uyghur scholar and 2019 Sakharov Prize Laureate Ilham Tohti and all other activists imprisoned and tortured because of regime opposition;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 337 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) elaborate a mechanism through which political refugees from Hong Kong could settle and work on the territory of the EU;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 348 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3
Ensuring the Europe’s strategic autonoman Union’s security in dealing with China by de-risking
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 366 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) work towards a renewed, assertive and coherent EU approach towards China that shapes relations with the PRC in the interest of the EU as a whole and takes full account of the challenges stemming from the PRC’s rise as a global actor, especially in the military and technological domains and its increasingly oppressive domestic policies and assertive foreign policy;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 381 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) strengthen the EU’s economic autonomy, ensure mutually beneficial economic relations and preventban sensitive technologies from being used for military purposes by de-risking trade flows and reducing critical dependencies on the PRC without aiming to decouple or turning inwardhile seeking alternatives in democratic allies;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 401 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) work towards a more coordinated approach towards the protection of critical infrastructure at EU level and think in terms of security beyond economic interests;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 446 #

2023/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) ensure that the status quo in the Taiwan Strait is not changed by means of force or coercion by supporting initiatives aimed at promoting dialogue, cooperation and confidence-building between the two sides; prepare a scenario-based strategy for tackling potential security challenges in the Taiwan Strait and work together with like- minded democracies to prevent an invasion of Taiwan;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas a strong transatlantic cooperation based on the principle of a partnership of joint leadership and responsibility is necessary to weather the storm of multiple crises on both sides of the Atlantic and globally;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the transatlantic partnership in foreign affairs is instrumental in asserting and enhancing the principles of international law and multilateral cooperation in the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and an increasingly assertive and unpredictable China;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas standing together against the brutality of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will be even more crucial in the months to come and must remain a joint transatlantic commitment regardless of upcoming political developments;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas EU-US transatlantic dialogue and parliamentary diplomacy must continue to address global challenges, to intensify, and to anchor and consolidate the transatlantic relationship;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) foster the EU’s open strategic autonomy as a means to pursue the EU’s own legitimate interests while strengthening the transatlantic bondStrengthen the EU’s position globally by acting as “TeamEurope”, by boosting investments in new technologies, military capabilities, and overall capacity building, aiming for to a stronger EU-US partnership, improved burden sharing, and increasing thed joint leverage of the EU and the US on the world scene;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reassert the continued relevance of the strategic transatlantic relationship and its anchoring in our shared values for the rebuilding and reinvigoration of the multilateral rules-based international order, with the UN system and international law at its centre;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) reinforce the accountability and resilience of our democratic systems in the run-up to the elections next year on both sides, as well as enhance transatlantic dialogue and cooperation on policies supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law and combating disinformation and foreign interference from authoritarian regimes including electoral interference, disinformation, and economic and political coercion;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) continue and enhance bilateral talks on technology with the aim to take the lead in developing international standards for emerging technologies, including but not limited to artificial intelligence (AI), cyber-security and emerging technologies.
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) continue the full EU-US coordination on effective international sanctions on Russia, Belarus and all those who facilitate, directly or in a covert manner, Russia’s aggression in order to undermine Russia’s ability to continue the war and other aggressions against its neighbours and to prevent sanction circumvention;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) ensure that the joint commitment to support Ukraine remains an anchor of transatlantic cooperation regardless of the election results on both side of the Atlantic;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) continue the excellent cooperation on countering foreign information manipulation and interference and reinforce our joint readiness and resillience against the malign usage of technological advancement to harm our shared interests;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i – point i (new)
i) closely coordinate and align efforts for democratic and global convergence on frontier technologies, in particular artificial intelligence; closely coordinate EU-US efforts in the G7, OECD, Council of Europe, GPAI, and other multilateral fora aiming to establish governance frameworks for artificial intelligence, based on our common values and on our shared commitment to upholding them;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) assess the importance of the strong convergence of transatlantic positions towards China, building more and more on the ‘de-risking’ strategy while looking for ways to cooperate withalso engage China on some global challenges, such as climate change, health and pandemic preparedness, and humanitarian assistance;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) reach out jointly to countries of the Global South and reinforce our capacity to work in partnership and our commitment to democratic values, a rules-based international order and to working with the Global Southtogether on an attractive alternative path to digital development, especially connectivity;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) explore ways to create synergies and possibilopportunities of EU-US engagement with China in multilateral frameworks on common and global challenges, such as climate change, health-related risks, respect for human rights, cyberspace, arms control, non-proliferation and preventing risks from emerging disruptive technologies;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) deepen cooperation in forging democratic standards for the use of technology, including AI, by aligning their digital diplomacy strategies in order to defend our values, enhance our security and foster democracy-serving digital standards at home and worldwide;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) foster closer partnership with the US and other like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific regionseek EU-US alignment on the objective of an open Indo-Pacific region and deepen individual and joint cooperation with regional partners to contribute to regional stability and prosperity;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r a (new)
(ra) continue EU-US cooperation and support for the democratic path of the Republic of Moldova with the objective of its integration into the European Union;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) aim for an EU-US agreement on a common carbon footprint calculation methodology; in efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2023/2126(INI)

(xa) significantly strengthen cooperation mechanisms and contingency planning for joint responses to geopolitical developments, in particular by working together to strengthen the NATO Alliance’s Eastern Flank, to ensure the security and stability of the Black Sea region, to prepare for the reconstruction of Ukraine, and to prevent any significant disruptions to the global free flow of goods;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 305 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(ya) consolidate coordination mechanisms and deepen synergies for securing joint supplies of critical raw materials and rebalancing supply chains of such materials to reduce strategic dependencies on non-democratic suppliers;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 333 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac
(ac) deepen cooperation in space security and research with the US;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 337 #

2023/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad
(ad) jointly address the spread of Russian and Chinese information manipulation and, interference, and economic and political coercion, particularly in the context of Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine and its impact on the Western Balkans, Africa and Latin America;
2023/10/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
– having regard to Parliament’s recommendations and resolutions on Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership countries,
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the inconsistency of the EU strategy to support and defend democracy in Russia has contributed to the Kremlin regime’s suppression of all rights and freedoms of the Russian people over the last few decades, ultimately leadingd to the destruction of Russia’s constitutional statehood and to the establishment of dictatorship in Russiaauthoritarianism and kleptocracy in Russia, which further led to increased tensions and military conflicts in immediate neighbourhood and open anti-Western rhetoric;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Russia's ruling elite has never fully embraced democracy, with its basic components of acceptance of an opposition, pluralist structures and competitive procedures, and the peaceful and legitimate transfer of power in accordance with the results of elections;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the Russian regime’s control and manipulation of elections has become a dominant trend that has led to the consolidation of vertical power in Russia, with Vladimir Putin at the helm;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas Putin’s Russia has resulted into an authoritarian capitalism with wide-spread corruption inside and outside Russia and non-transparent and corrupt penetration into Western economies and societies;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the dictatorship in Russia has been one ofauthoritarianism and colonialist policies in Russia and fear of Ukraine’s pro-European geopolitical gravitation have been among the main causes of the KremlinRussia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which began with the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and continued with Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas over the past two decades the West underestimated, overlooked and neglected the rebirth of Russian militarism, which became dominant, among other, in the new security policy of Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas over past decades the European Union has offered significant formats of cooperation for Russia, including the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed in 1994 and participation in the European Neighbourhood Policy, but Russia did not invest in these relations and chose to consolidate its own separate Eurasian identity;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s objective in this war is Ukraine’s victory, to be accomplished with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracies; whereas this victory is necessary not only for the sake of Ukraine, but for that of the whole democratic world;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas a decisive Ukrainian victory against Russia could open a window of opportunity for fundamental political changes in Russia, potentially led by the Russian people and resulting in the fall of the Kremlincurrent regime; whereas this may lead to major political transformations in the broader region of Eastern Europe, including Belarus;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the EU, its partners and allies should not be afraid of these transformationbe prepared for the possible transformations in Russia and be ready to support them by decisive means upon request of Russian people, civil society and democratic opposition forces;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas in recent decades Putin and his Kremlithe Russian regime haves been doing everything possible to convince the western democracies that democracy in Russia is not possible; whereas the strategy of liberal democracies should maintain that the Russian nation, like other Eastern European nations (such as Ukraine or Belarus), is aspiring, and is able, to live in a democracy is able to transform, come to terms with its historical past, reject colonialism and build a modern country with a pluralist and multi-party society, respecting its international obligations and upholding the fundamental freedoms and human rights of citizens;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU has to be ready for and help the transformation of Russia into a democracRussian people to transform their country when such an opportunity arises in the near to medium-term;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas democracythe regime change and transformation towards an open political system in Russia is the onlybest way to ensure a sustainable peace in Europe once Russia is defeated in its war against Ukraine;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas Parliament’s recommendation of 16 September 2021 on the direction of EU-Russia political relations1 made recommendations to the EU institutions in six policy directions asking for the adoption of a comprehensive strategy of future relations between the EU and a democratic Russia, which will assist the Russian people in its struggle to have a normal life and transform Russia back into a democracy; building that alternative future, which would benefit all the peoples on the European continent, including the Russian people; _________________ 1 OJ C 117, 11.3.2022, p. 170.
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas the first step of effective assistance to transform Russia into a democracpluralist society should be for the EU to establish a regular and structured political dialogue with Russian democratic opposition forces; whereas the new consultative group launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative (VP / HR) in June 2023 between the EU and Belarusian democratic forces and civil society is a good model for such a dialogue;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas for this purpose on 5-6 June 2023 representatives of the largest political groups in the European Parliament organised the first Brussels dialogue conference with the participation of EU policymakers and representatives of Russian democratic opposition forces; whereas the outcome of this conference was the launch of a regular Brussels dialogue between the EU and the Russian opposition;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the EU should take a long- term and holistic view of the possible transformation of Russia into a democracyauthoritarian and kleptocratic regime in Russia into an open political system, which should include a broad array of democracy support measures before and after the change of power in Russia, including the ones necessary to sustain democratic change in Russia over the long term;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Deplores widely spread political persecutions, detention and long term imprisonment of political opponents and critical voices in Russia, and calls for their unconditional and immediate release;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the EU institutions, in particular, the European External Action Service and the Commission, to prepare and pursue, together withengage and support Russian civil society and democratic forces, a strategy empowering the transformation of Russia into a democracy in the following three timeframes of power changeopposition forces, and enable their pursuit of an open political system in Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 183 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
The Year BeforeEngaging with Russian civil society and democratic opposition forces
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Emphasises that Ukraine’s victory and Russia’s defeat willmight open a window of opportunity for the transformation of Russia into a democracy andregime change in Russia and transformation towards an open political system therefore the EU should strengthen the following policies:
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a
(a) delivery of weapons to Ukraine and provision of further financial and humanitarian support;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b
(b) adoption and implementation of further sanction packages against Russia and its allies, especially on oil and gafossil fuels and other natural resources;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 221 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) accession of Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to Euro- Atlantic structures;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) enable the Russian opposition to effectively communicate the anti-war message to all regions and sections of Russian society, especially national minorities;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the preparation for the transformation of Russia into a democracy has to be inclusive and be shaped inEncourages a regular and structured EU political dialogue with Russian civil society and democratic forcesopposition forces seeking to transform Russia into an open political system;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the EU strategy needs to include mechanisms to strengthen its support to civil society and the political opposition both inside and outside Russia, and to improve Russian democratic forces’establish effective channels of communication with the Russian society and societies in liberal democracies around the globepopulation;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 248 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. InviNotes the EU institutions to establish a ‘democracy passport’ and specialat in recent years EU Member States have generously welcomed and provided security for many persecuted members of Russian civil society, in particular journalists, human rights defenders and members of the political opposition; Invites the EU Member States to further apply facilitated visa arrangements allowing democratic opposition and civil society activists to continue their work in the EU member states while in exile;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 257 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
The Day AfterConditions and commitments for transformation
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Notes that any democracy-transformation- support actions to be implemented immediately after the change of power in Russia have to involve the following milestone conditions that must be accepted by the transitional governments of Russia in order for the EU to acknowledge that a real transition towards democracyan open political system in Russia is under way:
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point -a (new)
(-a) withdrawal and abolishment of Russia-led security organisations;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 277 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) withdrawal of Russian troops from all the occupied territories of Ukraine and, other Eastern Partnership countries, Syria and the Sahel region;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 279 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
(a a) reform of all security and law and order state institutions, as well as dissolution of so called privately-led military groups;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) restoration of media and political freedoms and pluralism;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 294 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c a (new)
(c a) launch a process of historical reconciliation and reparations with countries that suffered under Soviet occupation, including the return of historical treasures and artefacts;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 299 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) holding of democratic electionfree and fair elections in accordance to international standards;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 306 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
(e) paying reparations to Ukraine and other attacked countries and to victims of persecution in Russia;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the EU’s support to a transitional governments in Russia should be provided in an inclusive manner, encompassing support to pro-democratic political, justice and security elites, intellectuals, grassroots civil society and democratic forces;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 339 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
The Year AfterEU strategy for transformed Russia
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. Notes that should the regime change and transformation into an open political system take place in Russia, the long-term EU strategy to support and sustain political and socio- economic reforms in Russia has to be drafted and published by the EU without delay accompanied by the draft ofwill need to be considered; a new generation EU agreement with a prospective democratic Russiatransformed Russia might be developed, which should include the following:
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point f
(f) good neighbourly relations, including people to people relations;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 366 #

2023/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
(g a) monitor the implementation of a transitional plan, involving the civil society;
2023/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2022 on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation,
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the Russian invasion of Ukraine is an attack against the rules- based international order and the European security architecture; whereas Russia’s persistent attempts to destabilize the Union and to undermine the European security architecture demands that the Union substantially enhances the cohesion and effectiveness of its foreign, security and defence policy as well as its strategic sovereignty;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unprovoked and illegal military aggression against Ukraine; whereas such non-military means include disinformation, cyberattacks, economic pressure, food and energy blackmailing, instrumentalisation of migration, and subversive political influence to seek support for Russia’s illegitimate military operations; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including increased funding of the EPF, the EDF and Military mobility;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the People’s Republic of China has for many years challenged democratic values, open markets, and the rules-based international order;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas in 2023 the establishment of the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA), an EU short-term instrument aimed at incentivising joint procurement to fill our most critical needs has been adopted; whereas the Act in support of Ammunition (ASAP) was swiftly adopted by the Parliament and entered into force in September 2023; whereas the European Parliament expects the European Commission to propose a Regulation establishing a plan dedicated to setting conditions for Member states to jointly procure while benefitting from VAT exemption and EU financial support, provided the 2024 revision the MFF allows the conditions to effectively finance all the European Defence newly created tools as well as this plan;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU needs to move from ad hoc military mobilisation to a clear roadmap towards a defence union; whereas EDIRPA was a first step in achieving this goal, the Commission should follow up with a strategic and ambitious EDIP;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas CSDP has 13 civilian missions and 9 military operations under way with around 4 000 personnel deployed on three continents; whereas missions and operations persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient military or civilian personnel; whereas CSDP missions and operations suffer from slow decision making; whereas EU CSDP missions and operations are often targeted by hybrid threats, including disinformation, putting at risk their effectiveness in stabilising the country in which they are deployed and, instead, reinforcing pre-existing instability whose only beneficiaries are malicious third states actors;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM) has already reached the target of 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers trained; whereas, based on current results and trends, EUMAM stands ready to train more Ukrainian military personnel to reach a target of 40,000 soldiers; whereas the mission is also prepared to integrate training in the Air and Maritime domains as appropriate, or to react to any other urgent UA training requests;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas in July, Niger suffered a military coup; whereas the junta has taken a decision to prepare a case for the prosecution of legitimate Nigerian President Bazoum for “high treason”; whereas ECOWAS has followed a “two- track” policy – one track of mediation whilst applying sanctions (trade, banking, and individual); whereas the EU has expressed strong support for ECOWAS, a readiness to prepare an autonomous sanctions regime, and a willingness to look at any request that might come from ECOWAS for further support; whereas following the coup, both CSDP missions (EUCAP Sahel Niger and the EU Military Partnership Mission in Niger) have suspended their operational activities and have kept only necessary core staff in the country; whereas the ongoing four assistances measures from the European Peace Facility (74 M€ in total) have been suspended;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas Russia’s influence in Africa has developed, in particular due to an increased footprint of the Wagner group on the continent; whereas Wagner has been gaining a strong foothold in countries like Mali and the Central African Republic; whereas the regions in which Wagner is present have been subject to rampant human rights abuses, plundering of resources, whereas all this is done in all impunity; whereas in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger the situation is marked by the non-cooperative stance of authorities towards other partners (including EUTM Mali), regional organizations as well as MINUSMA;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas Azerbaijan has created an extremely tense situation by tightening the illegal blockade of the Latchin corridor, multiplying the number of military incidents at various points on the border with Armenia and making threatening comments against Armenia; whereas the European Union has launched in 2023 a new EU CSDP civilian mission in Armenia (EU Mission in Armenia - EUMA) on the Armenian side of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, aiming to contribute to stability in the border areas of Armenia, promote confidence-building, enhance human security in conflict- affected areas, and create an environment conducive to EU-supported normalisation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has almost reached its full capacity; whereas members of the mission have been targeted by unidentified attacks;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas cultural heritage has a universal dimension as a testimony of history inseparable from peoples’ identity, which the international community has to protect and preserve for future generations;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Confirms the EU will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes toby providing the necessary military means until Ukraine’s victory, end Russia’s war of aggression and restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders, enabling it to effectively exercise its sovereignty, protect its civilians and fulfil their wish for EU membership;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned by the fact that one Member State is still blocking the 8th tranche of the EPF dedicated to Ukraine, thus knowingly delaying military support for Ukraine;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the setting up of the Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine and its role in enhancing the military effectiveness of Ukraine’s armed forces so they can defend their territorial integrity within Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders and allow the country to effectively exercise its sovereignty and protection of civilians; welcomes EUMAM Ukraine capacity to addresse Ukrainian training needs in a flexible way, expects of it to bring added value by expanding training offers and to be synchronized with other training initiatives already underway; thus, expects EUMAM and other training initiatives to be mutually reinforcing; insists on adapting training modules to lessons learnt in order to adequately correspond to Ukrainian forces needs;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the EU’s concrete support to Ukraine through the ‘three ammunition tracks’; urges faster delivery of ammunition from Member States’ existing stocks through the EPF; calls for the joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine to be sped up and stresses the need to ramp up the third track and ensure the effective implementation of the Act in Support of Ammunition Production; further stresses that concrete steps should be taken towards Ukraine’s integration in EU defence policies and programmes during the EU membership process, building on the existing agreement with the European Defence Agency (EDA) and as a beneficiary of the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act (EDIRPA); calls on the European External Action Service and the Commission to come forward with a plan for a sustainable and long-term package of security commitments for Ukraine;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 216 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. UExhorts the EU and the Member States to swiftly implement the Strategic Compass, to provide the Union with a common strategic defence culture and the tools to be an effective security provider in a hostile environment; therefore calls on Member States to engage in systematic, regular updates of the threat analysis; underlines the commitment of the EU’s heads of state and government, made in the Versailles Declaration, to provide all the necessary support needed by Ukraine and to take greater responsibility for European security by bolstering European defence capabilities; calls on the EU and its Member States to deliver on this commitment by accelerating the full implementation of the Strategic Compass in order to make the European Union a stronger and more capable security provider;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights in this context that following the war in Ukraine, the EU became a security provider, which raises expectations for other countries around the globe, calls therefore on the Commission and the EEAS to adapt their common security and defence strategies and policies;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates its full support forNotes that, while some progress has been made (first coordination conference held, three operational scenarios adopted on the Rapid deployment capacit) much work remains to be done; reiterates the importance of the full implementation of the rapid deployment capacity (RDC) with at least 5 000 troops available for rescue and evacuation tasks, initial entry and stabilisation operations or temporary reinforcement of missions; considers that without a firm political commitment and more resources in the next months of 2023, the ambition to have the RDC operational by 2025 is at risk; calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to set out the practical modalities for implementing Article 44 TEU, in order to allow a group of willing and able Member States to plan and conduct a mission or operation within the EU framework and, thereby, ensure the swift activation of the RDC;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reiterates its call for the establishment of regular EU Defence Ministers Council meetings and for setting up a fully functional EU military headquarters by merging MPCC and CPCC, providing it with sufficient human and material resources;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the VP/HR and Member States to deliver more robust, flexible and modular CSDP missions and operations, that can adapt to the changing security context and that build on the synergies and complementarities of civilian and military dimensions of CSDP; welcomes the adoption of the new Civilian CSDP Compact and the commitment to increase the effectiveness, flexibility and responsiveness of civilian missions, including through speeding up decision making, strengthening operational planning, as well as improving selection and recruitment of personnel, emphasising greater gender equality and improving responsiveness tools;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises the importance of adequate, flexible and sustainable funding for all security and defence programs and initiatives, including the CFSP budget and the EPF; calls for a substantive increase of funding for the CFSDP budget, including a dedicated CFSP budget line establishing a civilian support facility to provide partner countries with equipment and services to enhance their civilian capabilities; calls onurges the Member States to increase the resources allocated to security and defence in the next multiannual financial framework; further calls on Member States to amend the EPF financing process to ensure adequate and sustainable support for partners, allies and CSDP operations;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 295 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Deplores again the fact that Member States are still not making full use of the PESCO framework and that, despite political declarations, progress in implementing the initiative remains far below expectations, particularly in terms of meeting commitments; is concerned that a very limited number of PESCO projects have reached the maturity phase and even a smaller number of projects have reached a full operational capacity; calls on the HR/VP and the Member States to draw the necessary consequences by deciding to merge, regroup or even abandon projects that are insufficiently advanced and to redirect efforts towards a small number of priority projects intended to lead to concrete actions as stated in the Strategic Compass, also given the changing security environment;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 308 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that the war in Ukraine revealed the new realities of the battlefield, and the need to rethink traditional warfare and weaponry; calls on the Council and the Commission to boost investment in defence innovation, especially attritable autonomous weapons, and gear up to become a de facto global player in the field of defence;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 313 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States have knowledge and understanding of the set of tools made available;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 330 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to work on a "Buy European Act" in the field of defence; considers that the VAT exemption alone will not be sufficient to make the future Plan for investment in European Defence, decisive in supporting the EDTIB; calls therefore on the European Commission to consider other financial incentive mechanisms;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls for strengthening the resilience of our supply chains and industries’ access to private funding as they are necessary for our European Defence Technological and Industrial Base; calls on the European Investment Bank to take stock of the recent major geopolitical changes and to contribute to that effort, including by revising its rules; considers it is equally important to ensure that horizontal EU policies, such as initiatives on sustainable finance, remain consistent with the European Union efforts to facilitate the European defence industry’s access to public and private finance and investment;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that China has established a ‘no-limits friendship’ with Russia, that includes significant transfer of technology and military capabilities, and poses an increasing number of security challenges to the EU, especially in the fields of cyber and FIMI; stresses the need for the EU to strengthen the security and integrity of its critical infrastructures, supply chains and technology base, including through close monitoring of their ownership and control by actors linked to the Chinese government; expresses concern over China’s aggressive military posturing in the South China Sea as well as its continued military pressure, assault exercises, airspace violations and other grey-zone military actions including cyber and disinformation campaigns against Taiwan; calls upon China to cease all of these activities, which endanger the stability of the entire region and, in the broader context, directly affect European security;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for supplementary progress on further improving the EU Hybrid Toolbox, specifically addressing activities involving cyber-attacks and FIMI, and the revision of the implementing guidelines of the EU’s cyber diplomacy toolbox; welcomes the commitment set out in the new Civilian Compact to provide the necessary capabilities to enable civilian CSDP missions to respond to hybrid attacks, including FIMI and cyber, by 2024; reiterates the needurgent necessity for ensuring the existence of the expertise and capacity for secure information and communications technologies for all CSDP missions and operations to communicate securely in theatre and with all EU institutions;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 378 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that, to have an effective CSDP, the EU and its Member States must complement it with the tools necessary to ensure that the efforts undertaken to provide stability have long term effect; calls on the EEAS to upgrade its strategy and to take concrete actions dedicated to support CSDP missions and operations fighting against and countering disinformation and propaganda, in countries where CSDP missions and operations are deployed, in particular in the Sahel and CAR, but also in in the Western Balkans and in Eastern Partnership countries;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 380 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Expresses deep concern about developments in the Sahel region and the recent coups d’état in the region; takes stocks of the interruption of the CSDP military support mission to Niger; firmly believes that Russia’s and the Wagner PMC company involvement in West Africa runs counter to the objective of bringing peace, security and stability to the region; acknowledges that the various international missions have not yet achieved their primary goal of lasting peace in the region; welcomes the decision to suspend all operational trainings and delivery of military equipment to Mali and Niger; calls on the HRVP to close EUTM Mali and withdraw the troops stationed there, given that EUTM trains FAMA soldiers, some of whom then join forces with the PMC Wagner; calls for a deep assessment and on the mandates and roles of international missions and policies in Africa; believes that a revised strategy of CSDP in Sahel region is therefore needed;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 382 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Express its concern about the situation in Cyprus, an EU Member State, in the context the attack on the UN Peacekeapers and the damage caused to UN vehicles by staff from the Turkish Cypriot side, as the UN peacekeepers were trying to block "unauthorised construction work" near Pyla;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 383 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Encourages the EEAS to continue the progress already made by the European Union Military Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique) in the response to the growing terrorist threat in Cabo Delgado and in the training of Mozambican forces on the ground; is still concerned about the risk of this threat spreading in the area; calls for immediate action to speed up the delivery of non-lethal equipment;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 384 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Condemns the pre-planned military attack of Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh; deplores the loss of at least 200 people and 400 wounded during the assault; recalls that this attack follows months of organized starvation and isolation of the Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh through the blockade of the Lachin corridor; underlines that the Russian peacekeepers on site have not taken any action to end the blockade or to stop the Azeri military assault against Nagorno-Karabakh; takes notes of the ceasefire decided on September 20; condemns the military support provided by third states to Azerbaijan; is seriously concerned about the consequences on the civilian population and urges Azerbaijan not to force the exodus of the local population, which would amount to de facto ethnic cleansing; calls for international guarantees to protect the life and the rights of Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh; calls on the full and unimpeded humanitarian access to be restored on the territory; stresses that the multiple warnings of the EU Parliament on the situation has not led to any change in the EU policy vis-à-vis Azerbaijan; considers that the attack carried out by Azerbaijan cannot remain without consequences, and calls on the EU to take sanctions against the Azerbaijani authorities responsible for multiple ceasefire violations; calls on the EU to review its partnership agreement with Azerbaijan in the light of recent events and in light of the country's dramatic human rights situation; calls on the EU civilian mission in Armenia to continue to observe the evolution of the security situation on the ground, to make it transparent and to report to the European Parliament;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 385 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 f (new)
21f. Welcome Bosnia and Herzegovina stated strong support for the executive mandate of EUFOR Althea; recall the importance of the EUFOR Althea to help maintaining a safe and secure environment in the country; in that sense, welcome the Cooperation and Training Contract for 2023 concluded between the AFBiH and EUFOR; call on BiH to work towards forming multi-ethnic units of the AFBiH; recalls the EU engagement in supporting BiH's defence capacity building, in particular via the €20 million that have been allocated through the EPF so far;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 400 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the joint communication on the EU cyber defence policy and calls on Member States to implement the ambitious but realistic set of actions proposed by the Commission, including the proposal for a Cyber Solidarity Act to enhance their ability to detect and respond to cybersecurity threats and incidents in the EU; recalls the Member States that the effectiveness of the EU cyber defence policy remains in their political will and concrete commitments;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 454 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importance of the partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass in reinforcing cooperation between the EU and its allies and partners around the world in order to counter foreign strategies aimed at undermining the EU and destabilising the rules-based international order; welcomes the long- awaited third Joint Declaration on EU- NATO Cooperation which confirmed that the EU and NATO are essential partners who share common values ancalls on, in this regard, the EEAS to task EU delegations and EU CSDP missions in third countries to fully reinforce third strategic interests, and who work is ability to detect and debunk disinformation coamplementarity to ensure Euro-Atlantic and global security and stabilityaigns orchestrated by foreign state actors; calls ion particular for synergies and coherence between NATO’s Strategic Concept and the EU’s Strategic Compass, particularly in the areas ofEU delegations and EU CSDP missions to play an active role in identifying early developments, in third countering Russian aggression, hybrid and cyber warfare, and providing support to partnerses, that might provide concrete examples, experience and solutions to the EU and its missions abroad;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 460 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the long-awaited third Joint Declaration on EU-NATO Cooperation which confirmed that the EU and NATO are essential partners who share common values and strategic interests, and who work in complementarity to ensure that NATO allies benefit from a strong European pillar within NATO; calls in this regard for synergies and coherence between NATO’s Strategic Concept and the EU’s Strategic Compass, particularly in the areas of countering Russian aggression, hybrid and cyber warfare, and providing support to partners;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 466 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the EU to continue active cooperation with the US, in the framework of the EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence, as mutual security and defence initiatives, disarmament and non-proliferation, the impact of disruptive technologies, climate change, hybrid threats, cyber defence, military mobility, crisis management and the relationship with strategic competitors;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 471 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Underlines the need for solidarity among Member States, especially with those whose geographical position leaves them directly exposed to imminent threats and challenges; fully supports efforts to operationalize article 42-7 TEU in this respect;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 492 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Reiterates its call for an institutionalised security and defence cooperation with the United Kingdom; encourages the United Kingdom to seriously engage with the EU on pressing strategic challenges; encourages the VP/HR to invite the United Kingdom to informal Council meetings of foreign affairs (and defence) ministers to exchange views on issues of common concern while fully protecting the EU decision making autonomy;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 514 #

2023/2119(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Notes that the increase in spending on defence policies and programmes at an EU level and among the Member States are of particular importance for European defence and security, in order to ensure that they contribute in the most effective way to the achievement of EU strategic objectives and to the protection of European security and defence interests and requires full parliamentary scrutiny and accountability; underlines the existing calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged European Parliament Committee on Security and Defence, in recognition of the emerging defence acquis in the framework of the EU with scrutiny, legislation and budgetary responsibilities;
2023/10/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A (new)
A Whereas the Union is founded on the common values enshrined in Article 2 TEU of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities – values that are common to the EU Member States and to which candidate countries must adhere in order to join the Union as part of the Copenhagen criteria, which cannot be disregarded or reinterpreted after accession; whereas democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are mutually reinforcing values which, when undermined, may pose a systemic threat to the Union and the rights and freedoms of its citizens; whereas respect for the rule of law is binding on the Union as a whole and its Member States at all levels of governance, including subnational entities;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B (new)
B Whereas it is necessary to strengthen and streamline existing mechanisms and to develop a single comprehensive EU mechanism to protect democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights effectively and to ensure that Article 2 TEU values are upheld throughout the Union as well as promoted among candidate countries, so that Member States are prevented from developing domestic law that runs counter to the protection of Article 2 TEU;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C (new)
C Whereas since May 2022, Parliament has also been addressing the rule of law situation in Hungary, Malta and Poland in its resolutions; whereas Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs’ Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group has also addressed certain issues in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D (new)
D Whereas several Member States' governments have deplorably not made themselves available for an exchange of views in DRFMG, refused to answer its written questions or meet with its Members during delegations in Member States; Reiterates that the DRFMG is a platform for exchange and in-depth monitoring, to which Member States should not be reticent but which should rather be welcomed as a part of taking joint responsibility for safeguarding EU values;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E (new)
E whereas the Commission has suggested setting up an inter-institutional “Contact Group” on Rule of Law; whereas Parliament has taken up this suggestion and proposed to the Commission and Council the setting up of an “inter-institutional pilot project on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights”; whereas the Council Presidency has responded by stating it might consider this in its future evaluation of its Rule of Law dialogue and the Commission response is not yet available;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F (new)
F Whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe clearly expressed a desire for the EU to systematically uphold the rule of law across all Member States, to protect citizens’ fundamental rights and to retain the EU’s credibility when promoting its values within the EU and abroad;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G (new)
G Whereas the principle of sincere cooperation in Article 4(3) TEU places an obligation on the Union and the Member States to assist each other in carrying out obligations which arise from the Treaties in full mutual respect, and on Member States to take any appropriate measure, general or in particular, to ensure the fulfilment of the obligations arising from the Treaties or resulting from the acts of the institutions of the Union;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that the judiciary should be allocated sufficient means to be truly accessible and able to provide an effective remedy to citizens; notes that the Commission finds that increased resources for the judiciary and other measures taken by Member States Malta, Cyprus and Greece have not yet resulted in a reduction as regards the length of proceedings, and backlogs of cases remain a serious challenge; in Croatia, Italy, and Portugal some steps in the right direction have been taken, but effectiveness of the reforms remains to be seen;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that for citizens to have effective access to justice, the Member States should do more to provide free of charge or affordable legal aid and should further facilitate access to a lawyer; Notes that the Commission finds that efforts to address concerns related to access to justice and legal aid are being made in Spain, France, Finland, Bulgaria, Malta, and Lithuania, and concerns persist in Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Hungary; Notes as well that the Commission finds that steps towards ensuring the right of access to a lawyer are ongoing in several Member States including Spain, France, Finland, Bulgaria and Malta; and in other Members States, such as Lithuania, Ireland, Denmark, Luxembourg and Hungary, improvements are still pending;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that, despite all Member States having anti-corruption strategies in place, perceptions of corruption vary greatly across the EU, with Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands ranking among the least corrupt, while the perceived levels of corruption in Bulgaria, Malta, Hungary, Greece and Slovenia are worrying;29 notes as well with concern that the Commission finds that some Member States, such as Bulgaria, Malta, Hungary, Greece and Slovenia, have yet to establish a solid track record in the investigation and prosecution of high-level corruption cases that lead to final convictions that have a deterrent effect; notes GRECO recently publishing a report on Cyprus, highlighting the lack of actual effectiveness of the anti-corruption legislation and pointing out specific risks within law enforcement;30 __________________ 29 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index, 31 January 2023. 30a GRECO, Fifth evaluation round, preventing corruption and promoting integrity in the central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies - Evaluation report Cyprus, 2 October 2023.
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 89 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that citizens and businesses should feel safe to report cases of corruption; Notes that the Commission finds that there are still major obstacles across the EU in reporting corruption cases, although some Member States such as Slovakia, Cyprus, Denmark and Malta have taken steps to try and improve this situation;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 97 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. CAcknowledges the important role of the European Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in safeguarding the rule of law and in combating corruption in the Union, and encourages the Commission to closely monitor Member States' level of cooperation with the EPPO in subsequent reports; calls on the Member States which have not yet done so to join the EPPO; considers that membership of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) should be a precondition for receiving EU funds; reiterates its call for an expansion of the mandate of EPPO;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of the editorial independence of public service media and the duty of all Member States to respect this; notes that the Commission finds that Luxembourg, Slovenia, Germany, Estonia, Slovakia and Czechia have taken initiatives to strengthen the legal safeguards or budgetary means to improve the independence of national public service broadcasters, with Cyprus, Ireland and Sweden also discussing reforms, and an absence of measures to that effect in Romania, Malta, Poland and Hungary; calls for a quick agreement on the European Media Freedom Act in this regard with strong and unambiguous safeguards for the independent functioning of public service media providers;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 153 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets the continuous difficulties that many citizens, journalists and parliamentarians in many Member States face in obtaining information and access to documents; underlines that too often public authorities are deliberately frustrating access to information and documents, such as by disproportionately delaying decisions or giving only artificial access by only making information partially available; notes that the Commission finds that several Member States have taken initiatives to better regulate access to information, such as in Czechia, Lithuania and Slovakia, and some others working towards improvements in this area, such as Spain, Hungary, Luxembourg, Croatia, and Germany, with some Member States however still not fully addressing concerns, such as in Malta, Austria and Finland.
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 156 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)
Calls on the EU institutions to show exemplary behaviour when it comes to access to information and documents; notes in this regard the recent European Ombudsman’s Special Report concerning the time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents, following her strategic inquiry into this matter in which she found maladministration as the Commission shows systemic and significant delays in dealing with confirmatory applications33a; calls on the Commission to once and for all address this recurrent problem; __________________ 33a European Ombudsman, Special Report of the European Ombudsman in her strategic inquiry concerning the time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents (OI/2/2022/OAM), 18 September 2023.
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to further invest, through dedicated funding, in building capacity for CSOs to monitor and report on the rule of law situation in the Member States, and to ensure adequate protection to CSOs engaging in this process; is concerned that the biased distribution of funding in some countries impacts CSOs working on promoting the rights of vulnerable groups or working, more generally, for causes that governments do not support; encourages a thorough assessment of these issues in all countries covered by the report and stresses the need for country recommendations to address these issues; urges the Commission to consider direct management of EU funds, also in order to ensure that end beneficiaries, including CSOs working with vulnerable groups, receive the EU funding intended for them;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 183 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that democratic and rule of law backsliding and the undermining of minority rights often go hand in hand, once more underlining the need for a comprehensive approach to monitoring democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF) in the future reports; regrets the lack of progress on protecting minorities across the EU; condemns hate speech, including by government or political officials, against minority groups; Expresses deep concern about the excessive use of force by police services against minority groups, such as recently the lethal force by Greek police against a Romani minor and the lack of a thorough investigation thereof, and calls on the Member States' authorities to fully and independently investigate all such instances;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Underlines that this state of affairs is not merely an abstract conclusion but impacts the daily lives of EU citizens and businesses, as they experience e.g. an inefficient or non-independent judiciary, rampant corruption, and cannot access independent and quality journalism; highlights that this undermines trust in our democratic system based on the Rule of Law; Believes that restoring the respect for EU values across the Member States is thus not a luxury but rather an urgent and vital task to avoid the disintegration of our societies and Union; calls on the Commission, the Council and the European Council to fully acknowledge that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are not national matters, but are a matter of direct concern for the European Union and its institutions;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 233 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 11 a (new)
Welcomes the Rule of Law report as a crucial cornerstone of the EU Rule of Law toolbox and commends the Commission for delivering a diligently researched and well-written report; Recalls that the Annual Rule of Law Report was introduced in response to the legislative initiative report of the European Parliament in 2016;37a __________________ 37a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0409.
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 234 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Recognises that the rule of law report has become a benchmark for the EU institutions’ work on rule of law issues in the EU and in specific Member States; acknowledges the Commission’s continuous commitment throughout the years to enhance the relevance of the report, such as by its inclusion of country -specific recommendations in the previous edition, and the assessment of their fulfilment in the current report; reiterates, however, that essential elements from the 2016 Parliament legislative initiative report have not been implemented yet;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 249 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Acknowledges the Commission’s effort to collect a wide range of consultations and inputs in each Member State, including from national authorities and civil society organisations; Calls on the Commission to expand this further and to, as much as possible, conduct on- site visits in Member States rather than virtual visits, as these could paint a fuller and more contextual picture of the local situation;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Welcomes the Commission decision to expand the geographical scope of the future Rule of Law reports to include candidate countries, in line with previous Parliament calls to do so; 38a __________________ 38a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2023)0094, pt. 11.
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 251 #

2023/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c (new)
39c. Highlights the risk that the relevance of the annual Rule of Law report could weaken and its publishing and uptake could become more of a repetitive, technocratic exercise; Believes that the best way to avoid this is to continuously and ambitiously expand the scope, candour, and enforcement consequences of the report;
2023/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the first C5+1 Summit between Central Asia leaders and the President of the United States was held in New York on 19 September 2023; whereas the C5+Germany summit took place in Berlin on 29 September 2023;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the EU's policy in the fields of energy, connectivity and resource diversification should be based on mutually beneficial strategic partnerships with Central Asia, ensuring Central Asian states' access to modern technologies and qualitative jobs while guaranteeeing the EU secure and competitive access to raw materials and energy;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its implications present both challenges and opportunities for the Central Asian states, which have traditionally maintained close relations with Russia; expresses deep concern about Central Asian states’ circumvention of EU sanctions against Russia, which are intended to stop the war in Ukraine; calls on the authorities of the Central Asian states, particularly Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, to cooperate closely with the EU, in particular its Sanctions Envoy; welcomes Kazakhstan’s administrative measures and high-level political commitment to prevent the circumvention of EU sanctions against Russia;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Strongly encourages the EU to use all available opportunities to enhance cooperation with Central Asia in the fields of economics, security, energy and infrastructure development; recalls the need to take into account the peculiarities of each Central Asian state and develop ad-hoc, merit-based cooperation strategies;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to begin negotiations on visa regime simplification for Central Asian citizens and in particular for residents of Kazakhstan and to strengthen cooperation in the field of R&D, including academic level exchange;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to investigate the possibility of EIB support for investments in infrastructure development in Central Asian states, especially in the Middle Corridor;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on Central Asian countries to settle all border and water disputes in line with international law and good neighbourly relations, avoiding at all costs the use or threat of force;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Central Asian states to adhere to their democracy and human rights obligations, noting that this is also in line with the Partnership and Cooperation Agreements and the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus; underlines the importance of maintaining regular human rights dialogues with the Central Asian states, as these dialogues are an instrument to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and a forum to raise issues of concern; calls on the EU delegations and the Member States’ representations in Central Asia to continue playing an active role in monitoring the situation on the ground, working with human rights defenders and reacting to human rights violations and politically- motivated persecution, including by attending trials and visiting political prisoners; urges all authorities in Central Asia to prevent the use of excessive force and torture by police and security forces;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on Central Asian states to continue the on-going democratic reforms and not to allow backsliding on fundamental rights and citizens' liberties; underlines the need to make election processes more transparent, open and fair for all political actors;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the governments of Central Asian countries to carry out judicial reforms with a view to ensuring greater independence and transparency;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the fundamental democratic shortcomings in Central Asia, which still persist, and highlights the important role that civil society can play in supporting reforms and good governance in the region; regrets the restrictive approach taken in legislative initiatives on non- governmental organisations and the media, as well as the use of anti-disinformation legislation, which reduce the space for civil society activities; notes that the Central Asian states have young and dynamic populations that should be given opportunities to get meaningfully involved in shaping their countries’ future; welcomes the activities of the EU-Central Asia Civil Society Forum and calls on the EU to enhance its support to civil society;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges Central Asian states to strive for greater democratization of their political systems, incuding by adopting legislation allowing NGOs and CSOs to operate in a free and safe environment;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the need to strengthen media independence and freedom in Central Asia in line with the highest democratic standards;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2023/2106(INI)

12. Is concerned that gender-based violence, discrimination and harassment of minorities and LGTBIQ people are still widespread in Central Asia and urges the Central Asian governments to prevent these human rights violations through appropriate laws and, measures and education campaigns;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Requests that the MTE provide legal and political clarity with regard to the listing of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia as beneficiaries under the neighbourhood chapter of the Instrument; notes that these countries have become candidates for accession to the EUUkraine and the Republic of Moldova have been granted EU candidate status, while a decision on Georgia is pending, and should therefore be listed as beneficiaries with the adequate budgetary transfer of bilateral financial envelopes to the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance (IPA III) Regulation10 ; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Ukraine facility to meet immediate needs, but stresses the importance of using a long- term instrument; _________________ 10 Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 September 2021 establishing the Instrument for Pre-Accession assistance (IPA III) (OJ L 330, 20.9.2021, p. 1).
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 166 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Team Europe approach and its aim of increasing the coherence, impact and visibility of EU development projects, and calls for more joint actions with the Member States, in particular Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs); underlines the need for better communication campaigns to enhance the EU’s visibility among the citizens and public officials in countries receiving EU assistance, notably in countries which do not align with the EU's foreign policy; calls on the Commission to review the effectiveness of the approach and to inform Parliament of its findings;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 211 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Requests that the MTE be used to the fullest extent possible in order to update either the Instrument or its delegated acts on priority areas and to reassess the validity of the geographic and thematic MIPs, including more prominent conditions relating to compliance with international law, alignment with the EU’s foreign policy and the application of the associated suspension mechanism, as a last resort, where the foreign policy of an Instrument beneficiary country diverges completely from EU foreign policy; calls for the suspension or significant reduction of assistance to countries that openly support aggressor states and their policies, in particular the Russian Federation in its war of aggression against Ukraine;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 226 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for much-needed and sufficient funding to address food shortages worldwide, particularly in countries such as Afghanistan, where EU development aid has been suspended; calls for prevention of the loss of life due to hunger and malnutrition by empowering local civil society organizations that provide food, health care and education services;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 4 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the Union must continue to support Ukraine including military support and respond to other urgent global needs as they evolve; whereas it is of outmost importance to continue demining Ukraine as there will be no sustainable reconstruction without it;
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly believes that a revision of the MFF is needed to make the Union budget fit for purpose in order to address global challenges, among which European defence; welcomes therefore the Commission proposal for a revision presented on 20 June, believes however that an even stronger increase in Heading 6 would be needed to address the various challenges in the neighbourhood and beyond; calls on the Council to agree on a revision of the MFF before the end of the year so that it can have an impact on the 2024 budget; furthermore calls on the Commission to present as soon as possible a detailed breakdown per budget line regarding the suggested increases for 2024 of EUR 2.331 million (in 2018 prices) in order for the budgetary authority to make full use of the additional funds in Heading 6;
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates that adequate level of funding should be maintained for the Southern Neighbourhood in 2024; regrets therefore the diminution of 100 million EUR compared to 2023;
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the continuation of funding for humanitarian aid and support for Syrian refugees in the country and the region;
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that funding of projects focussing on women and girls in conflict areas, including on gender-based violence, conflict prevention, rebuilding and empowering of women, is insufficient and should be strengthened throughout all geographical regions in the budget; believes in particular that projects aiming at actively countering disinformation, in particular on these issues, can further strengthen EU actions and help establish long-term stability;
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly believes that a considerable reinforcement of humanitarian aid, accompanied by clear objectives in terms of the rule of law and governance is needed for the Union to be able to respond to emerging crises and therefore increases this budget line by EUR 1 billion.
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that there is no direct or indirect funding of foreign associations that run counter to European values;
2023/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) Access to raw materials is essential for the Union economy and the functioning of the internal market. There is a set of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials that, due to their high economic importance and their exposure to high supply risk, often caused by a high concentration of supply from a few third countries, are considered critical. Often, these third countries are ruled by non-democratic regimes and leverage their resources to exert undue influence on the Union or even as coercive mechanisms against the Union. Given the key role of many such critical raw materials in realising the green and digital transitions, and in light of their use for security and defence and space applications, demand will increase exponentially in the coming decades. At the same time, the risk of supply disruptions is increasing against the background of rising geopolitical tensions and resource competition, both within the EU and with our strategic partners. Furthermore, if not managed properly, increased demand for critical raw materials could lead to negative environmental and social impacts. Considering these trends, it is necessary to take measures to ensure access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials to safeguard the Union's economic resilience and open, security and long term strategic autonomygoals.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2023/0079(COD)

(2a) Once the Union has created its common strategy and framework, it is necessary to have a structured dialogue with our strategic partners, especially the US, to share the needs analysis and mapping of resources and extraction of critical raw materials, to avoid a harmful race between partners, and, moreover, to pool capacity in obtaining mutually beneficial access to critical raw materials.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Firstly, in order to effectively ensure the Union's access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, that framework should include measures to decrease the Union's growing supply risks by strengthening Union capacities along all stages of the strategic raw materials value chain, including extraction, processing and recycling, towards benchmarks defined for each strategic raw material. Secondly, as the Union will continue to rely on imports, the framework should include measures to increase the diversification of external supplies of strategic raw materials, and derisking from China, as its regime poses a great long-term risk for the EU. Thirdly, is necessary to provide measures to reinforce the Union’s ability to monitor and mitigate existing and future supply risks. Fourthly, the framework should contain measures to increase the circularity and sustainability of the critical raw materials consumed in the Union.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) In order to ensure that the measures set out in the Regulation focus on the most relevant materials, a list of strategic raw materials and a list of critical raw materials should be established. Those lists should also serve to guide and coordinate Member States’ efforts to contribute to the realisation of the aims of this Regulation. The list of strategic raw materials should contain raw materials that are of high strategic importance, taking into account their use in strategic technologies underpinning the green and digital transitions or for defence or space applications, that are characterised by a potentially significant gap between global supply and projected demand, and for which an increase in production is relatively difficult, for instance due to long lead-times for new projects increasing supply capacity. To take account of possible technological and economic changes, the list of strategic materials should be periodically reviewed and, if necessary, updated. In order to ensure that efforts to increase the Union capacities along the value chain, reinforce the Union’s capacity to monitor and mitigate supply risks and increase diversification of supply are focused on the materials for which they are most needed, the relevant measures should only apply to the list of strategic and critical raw materials.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The list of critical raw materials should contain all strategic raw materials as well as any other raw materials of high importance for the overall Union economy and for which there is a high risk of supply disruption, naturally or intentionally. To take account of possible technological and economic changes, the Commission should, in continuation of current practice, periodically perform an assessment based on data for production, trade, applications, recycling, and substitution for a wide range of raw materials to update the lists of critical and strategic raw materials reflecting the evolution in the economic importance and supply risk associated with those raw materials. The list of critical raw materials should include those raw materials which reach or exceed the thresholds for both economic importance and supply risk, without ranking the relevant raw materials in terms of criticality. This assessment should be based on an average of the latest available data over a 5-year-period. The measures set out in this Regulation related to one stop shop for permitting, planning, exploration, monitoring, circularity, and sustainability should apply to all critical raw materials.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The list of critical raw materials should contain all strategic raw materials as well as any other raw materials of high importance for the overall Union economy and for which there is a high risk of supply disruption. To take account of possible technological and economic changes, the Commission should, in continuation of current practice, periodically perform an assessment based on data for production, trade, applications, recycling, and substitution for a wide range of raw materials to update the lists of critical and strategic raw materials reflecting the evolution in the economic importance and supply risk associated with those raw materials. The list of critical raw materials should include those raw materials which reach or exceed the thresholds for both economic importance and supply risk, without ranking the relevant raw materials in terms of criticality. This assessment should be based on an average of the latest available data over a 52-year-period. The measures set out in this Regulation related to one stop shop for permitting, planning, exploration, monitoring, circularity, and sustainability should apply to all critical raw materials.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) For some raw materials, the Union is almost fully dependent on a single country for its supply. Such dependencies entail a high risk of supply disruptions. To limit such potential risk and increase the Union’s economic resilience, efforts should be undertaken to ensure that, by 2030, it is not dependent on a single third country for more than 645% of its supply of any strategic raw material, unprocessed and at any stage of processing, giving however special consideration to countries with whom the Union has established a Strategic Partnership on raw materials giving rise to greater assurances regarding supply risks. Furthermore, dependencies should be gradually reduced and bought to a minimum when they tie us to non- democratic countries who actively challenge the rules-based international system.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the sustainability of increased raw material production, new raw materials projects should be implemented sustainably. To that end, the Strategic Projects receiving support under this Regulation should be assessed taking into account international instruments covering all aspects of sustainability highlighted in the EU principles for sustainable raw materials31 , including ensuring environmental protection, socially responsible practices, including respect for human rights such as the rights of women, and transparent business practices. Projects should also ensure engagement in good faith as well as comprehensive, pragmatic and meaningful consultations with local communities, including with indigenous peoples. To provide project promoters with a clear and efficient way of complying with this criterion, compliance with relevant Union legislation, international standards, guidelines and principles or participation in a certification scheme recognised under this Regulation should be considered sufficient. The project promoters should have a deep understanding of the country they are negotiating with, build a relationship with the local communities and truly understand their needs, input and ouput to the project. The EU needs to build long-term partnerships that go beyond the sole purpose of accesing raw materials, but create diplomatic ties in a deeply polarized geopolitical context. _________________ 31 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, EU principles for sustainable raw materials, Publications Office, 2021, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2873/27875
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) To ensure the effective and efficient treatment of applications, the Commission should be able prioritise the processing of applications for projects related to specific underrepresented value chain stages or strategic raw materials, in order to be able to ensure the Union's balanced progress towards all benchmark for Union capacity included in this Regulation. The Commission should also proactively seek out partner countries to promote strategic collaborations.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to reduce complexity and increase efficiency and transparency in permitting process, project promoters of critical raw materials projects should be able to interact with a single national authority, which is responsible for facilitating and coordinating the entire permit granting process and in the case of Strategic Projects shall issue a comprehensive decision within the applicable time limit. To that end, Member States should designate a single national competent authority. Where needed in light of a Member State's internal organisation, the tasks of the national competent authority should be able to be delegated to a different authority, subject to the same conditions. To ensure the effective implementation of its responsibilities, Member States should provide their national competent authority, or any authority acting on its behalf, with sufficient qualified personnel and resources.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
(46) To address the current lack of information on the critical raw materials potential of closed extractive waste facilities, Member States should draw up a database containing all information relevant to promote the recovery, notably the quantities and concentrations of critical raw materials in the extractive waste facility, in compliance with Union competition rules. The information should be made publicly available and in a user- friendly and digital form, enabling access to more detailed, technical information. To facilitate interactive, user-friendly access to the information, Member States should for instance provide a point of contact to enable more in-depth exchanges with potential developers of critical raw materials recovery projects. The database should be designed to allow potential project promoters to easily identify facilities with a high potential for economically viable recovery. To focus limited resources, Member States should follow a staged approach in the collection of information and perform the more demanding information collection steps only for the most promising facilities. The information collection activities should be aimed at providing accurate and representative information on the extractive waste facilities and gaining the best possible indication of the critical raw materials recovery potential.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The general objective of this Regulation is to improve the functioning of the internal market by establishing a framework to ensure the Union's access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, while strengthening existing democratic partnerships and creating new diplomatic ties with the Global South.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) reduce dependencies on non- democratic systemic rivals such as China;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the project would contribute to reducing European Union dependency on non-democratic systemic rivals;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 146 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for projects in third countries that are emerging markets or developing economies, the project would be mutually beneficial for the Union and the third country concerned by adding value in that country, as also measured by the third country following pragmatic consultations.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2023/0079(COD)

3. Where the Commission considers that information provided in the application is incomplete, it shall give the applicant the opportunfurther clarifications regarding the missing information and the possibility to submit the additional information required to complete the application in a timely manner.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. Projects which are no longer recognised as Strategic Projects shall lose all rights connected to that status under this Regulation. The project promoter shall ensure that no sensitive or classified information about EU critical raw materials is made publicly available on the website beyond what is required for fulfilling the transparency obligations in this paragraph.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) expedited processing of bureaucratic requirements directly related to the granting of Strategic Project status and the implementation of the Project;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the permit-granting process and related bureaucratic processes required for obtaining the permit;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up a national programme for general exploration targeted at critical raw materials. Each Member State shall draw up the first such programme by [OP please insert: 1 year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The national programmes shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated, at least every 53 years.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission, in collaboration with the national authorities participating in the standing sub-group referred to in Article 35(6), point (c), shall ensure that a stress test is performed for each strategic raw material’s supply chain at least every threewo years. To that end, the standing sub-group referred to in Article 35(6), point (c) shall coordinate and divide the implementation of stress tests for the different strategic raw materials by the different participating authorities.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) whether the raw meterials are controlled by non-democratic systemic rivals and the extent to which the Union is dependent on the given raw material;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall ensure that no sensitive or classified information received from Member States or aggregated from the Member States relating to Member States or EU critical raw materials strategic vulnerabilities or resilience is published on this website.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 184 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – point b a (new)
(ba) directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf or at the direction of non-democratic countries designated as systemic rivals of the European Union controling more than 50% of the supply for the given strategic raw material.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)
(iva) the potential to build new partnerships and create a mutualy beneficial cooperation with long-term geopolitical gains;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 223 #

2023/0079(COD)

1a. reducing strategic dependencies for critical raw materials on non- democratic systemic rivals of the Union;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) seek to reduce their bilateral strategic dependencies on non-democratic systemic rivals;
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. a sub-group bringing together Member States representatives and representatives of EU strategic partners to coordinate and explore avenues for cooperation and coordination in achieving the strategic objectives of this Regulation, including by leveraging strategic coordination fora such as the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.
2023/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the EU is committed to becoming a more assertive and decisive security provider, better prepared to tackle present and future threats and challenges, and to defend the European and global security order together with its partners;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas civilian crisis management has become established as a key pillar of the EU’s CSDP since 1999 in conflict prevention, stabilisation and promotion of sustainable peace; whereas the demand for civilian crisis management has grown, also as a result of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas civilian missions are crucial in the EU’s wider response to security challenges through non-military means, including those linked to hybrid threats, terrorism, organised crime and various kinds of transnational trafficking;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas one of the objectives of the EU Strategic Compass is to reinforce EU civilian and military CSDP missions and operations by providing them with more robust and flexible mandates, promoting rapid and more flexible decision-making process and ensuring greater financial solidarity; whereas it should allow CSDP missions and operations to adapt swiftly to new threats and challenges and increase their effectiveness, also in view of the new security context and the growing presence of our strategic competitors in operational theatres; whereas the EU and MS agreed to reinforce civilian CSDP through a new Compact allowing for a faster deployment, also in complex environments;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas civilian CSDP tasks have, over the years, broadened to include, inter alia, transitional justice, mediation, dialogue and conflict analysis, and have also adapted to new and emerging security challenges such as irregular migration, hybrid threats, including cyberattacks and, foreign influterference, and theinformation manipulation of information; , terrorism and radicalisation, violent extremism and organised crime, and also included to its activities border management, maritime security and the protection of cultural heritage;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas civilian CSDP tasks have, over the years, broadened to include, inter alia, transitional justice, mediation, dialogue and conflict analysis, and have alsomust without delay adapted to new and emerging challenges such as hybrid threats, including cyberattacks and foreign influence, and the manipulation of informationof information manipulation and interference;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that Crisis management lies at the heart of the EU's CSDP, in particular through its military and civilian missions and operation; recalls that a key take-away from the 2020 threat analysis was the need to strengthen the EU's ability to react quickly to crises and to enhance its overall preparedness; Stresses that EU civilian crisis management should makes important contributions to international peace and security, and plays a key role in implementing the EU’s Integrated Approach to External Conflicts and Crises;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Respects the commitment and expertise of the personnel serving in civilian CSDP missionsUnderlines the importance of the assignments entrusted to the personnel serving in civilian CSDP missions which implies for Member States the necessity to provide relevant profiles and for the EEAS to implement an attentive HR policy; welcomes in this regard the recent reorganization of the CPCC;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Believes that traditional civilian CSDP tasks such as policing, the rule of law, civil administration, SSR and monitoring remain very important in ordmore relevant than ever to stabilise and modernise the security and justice sectors; underlines the need to continue updating and enlargat enlarging its maing tasks in the framework of the Integrated Approach and the Treaties in light of the new risks and threats that have emerged should be considered; stresses the need, where relevant, to integrate and strengthen cross- cutting issues, in particular:
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point b
b) security needs and ownership of the host governments and local populations,
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that in some cases the success of civilian CSDP missions is jeopardised by the failure of the host governments to meet their reform commitments, therefore, calls for intensified cooperation with the host countries and equal attention for training and institutional reforms;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for the EU’s integrated approach encompassing the civilian CSDP missions, development assistance and humanitarian aid to be used to provide civilian CSDP missions with needed leverage to keep the host governments on track to meet their commitments and to adhere to the fundamental freedoms and human rights;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that often civilian CSDP missions take place in countries and regions contested by state and non-state actors ready to undermine the EU’s capacity and credibility as a security provider;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights that success of civilian CSDP mission highly depends on openness to the host country’s perspectives and ownership, therefore, urges to use tailor-made approaches, active involvement and cooperation with the host government and civil society, as well as local population;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights the importance of the civilian CSDP mission to coordinate with other international partners engaged in similar activities in the host country;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Regrets prevailing shortfalls in the EU’s capacity to pre-empt and detect hybrid threats, particularly information manipulation, which directly affect the success of civilian CSDP missions; calls for improved strategic communication, tailor-made for each mission, highlighting the objectives and values of the mission and benefits to the local population, as well as intensified communication to the EU public;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the new Civilian CSDP Compact to be used to strive for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in civilian CSDP, including, as a first step, toto aim at increaseing the participation of women to at least 40 % across missions and at all levels by 2024;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of fully implementing objectives set in the Strategic Compass for civilian CSDP (inter alia being able to deploy 200 experts in 30 days) by building on recent efforts demonstrated by the EU to act in a more agile, reactive and coordinated way; in this regard, welcomes the rapid decision- making and launch of the EU Monitoring capacity (EUAM) in Armenia;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to develop a concrete plan on how to implement the integrated approach and ensure that all relevant EU and Member States’ instruments (Military CSDP, Global Europe, the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance, Justice and Home Affairs actors) are applied coherently to achieve the EU’s overall objectives;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member StatUrges, the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to develop a concrete plan on how to implement the integrated approach and ensure that all relevant EU instruments (Military CSDP, Global Europe, the Instrument for Pre- accession Assistance) are applied coherently and lead more efficiently to achieve the EU’s overall objectives;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Highlights the importance of cooperation with third countries and partners, such as the UN, OSCE and NATO, in addressing present and future security threats and challenges;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Urges to invite and involve EU candidate countries on a case by case basis to contribute and take part in civilian CSDP missions; calls for assistance for interested countries in order to train and prepare them for such participation;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the achievements of the 2018 Compact in engaging Member States in the development of their National Implementation Plans (NIPs), including through structured dialogue and the exchange of good practices and lessons learned, and further building on those through structured and regular capability processes to be agreed upon, and promoting regional cooperation and joint actions among the Member States;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomesTakes notes of the achievements of the 2018 Compact in engaging Member States in the development of their National Implementation Plans (NIPs), including through structured dialogue and the exchange of good practices and lessons learned, and further building on those through structured and regular capability processes to be agreed upon;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2022/2196(INI)

9. Calls for these efforts to be continued, for more numerical targets to be set and timelines for all actions to be established, including identifying the responsible entities;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 111 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Supports all initiatives aiming at developing a train and equip instrument for civilian Missions in order to enhance the EU capacity to support third States, and respond to their concrete expectations and needs;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the challenges that civilian CSDP missions face, such as the availability of capabilities and resources, responsiveness, swifter decision-making and more scalable, adaptable, modular missions and clearer mandates, and that these were already highlighted in the first Compact, which has led to an increased focus on civilian CSDP, but not to full operationalisation and the corresponding increase in participation and ownership by Member States, which need to be addressed as a matter of urgency in the new Civilian CSDP Compact;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for clear exit strategies for civilian missions, allowing for swifter closure of missions when operational and political objectives are menot met or, when security, political or strategic conditions are not met or not possible to meet anymore in the country of establishment;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the factNotes that the only assessments of civilian CSDP missions’ mandates currently in place are Strategic Reviews feeding into the renewal, adaptation or closure of the mission mandates; stresses the importance of developing and establishing a system and methodology to assess, inter alia, the performance of missions, their effectiveness and their financial management; stresses, in this regard, the importance of establishing an independentmpartial system to evaluation ofe the impact of missions;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses the importance to assess civilian CSDP efforts in specific fields, notably addressing the new and emerging security challenges such as irregular migration, maritime security and organised crime;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that in spite of being one of the core commitments in the Compact, civilian CSDP missions persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient personnel, with 10 Member States currently providing 78 % of seconded personnel, and 17 Member States only 22 %; calls on all Member States to ensure that they provide seconded staff to fill 100 % of all operational positions and to aim at provideing at least 60 % of the seconded staff for non-operational positions;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses upon necessity for personnel of civilian CSDP missions to build trust-based relations with the host governments, civil society and local populations, which requires situational awareness, cultural understanding and knowledge of local languages;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls for enhanced training for the missions staff on pre-empting, detecting and addressing hybrid threats, particularly information manipulation;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines that the CFSP budget for civilian CSDP missions has only marginally increased from the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 to the MFF 2021-2027 (from a starting point of approximately EUR 350 million per year), while at the same time the number and tasks of missions has increased, the security environment has become more challenging, the cost of operations has increased, inflation has grown and the number of contracted personnel has increased, making it extremely difficult to expand the current missions’ mandates or for new missions to be established to respond to urgent security needs;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for a substantive increase of funding for the CFSP budget in order to the efficiency of the use of the funding allocated to the CSDP civilian missions in order to make sure that they effectively respond to crisis situations and unforeseen events, and to actively identify where complementary projects and programmes could be funded from other relevant EU budgets;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Regrets the factNotes that while EU spending on defence has recently increased considerably, the funding for civilian CSDP has not; notes that the Strategic Compass fails to take into account the fact that civilian capabilities also require enhanced fundsdue to the current very instable geopolitical situation and the return of the war in Europe, the funding for civilian CSDP has not;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Welcomes the latest establishment of the civilian European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) with the aim to contribute to stability in the border areas of Armenia, to build confidence on the ground, and to ensure an environment conducive to normalisation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan; calls on the Azerbaijani authorities to allow EUMA access to the Lachin Corridor in order to assess the situation on the ground and contribute to its resolution;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. (new subheading) Give a renewed and focused attention to current missions
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Commands the work as well as the physical presence in the Ukraine territory of the 50 staff of the EU civilian mission (EUAM) in Ukraine; encourages the mission to continue its work in support of Ukraine in the documentation and investigation of war crimes; calls on the Commission, in the context of Ukraine accession negotiations, to engage as soon as possible with EUAM Ukraine to build upon its experience on security issues, its longstanding partnership with the Ukrainian authorities, and strong presence on the ground; underlines the relevant support the mission is bringing in the field of criminal investigations;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Welcomes the approach to transfer EU monitoring experts from the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia for the EU Monitoring Capacity in Armenia as a timely and experience- sharing solution and encourages to explore possibilities for more similar cooperation among civilian CSDP missions;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Recognises the critical security situation in South Caucasus and strongly supports the launch of a new civilian CSDP Mission in Armenia; calls for the mission to contribute to any dialogue and initiative leading to an increased peace and security in the region;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2022/2196(INI)

24 d. Considers the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia as an essential assets for the EU in the region; calls for a continued cooperation and mutual support with the mission in Armenia;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 195 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24 e. Acknowledges that the critical support of EULEX Kosovo has recently contributed to lower tensions and restore confidence in Northern Kosovo; urges EU Member States to continue supporting the Mission by mobilising and sending highly needed gendarmerie forces on the ground;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24 f. Stresses the importance of EUAM Iraq, EUBAM Rafah, EUPOL COPPS currently deployed in the Middle East region; calls for all possible synergies between the two Missions deployed in Palestine;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)
24 g. Expresses concerns about the political and security developments in Libya; urges the Libyan authorities to facilitate the work of EUBAM Libya in the implementation of its mandate and in its entire functional scope;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2022/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 h (new)
24 h. Expresses appreciation for the achievement of the four civilian CSDP Missions in Africa and calls for a continued implementation of their mandates; calls on the EEAS to consider all options concerning EUCAP Mali and EUAM RCA, given the deterioration of the political and security situation, including by a decision to terminate them; notes with concern the security developments in Sahel and Gulf of Guinea; denounces the increasing presence of the Wagner company's militias in the region and its strategy aimed at monopolising the assets of the countries where the company is based, to the detriment of the population, and denounces the atrocities committed against the local population; notes an increase in the cooperation between EEAS StratCom and EU missions to counter disinformation operations targeting them; calls for this cooperation to involve all EU missions abroad; considers that the massive disinformation strategy should be countered by a comprehensive efficient and coordinated action plan of the EEAS and the EU with the active support of missions and delegations; calls for the creation of a network of counsellors covering all Western Africa countries willing to cooperate with the EU in relation to military and security matters;
2023/02/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2022/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point c
(c) The RDC should number at least 5 000 troops, excluding strategic enablers such as air and sea lift personnel, intelligence assets, strategic transportation, satellite communication, special operations forces and medical evacuation and care units; the target number for the RDC should be at least between 7 000 and 10 000 troops in total;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2022/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) All force elements of the RDC should be assigned exclusively to it and not to any other international high-readiness forces, notwithstanding the possibility for Member States to call them up for national and NATO duty in the event of an emergency. The EU should work together with NATO to align the readiness categories of the RDC and the NATO Force Model;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 268 #

2022/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The limited availability of European strategic enablers needs to be improved considering it is a precondition for a Rapid Deployment Capacity, including proactive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), strategic transportation and airlifts, air- to-air refuelling, and satellite communication;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 284 #

2022/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the RDC should have permanent operational headquarters under the Military Planning and Conduct Capability in order to ensure its effectiveness, provided that it can be upgraded from a small-scale centre to a full-fledged EU Military Operation Headquarters with secure communication systems and sufficient military personnel in order to be ready for planning and directing the RDC employment when it reaches full operational status;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 308 #

2022/2145(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The RDC should be gradually operational for different scenarios depending on the maturity of its strategic enablers, from the least demanding up to the most demanding operations;
2022/12/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2022/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to agree on a common definition of what are “critical technologies”, and to agree on a list on main critical domains, as well as to decide on domains where EU action is a priority; calls on the EDA to include the notion of critical technologies in its annual CARD exercise; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to review all defence programmes and policy tools, check if they are still fit for purpose, and summarise findings and share them with all other Member States when possible and relevant; suggests that the European Defence Agency can provide light touch support and coordination suggestions, including a strategic assessment of the findings;
2023/02/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2022/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of skills for innovation, EU financially supported training programmes, research and development (R&D), and fundamental research in critical areas related to emerging technologies; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to establish and fund defence innovation hubs;
2023/02/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2022/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the EU’s dependence on China for raw materaw material, in particular from some non-democratic countries and strategic rivals andsuch as China, calls on Member States to reduce their vulnerabilities resulting from dependence on non-democratic suppliers of critical technologies and materials, and to enhance defence production chains in Europe by localising or near-shoring production; recalls that any dependence on critical technologies may lead to increased risks of blackmail on the CFSP and CSDP;
2023/02/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2022/2079(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its support for the Observatory of Critical Technologies; calls for it to be further developed and for its analysis capabilities, including on reducing strategic dependencies, to be enhanced; calls on the Commission to implement a project to continuously map the need for critical materials, evaluate the EU’s strategic dependencies, monitor supply and demand and changes in the behaviour or strategy of competitors, and engage in foresight exercises to predict new needs in critical materials; considers that these efforts should be made jointly with our strategic partners in NATO, when necessary, and included in a Trade and Technology Council (TTC) working group in order to coordinate diplomatic efforts to secure supplies and ensure alternative sources; recalls the need to screen any foreign direct investment in European companies in defence-related emerging technologies to avoid economic dependence and limit the risk of espionage and sabotage on EU critical infrastructure downstream;
2023/02/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Recognising that current and future space-based capabilities and services will enhance the operational capacity of Member States and the EU for both dual-use purposes and the implementation of common security and defence policies, as well as other Union's policies in areas such as external action, border management, protection of critical assets, crisis or humanitarian aid;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2022/2078(INI)

Da. whereas the EU has lost autonomous access to space for the deployment of its civil and military satellites, resulting in security risks incurred by relying on non-European launchers, from non-EU territory for its institutional missions;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the development of “New Space” private space capabilities constitutes opportunities of innovation in cooperation with Member States but also challenges; whereas such private capabilities have been used in the context of the illegal war of aggression of Russia against Ukraine, for example when Starlink suspended the services it was providing to Ukraine;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the deliberate creation of debris fields by malicious actors, using anti-satellite missiles, can lead to collisional cascading (Kessler syndrome), preventing safe access to space; whereas such actions constitute a type of hybrid warfare;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas threats of that kind also have major humanitarian and crisis management effects, as those capacities are often used to assist people affected by emergencies (natural disasters or armed conflicts), as well as to monitor climate change effects (wildfire, sea currents, crops);
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the upsurge in risks and threats in space and on space systems, either ground- (ground stations, launchers) or space-based (satellites), is good reason to bolster the resilience of space infrastructure, systems and services;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2022/2078(INI)

3. Welcomes the proposal set out in the strategy to draw up a classified annual space threat analysis document with a view to making the EU and Member States collectively aware of the extent of those threats and the action to be taken to address them effectively;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 11 of the 27 Member States have already introduced national space laws; is worried of the fragmentation of the EU and global space market, in particular concerning the regulatory framework; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to propose space legislation for the EU establishing a common, harmonised and coherent security and sustainability framework to bolster the resilience of EU space services and prevent excessive fragmentation of the global space market; points out that this framework is eagerly awaited by the Member States and the main industrial players in the space sector;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the regulatory and capacity resources for space traffic management to be boosted with the aim of better protecting the EU’s infrastructure in orbit; calls on theinsists on the fact that the EU should not rely on third-party space surveillance systems; calls therefore on the European Union and its Member States to consolidatestrengthen their efforts in the field of space surveillance and the tracking of objects in an effort to reducing the risk of collision;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for thea boost in regulatory and capacity resources for space traffic management to be boosted, with the aim of better protecting the EU’s's, Member States' and private infrastructure in orbit; cCalls on the Member States and the Commission to consolidate their efforts in the field of space surveillance and theobject tracking of objects in an effort to reducinge the risk of collisions;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the Union's heavy dependence on third countries for space surveillance and tracking (SST) data; urges for increased investments by the Commission and Member States in SST detection capacities to support the development of a more extensive European database, in cooperation with EUSST consortium; calls for a participation of all EU Member States to the EUSST consortium; highlights the need to develop a European market of SST data; recalls the role that the SST Front Desk operated by EUSPA is a good foundation for space traffic management development and operations;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Highlights the crucial role of the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) and emphasises the need for its continued development in subsequent generations to effectively address evolving threats;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the IRIS² secure connectivity constellation to be swiftly set up and made ready for use with a view to providing constant access to secure and sovereign connectivity services that meet the EU and Member States’ operational needs and complete the existing components of the Union's Space Programme;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the significant contribution of Copernicus to missions related to Earth observation, including applications related to security; warns of the risk posed by the funding gap of 721M€, resulting from a missing contribution from the United Kingdom to the EU Space Programme; states that this funding gap severely jeopardises the continuity of the Programme; calls on the United Kingdom and the Commission to find a resolution to this funding gap this year, particularly in light of the Windsor agreement;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that, with a view to maintaining continuity of service if an incident takes place, protective measures should be made more robust by systematically integrating cybersecurity requirements by design and throughout the lifespan of existing components; recalls that, in order to prevent long-term effects of any temporary or permanent degraded access to space, it is necessary to maintain autonomous ground-systems such as inertial navigation systems;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that capacity for autonomous access to space is an essential element of European space policy; takes the view, therefore, that a special, synergy- based effort must be made to further the long-term production of European launchers; calls on the Union and the Member States to apply the principle of "European preference" when choosing launchers;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make exclusive use of European launchers, launch from EU territory for their institutional missions, in order to guarantee maximum mission security; is of the opinion that only in case of the unavailability of EU solutions should institutional launches be carried out outside the EU or with non-EU launch services;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for the establishment of a common procurement platform for launch services to meet the needs of both the Union and its Member States;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the recent inauguration of the Esrange Space Port in Sweden, which will make the EU more resilient by offering a second launch site in the Union alongside the Guiana Space Port in France; welcomes the recent investment in the "Diamant" launch pad at the Guiana Space Port, which is designed to enable small and medium-sized launchers to be launched, diversifying the launch capabilities in the EU;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Stresses the vital importance of ensuring the security and resilience of Union's space ports to protect the interests of the Union and its Member States; calls for the transformation of existing and future space ports within the Union into genuine European Space Ports, with dedicated EU funding for their operations and security; calls on the European Commission to propose measures in this regard in the Union's next multiannual budget;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Notes with regrets the current lack of autonomous access to space by the EU, endangering missions related to security and defence; takes the view that this situation is the result of the fragmented governance of European space policy, haphazard industrial decisions and under-investment in the European space sector;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8f. Calls for a drastic change in European launcher policy to ensure that this situation never occurs again; calls on the European Commission to develop a comprehensive strategy for the Union launcher policy that prioritises autonomous access to space, redundancy, reuse and scalability, covering all types of missions, orbits, and types of payload, and to rely on the technical expertise of the European Space Agency; highlights the importance of both competitiveness and European preference, in order to assure the economic sustainability of the European launch sector;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that, given the intensification of threats in the space sector, the EU and its Member States must bolster their capabilities and governance to detect, categorise and attribute a threat;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that space domain awareness (SDA) is essential to attributing a threat and enabling Member States to take appropriate decisions in the event of a space attack; recalls that any response to an attack must be proportionate to its nature, from non-kinetic to kinetic action, and reversibility (permanent or temporary); encourages the Member States to supply the information needed to attribute hostile behaviour, for which secure, robust and reliable communication and exchange capabilities at EU level will need to be established;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2022/2078(INI)

11. Welcomes the proposal set out in the strategy to amend Decision 2021/698 with a view to attributing and addressing threats to space programme services; calls for more meaningful responses on solidarity mechanisms to be taken at EU level; calls for further work to be done to make the mutual assistance clause ready for use and particularly in the space domain (Article 42(7) TEU);
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the EU to adopt a genuine industrial policy and to be able to draw upon a competitive industry; takes the view that EU support to enable Member States to develop their capacity must primarily benefit European industrial players (both long-established groups and innovative SMEs); supports, at the same time, heavy investment in key technologies, including in disruptive space technologies, with the aim of reducing strategic dependence on third countries;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Regrets the lack of ambition from the Commission regarding the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform, which could have greatly benefited from investment in space activities; emphasises the importance of investment to foster the development of strategic European capabilities in space;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls for the establishment of Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) aimed at ensuring the competitiveness and European technological sovereignty of the EU launcher sector;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Highlights the underutilisation of data provided by the EU components of the space program; calls for an improved utilisation of EU space data and services by public authorities, particularly in the field of security and defence; advocates for a European preference in the selection of space data and services by public authorities;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that, if space capabilities are to be developed, the current multiannual financial framework is insufficient to respond to the growing needs of the Union and the Members in space capacities and resilience, in particular concerning access to space, earth observation, space situational awareness, advanced PNT, and their related services to users; calls for the resources allocated to space in the next multiannual financial framework musto be stepped upignificantly stepped up, including the support to EU agencies like the EUSPA, the EU Sat Centre and the EDA; stresses, in particular, the need to increase funding for space traffic management and space surveillance with a view to protecting the EU’s space infrastructure and addressing threats; draws attention to the need to achieve coherence in and provide visibility for all the different types of funding allocated via instruments to European space policy;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Highlights the fragmentation of competences in the EU approach to space and defence, with competences split between the Commission, the EEAS, the EUMC, the EUMS, the EUSPA, national defence authorities, national space agencies, the EU Sat Centre, the EDA, and other non-EU bodies such as ESA; Calls the Commission and the Council to reflect on a more integrated and clear governance for the competences related to space and defence, in order to avoid duplication;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 156 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Is concerned by situations where the decision to allow or suspend the use of satellite communication networks is left to private companies and their impact on the conduct of military operations, considering the increasing role that "New Space" private space companies play; calls for the establishment of specific measures to ensure that private space companies providing a service are considered, in times of crisis, as private entities with a public service mission in order to prevent any suspension or degraded access to space services, in particular satellite communication;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that changes to Copernicus services to enable it to meet defence requirementWelcomes the reflexion set out in the strategy for new governmental earth observation capacities and services; highlights that only few Member States have advanced capabilities in this field; is of the opinion that these new services could benefit all Member States and the EU, in particular by mutualising investments and capacities in this strategic area; stresses that changes these new governmental earth observation services should be subject to appropriate governance closely involving the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen); recognises the essential role of SatCen as a single collective geospatial intelligence capability that lends weight to the EU’s and its Member States’ capacity to take autonomous decisions and action; recalls the need to make use of EU Agencies' expertise in the security accreditation, monitoring and contract implementation in this regard;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of ensuring coherence and further develop Permanent European Structured Cooperation (PESCO) projects in the field of governmental imagery, space-based missile early warning, military PNT, defence of space assets; is attentive to the delivery in time of PESCO capability projects related to space;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the changing geopolitical landscape must spur the EU and its Member States on to reach common and coordinated positions so that they are able to set standards; supports multilateral solutions, reached within the UN framework, in the area of space governance; calls on the European Union and its Member States to be proactive in the support of multilateral solutions, in particular relating to space traffic management, and to reaffirm the applicability of international humanitarian law;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2022/2078(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Points out thatHighlights the role of the European Space Agency must continue to play its role as a technical agency for European satellite projects andas a technical agency, contributing among others to the implementation of the EU space policy; recalls that cooperation with itESA must be carried outonducted within a framework which protectthat safeguards the essential interests of the Union; emphasises the need for increased efforts by ESA to achieve the highest standards in the management of EU classified information and projects;
2023/07/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
— having regard to the applications for EU membership submitted by Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, and the related Commission opinions and Council conclusions,
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to European Council Conclusions of 23 and 24 June 2022 on granting the status of candidate country to Ukraine and to the Republic of Moldova and readiness to do the same regarding Georgia,
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the 2022 Court of Auditors report on EU support for the rule of law in the Western Balkans which concluded that EU support has only delivered limited results and that a key reason for this is the insufficient domestic political will to drive the necessary reforms,
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement is the most effective EU foreign policy instrument and one of the Union’s most successful policies, and it remainsa very powerful policy instrument and a strategic investment in stability and prosperity on the European continent;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement is the most effective EU foreign policy instrument and one of the Union’s most successful policies, and it remains a strategic and future geopolitical investment in stability and prosperity on the European continent;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement is the most effective EU foreign policy instrument and one of the Union’s most successful policies, and it remains a strategic investment in peace, stability and prosperity on the European continent;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas in light of the growing Russian threat to European peace and stability, an enhanced enlargement policy remains the strongest geopolitical tool at the EU's disposal;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2022/2064(INI)

A a. whereas negotiations for accession should be more than a political and an administrative process, as they amount to a civilisation choice and as such they entail the progressive transfer and reinforcement of EU values and policies in candidate countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the enlargement policy should not be seen as a purely technocratic process and is more than ever a geostrategic investment in a stable, strong and united Europe;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas in parallel with the accession negotiations leading to the next enlargement wave, the functioning of the European institutions, as well as the main policies of the EU and mainly the common agriculture policy and the cohesion policy should be revised to make them more efficient and less burdensome;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas a new impetus is needed to reenergise the enlargement process, ensuring its continuity, consistency, credibility and impact, clearly defined and strategically, politically and geopolitically focused impetus is needed to overcome the status quo and reenergise the enlargement process within the EU and especially in candidate countries, while ensuring its continuity, consistency, credibility and impact through concrete political and societal reforms in the countries that are part of the enlargement process;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the actions and results of the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement cast a shadow on the credibility of the Commission and the EU as a honest broker in the neighbourhood and accession countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas enlargement policies must be updated by taking into consideration both political context and realities, while at the same time maintaining the importance of a merit-based accession process;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the enlargement process must visibly and constantly move towards the goal of full membership in order to sustain reforms in the candidate and potential candidate countries; whereas this is also essential for the success of the European peace project based on the rule of law;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas, in order to be more effective, the enlargement policy needs to combine a strong focus on fundamentals (rule of law, democratic standards, economic reforms) with the gradual phasing-in of the candidate countries into various sectors of EU integration;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the new EU strategy for enlargement needs to be backed by real political commitment to the process in order to be successful;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas the new EU strategy for enlargement needs to be adapted to the new geopolitical context created by the Russian aggression against Ukraine; whereas, in order to become fit for the new situation, the enlargement process should be restructured and needs to become more flexible, dynamic and rewarding;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the Russian invasion of's war of aggression against Ukraine has prompted three countries with EU Association Agreements – Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova – to submit membership applications;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine received candidacy status following the European Council Summit on 23 June 2022;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the Council’s decision should be followed by a concrete action plan that not only includes expected deliverables from the candidate countries, but also ensures that the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine have all the necessary support to become EU Member States both in spirit and in law;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas Georgia is on the right track to join the EU, and its citizens deserve a clear roadmap with tangible requirements to be fulfilled in order to be granted candidate status and the perspective to join the block;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas each enlargement country should be judged on its own merits avoiding bilateral biases or conflicts between Member States and aspiring countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the EU should play a proactive role in the enlargement process, delivering credible and verifiable results in line with the EU's interests and ambitions as well as fostering the necessary reforms in candidate and aspiring countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) recognise that the EU’s prosperity and security rests on its ability to defend democracy, human rights and, the rules- based multilateral order, as well as the strict and unanimous adherence to rule of law principles and shared fundamental values;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) recognise that the EU’s prosperity and security rests on its ability to defend democracy, the rule of law, human rights and freedoms, and the rules- based multilateral order;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) retain the geostrategic and geopolitical relevance and credibility of the EU by enhancing holistic integration in the areas of common foreign, security and defence policies, and by streamlining its decision-making processes; with a view to becoming a more credible and efficient global player;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) strengthen the EU’s position as a global player; retain the geostrategic relevance and credibility of the EU by enhancing integration in the areas of common foreign, security and defence policies, and by streamlining its decision- making processes;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) retain the geostrategic relevance and credibility of the EU by enhancing integration in the areas of common foreign, security and defence policies, and by streamlining its decision-making processes, including by reducing the use of vetoes and avoiding bilateral blockages in the context of the enlargement policy;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) retain the geostrategic relevance and credibility of the EU by enhancing integration in the areas of common foreign, security and defence policies, and by streamlining its decision-making processes, while at the same time strengthening its existent internal policies and making them transparent and easily adaptable by candidate countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 146 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) undertake, in the light of Russia's aggression of Ukraine and the growing assertiveness of China and other global players in direct or indirect competition with the interests of the EU and its Member States, a thorough assessment and revision of the EU’s enlargement capacitypolicy as a whole, especially with regard to its capacity and its aims, and enhance it with the new EU strategy for enlargement, including through necessarydefining clear and transparent policy objectives and implementing institutional reforms, if needed;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) undertake a thorough assessment of the EU’s enlargement capacity and enhance it with the new EU strategy for enlargement, including through necessary and timely institutional reforms;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure that the EU remains an evolving community of European states open to the accession of like-minded democracies, sharing common valuand fully protecting common values, principles and interests;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) strengthen Member States’ commitment to enlargement by delivering on EU’s obligationsa common EU approach towards the Western Balkan countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) strengthen Member States’ commitment to enlargement by delivering on EU’s obligations towards the Western Balkan and Eastern European countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) encourage the EU's and Member States' active engagement and involvement in the enlargement process to ensure that its objectives are met both within the EU and in candidate countries, through its new methodology paired with conditionality and instruments of technical and financial support for candidate countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 178 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) avoid usingdopt an official mechanism allowing the arbitration of unresolved bilateral disputes toin order to avoid that these conflicts block candidate countries’ accession processes;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 182 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) avoid using unresolved bilateral disputes to block candidate countries’ accession processesand regional disputes based on narrow domestic political interests to block candidate countries’ accession processes, thereby weakening the EU's regional and global influence;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) strengthenreview and renew strategic communication onand promotion of the benefits of enlargement both in the accession countries and in the Member States, with special focus on democracy, rule of law and welfare of citizens;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) strengthen strategic communication on the mutual benefits of enlargement both in the accession countries and in the Member States;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(g a) contribute to preventing third- party interference in the political, electoral, and other democratic processes of the accession countries, in particular malicious acts aimed at manipulating public opinion and undermining a country's EU accession;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 212 #

2022/2064(INI)

(h) overcome the enlargement gridlock by revamping the accession process both as a political goal and in terms of its methodology by clearly defining the political, economic and societal aims as well as the different stages of the accession process, with active involvement of both the EU's and candidate countries' institutions;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 220 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) accelerate the integration of countries that demonstrate strategic orientation and unwavering commitment to and actual implementation of EU-related reforms, democratic consolidation and adherence to democratic standards, respect for fundamental values and principles and full foreign policy alignment;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) enhance the focus of the accession process on citizens rather than governments;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) grant candidate status to all aspiring countries and offer membership- oriented roadmaps ofor each individual country with tangible and concrete steps to all aspiring countries by further enhancing the revised enlargement methodology with tailor made instruments and mechanisms;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 233 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) establish clear, transparent and consistent performance benchmarks with set timelines, improve the measuring of progress and ensure continued political and technical support throughout the accession process;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 236 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) establish clear, transparent and consistent performance benchmarks, improve the measuring of progress and ensure continued political and technical support throughout the accession process based on individual merits, performance and political implementation;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) improve the accessibility and readability of Commission's progress reports;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 242 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) reward concrete and verifiable progress with a wider phasing-in of candidate countries into respective EU policies and initiatives while sanctioning any backtracking; , especially in the areas of democracy, media freedom, fight against corruption, human rights and rule of law;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) reward progress with a wider phasing-in of candidate countries into respective EU policies and initiatives while sanctioning in real time any backtracking;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) reward progress with a wider phasing-in of candidate countries into respective EU policies and initiatives, including access to EU funds in these areas, while sanctioning any backtracking;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 248 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(l a) ensure the gradual integration of candidate countries into the EU policies, which will mean that the benefits of accession will be felt by the citizens throughout the process and not only at its end;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)
(l a) review and extend the opportunities for candidate countries to participate in and observe the work of the EU institutions, so that they are fully capable and prepared when they join the EU;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) step up solidarity and interim political and economic incentives for accession countries, ensuring that intermediate integration steps, particularly gradual integration into the EU single market, do not substitute but facilitate the final goal of fully-fledged EU membership;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 255 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) multiply exchanges to promote best-practices between MS and candidate countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 257 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)
(m b) open sectoral cooperation with pre-accession countries, in order to strengthen their partnership with the EU and facilitate future integration;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) recognise Western Balkan countries’ achievements by opening long over-due accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia and granting visa liberalisation to Kosovo without delay;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) recognise Western Balkan countries’ achievements by organizing the first inter-governmental conference with the Republics of Albania and North Macedonia, thus opening long over-due accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia and granting visa liberalisation to Kosovo without delay;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) assisgrant Bosnia and Herzegovina in addressing 14 key priorities, as a precondition for obtaining candidate status(BiH) candidate status, as a clear message of support and unequivocal commitment to its European perspective as well as a step forward towards the (geo)political stabilization of the country and the whole region;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 273 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) recognise that granting BiH candidate status would contribute to de- escalate nationalistic rhetoric, reduce ethnic divisions and inspire optimism which would enable pro-European and pro-democratic forces to participate to the fullest possible extent in the new, more rule of law-based IPA III framework, thereby improving living conditions for the citizens of BiH;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) encourage and support the acceleration of Montenegro’s accession process, as the most advanced candidate country;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) recognise the threat created by Russia’s war of aggression by immediately granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and continuing to provide political and technical support to Moldova and Georgia with a view to enabling them to reach this important milestone as soon as possible, as a clear political signal of support to the people of these countries, and a means to accelerate internal reform processes;deleted
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 283 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) recognise the threat created by Russia’s war of aggression by immediately granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and continuing to provide political and technical support to Moldova and Georgia with a view to enabling ithem to reach this important milestone as soon as possible, as a clear political signal of support to the people of theseis countriesy, and a means to accelerate internal reform processes;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 287 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) recognise the threat created by Russia’s war of aggression by immediately granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and continuing to provide political and technical support to Moldova andcontinue to provide enhanced political, technical and financial support to Ukraine and Moldova, who were recently granted candidate country status, and step up engagement with Georgia with a view to enabling ithem to reach this important milestone as soon as possible, as a clear political signal of solidarity with and support to the people of these countries, and a means to accelerate internal reform processes;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 298 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q c (new)
(q c) assist Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to meet the conditions set by the Commission for further steps towards EU membership, and Georgia to complete the necessary steps to obtain candidate status;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 302 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) encourage continuous and effective implementation of the Association Agreements and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas with Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 304 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)
(q b) review the EU's Eastern Partnership strategy and promote regional cooperation;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 307 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r
(r) step up the EU’s constructive engagement with the authorities of both Serbia and Kosovo to achieve a comprehensive, mutually recognized and acceptable, legally binding normalisation agreement between the two in the framework of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 317 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) prioritise the alignment of accession countries with the EU’s common foreign and security policy and continue accession negotiations with Serbia only if the country aligns with EU sanctions against Russia and shows progress in democracy, rule-of-law and embraces EU values and priorities;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) prioritise the alignment of accession countries with the EU’s common foreign and security policy and continue accession negotiations with Serbia only if the country aligns with EU sanctions against Russia and EU policy towards Russia in general;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 319 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) prioritise the alignment of accession countries with the EU’s common foreign and security policy and continue accession negotiations with Serbia only if the country systematically aligns with EU sanctions against Russia;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) formally suspendreassess accession negotiations with Turkey, in accordance with the negotiating framework, until the country reengages with the EU and demonstrates clear and significant based on ongoing geopolitical dynamics, its progress in EU-related reforms, and its while continuing partnership in essential areas of joint interlingness to support European Union strategic interests, especially in times of crisest;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 335 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) formally suspend accession negotiations with Turkey, in accordance with the negotiating framework, until the country reengages with the EU and demonstrates clear and significant progress in EU-related reforms, while continuing partnership in essential areas of joint interest and maintaining economic and cultural cooperation, especially with civil society;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 339 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) propose ‘special partnerships’ for countries that do not intend to join the EU or do not fulfil membership criteria;deleted
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(u a) recognise and support the pro- European aspirations of the democratic opposition of Belarus and of the Belarusian people who seek to live in a free and democratic society;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 346 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) bringconfirm the central role of democratic transformation and the rule of law back to the very centre of the EU accession processin the accession negotiations as foreseen in the Renewed consensus on enlargement since 2006, prioritising judicial independence, the fight against corruption and organised crime, good governance, human rights, fundamental freedoms and media freedom;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 351 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) bring democratic transformation and the rule of law back to the very centre of the EU accession process, prioritising judicial independence, the fight against corruption and organised crime, good governance, human rights, fundamental freedoms and media freedom, and setting these priorities as crucial, non-negotiable benchmarks in country-specific roadmaps in the assessment of individual progress;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 354 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(v a) strengthen the involvement of civil society, non-governmental organizations and experts in monitoring the accession process;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v b (new)
(v b) enhance actions towards fight against corruption, de-oligarchisation and transparency in the economy;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v c (new)
(v c) advocate the adoption of human rights violations sanctions mechanism or Magnitsky Act, including sanctions for corruption crimes;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 358 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v d (new)
(v d) insist upon advancing gender equality, closing the gender pay gap, advancing gender balance in decision making, and ending gender based violence;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 360 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(v a) recalls the European Commissioners' obligation of integrity, discretion and independence in compliance with the code of conduct for the Members of the Commission and therefore calls on the Commission to assess the actions of Commissioner Varhelyi in this light;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) improve the consistency, efficiency, visibility and transparency of pre-accession assistance; and take the necessary corrective measures in line with the findings of the European Court of Auditors Special Report of 10 January 20221a; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR22_01/SR_ROL- Balkans_EN.pdf
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w a (new)
(w a) make the necessary adaptations to the IPA III programming to ensure support for independent media and rule of law cluster objectives in general;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 366 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w b (new)
(w b) provide the European Parliament by the end of 2022 with a full in-depth evaluation of the use of all European funds in the Western Balkan region, including a specification of funds and projects in individual countries of the region from 2015 onwards;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 370 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) strengthen rule of law reporting for all accession countries by establishing a monitoring, dialogue and warning mechanism for rectifying major rule of law deficiencies, triggoffering both positive and negative conditionality in the form of either access to EU policies or the suspension of accession negotiations and pre-accession funding, and enabling the reopening of negotiation chapters under reversibility clauses;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 378 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y a (new)
(y a) enhance the mandate of the EPPO in prosecuting the misuse of EU funds in candidate countries and supervising the work of local prosecutors as regards EU funds-related wrongdoings by setting up a network of local prosecutors affiliated to the EPPO;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 382 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) formally assess accession countries under the EU’s rule of law mechanism and reporting, and the EU Justice Scoreboard, using the same working methods as for Member States, with the aim of preventing a persistent lack of progress, serious deficiencies and regression and calls on the Commission to draft Rule of Law Reports on the accession countries in the years before full membership rights are granted;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 385 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
(z a) Invites the Commission to set up a dedicated Rule of Law Task Force, tasked with developing more substantial and more effective support to candidate and potential candidate countries, with the active involvement of judges and prosecutors from the Member States;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 388 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) strengthen and actively engage in fostering the culture of political pluralism and constructive political dialogue;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 391 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
(ab) foster electoral reforms with the aim of ensuring undisputed free and fair election processes in all candidate and aspiring countries, democratic pluralism, intra-party democracy, transparency of party and media funding, and judicial and media independence and freedom, by setting these benchmarks as preconditions for financial support and any further progress in the accession process;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 392 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab
(ab) foster electoral reforms, democratic pluralism, intra-party democracy and adoption of internal frameworks for integrity and fighting corruption within the political parties, transparency of party and media funding, ands well as judicial and media independence and freedom;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 398 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac
(ac) uphold democratic accountability and enhance the parliamentary dimension, especially parliamentary oversight, of the accession process;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 400 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac
(ac) uphold democratic accountability and enhance the parliamentary dimension of the accession process, encourage the organization of bilateral parliamentary meetings between parliaments of Member States and those of accession countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 401 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac a (new)
(ac a) ensure that oversight institutions and other independent democratic institutions are able to effectively carry out their constitutionally granted role in the political processes of candidate countries;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 403 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac a (new)
(ac a) empower the forces of change within the enlargement countries' political arena
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 405 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac a (new)
(ac a) Consider methods to invite observers from the candidate countries at an earlier stage to sit in the European Parliament and possibly after concluding the first cluster of accession negotiations;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 408 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)
(ad a) Underlines the direct link between the rule of law and fighting corruption and sustainable and equitable economic development;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 411 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae
(ae) considerably reinforce efforts towards the settlement of conflicts, promoting confidence, sustainable reconciliation, and good neighbourly relations,; foster inclusive regional cooperation and solidarity, and support a regional approach in the implementation of socio-economic projects;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 420 #

2022/2064(INI)

(ae a) insist upon building an inclusive society free of discrimination with regard to all LGBTI+ people;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 430 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af
(af) step up citizen participation and the involvement of civil society in the enlargement process and invest in the youth and intraregional mobility; by increasing funding allocated to the civil society and invest in the youth and intraregional mobility by increasing the budget of the Erasmus+ programme and adopt a 14 years transition period after accession in which civil society organisations from these countries are still able to apply for EU financial support;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 437 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)
(af a) bolster youth exchange programs, especially in the area of education to enrich European spirit and way of life.
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 439 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)
(af a) increase economic development, the market economy, transport connectivity, competitiveness and green transition;
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 444 #

2022/2064(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ag a (new)
(ag a) include candidate countries in our energy policy strategies, especially Moldova and Ukraine gravely dependent on Russian gas and hugely impacted because of their choice to join the European Union.
2022/07/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the main citizens’ recommendations in the field of foreign and security policy, notably the need to switch to more efficient decision-making, through the use of qualified majority voting (QMV) instead of unanimity, and the need to improve the Union’s methods to impose sanctions, to be incorporated in a Treaty change; underlines that switching to QMV will ensure that the EU - instead of going with the lowest common denominator - acts quicker and more deliberate and will also shield the EU from third-country pressure and divide- and-rule tactics; stresses that this will help the EU develop into a credible geopolitical power, increase the effectiveness of its external action and hence will also strengthen the influence of Member States in an unstable, rapidly changing and increasingly multipolar world; recalls that Article 31(2) TEU, which is designed to ensure that no Member State could be imposed a decision on issues vital to its national interests if QMV were to be used in CFSP, would remain applicable;
2022/09/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Article 48(7) and Article 31(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) contain passerrelle clauses that can make switching from unanimity to qualified majority voting possible in the area of common foreign and security policy (CFSP) without military implications; calls for a switch to QMV in all decisions in the field of CFSP, notably those concerning sanctions and human right, human rights and in areas relevant to the accession process such as when deciding on the start of the negotiation process as well as the opening and closing of individual negotiations clusters and chapters, as the passerelle clauses have never been used due to the lack of political will;
2022/09/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the need to reduce the EU's institutional complexity, in particular the EU's external representation; proposes in this regard to merge the function of President of the European Council and President of the European Commission and create a single Presidency of the EU to enhance the visibility, efficiency and consistency of EU external action; calls to make the relevant treaty provisions more explicit in this regard;
2022/09/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of reinforcing the Parliament’s decision- making and scrutiny rights in the foreign policy field, notably by strengthening the wording of Article 36 TEU concerning the consultation of, mandating the European Parliament’s approval on the main aspects and strategic choices in the field of CFSP and common security and defence policy and its consultation on all significant foreign policy decisions; calls for changing Article 218 TFEU to require the European Parliament’s consent for all international agreements and before decisions on the provisional application of international agreements are taken; calls for amending Article 218(2) by including the European Parliament alongside the Council as jointly responsible to "authorise the opening of negotiations, adopt negotiating directives, authorise the signing of agreements and conclude them"; recalls the proven value of parliamentary diplomacy; suggests therefore introducing provisions for involvement of the European Parliament on equal footing with the Council in the implementation of international agreements in Article 218(9) TFEU; calls for more involvement of the European Parliament in the Team Europe approach;
2022/09/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for inclusion of the principle of “strategic autonomy” into the list of objectives to be achieved through the Union’s foreign and security policy enshrined in Article 21 or Article 22(2) TEU;
2022/09/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for inclusion of the principle of “open strategic autonomy” into the list of objectives to be achieved through the Union’s foreign and security policy enshrined in Article 21 TEU;
2022/09/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls for the establishment of new formats of cooperation and discussion, such as a European Security Council and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers; believes that such new formats are particularly relevant in an increasingly unstable world and following Russia's illegal war in Ukraine which has affected Europe's security significantly; calls furthermore for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in Parliament;
2022/09/30
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the Charter of the United Nations, in particular its article 2.4 prohibiting the use of force and article 51 on the inherent right to individual and collective self-defence,
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 54 a (new)
— having regard to its recommendation of 9 March 2022 on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation,
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by; whereas Russia's unjustified and illegal war against Ukrainprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine has shown that robust military capacities are necessary to defend peace and freedom in Europe; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its foreign, security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustifiprovoked and illegal war against Ukrainemilitary aggression against Ukraine; whereas such non-military means include disinformation, cyberattacks, economic pressure, food and energy blackmailing, instrumentalisation of migration, and subversive political influence that tend to seek support to illegitimate military operations; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Europe is facing the most complex combination of both military and non-military threats since the end of the Cold War accentuated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine; whereas this requires the EU to enhance the effectiveness of its security and defence policy to defend its interests and values and to support its partners; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to equip the EU with the necessary tools to make it an effective security provider and an assertive global actor; whereas there is a new urgency to boosting EU security and defence capabilities, including building on the unprecedented support for Ukraine and including the use of the EPF;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Russian invasion of Ukraine is an attack against the rules- based international order; whereas this war of aggression is an attack to the European security architecture that was built after the Second World War and the end of the Cold War to which Russia was a party; whereas Russia’s persistent attempts to create instability in the Union and to undermine the European security architecture demands that the Union substantially enhance the cohesion and effectiveness of its foreign, security and defence policy as well as its strategic sovereignty; whereas, on 21 September, the Russian occupation authorities of Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson announced referendums to join the Russian Federation, in a blatant violation of international law; whereas the EU strongly condemned it; whereas President Vladimir Putin announced a so- called partial mobilisation and threatened Ukraine and its allies with nuclear war on 22 September;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas Russia has repeatedly threatened Ukraine as well as NATO and EU Member States with nuclear war;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Russia’s hybrid aggression makes it necessary to design the defence of a free Europe in a comprehensive and multifaceted manner incorporating all critical areas, from the improvement of traditional military capacities, to the protection of critical civilian infrastructure, supply chains and energy facilities, as well as the active fight against disinformation and cybersecurity threats;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipelines was a targeted attack against the EU’s critical infrastructure; whereas the Nord Stream gas leaks will have a substantial negative impact on climate;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas any deliberate disruption of active European energy infrastructure is unacceptable and should lead to the strongest possible response;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the Arctic region is increasingly becoming more important with regard to geopolitics, economic development and transport, while at the same time it is facing challenges linked to climate change, militarisation and migration; whereas Russia's increasing military activity and build-up in the Arctic is alarming;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas industrial fragmentation and inefficiency in developing European military capability costs between EUR 25 and EUR 100 billion each year; whereas Member States only procured some 11 % of their total equipment collaboratively in 2020; whereas the Member States have agreed on more and better defence spending;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the European Commission and the EEAS have proposed the establishment of the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA), an EU short-term instrument aimed at incentivising joint procurement to fill our most critical needs; whereas it will be backed by 500 million EUR from the EU budget on top of MS own investments; whereas by the third quarter 2022, the Commission will put forward a Regulation establishing a European Defence Investment Programme (EDIP) setting conditions for Member States to jointly procure while benefitting from VAT exemption and EU financial support;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas CSDP has 11 civilian missions and 7 military operations under way with around 5 000 personnel deployed on three continents; whereas total personnel deployed by the Member States has steadily declined in recent years, and missions and operations persistently suffer from Member States not delivering on their pledges to provide sufficient military or civilian personnel; whereas CSDP missions and operations suffer from slow decision making process and excessive micro-management from the Council, as well as from insufficient coordination between training activities and providing of military equipment to partners;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas EU CSDP missions and operations are often targeted by hybrid threats, including disinformation, putting at risk their effectiveness in stabilising the country in which they are deployed and, instead, reinforcing pre-existing instability whose only beneficiaries are malicious third states;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas EUFOR Althea aims to guarantee the application of the Dayton agreements negotiated in 1995; whereas it has an executive mandate from the UN, under Chapter VII of the Charter; whereas the Council has stated its unequivocal commitment to Operation EUFOR Althea in 2020and 2021 to support the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and to maintain a safe and secure environment; whereas Russia has been deliberately ambiguous regarding the upcoming renewal of the UN Security Resolution authorising the Operation despite the strong call from each members of the trio Presidency in Bosnia and Herzegovina and all political leaders in favour of ALTHEA’s mandate renewal; whereas the continuation of EUFOR ALTHEA is in the best interest of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas Russia’s influence in Africa has developed, in particular due to an increased footprint of the Wagner group on the continent; whereas Wagner has been gaining a strong foothold in countries like Mali and the Central African Republic; whereas the regions in which Wagner is present are subject to rampant human rights abuses, plundering of resources; whereas all this is done in all impunity; whereas in Mali, it is reinforced by the non-cooperative stance of authorities towards Western partners (including EUTM Mali), regional organisations as well as MINUSMA; whereas the EU has responded firmly to these developments and excludes all cooperation with Wagner or other mercenaries; whereas in both CAR and Mali, the mandates of CSDP missions have been adapted accordingly;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas cultural heritage has a universal dimension as a testimony of history inseparable from peoples’ identity, which the international community has to protect and preserve for future generations; whereas cultural diversity plays an important role in the promotion of conflict prevention, reconciliation and counter-extremism;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas data and new technologies such as artificial intelligence are increasingly critical in maintaining military competitiveness and are used in the development of new or enhanced military capabilities such as AI-powered cyber-weapons, drones and autonomous or semi-autonomous weapons and vehicles, and intelligence and situational awareness tools, all of which have a transformative effect on military operations and strategy;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizensat the unjustified and illegal Russian military aggression against Ukraine has exposed the flaws and shortcomings of the current global security architecture and has caused a dramatic deterioration in European security; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and must act to provide the EU citizens the peace and security they deserve; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the dramatic deterioration in European security accelerated by Russia’s unjustified and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine; stresses that this situation demands that the EU step up its defence capacities and show greater willingness to act in order to deliver the security expected by the EU’s citizens; underlines the unprecedented and united EU response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, including the provision of military equipment through the EPF; remains committed to supporting Ukraine’s defence of its territorial integrity and sovereignty; calls on the EU to sustain its efforts and provide Ukraine with all necessary financial, humanitarian and military aid;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for solidarity among Member States, especially with those whose geographical position leaves them directly exposed to imminent threats and challenges; fully supports efforts to operationalize article 42.7 in this respect;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that the enforcement of restrictive measures against Russia remains one of the key elements in the Union's toolbox for countering Russian military aggression against Ukraine; welcomes the Commission's eighth package of restrictive measures in response to the illegal referenda organised in the Russian occupied territories, the mobilisation and Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes new EU initiatives to enhance defence, notably the Versailles Declaration, the Strategic Compass and Joint Communication on defence investment gaps; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a regulation to incentivise joint procurement while stressing the need for budgetary resources that genuinely meet the ambitious goals set; welcomes the upcoming review of the European defence investment programme regulation, the budget of which should be significantly increased as well; therefore, calls for a swift revision of the MFF, in order to allocate the adequate budget to all European Defence instruments, notably the European Defence Fund, Military Mobility, the future EDIRPA and EDIP, given the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on European and global security;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes new EU initiatives to enhance defence, notably the Versailles Declaration, the Strategic Compass and Joint Communication on defence investment gaps; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a regulation to incentivise joint procurement while stressing the need for budgetary resources that genuinely meet the ambitious goals set; welcomes the upcoming review of the European defence investment programme regulation, the budget of which should be significantly increased as well; highlights the need to increase funding opportunities of the European defence industry and urges the European Investment Bank to remove military equipment from the list of excluded activities;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to modify the funding structures of the Multiannual Financial Framework in order to provide the necessary funds for EU instruments in the area of defence; calls, in this context, for strengthening the EDF and increasing the number and relevance of collaborative defence industry initiatives, as well as for expanding the European Peace Facility and Military Mobility projects; calls further for the swift implementation and sufficient funding of all measures recently proposed by the Commission that aim to contribute to European defence, especially the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through common Procurement Act (EDIRPA) and the European Defence Investment Programme (EDIP);
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the new ambition in the Strategic Compass to provide the Union with a vision, a common strategic defence culture and the tools to be an effective security provider in a hostile environment, as well as to enhance the CSDP to build resilience and make it more capable and responsive, so it can act rapidly to defend our interests and values and protect the EU and its citizens; considers the Strategic Compass a major step towards a genuine European Defence Union enabling the EU to act as a credible partner; calls for the timely and sound implementation of the approximately 80 concrete actions and for them to be updated regularly along with the EU Threat Analysis; calls for the sustained political will of all Member States and EU institutions in this process;; therefore calls on Member States to engage in systematic, regular and frequent updates of the threat analysis; stresses that this threat analysis will strengthen the Union’s strategic culture and provide guidance on prioritising policy objectives in the field of security and defence, as set up in the strategic compass; recalls that the Strategic Compass must be a dynamic process, which must be regularly updated and adapted on the basis of the common threat analysis;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers it necessary to establish a regular EU Defence Ministers Council;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to substantially strengthen the society-wide focus on resilience and the response to hybrid warfare; welcomes the decision to develop an EU Hybrid Toolbox for a coordinated response to hybrid threats; encourages further development of the EU’s cyber- defence policy and capabilities; cyber-defence policy and capabilities; underlines that the EU institutions, bodies, agencies, delegations, mission and operations networks, buildings and staff area target for all types of hybrid threats and attacks by foreign state actors and should, therefore, be properly protected, paying special attention to the EEAS’s assets, premises and activities abroad and the safety of EU staff delegated to non- democratic countries with repressive regimes; reiterates the urgent need for European institutions, agencies and other bodies to develop their strategic communication capabilities, to equip themselves with secure communication systems and a rapid reaction capacity to attacks, and to greatly increase their resilience;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to substantially strengthen the society-wide focus on resilience and the response to hybrid warfare; welcomes the decision to develop an EU Hybrid Toolbox for a coordinated response to hybrid threats; encourages further development of the EU’s cyber- defence policy and capabilities; emphasises the need for effective efforts in fighting adverse disinformation and propaganda;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to substantially strengthen the society-wide focus on resilience and the response to hybrid warfare; welcomes the decision to develop an EU Hybrid Toolbox for a coordinated response to hybrid threats; encouragesstresses the need to further development of the EU’s cyber- defence policy and capabilities;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that resilience in the digital age also depends on reducing dependencies for critical materials such as rare earth metals, critical components such as chips, and critical technologies such as drones and autonomous military equipment; salutes the Commission’s recent proposals in this regard; calls on the Commission to launch an initiative to identify all other materials and technologies that are or will be critical for the development of EU military capabilities and to launch initiatives to reduce our dependence on non- democratic states for their provision;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 178 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls for a thorough investigation and proportionate response to the sabotage explosion in the Nord Stream pipelines, as well as a plan to manage the environmental impact of gas leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the need for comprehensive assessment and actions to secure offshore oil and gas pipelines, cables and other strategic infrastructure assets;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the EU and its Member States to take decisive decisions on the EU energy market in order to ensure a stable energy supply and mitigate the negative impact of the energy crisis on European households and businesses;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 182 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights that semi-autonomous and autonomous drones are increasingly used in both military operations and in the maintenance and security of critical infrastructure installations; is deeply concerned that China is a dominant player in the drone market; urges the Commission to launch an initiative for EU competitiveness in the research and development and manufacture of cutting edge drones;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the need to fight against disinformation campaigns within the EU and its neighbourhood and calls for increased cooperation with partners in EU candidate countries and around the world to counter hostile foreign information manipulation and interference, as exemplified by Russia’s disinformation campaigns prior to and during its invasion of Ukraine; stresses the need to strengthen the capacities of the European External Action Service’s StratCom division, with its taskforces;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recognises the growing political, economic, environmental, security and strategic value of the Arctic; urges the Member States to continue cooperation with the Arctic Council on all issues of interest to the EU and to develop a comprehensive strategy for the region; notes the emerging security challenges in the Arctic caused by the changing environment, the increasing militarisation and the growing geopolitical interest in the region; underlines the need to include the EU’s Arctic policy in the CSDP; stresses that the EU must have a clear vision of its role in Arctic security matters and engage in effective cooperation with NATO; stresses that the Arctic must remain an area of peaceful cooperation, and warns against increased militarisation of the region;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the EU’s ambition to strengthen its military and civilian capabilities; stresses the need to make full use of EU capability-development initiatives and budgets, notably the EDIRPA, EDF, PESCO, the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and Military Mobility, in order to fill critical capability gaps, reduce fragmentation in the defence-procurement sector, achieve full interoperability of our forces and strengthen, strengthen the supply chain security of the European defence industry by excluding risky vendors from third countries with an offensive intelligence and IP theft programme against the Union and its Member States, to contribute to a resilient, competitive and innovative European defence technological and industrial base; calls for ensuring maximum consistency between these initiatives;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 223 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the EU’s ambition to strengthen its military and civilian capabilities; stresses the need to make full use of EU capability-development initiatives and budgets, notably the EDIRPA, EDF, PESCO, the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and Military Mobility, in order to fill critical capability gaps, reduce fragmentation in the defence-procurement sector, achieve full interoperability of our forces, both between Member States and between the EU and NATO, and strengthen a resilient, competitive and innovative European defence technological and industrial base; calls for ensuring maximum consistency between these initiatives;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 232 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. CBuilding on the EDF model, considers it importantcrucial to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, replacing Soviet- era systems, reinforcing air and missile defence systems, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivity; strongly calls on Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms such as the EDIRPA and the EDIP and to take swift and thorough action in this crucial field; welcomes the proposed regulation of EDIRPA, calls on the Member States to adopt it as soon as possible under the terms and conditions proposed by the Commission and the EEAS; calls on the Council to provide it with the proposed financial amount; considers that the rules applicable to EDIRPA should be similar to those adopted for the European Defence Fund, which have proved their worth, particularly as regards the involvement of third countries; recalls that the financial support provided for by EDIRPA and the future EDIP should benefit European industry as a matter of priority; calls on the Member States to work on a "Buy European Act" in the field of defence; considers that the VAT exemption alone will not be sufficient to make the future EDIP decisive in supporting the EDTIB; calls on the EC to consider other financial incentive mechanisms;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it important to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, replacing Soviet- era systems, reinforcing air and missile defence systems towards a mature European-wide anti-ballistic missile shield, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivityEurope's ship-building capacity and naval forces, intensifying coastguard cooperation to counter hybrid threats against offshore cables and pipelines that are vital to Europe's energy and connectivity security, improving satellite-based secure connectivity and investing in industry partnerships that contribute to a stronger European cyber defence ecosystem; strongly calls on Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms and to take swift and thorough action in this crucial field;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it important to fill the identified defence investment gaps such as replenishing stockpiles, replacing Soviet- era systems, reinforcing air and missile defence systems, expanding existing main battle tank capabilities and armoured vehicles, strengthening naval forces and improving satellite-based secure connectivity; strongly calls on Member States to commit to a significant increase in funding for EU procurement mechanisms and to take swift and thorough action in this crucial field, as well as to consolidate and coordinate investments into increased military mobility;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 244 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Deplores the fact that Member States are still not making full use of the PESCO framework and that, despite political declarations, progress in implementing the initiative remains far below expectations, particularly in terms of meeting commitments; is concerned that a very limited number of PESCO projects have reached the maturity phase and even a smaller number of projects have reached a full operational capacity; calls on the HR/VP and the Member States to draw the necessary consequences by deciding to merge, regroup or even abandon projects that are insufficiently advanced and to redirect efforts towards a small number of priority projects intended to lead to concrete actions as stated in the Strategic Compass, also given the changing security environment; deplores that the Parliament isn’t in a situation to exercise proper scrutiny of PESCO projects ; considers that at a stage when 25out of 27 Member States participate in PESCO, the mechanism should be turned into a fully EU initiative keeping the possibility of opt outs for non-interested member states, and enjoy full scrutiny from the Parliament;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 246 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. stresses that any additional resources allocated to meet the target of spending 2% of GDP on defence should be used in a coordinated and cooperative manner, making full use of EU defence instruments to overcome capability shortfalls and strengthen European defence;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for much more support for EU research and development, development and production in high-tech defence systems that would otherwise be too expensive for individual Member States, such as ballistic and hypersonic missile defence systems or advanced electronic warfare capabilities, to ensure that the defence industrial and technological base is able to remain competitive, meet increasing demands and ambitions, and to reduce reliance on foreign parties;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the need for much more support for EU research and development, including in new technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, to ensure that the defence industrial and technological base is able to meet increasing demands and ambitions;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 266 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for moreMember States defence spending at 2 % of GDP and smarter spending to foster industrial consolidation, cost savings and increased interoperability; calls for synergies with other EU financial instruments to be leveraged and access to private funding for the defence industry to be facilitated;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls for strengthening the resilience of our supply chains and industries’ access to private funding as they are necessary for our European Defence Technological and Industrial Base; calls on the European Investment Bank to take stock of the recent major geopolitical changes and to use all its tools to contribute to that effort, including by revising its rules; considers it is equally important to ensure that horizontal EU policies, such as initiatives on sustainable finance, remain consistent with the European Union efforts to facilitate the European defence industry’s sufficient access to public and private finance and investment;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 289 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses deep concern about developments in the Sahel region and the recent coups d’état in the region; condemns the increasing presence of the Kremlin- backed Wagner Group in the Sahel; firmly believes that the latter’s involvement in West Africa runs counter to the objective of bringing peace, security and stability to the region; acknowledges that the various international missions have not yet achieved their primary goal of lasting peace in the region and that a reflection process on the mandates and roles of international missions and policies is therefore needed; expresses similar concern over the increased presence and activity of Islamist terrorist groups, in particular Al-Qaeda, Daesh and Al- Shabaab in the Middle East and Africa; calls on the HR/VP to take stock of the main strands of the Strategic Review of EUCSDP engagement in the region; welcomes the decision to suspend all operational trainings and delivery of military equipment to Mali; welcomes the preparation and underlines the need to provide a CSDP military support to Niger, making the best use of a broad and flexible mandate; calls on the EU to continue exploring the ways to increase security partnerships with the coastal States of the Gulf of Guinea;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 312 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Commands the work of the European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine), that despite its relocation due to the war, has kept on supporting Ukraine; welcomes the extension of its mandate to training activities to identify and document war crimes;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 313 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Welcomes the HR/VP proposal to establish a CSDP non-executive military assistance CSDP Mission for Ukraine, as expressed by the Ukraine ministry of Defence, and as Ukraine urgently needs to regenerate its armed forces, as many training initiatives are already under way, but needs are considerable in the short and longer term; calls for its swift launch; expects it to addressing Ukrainian training needs in a flexible way, by bringing added value by expanding training offers and to be synchronized with other training initiatives already underway; thus, expects EUMAM and other training initiatives to be mutually reinforcing; considers that this mission should be based on EU soil; considers that this mission will be efficient to the condition that EU Member States and the MPCC are reinforced, to be able to exercise strategic command and control over the mission; calls on the EEAS to open this mission to the participation of third states, for example to those who have been participating in the work of the Clearing House Cell;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers it important that EU interventions are based on a clear understanding of the types of crisis and conflict the EU seeks to respond to, especially where others are not willing orthe EU should be able to intervene in hostile or in non-permissive environments in the future;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 325 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Takes note of the extension and refocusing of the EUAM and EUTM in the Central African Republic (CAR) missions on strategic communication, on strategic advice to the Ministry of Defence and the FACA staff, and on teaching the FACA about human rights, international humanitarian law, gender issues, the protection of civilians, the women, peace and security programme and the children and armed conflict programme; remains strongly preoccupied with the continuing deterioration of the political and security situation there; deplores that since 2018 the President of the CAR has turned to the Wagner Group, a private military company and Russian proxy responsible for war crimes and grave violations of human rights in the CAR; remains concerned about the impact of this decision on the viability and effectiveness of the training mission for Central African troops;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes the renewal of the CSDP EUCAP Sahel for two years; welcomes its new task to communicate with the internal security agencies and better communicate in general; insists on the importance of its third new priority to coordinate with EUBAM Libya for the EU-led development of the border capacities of the Sahel States;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 327 #

2022/2050(INI)

15 d. Welcomes the progress already made by the European Union Military Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique) to respond to the growing terrorist threat in Cabo Delgado and in training Mozambican forces on the ground; is still concerned about the risk of this threat spreading in the area; notes the use of the European Peace Facility to cover the common costs of EUTM Mozambique and to provide military equipment; calls for immediate action to speed up the delivery of non-lethal equipment; calls on the EEAS to consider delivering lethal weapons under the EPF to Mozambican forces, in order to train soldiers to better fight against terrorism; supports a broader action in order to support the reform of the Mozambican armed forces; insists on the necessity to pursue an integrated approach to the crisis in Cabo Delgado, which can only be overcome with a combination of job opportunities, presence of public services and increased security;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Expresses concern about increased tensions as a result of aggressive Chinese actions in the South China Sea and Taiwan resulting into potential disruption of trade links and regional security;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 329 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on the EU to better address the consistent and growing threats to the protection and preservation of cultural heritage and to clamp down on the smuggling of cultural artefacts, especially in conflict zones; recalls that EUAM Iraq is the only CSDP mission or operation that has a cultural heritage protection component; expects EUAM Iraq to fully fulfil all dimensions of its mandate, including the protection of cultural heritage and the fight against artefacts trafficking; calls for such provision to be generalised to all CSDP mission or operation mandates;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 336 #

2022/2050(INI)

16. UnderlinesIs concerned by the persistent and structural problem of ensuring that CSDP missions and operations are fully staffed; calls onurges the Member States to follow through on their decisions to launch missions and operations by providing the necessary personnel; strongly urges all Member States to fulfil their pledges so as to match their actual engagement to their ambitions;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 337 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Is concerned about the increasing manipulation of information, disinformation and hybrid threats and attacks stemming in particular from Russia and China but also from other actors, affecting several theatres and CSDP missions and operations directly, destabilising whole regions and delegitimising the EU’s missions abroad; recalls that, to have an effective CSDP, the EU and its Member States must complement it with the tools necessary to ensure that the efforts undertaken to provide stability have long term effect; calls the EEAS to upgrade its strategy and to take concrete actions dedicated to support CSDP missions and operations fighting against and countering disinformation and propaganda, in countries where CSDP missions and operations are deployed, in particular in the Sahel and CAR, but also in EU candidate and potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans and in Eastern Partnership countries;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 344 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Reiterates its call to the EEAS to rapidly setting up a fully functional EU military headquarters by merging the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) structure and the Civil Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) directorate, in order to create a fully- fledged civil-military operational headquarters; insists on the fact that they must be provided with the necessary personnel, equipment and resources and be able to exchange classified information in a secure way, including with Member States and missions or operations;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 354 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for faster operationalisation of the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) as soon as possible, and before 2025, based on the increased readiness of Member States’ military forces, and given its significant importance for the Union’s capacity to protect its citizen, the need to be ready for high intensity conflicts and its strategic sovereignty; calls on Member States to commit to substantially narrowing critical gaps in strategic enablers by 2025, and to coordinate better assets in particular linked to the RDC, such as strategic airlift, space communication assets, medical assets, cyber-defence capabilities and intelligence and reconnaissance; underlines the need to better develop an articulation with ad hoc operations and modules;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for faster operationalisation of the Rapid Deployment Capacity (RDC) based on the increased readiness of Member States’ military forces and given its significant importance for the Union’s security and defence architecture for reaching operational capability significantly sooner than 2025; calls on Member States to commit to substantially narrowing critical gaps in strategic enablers by 2025, in particular linked to the RDC, such as strategic airlift, space communication assets, medical assets, cyber-defence capabilities and intelligence and reconnaissance;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Underlines the importance of significantly enhancing and upgrading intelligence sharing and cooperation among the Member States, including at Union level, and with likeminded partners; calls for increasing the financial and technical resources and capabilities of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre and the European Union Military Staff Intelligence Directorate;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 367 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Supports the EU training mission for Ukraine’s armed forces and calls on the Member States to provide necessary support for its implementation;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 372 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls for improving the force generation and strengthening the staffing, response capacity, resources and strategic communication of all CSDP mission sand operations, particularly those affected by the deteriorated threat landscape, notably the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and Operation ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the latter case by ensuring the availability and adequate readiness of sufficient reserves in the event that the security situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina deteriorates;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 389 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the systematisation of security and defence partnerships with like- minded partners worldwide to meet the EU’s level of ambition as a security provider; considers it essential to include security and defence issues more systematically in the EU’s political dialogues with like-minded partners; calls for a more assertive, unified, and consistent position vis-a-vis non- democratic states who threaten European security and the international order;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 404 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the fundamental shared democratic values at the heart of the EU and NATO; calls for the deepening of EU- NATO relations, such as through a third Joint EU-NATO Declaration as well as increased joint exercises; underlines the need to strongly upgrade the strategic partnership with NATO to base it on the strengthening of political unity and solidarity and enhanced political dialogue on all aspects of common challenges and strategically relevant issues; encourages coordinated responses in conflict prevention and crisis management mechanisms to counter emerging common threats;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 444 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence as an important milestone in closer transatlantic cooperation; encourages the VP/HR to devote particular attention to the security ofin the EaP regionstern and Southern neighbourhood in this dialogue, to include in the discussion areas such as mutual security and defence initiatives, disarmament and non-proliferation, the impact of disruptive technologies, climate change, hybrid threats, cyber defence, military mobility, crisis management and the relationship with strategic competitors;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 465 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for stronger military-security cooperation with Western Balkan countries, in particular in areas such as resilience, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, counter-terrorism and countering disinformation; calls on, in this regard, the EEAS to strengthen the role of the EU delegations and EU CSDP missions in third countries in order to reinforce their ability to detect and debunk disinformation campaigns orchestrated by foreign state actors, and to fund education projects strengthening democratic values and fundamental rights; calls on EU delegations and EU CSDP missions to play an active role in identifying early developments, in third countries, that might provide concrete examples, experience and solutions to the EU and its missions abroad;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 471 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for stronger military-security cooperation with likeminded Western Balkan countries, in particular in areas such as resilience, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, counter-terrorism and countering disinformation;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 474 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Expresses deep concern about the situation between Azerbaijan and Armenia, where Armenia has been attacked within its internationally recognised borders and where Russia has not played a stabilising role; urges the HR/VP to fully engage in efforts to uphold the ceasefire, including by supporting an international observers mission with the participation of EU Member States;
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 484 #

2022/2050(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – introductory part
27. Stresses the need to involve Parliament more actively in CSDP decision-making, in particular with regard to the implementation of the Strategic Compass and the EPF, the EPF and the various policies and initiatives which affects or are of particular importance for European defence and security, in order to ensure that they contribute in the most effective way to the achievement of EU strategic objectives and to the protection of European security and defence interests; encourages proposals for further action by Parliament, and in particular its Subcommittee on Security and Defence, to improve its impact on the CSDP, such aand to ensure the effectiveness, the consistency and the democratic accountability of EU defence and security policies and initiatives by:
2022/10/10
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s illegal, unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as the involvement of Belarus by enabling Russia to launch deadly attacks against Ukraine from its territory; urges to take all necessary measures to make sure that those who committed violations against human rights and war crimes in Ukraine are held accountable; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations, including sexual and gender based violence caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s bordersnd its proxies in Ukraine; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisisillegal war in Ukraine; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for their coordinated implementation; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers and people fleeing Ukraine seeking support in the EU Member States;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Highlights the importance of long- term planning and continuation of support for projects and initiatives under the NDICI - Global Europe, particularly when it concerns provision of humanitarian aid in areas affected by conflicts, war and natural disasters;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call to include robust clauses on human rights in agreements between the EU and third countries, supported by a clear set of benchmarks and procedures to be followed in the event of violations; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to actively reflect on how to ensure that the human rights clauses in existing international agreements are effectively enforced; stresses that the EU should react swiftly and decisively to persistent breaches of human rights clauses by third countries, including by suspending the relevant agreements if other options prove ineffective; stresses the importance of quality ex-ante and ex-post sustainability impacts assessments (SIA);
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the EU to lead a pact with other democracies to strengthen multilateral organisations to defend the rules-based multilateral order against rising authoritarian powers;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 232 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Strongly condemns and is deeply concerned by the war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law including sexual violence, torture and killings of civilians and prisoners of war committed by Russian armed forces and its proxies in Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly welcomes the continuous contribution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the fight against impunity; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide the ICC with sufficient support to enable it to carry out its work; reiterates its condemnation of continuous efforts to undermine the legitimacy and work of the ICC by authoritarian and illiberal regimes and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue their efforts to counter them; welcomes the fact that the EU has provided support for the very first time to the ICC’s investigation capacities to help it scale up its investigations into war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukrainecalls on the EU to support the ICC Prosecutor in investigating and prosecuting suspected perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and, possibly, genocide, by providing political support, making available any evidence in their possession, including open source intelligence, information and data, satellite imagery and intercepts of communications, and providing adequate human and financial resources to the general budget of the Court in order to fully protect its independence and impartiality;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 253 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its call on the Commission to develop a comprehensive EU action plan on fighting impunity, which should include a chapter on Ukraine including measures to fight impunity for gender-based and sexual and reproductive rights violations in conflict settings; calls for the EU and its international partners to make full use of all relevant instruments to fight impunity, including support for universal jurisdiction at national level, special tribunals at a national and international level including for the crime of aggression, as well as establishing flexible cooperation and funding mechanisms to swiftly collect and analyse evidence of crimes; calls on the Commission to ensure that these instruments are applied in a coordinated and complementary manner with other relevant EU and Member State instruments; reiterates its commitment to providing all possible assistance to ensure accountability for atrocities committed by Russian armed forces and its proxies in Ukraine and provide effective remedies for the damages suffered by Ukrainian civilians;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its principled opposition to the death penalty, which is a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and is irreversible; stresses that the EU must be relentless in its pursuit of the universal abolition of the death penalty as a major objective of its human rights foreign policy; calls on all countries that have not yet done so to abolish the death penalty or establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards its abolition; meanwhile calls on countries that apply the death penalty to reduce the list of crimes subjected to this inhumane punishment; condemns any incidents of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and deplores the fact that they continue to be common in many countries; notes with great concern the trend of increasing instances of torture worldwide and widespread impunity of its perpetrators;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 321 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Deplores forced relocation and deportation of Ukrainian children, including those from institutions, to the Russian Federation and the Russian- occupied territories and their forced adoption by Russian families; calls for the EU and Member States support in locating these children and reuniting them with their families or legal guardians;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 327 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the adopCalls for systematic implementation of the EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities 2021- 2030 as a tool to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, particularly poverty and discrimination, but also problems with access to education, healthcare and employment and participation in political life; underlines that the duty of caring for persons with disabilities is commonly borne by their families and calls for the EU to assist third countries in the development of policies in support of carers for persons with disabilities;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 466 #

2022/2049(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Strongly condemns the war crimes and grave violations of human rights committed by the Russian armed forces; underlines the utmost importance of ensuring accountability for these violations and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to offer their full support for the actors, measures and mechanisms to this end, including the Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators and judiciary, the ICC, the Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and national investigations under the principle of universal jurisdiction; stresses the importance of swiftly gathering and preserving evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity and welcomes the efforts of independent civil society to this end; calls on the Commission to provide all the necessary assistance in this process, including additional funding from the NDICI – Global Europe, and urges the Member States to engage in this process themselves whenever they are in a position to do so; welcomes the amended mandate of the EU Advisory Mission to Ukraine and the Commission’s proposal to extend the mandate of Eurojust to support the fight against impunity; calls for an informed decision to be made about the most appropriate solution to hold to account the individuals and entities responsible for enabling Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the war crimes committed on Ukrainian territory, which cshould include the creactivation of a special international court or enabling the ICC to deliberate on these crimescrime of aggression in specially created international court or under jurisdiction of ICC;
2022/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the unprovoked and unjustified military aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has brought war back to the European continent, has seriously undermined European and global security, has revived the nuclear threat, has created economic uncertainty, has led to a spike in energy prices, has considerable potential to further destabilise many non-EU countries and has therefore significantly changed the geopolitical context of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP);
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the unprovoked and unjustified military aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has brought war back to the European continent, has seriously underminedsignificantly threatened and continues to challenge European and global security, has created economic uncertainty, has led to a spike in energy prices, has considerable potential to further destabilise many non-EU countries and has therefore significantly changed the geopolitical context of the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP);
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine was a wake-up call for the European Union, presenting a real threat to European security, underlining the need and creating a momentum to achieve a geopolitical redefinition of the CFSP; whereas it is also an opportunthe war against Ukraine highlights the necessity for the Member States to show the political will to transform the CFSP into a fully fledged European policy;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine was a wake-up call for the European Union, presenting a real threat to European security and creating momentum to achieve a geopolitical redefinition of the CFSP; whereas it is also an opportunity for the Member States to show the political will to transform the CFSP into a fully fledged European policy, with bold vision guided by Union interests in the new geopolitical reality;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that the EU’s response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is a test of the effectiveness of the EU’s foreign, security and defence policy and of its role as a credible foreign policy player, a reliable international partner and a credible security and defence actor; notes that the response of the EU to this provocations is closely watched by many autocracies around the world and will have a decisive influence in shaping their behaviour on the international stage;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that the tectonic shift in the geopolitical landscape caused by the war in Ukraine and other international challenges, such as increasing Sino- Russian cooperation; calls for a swifter and more resolute implementation of the concept of strategic sovereignty and for a geopolitical awakening of the EU;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Strategic Compass, adopted by the Council in March 2022, gives the EU the tools to be both an effective security provider in a hostile environment and a more assertive global actor for peace and human security, and therefore calls for its swift and full implementation;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
- redefining and strengthening the EU’s institutional and decision-making arrangements in foreign and security policy, by adopting qualified majority voting,
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 2
- putting the concept of strategic sovereignty into practice while reducing strategic dependencies with non- democratic regime,
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
- building strategic partnerships for a better world with democratic like-minded partners and consolidating the transatlantic alliance,
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the remarkable level of unity and resolve in responding swiftly and forcefully to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; urges Member States to maintain their unity and resolve and to build on this unprecedented level of cooperation;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) switching progressivelyas soon as possible to qualified majority voting for decisions in areas of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, as well as for other EU external policy tools such as the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, by using the passerelle clauses provided for in the Treaties;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) switching progressively to qualified majority voting for decisions in areas of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, as well as for other EU external policy tools such as the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), by using the passerelle clauses provided for in the Treaties;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) switching progressively to qualified majority voting for decisions in areas of the CFSP that do not have military or defence implications, as well as for other EU external policy tools such as the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, by using the passerelle clauses provided for in the Treaties;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a – point i (new)
i) Strive to achieve a genuine military and defence union that is interoperable and complementary to the NATO Alliance and that can act independently when needed;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) implementing and making full use of the ‘Team Europe’ approach to coordinate and avoid duplication in the EU’s foreign and security policy;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 146 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
(e) providing sufficient funding at EU and Member State level to respond without delay to current, emerging and future challenges; calls in particular for increased financing for EU external action, including for the European Defence Fund;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the European Commission's intention to extend the scope of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime to include acts of corruption thereby acknowledging the close link between corruption and human rights violations;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission for a timely inclusion of corruption in the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act);
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. calls on the Council to add persons directly involved in the illegal imprisonment and prosecution of Russian political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza for opposing Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine to the EU sanctions list under the EU's Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act);
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Takes a note of the HR/VP speech at the EU Ambassadors Annual Conference 2022 and expects that the identified shortcomings of the EU diplomatic service will be effectively addressed in order to strengthen its capacity and efficiency; welcomes the inauguration of the European Diplomatic Academy;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the shift in the Member States’ approaches, moving towards creating more EU strategic sovereignty by adopting the Versailles Declaration of 11 March 2022 and the Strategic Compass on 21 March 2022, which highlight the need to strengthen EU defence capabilities and to contribute positively to global and transatlantic security, in close collaboration and complementarity with NATO;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the shift in the Member States’ approaches, moving towards creating more EU strategic sovereignty by adopting the Versailles Declaration of 11 March 2022 and the Strategic Compass on 21 March 2022, which highlight the need to strengthen EU defence capabilities and to contribute positively to global and transatlanticEuropean and global security, in close collaboration with NATO;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the swift use of the European Peace Facility to support Ukraine, improve its ability to act and build on the European Peace Facility support already delivered to Ukraine, including through the Clearing House Cell; welcomes the set up a Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine);
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of stepping up the EU’s efforts, in cooperation with NATO and other international partners, to address hybrid threats, cyberattacks, disinformation and, propaganda campaigns and to protect critical infrastructure;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the EU's steps to reduce its dependency on Russia and to diversify its energy supply sources, a longstanding call of the European Parliament; stresses that the any cooperation with third countries in the energy field may not undermine the EU's commitment to defend human rights;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses that further cooperation with democratic partners is needed to secure the strategic resources used in the manufacturing of batteries, chips, semiconductors and other critical technologies and to decrease dependencies on non-democratic regimes for the supply of these resources;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for initiatives to strengthen the resilience of supply chains and EU critical infrastructure, including offshore pipelines and cables;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 246 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the Union, in cooperation with likeminded partners, should strive for global competitiveness in the research, development, production, and deployment of drones;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 258 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of continued diplomatic efforts, coordinated with likeminded democratic partners, to maintain the strongest possible unity within the international community in condemning Russia and defending international law and the rules-based international order, within the United Nations at its cnd other multilateral forea;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights the importance to continue building alliances and understanding among partners, and common approach to crisis situations like Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that the war of aggression against Ukraine has shown the relevance of NATO as security alliance; reiterates that NATO, in the absence of a strong common European defence and European strategic autonomy in the field of defence, is and remains the cornerstone of the EU's security; welcomes that the EU and NATO will take their partnership forward and calls for a new EU-NATO Joint Declaration that fully reflects the changed security environment and new security challenges that have emerged since Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Supports the European Political Community as a forum for dialogue and cooperation on issues of common interest and to strengthen the security of the European continent; welcomes that 44 countries took part in the first meeting in Prague, including close partners such as the UK;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the need to intensify the dialogue with the UK on possible avenues for future cooperation and coordination in the area of foreign and security policy, including in the framework of the EU- NATO partnership, the United Nations and other international forums; welcomes the UK's participation in the first meeting of the European Political Community;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 295 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the importance of strong transatlantic cooperation based on shared values and objectives, and on the principle of partnership in leadership and responsibility, while respectorking on burden-sharing in the other party’s autonomy, interests and aspirationsmanagement of our common security and geopolitical interests and acting independently but in consultation when needed;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 299 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Takes note of the outcome of the EU-China Summit; reiterates its requests for a renewed, more assertive EU-China strategy that shapes relations with China in the interest of the EU as a whole and takes full account of the challenges stemming from China's rise as a global actor; calls on the EU and Member States to consider their dependency on China and address economic dependencies in strategic sectors that may result in vulnerabilities; underscores the necessity of ensuring that any support to Russia’s war in Ukraine and any circumvention of the effects of the sanctions against Russia by China must have consequences for its relations with the EU; believes that the no- limits partnership between China and Russia and China's efforts to prevent a debate in the UN Human Rights Council on Xinjiang abuses are exemplary of our systemic rivalry with China;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Takes note of the outcome of the EU-China Summit, and is deeply concerned by the outcome of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party that highlights Xi Jinping’s geopolitical ambitions; reiterates its requests for a renewed and more assertive EU-China strategy; underscores the necessity of ensuring that any support to Russia’s war in Ukraine and any circumvention of the effects of the sanctions against Russia by China must have consequences for its relations with the EU;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly condemns China's continued military provocations against Taiwan and reiterates its firm rejection of any unilateral change to the status quo in the Strait of Taiwan; denounces statements by the Chinese president that China will never renounce the right to use force over Taiwan; Calls on the Commission and the VP/HR to establish strategic cooperation with Taiwan;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 322 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the VP/HR to establish strategic cooperation with Taiwan; calls on all competent EU institutions to urgently elaborate a scenario-based strategy for tackling security challenges in Taiwan;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 340 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a stronger partnership between the EU and Japan in the Indo- Pacific, in connectivity, R&D, frontier technologies, and resource analysis/mapping and in defending the multilateral rules-based order;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 351 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that relations with India are deepening through the ongoing trade negotiations; expresses the hope that India will align its position on Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the rest of the democratic world and calls on the Council and HR/VP to make diplomatic efforts in this regard;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that relations with India are increasingly important and are deepening through the ongoing trade negotiations; stresses that EU-India cooperation should be expanded;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 364 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Acknowledges that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is having a negative impact on the Eastern Partnership countries first and foremost; calls for the EU institutions and the Member States to engage in a thorough reflection on a reformand review of the Eastern Partnership policy, adapting to current realities and the changed geopolitical situation;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 369 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22b. Welcomes the setting up of a monitoring capacity along the Armenian- Azerbaijan border to monitor the situation in the region, build confidence and contribute to restoring peace and security;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the EU to continue to support the Belarus people in their ongoing struggle for a free and democratic Belarus; condemns Lukashenka's active role in supporting the war in Ukraine and building up tensions; denounces Lukashenka's regime and Russia's disinformation regarding so- called threats to the Belarusian territory;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 391 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Salutes the measures announced by the Commission for strengthening Ukraine, such as access to our internal market and lifting roaming fees; trusts that the same measures will be extended to the Republic of Moldova, in equal need of a strong signal of support from the EU and of concrete steps towards EU integration, in the face of strong destabilising forces threatening its democracy;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 393 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. urges the Commission to closely monitor Russia’s destabilizing actions in the Republic of Moldova and to provide the necessary support to the Moldovan authorities and civil society in responding to emerging threats;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 399 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its strong support for the European future of the Western Balkans; calls on the Member States to renew their commitment to enlargement by delivering on the EU’s commitments towards the Western Balkan countries, in particular by lifting visa requirements for Kosovo citizens; welcomes the start of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia; welcomes the European Council’s readiness to grant candidate status to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and urges the country’s political actors to show commitment and make significant steps towards EU membership by advancing on the 14 key priorities and implementing the substantial set of reforms; stresses the importance of full alignment of the Western Balkan countries with the EU's foreign and security policy, especially the policy of sanctions against third countries;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 410 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to assist Bosnia-Herzegovina in swiftly implementing the key priorities and in preventing a backslide into nationalistic policies of the past; reiterates the need to ensure that every citizen’s rights, regardless of ethnic, political and religious affiliation, are fully respected in line with ECHR rulings, Constitutional Court decisions and Venice Commission recommendations;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 414 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Takes note of the Türkiye 2022 report presented by the European Commission on 12 October 2022; is highly concerned by the fact that the Turkish government has not reversed the negative trend in relation to reform, that concerns on the deterioration of democracy, the rule of law, fundamental rights and the independence of the judiciary have not been addressed and that Türkiye’s foreign policy continued to be at odds with the EU priorities under the CFSP, with an alignment rate of only 7 % in the reporting period; reiterates its position of 18 May 2022 in which it states that it cannot envisage any resumption of the accession negotiations with Turkey;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 421 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Stresses the need for candidate and non-candidate countries of the Western Balkans to fully align their policies to the EU CSFP and calls on the Commission and Member states to use the CSFP as a tool to enhance cooperation with Western Balkan countries; underlines the particular importance of Serbia's full CFSP alignment in the light of Russia's illegal war of aggression, as well as on other fundamental EU values and principles such as the respect for human rights and the Rule of Law;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 433 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Is concerned by the dire economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan as well as by the rights of women and girls in the country; supports the five key benchmarks that were adopted by the Council on 21 September 2021 and serve as guiding principles for future engagement with the Taliban but believes that a major effort in defining a long-term strategy is needed to address the human rights emergency and gender apartheid occurring in Afghanistan today;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 445 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a swift restoration and full implementation by all parties of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which is a cornerstone of non-proliferation and the stabilisation of the Middle East and the Gulf region; welcomes the adoption of targeted sanctions against the Iranian regime, including Iran's Morality Police, for the violent crackdown on peaceful protestors; calls for a strong EU response to Iran's involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 460 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Takes note of the first meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council; is of the opinion that the Association Council should not only be used to strengthen the EU-Israel partnership but also as a forum for dialogue on issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and as a means to revive the Middle East peace process; supports the efforts of the High Representative in bringing Arab leaders together with a view to make progress towards a comprehensive regional peace that ends the Israeli Palestinian conflict and brings substantial security, trade, and other cooperation for the region1a; welcomes the decision to provide multiannual support to UNRWA; calls on the Commission to maintain the current level of funding in view of the Agency’s role as key element for stability in a volatile region; __________________ 1a https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/eu- israel-association-council-discussed- difficult-path-peace-region_en
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 466 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and calls on the Russian leadership to end it immediately and withdraw unconditionally from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it has unlawfully occupied; urges the international community to hold Russia accountable for the countless war crimes and human rights violations its armed forces have perpetrated in Ukraine and elsewhere, and reaffirms that Russia will have to pay compensation for all of the damage and destruction it has caused in Ukraine; welcomes the adoption of the latest sanctions package against Russia; calls however on the Council to extend the list of individuals directly targeted by EU sanctions, taking into account the list of 6 000 individuals presented by Alexei Navalny’s Foundation;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 467 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as the enabling role of the Belarusian regime, and calls on the Russian leadership to end it immediately and withdraw unconditionally from Ukraine and any other countryies, notably Georgia and the Republic of Moldova, whose territory, or parts thereof, it has unlawfully occupied; urges the international community to hold Russia and its proxies accountable for the countless war crimes and human rights violations, including forced deportation of Ukrainians, its armed forces have perpetrated in Ukraine and elsewhere, and reaffirms that Russia will have to pay compensation for all of the damage and destruction it has caused in Ukraine; notes that many Russian citizens leave Russia to avoid conscription;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 472 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and calls on the Russian leadership to end it immediately and withdraw unconditionally from Ukraine and any other country whose territory, or parts thereof, it has unlawfully occupied; urges the international community to hold Russia accountable for the countless war crimes, mass rapes and human rights violations its armed forces have perpetrated in Ukraine and elsewhere, and reaffirms that Russia will have to pay compensation for all of the damage and destruction it has caused in Ukraine;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 478 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the international community to mitigate as much as possible the negative spillover of the consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on the Arctic, the peaceful conservation of which should remain a priority; Calls on the competent EU institutions to jointly elaborate end of war scenarios while taking into account a potentially destabilised and weakened Russia and its potential reform;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 481 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls for the active involvement of EU leaders in preventing nuclear threats arising from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, including the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 501 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Enhancing parliamentaryStrengthening diplomacy as a foreign policy tool, including parliamentary diplomacy
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 502 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Highlights the specific contribution of the European Parliament to the EU’s foreign and security policy through its parliamentary diplomacy assets; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee and for closer Parliamentary scrutiny on matters of strategic relevance in European foreign affairs;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 511 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on all EU institutions and agencies as well as the EU Member States to be sufficiently engaged in the fight against disinformation and propaganda undermining its policies by increasing strategic communication and narrative on its work; calls to increase support to EU delegations and missions for strategic communication;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Condemns the deliberate destruction of cultural sites in Ukraine as a result of unprovoked and illegal Russian war of aggression; commends the efforts of volunteers, museum curators and cultural workers in Ukraine, as well as in the EU Member States, to rescue and protect artworks and artefacts belonging to Ukraine; calls on the EU and its Member States to support these efforts in maintaining and reconstruction of destroyed and damaged cultural sights, and to work in cooperation with international institutions to pressure Russia to return stolen artefacts from Ukraine;
2022/09/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the European Data Protection Supervisor’s Opinion 8/2022 on the Recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a cooperation agreement between the EU and Interpol,
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to INTERPOL’s Rules on the Processing of Data,
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)
— having regard to Resolutions 2161/2017 and 2315/2019 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas present-day terrorism and organised crime are becoming increasingly dynamic, complex, innovative, globalised, mobile and mainly transnational phenomena, which require a robust response and more effective, coordinated EU cooperation with international law enforcement authorities and bodies such as the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol); whereas the 2020 EU Security Union strategy calls on the Member States to step up cooperation between the EU and Interpol, as this is essential to enhancing cooperation and information exchange;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2022/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital F
F. whereas Interpol has reformed and strengthened the review processes for its red notices; whereas, however, serious concerns remain that data sharing is being abused by authoritarian states to persecute human rights defenders, activists, journalists and political opponents through deliberate targeting and other forms of abuse;
2022/05/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2022/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital H
H. whereas politically motivated red notices are enabling authoritarian governments to persecute human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and political and other opponents beyond their borders;
2022/05/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Interpol is one of the largest inter-governmental criminal police organisations and has an important role to play all over the world; whereas the Commissionuncil adopted a mandate for the Commission to negotiate, on behalf of the EU, is seeking reinforceda cooperation agreement with Interpol, including access to Interpol databases and the strengthening of operational and strategic cooperation: whereas it is paramount to ensure that measures are put in place to guarantee the integrity and correctness of data in practice;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2022/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly condemns the abuse by some states of Interpol’s notice system in order to persecute opponents beyond their borders and calls on Interpol to apply its mandate within the framework of human rights;
2022/05/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2022/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Executive Committee of Interpol to take immediate action to suspend Russia and Belarus membership and processing rights to Interpol database, as the risk of misuse and serious breaches of fundamental rights is high;
2022/05/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the new agreement should establish a modern and coherent framework for the EU’s agencies’ cooperation with Interpol, taking into account the latest developments in combating terrorism and cross-border, transnational, serious and organised crime; whereas the agreement should respond to current operational needs, as well as to the EU’s latest data protection regime and provide the legal basis for the exchange of operational information and access to relevant Interpol databases, while fully respecting the EU’s data protection regime, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (EUDPR), and Directive (EU) 2016/680 (LED);
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2022/2025(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point f
f. put a stop to politically motivated notices, including by more effectively imposing corrective action on Member S, including temporary suspension from Interpol, on states that frequently break Interpol’s rules.
2022/05/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas according to the Interpol Constitution, Interpol is obliged not so assist or aid members that act in violation of international human rights law;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas internationgovernmental, international, and non-governmental organisations continue to report abuses by some states of Interpol’s notice system in order to persecute national human rights defenders, civil society activists and journalists in violation of international standards on human rights; whereas according to reports by international actors, Interpol has significantly reformed and strengthened its red notices review processes, as well as its support systems for national central bureaus in member countries, reformed the setup and functioning of the Commission for the Control of Files, enforcing its complaints mechanism, appointed a data protection officer and implemented a learning and knowledge-sharing programme; whereas despite those reforms, serious concerns remain related to possible abuses of the Interpol system impacting on fundamental rights as recent reports also still emphasise the need for more legal safeguards, more transparency, and better implementation of reforms;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas Article 3 of the Interpol constitution prohibits any intervention or activity of apolitical, military, religious or racist character; whereas abuses in high profile cases by multiple member countries of Interpol have still been observed in recent years; whereas politically motivated extraditions especially are often triggered by the abusive issuing of a ‘Red Notice’ or “wanted person diffusion” through Interpol; whereas scarce information is made available by Interpol on the manner in which it reviews Red Notices, its administrative ability to do so, and the outcomes of these reviews, leading to a lack of transparency as regards how Interpol works towards effectively countering politically motivated red notices;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas Russianumerous undemocratic countries still remains a member countries of Interpol and whereas cooperation with the European Union and Interpol members is based on trust; whereas trust between parties relies on the swift tackling of misuse of Interpol notices by countries seeking to use Interpol systems for political ends; whereas, in this context, Interpol’s systems must respect human rights and the rule of law, and uphold its commitments on political, religious or military abuse;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 67 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a direct threat to international law enforcement cooperation and its continued access to Interpol’s databases a threat to the integrity of the EU’s cooperation with Interpol; whereas Russia is responsible for more than a third of the amount of Red Notices worldwide;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 68 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that European values and fundamental rights must be the basis of European security policies, ensuring respect for the principles of necessity, proportionality and legality and safeguarding accountability and judicial redress, while enabling effective protection of individuals, particularly the most vulnerable; recalls, further, that these principles should be at the core of the development of digitalisation in the area of justice and security and the development of the interoperability framework for the many systems in justice and security, including borders; stresses that these principles should be at the core of the negotiations between the EU and Interpol on a cooperation agreement;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recommends that the Commission follow the Council’s approach and duly take into account the difference between judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation, on the one hand, and border management on the other hand; stresses that this should not lead to a weakening of protection of personal data for individuals as well as their right to remedy and privacy;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. RecommendStresses that the Commission provide during the negotiations on controlled access to Interpol’s databases by EU Member States and EU agencies the necessary safeguards and guarantees to ensure full compliance with the EU data protection framework and fundamental rights; stresses that as regards controlled access the agreement should at least provide the safeguards already provided for by the Europol RegulationInteroperability Regulations and the ETIAS Regulation so that any automated queries of Interpol’s databases are carried out in such a way that no information is revealed to the State owner of the Interpol alert;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recommends that the Commission explicitly clarifies that there will be no reciprocal direct or indirect access by Interpol to the EU databases;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recommends that the Commission negotiate with Interpol requirements relating to a high level of the quality and verifiability of information in Interpol’s databases and of the transparency of information sources.
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends special vigilance during the negotiations due to the sensitivity of thepersonal data concerned and to the number of third countriesy members of Interpol, which are not party to that do not offer an adequivalent agreement with the EU or whose authorities to which personal data is intended to be transferred are not covered by a Commission adequacy decisionate level of data protection, in line with Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR);
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Commission ensure strictly that the level of personal data protection and the protection of individuals’ fundamental rights and freedoms currently guaranteed under EU primary and secondary law is maintained in exchanges of personal data with Interpol; the Commission’s negotiation strategyenvisaged cooperation agreement should not lead to a weakening of the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, and in particular of their rights to data protection and to privacy;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 109 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that the Commission guarantee that the transfer of personal data is adequate, relevant and limited to what is strictly necessary for the purpose for which it has been transferred, in line with the EU’s data protection regime, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 (EUDPR), and Directive (EU) 2016/680 (LED);
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that the Commission ensure an oversight system for the use by Interpol of personal data collected by consulting EU systems; recommends that this oversight is done by one or more independent bodies responsible for data protection with effective powers of investigation and intervention, with powers to hear complaints from individuals about the use of their personal data;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recommends that the Commission ensure that the agreements will fully respect the fundamental rights and will comply with data protection requirements and safeguards laid down in the acts establishing EU agencies or IT systems;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that there will be no reciprocal, direct or indirect, access by Interpol to the EU databases;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 165 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Recommends, in order to improve efficiency and increase transparency, an annual publication of statistical data on the processing of Red Notices , including information on number of submissions, the country of origin, criminal offence category, outcome, reason for denial and use potential sanctions in case of abuse;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 169 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recalls the Council’s statement on Interpol’s Red Notices in the framework of the adoption of Regulation(EU) 2022/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794, supporting efforts undertaken at Interpol to prevent the abuse of red notices for political reasons or violation of human rights and calling for a continued and regular exchange on the matter between Interpol and its “National Central Bureaus”, in order to raise further awareness on the actions that Member States should take in cooperation with Interpol;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 170 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission to negotiate with Interpol a firm requirement that Interpol improves the transparency of its Red Notices review system, in particular of the role and work of its Notices and Diffusions Task Force; recommends including a requirement for Interpol to produce yearly statistical data on its processing of requests for red notices with data on country of request, criminal offence category, review outcome, reasons for denial, and the use of available sanctions against its member states;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 174 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Calls on the Commission to work also internally, making use of existing technical tools available in the EU Security Framework, to establish a verification mechanism for EU Member States to exchange information on the identification and removal of politically motivated Red Notices, on best practices in this field, and on risk profiles third countries creating Red Notices.
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 176 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Recalls the Commission’s statement on the strengthening of Europol- Interpol cooperation and calls on the Commission to ensure that the agreement provides the legal basis for authorising Europol to access relevant Interpol databases for the performance of its tasks;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 179 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23 c. Calls on the Commission to recognise the risk of undemocratic countries systematically undermining the trust-based international law enforcement cooperation by abusing the tools provided by Interpol; Calls further on the Commission to encourage Interpol to increase its efforts ineffectively countering this misconduct;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Notes the announcement by Interpol’s Secretary-General that it would implement enhanced monitoring measures to identify and prevent further abuse of Interpol’s systems by Russia; remains concerned, however, that monitoring alone will not fully mitigate the risks of Russian abuse; stresses, therefore, that given the current special circumstances, including Russia’s blatant breaches of international law and disregard for the rules based international system, Interpol should take immediate and firm measures to exclude the Russian Federation from the organisation’s access to Interpol’s systems;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Recommends the Commission to urge Interpol’s General Secretariat to submit to the Executive Committee a proposal for corrective measures for the Russian Federation according to Article 131(3) of Interpol’s Rules on the Processing of Data, including suspension of the access rights of the Russian National Central Bureau;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Executive Committee of Interpol to take immediate action to suspend Russia and Belarus membership and revoke their processing rights to Interpol database as their actions are a direct threat to international law enforcement cooperation and are a serious breach of fundamental rights;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 198 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Recommends that any dispute settlement to be negotiated falls under the ultimate jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2022/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to report to Parliament on the conduct and the outcome of the negotiations both on a regular basis and whenever requested by the Council; Recalls that Parliament has consenting power to the conclusion of the envisaged cooperation agreement and that it should thus be closely involved in the negotiating process; Calls on the Commission to ensure that reporting to Parliament is part of the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms foreseen in the cooperation agreement;
2022/05/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Southern Neighbourghood countries are facing common challenges, each of them is undergoing a specific political and economic situation and have particular problems that must be acknowledged in EU policies towards the region;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Southern Neighbourhood should not be seen in a vacuum, but in close correlation with the Eastern Neighbourhood and an overall reflection on how to pursue closer relations between the EU and its neighbours; whereas both the EU’s Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods are strategic for the EU in that they can ensure shorter and,various fields, such as the security, managing conflicts or the risk of therefore, more secure and more effective supply lines;rorism, combating climate change, trade, managing migration, etc. whereas the EU should pursue a common regulatory space that includes its Southern and Eastern Nneighbourhoods, and therefore ensures access for its neighbouring countries to the highest policy standards, which are not only multipliers of economic investment and economic growth but are also crucial for a better security and political stability of both these countries and the EU and for environmental protection;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the COVID 19 crisis has increased the risk of further destabilisation, as its socio-economic consequences are harsh for the Southern Neighbourhood countries;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the war in Ukraine has underlinedbeen the latest illustration of the threat posed by third countries that seek political and economic hegemony in the EU’s neighbourhood to the detriment of the democratic aspirations and territorial integrity of target countries; whereas Russia, China, Turkey, some Gulf states and Iran are all seeking to increase their capacity to exercise political and/or economic hegemony in certain Southern Neighbourhood countries and, therefore, the EU’sseverely challenging the EU and its Member States’ capacity-building forto fighting disinformation and promotinge freedom of the press is crucial; whereas the EU should reaffirm its role as the primary political, economic and democratic anchor for the countries of the Southern Neighbourhood; ; whereas the EU should actively focus on reducing the influence of those third countries whose actions have a negative impact on the stability of the region; whereas the EU should reaffirm its role as a privileged partner in matters such as human rights, democracy and rule of law, security, migration, prevention and fight against radicalisation and terrorism, fight against climate change, research and development;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the EU has sought a comprehensive approach on migration and asylum, based on EU values of solidarity and the protection of human rights and the rule of law; whereas the EU has sought to create new safe pathways for refugees, for example through cooperation with Southern Neighbourhood partner countries on resettlement programmes from safe third countries to the EU;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the war in Ukraine and the resulting need to further decarbonise and diversify the EU’s energy supplyies have shownhighlighted the essential role of the Southern Neighbourhood can have, notably in securing sufficient gas and oil supplies to the EU with mutual benefits for both the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries, in accordance with the European Green Deal; whereas the discovery of relevsignificant natural gas reserves in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean provides a unique opportunity for economic development in the countries concerned; whereas these gas reserves equally provide an important opportunity for partnerships, investments and the sharing of know-how between the countries of the Southern Mediterranean and the EU and its Member States; whereas the Southern Neighbourhood is therefore not only essential for reasons of regional security and stability, but also as a primary partner for access to reliable energy sources, including renewables;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Sahara is the world’s largest solar belt and represents its largest potential for renewable electricity production;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas, according to the UN Environment Programme, the Mediterranean is warming 20% faster than the world average; whereas rainfall is expected to decrease by 30% in spring and summer by 2080;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
D c. whereas the Mediterranean region is home to 510 million people and is the most polluted major sea in the world with 1.25 million plastic fragments per square kilometre; whereas marine litter is costing the tourism, fisheries and maritime sectors around 641 million euros a year; whereas according to the 2019 WWF report 0.57 million tonnes of plastic enter the Mediterranean every year and will quadruple by 2050; whereas, according to the FAO, 75% of Mediterranean stocks for which validated assessments are available are fished at biologically unsustainable levels;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
D d. whereas Egypt will host the 27th UN Climate Conference, COP 27, in November 2022;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
D e. whereas democracy, human rights and the Rule of Law are core EU values including in the conduct of its European Neighbourhood Policy; whereas a free, strong and independent civil society is fundamental to the development of any country in the region; whereas the Arab spring of 2011 created unprecedented spaces for freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom of association, and freedom of syndicates in countries like Tunisia, Egypt and parts of Syria; whereas repression, conflict or both led to these countries backtracking in some or all of these freedoms;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
D f. whereas the fight against organized crime and terrorism, including Islamic terrorism, remains a priority; whereas the fight against the Islamic State has been ongoing in the region since 2015; whereas some of the root causes of radical movements, including social and political marginalization, remain unaddressed to this day;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D g (new)
D g. whereas the war in Ukraine has dramatic consequences in many vulnerable countries on the level of prices, production, access and supply of cereals, particularly wheat; whereas the French President Emmanuel Macron announced the launch of an international initiative called FARM (Food &Agriculture Resilience Mission) on March 24 2022, in conjunction with the European Union, the G7 and the African Union to prevent the disastrous effects, for world food security, of the war waged by Russia in Ukraine;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D h (new)
D h. whereas the Southern Neighbourhood partners are structurally dependent on imports of cereals and whereas the war in Ukraine has a substantial impact on wheat and cooking oil commodity supply chains, with implications on food security; whereas Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Palestine rely heavily on Ukraine or Russia for their food and feed imports, particularly cereals, while Morocco and Tunisia rely heavily on Russian exports of nitrogen fertilisers for their agri-food sectors;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas security and stability in the Southern Neighbourhood are closely correlated with the full respect of the women and youth fundamental rights and also their prospects for real socioeconomic integration of women and youth and their capacity to access education, vocational training, employment and adequate longer-term professional development; whereas women integration in the labour market remains significantly lower than in other parts of the world, reaching on average 19% according to the 2020 UN Women report on situational analysis of women in the MENA region;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) Re-establish the position of the EU Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood in order to increase the EU’s unity and action in the region, to promote and defend our common values and interests;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Address, as a matter of priority, the impact of the war in Ukraine on certain Southern Neighbourhood countries in terms of food security, with particular reference to countries most vulnerable because of their population size, dependence on food imports or economic model; asks the Commission to engage with Parliament on ways to ensure food security for countries in the Southern Mediterranean that face difficulties in this regard and devise a robust policy and assistance response for this purpose without further delay, also building on the Food and Resilience Facility in order to address food security in the region;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) Implement under the NDICI, as a matter of priority, strategies and dedicated programming for broader youth access to education, vocational training, higher education together with adequate funding for access to education and to support the establishment and development of efficient higher or vocational education structures in the Southern Neighbourhood countries; recalls that youth migration, whether regular or irregular, and professional brain drain are a matter of serious concern to our partners in the region, as well as a serious threat to the longer-term capacity for economic growth and economic viability of Southern Neighbourhood countries; stresses the importance of expanding access to the Erasmus and Erasmus+ programmes for participants from Southern Neighbourhood countries; recalls the importance of circular mobility, including South-to-South exchanges, so that professionals from Southern Neighbourhood countries can have concrete opportunities to further their professional training in the EU and return to their country of origin to share and build knowledge; recalls the importance of mainstreaming the socioeconomic integration of women in the region and of gender equality in all EU policies areas whenever possible; stresses the importance of targeted EU support for women with the objective of improving their access to education, training and employment and, more generally, promoting equal professional and socioeconomic opportunitie thus advocating their financial independence and more generally, promoting equal rights;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) PursueUrgently step up partnership and cooperation with relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries in order to tackle climate change and, environmental protection and fight water scarcity; recalls that the EU strategy on climate action and climate mitigation will not be as effective without sizeable investment and improvement in the EU’s neighbourhood; supports the flagship initiatives on climate preservation in the Economic and Investment Plan for the Southern Neighbourhood; recalls that access to water, reforestation, decarbonisation and access to renewable energy sources will be essential for the climate neutrality of the Southern Neighbourhood and to protect it against the effects of climate change; recalls, further, that this, in turn, will increase the EU’s capacity to achieve its objectives of climate neutrality;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) Pursue an active EU role in facilitating dialogue and cooperation among all the countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, promoting the respect for international law and negotiated final settlements on maritime border demarcation;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) Pursue an active EU role in facilitating dialogue and cooperation among all the countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean that have relevant natural gas reserves, promoting, where necessary, the capacity for understanding and final settlements on maritime border demarcation, and further promotingFurther promote the interconnection capacity between countries in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean that produce natural gas and the European Union, through relevant EU hubs and considering, in particular, adequate pipeline, harbour and regasification infrastructures and technology both in the EU and in Southern Neighbourhood countries for the benefit of all producer countries and all Member States and in full compliance with the objectives of the Green Deal;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) Call the EU and its Member states to make all the means possible at the disposal of their Southern Neighbourhood partner countries to help them develop their energy offer in a manner consistent with the commitments of the Paris agreement;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) Build on the very positive experience of some Member States in supporting start-up companies and further advancing their work through dedicated incubators or accelerators, especially in key sectors such as health, renewable energy and education; takes the view that the EU should encourage partners to set up incubators or accelerators in relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries, support the creation of local start-up companies, and increase their digital and green capacities; concurs on the importance of further improving the digital infrastructure of relevant Southern Neighbourhood countries and including these countries in the EU’s digital agenda; points out that this is a prerequisite for economic development, socioeconomic integration and wider access to education; recalls the importance of close policy dialogue and cooperation between the EU and the Southern Neighbourhood countries to develop adequate cybersecurity policies that protect fundamental rights and freedoms of all users, in line with EU values, and partnership in international forums on cybersecurity standards; takes the view that the EU should build onmust urgently develop the StratCom Task Force South and develop a concrete strategy for combating disinformation in our Southern Neighbourhood countries, aiming to counter fake news and propaganda from Russia, China, Iran and Turkey, in order to reinforce democracy and stability; expresses its deep concern over the domestic impact, in EU Member States, of disinformation campaigns aggressively led by Turkey, Russia and China on social media platforms and conventional media;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 184 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) Promote regional, sub-regional and bilateral integration in the Southern Mediterranean, in particular with a view to the removal of any border, transport or trade barriers between the countries of the region and actively promoting closer links and partnerships; takes the viewcontinue to support a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Western-Sahara, asks for the return to full respect of the ceasefire and encourage Morocco and Algeria to improve their relations; notes that the recent Negev Foreign Ministers summit in Sde Boker attests to; stresses the potential for regional integration and peace in the region in, including in the UN framework and the framework of the Abraham Accords; welcomes the intention of holding this summit annually and calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to use the positive momentum of the Abraham Accords in the fields of environmental protection, water cooperation and renewable energy, as exemplified by the Green-Blue Deal between Israel, Palestine and Jordan, to advance dialogue and cooperation in the region on support for the Middle East Peace process and the two-state solution;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(h a) Reiterate the longstanding EU commitment reaffirmed at the UN Security Council in January 2022 for a just and comprehensive resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, based on the two state solution, with the State of Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous, sovereign and viable State of Palestine, living side by side in peace and security and mutual recognition, and with Jerusalem serving as the future capital of both states;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(h b) Duly address, following a letter by 15 EU Member States of 8 April 2022 to Commissioner Varhelyi, the continued delay and blockage of the disbursement of EU financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority for 2021, a large part of which supports education, health and vulnerable families; urges the Commission resubmit the original proposal it circulated on 15 December as a matter of urgency; is concerned about the ongoing suspension, by DG NEAR, of funding for several Palestinian civil society organisations since May 2021 while the Commission stated on 14 September 2021 that it found no substantiated evidence of misuse or deviation of funds, including in relation to terrorism;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) Implement the new agenda for the Mediterranean by reinforcing EU's support for a free, strong and independent civil society across the Mediterranean, and through dedicated dialogue and consultation with local and regional authorities, as well as reinforce the links between EU Delegations and the Euro- Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM); recalls that these are important drivers for development and are closer to the people, so that implementation strategies can reach all communities, including those most disadvantaged geographically or in socioeconomic terms; insists that EU support to civil society organizations is essential in all countries of the region without exception, and should not be conditioned to the approval of authoritarian Governments;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) Call on all Southern Mediterranean countries to allow a free, secure and transnational space for science and civil society organisations ahead of Egypt’s hosting of the UN Climate Change Conference COP 27;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 209 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(i b) Present an ambitious EU action plan against impunity for crimes against humanity, as requested by the European Parliament in March 2021, with an immediate priority on Syria as the region's deadliest conflict in decades, notably for crimes perpetrated by the Islamic State and particularly the Assad regime since 2011, including the widespread and documented use of chemical weapons against civilians, the use of conventional bombs as well as barrel, incendiary and cluster bombs on civilians and the use of mass concentration camps and rape as a weapon of war against women, causing the death of half a million people and forcibly displacing 14 million Syrians in total;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 214 #

2022/2007(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) Present annual updates on the implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean, with particular regard to the financial resources made available for the Economic and Investment Plan; takes the view that the Commission and the VP/HR should regularly consult Parliament on the annual and multi-annual programming related to the implementation of the new agenda for the Mediterranean and the Economic and Investment Plan, and that they should regularly brief Parliament on the state of play of the new agenda for the Mediterranean, and inform it about the implementation ofresponse to Parliament recommendations in all EU policies areas, as well as on additional projects and programmes that will boost the EU’s partnership capacity with Southern Neighbourhood countries;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regard to European Parliament resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality (2020/2896(RSP));
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there are barriers to access justice for victims of racial discrimination; whereas equality bodies in the Member States lack the human and financial resources and/or political will and independence to bridge this gap; whereas the EU’s anti-discrimination framework is unevenly transposed into Member State legislation limiting the efficacy of equality bodies;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas new technologies and the digital transition can bring new challenges to racial equality and non- discrimination as well as become an effective tool in fighting against racism and structural discrimination;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas there has been a steady increase in hate speech and hate crime in Europe; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the factors contributing to this increase; whereas hate speech can lead to hate crime; whereas according to the FRA up to 9 in 10 hate crimes and hate motivated attacks in the EU are not reported and therefore not sanctioned;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 141 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the urgent need for the Union to develop a robust and comprehensive agendamultifaceted approach for effectively combating racism and discrimination on all grounds and in all areas in the EU; insists that the Union and its institutions must lead by example in the fight against structural and institutional racism and anti- discrimination; calls for more and continued political leadership at the highest political level, including by firm and speedy reactions against hate speech and crime, and for in-person attendance at anti-racism summits;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council to set upestablish a Council configuration on Gender Equality and Equality group in order to allow high-level discussions on these issues in a regular and permanent forum and to ensure anti- racism and gender mainstreaming into all policies;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Racial Equality Directive; condemns the fact that racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate crime and hate speech, a lack of access to justice, and sustained socioeconomic inequalities in areas such as but not limited to housing, healthcare, employment and education, which need to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barriers to inclusion and equality;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 194 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that 14 years after the adoption of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, several Member States have not yet fully and correctly transposed its provisions into national law; calls on the Member States to put measures in place that encourage victims and witnesses to come forward and report hate crime, and strengthen the ability of national law enforcement systems to correctly identify and record itfor example through safe spaces or confidential hotlines, to exchange best practices on measures that have proven to be effective in this regard and strengthen the ability of national law enforcement systems to correctly identify and record it; underlines in this regard the importance of specialised hate crime training for state and local law enforcement and criminal justice authorities;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 201 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the communication of the European Commission of 9 December 2021 on extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crimes; calls on the Council to swiftly agree on the adoption of a decision, with the consent of the European Parliament, after which the Commission can propose legislation to criminalise hate speech and hate crime at EU level;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 205 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underlines that hate speech is included as an example of offensive language prohibited under Rule 10 of the European Parliament Rules of Procedure alongside defamatory language and incitement to discrimination based on any ground referred to in Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the President of the European Parliament to ensure that the EP rules of procedure regarding the conduct of members are implemented and that incidents of hate speech by Members of the European Parliament are properly investigated and addressed;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 207 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Welcomes the agreement on the Digital Services Act, which will ensure that what is illegal offline is also dealt with online and will therefore also contribute in the fight against illegal hate speech on the internet;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 210 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on the EU Member States to exchange best practices on alternative punishments for hate speech and hate crimes such as community service, compulsory education or victim-offender mediation;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 222 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Acknowledges that racialized groups are disproportionally represented among the lower income strata of the European population and calls on the Commission to address the specific needs of racialized groups in areas such as education, housing, health, employment, policing, social services, the justice system and political participation and representation;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 224 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages, therefore, Member States to make full use of the child guarantee to also tackle the structural racism against racialised children and work out specific national programmes aimed at breaking the cycle of poverty which overwhelmingly affect racialised children;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need to ensure meaningful participation of all groups affected by intersectional discrimination in policymaking at EU, national and local levels, especially racialised groups; underlines furthermore the importance of regular and structured dialogue with civil society organisations working on racial justice and equality on European, national and local levels;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 260 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance ofCalls on all EU Member States to collecting comparable and robust disaggregated equality data in order to fully understand and to document discrimination and to tackle inequality holistically, based on voluntary participation, self-identification and informed consent, while protecting anonymity and confidentiality, respecting the key principles of EU data protection legislation and fundamental rights and complying with national legislation; calls on the Commission to continue developing a common methodology on this with Member States in order to ensure the comparability, accuracy and reliability of the data collected; supports the FRA’s work on analysing this data and welcomes further developments in this field, in line with its new mandate and through cooperation with affected groups;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onUrges all Member States to adopt national action plans against racism and discrimination by the end of 2022, as provided for in the EU Anti-racism Action Plan; highlights the need to continue this EU Action Plan beyond 2025 and encourages the Commission to begin this work before the end of its current mandate;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 274 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the importance of representation and diversity as a tool for the development of inclusive societies; recalls that the media have a responsibility to reflect societies in all their diversity, and regrets the current lack of diversity at all levels; stresses furthermore the importance to encourage the participation of racialized people in television programmes and other media, in order to adequately address their lack of representation, as well as the lack of role models for children of racialized groups;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines the role of education, culture and sports in countering racial and ethnic stereotypes and promoting equality and social inclusion; takes the view that Member States should tackle racism and discrimination since an early stage and mainstream inclusive education in all national official curricula, so as counter stereotypes, unconscious bias and structural racism;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 287 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission's initiative on minimum standards for equality bodies, which has the aim to ensure equal protection against discrimination across the EU; Calls on the Commission to adopt concrete legislative measures to strengthen the role and independence of equality bodies in Member States;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 308 #

2022/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s appointment of the first anti-racism coordinator in 2021 and the continuous re- appointment since 2015 of the coordinator on combating anti-semitism and fostering Jewish life; but deplores that the position of anti-muslim hatred coordinator has been left vacant since July 2021; reminds that these positions should be permanent and therefore coordinators should be sustained and supported; underlines the central role of the anti-racism coordinator and EU high-level working group on combating racism, xenophobia and intolerance in mainstreaming racial equality across all EU policies;
2022/06/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The unjustified invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on 24 February 2022 and the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine has made it clear that it is critical to act nowurgently to address the existing shortfalls It has led to the return of high- intensity warfare and territorial conflict in Europe,. It requiringes a significant increase in the capacity of Member States to fill the most urgent and critical gaps, especially those exacerbated by the transfer of defence products to Ukraine, in particular in the Member States in its close neighbourhood.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 52 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call for the European Union, which still has Soviet-era military equipment, barely functioning or no longer relevant in the context of technological developments. The defence budget has been neglected critically in many Member States, while both our partners and other third countries have invested massively in modernizing their military capabilities. Ramping up our military R&D, our defence industry, and our military capabilities would make the EU a relevant global player, which is both adequate and necessary for the current geopolitical landscape.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 60 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) A dedicated short-term instrument, designed in a spirit of solidarity, was indicated as a tool to incentivise Member States, on a voluntary basis, to pursue common procurement to fill the most urgent and critical gaps, especiallyincluding those created by the response to the current Russia’s aggression, in a collaborative way.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 61 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) A dedicated short-term instrument, designed in a spirit of solidarity, was indicated as a tool to incentivise Member States, on a voluntary basis, to pursue common procurement to fill the most urgent and critical gaps, especially those created by the response to the current Russia’s aggression, in a collaborative way.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 65 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Such a new instrument will contribute to reinforce common defence procurement and, through the associated Union financing, to strengthen and improve EU defence industrial capabilities.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 66 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) This instrument should be viewed as a first step towards more coordination in the field of security and defence, and, together with future measures, paves the way towards a European defence single market and a European Defence Union. European unity and interoperability are key for the future of the European security architecture.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 82 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In the light of the above challenges and the related structural changes in the EU Defence industry, and in accordance with Article 173 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union where the Union and the Member States aim at ensuring that the competitiveness of the Union’s industry exist, it appears necessary to speed up the adjustment of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, enhance its competitiveness and efficiency, and thereby contribute to strengthening and reforming Member States’ defence industrial capabilities. Addressing industrial shortfalls should include promptly tackling the most urgent gaps.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 83 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In the light of the above challenges and the related structural changes in the EU Defence industry, it appears necessary to speed up the adjustment of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, enhance its competitiveness and efficiency, and thereby contribute to strengthening and reforming Member States’ defence industrial capabilities. Addressing industrial shortfalls should include promptly tackling the most urgent gaps, while also thinking critically ahead about securing all necessary components needed in the EU defence supply chain.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 84 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In the light of the above challenges and the related structural changes in the EU Defence industry, and in accordance with Article 173 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it appears necessary to speed up the adjustment of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, enhance its competitiveness and efficiency, and thereby contribute to strengthening and reforming Member States’ defence industrial capabilities. Addressing industrial shortfalls should include promptly tackling the most urgent gaps.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 90 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Common investment and defence procurement should in particular be incentivised, as such collaborative actions would ensure that the necessary changes in the EU industrial base takes place in a collaborative manner, avoiding further fragmentation of the industry, and increasing interoperability.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 95 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The Short Term Instrument should offset the complexity and risks associated with such joint actions while allowing economies of scale in the actions undertaken by Member States to reinforce and modernise the European Technological and Industrial Base, increasing thereby the Union’s capacity resilience and security of supply. Incentivizing common procurement would also result into diminished costs in terms of exploitation, maintenance and withdrawal of the systems. The instrument should be accompanied by efforts to preserve a level playing field for suppliers from all Member States and to create incentives for the expansion of the EDTIB to more Member States.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 100 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. In regard of the urgency of the situation, a defence product subject to a restriction to transfer by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity may be declared eligible by the Commission where the Member States or associated countries participating in the common procurement have demonstrated that this derogation only concerns defence products being in use prior to 24 February 2022 within the Armed Forces of all Member States or associated countries participating in the common procurement.
2023/02/01
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 101 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) This instrument should be used as a jumpstart to replace old soviet-era military equipment and to stimulate investment in cutting edge technology in defence through support for joint R&D.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 102 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) This instrument should be effective, seamless, and de- bureaucratised, in order to encourage SME participation, to stimulate innovation in defence products, and to open up the defence market to new European companies from across the EU.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 105 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) This Instrument will build on and take into account the work of the Defence Joint Procurement Task Force established by the Commission and the High Representative/Head of Agency, in line with the Joint Communication ‘Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and Way Forward”, to coordinate very short-term defence procurement needs and engage with Member States and EU defence manufacturers to support joint procurement to replenish, strengthen and increase stocks, notably in light of the support provided to Ukraine and in view to perpetuate it.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 106 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point b
(b) other subcontractors to which at least 105 % of the work share is allocated;
2023/02/01
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 108 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The ‘Defence Investment Gaps Analysis and Way Forward’, should become an annual report to ensure that EU military landscape is monitored and stocks are prepared, interoperable, and ready for deployment.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 110 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. The proportion of the equipment originating from non-associated third countries shall not exceed 25% of the value of the end product. No components shall be sourced from non-associated third countries that contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, including respect for the principle of good neighbourly relations.
2023/02/01
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 115 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) Member States participating in the common procurement of defence products under this Instrument should have a right to invite Ukraine and Moldova to participate in the action. To do this they should authorise a procurement agent to enter into an agreement for procuring additional quantities of the defence product with these countries. Such an agreement would benefit the EDTIB as these countries' participation would provide for a better economy of scale and scope, higher demand and interoperability at the technical level, common training, cross-servicing and maintenance which would provide a foundation for the later inclusion of their defence industries in the EDTIB. It would also strengthen the two countries' defence capabilities in light of Russia's aggression and threat. The possibility to participate on the invitation of the Member States in the procurement agreement should be open to Georgia as soon as the European Council grants it the status of candidate country once the priorities specified in the Commission’s opinion on Georgia’s membership application have been addressed.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 120 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) To make sure that all these initiatives are coherent, the Commission should prepare an overview of all instruments that can facilitate the joint procurement process and facilitate dialogue with Member States and their governments.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 121 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 c (new)
(15c) The Commission together with the EEAS should hold regular briefings and training programs with Member States to ensure they are ready to absorb funds and can make full use of this instrument. Regular info sessions should also be made available for the defence industry, including for SMEs.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 123 #

2022/0219(COD)

(16) As the instrument aims to enhance the competitiveness and, efficiency and independence of the Union’s defence industry, to benefit from the instrument in accordance with the legal basis, common procurement contracts will need to be placed with legal entities which are established in the Union or in associated countries and are not subject to control by non-associated third countries or by non- associated third- country entities. In that context, control should be understood to be the ability to exercise a decisive influence on a legal entity directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediate legal entities. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources of the contractors and subcontractors involved in the common procurement which are used for the purposes of the common procurement shall be located on the territory of a Member State or of an associated third country.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 126 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Considering the very nature of this instrument, based on its legal basis, which aims at strengthening the European defence industry, any possible derogation shall be kept to a strict minimum.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 129 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In certainstrictly framed exceptional circumstances, it should be possible to derogate from the principle that contractors and subcontractors involved in a common procurement supported by the Instrument are not subject to control by non-associated third countries or non -associated third- country entities. In that context, a legal entity established in the Union or in an associated third country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non- associated third country entity may participate as contractor and subcontractor involved in the common procurement if strict conditions relating to the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, as established in the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), including in terms of strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, are fulfilled.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 133 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Furthermore, the common procurement procedures and contracts shall also include a requirement for the defence product to not be subject to control or restriction by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity that limits Member States’ ability to use, maintain, modify or transfer it.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 137 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7 a. The interplay of the action within the framework of the European Defence Fund.
2023/02/01
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 140 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
7 b. The contribution of the action to diversifying the supply chain by involving SMEs and mid-capitalisation companies in the manufacturing process in the manufacturing process.
2023/02/01
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 144 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Where the Union grant takes the form of financing not linked to costs, the Commission should determine in the work programme the funding conditions for each action, in particular (a) a description of action involving cooperation for common procurement with a view to addressing the most urgent and critical capacity needs, (b) the milestones for the implementation of the action, (c) the rough order of magnitude expected from the common procurement and (d) the maximum Union contribution available.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 147 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) To generate the incentive effect, the level of Union contribution may be differentiated based on factors such as (a) the complexity of the common procurement, for which a proportion of the anticipated size of the procurement contract, based on experience gained in similar actions, may serve as an initial proxy, (b) the characteristics of the cooperation, such as joint usage, stockpiling, ownership or maintenance, which are likely to induce stronger interoperability outcomes and long-term investment signals to industry, and (c) the number of participating Member States or associated countries or the inclusion of additional Member States or associated countries to existing cooperations, and (d) the development of the action supported as part of the European Defence Fund.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 154 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In accordance with Article 193(2) of the Financial Regulation, a grant may be awarded for an action which has already begun, provided that the applicant can demonstrate the need for starting the action prior to signature of the grant agreement. However, financial contribution should not cover a period prior to the date of submission of the grant application, except in duly justified exceptional cases, such as equipment replacement sent to Ukraine. In order to avoid any disruption in Union support which could be prejudicial to the interests of the Union, it should be possible to provide in the financing decision for financial contributions to actions that cover a period from the 24 February 2022, even if they have started before the grant application was submitted.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 156 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) The EPPO and OLAF should closely monitor this instrument and its implementation in order to proactively prevent any risk of corruption.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 166 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘procurement agent’ means a contracting authority as defined in Directive 2009/81/EC, established in a Member State or an associated country, or the European Defence Agency or an international organisation such as OCCAR, designated by at least three Member States to conduct a common procurement on their behalf, including Union bodies or international organisations; ;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 171 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) ‘classified information’ means information or material, in any form, the unauthorised disclosure of which could cause varying degrees of prejudice to the interests of the Union, or of one or more of the Member States, and which bears an EU classification marking or a corresponding classification marking, as established in the Agreement between the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, regarding the protection of classified information exchanged in the interests of the European Union;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 172 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) ‘defence products’ means products and services within the scope of Article 2 of Directive 2009/81/EC.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 173 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
(6b) ‘classified information’ means information or material, in any form, the unauthorised disclosure of which could cause varying degrees of prejudice to the interests of the Union, or of one or more of the Member States, and which bears an EU classification marking or a corresponding classification marking, as established in the Agreement between the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, regarding the protection of classified information exchanged in the interests of the European Union;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 174 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
(6b) ‘sensitive information’ means information and data, including classified information, that is to be protected from unauthorised access or disclosure because of obligations laid down in Union or national law or in order to safeguard the privacy or security of a natural or legal person;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 175 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 c (new)
(6c) ‘sensitive information’ means information and data, including classified information, that is to be protected from unauthorised access or disclosure because of obligations laid down in Union or national law or in order to safeguard the privacy or security of a natural or legal person;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 176 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and efficiency of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), including SMEs and mid- capitalisation companies (mid-caps), for a more resilient Union, in particular by speeding up, in a collaborative manner, the adjustment of industry to structural changes, including the creation and ramp- up of its manufacturing capacities, in accordance with the legal basis of the instrument, in order to provide the most critical and urgent defence products needed by Member States;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 179 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and efficiency of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), including SMEs and mid- capitalisation companies (mid-caps) for a more resilient Union, in particular by speeding up, in a collaborative manner, the adjustment of industry to structural and technological changes, including ramp-up of its manufacturing capacities and increase in the resilience of its supply chains;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 187 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to foster cooperation in defence procurement process between participating Member States contributing to solidarity, interoperability, prevention of crowding- out effects, avoiding fragmentation and, increasing the effectiveness of public spending, and encouraging the harmonisation of defence procurement legislation across Member States.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 190 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to foster cooperation in defence procurement process between participating Member States contributing to solidarity, interoperability, prevention of crowding- out effects, avoiding fragmentation and, increasing the effectiveness of public spending, and fostering the emergence of European standards in the field of defence.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 192 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
i) to stimulate the uptake of new technologies in the EDTIB and to support the development of a defence technological and industrial base in more Union Member States.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 193 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (new)
ii) to reduce dependencies on non- democratic countries for critical defence technologies and components.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 197 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The objectives shall be pursued with an emphasis on strengthening and developing the Union defence industrial base to allow it to address in particular the most urgent and critical defence products needs, especially those revealed or exacerbated by the response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, taking into account the work of the Defence Joint Procurement Task Force and the capability gaps identified in the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High-Representative on Defence investment gaps analysis. This can be achieved through the replenishment of stockpiles, including with the equipment in the EDTIB, as well as through the replacement of obsolete ones, especially post-Soviet equipment, and the reinforcement of overall defence capabilities.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 204 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The objectives shall be pursued with an emphasis on strengthening and developing the Union defence industrial base in accordance with the legal basis of the instrument to allow it to address in particular the most urgent and critical defence products needs, especially those revealed or exacerbated by the response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, taking into account the work of the Defence Joint Procurement Task Force.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 205 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The objectives shall be pursued with an emphasis on strengthening and, developing, modernising, and expanding the Union defence industrial base to allow it to address in particular the most urgent and critical defence products needs, especially those revealed or exacerbated by the response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, taking into account the work of the Defence Joint Procurement Task Force.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 209 #

2022/0219(COD)

1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Instrument for the period from the entry into force of this Regulation to 31 December 2024 shall be EUR 500 m1.5 billion in current prices.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 210 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Instrument for the period from the entry into force of this Regulation to 31 December 2024 shall be EUR 500 m1.5 billion in current prices.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 211 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 (new)
- The agreement between the participating Member States and the procurement agent referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation may authorise the procurement agent to invite and enter into an agreement for procuring additional quantities of the defence product subject to the common procurement with those third countries such as Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova that are candidates for accession to the European Union and whose territory is in immediate proximity or affected by the war on Ukrainian territory and whose territory is occupied by forces supported by the Russian Federation. Such additional procurement arrangements shall be without prejudice to the applicable provisions of Union law and any relevant international obligations of the participating Member States.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 218 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
ThirAssociated countries associatednd additional arrangements applicable to othe Instrumentr third countries
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 226 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. WBy way of derogation to Article 193 of the Financial Regulation, and where necessary for the implementation of an action, financial contributions may cover a period prior to the date of the request for financial contributions for that action, provided that the action has not started prior to the 24 February 202218 May 2022 and the common procurement has not been tendered before the signature of the Grant Agreement.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 227 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where necessary for the implementation of an action, financial contributions may cover a period prior to the date of the request for financial contributions for that action, provided that the action has not started prior to the 24 February 2022 and have not been completed before the signature of the grant agreement.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 234 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the actions shall involve cooperation for common procurement of the most urgent and critical defence products between eligible entities implementing the objectives referred to in Article 3;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 235 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the actions shall involve new cooperation or an extension of existing cooperation to at least one new Member States or associated countries;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 236 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the actions shall involve new cooperation or an extension of existing cooperation to at least onew Member States or associated countriesy;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 244 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States or associated third countries in accordance with Article 5 shall appoint a procurement agent to act on their behalf for the purpose of the common procurement. The procurement agent shall carry out the procurement procedures and conclude the resulting agreements with contractors on behalf of the participating Member States.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 248 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, a legal entity established in the Union or in an associated third country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity may participate as contractor and subcontractor involved in the common procurement only if it provides guarantees approved by the Member State or associated third country in which the contractor is established are made available to the Commission by the procurement agent or if it demonstrates that it has been subject to a screening within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/452 and, where necessary, to mitigating measures equivalent to the conditions of paragraph 7.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 249 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, a legal entity established in the Union or in an associated third country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity may participate as contractor and subcontractor involved in the common procurement only if it provides adequate guarantees approved by the Member State or associated third country in which the contractor is established, pursuant to Article 7.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 250 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, aA legal entity established in the Union or in an associated third country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity may not participate as contractor and subcontractor involved in the common procurement ounly ifess, and by way of derogation from paragraph 4, it provides guarantees approved by the Member State or associated third country in which the contractor is established.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 254 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The participating Member States shall provide to the Commission a notification from the procurement agent on the guarantees or the equivalent measures provided by a contractor or subcontractor involved in the common procurement that is established in the Union or an associated third country and controlled by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity. The guarantees, the equivalent measures and related provisions in the procurement contract shall be made available to the Commission upon request. The guarantees and equivalent measures shall provide assurances that the involvement of the contractor or subcontractor involved in the common procurement does not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States as established in the framework of the CFSP pursuant to Title V of the TEU, or the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 256 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. The guarantees and equivalent measures shall in particular substantiate that, for the purposes of the common procurement, measures are in place to ensure that:
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 257 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) control over the contractor or subcontractor involved in the common procurement is not exercised in a manner that restrains or restricts its ability to carry out the order and to deliver results in accordance with the terms of the procurement contract and;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 260 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. The Commission shall inform the committee referred to in article 14 of any legal entity to be eligible in accordance with paragraph 5.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 269 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9
9. Common procurement procedures and contracts shall also include a requirement for the defence product to not be subject to a restriction by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity that limits Member States’ ability to use, maintain, modify or transfer it.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 272 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. By way of derogation from paragraph 9, and in regard of the urgency of the situation and the short-term nature of the Instrument, a defence product subject to a restriction by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity shall be eligible for common procurement only if the Member States or associated countries participating in the common procurement request to waive this requirement. The request shall in particular substantiate that the following conditions are cumulatively met: (a) The waiver shall only concern defence products being in use prior to 24 February 2022 within the Armed Forces of all Member States or associated countries participating in the common procurement. (b) The waiver shall only concern defence products the stocks of which need to be replenished due to the new security environment in Europe, and (c) The waiver shall only concern defence products the non-availability of which, due to an absence of waiver, would put at risk the requesting Member States’ immediate ability to defend themselves’.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 275 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. For the purposes of this Article, and in view of criticality and urgency to procure to fulfil the objectives of this regulation, ‘subcontractors involved in the common procurement’ means all of the followingre only the ones:
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 276 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. For the purposes of this Article, ‘subcontractors involved in the common procurement’ means allny of the following:
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 278 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point a
(a) subcontractors with a direct contractual relationship to a contractor;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 280 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point b
(b) other subcontractors to which at least 10 % of the work share is allocated or owning the intellectual property of essential components of the system;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 285 #

2022/0219(COD)

10a. The proportion of the equipment originating from non-associated third countries shall not exceed 20 per cent of the value of the end product. No components shall be sourced from non- associated third countries that contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, including respect for the principle of good neighbourly relations.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 288 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. The cost of components originating in non-associated third countries shall not exceed 10 per cent of the value of the end product.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 291 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. The contribution of the action to strengthening and developing the Union defence industrial base to allow it to address in particular the most urgent and critical defence products needs as referred to in Article 3, including with respect to procurement procedure and delivery lead times, replenishment of stocks, availability and supply;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 292 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. the contribution of the action to competitiveness and adaptation of the EDTIB, including through the envisaged ramp-up of its manufacturing capacities, reservation of manufacturing capacities, its reskilling and upskilling, and overall modernizsation including increased military interoperability between Member States and with NATO;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 293 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. the contribution of the action to strengthening cooperation among Member States or associated countries and interoperability of products, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, and any declaration by the participants to strengthen their defence cooperation beyond the joint procurement;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 294 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
3a. 3a. the extent to which the procurement stimulates the expansion of the EDTIB to more Member States, the modernization of Member States military capabilities, and the uptake of cutting- edge technologies and equipment;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 295 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4a. whether the participants include Member States on the Eastern Flank, Ukraine, or the Republic of Moldova;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 296 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6. catalytic effect of Union financial support through demonstration of how the Union contribution can overcome obstacles to common procurement and contribute to the goal of moving towards a European Defence Union;
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 297 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7a. The contribution of the action to diversifying the supply chain by involving SMEs and mid-capitalisation companies in the manufacturing process.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 298 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7a. The articulation of the action in the framework of the European Defence Fund.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 299 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to support a rapid, effective and coordinated response to the most urgent and critical defence needs, joint procurement where at least one member of the consortium is bordering a zone of military conflict, is directly involved in a military conflict, or has territory under foreign military occupation shall be given priority and benefit from a higher percentage contribution.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 307 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The work programme shall set out the minimum financial size of the joint procurement actions and determine the indicative amount of financial support for actions carried out by the minimum number of Member States as referred to in point c) of Article 7 paragraph 1 as well as incentives for procurement of higher value and inclusion of additional Member States or associated countries or countries referred to in Article 5, subparagraph 2.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 310 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) The Commission, assisted by the European Defence Agency, shall endeavour to identify those components of non EU origin for which no alternative exists in the Union and take appropriate measures to foster their development in the Union, including through research and development, and in particular, through the European Defence Fund.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 313 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Application of the rules on classified and sensitive information 1. Within the scope of this Regulation : (a) each Member State shall ensure that it offers a degree of protection of EU classified information equivalent to that provided by the security rules of the Council set out in Council Decision 2013/488/EU (28); (b) the Commission shall protect classified information in accordance with the security rules set out in Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444; 2. The use and disclosure of sensitive information should be governed by relevant Union and national law and subjected to authorizition of the Member States.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 330 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Application of the rules on classified information 1. Member States and associated countries participating in a common procurement shall determine among themselves the arrangements applicable to the protection of classified information for the purposes of the common procurement, in accordance with national laws and regulations. 2. The Commission shall protect EU classified information received in relation to the Instrument in accordance with the security rules set out in Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444. 3. The Commission shall set up a secured exchange system in order to facilitate the exchange of sensitive and classified information between the Commission and the Member States and associated countries and, where appropriate, with the applicants and the recipients. That system shall take into account the Member States’ national security regulations.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 333 #

2022/0219(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The European Defence Agency together with the European External Action Service shall be invited to provide its views and expertise to the committee as an observer. The European External Action ServiceNATO shall also be invited to assist in the committee.
2023/02/13
Committee: AFETITRE
Amendment 185 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The purpose of this Directive is to provide a comprehensive framework to effectively combat violence against women and domestic violence throughout the Union. It does so by strengthening and introducing measures in the following areas: the definition of relevant criminal offences and penalties, the protection of victims and access to justice, victim support, prevention, coordination and cooperation at national and EU-level by ensuring a multi-agency and multi- disciplinary approach and enhanced data collection on violence against women and domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 213 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) Gender-based violence is a serious obstacle to the participation of women and girls and other victims in in all spheres of private and public life and make them unable to fully enjoy their rights and fundamental freedoms.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 215 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Violence against women and domestic violence violate fundamental rights such as the right to human dignity, the right to life and integrity of the person, the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the right to respect for private and family life, personal data protectionthe right to liberty and security, personal data protection, the right to freedom from discrimination, including on the grounds of sex, and the rights of the child, as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 217 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The possibility to have a common EU framework gender-based violence and protecting its victims is currently limited due to the available legal basis. In order to finally have a comprehensive EU framework for fighting against all forms of gender-based violence and properly protecting victims, it is imperative to urgently extend the areas of crime in accordance with Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU to include gender-based violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 218 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (‘Istanbul Convention’) is the first legally binding international instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and girls at international level. Although six Member States - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia - have not ratified the Convention, the European Court of Justice clarified in its Opinion of 6 October 2021 that the Council may not make finding a 'common accord' a prerequisite for the decision on accession to the Convention by the EU, which should be made based on a qualified majority. The Council should therefore abide by the ruling of the Court and ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible by qualified majority.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 220 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) This Directive should apply to criminal conduct which amounts to violence against women or domestic violence, as criminalised under Union or national law. This includes the criminal offences defined in this Directive, namely rape, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, forced prostitution, the non- consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material, cyber stalking, cyber harassment, cyber incitement to violence or hatred and criminal conduct covered by other Union instruments, in particular Directives 2011/36/EU36 and 2011/93/EU37 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which define criminal offences concerning the sexual exploitation of children and trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Lastly, certain criminal offences under national law fall under the definition of violence against women. This includes crimes such as femicide, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, stalking, early and forced marriage, forced abortion, forced sterilisation , so-called “honour crimes”, and different forms of cyber violence, such as online sexual harassment, cyber bullying or the unsolicited receipt of sexually explicit material material, as well as the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the right to safe and legal abortion. Domestic violence is a form of violence which may be specifically criminalised under national law or covered by criminal offences which are committed within the family or domestic unit or between former or current spouses or partners. _________________ 36 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1–11. 37 Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA, OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1– 14.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 230 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), including safe and legal abortion care, constitute a fundamental right. Criminalising, delaying and denying access to SRHR constitutes a form of violence against women and girls. These restrictions and bans do not reduce the number of abortions, but only force people to travel long distances or to resort to unsafe abortions and affect the people who are most lacking in resources and information. Despite general progress in SRHR protection, backsliding on the right to access safe and legal abortion is currently a grave concern, including in some Member States, such as Poland, Slovakia, Hungary. Therefore, to protect fundamental rights, the right to safe and legal abortion should be included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, as already called for by the European Parliament.1a _________________ 1a European Parliament’s resolution of 7th July 2022 on the US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and women’s health in the EU
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 247 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) Due to their vulnerability, children who witness violence against women or domestic violence suffer a direct emotional, the so called “witness violence”, and psychological harm, which impacts their development. Therefore, such children should always be considered victims and benefit from targeted protection measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 251 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Special attention should also be paid to children orphans due to violence against women and domestic violence, as they are faced by a situation of special vulnerability, with the psychological and emotional impact that this entails. These children must have targeted protection measures and support, particularly during relevant criminal and civil proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 262 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) Violence against women is a violation of human rights and a persisting manifestation of structural discrimination against women, resulting from historically unequal power relations between women and men. It is a form of gender-based violence, which is inflicted primarily on women and girls, by men. It is rooted in the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men, generally referred to under the term ‘gender’.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 269 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Domestic violence is a serious social problem which often remains hidden. It can lead to serious psychological and physical trauma with severe consequences because the offender typically is a person known to the victims, whom they would expect to be able to trust. Such violence can take on various forms, including physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, and economic and can occur within a range of relationships. Victims of domestic violence include not only partners, but also children or other relatives. Domestic violence may occur whether or not the offender shares or has shared a household with the victim.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 282 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) This Directive supports the international commitments the Member States have undertaken to combat and prevent violence against women and domestic violence, in particular the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)39 and, where relevant, the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘Istanbul Convention’)40 and the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work, signed on 21 June 2019 in Geneva, as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). _________________ 39 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), UNGA, 1979. 40 Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),Council of Europe, 2011.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 292 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Violence against women and domestic violence can be exacerbated where it intersects with discrimination based on sex and other grounds of discrimination prohibited by Union law, namely nationality, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation. Member States should therefore pay due regard to victims affected by such intersectional discrimination, through providing specific measures where intersecting forms of discrimination are present. In particular, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LBTIQ) women, women with disabilities, women with dependent residence status or permit, and women with a minority racial or ethnic background are at a heightened risk of experiencing gender- based violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 330 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) With regard to offences amounting to rape, offenders who have been previously convicted of offences of the same nature should be obliged to participate in intervention programmes toOffenders convicted of offences of violence against women and domestic violence should be obliged to participate in intervention programmes to help them understand and recognise their responsibility, change their harmful attitudes and behaviours as well as to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships and thus mitigate the risk of recidivism.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 344 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Forced sterilisation is another form of violence against women and a gross violation of human and fundamental rights, such as the rights to dignity, physical integrity, privacy and free and informed consent. It is a harmful and exploitative practice that removes the capacity of sexual reproduction of the victims and that is performed for the purpose of exerting social control over the victims. Roma women and girls, women and girls with disabilities and transgender people are particularly at risk of such violence, especially those with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, and living in institutions. To combat this long-lasting practice, which perpetuates discrimination, stereotypes, violence and control over the person’s body, forced sterilisation should be specifically addressed by criminal law. Currently, only 9 EU Member States explicitly criminalise forced sterilisation as a distinct offence in their criminal code and at least 13 EU Member States still allow some forms of forced sterilisation in their legislation.1a This points out the divergences and gaps in national legislation and therefore justifies the introduction of the offence of forced sterilisation in this Directive. Specific emphasis should be given to the prior and informed consent of the woman or girl to undergo such procedure, which should not be substituted by the consent of a legal guardian. _________________ 1a https://www.edf- feph.org/content/uploads/2022/09/EDF_F S_0909-accessible.pdf
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 361 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) It is necessary to provide for harmonised definitions of offences and penalties regarding certainall forms of cyber violence. Cyber violence particularly targets and impacts women and girls, LGBTIQ people, politicians, journalists and human rights defenders. It can have the effect of silencing women and hindering their societal participation on an equal footing with men. Cyber violence also disproportionately affects women and girls in educational settings, such as schools and universities, with detrimental consequences to their further education and to their mental health, which may, in extreme cases, lead to suicide. The investigation of offences related to cyber violence should therefore be carried out diligently to prevent inadequate investigation from effectively prosecuting such offences and increasing impunity.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 370 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) The use of information and communication technologies bears the risk of easy, fast and wide-spread amplification of certain forms of cyber violence with the effect of creating or enhancing profound and long-lasting harm for the victim. The potential for such amplification, which is a pre-requisite for the perpetration of several offences of cyber violence defined under this Directive, should be reflected by the element of making certain material accessible, through information and communication technologies, to a ‘multitude’ of end-users. The term ‘multitude’ should be understood as referring to reaching a significant number of end-users of the technologies in question, thus allowing for significant access to, and potential further distribution of that materialother end- users. That term should be interpreted and applied having regard to the relevant circumstances, including the technologies used to make that material accessible and the means these technologies offer for amplification.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 373 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Especially due to its tendency for easy, swift and broad distribution and perpetration, as well as its intimate nature, the non-consensual making accessible of intimate images or videosterial and material that depict sexual activities, to a multitude ofof sexual nature to other end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, can be very harmful for the victims. The offence provided for in this Directive should cover all types of such material, such as images, photographs and videos, including sexualized images, audio clips and video clips. It should relate to situations where the making accessible of the material to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, occurs without the victim’s consent, irrespective of whether the victim consented to the generation of such material or may have transmitted it to a particular person. The offence should also include the non-consensual production or manipulation, for instance by image editing, of intimate material that makes it appear as though another person is engaged in sexual activitiesin it, insofar as the material is subsequently made accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, without the consent of that person. Such production or manipulation should include the fabrication of ‘deepfakes’, where the material appreciably resembles an existing person, objects, places or other entities or events, depicting sexual activitiesintimate material or material of sexual nature of another person, and would falsely appear to others to be authentic or truthful. In the interest of effectively protecting victims of such conduct, threatening to engage in such conduct should be covered as well, regardless of the motives of the offender. Moreover, since the so-called “cyber-flashing” is a very common method of intimidating and silencing women, the non-consensual sending of intimate material, including images or videos of genitalia, of the sender or what appears to be the sender, to another person in private conversation, by means of information and communication technologies, should be also considered an offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 386 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Minimum rules concerning the offence of cyber harassment should be laid down to counter initiating an attack with third parties or participating in such an attack directed at another person, by making threatening or insulting material accessible to a multitude ofother end- users. Such broad attacks, including coordinated online mob attacks, may morph into offline assault or cause significant psychological injury and in extreme cases lead to suicide of the victim. They often target prominent (female) politicians, journalists or otherwise well- known persons, but they can also occur in different contexts, for instance on campuses or in schools. Such online violence should be addressed especially where the attacks occur on a wide-scale, for example in the form of pile- on harassment by a significant amount of people. Moreover, repeated sending of threatening and insulting messages in private conversations is a very common form of violence against women, therefore it should also be covered, since such a conduct is still not properly addressed in some Member States. This should help advance the victims the access to justice.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 400 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
(24) According to an EU-wide FRA survey in 2014, 67% of women did not report partner violence to the police or any other organisation. Victims should be able to report crimes of violence against women or domestic violence easily without being subject to secondary or repeat victimisation, especially those with disabilities and living in institutions, including through the use of Braille and sign language. To this end, Member States should provide the possibility to submit complaints online or through other accessible and secure information and communication technologies for the reporting of such crimes. Victims of cyber violence should be able to upload materials relating to their report, such as screenshots of the alleged violent behaviour. Victims should have access to legal aid and assistance, free of charge and in a language they can understand, when reporting criminal offences and during judicial proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 411 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) In the case of domestic violence and violence against women, especially when committed by close family members or intimate partners, victims may be under such duress by the offender that they fear to reach out to the competent authorities, even if their lives are in danger. Therefore, Member States should ensure their confidentiality rules do not constitute an obstacle for relevant professionals, such as healthcare professionals, to report to the competent authorities, where they have reasonable grounds to believe that the life of the victim is at an imminent risk of serious physical harm. Similarly, instances of domestic violence or violence against women affecting children are often only intercepted by third parties noticing irregular behaviour or physical harm to the child. Children need to be effectively protected from suchall forms of violence and adequate measures promptly taken. Therefore, relevant professionals coming in contact with child victims or potential child victims, including healthcare or education professionals, should equally not be constrained by confidentiality and should act where they have reasonable grounds to believe that serious acts of violence under this Directive have been committed against the child or further serious acts are to be expected. Where professionals report such instances of violence, Member States should ensure that they are not held liable for breach of confidentiality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 414 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
(26) In order to tackle underreporting in the cases when the victim is a child, safe and child-friendly reporting procedures should be established. This can include questioning by competent authorities in simple and accessible language, paying special attention to child’s vulnerability.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 415 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Delays in processing complaints of violence against women and domestic violence can bear particular risks to victims thereof, given that they might still be in immediate danger given that offenders might often be close family members or spouses. Therefore, treported offences of violence against women or domestic violence should be processed and transferred without delay to the competent authorities for prosecution and investigation. The competent authorities should have the sufficient specialised staff, expertise and effective investigative tools to investigate and prosecute such crimes without undue delay.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 423 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) Victims of domestic violence and violence against women are typically in need of immediate protection orand specific support, for example in the case of intimate partner violence, where the rate of recidivism tends to be high. Therefore, an individual assessment to identify the victim’s protection needs should be conducted upon the very first contact of competent authorities with the victim or as soon as suspicion arises that the person is a victim of violence against women or domestic violence. This can be done before a victim has formally reported an offence or proactively if a third party reports the offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 426 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) When assessing the victim’s protection and support needs, the primary concern should lie in safeguarding the victim’s safety as well as the safety of other potential victims, such as children and other dependants, and providing tailored support, taking into account, among other matters, the individual circumstances of the victim. Such circumstances requiring special attention could include the victim’s pregnancy or the victim’s dependence on or relationship to the offender, victim´s disability or disability of their dependants.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 438 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30 a (new)
(30a) The individual assessment should be updated at regular intervals, especially in the case of changes in custody or rights of access, to ensure the protection measures relate to the victim’s current situation
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 450 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Relevant authorities and specialised services should ensure the provision of coordinated protection and support measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 451 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32 b (new)
(32b) Ensuring the presence of specialised staff within Member States’ law enforcement authorities, prosecutors and judicial authorities is of great importance. The establishment of specialist courts or chambers and the designation of specialised prosecutors on violence against women and domestic violence should be encouraged as another option for Member States to ensure a holistic approach to combat these offences.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 453 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) Member States should take the necessary measures to ensure the availability of emergency barring, restraining and protection orders as well as the use of arrest and detention to ensure effective protection of victims and their dependants.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 460 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) PRestraining and protection orders may include prohibiting the offender or suspect to access certain localities; to approach the victim or dependant closer than a prescribed distance or to contact them, including through the use of online interfaces and to possess firearms or deadly weapons, where necessary.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 461 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Restraining and protection orders should be adopted whenever the situation of risk to the victim makes it advisable, regardless of whether the victim has filed a complaint. Member States should encourage the use of electronic monitoring to ensure the enforcement of restraining and protection orders.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 465 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) In order to safeguard the effectiveness of emergency barring, restraining and protection orders, breaches of such orders should be subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties. Those penalties can be of a criminal law or other legal nature and may include prison sentences, fines or any other legal penalty that is effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 472 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
(38) Given the complexities and gravity of offences of violence against women and domestic violence and specific support needs of victims, Member States should ensure additional support and prevention of such offences is provided by designated specialised national bodies. Given their expertise in matters of discrimination on grounds of sex, national equality bodies, set up in accordance with Directives 2004/113/EC42 , 2006/54/EC43 and 2010/41/EU44 of the European Parliament and of the Council, arcould be well placed to fulfil these tasks. Such bodiespecialised national bodies or other specialised relevant actors should in addition have legal standing to act on behalf or in support of victims of all forms of violence against women or domestic violence in judicial proceedings, including for the application for compensation and removal of online illegal content, with the victims’ approval. This should include the possibility of acting on behalf or in support of several victims together. To enable these bodiespecialised national bodies or other specialised relevant actors to effectively carry out their tasks, Member States should ensure that they are provided with sufficient human and financial resources. _________________ 42 Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37). 43 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), (OJ L204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 44 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the applicationof the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC, (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 482 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) Certain offences covered by this Directive involve the increased risk of repeated, prolonged or even continuous victimisation. That risk occurs especially in relation to offences involving the making accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, of material, resulting from certain offences of cyber violence, considering the ease and speed with which such material can be distributed on a large scale and the difficulties that often exist when it comes to removing such material. That risk typically remains even after a conviction. Therefore, in order to effectively safeguard the rights of the victims of those offences, Member States should be required to take suitable measures aimed at the removal of the material in question. Considering that removal at the source may not always be feasible, for instance because of legal or practical difficulties relating to the execution or enforcement of an order to remove, Member States should also be allowed to provide for measures to disable access to such material.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 487 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) The provisions of this Directive on orders and other measures for the removal and disabling access to relevant material should leave the relevant rules contained in Regulation XX/YYYY [proposed DSA Regulation]2022/2065 unaffected. In particular, those orders should comply with the prohibition of imposing general obligations of monitoring or active fact- finding and with the specific requirements of that Regulation regarding orders to remove illegal content online.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 489 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 44
(44) In order to avoid secondary victimisation, victims should be able to obtain compensation in the course of criminal proceedings. Compensation from the offender should be full and should not be restricted by a fixed upper limit. It should cover all harm and trauma experienced by victims and costs incurred to manage the damages, including among other things costs for healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive and psychological health services, rehabilitation, therapy costs, impact on the victim’s employment situation, loss of earnings, psychological damages, and moral prejudice due to the violation of dignity. The amount of compensation should reflect that victims of domestic violence may have to uproot their lives in order to seek safety, entailing a possible change of employment or finding new schools for children or even creating a new identityVictims suffering psychological harm and trauma, especially with regards to cyberviolence, should also be able to obtain compensation. Compensation for psychological harm and trauma should be independent and never regarded as an “addition” or conditional on compensation for physical harm. The amount of compensation should reflect that victims of domestic violence may have to uproot their lives in order to seek safety, entailing a possible change of employment or finding new schools for children or even creating a new identity. Member States should ensure that when an offender, for any reason, does not abide by the decision to pay compensation to the victim within the agreed timeframe, the State takes over this obligation and takes all appropriate actions to reclaim it from the offender.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 497 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
(45) Assistance and support to victims of violence against women and domestic violence should be provided before, during and for an appropriate period after the criminal proceedings have endedafter the offence occurs, for example where medical treatment is still needed to address the severe physical or psychological consequences of the violence, or if the victim’s safety is at risk in particular due to the statements made by the victim in those proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 501 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
(46) Specialised support services should provide support, advice and information on any relevant legal and practical matters as well as referrals to medical forensic examinations and comprehensive healthcare services to victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence, including sexual violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, forced abortion and sterilisation, sexual harassment and of various forms of cyber violence. All services and assistance should be organised and geographically distributed in such a way as to ensure reasonable distances and capacity for victims, with particular attention to rural and remote areas.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 510 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
(47) Specialist support should offer victims support tailored to their specific needs, free of charge, available round the clock (24/7), and irrespective of any official complaint. Such services could be provided in addition to, or as an integrated part of, general victim support services, which may call on existing entities providing specialist support. In this regard, cooperation, coordination and a comprehensive support framework, including specific and clear referral pathways across all kinds of support as well as medical services are essential. Specialist support may be provided by national authorities, victims’ support organisations, or other non- governmental organisations. They should be granted sufficient, predictable and sustainable human and financial resources and, where the services are provided by non-governmental organisations, Member States should ensure that they receive appropriate funds, with adequately trained and specialised staff.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 525 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
(49) Specialist support services, including shelters and, rape crisis centres, helplines and victims’ advice centres should be considered essential during crises and states of emergency, including during health crises. These services should continue to be offered in these situations, where instances of domestic violence and violence against women tend to surge. Taking stock of the lessons learned of the COVID-19 pandemic, when gender-based violence was considered the “shadow pandemic”, Member States should work towards a specific EU protocol on violence against women in times of crisis and emergency.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 532 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
(50) The traumatic nature of sexual violence, including rape, requires a particularly sensitive response by trained and specialised staff. Victims of this type of violence need immediate medical care, comprehensive and long-lasting medical care, including sexual and reproductive healthcare as part of the clinical management of rape, emergency contraception, post-exposure prophylaxis, access to safe and legal abortion, and trauma support combined with immediate forensic examinations to collect the evidence needed for prosecution. Rape crisis centres or sexual violence referral centres should be available in sufficient numbers and adequately spread over the territory of each Member State. Similarly, victims of female genital mutilaWhere a Member State's national law allows a competent health professional, or on some occasions entire medical institutions, whto are often girls, typically are in need of targeted support. Therefore, Member States should ensure they provide dedicated support tailored to these victimfuse to provide sexual and reproductive healthcare on the basis of the so-called conscience clause, which leads to the denial of abortion care on grounds of religion or conscience, Member States should ensure that the ‘conscience’ clause does not put women’s timely access to SRH care at risk, by providing viable, effective and accessible alternative abortion services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 539 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 a (new)
(50a) Similarly, victims of female genital mutilation, who are often girls, as well as victims of forced sterilisation typically are in need of targeted support. Therefore, Member States should ensure they provide dedicated support tailored to these victims and that those specialist support services are carried out with the highest standards of privacy, intimacy and confidentiality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 540 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 b (new)
(50b) Specialist support services for victims of cyberviolence should be appropriately equipped and easily accessible to offer psychological support, legal counselling and assistance for obtaining judicial orders for removal or disabling access to certain online material, assisting in the communication with relevant online intermediary service providers, including using notice and action mechanisms, and where relevant, assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence. Cyber- violence is believe to be a more significant problem than what data currently suggest due to underreporting and its normalisation, therefore, it is of the highest importance for Member States to be equipped to be able to offer adequate support services to victims and counter this trend.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 547 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
(52) Member States should ensure that national helplines are operated under the EU-harmonised number [116016] and this number is widely advertised as a public numberavailable for the victims of violence against women and domestic violence, free of charge and available round-the-clock. The support provided should include crisis counselling and should be able to refer to face-to-face services, such as shelters, counselling centres or the police. Member States should continue supporting existing specialised helplines on violence against women and domestic violence, run by non-governmental organisations or specialist support services, already playing a key role in counselling as well as supporting, advising and informing victims. Member States should ensure that their national helpline or helplines are connected to the EU harmonised number 116016 and that the end-users are adequately informed of the existence and use of such number. Member States may choose to keep their national helpline number or numbers and link it with the EU harmonised number. Member States shall ensure that national helplines are equipped to provide support also to persons not speaking the national language or languages, including through the option of telephone interpretation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 560 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
(53) Shelters play a vital role in protecting victims from acts of violence. Beyond providing a safe place to stay, shelters should provide the necessary support concerning interlocking problems related to victims’ health, financial situationincluding psychological health, financial situation, support in court proceedings and the well- being of their children, ultimately preparing victims for an autonomous life. Member States should ensure availability of women-only shelters, guaranteeing their sufficient geographical distribution and capacity. Shelters should also be adequately equipped to provide accommodation for victims with children.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 569 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 a (new)
(54a) Member States should ensure that in the legal process determining custody and rights of access, the relevant competent authorities take into account all incidents of violence against women or domestic violence, including when the child is a witness, as well as any restraining or protection orders issued. Criminal proceedings arising from a complaint about violence against women or domestic violence should be dealt in coordination with separation and custody proceedings to avoid situations where shared custody of the children is ordered and/or visitation rights imposed, endangering the rights and safety of both victims and their children. Risk assessments should also be carried out in the process of determining custody and rights of access of children, including for avoiding cases of vicarious violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 570 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54 b (new)
(54b) During legal proceedings in relation to custody or access rights of children of victims of violence against women and domestic violence, courts and professionals should not use the ‘parental alienation syndrome’ or other similar concepts to deny child custody to the mother and grant it to a father accused of domestic violence, disregarding the possible risks for the child. GREVIO has noted that, for example, non-specialist courts have less understanding of the traumatic consequences for children of witnessing violence, often wrongfully attributing the children’s trauma response to ‘parental alienation syndrome’1a. _________________ 1a https://rm.coe.int/prems-055022-gbr- 2574-rapportmultiannuelgrevio-texte- web-16x24/1680a6e183
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 576 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55
(55) In order to ensure the safety of children during possible visits with an offender or suspect who is a holder of parental responsibility with rights of access, Member States should ensure that supervised neutral places, including child protection or welfare offices, are made available so that such visits can take place there in the best interests of the child. If needed, tThe visits should take place in the presence of child protection or welfare officials. Where it is necessary to provide for interim accommodation, children should as a priority be accommodated together with the holder of parental responsibility who is not the offender or suspect, such as the child’s mother. The best interest of the child should be always taken into accouprevail over a request of shared custody or rights of access of the violent parent.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 589 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
(56) Victims with specific needs and groups at risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women with disabilities, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applicants for international protection, women fleeing armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, with no or low income, with a minority racial or ethnic background, living in rural areas, women sex workers, sexual or gender-identity minorities, detainees, or older women, should receive specific protection and support.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 600 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
(58) Member States should ensure that preventive measures, such as awareness- raising campaigns, are taken to counter violence against women and domestic violence. P are based on a three- pronged approach including primary, secondary as well as tertiary prevention, and ensure their adequate coordination. Primary preventive measures should aim to prevent violence from ever occurring, including through awareness-raising campaigns. Primary prevention should also take place in both in and outside formal education, in particular, through strengthening sexage-appropriate comprehensive sexuality and relationship education, equality education and socio- emotional competencies, empathy and developing healthy and respectful relationships. Secondary preventive measures shall be aimed at early detection of violence and prevention of its progression or escalation while tertiary prevention shall be focused on prevention of reoffending and revictimisation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 621 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
(60) In order to ensure victims of violence against women and domestic violence are identified and receive appropriate support, Member States should ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims receive adequate and tailored training and targeted information. Trainings should cover the risk and prevention of intimidation, repeat and secondary victimisation and the availability of protection and support measures for victims. Specific attention should be given to specialised training of competent authorities entering in contact with the victims, especially with the aim of facilitating the reporting of such offences and enabling swift and appropriate follow-up actions. Trainings should also cover elements on gender equality and discrimination, including intersectional discrimination, as well as prevention and identification of sexual harassment of the most marginalised groups, who are often the less believed when reporting, such as women with disabilities. To prevent and appropriately address instances of sexual harassment at work, persons with supervisory functions should also receive training. These trainings should also cover assessments regarding sexual harassment at work and associated psychosocial safety and health risks as referred to under Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council45 . Training activities should also cover the risk of third party violence. Third party violence refers to violence which staff may suffer at the workplace, not at the hands of a co-worker, and includes cases, such as nurses sexually harassed by a patient. Training materials and activities should be regularly reviewed in consultation with victims, specialist services and other relevant actors. _________________ 45 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 629 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
(61) In order to counteract underreporting, Member States should also liaise with law enforcement and judicial authorities in the development of trainings in particular regarding harmful gender stereotypes, but also in the prevention of offences, given their typical close contact with groups at risk of violence and victims. Specific guidelines for law enforcement and judicial authorities concerning the proceedings in cases of violence against women and domestic violence should also be developed by Member States.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 640 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62
(62) Intervention programmes should be set up, with trained and skilled professionals, in close cooperation with specialist support services for victims, to prevent and minimise the risk of (repeated) offences of violence against women or domestic violence. The programmes should specifically aim at teaching offenders or those at risk of offending how to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships and how to counter violent behavioural patterns. Programmes should encourage offenders to take responsibility for their actions and examine their attitudes and beliefs towards women.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 642 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62 a (new)
(62a) The commitment of Member States in preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence should be shown by the development of national strategies in this regard. All Member States should have national strategies on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence. These strategies should lay down their priorities, roles and coordination between competent authorities, specialist support services and civil society, coordination between criminal and civil proceedings in this area, among other topics. National strategies should be reviewed and updated regularly.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 643 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 62 b (new)
(62b) All measures included in this Directive need to be accompanied by sufficient, predictable and sustainable funding. This is especially important to ensure that national authorities and specialised support service providers, including non-governmental women´s specialist services, have sufficient funding and human, technical and technological resources for the effective and comprehensive implementation of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 655 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 65
(65) Member States should ensure that the data collected are limited to what is strictly necessary in relation to supporting thefor monitoring of the prevalence and trends of violence against women and domestic violence, as well as the adequacy of responses and efficiency of law enforcement processes in this regard, and design new policy strategies in this field. When sharing the data collected, no personal data should be included. Publishing on a regular basis and making available in an accessible manner national data in relation to violence against women and domestic violence is of outmost importance.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 669 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the rights of victims of all forms of violence against women or domestic violence before, during or after criminal proceedingthe offence occurs;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 673 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) victims’ protection and, victims’ support. and prevention and early intervention;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 686 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. When implementing the measures under this Directive, Member States shall take into consideration the increased risk of violence faced by victims experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds, such as those referred to in Article 35(1), so as to cater to their enhanced protection and support needs, as set out in Article 18(4), Article 27(5) and Article 37(7).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 698 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) “violence against women” is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and means gender-based violence, that is directed against a woman or a girl because she is a woman or a girl or that affects women or girls disproportionately, including all acts of such violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 714 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “domestic violence” means all acts of violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering,violence that occur within the family or domestic unit, irrespective of biological or legal family ties, or between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the offender shares or has shared a residence with the victim;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 734 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) “providers of intermediary services” means providers of the intermediary services as defined in Article 23 point (fg) of Regulation (EU) YYYY/XXX2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council51 [Regulation on a Single Market for Digital Services]; _________________ 51 Regulation (EU) YYYY/XXX of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market for Digital Services (OJ L …).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 759 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) engaging with a woman in any non- consensual act of vaginal, anal or oral penetration of a sexual nature, with any bodily part or object;, or engaging in any other non-consensual act of a sexual nature that is, in view of the gravity of the act, comparable to penetration.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 763 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) causing a woman to engage with another person in any non-consensual act of vaginal, anal or oral penetration of a sexual nature, with any bodily part or object, or engaging in any other non- consensual act of a sexual nature that is, in view of the gravity of the act, comparable to penetration.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 777 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Consent can be withdrawn at any moment during the act. The absence of consent cannot be refuted exclusively by the woman’s silence, verbal or physical non-resistance or past sexual conduct, or existing or past relationship with the offender, including marital or any other partnership status. Consent shall be given for each separate act.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 802 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Forced sterilisation 1. Member States shall ensure that the following intentional conduct is punishable as a criminal offence: (a) performing surgery which has the purpose or effect of terminating a woman’s or girl´s capacity to naturally reproduce without her prior and informed consent or understanding of the procedure; (b) coercing or procuring a woman or a girl to undergo the acts referred to in point (a). 2. Member States shall ensure that the prior and informed consent of the woman to undergo the procedure referred to in point (a) cannot be substituted by the consent of a legal guardian.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 811 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 b (new)
Article 6 b Forced prostitution Member States shall ensure that the following conduct is punishable as a criminal offence: a) causing a woman to involuntarily offer and/ or provide sexual services against any form of remuneration for the profit of a third party.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 813 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 c (new)
Article 6 c Denial of safe and legal abortion Member States shall ensure that the following conduct is punishable as a criminal offence: a) denial by health institutions to provide health services related to sexual and reproductive health of patients, including safe and legal abortion and/or post- abortion care, putting the patient´s physical integrity, reproductive health or life at risk.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 824 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) making intimate images, or videos or other material depicting sexual activitiesterial or material of sexual nature, of another person without that person’s consent accessible to a multitude ofother end-users by means of information and communication technologies;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 836 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) producing or manipulating and subsequently making accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, images, videos or other materialntimate material or material of sexual nature, making it appear as though another person is engaged in sexual activitiesin it, without that person’s consent;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 844 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) non-consensual sending of intimate material to another person by means of information and communication technologies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 854 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) making material containing the personal data of another person, without that person’s consent, accessible to a multitude of end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, for the purpose of inciting those end-users to cause physical or significant psychological harm to the person.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 862 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Doxing Member States shall ensure that making personal data or material containing personal data of another person, without that person’s consent, accessible to other end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, for the purpose of inciting those end-users to cause physical, psychological harm to the person is punishable as a criminal offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 871 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) initiating an attack with third parties directed at another person, by making threatening or insulting material accessible to a multitude ofother end- users, by means of information and communication technologies, with the effect of causing significant psychological harm to the attacked person;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 876 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) participating with third parties in attacks referred to in point (a).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 888 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to assess whether a conduct referred to in paragraph 1 qualifies as incitement to violence or hatred, Member States shall encourage the use of the following criteria: the social and political context of the message, status of the speaker, content and form of the speech act as well as the likelihood of harm, including imminence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 893 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that inciting and aiding and abetting the commission of any of the criminal offences referred to in Articles 5 to 910 are punishable as criminal offences.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 896 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that an attempt to commit any of the criminal offences referred to in Articles 5 and 6, 6a and 6b is punishable as a criminal offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 901 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offence referred to in Article 5 is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 810 years of imprisonment and at least 105 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 903 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that an offender of the criminal offence referred to in Article 5, who has previously been convicted of offences of the same nature,s under the scope of this directive mandatorily participates in an intervention programme referred to in Article 38.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 913 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offence referred to in Article 6 and 6a is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 5 years of imprisonment and at least 710 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 915 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offence referred to in Article 6b is punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 6 years of imprisonment and at least 8 years of imprisonment if the offence was committed under aggravating circumstances referred to in Article 13.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 918 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offences referred to in Articles 87, 8, 8a, 9 and 10 are punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 2 years of imprisonment.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 920 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that the criminal offences referred to in Articles 7 and 9 are punishable by a maximum penalty of at least 1 year of imprisonment.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 928 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the offence was committed against a person made vulnerable by particular circumstances, such as a situation of dependence, including with reference to residence status, or a state of physical, mental, intellectual or sensory disability, or living in institutional care facilities, including retirement homes, children´s homes, reception centres for migrants or asylum seekers and detention facilities;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 936 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) the offence was committed with the use or threat of using a weapon; against the victim or their relatives or persons in close relationship with the victim;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 938 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the offence was committed with the use of force or threats to use force, including against the victim´s relatives or persons in close relationship with the victim, or coercion;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 945 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) the offence was committed against a former or current spouse or partnerintimate partner or cohabitant;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 972 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period for criminal offences referred to in Article 6, 6a, 6b and 6c of at least 10 years from the time when the offence was committed.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 976 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period for criminal offences referred to in Articles 7, 8, 8a, 9 and 910 of at least 57 years after the criminal offence has ceased or the victim has become aware of it.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 977 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period for the criminal offences referred to in Articles 8 and 10, of at least 7 years after the criminal offence has ceased or the victim has become aware of it.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 987 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. In addition to the rights of victims when making a complaint under Article 5 of Directive 2012/29/EU, Member States shall ensure that all victims, including those referred to in Article 35(1), can report criminal offences of violence against women or domestic violence to the competent authorities in an easy, safe and accessible manner. This shall include the possibility of reporting criminal offences online or through other accessible and secure information and communication technologies, including the possibility to submit evidence, in particular concerning reporting of criminal offences of cyber violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1006 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the confidentiality rules imposed by national law on relevant professionals, such as healthcare and education professionals, do not constitute an obstacle to their reporting to the competent authorities if they have reasonable grounds to believe that there is an imminent risk that serious physical harm will be inflicted on a person due to their being subject to any of the offences covered under this Directive. If the victim is a child, the relevant professionals shall be able to report to the competent authorities if they have reasonable grounds to believe that a seriousn act of violence covered under this Directive has been committed or further serious acts of violence are to be expected.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1009 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States shall ensure that an adequate individual assessment of the victim´s risk and protection and support needs is carried out to ensure the safety of the victim and their dependants.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1018 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities coming in contact with a victim reporting offences of violence against women or domestic violence are prohibited from transferring personal data pertaining to the residence status of the victim to competent migration authorities, at least until completion of the first individual assessment referred to in Article 18.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1026 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that persons, units or services investigating and prosecuting violence against women or domestic violence have sufficient resources, expertise and effective investigative tools to effectively investigate and prosecute such crimes, especially to gather, analyse and secure electronic evidence in cases of cyber violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1029 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that reported offences of violence against women or domestic violence are processed and transferred without delay to the competent authorities for the adoption of prostecution and investigameasures for the victim, investigation and prosecution.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1031 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authorities shall promptly and effectively record and investigate allegations of violence against women or domestic violence and ensure that an official complaint is filed in all casesinternal system in all cases, even when the victim does not wish to bring criminal charges at that point in time.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1039 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities shall promptly refer victims to relevant health care professionals or specialist support services referred to in Articles 27, 28, 29 and 29a to assist in securing evidence, in particular in cases of sexual violence, w. Where the victim does not wishes to bring charges and make use of such services. immediately, they shall be provided with all relevant information on the options of securing and storing evidence for an eventual future criminal proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1046 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. Investigations into or prosecution of offences referred to in Articles 5 to 10 shall not be dependent on reporting or accusation by a victim or by their representative, and c. Criminal proceedings related to offences referred to in Articles 5, 6, 6a shall continue even if the report or accusation has been withdrawn.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1048 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Member State shall take all necessary legal and other measures to ensure that victims may testify in the courtroom without being present or at least without the presence of the alleged offender, notably through the use of appropriate communication technologies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1050 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Member States shall designate, train and provide resources for a sufficient number of specialised staff within its law enforcement authorities, prosecutors, and judicial authorities. Member States shall consider establishing dedicated units within law enforcement authorities, designating specialised prosecutors as well as creating specialist courts or chambers on violence against women and domestic violence, with jurisdiction over both civil and criminal procedures to allow a holistic approach to combat such offences.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1051 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Member States shall ensure that the investigation of the offences referred to in Articles 7 to 10 is carried out diligently in order to prevent inadequate investigation from effectively prosecuting such offences and increasing impunity.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1052 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a Prohibition of mandatory alternative dispute resolution Member States shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to prohibit mandatory alternative dispute resolution processes in relation to all forms of violence against women and domestic violence covered by the scope of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1059 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. This individual assessment shall be initiated immediately upon the first contact of the victim with the competent authorities. The competent judicial authorities shall verify at the latest at the initiation of criminal proceedings whether an assessment has been conducted. If this has not been the case, they shall promptly remedy the situation by undertaking an assessment as soon as possibleimmediately.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1062 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The individual assessment shall focus on the risk emanating from the offender or suspect, including the risk of repeated violence, lethality risk, the risk of bodily or psychological harm, the use of weapons, the offender or suspect living with the victim, an offender or suspect’s drug or alcohol misuse, child abuse, mental health issues or behaviour of stalking, or the withdrawal of complaints, the resumption of cohabitation and the victim's resignation on the protection measures granted.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1065 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. The assessment shall take into account the victim’s individual circumstances, including whether they experience discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds and therefor whether they have specific needs ore face a heightened risk of violence, such as the cases referred to in Article 35(1), as well as the victim’s own account and assessment of the situation. It shall be conducted in the best interest of the victim, as well as their dependants, and paying special attention to the need to avoid secondary or repeated victimisation. The individual assesment shall also take into consideration the financial, legal, emotional, social, physical and psychological impact on the victim.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1073 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) the granting of emergency barring and restraining or protection orders and the use of arrest and detention pursuant to Article 21 of this Directive;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1087 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 7
7. Competent authorities shall update the individual assessment at regular intervals, especially in the case of changes in custody or rights of access, to ensure the protection measures relate to the victim’s current situation. This shall include an assessment of whether protection measures, in particular under Article 21, need to be adapted or taken.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1092 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Relevant authorities and specialised services shall ensure the provision of coordinated protection and support measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1094 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, taking into account the individual assessment referred to in Article 18, the competent authorities together with specialist support services, including women’s specialist services, assess the victim’s and their dependant’s individual needs for support at regular intervals as provided for under Chapter 4.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1096 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Article 18(4), (6) and (7) shall apply to the individual assessment of support needs under paragraph 1 of this Article.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1103 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. If the assessments referred to in Articles 18 and 19 have identified specific support or protection needs or if the victim requests support, Member States shall ensure that specialist support services contact victims to offer support immediately, with the victim´s knowledge and considering the risks identified in the individual assessment.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1116 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Where needed, they shall be able to refer child victims, including witnesses, to specialist support services without the prior consent of the violent holder of parental responsibility. In this case, the protection and support needs of the non-violent parent and their dependants shall be assessed and ensured in parallel.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1123 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1130 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities can issue restraining or protection orders to provide long-term protection for victims or their dependants against any acts of violence covered by this Directive, including by prohibiting or restraining certain dangerous behaviour of the offender or suspect. Restraining and protection orders shall be adopted whenever the situation of risk to the victim makes it advisable, regardless of whether the victim has filed a complaint.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1136 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall encourage the use of electronic monitoring to ensure the enforcement of measures referred to in paragraph 1 and 2, including during pre-trial periods.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1137 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities use arrest and detention of the offender or suspect without delay in situations of immediate danger for the victim or their dependants, for the purposes of preserving evidence or considering the results of the risk assessment.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1140 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Member States shall ensure that the shared custody or the rights of access of the suspect violent parent are suspended during the duration of protection measures referred to in this Article.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1143 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities inform victims of the possibility to apply for emergency barring and restraining or protection orders, as well as the possibility to seek cross-border recognition of protection orders pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU or Regulation (EU) No 606/2013. Member States shall ensure the effective cross-border recognition of protection orders in a consistent manner.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1153 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1162 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1164 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) how to ensure an efficient and proper assessment and application of the emergency barring, restraining and protection orders referred to in Article 21;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1184 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) how to refer victims to specialist support services, to ensure the appropriate treatment of victims and handling of cases of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1186 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) how to swiftly coordinate different legal proceedings linked to the case of violence against women or domestic violence, especially with regards to the proceedings on custody and rights of access of children.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1191 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The guidelines shall be elaborated and reviewed and, where necessary updated, on a regular basis, in light of their practical application, in consultation and cooperation with women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1194 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that all competent authorities acting in criminal proceedings, including prosecutorial and judicial authorities, are properly and regularly trained in line with the guidelines referred to in paragraph 1, in cooperation with women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1195 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1197 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall designate and make the necessary arrangement for a body or bodies or other specialised relevant actors to carry out the following tasks:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1201 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) provide support with data collection and exchange available information with corresponding European bodies such as the European Institute for Gender Equality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1204 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) provide training to relevant competent authorities;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1205 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) monitoring of the transposition of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1207 #

2022/0066(COD)

2. Member States shall ensure that the bodies or other specialised relevant actors referred to in paragraph 1 can act on behalf or in support of one or several victims of violence against women or domestic violence in judicial proceedings, including for the application for compensation referred to in Article 26 and removal of online content referred to in Article 25, with the victims’ approval.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1212 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure the prompt removal of material referred to in Article 7, points (a) and (b), Article 8a, Articles 9, points (c),a) and Articles 9(b) and 10. Those measures shall include the possibility for their competent judicial authorities to issue, upon application by the victim, binding legal orders to remove or disable access to such material addressed to relevant providers of intermediary services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1213 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that orders referred to in paragraph 1 can be issued in interim proceedings, even prior to the termination of any criminal proceedings regarding the offences referred to in Article 7, points (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 where the judicial authority seized considers that:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1214 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it has been presented with sufficient evidence to justify the conclusion that the conduct referred to in Article 7, points (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 likely took place in respect of the applicant and that the material that is the object of the application constitutes material as referred to in those articles;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1217 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that orders referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 are valid for an appropriate time period not exceeding one year, subject to renewal for an additional appropriate time period, upon application by the victim, where the judicial authority seized considers that the conditions of paragraph 2 continue to be met. Member States shall ensure that, where criminal proceedings regarding the offences referred to in Article 7, point (a), (b), Article 8a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 conclude with a finding that such an offence has been committed, the orders referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 become permanent. However, Member States shall ensure that, where criminal proceedings regarding the offences referred to in Article 7, point (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10 are terminated without leading to the finding of such an offence having been committed, the orders are invalidated and the provider of intermediary services concerned is informed thereof.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1221 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that the end-users of the relevant services are who made the material subject to judicial order available online is informed, where appropriate by the intermediary service providers concerned, of the reasons for the removal of or disabling access to the material pursuant to the orders or other measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 and that those end- users haves access to judicial redress.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1223 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that evidence is obtained and secured without undue delay after the offence is reported. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the removal of or disabling access to the material pursuant to the orders or other measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 does not prevent the competent authorities from obtaining or securing the evidence necessary for the investigation and prosecution of the offences referred to in Article7, points (a) and (b), Article 8, point (c), Article 9a, Article 9, point (a) and (b) or Article 10.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1228 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that all victims have the right to claim full compensation from offenders for damages resulting from all forms of violence against women or domestic violence. Member States shall ensure that when an offender, for any reason, does not abide by the decision to pay compensation to the victim within the agreed timeframe, the State takes over this obligation and takes all appropriate actions to reclaim it from the offender.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1234 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. The damage shall include costs for healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive and psychological health services, support services, rehabilitation, loss of income and other reasonable costs that have arisen as a result of the offence or to manage its consequences. The amount of the damages awarded shall also compensate for physical and/or psychological harm, social harm and moral prejudice.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1237 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The limitation periods for bringing a claim for compensation shall be no less than 5 years from the time the offence has taken placethose for enabling the investigation, prosecution, trial and judicial decision for the respective offences, as referred to in Article 15.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1239 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In cases of sexual violence, the limitation period shall be no less than 10 years.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1241 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The limitation period for bringing a claim for compensation of criminal offences referred to in Article 7, 8, 8a, 9 and 10 shall commence with the victim’s knowledge of the offence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1246 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that specialist support services referred to in Article 9(3) of Directive 2012/29/EU are available for all victims of acts of violence covered by this Directive. The specialist support services shall provide, inter alia:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1251 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) advice and, information and support on any relevant legal and/or practical matters arising as a result of the crime, including on access to housing, education, training and assistance to remain in or find employmentsuch as legal and psychological counselling, consultation on safety of the victim as well as their dependants, access to appropriate and accessible housing, healthcare, education, training and assistance to remain in or find employment, options for childcare as well as financial assistance and benefits;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1258 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) immediate gender-sensitive support based on the victim´s needs, including safe shelters or first-hand medical care;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1263 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) referrals to medical forensic examinations and comprehensive healthcare services;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1264 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) where relevant, referrals to relevant specialist support services, such as specialist support services for victims of sexual violence, victims of female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation, victims of sexual harassment at work, victims of cyber violence, shelters, support centres, including for children, and primary prevention services;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1276 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that all of the specialist support services referred to in paragraph 1 are available within their territory and organised and geographically distributed in such a way as to ensure reasonable distances and capacity for victims. Particular attention shall be given to making the services accessible to women in rural and remote areas.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1280 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Specialist support referred to in paragraph 1 shall be offered in-person and shall be easily accessible, including online or through other adequate means, such as information and communication technologies, tailored to the needs of victims of violence against women and domestic violence, including those with disabilities and living in institutional care facilities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1281 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The provision of specialist support services as referred to in Chapter 4 of this Directive shall not be conditional on the victim´s willingness to file a complaint against the offender, shall be free of charge and available round the clock (24/7).
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1283 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure sufficient human andthat all specialist support services have sufficient human resources, with adequately trained and specialised staff as well as sufficient, predictable, and sustainable financial resources to provide the services referred to in paragraph 1, especially those referred to in point (c) of that paragraph, including where such services are provided by non- governmental organisations.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1287 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall provide the protection and specialist support services necessary to comprehensively address the multiple needs of victims at the same premises, or have such services coordinated through a central contact point, or through one-stop online access to such services, and that clear referral pathways are established across all kinds of support as well as medical services. Such combined offering of services shall include at least first hand medical care and social services, psychosocial support, legal, and police services. When planning the organisation of specialist support services, Member States shall take into account the structures and combinations of the existing specialised support services provided by non-governmental organisations and types of specialised support services offered by them.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1292 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall issue guidelines and protocols for healthcare and socialall relevant professionals, including healthcare, social services, and child protection or welfare services professionals on identifying and providing appropriate gender-sensitive support to victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence, including on referring victims to the relevant support services and avoiding secondary victimisation. Such guidelines and protocols shall also indicate how to address the specific needs of victims who are at an increased risk of such violence as a result of their experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds of discrimination. Such guidelines shall be elaborated and reviewed and, where necessary updated, on a regular basis, in light of their practical application, in consultation and cooperation with women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors, based on evidence, their expertise and best practices and taking into consideration the process and content of the individual assessment of protection and support needs, as referred to in Article 18 and 19.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1296 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that specialist support services remain fully operational for victims of violence against women and domestic violence in times of crisis, such as health crises or other states of emergency. Member State shall work towards a specific EU protocol on violence against women in times of crisis and emergency, taking into account the lessons learnt during previous crisis situations or emergencies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1304 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that specialist support services are available to victims before, during and for an appropriafter time after criminal proceedinghe offence occurs.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1312 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for appropriately equipped, resourced and easily accessible rape crisis centres or sexual violence referral centres to ensure effective support to victims of sexual violence, including assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence. These centres shall provide for: a) medical care and forensic examinations, trauma support and psychological counsellwhile ensuring the victim's free and informed consent to any medical treatment, b) sexual and reproductive healthcare, including, after the offence has been perpetrated and for as longccess to emergency contraception, screening and post- exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections and diseases as well as neaccessary thereafter. Where the victim is a child, such services shall be to safe and legal abortion. c) intersectional trauma support and psychological counselling, as well as d) accompaniment throughout judicial providceed in a child-friendly manner.gs, where the victim decides to bring charges,
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1321 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The services referred to in paragraph 1 shall be available after the offence has been perpetrated and for as long as necessary thereafter, free of charge and accessible round-the-clock (24/7) every day of the week. They may be part of the services referred to in Article 27. Where the victim is a child, such services shall be provided in a child- friendly manner and be provided together with specialist support services for children.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1323 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where a Member State's national law allows a competent health professional, or on some occasions entire medical institutions, to refuse to provide sexual and reproductive healthcare on the basis of the so-called conscience clause, which leads to the denial of abortion care on grounds of religion or conscience, Member States should ensure that the conscience clause does not put women’s timely access to SRH care at risk, by providing other viable, effective and accessible abortion services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1330 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1332 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure effective, accessible, age-appropriate support to victims of female genital mutilation and forced sterilisation, including by providing, gynaecological and obstetric, sexological, psychological and intersectional trauma care and counselling tailored to the specific needs of such victims, after the offence has been perpetrated and for as long as necessary thereafter. TIn cases of female genital mutilation, this shall also include the provision of information on units in public hospitals that perform genital and clitoral reconstructive surgery. Such support may be provided by the referral centres referred to in Article 28 or any dedicated health centre. Such specialist support shall be carried out with the highest standards of privacy, intimacy and confidentiality.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1337 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Article 27(3) and (6) and Article 28(2) shall be applicable to the provision of support for victims of female genital mutilation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1338 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Specialist support for victims of cyberviolence 1. Member States shall provide for appropriately equipped, easily accessible cyber violence centres to ensure effective support to victims of cyber violence, including psychological support, legal counselling and assistance for obtaining judicial orders for removal or disabling access to certain online material as referred to in Article 25, assisting in the communication with relevant online intermediary service providers, including using notice and action mechanisms, and where relevant, assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence. Such support may be part of services referred to in Article 27. 2. Article 27 shall be applicable to the provision of support for victims of female genital mutilation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1343 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1349 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that safe, confidential and effective complaint and investigation mechanisms are available for victims and that external counselling services are available for victims and employers in cases of sexual harassment atin the world of work. These services shall include advice on adequately preventing and addressing such instances atin the workplaceld of work, on legal remedies available to the employer to remove the offender from the workplace and providing the possibility of early conciliation, if the victim so wishes.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1352 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member states shall ensure that counselling services and employers treat cases of sexual harassment at work confidentially.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1360 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set up state- wide round-the-clock (24/7) telephone helplines, free of charge, to provide advicespecialist advice, information and counselling for victims of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence by trained professionals. Advice shall be provided confidentially or with due regard for their anonymity. Member States shall ensure the provision of such service also through other secure and accessible information and communication technologies, including online applications, in order to ensure a wide variety of contact options for the victims, including victims with disabilities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1363 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Provisions in paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to other existing helplines specialised on violence against women or domestic violence within a Member State, including those run by non-governmental organisations, and shall not lead to withdrawal of their support by Member States.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1365 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall ensure that national helplines are equipped to provide support also to persons not speaking the national language or languages.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1373 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. The shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations as provided for in Article 9(3), point (a), of Directive 2012/29/EU shall address the specific needs of women victims of domestic violence and sexual violenceviolence against women and domestic violence. Member States shall ensure the availability of women-only shelters and other interim accommodations. Such shelters shall be adequately equipped to provide accommodation for victims with children. They shall assist them in their recovery, providing safe, adequate and appropriate living conditions with a view on a return to independent living.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1381 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations shall be equipped to accommodate the specific needs ofrights and needs of persons with disabilities as well as children, including child victims.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1386 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. The shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations shall be available to all victims regardless of their nationality, citizenship, place of residence or residence status.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1389 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 4
4. Article 27 (1), (2), (3) and (6) shall apply to shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1400 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Child victims shall be provided with age-appropriate medical care, emotional, psychosocial, psychological and educational support, as well as any other appropriate support tailored in particular to situations of domestic violence, and in all stages of investigations and judicial proceedings.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1413 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Member States shall establish and maintain safe places which allow a safe contact between a child and a holder of parental responsibilities who is an offender or suspect of violence against women or domestic violence, to the extent that the latter has rights of access. Member States shall ensure supervision by trained professionals, as appropriate, and in the best interests of the child, at the same time allowing for avoidance of contact between the offender or suspect and the non-violent parent or their relatives when accompanying the child to the meeting.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1418 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, in parallel with the proceedings against the offender or suspect of violence against women or domestic violence who is a holder of parental responsibilities, child protection or welfare authorities take action ex officio with the aim to examine the custody and rights of access of the violent parent, in the best interest of the child, including in cases where the child is a witness of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1421 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall take the necessary legislative and other measures to ensure that in the process of determining custody and rights of access, the relevant competent authorities take into account all incidents of violence against women or domestic violence, including where the child is a witness, as well as any restraining or protection orders issued.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1423 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Member States shall ensure that when establishing the arrangements for custody allocation and access rights, the protection of women and children from violence and the best interests of the child are the primary concern and take precedence over other criteria. The best interest of the child shall prevail over a request of shared custody or rights of access with the violent parent.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1425 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 c (new)
The competent authorities, child protection or welfare services and other relevant specialised services shall conduct risk assessments in the process of determining custody and the rights of access in cases of violence against women and domestic violence, especially regarding vicarious violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1426 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1 d (new)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that non-scientific theories and concepts, including parental alienation syndrome or any other related concept, when determining custody and rights of access in cases involving violence against women and domestic violence are not recognised in their judicial practice and law.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1432 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure the provision of specific support to victims at an increased risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women with disabilities, women living in rural areas, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applying for international protection, women fleeing from armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, women with no or low income, women with a minority racial or ethnic background, or women from sexual or gender-identity minorities, women sex workers, women detainees, or older women.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1438 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. The support services under Articles 27 to 32 shall be sufficiently, predictably and sustainably funded to have sufficient capacities to accommodate and assist victims with disabilities, taking into consideration their specific needs, including personal assistance.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1445 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that persons can report occurrences of violence against women or domestic violence in reception and detention centres as well as in institutional care facilities to the relevant staff and that protocols are in place to adequately and swiftly address such reports in accordance with the requirements in Article 18, 19 and 20.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1452 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take all appropriate and targeted actions to prevent violence against women and domestic violence, based on a three-pronged approach including primary, secondary as well as tertiary prevention, and ensure their adequate coordination. All these measures shall be developed in cooperation with relevant professionals, civil society organisations, women´s specialist services, social partners, impacted communities and other relevant stakeholders, be evidence-based and implemented in a gender- and trauma- sensitive manner.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1456 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 2
2. Primary preventive measures shall be aimed at preventing violence from ever occurring and shall include awareness- raising campaigns, to increasearch and education programmes, where appropriate developed in cooperation with relevant civil society organisations, social partners, impacted communities and other stakeholder understanding among the general public of the different manifestations of all forms of violence and their consequences, and social protection policies, research on risk and protective factors of violence against women and domestic violence, and education programmes throughout life cycle adapted to the capacity of learners, especially age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality and relationship education and equality education both in and outside of formal education as well as programmes on prevention-relevant skills.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1464 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Secondary preventive measures shall be aimed at early detection of violence and prevention of its progression or escalation while tertiary prevention shall be focused on prevention of reoffending and revictimisation, as well as at proper management of consequences of the violence. These measures shall include, among others, promotion of bystander intervention, early intervention centres as well as intervention programmes as referred to in Article 38.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1468 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall make information on preventive measures, the rights of victims, access to justice and to a lawyer, and the available protection and support measures available to the general publicand easily accessible to the general public, via various medias, in relevant languages and in different formats, including in formats accessible to persons with disabilities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1475 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. Targeted action shall be addressed to groups at risk,with specific needs and groups at risk, such as those referred to in Article 35 (1) and including children, according to their age and maturity, and persons with disabilities, taking into consideration language barriers and different levels of literacy and abilities. Information for children shall be formulated in a child- friendly way.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1482 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 5
5. PAll preventive measures shall in particular aim at challenging harmful gender stereotypes, educating on the concept of consent, promoting equality between women and men, encouraging all, including men and boys, to act as positive role models to support corresponding behaviour changes across society as a whole in line with the objectives of this directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1490 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 6
6. Preventive measures shall develop and/or increase sensitivity about the harmful practice of female genital mutilation and forced sterilisation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1496 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 7
7. Preventive measures shall also specifically address cyber violence. In particular, Member States shall ensure that education measures include the development of digital literacy skills, including critical engagement with the digital world and critical thinking, to enable users to identify and address cases of cyber violence as well as to recognise its different forms, seek support and prevent its perpetration. Member States shall foster multidisciplinary and stakeholder cooperation, including intermediary services and competent authorities to develop and implement measures to tackle cyber violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1510 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims, including law enforcement authorities, court staff, judges and prosecutors, lawyers, prevention workers, providers of victim support and restorative justice services, healthcare professionals, social services, educational and other relevant staff, receive both general and specialist training and targeted information to a level appropriate to their contacts with victims, to enable them to identify, prevent and address instances of violence against women or domestic violence, avoid further violence or revictimisationd to treat victims in a trauma- , gender-, disability- and child- sensitive manner and to inform the victims of their rights.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1516 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that the authorities competent for receiving reports of offences from victims are appropriately trained to facilitate and assist in the reporting of such crimes.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1517 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States shall ensure that competent authorities in charge of carrying out individual assessment of victim´s protection needs, as referred to in Article 18, receive specialised training both on physical and non-physical forms of violence, such as psychological violence or controlling or coercive behaviour, as well as on harmful gender stereotypes, in order to enable swift and appropriate follow-up actions.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1522 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Relevant health professionals, including paediatricians , gynaecologists, obstetriciand, midwives, and sexologists shall receive targeted training to identify and address, in a cultural-sensitive manner, the physical, psychological and sexual consequences of female genital mutilation.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1526 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Healthcare professionals shall also receive regular trainings aimed at preventing occurrence of violence in healthcare settings, including training on patient´s informed consent and on treating patients in a non-discriminatory, respectful and dignified manner.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1530 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Persons with supervisory functions in the workplace, in both the public and private sectors, shall receive adequate training on how to recognise, prevent and address sexual harassment at work, including on risk assessments concerning occupational safety and health risks, to provide support to victims affected thereby and respond in an adequate manner. Those persons and employers shall receive information, training and guidance about the effects of violence against women and domestic violence on workers and the risk of third party violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1533 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 4
4. The training activities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2a, 1b, and 2a of this Article shall include training on co-ordinated multi-agency and multi-disciplinary co- operation to allow for a comprehensive and appropriate handling of referrals in cases of violence against women or domestic violence.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1538 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that the authorities competent for receiving reports of offences from victims are appropriately trained to facilitate and assist in the reporting of such crimes.deleted
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1545 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 7
7. Training activities referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2a, 1b, 2 and 2a of this Article shall be regular and mandatory, including on cyber violence, and built on the specificities of violence against women and domestic violence. Such training activities shall include training on how to identify and address the specific protection and support needs of victims who face a heightened risk of violence due to their experiencing discrimination based on a combination of sex and other grounds. Such training shall be provided by qualified trainers adhering to strict quality standards in terms of training duration, frequency, methods and outcomes in line with objectives of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1547 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Training materials and activities shall be elaborated and reviewed and, where necessary updated, on a regular basis, in light of their practical application, in consultation and cooperation with victims, women´s specialist services, victim protection centres, healthcare professionals and other relevant actors, based on evidence, their expertise and best practices, and taking into account the need for multi- disciplinary and multi-agency cooperation and coordination. Particular importance shall be given to establishing solid referral pathways to specialist support services, as well as to safe and confidential processing of victim´s personal data.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1553 #

2022/0066(COD)

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that targeted and effective intervention programmes are established to prevent and minimise the risk of committing offences of violence against women or domestic violence, or reoffending, with trained and skilled professionals, in close cooperation with specialist support services for victims, to prevent and minimise the risk of committing offences of violence against women or domestic violence, and reoffending. These programmes shall seek to help offenders understand and recognise their responsibility, change their harmful attitudes and behaviours as well as to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1562 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 a (new)
Article 38a National strategies on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence 1. Within two years after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall establish, publish and implement a national strategy on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, which as a minimum shall address the following: (a) the objectives and priorities of national policy in this area; (b) the roles and responsibilities of all the competent authorities involved in preventing and countering offences of violence against women and domestic violence; (c) the modes of coordination and cooperation between the competent authorities, as well as with specialist support services and civil society; (d) the cooperation and coordination between criminal and civil proceedings related to the offences of violence against women and domestic violence; (e) the resources needed and how specialisation of enforcement professionals will be supported; (f) the procedures and mechanisms for regular monitoring and evaluation of the results achieved; (g) assistance of European networks working on matters directly relevant to combating violence against women and domestic violence; 2. Member States shall ensure that the strategy is reviewed and updated at regular intervals.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1570 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 4
4. It shall be responsible for coordinating policies at the central, regional and local levels and liaising with relevant European agencies and bodies.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1572 #
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1575 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure effective coordination and cooperation, at the national level, of relevant authorities, agencies and bodies, including local and regional authorities, law enforcement agencies, the judiciary, public prosecutors, support service providers as well as non- governmental organisations, in particular women´s specialist services, social services, including child protection or welfare authorities, education and healthcare providers, social partners, without prejudice to their autonomy, and other relevant organisations and entities.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1576 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. Such mechanisms shall pertain to all stages, areas and aspects of violence against women and domestic violence, and in particular pertain to the individual assessments under Articles 18 and 19, and the provision of protection and support measures under Article 21 and entire Chapter 4, the guidelines for law enforcement and judicial authorities under Article 23, and in the trainings for professionals as referred to in Article 37.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1578 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Member States shall closely cooperate with and consult in a consistent and structured manner with relevant civil society organisations, includingespecially non-governmental organisations working with victims of violence against women or domestic violence, in particular in providing support to victims, concerning policymaking initiatives, inform and women´s specialist services, and recognise them as equal partners, in order to enhance their meaningful participation in the whole process of policymaking as well as implementation, monitoring, evaluationg and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes and in training, as well as in monitoring and evaluating the impact of measures to support and protect victims. review of impact of policies, initiatives and measures on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence, as referred to in this Directive, in particular in providing support to victims, information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes and in training.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1590 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall take appropriate action to facilitate cooperation between each other as well as with the EU institutions, agencies and bodies to improve the implementation of this Directive. Such cooperation shall aim at least at:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1592 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) exchanging best practices and consulting each other in individual cases, including through Eurojust and the European Judicial Network in criminal matters, in particular in, but not limited to, cross-border cases;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1594 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) exchanging information and best practices with relevant Union agencies and cooperating with them on the establishment of common standards and guidelines;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1602 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall have a system in place for theregular collection, development, production and dissemination of statistics on violence against women orand domestic violence, including the forms of violence referred to in Articles 5 to 10.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1606 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The statistics shall be published at least annually and shall include the following data disaggregated by sex, age of the victim and of the offender, disability, relationship between the victim and the offender and type of, type of offence, and place of the offence:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1613 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the number of victims who experienced violence against women orand domestic violence during the last 12 months, last five years and lifetime;
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1623 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) c) annual and monthly number of fatal victims and orphan children; d) information on the existence of an official claim filed by the fatal victim; e) the number of cases reported to the law enforcement authorities; offences, f) the number of cases reported to specialist support services as referred to in Articles 27 to 32; g) the numbers of emergency barring, restraining and protection orders issued; h) the numbers of cases investigated, prosecuted and adjudicated; i) the number of convictions for the offences; j) the types and levels of sanctions imposed on offenders for violence against women and domestic violence, including per categories of offences as referred to in Articles 5 to 10; k) the average length of investigations and of criminal proceedings; l) number of calls to national helplines.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1633 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 4
4. In order to ensure administrative data comparability across the Union, Member States shall collect administrative datadata referred to in paragraph 2 on the basis of common disaggregations developed in cooperation with and according to the methodology developed by the European Institute for Gender Equality in accordance with paragraph 5. They shall transmit this data to the European Institute for Gender Equality on a yearly basis. The European Institute for Gender Equality shall regularly publish a report based on the statistical data transmitted by the Member States. The transmitted data shall not contain personal data.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1638 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 5
5. The European Institute for Gender Equality shall support Member States in the data gathering referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), including by establishing common standards on counting units, counting rules, common disaggregations, reporting formats, and on the classification of criminal offences. Civil society organisations working on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence, in particular women´s specialist services, shall be involved in the development of the methodologies for surveys and data collection.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1642 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 6
6. The Member States shall make the collected statistics available to the public in easily accessible and understandable manner. The statistics shall not contain personal data.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1645 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 – paragraph 7
7. The Member States shall support research on root causes, effects, incidences and conviction rates of the forms of violence covered by this Directive, in close cooperation with relevant competent authorities and specialist support services.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1647 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 44 a (new)
Article 44a Resources 1. Member States shall ensure that national authorities that detect, investigate, prosecute and adjudicate offences within the scope of this Directive have a sufficient number of adequately trained specialised staff, including through the establishment of dedicated specialised units or chambers, and ensure that these national authorities have sufficient financial, technical and technological resources necessary for the effective performance of their functions related to the implementation of this Directive. 2. Member States shall ensure that all specialised support service providers, including non-governmental women´s specialist services, as well as other relevant actors are provided with sufficient, predictable, and sustainable funding and human, technical and technological resources necessary to ensure effective performance of their functions related to the implementation of this Directive. 3. Member States shall ensure sufficient, predictable and sustainable funding for all types of measures laid out in this Directive, including prevention, protection, access to justice, victim support as well as coordination and cooperation measures.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1651 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Directive 2011/93/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that the following intentional conduct shall be punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 125 years:
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1652 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Directive 2011/93/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 8
8. Where the child is above the age of sexual consent and does not consent to the act, Member States shall ensure that the conduct set out in paragraph 7 is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 102 years.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1654 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Directive 2011/93/EU
Article 3 – Paragraph 9
Consent can be withdrawn at any moment during the act. The absence of consent cannot be refuted exclusively by the child’s silence, verbal or physical non-resistance or past sexual conduct or existing or past relationship with the offender, including marital status. Consent shall be given for each separate act.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1658 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 1
1. By [sevenfour years after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, and every two years thereafter, Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information concerning the application of this Directive necessary for the Commission to draw up a report on the application of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 1659 #

2022/0066(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. On the basis of the information provided by Member States pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall regularly and in line with the reporting obligations of Member States submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report in which it reviews the application of this Directive.
2023/02/02
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 95 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 and Article 103 thereof,
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation ensures that users of a connected product or related service in the Union can access, in a timely manner, the data generated by the use of that connected product or related service and that those users can use the data, including by sharing them with third parties of their choice, either directly or through data intermediation services. It imposes the obligation on the data holder to make data available to users and third parties nominated by the users in certain circumstances. It also ensures that data holders make data available to data recipients in the Union under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and in a transparent manner. Private law rules are key in the overall framework of data sharing. Therefore, this Regulation adapts rules of contract law and prevents the exploitation of contractual imbalances that hinder fair data access and use for micro, small or medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Recommendation 2003/361/EC. This Regulation also ensures that data holders make available to public sector bodies of the Member States and to Union institutions, agencies or bodies, where there is an exceptional need, the data that are necessary for the performance of tasks carried out in the public interest. In addition, this Regulation seeks to facilitate switching between data processing services and to enhance the interoperability of data and data sharing mechanisms and services in the Union. This Regulation should not be interpreted as recognising or creating any legal basis for the data holder to hold, have access to or process data, or as conferring any new right on the data holder to use data generated by the use of a connected product or related service. Instead, it takes as its starting point the control that the data holder effectively enjoys, de facto or de jure, over data generated by connected products or related services.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 114 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Data generation is the result of the actions of at least two actors, the designer or manufacturer of a product, and where different from the manufacturer the provider of related services for the connected product and the user of that connected product. It gives rise to questions of fairness in the digital economy, because the data recorded by such connected products or related services are an important input for aftermarket, ancillary and other services. In order to realise the important economic benefits of data as a non-rival good for the economy and society, a general approach to assigning access and usage rights on data is preferable to awarding exclusive rights of access and use.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 119 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) Data collected or generated by defence products or services or in the context of defence-related activities, including data collected or generated by dual-use products such as satellites, aircraft and drones when used in a defence context, should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation as the disclosure of such data would create strategic vulnerabilities for European security and defence.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Physical products that obtain, generate or collect, by means of their components, data concerning their performance, use or environment and that are able to communicate that data via a publicly available electronic communications service (often referred to as the Internet of Things) should be covered by this Regulation. Electronic communications services include land- based telephone networks, television cable networks, satellite-based networks and near-field communication networks. Such products may include vehicles, home equipment and consumer goods, medical and health devices or agricultural and industrial machinery. The data represent the digitalisation of user actions and events and should accordingly be accessible to the user, while information derived or inferred from this data, where lawfully held, should not be considered within scope of this Regulation. Such data are potentially valuable to the user and support innovation and the development of digital and other services protecting the environment, health and the circular economy, in particular though facilitating the maintenance and repair of the products in question. Product- design data, that relate exclusively to the inner functioning and design of a product and do not present a significant interest to the user, for example data generated or collected as a by product of the interaction between components of sub-components of a system, should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, provided the product manufacturer can show sharing such data brings no significant benefits to the user in reasonably foreseeable use cases such as the maintenance and repair of the product.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Data generated by the use of a product or related service include data recorded intentionally by the user. Such data include also data generated as a by- product of the user’s action, such as diagnostics data, and without any action by the user, such as when the product is in ‘standby mode’, and data recorded during periods when the product is switched off. Such data should include data in the form and format in which they are generated by the product, but not pertain to data resulting from any software process that calculates derivative data from such data as such software process may be subject to intellectual property rights. Product design data, that relate exclusively to the inner functioning and design of a product,should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation insofar as such data brings no significant benefits to the user in reasonably foreseeable uses cases.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 137 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) After the data has been made available to a user or data recipient according to the provisions of this Regulation, the data holder should not be liable for any direct or indirect damages arising from, relating to, or in connection with the processing of the data by the user or by the third party.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) Start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises and companies from traditional sectors with less-developed digital capabilities struggle to obtain access to relevant data. This Regulation aims to facilitate access to data for these entities, while ensuring that the corresponding obligations are scoped as proportionately as possible to avoid overreach. At the same time, a small number of very large companies have emerged with considerable economic power in the digital economy through the accumulation and aggregation of vast volumes of data and the technological infrastructure for monetising them. These companies include undertakings that provide core platform services controlling whole platform ecosystems in the digital economy and whom existing or new market operators are unable to challenge or contest. The [Regulation on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act)] aims to redress these inefficiencies and imbalances by allowing the Commission to designate a provider as a “gatekeeper”, and imposes a number of obligations on such designated gatekeepers, including a prohibition to combine certain data without consent, and an obligation to ensure effective rights to data portability under Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Consistent with the [Regulation on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act)], and given the unrivalled ability of these companies to acquire data, it would not be necessary to achieve the objective of this Regulation, and would thus be disproportionate in relation to data holders made subject to such obligations, to include such gatekeeper undertakings as beneficiaries of the data access right without additional safeguards. This means that an undertaking providing core platform services that has been designated as a gatekeeper cannot request or be granted access tosolicitor commercially incentivise a users’ or data generated by the use of a product or related service or by a virtual assistant based on the provisions of Chapter II of this Regulation. holder in any manner, including by providing monetary or any other compensation, to make data available to one of its services.An undertaking providing core platform services designated as a gatekeeper pursuant to Digital Markets Act should be understood to include all legal entities of a group of companies where one legal entity provides a core platform service. Furthermore, third parties to whom data are made available at the request of the user may not make the data available to a designated gatekeeper. For instance, the third party may not sub-contract the service provision to a gatekeeper. However, tThis does not prevent third parties from using data processing services offered by a designated gatekeeper. This exclusion of designated gatekeepers from the scope of the access right under this Regulation and does not prevent these companies from obtaining data through other lawful means.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 164 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In cases of co-ownership of the connected product and related services provided, where several persons or entities own a product or are party to a lease or rent agreement and benefit from access to a related service, reasonable efforts should be made in, the design of the connected product or related service or the relevant interface so thathall enable all persons canto have access to data they generate. Users of products that generate data typically require a user account to be set up. This allows for identification of the user by the manufacturer or related service provider as well as a means to communicate to exercise and process data access requests. For identification and authentication purposes, manufacturers and providers of related services should enable users to use European Digital Identity Wallets, issued pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXXX establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity. Manufacturers or designers of a product that is typically used by several persons should put in place the necessary mechanism that allow separate user accounts for individual persons, where relevant, or the possibility for several persons to use the same user account. Access should be granted to the user upon simple request mechanisms granting automatic execution, not requiring examination or clearance by the manufacturer or data holder. This means that data should only be made available when the user actually wants this. Where automated execution of the data access request is not possible, for instance, via a user account or accompanying mobile application provided with the product or service, the manufacturer should inform the user how the data may be accessed. User accounts should enable users to revoke consent for processing and data sharing, as well as request deletion of the data generated through the use of the connected product, particularly in cases when the users of the product intend to transfer the ownership of the product to another party.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 166 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
(56) In situations of exceptional need, it may be necessary for public sector bodies or Union institutions, agencies or bodies to use data held by an enterprise to respond to public emergencies or in other exceptional cases. Research-performing organisations and research-funding organisations could also be organised as public sector bodies or bodies governed by public law. To limit the burden on businesses, micro and small enterprises should be exempted from the obligation to provide public sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies or bodies data in situations of exceptional need.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) PConnected products may be designed to make certain data directly available from an on- device data storage or from a remote server to which the data are communicated. Access to the on-device data storage may be enabled via cable- based or wireless local area networks connected to a publicly available electronic communications service or a mobile network. The server may be the manufacturer’s own local server capacity or that of a third party or a cloud service provider who functions as data holder. TheyConnected products may be designed to permit the user or a third party to process the data on the product or on a computing instance of the manufacturer as well as enable the user to retrieve the data.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 174 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) An exceptional need may also arise when a public sector body can demonstrate that the data are necessary either to prevent a public emergency, or to assist recovery from a public emergency, in circumstances that are reasonably proximate to the public emergency in question. Where the exceptional need is not justified by the need to respond to, prevent or assist recovery from a public emergency, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body should demonstrate that the lack of timely access to and the use of the data requested prevents it from effectively fulfilling a specific task in the public interest that has been explicitly provided in law. Such exceptional need may also occur in other situations, for example in relation to the timely compilation of official statistics when data is not otherwise available or when the burden on statistical respondents will be considerably reduced. At the same time, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body should, outside the case of responding to, preventing or assisting recovery from a public emergency, demonstrate that no alternative means for obtaining the data requested exists and that the data cannot be obtained in a timely manner through the laying down of the necessary data provision obligations in new legislation.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Virtual assistants play an increasing role in digitising consumer environments and serve as an easy-to-use interface to play content, obtain information, or activate physical objects connected to the Internet of Things. Virtual assistants can act as a single gateway in, for example, a smart home environment and record significant amounts of relevant data on how users interact with products connected to the Internet of Things, including those manufactured by other parties and can replace the use of manufacturer-provided interfaces such as touchscreens or smart phone apps. The user may wish to make available such data with third party manufacturers and enable novel smart home services. Such virtual assistants should be covered by the data access right provided for in this Regulation also regarding data recorded before the virtual assistant’s activation by the wake word and data generated when a user interacts with a product via a virtual assistant provided by an entity other than the manufacturer of the product. However, only the data stemming from the interaction between the user and product through the virtual assistant falls within the scope of this Regulation. Data produced by the virtual assistant unrelated to the use of a product is not the object of this Regulation.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 178 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Before concluding a contract for the purchase, rent, or lease of a product or the provision of a related service, clear and sufficient information should be provided to the user on how the data generated may be accesthe data holder shall provide to the user clear and sufficient information that would enable the user to effectively exercise its rights upon the data they generate through the use of connected products and related services. The data holder shall develop mechanisms to keep the user up to date when the information changes during the lifetime of the connected product or when the purpose for which the data will be used changes from the originally specified purposed. This obligation provides transparency over the data generated and enhances the easy and secure access for the user, as well as the right to retrieve, process and further harness the value of non-personal data. This obligation to provide information does not affect the obligation for the controller to provide information to the data subject pursuant to Article 12, 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) The data holder may require appropriate user identification and authentication to verify the user’s entitlement to access the data. Where there is a legal obligation for identification and authentication, data holders should provide users the possibility to use European Digital Identity Wallets pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXXX establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity. In the case of personal data processed by a processor on behalf of the controller, the data holder should ensure that the access request is received and handled by the processor.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 197 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
(27 a) The user should have the right to share non-personal data with data recipients for commercial and non- commercial purposes. Such data sharing, could be performed directly by the user, upon the request of the user by the data holder or through data intermediation services. Data intermediation services, as regulated by Regulation (EU) 2022/868 could facilitate a data economy by establishing commercial relationships between users, data recipients and third parties and may support users in exercising their right to use data, such as ensuring the proper anonymisation of the data or aggregation of access to data from multiple individual users.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 207 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) public sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies or bodies that request data holders to make data available where there is an exceptional need to that data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interestresponse to or recovery from a public emergency and the data holders that provide those data in response to such request;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 210 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
(29 a) The data generated by the use of a connected product is a materialisation of the users’ actions and events. The user as a generator of data should have a central role in the data economy, have the right to control and decide how to harness the value of these data and be free to use the data for any lawful purpose. The user should have the right to share non- personal data with third parties for commercial purposes. Such data sharing, could be performed directly by the user, upon the request of the user by the data holder or through data intermediation services. Data intermediation services, as regulated by Regulation (EU) 2022/868 could facilitate a data economy by establishing commercial relationships between users, data holders and data recipients and may support users in exercising their right to use data, such as ensuring the proper anonymisation of data or aggregation of access to data from multiple individual users.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 216 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. This Regulation shall not affect Union and national legal acts providing for the sharing, access and use of data for the purpose of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council72 and the [e-evidence proposals [COM(2018) 225 and 226] once adopted, and international cooperation in that area. This Regulation shall not affect the collection, sharing, access to and use of data under Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing and Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information accompanying the transfer of funds. This Regulation shall not affect the competences of the Member States regarding activities concerning public security, defence, national security, customs and tax administration and the health and safety of citizens in accordance with Union law. This Regulation shall not affect data collected or generated by defence activities, products, or services or by products or services deployed and used for defence purposes, and it shall not affect product design data, insofar as the product manufacturer has demonstrated that such data is of no significant interest to the user. _________________ 72 Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online (OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 79).
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 223 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) “product design data” are data that relate exclusively to the internal functioning of the system and design of the product, for instance in relation to interfaces and interactions between internal components or sub-components of the system;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 247 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘public sector body’ means national, regional or local authorities of the Member States and bodies governed by public law of the Member States, or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) In order to incentivise the continued investment in generating valuable data, including investments in relevant technical tools, this Regulation contains the principle that the data holder may request reasonable compensation when legally obliged to make data available to the data recipient. These provisions should not be understood as paying for the data itself, but in the case of micro, small or medium-sized enterprises, for the costs incurred and investment required for making the data available. The Commission should develop guidance detailing what qualifies as a reasonable compensation in the data economy.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 252 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘public emergency’ means an exceptional situation such as public health emergencies, emergencies resulting from natural disasters, as well as human- induced major disasters, such as major cybersecurity incidents, negatively affecting the population of the Union, a Member State or part of it, with a risk of serious and lasting repercussions on living conditions or economic stability, or the substantial degradation of economic assets in the Union or the relevant Member State(s) and which is determined according to the respective procedures under Union or national law;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘functional equivalence’ means the maintenance of a minimum level of functionality in the environment of a new data processing service after the switching process, to such an extent that, in response to an input action by the user on core elements of the service, the destination service will deliver the same output at the same performance and with the same level of security, operational resilience and quality of service as the originating service at the time of termination of the contract, , insofar as the originating and the destination data processing services cover (in part or in whole) the same service type;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 263 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Products shall be designed and manufactured, and related services shall be provided, in such a manner that data generated by their use are, by default, easily, securely, safely, and, where relevant and appropriate, directly accessible to the user, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 269 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50 a (new)
(50 a) In order to avoid misuse of the new data access rights, the data holder may apply protective measures in relation to the data made available to the data recipient to prevent unauthorised access and ensure compliance with the framework of data access pursuant to this Regulation. However, those technical measures should not hinder the effective access and use of data for the data recipient. In the case of abusive practices such as misleading the data holder with inaccurate information or developing a competing connected product, the data holder can, resort to remedies such as requesting the deletion of data and the end of production of connected products based on the data received.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 271 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the nature and volumtype of the data likely to be generated by the use of the product or related service;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 272 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) how the user may access, retrieve, and request the deletion of those data;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Where data cannot be directly accessed by the user from the product, the data holder shall make available to the user the data generated by its use of a product or related service without undue delay, free of charge, easily, securely, in as structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, where applicable, continuously and in real-time. This shall be done on the basis of a simple request through electronic means where technically feasible.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 287 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
(57) In case of public emergencies, such as public health emergencies, emergencies resulting from environmental degradation and major natural disasters including those aggravated by climate change, as well as human-induced major disasters, such as major cybersecurity incidents, the public interest resulting from the use of the data will outweigh the interests of the data holders to dispose freely of the data they hold. In such a case, data holders should be placed under an obligation to make the data available to public sector bodies or to Union institutions, agencies or bodies upon their request. The existence of a public emergency is determinshould be determined and declared according to the respective procedures in the Member States or of relevant international organisations. In cases of major cybersecurity incidents, this Regulation should be complementary but not create a duplication of requirements deriving from Directive (EU) XXXX/XXXX on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the union [NIS2] and Regulation (EU) XXX/XXXX on Digital Operational Resilience for financial entities [DORA].
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 288 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The user shall not use the data obtained pursuant to a request referred to in paragraph 1 to develop a product or a related service that competes with the product or the related service from which the data originate.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 296 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) An exceptional need may alsowould arise when a public sector body can demonstrate that the data are necessary either to prevent a public emergency, or to assist recovery from a public emergency, in circumstances that are reasonably proximate to the public emergency in question. Where the exceptional need is not justified by the need to respond to, prevent or assist recovery from a public emergency, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body should demonstrate that the lack of timely access to and the use of the data requested prevents it from effectively fulfilling a specific task in the public interest that has been explicitly provided in law. Such exceptional need may also occur in other situations, for example in relation to the timely compilation of official statistics when data is not otherwise available or when the burden on statistical respondents will be considerably reduced. At the same time, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body should, outside the case of responding to, preventing or assisting recovery from a public emergency, demonstrate that noit has exhausted all other alternative means for obtaining the data requested exists and that the data cannot be obtained in a timely manner through the laying down of the necessary data provision obligations in new legislation.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 300 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Any undertaking providing core platform services for which one or more of such services have been designated as a gatekeeper, pursuant to Article […] of [Regulation XXX on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act)73 ], shall not be an eligible third party under this Article and therefore shall not: _________________ 73 OJ […].
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 301 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) solicit or commercially incentivise a user or a data recipient in any manner, including by providing monetary or any other compensation, to make data available to one of its services that the user has obtained pursuant to a request under Article 4(1) or that the data recipient has obtained pursuant to this Article;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 302 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) receive data from a user that the user has obtained pursuant to a request under Article 4(1).deleted
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 303 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) For the exercise of their tasks in the areas of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal and administrative offences, the execution of criminal and administrative penalties, as well as the collection of data for taxation or customs purposes, public sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies and bodies should rely on their powers under sectoral legislation. This Regulation accordingly does not affect instruments for the sharing, access and use of data in those areas. This Regulation should not apply to connected products and related services provided for public security, defence and national security.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 304 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) A proportionate, limited and predictable framework at Union level is necessary for the making available of data by data holders, in cases of exceptional needs, to public -sector bodies and to Union institution, agencies or bodies both to ensure legal certainty and, to minimise the administrative burdens placed on businesses and to avoid misuse of data. To this end, data requests by public sector bodies and by Union institution, agencies and bodies to data holders should be transparent, limited in time, and proportionate in terms of their scope of content and their granularity. The purpose of the request and the intended use of the data requested should be specific and clearly explained, while allowing appropriate flexibility for the requesting entity to perform its tasks in the public interest. The request should also respect the legitimate interests of the businesses to whom the request is made. In order to ensure a higher degree of coordination and avoid additional burden on private companies, Member States should designate one competent authority to act as a single point of contact between public entities requesting access to data and private entities providing access to these data. The competent authority should receive the requests from the public sector bodies or Union institutions, agencies or bodies, analyse whether the requests comply with the requirements set by this Regulation and further direct them to the data holders for execution. The burden on data holders should be minimised by obliging requesting entities to respect the once-only principle, which prevents the same data from being requested more than once by more than one public sector body or Union institution, agency or body where those data are needed to respond to a public emergency. To ensure transparency, data requests made by public sector bodies and by Union institutions, agencies or bodies should be made public without undue delay by the entity requesting the datacompetent authority and online public availability of all requests justified by a public emergency should be ensured.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 305 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. The data holder shall not use any non-personal data generated by the use of the product or related service to derive insights about the economic situation, assets and production methods of or use by the third party that could undermine the commercial position of the third party on the markets in which the third party is active, unless the third party has consented to such use and has the technical possibility to withdraw that consent at any time.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 309 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
(62) The objective of the obligation to provide the data is to ensure that public sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies or bodies have the necessary knowledge to respond to, prevent or recover from public emergencies or to maintain the capacity to fulfil specific tasks explicitly provided by law. The data obtained by those entities may be commercially sensitive. Therefore, Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 should not apply to data made available under this Regulation and should not be considered as open data available for reuse by third parties. This however should not affect the applicability of Directive (EU) 2019/1024 to the reuse of official statistics for the production of which data obtained pursuant to this Regulation was used, provided the reuse does not include the underlying data. In addition, it should not affect the possibility of sharing the data for conducting research or for the compilation of official statistics, provided the conditions laid down in this Regulation are met. Public sector bodies should also be allowed to exchange data obtained pursuant to this Regulation with other public sector bodies to address the exceptional needs for which the data has been requested only with the prior explicit consent of the data holder. _________________ 65 Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 312 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
(63) Data holders should have the possibility to either ask for a modification of the request made by a public sector body or Union institution, agency and body or its cancellation in a period of 5 or 15 working days depending on the nature of the exceptional need invoked in the requestwithout undue delay, but no longer than 5 working days. In case of requests motivated by a public emergency, justified reason not to make the data available should exist if it can be shown that the data is unavailable, the request does not meet the criteria laid down in Chapter V of this Regulation or the request is similar or identical to a previously submitted request for the same purpose by another public sector body or by another Union institution, agency or body and the data holder has not been notified regarding the destruction of such data. A data holder rejecting the request or seeking its modification should communicate the underlying justification for refusing the request to the public sector body or to the Union institution, agency or body requesting the datacompetent authority. In case the sui generis database rights under Directive 96/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council66 apply in relation to the requested datasets, data holders should exercise their rights in a way that does not prevent the public sector body and Union institutions, agencies or bodies from obtaining the data, or from sharing it, in accordance with this Regulation. _________________ 66 Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (OJ L 77, 27.3.1996, p. 20).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 316 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) Where it is strictly necessary to include personal data in the data made available to a public sector body or to a Union institution, agency or body the applicable rules on personal data protection should be complied with and the making available of the data and their subsequent use should and be accompanied by safeguards for the rights and interests of individuals concerned by those data. The body requesting the data should demonstrate the strict necessity and the specific and limited purposes for processing. The data holder should take reasonable effortPrior to making the data available, the data holder should apply all necessary means to anonymise the data or, where such anonymisation proves impossible, the data holder should apply technological means such as pseudonymisation and aggregation, prior to making the data available.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 318 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
(65) Data made available to public sector bodies and to Union institutions, agencies and bodies on the basis of exceptional need should only be used for the purpose for which they were requested, unless the data holder that made the data available has expresslicitly agreed for the data to be used for other purposes. The data should be destroyedpublic sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies and bodies should take all necessary legal, technical and organisational measures to ensure the integrity and security of the data and should destroy the data once it is no longer necessary for the purpose stated in the request, unless agreed otherwise, and the data holder should be informed thereof.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 323 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) use the data it receives for the profiling of natural persons within the meaning of Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, unless it is necessary to provide the service requested by the user beyond the provisions of that Regulation;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 325 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
(67) When the safeguarding of a significant public goodinterest is at stake, such as is the case of responding to public emergencies, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body should not be expected to compensate enterprises for the data obtained. Public emergencies are rare, temporary events and not all such emergencies require the use of data held by enterprises. The business activities of the data holders are therefore not likely to be negatively affected as a consequence of the public sector bodies or Union institutions, agencies or bodies having recourse to this Regulation. However, as cases of an exceptional need other than responding to a public emergency might be more frequent, including cases of prevention of or recovery from a public emergency, data holders should in such cases be entitled to a reasonable compensation which should not exceed the technical and organisational costs incurred in complying with the request and the reasonable margin required for making the data available to the public sector body or to the Union institution, agency or body. The compensation should not be understood as constituting payment for the data itself and as being compulsory.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 326 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
(68) The public sector body or Union institution, agency or body may share the data it has obtained pursuant to the request with other entities or persons when this is needed to carry out scientific research activities or analytical activities it cannot perform itself. Data holders should be notified regarding such data sharings, providing the data holder with all necessary information regarding the identity of the data recipient and the activities that will be carried out by the data recipient. The data holder should have the right to object to the sharing of data by a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body to the competent authority, when such data sharing does not meet the requirements of this Regulation. Such data may also be shared under the same circumstances with the national statistical institutes and Eurostat for the compilation of official statistics. Such research activities should however be compatible with the purpose for which the data was requested and the data holder should be informed about the further sharing of the data it had provided. Individuals conducting research or research organisations with whom these data may be shared should act either on a not-for- profit basis or in the context of a public- interest mission recognised by the State. Organisations upon which commercial undertakings have a decisive influence allowing such undertakings to exercise control because of structural situations, which could result in preferential access to the results of the research, should not be considered research organisations for the purposes of this Regulation.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 327 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) make the data available it receives to an undertaking providing core platform services for which one or more of such services have been designated as a gatekeeper pursuant to Article […] of [Regulation on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act)];deleted
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 328 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) use the data it receives to develop a product or related service that competes with the product or the related service from which the accessed data originate or share the data with another third party for that purpose;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 331 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The third party shall implement adequate organizational, technical and cybersecurity measures to preserve the integrity of the data and to ensure its protection against unauthorised disclosure.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 334 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The data holder shall not be liable towards the user for any direct or indirect damages arising from, relating to, or in connection with the processing of the data by the user after the data has been made available.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 352 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89
(89) In order to allow the economic actors to adapt to the new rules laid out in this Regulation, they should apply from a year after18 months after entry into force of the Regulation. The obligations related to the design of the connected products and provision of the related services placed on the market within the last five years from the entry into force of theis Regulation, should apply retroactively, only when the manufacturer or provider of related service is able to remotely deploy mechanisms to ensure the fulfilment of the requirements pursuant to Article 3(1) and only when the deployment of such mechanisms would not place a disproportionate burden on the manufacturer or provider of related services.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 355 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) inform the user of the unauthorised use or disclosure of the data and measures taken to put an end to the unauthorised use or disclosure of the data.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 356 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down harmonised rules on making data generated by the use of a connected product or related service available to the user of that connected product or related service, on the making data available by a user to a data recipient or by the data holders to data recipients, and on the making data available by data holders to public sector bodies or Union institutions, agencies or bodies, where there is an exceptional need, for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest:
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 357 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The data holder shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages arising from, relating to, or in connection with the processing of the data by the data recipient after the data has been made available.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 367 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. This Chapter is without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 370 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) public sector bodies and Union institutions, agencies or bodies that request data holders to make data available where there is an exceptional need to that data for the performance of a task carried out in the public interestrevention, response or recovery from a public emergency and the data holders that provide those data in response to such request;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 370 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
An exceptional need to use data within the meaning of this Chapter shall be deemed to exist in anywhere all of the following circumstancesonditions are met:
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 373 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where the data requested is strictly necessary to respond to a public emergency;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 375 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) where the data request is limited in time and scope and necessary to prevent a public emergency or to assist the recovery from a public emergency and is limited in time and scope;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 378 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) where the lack of available data prevents the public sector body or Union institution, agency or body from fulfilling a specific task in the public interest that has been explicitlresponding to the public emergency or from assisting the recovery pfrovided by law; andm a public emergency;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 379 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 1
(1) the public sector body or Union institution, agency or body has been unable to obtain such data by alternative means, including by purchasing the data on the market at market rates or by relying on existing obligations to make data available, and the adoption of new legislative measures cannot ensure the timely availability of the data; or.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 380 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 2
(2) obtaining the data in line with the procedure laid down in this Chapter would substantively reduce the administrative burden for data holders or other enterprises.deleted
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 382 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. This Regulation shall not apply to, nor pre-empt, voluntary arrangements for the exchange of non-personal data between private and public entities. It shall not affect Union and national legal acts providing for the sharing, access and use of data for the purpose of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council72 and the [e- evidence proposals [COM(2018) 225 and 226] once adopted, and international cooperation in that area. This Regulation shall not affect the collection, sharing, access to and use of data under Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering and terrorist financing and Regulation (EU) 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council on information accompanying the transfer of funds. This Regulation shall not affect the competences of the Member States regarding activities concerning public security, defence, national security, customs and tax administration and the health and safety of citizens in accordance with Union law. This Regulation shall not apply to the data generated by connected products and related services provided for public security, defence and national security. _________________ 72 Regulation (EU) 2021/784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online (OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 79).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 392 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) explain the purpose of the request, the intended use of the data requested, and the duration of that use, and which third parties the data may be disclosed to;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 394 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) where the request is made by a public sector body to a data holder established in another Member State, confirm that the public sector body has notified the competent authority of that Member State in conformity with Article 22(3);
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 396 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) where the data requested concerns personal data, consult the competent supervisory authority under Article 51 of Regulation (EU)2016/679 or under Article 52 under Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, abide by its recommendations, and confirm the conformity of the request with Regulation (EU)2016/679 or Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 400 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 3 does not preclude a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body to exchange data obtained pursuant to this Chapter with another public sector body, Union institution, agency or body, in view of completing the tasks in Article 15 or to make the data available to a third party in cases where it has outsourced, by means of a publicly available agreement, technical inspections or other functions to this third party. The obligations on public sector bodies, Union institutions, agencies or bodies pursuant to Article 19 applylso apply to such third parties.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 401 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The third party shall not use the data it receives from a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body to develop a product or a related service that competes with the product or related service from which the data originate.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 407 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. Where compliance with the request to make data available to a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body requires the disclosure of personal data, the applicable rules on personal data protection shall be fully complied with. The data holder shall take reasonable efforts to pseudonymise the datapersonal data made available, insofar as the request can be fulfilled with pseudonymised data.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 411 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. A data holder complying with a request to make data available pursuant to this article shall not be liable for any direct or indirect damages arising from, relating to, or in connection with the processing or the unauthorised disclosure of the data by the public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body, after the data has been made available.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 416 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) implement, insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary, technical, cybersecurity, and organisational measures that safeguard the rights and freedoms of data subjects;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 417 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) implement adequate administrative, technical and cybersecurity measures to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of the data;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 418 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘connected product’ means a tangible, movable item, including where incorporated in an immovable item, that obtains, generates or collects, data concerning its use or environment, and that is able to communicate data via a publicly availablen electronic communications service and whose primary function is not the storing and processing of data;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 418 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) inform without undue delay the data holder when a security incident has occurred that is affecting the confidentiality,integrity, or availability of the data it holds that was provided by the data holder;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 420 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Disclosure of trade secrets or alleged trade secrets to a public sector body or to a Union institution, agency or body shall only be required to the extent that it is strictly necessary to achieve the purpose of the request. In such a case, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body shall take appropriate technical, cybersecurity, and organizational measures to preserve the confidentiality of those trade secrets and to ensure the security of the data and the prevention of its unauthorised disclosure.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 423 #

2022/0047(COD)

1. Data made available to respond to a public emergency pursuant to Article 15, point (a), shall be provided free of charge.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 426 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Where the data holder claims compensation for making data available in compliance with a request made pursuant to Article 15, points (b) or (c), such compensation shall not exceed the technical and organisational costs incurred to comply with the request including, where necessary, the costs of anonymisation and of technical adaptation, plus a reasonable margin. Upon request of the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body requesting the data, the data holder shall provide information on the basis for the calculation of the costs and the reasonable margin.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 429 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘user’ means a natural or legal person that owns, rents or leases a a product and receives a related service from a data holder or a lawful user to whom the owner of the connected product has transferred, pursuant to a rental or lease agreement, the right to use the connected product or receives a related services from a data holder;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 429 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. A public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body shall be entitled to share data received under this Chapter with individuals or organisations or national statistical institutes and Eurostat in view of carrying out scientific research or analytics compatible withfor the purpose for which the data was requested, or to national statistical institutes and Eurostat for the compilation of official statistics.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 430 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. Where a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body transmits or makes data available under paragraph 1, it shall notify the data holder from whom the data was received, providing all necessary information regarding the identity of the data recipient and the activities to be carried out by the data recipient, and shall ensure all organizational,technical, and cybersecurity measures to preserve the integrity of the data and to prevent its unauthorised disclosure.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 437 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) terminating, after a maximum notice period of 360 calendar days, the contractual agreement of the service;
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 439 #

2022/0047(COD)

1. The rights of the customer and the obligations of the provider of a data processing service in relation to switching between providers of such services shall be clearly set out in a written contract. Without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2019/770, that contract shall be clear and transparent to the customer and shall include at least the following:
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 441 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) clauses allowing the customer, upon request, to switch to a data processing service offered by another provider of data processing service or to port all data, applications and digital assets generated directly or indirectly by the customer to an on-premise system, in particular the establishment of a mandatory maximum transition period of 360 calendar days, during which the data processing service provider shall:
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 446 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a minimum period for data retrieval of at least 360 calendar days, starting after the termination of the transition period that was agreed between the customer and the service provider, in accordance with paragraph 1, point (a) and paragraph 2.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 451 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Providers of data processing services that concern scalable and elastic computing resources limited to infrastructural elements such as servers, networks and the virtual resources necessary for operating the infrastructure, but that do not provide access to the operating services, software and applications that are stored, otherwise processed, or deployed on those infrastructural elements, shall ensure that the customer, after switching to a service covering the same service type offered by a different provider of data processing services, enjoys functional equivalence in the use of the new service. This provision applies to the original provider only insofar as the measures are related to the services,contractual agreements or commercial practices of the original provider.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 454 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘public emergency’ means an exceptional situation negativ legally declared state of emergency by the Union or a Member State for an exceptional and immediate situation caused by natural or man-made disasters, adversely affecting the population of the Union, a Member State or part of it, with a risk of seriousignificant and lasting repercussions on living conditionsthe health, safety or economic stability of citizen, or the substantial degradation of economic assets in the Union or the relevant Member State(s);
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 456 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission mayshall, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, request one or more European standardisation organisations to draft harmonised standards that satisfy the essential requirements under paragraph 1 of this Article
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 457 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shallmay, by way of implementing acts, adopt common specifications, where harmonised standards referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article do not exist or in case it considers that the relevant harmonised standards are insufficient to ensure conformity with the essential requirements in paragraph 1 of this Article, where necessary, with respect to any or all of the requirements laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). Common specifications shall be developed in an open, transparent, technology-neutral manner, in consultation with industry and relevant stakeholders.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 458 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission mayshall, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, request one or more European standardisation organisations to draft European standards applicable to specific service types of data processing services.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 460 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission mayshall, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, request one or more European standardisation organisations to draft harmonised standards that satisfy the essential the requirements under paragraph 1 of this Article.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 461 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 6
6. Where harmonised standards referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article do not exist or where the Commission considers that the relevant harmonised standards are insufficient to ensure conformity with the essential requirements in paragraph 1 of this Article in a cross- border context, the Commission may, by way of implementing acts, adopt common specifications in respect of the essential requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). Common specifications shall be developed in an open, transparent, technology-neutral manner, in consultation with industry and relevant stakeholders.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 474 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) ‘electronic ledger’ means an electronic ledger within the meaning of Article 3, point (53), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014XXX/XXXX [establishing a European Digital Identity framework];
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 489 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
In order not to hinder the exercise of the right of users to access and use such data in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation or of the right to share such data with third parties in accordance with Article 5 of this Regulation, the sui generis right provided for in Article 7 of Directive 96/9/EC does not apply to databases containing data obtained from or generated by the use of a product or a related service when this right is invoked to deny or obstruct the sharing of data with a user or data recipient in accordance with Article 4 and 5.
2022/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 523 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) how the user may access, retrieve and request de erasure of those data;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 540 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) whether the seller, renter or lessorprovider of the related service is the only data holder and, if not, the identity of the other data holders, such as its trading name and, the geographical address at which it is established; and where applicable the legal entity identifier;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 547 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) how the user may request that the data are shared with a third-party and withdraw the consent for data sharing;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 567 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The data holder shall not require the user to provide any information beyond what is strictly necessary to verify the quality as a user pursuant to paragraph 1. The data holder shall not keep any information on the user's access to the data requested beyond what is necessary for the sound execution of the user’s access request and for the security and the maintenance of the data infrastructure. Where identification is legally required, data holders shall enable the possibility for users to identify and authenticate through the European Digital Identity Wallets, pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXXX [European Digital Identity framework].
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 585 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The user shall have the right to either directly share, through a data holder or through providers of data intermediation services as set in the Regulation (EU) 2022/868, their non- personal data to any data recipient for commercial purposes. The data sharing between a user and a data recipient shall be done through contractual agreements, the provisions of Chapter IV on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms shall apply mutatis mutandis to the contractual agreements between users and data recipients.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 610 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Upon request by a user, or by a party acting on behalf of a user, the data holder shall make available the data generated by the use of a connected product or related service to a third party, in accordance with Articles 8 and 9, without undue delay, free of charge to the user, of the same quality as is available to the data holder and, where applicaeasily, securely, in a structured, commonly used and machine- readable format and, where technically feasible, continuously and in real-time.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 625 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The user or third party shall not be required to provide any information beyond what is strictly necessary to verify the quality as user or as third party pursuant to paragraph 1. The data holder shall not keep any information on the third party’s access to the data requested beyond what is necessary for the sound execution of the third party’s access request and for the security and the maintenance of the data infrastructure. Where identification is not legally required, users should be able to use products anonymously.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 695 #

2022/0047(COD)

6 a. Data holders and data recipients shall take all necessary legal, organisational and technical measures to ensure the cybersecurity of the data transfers and security and integrity of the data.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 703 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where the data recipient is a micro, small or medium enterprise, as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC, provided those enterprises do not have partner enterprises or linked enterprises as defined in Article 3 of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC which do not qualify as a micro, small or medium enterprise, any compensation agreed shall not exceed the costs directly related to making the data available to the data recipient and which are attributable to the request. Article 8(3) shall apply accordingly.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 713 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Commission shall develop guidelines to determine what are the criteria for a reasonable compensation according to paragraph 1, set between data holders and data recipients.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 716 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. DUsers, data holders and data recipients shall have access to dispute settlement bodies, certified in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, to settle disputes in relation to the determination of fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms for and the transparent manner of making data available in accordance with Articles 8 and 9.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 722 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The data holder may apply appropriate technical protection measures, including smart contracts, to prevent unauthorised access to the data and to ensure compliance with Articles 5, 6, 9 and 10, as well as with the agreed contractual terms for making data available. Such technical protection measures shall not be used as a means to hinder the user’s right todiscriminate between data recipients or to hinder the user’s right to access data, retrieve the data or effectively provide data to third parties pursuant to Article 4 and 5 or any right of a third party under Union law or national legislation implementing Union law as referred to in Article 8(1).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 771 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
An exceptional need to use data within the meaning of this Chapter shall be limited in time and scope and deemed to exist in any ofonly in the following circumstances:
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 777 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) where the data requested is strictly necessary to respond to a public emergency;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 781 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) where the data request is limited in time and scope andstrictly necessary to prevent a public emergency or to assist the recovery from a public emergency; and only if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 782 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i (new)
i) the public sector body or Union institution, agency or body has exhausted all other means to obtain such data, including by purchasing the data on the market at market rates or by relying on existing obligations to make data available, and the adoption of new legislative measures cannot ensure the timely availability of the data; or
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 783 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (new)
ii) obtaining the data in line with the procedure laid down in this Chapter would substantively reduce the administrative burden for data holders or other enterprises.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 785 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) where the lack of available data prevents the public sector body or Union institution, agency or body from fulfilling a specific task in the public interest that has been explicitly provided by law; and (1) the public sector body or Union institution, agency or body has been unable to obtain such data by alternative means, including by purchasing the data on the market at market rates or by relying on existing obligations to make data available, and the adoption of new legislative measures cannot ensure the timely availability of the data; or (2) obtaining the data in line with the procedure laid down in this Chapter would substantively reduce the administrative burden for data holders or other enterprises.deleted
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 809 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. WherIn the requestings for data pursuant to Article 14(1), a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body shall:
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 813 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) demonstrate the exceptional need for which the data are requested, laying down the circumstance justifying the request and demonstrating that all the conditions mentioned in Article 15 are met;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 817 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) justify the choice of data holder;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 818 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) mention the other public sector bodies, Union institutions, agencies or bodies, including where applicable third parties to which the data obtained will be made available to;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 822 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) specify tha reasonable deadline by which the data are to be made available or within which the data holder may request the public sector body, Union institution, agency or body to modify or withdraw the request.;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 827 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) specify the deadline within which the data holder may request the public sector body, Union institution, agency or body to modify or withdraw the request;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 831 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) where known at the moment of the request, specify for how long data will be stored and when data will be deleted.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 838 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) be justified and proportionate to the exceptional need, in terms of the granularity and volume of the data requested and frequency of access of the data requested, and be limited to data necessary to carry out the task;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 840 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) mention the purpose of this processing;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 851 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) be sent to the competent authority referred to in paragraph 2a of this Article and Article 31;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 853 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. A public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body requesting access to the data shall send the request to the competent authority referred to in Article 31. The competent authority shall coordinate the requests by: (a) analysing whether the request meets the requirements laid down in this Chapter; (b) determine whether a data holder has not received similar requests to make data available by more public sector bodies or Union institutions, agencies or bodies; (c) sending the requests to the data holder for the execution; (d) ensuring the online public availability of requests for access to data made by public sector bodies.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 855 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Paragraph 3 does not preclude aA public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body shall not be able to exchange data obtained pursuant to this Chapter with another public sector body, Union institution, agency or body from the Union, in view of completing the tasks in Article 15 or to make the data available to a third party in cases where it has outsourced, by means of a publicly available agreement, technical inspections or other functions to this third party. The obligations on, unless the public sector bodies, Union institutions, agencies or bodies or third parties have been included in the request in accordance with paragraph 1(cb). Where the public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body intends to transmit or make data available under this paragraph to a third party that was not included in the request, prior consent of the data holder shall be requested. The receiving public sector bodies, Union institutions, agencies or bodies pursuant toand third parties shall fulfill the obligations laid down in Article 19 apply.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 859 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body transmits or makes data available under this paragraph, it shall notify the data holder from whom the data was received.deleted
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 866 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The third party shall not use the data it receives from a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body to develop a product or a service that competes with the product or service from which the accessed data originate or share the data with another third party for that purpose.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 874 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Without prejudice to specific needs regarding the availability of data defined in sectoral legislation, the data holder may decline or seek the modification of the request, withiout undue delay, but no longer than 5 working days following the receipt of a request for the data necessary to respond to a public emergency and within 15 working days in other cases of exceptional need, on either of the following grounds:
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 880 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) a similar request for the same purpose has been previously submitted by another public sector body or Union institution, agency or body and the data holder has not been notified of the destruction of the data pursuant to Article 19(1)(c).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 881 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. In case of a request for data necessary to respond to a public emergencyfor an exceptional need pursuant to Article 15, the data holder may also decline or seek modification of the request if the data holder already provided the requested data in response to previously submitted request for the same purpose by another public sector body or Union institution agency or body and the data holder has not been notified of the destruction of the data pursuant to Article 19(1), point (c).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 885 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. Where compliance with the request to make data available to a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body requires the disclosure of personal data, the data holder shall take reasonable efforts to pseudonymise the data, insofar as the request can be fulfilled with pseudall necessary measures to irreversibly anonymised the data.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 902 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) take all necessary legal, technical and organisational measures to ensure the integrity and security of the data received;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 904 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) destroy the data as soon as, without undue delay, the data theyat are no longer necessary for the stated purpose and inform the data holder that the data have been destroyed.;
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 907 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) notify the data holder, without undue delay, of any cybersecurity threat, vulnerability or incident that has compromised the security and integrity of the data that has been transferred to them, without prejudice to the reporting obligations under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXXX [EUIBA] and Directive (EU) XXX/XXXX [NIS2].
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 914 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Disclosure of trade secrets or alleged trade secrets to a public sector body or to a Union institution, agency or body shall only be required to the extent that it is strictly necessary to achieve the purpose of the request. In such a case, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body shall take appropriate the legal, technical and organisational measures needed to preserve the confidentiality of those trade secrets.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 925 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Where tThe data holder claimsshall be entitled to reasonable compensation for making data available in compliance with a request made pursuant to Article 15, points (b) or (c), s. Such compensation shall not exceed the technical and organisational costs incurred to comply with the request including, where necessary, the costs of anonymisation and of technical adaptation, plus a fair and reasonable margin. Upon request of the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body requesting the data, the data holder shall provide information on the basis for the calculation of the costs and the reasonable margin.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 933 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – title
21 Contribution of research organisations or statistical bodies in the context of exceptional needs
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 941 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. Individuals or organisations receiving the data pursuant to paragraph 1 shall act exclusively on a not-for-profit basis or in the context of a public-interest mission recognised in Union or Member State law. They shall not include organisations upon which commercial undertakings have a decisive influence or which could result in preferential access to the results of the research.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 943 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. Where a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body intends to transmits or makes data available under paragraph 1, it shall notify the data holder from whom the data was received. and provide all necessary information regarding the identity of the data recipient and the activities that will be carried out by the data recipient based on the data received pursuant to paragraph 1. Data holders shall have the right to object to the sharing of data by a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body under paragraph 1, to the competent authority, when such data sharing does not meet the requirements of this Chapter.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 950 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Where a public sector body intends to request data from a data holder established in another Member State, it shall first notify and send the request to the competent authority of that Member State as referred to in Article 31, of that intention. This requirement shall also apply to requests by Union institutions, agencies and bodies.
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1092 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 6
6. Where harmonised standards referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article do not exist or w, the Commission shall issue a standardisation request in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation 1025/2012. Where the Commission considers that the relevant harmonised standards are insufficient to ensure conformity with the essential requirements in paragraph 1 of this Article in a cross- border context, the Commission may, by way of implementing acts, adopt common specifications in respect of the essential requirements set out in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 1162 #

2022/0047(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from [128 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 22 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
A. whereas the unprovoked and unjustified military aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law, the UN Charter and the principles enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 and the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, and seriously undermines and threatens European and global security and stability;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B
B. whereas the Russian Federation did not comply with the order that the International Court of Justice issued on 16 March 2022 unequivocally requesting Russia to immediately suspend its military operations and to ensure that any military or irregular armed units which may be led or supported by it, as well as any organisations or proxy countries such as Belarus and persons which may be under its control or leadership, take no steps to further the existing military operations;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the torture and murder of civilians and the mass rapes of women and children are atrocious war crimes that need to be urgently investigated and documented so that perpetrators can be tried for war crimes;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F
F. whereas the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought war back to Europe and we Europeans in the European Union now need to use all our determination and resolve, and concrete instruments at our disposal to protect and defend this Union and the values and principles it stands for;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Recital I
I. whereas Parliament called, in its resolution of 1 March 2022 on the Russian aggression against Ukraine, for the EU institutions to work towards granting EU candidate status to Ukraine and, in the meantime, to continue to work towards its integration into the EU single market along the lines of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement; whereas the geopolitical realities of the region call for an integrated strategic approach that includes the Republic of Moldova in the same talks;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2022/0000(INI)

Ia. whereas the Republic of Moldova has reaffirmed and continues to demonstrate its commitment to European values, to a European path, and to our long-term security goals;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) ensure that economic dependencies are not prevailing over the defence of human rights and the very values the EU stands for;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 257 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) work on a substantial third EU- NATO joint declaration and ensure that the objectives and priorities of the Strategic Compass are duly taken into account when the NATO strategic concept is drafted and that both the Strategic Compass and the NATO strategic concept are further and continuously aligned for increasing strategic complementarity;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 321 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point ac a (new)
(aca) make all available efforts to investigate and document all reports of war crimes such as the torturing and killing of civilians and the rape of women and children by the Russian army in Ukraine so that accountability for these crimes will stand the test of the courts;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 322 #

2022/0000(INI)

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point ac b (new)
(acb) prepare to contribute as much as possible to rebuilding the country post- war, as democracy and freedom are dependent on prosperity and economic stability;
2022/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— – Having Regard to Turkey’s membership in the Council of Europe and in NATO;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas, in the aftermath of recent tensions between the EU and Turkey, particularly in relation to the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, the European Council offered to nurture a more positive dynamic in EU-Turkey relations by expressing readiness to engage with Turkey in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner in a number of areas of common interest on the condition of improvements in EU-Turkey relations and the respect for democratic values and the rule of law by the Turkish government;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas being a candidate country presumes a willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EU and to respect and uphold the Copenhagen criteria and to align itself with EU policies and objectives; whereas an analysis of the EU’s reports in recent years reveal that Turkey’s distance from the EU’s values and its normative framework is still considerablevast and is even growing in fundamental areas such as respect for international law, the rule of law and human rights; Whereas the links between Turkish civil society and pro-democratic forces and the EU remain strong, as the EU is deeply committed to provide support to Turkish citizens and organisations that promote European norms and values;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the importance of upholding the freedom of assembly in Turkey, which is enshrined in its constitution; but increasingly under pressure, in particular for certain opposition parties;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 272 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the sustained pressurelegal and administrative pressure by the Turkish government on civil society and, human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, academics, ethnic and religious minorities and numerous Turkish citizens and the continuously shrinking space to operate freely in Turkey;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Continues to urge the Turkish Government to release Osman Kavala after more than four years of unlawful and illegitimate detention; reiterates its call on the Turkish authorities to abide by the final judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in this case;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses deep concern about the deterioration in the human rights situation for LGBTI people, in particular with regard to physical attacks – especially against transgender persons – the protracted bans on Pride marches across the country, restrictions on the freedoms of assembly, association and expression, and censorship in the media and urges the Turkish government to protect their equal and legal rights;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 312 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is deeply concerned about the constant attacks, imprisonment of members of the opposition and pressure on the opposition parties, particularly the HDP and the Republican People’s Party (CHP), which undermine the proper functioning of the democratic system; stresses that democracy presupposes an environment in which political parties, civil society and the media can function without threats or arbitrary restrictions;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 453 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on Turkey to remain committed to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Libya under the auspices of the UN, to fully adhere to the arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council and to not obstruct EU and NATO missions mandated to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 482 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Recognizes the importance of a well-functioning NATO; deplores in this regard Turkey’s unilateral actions undermining NATO by purchasing Russian S-400 missiles; calls on the Turkish government to overcome these tensions by halting actions that go against the collective interests of the alliance;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 496 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Calls on the EEAS StratCom divisions to document suspicions of Turkish disinformation directed at the EU, particularly in the Balkans and the MENA region and to report its findings to the European Parliament;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 513 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights should remain at the heart of EU-Turkey relations under any framework; reaffirms its support for kconcludes that Turkey has drifted unbridgeably far away from meepting the accession process and its value-based approach as the main frameworkCopenhagen criteria, with no positive change foreseen on the short and/or midterm; calls therefore for the accession negotiations with Turkey to be formally suspended; notes however, that an EU membership perspective for EU-Turkey relations, as it is still the most powerful tool to exercise normative pressure and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; nevertheless remains open to the possibility of both sides reviewing, in a realistic manner, the appropriateness of this framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, exploring other possible models for future relationwill remain possible, as laid down in Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union; calls instead for the creation of new momentum and structures to break the current deadlock and to move forward towards a closer, more dynamic and strategic, unique partnership that works beneficially for both parties by modernizing and enhancing the current Association Agreement as the main framework, based on specific benchmarks related to good neighbourly relations and respect for democratic principles, rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 558 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Welcomes the meeting in March 2022 of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and expresses in this regard the hope that the continued functioning of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee shall be restored;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 561 #

2021/2250(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Calls for the mutually beneficial modernisation of the Customs Union, accompanied with an effective and efficient dispute settlement mechanism;
2022/03/09
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
— having regard to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova (hereinafter referred to as Moldova), of the other part (AA), which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) and fully entered into force on 1 July 2016,
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the outcome of the 12th EU-Moldova Human rights dialogue held on the 13th of September 2021 by videoconference,
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas after a period of political instability and democratic backsliding Maia Sandu won the presidential election with 57,75% of the votes on 15 November 2020 and Party of Action and Solidarity received 52,8%of the votes and won 63 of the 101 seats in the Parliament of Moldova in the early parliamentary elections on 11 July 2021;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas during the last Presidential and parliamentary elections the people of the Republic of Moldova have demonstrated their strong commitment to democracy, the rule of law and the European future of their country by giving the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) a strong mandate for an ambitious program of reforms;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas participants in the 10th meeting of the EU-Moldova PAC held on 2 December 2021, took note of the resolve of the Republic of Moldova President, government and parliamentary majority to implement the EU-Moldova Association Agenda thoroughly, thus bringing tangible improvements to the Moldovan citizens' lives;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the concrete outcomes of the sixth EU-Moldova Association Council that took place on 28 October 2021 give new impetus for closer and enhanced cooperation on key areas;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas according to recent opinion polls, 71,6% of the citizens of the Republic of Moldovan support the objective of the European integration of their country;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas Moldova ranks 105th out of 180 countries in the 2021 Corruption Perception Index (up from 115th in 2020) and persistent challenges remain in this area, as for years corruption has seriously affected the state apparatus, stunted economic growth and modernization and undermined democracy;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas Moldova ranks 89th out of 180 countries in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index (up by two places compared to the previous year) and concerns remain linked notably to concentration of media ownership, monopolisation of the advertising market, lack of editorial independence and control of media institutions by economic and political groups;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes the European Union should affirm more clearly its support to the European aspirations of the Republic of Moldova and make the benefits of European integration more tangible for its citizens; underlines that a clear position on the European integration of the country will be a powerful incentive to continue with the much needed reforms;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the high expectations by people of Moldova need to be fulfilled by achieving tangible improvement in their livelihoods and restoring their trust in state institutions;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to increase its engagement with its Moldovan counterparts and to maximise its political, technical and financial support to the Republic of Moldova during this crucial time in order to give further impetus to progress and to ensure adequate absorption capacity for EU assistance; points out, in this respect, that the European Union should be more strategic in its support and calls for the establishment, at the level of the Commission, of a Support Group for the Republic of Moldova on the model of the one already established for Ukraine; underlines that such a group could play a pivotal role in advancing reforms in the key areas of justice and the fight against corruption, to stimulate long-term socio-economic development and recovery, for the benefit of the people of Moldova;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission toWelcomes the intensified high- level political dialogue with the Moldovan authorities and calls on the Commission and the European External Action Service to further increase its engagement with its Moldovan counterparts and to maximise its political, technical and financial support to the Republic of Moldova during this crucial time in order to give further impetus to progress and to ensure adequate absorption capacity for EU assistance;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need to look into ways to consolidate and enhance the capacity of Moldovan public institutions in this regard;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of an updated Association Agenda for the guidance of the implementation of the AA/DCFTA; reiterates its call on the Commission to adopt regular annual comprehensive reports assessing implementation of reforms based on clear benchmarks and a common methodology;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the results of the sixth Eastern Partnership summit held on 15 December 2021, which reaffirmed the significant achievements of cooperation in this format and charted an ambitious course for future cooperation based on shared values and focusing on recovery, resilience and reform; acknowledges the initiative by the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine to enhance their cooperation as the three associated partners of the EU (‘Association Trio’); welcomes that the summit acknowledged the European aspirations and the European choice of the Association Trio countries;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the three countries to work together to further advance the reform agenda and exchange best practices; calls on the Commission to respond to the interest of the associated countries to deepen sectoral cooperation with the EU in areas of mutual interest while maintaining the principle of inclusivity;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the decisive action by the EU and its Member States as ‘Team Europe’ in mitigating the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through vaccine donations and financial support; calls on the EEAS, through the East StratCom Task Force and the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, to assist the Moldovan authorities in combating misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccines and fostering a social dialogue with the aim to reach the minimum target of 70 percent of the vaccinated population; stresses that the Economic Recovery Plan for the Republic of Moldova, worth up to EUR 600 million, is a key element in the Republic of Moldova’s recovery, which presents a unique opportunity to restructure the economy and to prepare it for future challenges;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the ambitious reform agenda of the government of Natalia Gavriliţa and the tangible progress already achieved in its implementation, in particular on the fight against corruption, judicial reformgrowing transparency in public governance, advancing of the reforms in the field of rule of law and digitalization, improving the living standards of the most vulnerable population groups and improving the business climate in the country; reiterates that sufficient progress in implementing agreed reforms is a key condition for continued EU financial support and the application of the ‘more for more’ principle;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes and urges the steps undertaken by the authorities to continue their efforts to address the issue of unfounded asylum applications and alignment of the Republic of Moldova's visa policy with the EU lists of visa- required third countries as well as in the areas of financial fraud, anti-money laundering, prevention and fight against corruption, and organised crime;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses the importance of a clear and effective policy in the area of recovering embezzled funds and fraudulent assets by establishing international cooperation with a focus on better liaison with EUROPOL and EUROJUST; encourages the Moldovan authorities to build a framework dedicated to strategic collaboration with the European Public Prosecutor's Office for better management of fraud and anti- corruption investigations;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Encourages ongoing and close cooperation between the General Prosecutor's Office in Chisinau and the EUROJUST office, including a regular secondment of Moldovan representatives to the EUROJUST office as a preparatory step for building a task force dedicated to recovering embezzled funds and fraudulent assets;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to provide the Republic of Moldova with EUR 60 million through a new budget support programme in order to deal with a gas supply crisis artificially created by Gazprom and to mitigate the impact of the rising prices on the most vulnerable Moldovans; notes that the crisis further underscores the importance of the diversification of energy supplies and routes, strengthening energy efficiency and of building long-term resilience through a transition to more sustainable energy sources and investing in key infrastructure; notes that this could also help build resilience against any potential efforts by third parties to use energy as a geopolitical lever;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to provide the Republic of Moldova with EUR 60 million through a new budget support programme in order to deal with a gas supply crisis artificially created by Gazprom and to mitigate the impact of the rising prices on the most vulnerable Moldovans; notes that the crisis further underscores the importance of the diversification of energy supplies and routes, and of building long-term resilience through a transition to more sustainable energy sources and investing in key infrastructurerenewable sources of energy and investment in the energy- producing infrastructure and energy efficiency in the transport and household sectors;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 86 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines the geostrategic importance of severing the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine energy dependency on Russia and notes the urgency of implementing and further developing energy interconnection projects with the EU; asks the Commission to urgently set up a dedicated structure within its administration that will work to support the Republic of Moldova’s and Ukraine’s integration with the European continental power grid (ENTSO-E); notes that the support and promotion of the EU enhanced cooperation with the EaP associated countries in these sectors will also create economic growth and will strengthen the energy resilience of the region;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the approval of the National Strategy for Regional Development for the years 2022-2028 and calls for an administrative-territorial reform focused on growing competitiveness and sustainable development; underlines the necessity of a balanced social and economic growth in all regions of Moldova and efficient implementation of national policies of regional development;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the inadmissibility of the weaponisation of the gas supply in order to put political pressure on the Republic of Moldova to change its geopolitical orientation; urges the Commission and the European External Action Service to continue providing the Republic of Moldova with the financial and technical support necessary to ensure its resilience against such external interference; calls on the Moldovan authorities to maintain the country’s commitment as a member of the Energy Community to implementing the EU’s Third Energy Package, in particular the unbundling of gas and electricity transmission and distribution;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the inadmissibility of the weaponisation of the gas supply from Russia in order to put political pressure on the Republic of Moldova to change its geopolitical orientation; urges the Commission to continue providing the Republic of Moldova with the financial and technical support necessary to ensure its resilience against such external interference; calls on the Moldovan authorities to maintain the country’s commitment as a member of the Energy Community to implementing the EU’s Third Energy Package, in particular the unbundling of gas and electricity transmission and distribution;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes that, as a complement to the assistance already provided by the EU in the context of the energy crisis, the EU Delegation in Chișinău mobilized EUR 5 million to provide support to vulnerable categories of population most affected by the rise in energy prices;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that while the presidential and the early parliamentary elections were well managed and competitive, persistent shortcomings need to be addressed by implementing the recommendations of the Council of Europe Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR; underlines the fact that the election campaign was dividing and conducted in a negative way which involved intolerant rhetoric and attacks on the person; calls for better monitoring of campaign spending, transparency of political party funding and a system to better identify voting day irregularities;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges Moldovan authorities to cease opportunity and employ Covid-19 recovery funds to modernize hospitals and improve the quality and accessibility of medical services, especially in the regions;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the agreement between the EU and the Republic of Moldova on launching a High-Level Political and Security Dialogue; invites the Republic of Moldova to further align its positions with those of CFSP and to continue its contribution to Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and its miss and the renewed engagement on security and CSDP through the bilateral political staff-to- staff consultations; encourages the EEAS and the Republic of Moldova to make full use of these platforms in order to advance cooperation on matters such as, but not limited to combating hybrid threats, enhancing resilience, strengthening cybersecurity, enhancing strategic communications;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the agreement between the EU and the Republic of Moldova on launching a High-Level Political and Security Dialogue, in particular the commitment to strengthen cooperation in the fight against hybrid threats, cyber- security, protection of critical infrastructure and strategic communication; invites the Republic of Moldova to further align its positions with those of CFSP and to continue its contribution to Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and its missions;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Invites the Republic of Moldova to further align its positions with those of CFSP and to continue its contribution to Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and its missions as well as encourages EU and the Republic of Moldova to identify ways to expand this cooperation;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the EU institutions to include the Republic of Moldova in new formats of cooperation concerning cybersecurity, hybrid threats and cyber- crime investigations;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls for an increase of the budget and a strengthening of the European Union's Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM), which plays a very important role in harmonising border management and customs regime to that of the Union, also with regard to the solution of the Transnistrian issue;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its support for a comprehensive and peaceful settlement of the Transnistria conflict based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, within its internationally recognised borders, with a special status for the Transnistrian region, inside a viable Moldovan state;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines that any resolution to the Transnistrian issue must respect the Republic of Moldova’s sovereign right to choose its own defence and foreign policy orientation;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Expresses its concern over the numerous military exercises conducted by the Russian military forces in Transnistria and calls on the Russian Federation to withdraw its military forces and armaments from the Transnistria region fully and in an orderly manner, in accordance with the repeated requests of the Moldovan authorities and in respect of the Republic of Moldova's sovereignty and territorial integrity;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, EU Member States and other international partners to cooperate on the total removal and destruction of the about 20 000 tons of old Soviet-era ammunition stored at the Cobasna ammunition depot, which, due to it being long time expired, represents a grave danger for the people on both banks of the Dniester river;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Encourages the Moldovan Government to continue promoting an environment favourable to the settlement of conflicts and supporting activities that increase confidence and people-to-people contacts across conflict-divided communities;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Praises the Moldovan authorities for the support offered to the Transnistria region in the context of the COVID- 19pandemic, including through the donation of 10% of its vaccines supply, the training of medical staff and the processing of COVID-19 tests;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10f. Expresses its concern regarding the deteriorating human rights situation in the Transnistrian region; reminds the Russian Federation of the responsibility it has regarding the respect of human rights in the Transnistria region, as confirmed by several rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR); calls on the Russian authorities to execute all the ECHR judgements regarding violations of human rights and the right to freedom and security in the Transnistria region;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Council to extend the areas of cooperation with the Republic of Moldova under the European Peace Facility; encourages Moldovan authorities to make further use of the potential European Peace Facility assistance in subsequent annual programmes in order to consolidate its capacity in countering cyber and hybrid threats; encourages the EEAS and the Council to further support strengthening capacity of the defence sector through assistance measures under this instrument;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Welcomes the role of the EU European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM) in promoting fully-fledged joint control along the Moldova - Ukraine border, fighting organized crime and smuggling, and contributing to the peaceful settlement of the Transnistrian conflict;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for a decisive implementation of the police reform; welcomes the increase in the number of women in the police force and continuous cooperation with EUROPOL; calls for intensified efforts in the fight against trafficking in human beings, as Moldova unfortunately remains a source of trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation and labour purposes;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for an increased and better communicated EU support for development projects in the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates the fundamental importance of justice reform and the fight against corruption; recognises the magnitude of the challenge faced by the authorities and encourages them to focus on established priorities; calls for the adoption and implementation of the amendments to the Constitution on justice that were voted by the Parliament on 23 September 2021, as well as of the Strategy for Ensuring the Independence and Integrity of the Justice Sector 2021- 2-20245;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates the fundamental importance of justice reform, in particular by strengthening the independence and competences of the judiciary, and the fight against corruption; recognises the magnitude of the challenge faced by the authorities and encourages them to focus on established priorities; calls for the adoption and implementation of the Strategy for Ensuring the Independence and Integrity of the Justice Sector 2021- 2024;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that the EU must offer more support, including increased financial allocations, for the complex reform of the justice system in the Republic of Moldova; strongly supports the objective of cleaning the justice system of persons that have integrity problems and bringing about comprehensive changes that would build strong foundations for Rule of Law in the country; underlines the importance of ensuring a merit-based and transparent selection process for judicial appointments; takes note of the steps taken by the authorities in order to pursue extraordinary vetting of judges and prosecutors in office and to improve the system of selection and appointment of judges and prosecutors; recalls the importance of consulting and implementing the recommendations of the Venice Commission in the framework of the judicial reform process;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls the Moldovan authorities to continue cooperation with the Council of Europe and the European Union on justice reform, including on initiatives related to the extraordinary evaluation of judges and prosecutors (vetting) and evaluation of the integrity of candidates for the position of members of Superior Council of Magistracy and Superior Council of Prosecutors (pre-vetting);
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Deplores the fact that the investigation into the bank fraud exposed in 2014 has still not yielded significant results in terms of bringing those responsible to justice and recovering lost assets; stresses that this lack of progress has a serious negative effect on the credibility of the justice system in the eyes not only of the people of the Republic of Moldova, but also of the country’s international partners; calls for an intensification of the process of completing criminal cases against persons involved in the "Russian laundromat" and bank fraud;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Welcomes the new regulations in the field of public procurement, but emphasizes the need for public monitoring of procurement processes and the importance of clearer and permanent reports to the general public; encourages the simplification of the mechanisms by which civil society representatives can be part of procurement processes and emphasizes the need to replace bureaucratic processes with transparent ones that remove barriers and restore confidence in the allocation and use of public budgets;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the importance of tackling financial fraud, money laundering and organised crime through comprehensive legislation and effective implementation; calls for increased international cooperation on these issues, including with the relevant EU agencies and platforms;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to increase transparency in policy formulation and decision making, notably by involving citizens and consulting civil society;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Welcomes the plans to enact in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova legal changes aimed at improving the legal framework to make it possible to implement the mechanism of extended confiscation of assets accumulated through corruption;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2021/2237(INI)

13c. Reiterates its support for the involvement of civil society in decision- making processes in order to increase public scrutiny over reforms and promote their social acceptability;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Istanbul Convention’) by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on 14 October 2021; calls for its effective implementanotes the issuance of a legal brief on the constitutional implications of the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence by the Venice Commission on 10- 11 December 2021 at the request of the Constitutional Court of Moldova; calls for effective implementation of the Istanbul Convention to be ensured in order to improve the situation of women and to undertake further efforts to progress towards achieving gender equality, in particular on improving women’s access to the labour market and tackling the gender pay gap;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses deep concern regarding deteriorated human rights situation in the Transnistrian region, notably persecution of persons critical of the de facto administration and the deployment of the Russian army, restrictions on the public assemblies and activities of local NGOs; calls for an impartial investigation into reports of repression of human rights defenders, activists, and journalists and for those responsible to be brought to justice in accordance with international standards;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 183 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the importance of further strengthening the legal framework for equality and non-discrimination, in particular by closing the existing legislative gaps in order to effectively counteract hate crimes and hate speech, as well as addressing discrimination in employment;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Reiterates its call for expanding the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, the EU Magnitsky Act, to include corruption as a sanctioned offence, which would allow for the sanctioning of those responsible for the 2014 bank fraud and deter similar corruption crimes;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the progress made by the Republic of Moldova in the process of deinstitutionalization of the child care system and the steps taken to develop a new Child Protection Programme and Action Plan for 2022-2026;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates the importance of the effective implementation of the reforms needed to fully benefit from the DCFTA and, to achieve progress in further economic integration with the EU’s internal market and to increase the competitiveness of the Moldovan economy, particularly the added value goods;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 209 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights the positive effect of the EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement on the trade between the two sides, with more than a 33% increase in total trade between 2015 and 2020, over 61% of Moldovan exports going to the EU market and over 70% of Moldovan companies engaged in export activities exporting to the EU market;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 211 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Encourages the Moldovan government to intensify European cooperation to improve the digital infrastructure and improve the resilience of the national system in the face of cyber-attacks; supports the process of digitization of economic processes and the development of special mechanisms for IT companies, especially innovation and start-ups that have problems finding sources of financing and as such fail to support their transition and growth process;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 212 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Encourages and supports the harmonisation of the legislation of the Republic of Moldova with the EU acquis in the field of trade for the best possible implementation of the DCFTA; calls on the Commission to begin the process of integrating the Eastern Partnership countries into the European Single Market by setting the first step through analysing their alignment from a legal, economic and technical perspective and developing regulations and standards for preparing partner countries for the economic integration into a common market;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Acknowledges the commitment of the Republic of Moldova to pursue legal approximation with EU agricultural legislation in order to increase exports to the EU and open up new commercial opportunities for its farmers and rurlocal communities;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the EU support to the economic recovery of micro, small and medium size enterprises (MSMEs); calls upon responsible EU and Moldovan institutions to ensure that this support is tailored to the needs of Moldovan MSMEs, is of nationwide coverage and strengthens the capacities of MSMEs and their participation in the EU internal market;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 221 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the EU institutions to give concrete support to the Republic of Moldova to meet the criteria to join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) once it has met all of the necessary requirements;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Emphasises that the Republic of Moldova's exports could increase through expanded production, reprioritising exports, and adjusting quality standards; reiterates that the main categories of goods for export remain animal and vegetable products, which are the least profitable products that Moldova can offer to Member States; calls on the European Commission to support the Republic of Moldova in diversifying its exports to the EU, including through a better fulfilment of its tariff quotas for high-profit products;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 225 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Highlights the importance of modernizing national laboratories responsible for sanitary and phytosanitary requirements and enabling the export of products of animal origin, and meeting the shortage of qualified laboratory staff;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Encourages the harmonisation of national quality standards with those of the EU; underlines the disadvantage for Moldovan entrepreneurs and businesses due to the large number of different standards they need to meet for exports into the Member States and emphasises the need for a policy of excluding standards that are non-aligned or in direct conflict with European standards;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 233 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Stresses the need for greater transparency regarding the results of the audit missions of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and emphasises the need to grow and strengthen the network of laboratories for sanitary and phytosanitary analysis while intensifying the training of inspectors and specialists working in these laboratories for better implementation of regulations in the field of phytosanitary and food safety;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Supports a better policy of integration of environmental policies in the economic sectors and broader participation of the citizens in the process of elaborating the environmental protection policies; calls for a more intense approach to partnerships with civil society for a better functioning waste collection and recycling activity, as well as increased attention to land afforestation, reduction of soil degradation and water quality;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the launch of a high- level energy dialogue between the European Union and Moldova in the context of the emergency situation in Moldova’s gas sector. Invites the Commission to consider the launch of other enhanced / high-level sectorial dialogues, such as in the justice sector or climate / Green Deal, which would contribute to reaching objectives within the AA and DCFTA;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of fighting disinformation, fake news and propaganda, in particular through strategic communication that would improve public perception on the tangible benefits that EU cooperation and support brings to Moldovan citizens; hopes that the reconstituted Television and Radio Broadcasting Council will effectively carry out its tasks as a media watchdog and address the long-standing shortcomings of the media landscape;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of fighting disinformation, fake news and propaganda, in particular through strategic communication; hopes that the reconstituted Television and Radio Broadcasting Council will effectively carry out its tasks as a media watchdog and address the long-standing shortcomings of the media landscape, while ensuring the political independence of both public broadcasting company and the media market regulator;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Reiterates that strengthening media pluralism and its independence should be a priority for both the Union and the Republic of Moldova; calls on the Commission to increase support to the independent media, including in the regions; points out the need for a thorough reform of the media environment in the Republic of Moldova in order to enhance transparency and competition in the sector; recalls the importance of ensuring full implementation of the Audiovisual code and independence of the Audiovisual Council to ensure access to impartial information;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 255 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises the need for an institutional framework and a consistent set of public policies through which misinformation and disinformation in the media can be opposed and fought, mainly in the online environment. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to build a national media development program to review the legal framework, regulate the economic situation, specifically the advertising law, ensure fair competition in the media market, and strengthen media actors' resilience to commercial attacks and political influence;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to continue to step up their efforts to combat climate change and protect the environment, in particular waste management, water pollution and soil degradation;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Invites the European Commission to consider the idea of creating a Support Group for Moldova, in order to better streamline EU financial and technical support and provide necessary assistance to Moldovan authorities, particularly in the implementation of the Economic and Investment Plan for EaP countries and the Economic Recovery Plan for Moldova;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Welcomes the efforts and the continuing progress made by Moldovan authorities towards further improving its safety oversight system and implementing international aviation safety standards that led to the removal of all air carriers certified in the Republic of Moldova from the EU Air Safety List, and calls the Moldovan authorities to ensure the implementation of the EU-Republic of Moldova Common Aviation Area Agreement;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls for the Republic of Moldova and the EU to advance work on the Moldovan sections of the trans-European extended transport network for EaP (TEN-T), to support the railway sector reforms and to explore together with Member States and International Financial Institutions possibilities for upgrading the EU-Republic of Moldova rail connections, while ensuring environmental sustainability; encourages the Republic of Moldova to advance in implementing the relevant acquis; and calls for increased cooperation and the gradually integration of the Republic of Moldova into the EU Transport Market and Transport Community;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 266 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Calls on the EU institutions to analyse the possibility of including the Republic of Moldova and the other EaP associated countries as observers in the proceedings of the Committees established pursuant to Article 291 TFEU and Regulation (EU) No. 182/2011(7), as well as in the meetings of the Council working groups and committees, to show the EU’s commitments to further integration and to strengthening the countries’ reform orientation and administrative know-how;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18f. Welcomes the commitments of the Republic of Moldova in the field of environment and climate change, and the intention to cooperate with the EU in implementing the EU Green Deal; encourages to seek guidance and support from the European Commission to strengthen cooperation in this direction;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 268 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18g. Supports a continued cooperation between the Republic of Moldova and the EU on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, as well as enhancing long term cooperation in the field of public health;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)
18h. Welcomes the adoption by the European Commission of the decision of equivalence of COVID-19certificates issued by the Republic of Moldova to the EU Digital COVID Certificate and encourages the EU Member States to continue to ensure its application;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the signature on 29 November 2021 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Parliament and the Parliament of Moldova on a joint framework for parliamentary democracy support, which opens up opportunities for strengthening its institutional capacity and parliamentary democracy in the Republic of Moldova through closer bilateral institutional ties; invites the Parliament of Moldova to implement the full range of democracy support activities available to it, including a Jean Monnet Dialogue and a Simone Veil programme, on the basis of a mutually agreed roadmap; points out the important role played by the EU-Republic of Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee in terms of fostering exchanges of experiences and good practices with the Moldovan parlamentarians; believes that these exchanges can be further enhanced in order to work together, at parliamentary level, for supporting reforms and monitoring their implementation;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 272 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the signature on 29 November 2021 of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Parliament and the Parliament of Moldova on a joint framework for parliamentary democracy support, which opens up opportunities for strengthening its institutional capacity and parliamentary democracy in the Republic of Moldova through closer bilateral institutional ties; invites the Parliament of Moldova to implement the full range of democracy support activities available to it, including a Jean Monnet Dialogue and a Simone Veil programme, on the basis of a mutually agreed roadmap;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #

2021/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Invites the Parliament of Moldova to implement the full range of democracy support activities available to it, including a Jean Monnet Dialogue and a Simone Veil programme, on the basis of a mutually agreed roadmap;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to its recommendation of 21 October 2021 to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation,
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the recently adopted EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo- Pacific, which is based on a principled engagement with a long-term perspective, reflects a deep evolution in the way the EU looks at its interests, the opportunities, and challenges in the region and the potential role it can play; whereas building strong relations and security cooperation with Indo-Pacific regional organisations and countries is central to the strategy;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas in recent years the dynamics in the region, and in particular those pursued by the People’s Republic of China, have given rise to intense geopolitical competition, mirrored in an increase in military spending and a more aggressive rhetoric, thereby calling into question the rules-based international order; whereas a new centre of global competition has therefore evolved in the Indo-Pacific region; whereas there is no overarching regional security order to mitigate the associated challenges; whereas such dynamics represent serious threats to stability and security in the region and beyond, impacting directly the EU’s strategic interests as a key political and economic partner of the countries in the region; whereas the EU is committed to security, peace and international law;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas in recent years the dynamics in the region have given rise to intense geopolitical tensions and competition, mirrored in an increase in military spending and a more aggressive rhetoric, thereby calling into question the rules-based international order; whereas a new centre of global competition has therefore evolved in the Indo-Pacific region; whereas there is no overarching regional security order to mitigate the associated challenges; whereas such dynamics represent serious threats to stability and security in the region and beyond, impacting directly the EU’s strategic interests as a key political and economic partner of the countries in the region; whereas the EU is committed to security, peace and, international law, and human rights;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas China’s rapid military build-up, coupled with its increasingly assertive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region and its military activities in the East and South China Seas, executed through the creation and progressive expansion of two different bodies that complement the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), namely the Chinese Coast Guard and the Maritime Militia, as well as its deliberate and repetitive violations of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone and its increasingly aggressive rhetoric and media campaigns, are leading to rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas China’s rapid military build-up, coupled with its increasingly assertive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific region and its military activities in the East and South China Seas, as well as its deliberate and repetitive violations of Taiwan’s air defence identification zone and its increasingly aggressive rhetoric and media campaigns, are leading to rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific, which calls for a scenario-based ready-to-act plan;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas China’s assertiveness in the region is not limited to the military realm but has also materialised through aggressive commercial practices based on diplomatic coercion, through belligerent debt diplomacy policies with neighbouring Pacific’ small island and developing states (SIDS), which are extremely vulnerable due to economic and environmental challenges;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the region has an increasing impact on the global system and whereas the ideological struggle in the region between authoritarianism and democracy has the potential to sway the outcome of equivalent struggles worldwide, including in the vicinity of the European Union;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the recently adopted EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo- Pacific; recognises the added value of the strategy as the first foundation stone of the EU’s united approach to the region, and praises the inclusive and multifaceted nature of the strategy and the inclusion of security and defence as one of its seven priority areas; calls for the EU to use the strategy as a tool to effectively assert its presence and influence in the region through furthering strategic ties and deepening cooperation on security- and defence-related matters with regional like- minded countries and organisations; believes that increased value-based EU engagement in the region would contribute to regional security, and help overcome regional tensions and create more balanced relations among regional players; recalls that the strategy is a Team Europe project and that bilateral arrangements between Member States and Indo-Pacific countries that go against the Team Europe approach can harm the objectives of the shared strategy;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 86 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the need to safeguard EU unity as a pre-condition to achieve the EU’s ambition of open strategic sovereigntautonomy amid the increasing competition between the United States and China; recalls that the EU’s unified approach must be underpinned by a pragmatic and principled foreign and security policy and more effective foreign-policy decision-making at the EU-level, specifically through a transition to qualified majority voting;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the need to work closer together with like-minded countries in the region and to coordinate closer with other liberal democracies on common regional strategies, especially in the context of an increasingly assertive and aggressive China; argues that the EU’s strategy in the region needs to constantly adapt to the rapidly changing power balance and should be firmly anchored in European values;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onUrges the EU to make use of its reputation as a credible and reliable actor amid the growing geopolitical competition between global and regional powers in the Indo-Pacific; recalls that the added value of EU engagement in the Indo-Pacific lies in its comprehensive range of civilian and military assistance measures, including well developed non-military contributions; recalls that the EU has a vast network of diplomatic assets to facilitate dialogue on conflict-resolution, legal solutions and expertise in setting up confidence-building measures; calls on the EU to closer link its contributions to countries in the region and its diplomacy efforts to its values and interests;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses deep concerns about China’s rapid military build-up, including its recently uncovered test of a hypersonic missile, and its increasingly assertive behaviour, which aims, among other things, to advance its territorial claims in the East and South China Seas; highlights that security hotspots and unresolved issues, such as the Democ, as well as its growing strategic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear programme, the recent China-India border standoffs, the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong, and threats posed by China to the territorial integrity of Taiwan, exert further strain on regional security and stability; highlights that the EU’s approach towards China must be unified, pragmatic, multifaceted and principled, including cooperating on issues of shared interest, such as climate change, on the one hand, and competing when it comes to providing economic, political andpresence in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, as evidenced by its activities and investments in the Hambatonta (Sri Lanka) and Djibouti ports, as well as the Gwadar harbour, strategic alternatives to third countries, and confronting China on matters where our respective views diverge substantially, on the other handly connected with the Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region through the Karakoram Highway;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses deep concerns about China’s rapid military build-up, including its test of a hypersonic missile, and its increasingly assertive behaviour, which aims, among other things, to advance its territorial claims in the East and South China Seas; hHighlights that security hotspots and unresolved issues, such as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear programme, the recent China-India border standoffs, the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong, and threats posed by China to the territorial integrity of Taiwan, materialised through military actions, exert further strain on regional security and stability; highlights that the EU’s approach towards China must be unified, pragmatic, multifaceted and principled, including cooperating on issues of shared interest, such as climate change, on the one hand, and competing when it comes to providing economic, political and strategic alternatives to third countries, and confronting China on matters where our respective views diverge substantially, such as respect for democracy and fundamental human rights, on the other hand;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses deep concerns aboutCondemns China’s rapid military build-up, including its test of a hypersonic missile, and its increasingly assertive behaviour, which aims, among other things, to advance its territorial claims in the East and South China Seas; equally condemns China’s diplomacy of intimidation towards the EU and EU Member States; highlights that security hotspots and unresolved issues, such as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s nuclear programme, the recent China-India border standoffs, the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong, and threats posed by China to the territorial integrity of Taiwan, exert further strain on regional security and stability; highlights that the EU’s approach towards China must be unified, pragmatic, multifaceted and principled, including cooperating on issues of shared interesglobal impact, such as climate change, on the one hand, and competing when it comes to providing economic, political and strategic alternatives to third countries, and confronting and sanctioning China on matters where our respective views diverge substantially, on the other hand;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the fundamental role that connectivity plays in the geopolitical relations of the EU and its Member States, and welcomes the announcement by Commission President von der Leyen to present the EU’s global gateway strategy; calls for an urgent democratic-driven alternative to Chinese connectivity strategy in the region.
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the ongoing process of drafting the EU’s Strategic Compass should identify the Indo-Pacific as a region of key strategic interest for the EU, while also identifying the required capabilities and evaluating conflict potentials;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that enhancing existing partnerships with regional actors and building new ones is a key feature of the strategy; highlights that unified action among the EU and its traditional allies in the region is key to achieving stability, and establishes that priority areas for cooperation should include capacity- building, hybrid threats, non-proliferation, disarmament and crisis response;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that enhancing existing partnerships with regional actors and building new ones is a key feature of the strategy; highlights that priority areas for cooperation should include capacity- building, hybrid threats, non-cybersecurity, non-traditional security challenges, non- proliferation, disarmament and crisis response;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the longstanding cooperation between the EU and ASEAN on security and defence matters, and welcomes the recent upgrade of bilateral relations to a strategic partnership; reiterates its strong commitment to support ASEAN’s centrality, neutrality and inclusive multilateral architecture; calls for the EU to anchor and extend its presence in the region by deepening cooperation with ASEAN and its members; invites the EU and ASEAN to identify ways to involve the EU in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus and in the East Asia Summit; underlines the fundamental role of the parliamentary dimension for strengthening democracy in the region, and encourages, therefore, the establishment of an EU- ASEAN Parliamentary Assembly and more numerous and regular parliamentary exchanges and missions to the region;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the EU to strengthen its dialogue with NATO’s four Asia-Pacific partners, namely Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand, with a view to enhancing mutual situational awareness on security developments in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions; invites NATO to use its 2030 reflection process to enhance cooperation with its partners in order to defend shared values, consolidate democracy in the region, bolster resilience and uphold the international rules-based order, while ensuring greater consistency between policies on China;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the well established cooperation between the EU and Japan in the area of security and defence, and urges both partners to further advance the strategic partnership; calls for both partners to enhance cooperation in the area of maritime security and to further develop cooperation within the framework of the common security and defence policy (CSDP) in areas such as intelligence and, capacity-building, and cybersecurity;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 214 #

2021/2232(INI)

19. Welcomes the positive role Taiwan plays in fostering peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region; and in light of its recent recommendation on EU - Taiwan political relations and cooperation, urges to begin an impact assessment, public consultation and scoping exercise on a Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with the Taiwanese authorities in preparation for negotiations to deepen bilateral economic ties;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the positive role Taiwan plays in fostering peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region and strongly supports its democratic path;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 250 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the EU and its Members States to step-up their own maritime capacities in the region in a coordinated way, including by exploring ways to ensure a permanent European naval presence in the Indian Ocean; stresses the need to increase the EU’s capacity as an effective maritime security provider; highlights the fact that France is the only Member State with a permanent military presence in the Indian Ocean; welcomes the fact that the Netherlands and Germany have sent frigates to the region; underlines that more such naval missions will be needed in the future; welcomes the joint naval exercises that EUNAFOR Atalanta has thus far undertaken with partner countries, and calls for the EU to consider expanding its geographical scope deeper into the Indian Ocean; invitesand expresses the need for the EU to establish a maritime area of interest in the Indo- Pacific with a view to extendregion by replicating itsthe Coordinated Maritime Presences concept developed in the Gulf of Guinea in the Indo-Pacific, expanding the aforementioned concept, building on the Member States’ individual assets;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the EU and its Members States to step-up their own maritime capacities in the region in a coordinated way, including by exploring ways to ensure a permanent European naval presence in the Indian Ocean; stresses the need to increase the EU’s capacity as an effective maritime security provider; highlights the fact that France is the only Member State with a permanent military presence in the Indian Ocean; welcomes the fact that the Netherlands and Germany have sent frigates to the region; underlines that more suchjoint EU-level naval missions will be needed in the future; welcomes the joint naval exercises that EUNAFOR Atalanta has thus far undertaken with partner countries, and calls for the EU to consider expanding its geographical scope deeper into the Indian Ocean; invites the EU to establish a maritime area of interest in the Indo- Pacific with a view to extending its Coordinated Maritime Presences concept, building on the Member States’ individual assets;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
CTechnology, cyber, air and space dimension
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of information and cybersecurity as an element of the critical infrastructure of the global economy and for protecting democracies from disinformation and malicious attacks; calls on the European Union and NATO to adjust their security strategy to account for cyber- and hybrid attacks originated in the region and targeted at the Union or its Member States and to prepare adequate and proportionate diplomatic and, when needed, cyber- and military responses to such attacks;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Highlights that the digital transformation has an increasing impact on the structure of the international system and that digital competitiveness will increasingly become a prerequisite for influence on the international scene; cautions that international standard- setting and breakthrough innovations in frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 5G and 6G are increasingly part of a global competition for technological supremacy in which China is significantly invested; urges the European Union to deepen its coordination with technologically- advanced democracies in the region for setting global technological standards and influencing the development of a future global Alliance of Tech Democracies; argues furthermore that this alliance should be underpinned by democratic values, the rule of law, individual rights and freedoms, and the preservation of the rules-based international system;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the growing importance of the space dimension of international cooperation and security; underlines the need to ensure the security of the global internet infrastructure, including undersea cables;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Stresses that critical technologies such as 5G and 6G components, microchips, semiconductors, and rare earth metals are of strategic importance to the EU and its digital future; argues for strict requirements, both political and technical, for purchasing such technologies from non-democratic states in the region such as China; calls for closer cooperation with democratic producers of such technologies in the region and for a coordinated, European- wide strategic approach to the region with a view to secure supplies of critical technology and materials and strengthen democratic partners’ ability to produce them;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Highlights the importance of continuous cooperation between the EU and Indo-Pacific countries in ensuring an effective multilateral response to the COVID-19 and future global health crisis, particularly securing global production and access to vaccines;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Highlights that the fight against violent extremism and propaganda is of shared interest to the EU and Indo-Pacific countries; highlights the need to further promote cooperation between Europol and Aseanapol and between Europol and national law enforcement agencies to facilitate exchanges of good practices and expertise in key areas of interest, such as counter-terrorism, fighting transnational crime, human trafficking and migrant smuggling;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Identifies fake news, fake science, disinformation, and election interference as direct threats to democracy and democratic mechanisms, exponentially capacitated by social media and technological development; calls for an increased focus on countering such threats in the democracies of the region and sanctioning such attacks on European democracy emanating from the region;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 294 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Calls for closer engagement with the Indo-Pacific countries in addressing security challenges emanating from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, including terrorism, drug and human trafficking, addressing humanitarian crisis and ensuring rights and safety of all Afghan people;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 312 #

2021/2232(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Highlights that corruption is a prevailing challenge faced by many Indo- Pacific countries, which prevents development and foreign investments, including from the EU, but also provides an opportunity for closer cooperation and transfer of the EU anti-corruption measures;
2021/12/21
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, with new virus variants intensifying the health crisis, children around the world are still at an increased risk of falling below the minimum proficiency levels;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
C d. whereas when schools close, children are often increasingly exposed to violence and exploitation, experience social isolation and increased anxiety;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas partial or total school closures impact mostly the vulnerable and marginalised children and their families by increasing the already existing disparities within the education system and disrupting all aspects of their daily live;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the schools closure has found parents unprepared for distance and home schooling; working parents without financial means or alternatives, have been forced to leave their children home alone; and others, mostly women, were forced to leave the workforce, pushing families into poverty;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas e- learning has created new challenges for teachers to facilitate student learning and maintain social interaction;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas it is estimated that school closures during crises may lead to increases in teenage pregnancy of as much as 65 %6 ; whereas girls out of school are disproportionally exposed to the risk of child marriage and sexual exploitation; whereas it is estimated that one million girls in Sub-Saharan Africa may be blocked from returning to schools once they reopen given the existence of certain policies that ban pregnant girls and young mothers from school; _________________ 6World Vision (2020), COVID-19 Aftershocks: Access Denied.
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas disruptions in the school year and school closure due to the pandemic have caused an increase in the dropout rates;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on Member States to continue to provide free education resources and open access to digital tools to teachers, parents, and students through accelerated catch-up programmes in order to allow them to recover lost learning;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 97 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the importance of providing proper resources for childcare, flexible schedules, and a supportive work environment for working parents that need to tend to the needs of their children during distance learning periods;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2021/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses the importance of providing parents with guidance on distance education, extracurricular activities, and psychological support methods for balancing working from home and home schooling;
2021/12/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the mission ATMIS replaced AMISOM since the 1st of April 2022 with the hand-over to the Somalian national army forces in 2024 as main objective;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas the non-extension of the resolution 2608 (2021) of the UN Security Council Fighting Piracy off the Coast of Somalia limits the access of the EUNAVFOR Atalanta to the Somalian territorial waters; whereas the security situation is fragile and the Shebabs terrorist group remains active;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) encourage the UK to coordinate its efforts in the region with the ones of the EU;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) provide the countries affected by conflicts and natural disasters with prompt and adequate humanitarian assistance, in coordination with like- minded partnerallocate prompt and adequate humanitarian aid and assistance to the countries affected by the extreme drought and other natural disasters and by the Russian aggression in Ukraine, which has contributed to soaring food and fuel costs and disrupted global supply chains;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(g b) take note of the Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch report that documents a systematical expelling of several hundred thousand Tigrayan civilians from their homes using threats, unlawful killings, sexual violence, mass arbitrary detention, pillage, forcible transfer, and the denial of humanitarian assistance amounting to crimes against humanity as well as war crimes;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(g c) call for an urgent deployment of an AU-led international peacekeeping force with a robust civilian protection mandate to Western Tigray, which is crucial to promote human rights, to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid, and to help protect at-risk communities in Tigray;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) acknowledge the positive impacts of Operation Atalanta in guaranteeing maritime security, and take note ofdeplore the non- extension of its mandate within the UNSCthe UNSC resolution 2608 (2021) which unfortunately limits the access of the operation to the Somalian territorial waters; call on the Member States to show adequate commitment to the EU Training Mission in Somalia both in terms of personnel and means, in order to empower the Somali Armed Forces to guarantee security in the country;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) acknowledge the positive impacts of Operation Atalanta in guaranteeing maritime security, and take note of the non-extension of its mandate within the UNSC; he achievements of the EUCAP Nestor mission and the EU MASE programme in developing national and regional capacities for maritime law enforcements;call on the Member States to show adequate commitment to the EU Training Mission in Somalia both in terms of personnel and means, in order to empower the Somali Armed Forces to guarantee security in the country;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) take note of the growingpersistent activity of the Al Shabab terrorist groups in the wholpart of the region, and providecalls for the provision of tailored and effective assistance to the affected countries in countering both the immediate effects of this expansion and the root causes of extremism and radicalisation;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) ensure that assistance channelled through the European Peace Facility abides by European fundamental values andmaintain the support provided via the European Peace Facility, especially to EUNAVFOR Atalanta and to EUTM Somalia to helps in building a transparent,n accountable, robust and reliable security sector;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(j a) ensure the funding of the civilian component of ATMIS;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) urge Eritrean authorities to release Swedish-Eritrean writer and journalist David Isaak, detained since 2001, and all other prisoners of conscience; calls for his family to be at least given the right to know whether he is dead or alive;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(m a) require the conclusion of the electoral process in Somalia to remain a priority and adopt a firm position if the crisis persists;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m b (new)
(m b) call for an independent international commission of inquiry on the alleged crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing perpetrated in Ethiopia’s Western Tigray province since November 2020 by Amhara security forces, local authorities and militias against the Tigrayan population;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m c (new)
(m c) call for an UN- led international investigation on the alleged crimes against Eritrean refugees perpetrated in the Hitsats and Shimelba refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region by Eritrean forces and Tigrayan militias;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)
(p a) call on the EU to provide technical support to empower the diaspora in Europe to step up business relations with the region,notably by allowing remittances to be sent through legal, transparent and trusted channels instead of resorting to the halawa system, in order to prevent the misuse of the diaspora’s funding for criminal activities;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) acknowledge that safe and efficient infrastructures are key to consistent, sustainable and fair development in the region; fully exploit the potential of new EU-sponsored initiatives aiming at enhancing regional integration and connectivity; increase consultation and coordination with African counterparts in the definition of specific projects to be developed in the global gateway framework;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) take note of possible insecurities and tensions that can arise from the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) by Ethiopia and the sharing of Nile waters with Sudan and Egypt that are located downstream;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) take note of the growing, multifaceted and often opaque influence of third parties in the regionsuch as China, Russia and Turkey in the region particularly in the economic, energy, security and military spheres; and take, when possible, all the appropriate actions to counter these interferences; recognise that the increasing presence of factors that do not share the Union`s values, interests and objectives could undermine the EU’s role as a privileged partner;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) reinforce strategic communication through effective and fact-based campaigns about EU actions and EU sponsored initiatives in the region, underlining their added value for local communities, sustainable development and inclusive growth, while also countering disinformation and false narratives from third parties such as Russia;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 268 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Expresses its concern over the establishment of a Chinese naval base in Djibouti since 2017 for long-range military projection,hosting over 1,000 personnel and conducting military drills such as in Mogadishu in November 2017; is concerned over China's takeover of the strategic port of Doraleh and Djibouti's rising public foreign debt contracted through loans from China;
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #

2021/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Expresses its deep concern over the planned establishment of a Russian naval base in Port Sudan for a 25-year- lease; believes this decision would bear negative repercussions for the peace and security of the Red Sea; is deeply disappointed by Sudan President Hemetti's statement of 23 February 2022 in Moscow, falsely claiming that Russia's aggression against Ukraine was to "protect" Russia; points at the particular responsibility of Sudanese authorities in providing secure passage to the CAR to Russia's Wagner group, in return for security guarantees to help Hemetti remain in power.
2022/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2020 on Gender Equality in EU’s foreign and security policy,
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions of 22 October 2021 on hybrid attack instrumentalising migrants launched by the Belarusian regime,
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Developing an EU defence doctrinesecurity and defence policy using the Strategic Compass to drive strategic autonomy
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU is facing new and evolving threats, including hybrid threats, increased militarisation and revisionism round the world and a still unstable neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2020 was dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed our dependencies vis-à-vis the rest of the world; stresses that the EU must learn lessons from this with a view, in particular, to increasing its resilience and strategic autonomy; re-evaluate its dependencies with actors who do not share the same values, and tighten the bonds with its like-minded partners;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the launch of the work on the Strategic Compass, which should be completed in March 2022; stresses that it is a beginning, not an end, and that it constitutes a major step towards a genuine and de-facto European Defence Union, a strong pillar within NATO;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of supporting it with a 360-degree threat analysis; stresses that the Strategic Compass must be the EU’s ambitious response to this analysis, which must be subject to regular and realistic review;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Strategic Compass must make it possible to strengthen the Union’s capacity to act as an increasingly credible strategic partner; stresses that this exercise must be regularly updated, must set out an ambitious and operational course – with a timetable for the implementation of decisions and monitoring mechanisms – and must enable the Union to have a coherent and united defence policy, a common strategic culture, a capacity to anticipate threats and provide a rapid and coordinated reaction and a capacity for autonomous resilience, to be able to mobilise resources on the basis of solidarity when a Member State is threatened and requests them, and ultimately to play a part in the protection of European citizens;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that Europe has the responsibility to balance European and transatlantic defence efforts to defend the European continent; calls on the Member States to create a European capability to counter the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) threat against Europe;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2021/2183(INI)

5b. Underlines that the existing EU joint defence budget is not sufficient for armed forces to defend Europe, because designing and purchasing the required strategic weapon systems and support/enablers is too expensive for most individual countries; underlines that this, and a lack of interoperability, significantly limits the collective European defence posture; calls upon Member States to both develop and purchase such strategic defence equipment jointly;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EU to reflect and act on the current procedures for mission deployment, as many times the decision- making process is inefficient and lengthy. Crises appear suddenly; therefore, swift action is needed. This would make the EU a truly reliable and relevant actor on the international arena;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; , and looks forward to Ukraine’s participation in the Althea mission;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 224 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperatecalls for improved communication and intelligence sharing with and within NATO;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Commends the work of European Union Advisory Mission for Civilian Security Sector Reform Ukraine (EUAM); notes the EEAS’s needs assessment report regarding the Professional Military Education (PME) sector in Ukraine and welcomes the ongoing work in scoping a possible EU engagement in Ukraine on its basis, and complementing Ukraine’s and international partners’ efforts in reforming professional military education in Ukraine;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers thatsupports third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. calls for immediate attention to prevailing gender equality gaps in CSDP missions and operations; urges to increase the number of women working in CSDP missions and operations and to ensure working environment free of sexual and gender-based harassment; reiterates its call for gender analysis to be included in new CSDP instruments, including the European Defence Fund and the European Peace Facility;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 307 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the need to make them credible by conducting regular field exercises; deplores the Member States’ lack of commitment to the battlegroups; criticises the fact that only one, led by Italy, is operational in 2021; laments the weakness of thecalls for revision and strategic planning for 2022 and 2023;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the establishment of the European Peace Facility (EPF) in 2020 and calls for it to be made operational swiftly; stresses that the requisite equipment and training must be delivered in the relevant theatres of operation, having in mind 360 degrees approach of EPF; undertakes to ensure coherence and complementarity between CSDP missions and operations, the Union’s financial instruments (NDICI) and the EPF;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 349 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Union to build on and develop its CSDP naval operations in order to provide a strong platform to further develop a more permanent operational commitment at international level; calls for consideration to be given to the possibility of organising regular naval exercises, including together with and within NATO to enhance interoperability;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the Indo-Pacific region, based on the needs analysis; calls for the Union to update its maritime security strategy by 2022;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 371 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Condemns the malicious acts committed against Member States, including hybrid attacks weaponising migration by the Belarusian regime; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising activity; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity; calls for a revision of the cyber- defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention, and deterrencttribution, deterrence and response capacity of the Union and its Member States;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 402 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo-intelligence support; stresses the importance of the Union having its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 415 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. CHighlights the new treats facing Europe, including economic coercion, disinformation campaigns, elections interference and IP theft; notes that these threats usually do not trigger Article 5 NATO or Article 42(7) TEU, but that a response should be given to such threats; calls for existing Union instruments to be made operational so that they can contribute more effectively to preventing and countering hybrid threats and to protecting critical infrastructure;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 421 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Believes that also new innovative (diplomatic) measures are needed; calls upon Member States to together develop a new possibility for Member States to execute collective countermeasures as part of the Strategic Compass, as part of a wider hybrid toolbox;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 432 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities and calls, therefore, for a reduction inthorough evaluation and reduction of Europe’s strategic dependencies;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 441 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Stresses that subsea fibre optic cables are the backbone of our digital economies and are a central and indispensable part of the EU's critical infrastructure; underlines that they are therefore of great geopolitical importance; underlines that several defence ministers have alarmed about possible sabotage or espionage operations against subsea fibre optic cables; considers that the EU should prioritize the safety and protection of these cables; calls for the EU to put in place an EU optical fibre cable security program, including reporting and investigating of incidents, coordination with relevant actors, policy development and coastguard training;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 470 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Recalls that third-country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approves the participation of the United States, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project; notes that the United Kingdom would be welcome to participate as well;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 472 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Recalls thatSupports third-country participation in PESCO projects, decisions on which must be decidedtaken on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approves the participation of the United States, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 486 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergies;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 497 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – introductory part
38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led into a reduction in the number of projectsmaking projects more efficient and an increase in its political monitoring; laments the fact that Parliament has been excluded from the monitoring of its implementation; considers that the Strategic Compass should aim to:
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 510 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – indent 4
- focus on a small number of projects which are consistent with CSDP objectives, strengthen Member States’ capabilities, are operational and provide European added value;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 546 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Notes the proliferation of hypersonic missiles; believes that the European Union should prevent an international arms race regarding hypersonic missiles; stresses that this requires an international agreement about speed and reach limitations of such missiles, as well as adequate defensive equipment at the European Union's borders in the Baltic States and near the Black Sea;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 554 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on the defence of its interests and strategic autonomyengthen its leadership position in a multipolar world;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 556 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
41. Stresses that the Union should adopt a strategic approach to its partnerships based, in particular, on theshared values, security and defence of itspolicy interests and strategic autonomy;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 576 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomydevelops its united defence front, in particular as regards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 587 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported byand a stronger European Union pillar within NATO, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; acknowledges that in case of new threats on European soil, such as disinformation, IP-theft, economic coercion or cyber sabotage, the European Union is often well positioned and can prove itself to be complementary to NATO as a security provider; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 596 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership; calls, in this context, for coherence between NATO’s new strategic concept to be coherent withand the EU’s Strategic Compass;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 622 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. calls for a thorough reflection on lessons learned from Afghanistan, in particular the impact of the withdrawal on the security and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and on regional security;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 626 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 b (new)
45b. Acknowledges the importance of CSDP involvement in the Eastern Neighbourhood; reiterates its call for developing a more active role for the EU in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflicts and in the prevention of any future conflicts in the region;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 628 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)
45c. Recognizes the contribution of Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine to CSDP missions and operations; supports closer defence and security cooperation with these valued partners, including their participation in PESCO once the issue of participation of third countries is resolved;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 629 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 d (new)
45d. Welcomes the launch of EU - Ukraine dialogue on cybersecurity and encourages similar engagement with other interested Eastern Partnership countries;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 630 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 e (new)
45e. Calls for involvement of interested Eastern Partnership countries in the activities of the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 631 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 f (new)
45f. Calls for setting up the EU Stratcom – Eastern Partnership cooperation platform to address issues related to tackling disinformation in view to strengthen the resilience of the Eastern Partnership countries;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 632 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 g (new)
45g. Calls for support to Eastern Partnership countries through European Peace Facility assistance measures;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 640 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. LamenRegrets the absence of a security and defence cooperation partnership between the UK and the EU on account of the British Government’s lack of interest, despite the assurances given in the political declaration; calls for a stronger partnership to be built with relevant African organisations, such as the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and G5 Sahel;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 647 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
47. Calls for cooperation on training and capacity building with thirdpartner countries weakened by conflicts or regional threats;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 663 #

2021/2183(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Calls on citizens, academia and the private sector to express their expectations as regards the CSDP architecture in the course of the Conference on the Future of Europe; calls for the establishment of a fully-fledged Security and Defence Committee in the European Parliament and for the formalisation of an EU Council of Defence Ministers;
2021/10/29
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas recent international developments and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid attacks against the EU Member States by instrumentalizing migrants and the recent rapid collapse of the state structures of Afghanistan, have accelerated existing trends affecting key aspects of the EU’s CFSP;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas recent international developments and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a changing role of the US on the global stage and the recent rapid collapse of the state structures ofin Afghanistan and subsequent takeover of the country by the Taliban, have accelerated existing trends affecting key aspects of the EU’s CFSP;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas recent international developments and challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent rapid collapse of the state structures of Afghanistan, and Belarusian continuous breach of international law, have accelerated existing trends affecting key aspects of the EU’s CFSP;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the detrimental impact of climate change on the security of the EU is becoming increasingly clear;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU needs to act on the global stage with a common strategic culture to develop its leadership role and to actively push for the revitalisation of multilateralism guided by its democratic values and freedoms, social fairness and its vision for a sustainable future;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas a broad majority of EU citizens support a stronger role for the EU in matters of foreign and security policy and wish to see a more coherent and effective EU foreign policy; whereas one of the most widely endorsed and commented ideas currently on the COFEU digital platform is a proposal to create an EU army;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 2
- improving EU decision-making and making full use of the EU’s hard and soft powers, including by the introduction of qualified majority voting in foreign and security policy decision-making,
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the EU’s growing ambition and initiatives to take the lead in promotinge global partnerships on key priorities and in strengthening the multilateral order through a reform of key institutions and organisations and strengthen multilateralism by making better use of existing mechanisms and institutions for global governance as well as introducing necessary reforms in key international organisations;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote an alliances of democracies worldwide; insists on the need to pool resources and exchange best practices between democracies, including as regards countering malign interference and disinformation by authoritarian states and organisationhostile non-state actors; believes that, for this to be successful, the EU should promote on the global stage a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to counter hybrid threats; expresses in this regard its full support to the Summits for Democracy to be hosted by the US, focussing on concrete actions to defend universal human rights, prevent democratic backsliding and fight corruption;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to promote alliances of democracies worldwide; insists on the need to pool resources and exchange best practices between democracies, including as regards countering malign interference and disinformation by authoritarian states and organisationtheir proxies; believes that, for this to be successful, the EU should promote on the global stage a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to counter hybrid threats;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Emphasizes that the EU needs to increase the visibility of its actions if it aims to assume a global leadership role, including by ensuring a better, more strategic communication of its external actions, both towards its own citizens and beyond, and by countering false propaganda and disinformation spread by other major powers;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Encourages the EU to develop shared strategies with like-minded, democratic partners in order to counter rising authoritarian hybrid threats;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the EU to further develop its leadership role in the defence and promotion of human rights in multilateral forums, and in particular the UN; believes that the EU should ensure an effective use of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), including the development of a complementary EU anti- corruption sanctions regimeby extending its scope to corruption-related offences, and better enforce the human rights provisions of the international agreements it has concluded;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the EU’s role as an actor and mediator in conflict prevention and resolution to be enhanced following the adoption of the 2020 EU Peace Mediation Concepteffective implementation of the 2020 EU Peace Mediation Concept to enhance the EU’s role as a trusted and capable actor in conflict prevention and resolution; recalls the EU’s comparative advantage in the area of conflict prevention and resolution vis-à-vis individual member states; underscores the key role played by the European Parliament in this area through parliamentary diplomacy; highlights the significant contribution of conflict prevention and resolution activities towards making the EU a relevant geopolitical actor while advancing its security interests;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the EU’s efforts as a global frontrunner in the fight against climate change and urges the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to propose new initiatives such as the internationalisation of the European Green Deal; believeexpects that the implementation of the European Green Deal will have significant geopolitical consequences and will positively influence the EU’s relations with some of its partners;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the EU to develop global partnerships for the establishment of norms and standards on a rules-based, ethical use of technologies, in particular as regards artificial intelligence, and to ensure cooperation and coordination among democracies in this respect;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the EU to develop global partnerships for the establishment of norms and standards on a rules-based, ethical and human-centric use of technologies, in particular as regards artificial intelligence;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that the EU should develop a global connectivity strategy as an extension of the current EU-Asia Connectivity Strategy and as a strategic response to overcome its diminishing influence in many regions of the world; stresses that the Commission should make connectivity projects with third countries conditional upon the ethical use of technology and the respect for human rights and liberties, both domestically and abroad; welcomes the Commission President’s announcement of plans to present a new connectivity strategy called the ‘Global Gateway’;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 182 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the G7 global initiative ‘Build Back Better World’ and urges the EU to play an active role in developing it further, including by identifying linkages with its “Global Gateway” strategy;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Improving EU visibility, decision-making and making full use of the EU’s hard and soft powers
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that the EU needs first and foremost a stronger and genuine political will and commitment from of its Member States to jointly agree on and promote common EU foreign policy goals and, notably through greater EU security and defence cooperation;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its ability to act efficiently and to shape the EU’s response to ongoing and upcoming challenges; therefore welcomes the ongoing Strategic Compass process as the starting point for the development of a common strategic culture and expects that it will help shape a shared vision for EU security and defence; stresses that the outcome should be reflected in a revisformed version of the 2016 EU Global Strategy;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need for the EU to strengthen its ability to act efficiently and to shape the EU’stake timely and effective action in response to ongoing and upcoming challenges; therefore welcomes the ongoing Strategic Compass process as the starting point for the developmentemergence of a common strategic culture and expects that it will help shape a shared vision for EU security and defence; stresses that the outcome should be reflected in a revised version of the 2016 EU Global Strategy;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 219 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the Treaties provide for the possibility to improve decision-making procedures for the CFSP; stresses that unanimity hampers the EU’s ability to act and therefore calls forurges the Member States to use qualified majority voting for specific aspects of the CFSPCFSP decision making; in particular, reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified majority voting for the adoption of sanctions; stresses that the use of Article 44 TEU could improve the EU’s flexibility and capacity to act;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call for the establishment of new formats of cooperation such as the European Security Council; underscores the importance of creating a fully-fledged “Security and defence” committee in the European Parliament, highlights that such proposal would allow to better define the current subcommittee’s competencies and grant it the necessary powers for the European Parliament to fully exercise its mandate of oversight and scrutiny in the realm of security and defence policy; recalls that the ongoing Conference on the Future of Europe provides a relevant framework to shape innovative proposals in this respect;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that a holistic approach to the CFSP requires the synergy of all available EU assets in the field of external action; in this respect, highlights the key role and comparative advantage of the European Parliament in the EU’s diplomacy notably through interparliamentary relations and the Parliament’s extensive engagement with civil society at large; calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to recognise Parliament as an integral part of ‘Team Europe’ and to reflect this in the operational structures;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU to ensure its strategic sovereignty in specific areas that are fundamental to the Union’s existence on the globinternational scentage, such as economics, security and technology, and to establish a European Defence Union; reiterates its call for the creation of a European Defence Union, which will allow the EU to act autonomously to safeguard its security interests when necessary, as well as contribute to making Europeans more capable and credible strategic partners for their allies, including NATO and the United States; calls in this respect for the establishment, as proposed by 14 Member States at the May 6, 2021 Foreign Affairs Council, of a European first entry force under single command as the first step towards a European integrated military force;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment of strategic capabilities required for effective crisis management, protection of the EU and its citizens, and training of key partners, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and other international organisations such as the UN and NATO and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation with partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcement of a Summit on European Defence under the French Presidency and that the EU and NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment of strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour, of development and of production capabilities between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation with partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcement that the EU and NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 290 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Believes that regarding new threats facing Europe, such as economic coercion, the rise of disinformation and elections interference, Europe is better positioned and equipped to deal with them; underlines that this not only requires a strengthened European pillar within NATO, but also new and innovative solutions from the EU; calls upon Member States to together develop a new possibility for Member States to execute, on a voluntary basis, collective countermeasures as part of the Strategic Compass;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 300 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for the Union to develop its technological sovereignty through the enhancedevelopment of industrial defence capabilitiesa strong European defence industry, in particular in emerging disruptive technologies (EDTs), and the protection and resilience of critical infrastructures; recalls the opportunities offered in this respect by existing instruments and mechanisms such as PESCO, EDF and CARD; calls on the Member States to use such instruments and mechanisms to their full extent;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 306 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the need for the Union to develop its technological and digital sovereignty through the enhancement of industrial defence capabilities, in particular in emerging disruptive technologies (EDTs), and the protection and resilience of critical infrastructures;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 310 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses the need to secure the undersea telecommunications infrastructure, especially submarine optic fibre cables;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 332 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its call for accelerating the enlargement process, with a focus on strengthening democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, as well as fostering reconciliation in the Western Balkans, as prerequisites for durable stability and prosperity; underscores that progress along the enlargement process remains firmly conditioned upon the implementation of further reforms by candidate countries to comply with the accession criteria defined by the European Council; highlights, in light of a possible future enlargement, the need for more efficient decision-making at EU level;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 335 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates its call for accelerating the enlargement process, with a focus on strengthening democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, as well as fostering reconciliation in the Western Balkans, as prerequisites for durable stability and prosperity; calls for the EU to support civil society in the Western Balkans in promoting and disseminating European values;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 349 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts as well as hybrid attacks, occupations and military build-ups inside the region or on its borders with the region; urges the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular those that have chosen to pursue the path of European integration, to ensure that fundamental freedoms are upheld and to continue implementing the necessary reforms; reiterates that the EU’s support is conditional upon concrete progress on those reforms;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 351 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, occupations and military build-ups inside the region or on its borders with the region; supports the strengthening of cooperation between the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries in the field of security and defence, in particular the peaceful resolution of regional conflicts, addressing hybrid threats, cyber-attacks, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, third-party interference in democratic processes and increasing societal resilience; urges the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular those that have chosen to pursue the path of European integration, to ensure that fundamental freedoms are upheld and to continue implementing the necessary reforms; reiterates that the EU’s support is conditional upon concrete progress on those reforms;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, occupations and military build-ups inside the region or on its borders with the region; underlines that the continuous threat in our proximity requires the physical presence of both the EU and NATO in the region; urges the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular those that have chosen to pursue the path of European integration, to ensure that fundamental freedoms are upheld and to continue implementing the necessary reforms; reiterates that the EU’s support is conditional upon concrete progress on those reforms;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 358 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Acknowledges the convergence of the three associated partners, Ukraine, Georgia and the Republic of Moldova, with the Common Foreign and Security Policy and supports enhanced cooperation in the area of Common Security and Defence Policy, including participation in PESCO once the issue of participation of third countries is resolved;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 359 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Reiterates its non-recognition of Aliaksandr Lukashenka as president of Belarus and highlights the importance of increased engagement with representatives of Belarusian civil society and democratic opposition; calls for more determined and effective sanctions against the Lukashenka regime; underscores the importance of the European Parliament’s Platform on the fight against impunity in Belarus and encourages the use of all available legal means to bring Lukashenka and members of his regime to justice; strongly condemns the Lukashenka regime’s hybrid attack against the EU Member States by instrumentalising migrants for political purposes and urges for further development of the preparedness of the EU and Member States to respond in accordance with EU law and international obligations;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 368 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24 d. Welcomes engagement of the President of the European Council in alleviating political crisis in Georgia; sees it as an act of EU leadership and calls for similar approach to crisis and conflict situations in the Eastern Partnership region and beyond; reiterates its call for a lasting settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 369 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24 c. Reiterates its condemnation of Russia’s aggressive policies vis-à-vis Ukraine, notably continuous financial and military support for armed formations in Donbas, illegal occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, blockade of the Azov Sea and military build-up at the eastern border of Ukraine and on the Crimean peninsula; welcomes the establishment of the International Crimean Platform; supports continuous assistance to Ukraine in its security sector and military reforms, including consideration to provide military training for Ukrainian officers; acknowledges the first meeting of the EU- Ukraine Cyber Dialogue;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 380 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Stresses that the underlying conditions for conflict between the Israeli and Palestinian persist and that only a political solution addressing those conditions will bring lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians; recalls in this respect the EU's support for the two-state solution; calls on the EU to increase its engagement to revive the peace process between Israeli and Palestinians, including through confidence building measures, regional dialogue and increased transatlantic cooperation in the region as well as by making better use of its leverage towards both parties;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 392 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Is concerned by the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; recalls, however,acknowledges that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner, keeping the country as closely anchored to the EU as possible;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 399 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Underlines the importance of the full implementation of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, including the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; welcomes steps towards the establishment of a Parliamentary Partnership Assembly for Members of the European Parliament and Members of the UK Parliament, as provided for by the agreement; hopes that foreign policy and security cooperation will beremains open to further developeding and strengthened in areas of commoning cooperation on foreign and security issues of shared concern;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 407 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Underlines the need to strengthen EU-US transatlantic cooperation on the basis of an equal partnership; welcomes in this context the statement ‘Towards a renewed Transatlantic partnership’ from the EU-US summit 2021, which provides a good basis for an ambitious transatlantic agenda; fully supports and commits to pursuing synergies and shared foreign and security objectives by further deepening cooperation in the framework of the EU- US transatlantic dialogue; highlights that the EU should be prepe necessity to swiftly adapt to the changing role of the US on the global stage in order to safeguared to reflect on how to adapt to the changing role of the US on the global stageits vital interests, notably by becoming a credible geopolitical actor on the international stage, acting in cooperation with likeminded partners and allies first and foremost, yet also able and willing to do so autonomously when necessary;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 409 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Underlines the need to strengthen EU-US transatlantic cooperation on the basis of an equal partnership; welcomes in this context the statement ‘Towards a renewed Transatlantic partnership’ from the EU-US summit 2021, which provides a good basis for an ambitious transatlantic agenda; fully supports and commits to pursuing synergies and shared foreign and security objectives by further deepening cooperation in the framework of the EU- US transatlantic dialogue; highlights that the EU should be prepared to reflect on how to adapt to the changing role of the US on the global stage;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 427 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Emphasises that the EU’s relations with Africa are of utmost importance; welcomes the joint communication of the Commission and the VP/HR entitled ‘Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa’3 ; insists on the need, in this perspective, to update the EU strategy in an integrated approach that can ensure security and development for achieving stability in the worrying situation in the Sahel, taking into account the developments observed during the year 2021; calls on the Commission and the VP/HR to deepen discussions with the EU’s African partners in order to prepare for a successful EU-African Union Summit; _________________ 3 JOIN(2020)0004.
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 440 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Is gravely concerned by the developments in Russia and reiterates the EU’s interest in maintaining freedom, stability and peace on the European continent and beyond; believes that the EU should deter Russia from carrying out destabilising and subversive actions in Europe and from repressing its own citizens; deplores Russia’s use of energy resources, in particular supply of gas to the EU Member States via Ukraine, as a geopolitical tool of pressure; underlines that closer coordination, cooperation and unity among the EU Member States are necessary in order to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities based on the five guiding principles, which is only possible if both parties are genuinely interested in it; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a clearly defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional selective engagement with the Kremlin, but also on ‘strategic’ engagement with Russian civil society; reiterates that full implementation of the Minsk agreements remains the key condition for any substantial change in the EU’s stance in its relations with Russia;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 444 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Is gravely concerned by the developments in Russia and reiterates the EU’s interest in maintaining freedom, stability and peace on the European continent and beyond; believes that the EU should deter Russia from carrying out destabilising and subversive actions in Europe and from repressing its own citizens; underlines that closer coordination, cooperation and unity among the EU Member States are necessary in order to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities based on the five guiding principles, which is only possible if both parties are genuinely interested in it; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a clearly defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional selective engagement with the Kremlin, but also on ‘strategic’ engagement with Russian civil society; calls on the Commission to closer coordinate its Russia strategy with Member States so that the EU presents a united front in the face of Russian threats;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 445 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Is gravely concerned by the developments in Russia and reiterates the EU’s interest in maintaining freedom, stability and peace on the European continent and beyond; believes that the EU should deter Russia from carrying out destabilising and subversive actions in Europe, notably the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, and from repressing its own citizens; underlines that closer coordination, cooperation and unity among the EU Member States are necessary in order to maintain a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities based on the five guiding principles, which is only possible if both parties are genuinely interested in it; urges the EU to engage more closely with the people of Russia, including by developing a clearly defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional selective engagement with the Kremlin, but also on ‘strategic’ engagement with Russian civil society;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 451 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that the Arctic is of strategic and political importance to the EU and underlines the EU’s commitment to be a responsible actor, seeking the long-term sustainable and peaceful development of the region; is concerned, however, by the progressive and substantial Russian military build-up in the Arctic as well as by the impact of far-reaching Chinese projects and initiatives in the region; calls in this respect for closer attention to the first Arctic fibre cable, part of the nervous system of the internet, which has increasingly been the subject of international spying operations; calls on all stakeholders to respond to the very alarming effects and consequences of climate change in the Arctic;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 453 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses that the Arctic is of strategic and geopolitical importance to the EU and underlines the EU’s commitment to be a responsible actor, seeking the long- term sustainable and peaceful development of the region; is concerned, however, by the progressive and substantial Russian military build-up in the Arctic as well as by the impact of far-reaching Chinese development and infrastructure projects and initiatives in the region; calls on all stakeholders to respond to the very alarming effects and consequences of climate change in the Arctic;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 461 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Reiterates, as underlined in its resolution of 16 September 2021 on a new EU-China strategy4 , its call for the EU to develop a more assertive, comprehensive, and consistherent EU-China strategy that unites all Member States and shapes relations with China in the interest of the EU as a wholean increasingly assertive and interventionist China in the interest of the EU as a whole; highlights in this respect the growing number of aggressive actions taken by China towards Taiwan, including repeated violations of Taiwanese airspace, China’s crackdown on Hong Kong’s freedoms, including through the imposition of a draconian national security law in 2020, as well as China’s encroachments on the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea; emphasises that this strategy should promote a rules-based multilateral order, have the defence of EU values at its core and should be based on the three principles of cooperating where possible, competing where needed, and confronting where necessary; strongly advocates for Taiwan’s full participation as an observer in meetings, mechanisms and activities of international organisations; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0382.
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 477 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the Commission President’s announcement of plans to present a new joint communication on a partnership with the Gulf region; calls for the EU to present a coherent strategy for balanced EU engagement in the region, with the promotion of regional security and cooperation as awell as human rights as key strategic objectives; reiterates that the EU’s priority is to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a matter of security for Europe and the region and the only way to stop Iran’s worrying nuclear activities; ; recalls that the JCPOA remains the most effective instrument to stop Iran’s nuclear programme and stabilise the region; calls on the United States and Iran to pursue meaningful negotiations with a view of returning to compliance with the JCPOA; calls however, in the case of continued non-engagement and stalling by Iran in the JCPOA negotiations, on the EU and its Member States to consider reimposing sanctions, in coordination with the US, UK and others;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 486 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines that the situation in Afghanistan is a wakeup call for the EU to deploy its external actions and means; is concerned by the dramatic humanitarian, political, economic and security situation in Afghanistan, particularly as 1 in 3 Afghans face severe hunger; stresses the need for those in power across Afghanistan to bear responsibility and accountability for the protection of human life and property and for the restoration of security and civil order and public services; reiterates that Afghan women and girls, like all Afghan people, deserve to live in safety, security and dignity, to have a full access to education and public life, and welcomes the broad international support for their rights and freedoms; calls for further evacuation of Afghans at risk, notably women judges, human rights defenders, journalists, local staff and other persons at risk due to their activities in promoting democracy and fundamental freedoms; calls for the EU to preserve the achievements of the last 20 years and to ensure that Afghanistan does not descend into a safe haven for terrorist groups; calls for the immediate development of a comprehensive lessons-based EU strategy for Afghanistan and the surrounding countries; emphasises the importance of cooperating with neighbouring and regional countries to ensure global security and regional stability;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 488 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Underlines that the situation in Afghanistan is a wakeup call for the EU to deploy its external actions and meansseek greater autonomy and sovereignty in its foreign and security policy; is concerned by the dramatic humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan; stresses the need for those in power across Afghanistane Taliban regime to bear responsibility and accountability for the protection of human life and property and for the restoration of security and civil order; reiterates that Afghan women and girls, like all Afghan people, deserve to live in safety, security and dignity and welcomes the broad international support for their rights and freedoms; calls for the EU to preserve the achievements of the last 20 years and to ensure that Afghanistan does not descend intobecome once more a safe haven for terrorist groups; emphasises the importance of cooperating with neighbouring and regional countries to ensure global security and regional stability; calls on the EU to draw lessons from its 20-year engagement in Afghanistan;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 499 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes the EU’s renewed commitment to the Indo-Pacific region and recognition of its growing importance for EU interests; acknowledges the intense geopolitical competition in the region spurred largely by China’s growing assertiveness with its neighbours, and calls for the EU to strengthen its strategic focus, presence and actions with the aim of contributing to the stability, security, prosperity and sustainable development of the region; underlines the need for a strategic long-term engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and for establishing comprehensive bilateral and multilateral dialogue mechanisms with Indo-Pacific countries and their societies;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 511 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Calls for special attention to be paid to enhancing cooperation with our partners in Latin America; believes that a strengthened relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is centralhighly important to the EU’s geopolitical strategy in the world; stresses the need for the Union to strengthen the ties that unite the EU with LAC countries, particularly in defending the rules-based multilateral order; calls for the EU to use all available tools to deepen its cooperation with LAC partners, ensure the swift ratification of the EU-Mexico agreement, deliver on the sustainable and environmental protocol with Mercosur so that the EU association agreement with Mercosur can be ratified, and conclude the negotiations for updating the EU association agreement with Chile; urges the EU to recover its position as the preferred partner of Latin American countries in view of other geopolitical actors occupying increasing space in the region, especially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine diplomacy;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 523 #

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
40. Welcomes the increased involvement of the European Parliament in the programming of Global Europe and IPA III as well as the introduction of a biannual High-Level Geopolitical Dialogue; urges to reflect the lessons learned from the rapid collapse of state institutions in Afghanistan in the EU state-building activities around the globe;
2021/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard especially to the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Cases C-156/21 Hungary v Parliament and Council Press and Information and C-157/21 Poland v Parliament and Council;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the Union is founded on the common values enshrined in Article 2 TEU of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities (Article 2 TEU values) and in the Copenhagen Criteria – values that are common to the EU Member States and to which candidate countries must adhere in order to join the Union and they cannot just be disregarded or reinterpreted after accession; whereas democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are mutually reinforcing values which, when undermined, may pose a systemic threat to the Union;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the principle of sincere cooperation in Article 4 (3) TEU provides for an obligation of Member States to actively seek compliance with the EU Treaties, to facilitate the achievement of Union tasks and to obtain from any contravening measures;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas without meaningful recommendations and effective follow- up, the rule of law report may fail to prevent, detect and effectively address systemic challenges and backsliding on the rule of law, as witnessed in several EU Member States in recent years;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in some Member States, like Hungary, Poland or Slovenia, we have seen a negative trend on the rule of law as governments have used the extraordinary measures adopted to counter the Covid pandemic as an excuse to weaken the democratic checks and balances and implement the legal reforms of the judiciary;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas it is necessary to strengthen and streamline existing mechanisms and to develop an effective EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights to ensure that Article 2 TEU values are upheld throughout the Union and prevent Member States from using the application of their domestic law to violate those values;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the 2021 Flash Eurobarometer survey[1]shows clear public support for increased transparency and effective control on EU funds conditional upon the government’s respect for the rule of law and the implementation of the EU democratic principles; [1] https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/ detail/2573
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the judgements of the European Court of Justice of 16th of February 2022 and its conclusions that the EU indeed has competences regarding the Rule of Law in the Member States, that Rule of Law conditionality mechanism is in line with EU law, and that the actions brought by Hungary and Poland against the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation should be dismissed;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the functioning of justice systems, the anti- corruption framework, media pluralism and certain institutional issues related to checks and balances, including civic space to a certain extent, are all part of the Commission’s annual report; regrets, however, that not all rule of law issues were covered in sufficient detail in the 2021 report; calls for the inclusion in the annual report of other important elements of the Venice Commission’s 2016 Rule of Law Checklist, such as the fight against impunity, judicial accountability, independence of prosecutors and judges, enforcement of sentences, and also others from the Venice Commission’s 2016 Rule of Law Checklist; also calls for an examination of Member States' violations or when Member States fail to act on violations carried out by sub-state entities; believes that civic space deserves a separate subheading in the report;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the fact that the functioning of justice systems, the anti- corruption framework, media pluralism and certain institutional issues related to checks and balances, including civic space to a certain extent, are all part of the Commission’s annual report; regrets, however, that not all rule of law issues were covered in sufficient detail in the 2021 report; calls for the inclusion in the annual report of other important elements of the Venice Commission’s 2016 Rule of Law Checklist; believes that civic spacesituation of the civic space in the Member States deserves a separate subheadingchapter in the report; and deserves the creation of a ‘European civic space index’;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 143 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that the report contains country-specific chapters; commends the Commission’s efforts to engage with national governments and national parliaments, as well as civil society and other national actors; encourages the Commission to devote greater efforts to deepening the analysis, and invites the Commission to ensure proper resources for that; believes that more time and importance should be devotedgiven to the Commission’s country visits, including on siteespecially on site; calls on the Commission to raise greater awareness of these visits among the public in order to foster a rule of law culture at national level; furthermore it calls on the Commission to organise communication campaigns about the importance of respecting the Rule of Law;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 148 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is of the opinion that the Rule of Law report is currently a descriptive documentation of the situation in the Member States; stresses that a thorough analysis of the state of play in the Member States require an analysis and an overall evaluation of the Rule of Law in the Member States; calls on the Commission therefore to develop a Rule of Law index based on an objective and non- discriminative point system, which as a ‘traffic light’ assessment could signal the level of the rule of law in the Member States;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that the report fails to clearly recognise the deliberate process of the rule of law backsliding in Poland and Hungary; calls on the Commission to make clear that when the Article 2 TEU values are being deliberately, gravely, permanently and systematically violated over a period of time, Member States could fail to fulfilmeet all the criteria that define a democracy and become authoritarian or illiberal regimes;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the fact that several Member States, in particular Hungary and Poland, had to be mentioned several times by the Commission as points of concern in the synthesis report; recalls that since June 2021 Parliament has also addressed the rule of law situation in Hungary, Poland and Slovenia in its plenary resolutions; further recalls that Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs’ Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group has also addressed similar issueproblems in Bulgaria, Greece, Malta, Slovakia and, Slovenia and Spain;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is strongly of the opinion that the Rule of Law cycle can be effective only if the principle of sincere cooperation set out in Art. 4 (3) TEU is equally respected and applied by the European institutions and the Member States;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the annual report should identify cross-cutting trends at EU level; asks the Commission to identify instances where certain measures or practices that undermine the rule of law in one Member State become blueprints for others, or when the gravity and scope of such deficiencies have the potential to affect the Union as a whole; calls therefore for an assessment of whether offences against the constitutional order, to which such practices and measures may give rise, should be included in the Union's list of serious crimes, given that they have a cross-border dimension or need to be combated on a common basis;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights that the extraordinary situation imposed by the Covid pandemic pointed out the urgency to modernise and introduce digital elements in the justice proceedings and increased transparency in acquisitions;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines its concern at the fact that women and people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, children, religious minorities, particularly at a time of rising antisemitism, antigypsyism and anti- Muslim hatred in Europe, Romani people and other persons belonging to ethnic and linguistic minorities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, LGBTI+ persons and elderly people especially people living in marginalised settlements, continue to see their rights not being fully respected across the Union; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violations of fundamental rights and minority rightis particularly concerned about the deterioration of the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women in some Member States, including the imposition of highly restrictive laws on abortion; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violations of fundamental rights and minority rights; strongly reiterates its call on the Commission to include within the scope of future reports an in-depth assessment of the persistent violations of democracy and fundamental rights throughout the Union, including equality and the rights of persons belonging to minorities;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 248 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. UnderlinStresses witsh concern at the fact that women and people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, children, religious minorities, particularly at a time of that discriminatory practices continue to occur, based on grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social orisging antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe, Romani people, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or andy other persons belonging to ethnic and linguistic minorities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, LGBTI+ persons and elderly people, continue to see their rights not being fully respected across the Unopinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violations of fundamental rights and minority rights;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 279 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the time limits for consultation with civil society is often too short and should be suitably adapted and flexible in order to allow for complete and comprehensive input; points out that this has made it more difficult for stakeholders to prepare and plan their contributions and awareness-raising activities, in particular if the consultation coincides with winter holidays; calls on the Commission to allow multilingual submissionsubmissions in the official EU languages; notes that consultation can be improved by ensuring follow-up with civil society actors on the input they provide;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the time limits for consultation with civil society is often too short or ill-timed and should be suitably adapted and flexible in order to allow for complete and comprehensive input; points out that this has made it more difficult for stakeholders to prepare and plan their contributions and awareness-raising activities, in particular if the consultation coincides with winter holiday due to the limits of their capacities and their financial resources; calls on the Commission to allow multilingual submissions; notes that consultation can be improved by ensuring follow-up with civil society actors on the input they provide;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 290 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that the Commission must take into account relevant information from pertinent sources and recognised institutions; recalls that the findings of relevant international bodies, such as those under the auspices of the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe, are of crucial importance; believes that EFRIS is a useful source of information in this regardshould be taken into account;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 295 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to invite the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to provide methodological advice and conduct comparative research to add detail in key areas of the annual report, bearing in mind that the right to a fair trial, the fight against impunity, the freedom of expression and other fundamental rights have intrinsic links with the rule of law;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 305 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the indispensability of enforcing court sentences, both at national and EU level; condemns all national governments and sub-state entities on EU territory that refuse to follow judgments; emphasises that sentences of the Court of Justice of the European Union have to be implemented in a timely manner and as soon as possible in accordance with the Treaties, which the Member States agreed to comply with, in particular, those court sentences that seek to prevent discrimination on grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic characteristics, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 331 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the annual report should serve as a basis for deciding whether to activate one or several relevant tools such as Article 7 TEU, the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, the Rule of Law Framework or infringement procedures, including expedited procedures, applications for interim measures before the CJEU and actions regarding non-implementation of CJEU judgments; calls on the institutions to activate such tools without delay; reiterates its call on the Commission to create a direct link between the Annual Rule of Law reports and the Rule of Law Conditionality mechanism;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 333 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the annual report should serve as a basis for deciding whether to activate one or several relevant tools such as Article 7 TEU, the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, the Rule of Law Framework or infringement procedures, including expedited procedures, applications for interim measures before the CJEU and actions regarding non-implementation of CJEU judgments; calls on the institutions to activate such tools without delay; and instruments without delay in order to provide pro- active support for the rule of law and tackle democratic backsliding in the EU;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 339 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recalls that the EC needs to immediately act upon and implement the conditionality mechanism, tool that has been in force since January 2021, in the case of those states that override the rule of law;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 348 #

2021/2180(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that infringement procedures are the core instrument to protect and defend EU law and the common values enshrined in Article 2 TEU; notes with concern that the number of infringement procedures launched by the Commission has plummeted since 2004; is surprised by the fact that infringement procedures are not triggered systematically as soon as the relevant infringement is documented in the annual report; deplores the Commission’s reluctance to actively and systematically monitor the implementation of EU law and to exhaust the possibilities of infringement procedures against Member States as the instrument most tailored to resolve the issues efficiently and without delay; notes that this reluctance resulted in calls on Member States to initiate inter-State cases in accordance with Article 259 TFEU; is concerned that without systematic and timely application the preventive capacity of infringement procedures declines;
2022/03/01
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2021/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Deeply regrets that the obligation included in Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 to recruit at least 40 fundamental rights monitors by 5 December 2020 has still not been fulfilled; urges the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (the ‘Agency’) to swiftly recruit the remaining fundamental rights monitors and to appoint them at AD level, as Parliament and the Commission have repeatedly called for; reminds the Agency that that is one of seven conditions set by the Parliament in its previous discharge reports; recognises the progress made by the Agency in that respect and welcomes the intention of the Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO) and the Agency ad interim executive management to increase the number of fundamental rights monitors to 46; highlights however that the lack of fulfilment of those conditions increases the risk of refusal to grant discharge for the financial year 2020;
2022/08/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2021/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that the call to suspend the Agency’s support for return-related operations from Hungary for as long as, and as concluded by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the return decisions issued by the Hungarian authorities are incompatible with Directive 2008/115/EC and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union has not been fulfilled; is deeply concerned that the Agency’s management board has still not adopted a detailed procedure for the implementation of Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896notes the adoption of the Standard Operating Procedures for Article 46, in the form of an Executive Director Decision in January 2022; highlights the importance of implementing these procedures abiding by the highest standards of respecting fundamental rights, especially in the light of reported developments in Greece;
2022/08/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 28 #

2021/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to partially grant access to the report of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on the investigation conducted with respect to the activities of the Agency, to the members of Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs; regrets the long delay taken towards granting that access; is profoundly concerned about the findings of that investigation; expresses its utter disappointment in the behaviour and actions described in the findings presented; highlights that access to the findings of the OLAF report is essential in making an informed decision by the discharge authority; recommends, given those findings, to Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control not to grant discharge for the financial year 2020;
2022/08/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #

2021/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is deeply concerned by the expressed intentions of several staff members to quit the Agency due to the organisational culture and overall working environment; highlights that a particular focus should be placed on identifying, reporting and combatting sexual harassment, especially in light of whistleblower reportings of such alleged cases; notes that out of the 17 cases of alleged sexual harassment reported in 2020, 15 were closed without further follow-up while in 2 cases investigations have been initiated; welcomes the expressed commitment of the ad-interim executive director to remain vigilant and take additional measures in this field; expresses shock and deep concern about the case of suicide of a staff member, related to alleged practices of sexual harassment and welcomes the reopening of this case by the new executive leadership; calls on the executive director to conduct a full and detailed investigation about this particularly severe and worrying case, to keep the discharge authority informed about the results of this investigation and to fully cooperate with criminal investigation authorities in the process; calls on the executive director to conduct a thorough investigation into the implementation of existing procedures against sexual harassment, to report back to the discharge authority about the findings and to present a detailed action plan with measures ensuring zero tolerance towards sexual harassment in both its administrative and operational activities;
2022/08/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2021/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the actions taken by the Frontex executive management team, during the transition period, with the aim of handing over a better functioning Agency to the next Executive Director, once appointed by the Management Board; reiterates that clarity, transparency, open dialogue and communication both internally and externally, the delegation of responsibilities and tasks, as well as abiding by high standards of ethics and respect for fundamental rights are essential for changing the organisational culture within the Agency, ensuring good governance and improving its functioning towards a full implementation of its mandate, as established by the EBCG Regulation; reminds that this is a collective effort which requires the sincere cooperation of the executive management, the Agency's Management Board and the Commission; reiterates Parliament's support within this process;
2022/08/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #

2021/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights the increased role that the Agency has had to pay in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; welcomes in this regard the signature of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Moldova and the assistance given to Chisinau in managing migratory flows;
2022/08/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to the 1998 UN Declaration on Human rights Defenders,
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to the 7th Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention of 21 October 2021 and Decision VII/9 on a rapid response mechanism to deal with cases related to Article 3(8) of the Aarhus Convention,
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas civil society organisations (CSOs) are non-profit making organisations independent of public institutions and commercial interests, whose activities contribute to the realisation of EU values and fundamental rights; whereas CSOs can take various forms such as associations and foundations; whereas human rights defenders, activists and informal groups are also key actors in civil society;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas freedom of thought and freedom of expression are the cornerstone of every free and democratic society; whereas CSOs shall have the right to participate in matters of political and public debate, regardless of whether the position taken is in accord with government policy or advocates a change in the law;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas freedom of association is one of the essential bases of a democratic and pluralist society, as it allows citizens to act collectively in fields of mutual interest and to contribute to the proper functioning of public life; whereas freedom of association does not only include the ability to create or dissolve an association but also for that association to operate without unjustified interference by the State; whereas the ability to seek, secure and use resources is essential to the operation of any association; whereas prohibition or dissolution shall always be a measure of last resort;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 28 #

2021/2103(INI)

F. whereas the right to peaceful assembly is a cornerstone of democracy, crucial to creating a tolerant and pluralist society in which groups with different beliefs, practices, or policies can coexist peacefully; whereas restrictions to and policing of peaceful assemblies must respect legality, necessity, proportionality and non- discrimination;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 30 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas freedom of expression and access to information has been restricted in some Member States on the pretext of fighting disinformation in relation to COVID-19; whereas measures preventing terrorism or hate speech must not result in undue restrictions on freedom of expression; whereas strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) have also been used to target civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights defenders; whereas these exert a severe chilling effect on freedom of expression;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas freedom of association is being eroded in some Member States by reforms that put CSOs at risk of de- registration or introduce unduly burdensome administrative processes, including but not limited to the careless application of anti-money-laundering measures or policies restricting the right to engage in advocacy;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas in some Member States, restrictions have been imposed with the deliberate aim of limiting civic space and are accompanied by legal, administrative and fiscal harassment, criminalisation and negative rhetoric aimed at stigmatising and delegitimising CSOs and draining their capacity to carry out their legitimate work; whereas hate speech, also in the online space, verbal and physical harassment and attacks also emanate from non-state actors; whereas CSOs and human rights defenders working on women’s rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, environmental issues and the protection of minorities and LGBTI rights, as well as those providing assistance to migrants and asylum seekers and those involved in search and rescue operations, are particularly exposed;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas certain Member States have placed restrictions on CSOs’ ability to engage in political activities; whereas in others, accusations that CSOs are political have become tools to stigmatise and delegitimise them; whereas delegitimization in certain Member States can appear as state or media-run smear campaigns; whereas CSOs report discriminatory and restrictive funding practices in certain Member States;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas policies and practices instilling a chilling effect on civic space have been adopted in certain Member States with the aim of achieving self- censorship and deterring civic actors from exercising their rights; whereas such policies often combine vague provisions leaving large discretion to public authorities and disproportionately high sanctions; whereas the mere prospect of their application can be enough to instill self-censorship without an actual need to apply them;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas while the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen an unprecedented engagement of civil society organisations in providing solutions to the crisis and providing support to people in vulnerable situations, it has considerably impacted the right of association, assembly and expression; whereas despite their role on the ground, civil society organisations have not been consulted in the development of emergency measures;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas the emergence of government-organised non-governmental organisations (GONGOs) designed to always support the political legitimacy of those in power and support it in public debates and its political goals while presenting themselves as independent voices, constitutes one of the gravest forms of attack against CSOs, jeopardising their existence by undermining active citizenship;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas while CSOs increasingly perform economic activities and contribute to the social economy, no legislative steps have been taken to unlock their operations at EU level; whereas despite concrete CJEU case law, the principle of non- discrimination and the free movement of capital applied to cross-border donations is still not universally applied in Member States;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas foreign funding has been the target of legal and political attacks in some Member States; whereas in case C- 78/18, the CJEU ruled that the law referred to it violated free movement of capital and freedom of association;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas CSOs participation in the development of law and policy should be facilitated by policy frameworks enabling them to engage in dialogue with public authorities; whereas while progress has been made both at national and EU level, civil dialogue still often remains an ad hoc process;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 89 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Asserts the crucial role played by CSOs in the realisation of EU values and fundamental rights, and the implementation of EU law, policies and strategies; stresses their key contribution to informed public debate, articulating aspirations present in society, giving a voice to vulnerable and marginalised people, giving access to crucial services, providing expertise in policy-making, promoting active citizenship and acting as schools of democracy and indispensable watchdogs exercising democratic control over State institutions and ensuring accountability for public action;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that for civil society organisations to thrive, civic space must be an enabling and safe environment free from undue interference, intimidation, harassment and chilling effects; stresses the importance of media pluralism which is crucial for CSOs to be able to reach public opinion and therefore contribute to public debate;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Warns about the degradation of civic space throughout the EU with policies hampering CSOs’ operations, their access to sustainable funding and their ability to participate in decision-making; condemns any form of harassment, smearing, stigmatisation, criminalisation and scapegoating of CSOs; stresses how these jeopardize active citizenship, the expression of critical voices, thereby undermining public debate and hence the very foundations of democracy;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 115 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with the Commission that when civil society’s space to operate shrinks, it is a sign that the rule of law is at risk; urges the Commission, therefore, to step up and structure its monitoring of the situation of civic space in the Member States by creating a ‘European civic space index’ based on existing frameworks for measuring civic space, and by dedicating to civic space a fully-fledged chapter including country recommendations in its annual rule of law report; urges the Commission to make systematic use of the reports of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and to call on its support for methodological advice;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission, therefore, to adopt a comprehensive civil society strategy that integrates all existing tools, fills monitoring, support and protection gaps, and gives genuine political recognition to the crucial role played by CSOs in the realisation of EU values and policies, while clearly linking monitoring and reporting tools to enforcement mechanisms to ensure timely and effective follow-up action; and asserting the European Union’s unwavering commitment to protect and nurture the space in which they operate;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the ability of CSOs to act depends on the existence of an enabling legal and political environment, in particular on the exercise of freedom of association, peaceful assembly and expression and the right to public participation; urges Member States to guarantee the exercise of these rights in conformity with international standards and to avail themselves of the possibility to request opinions on planned legislation from the Venice Commission;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to limit peaceful assemblies only if strictly necessary and in a proportionate way; warns against the broadening in some Member States of law enforcement authorities’ powers in policing assemblies; condemns any unnecessary use of force against protesters, as well as their criminalisation, prosecution and surveillance; calls on the Commission to issue guidelines for the protection of freedom of peaceful assembly both in times of health emergency and in normal times;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Condemns any threats and attacks perpetrated on CSOs by state actors including negative and stigmatizing rhetoric, scapegoating as well as legal, administrative and fiscal harassment; equally condemns all instances of attacks and threats perpetrated by non-state actors, including, but not limited to SLAPPs;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. UIs concerned by the low levels of reporting of attacks and threats on CSOs at national level; urges Member States to unequivocally condemn such acts, adopt preventive measures and systematically, thoroughly and impartially investigate any related allegations, invest in training programmes for authorities to better handle such cases; calls on the Commission to accompany such processes by providing recommendations and facilitating the exchange of best practices;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to include references to attacks against human rights defenders in its reporting under the Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia, when monitoring and assessing EU rules and tools to protect the rights of victims of crime, and when revising EU provisions on combating hate speech and hate crime;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 184 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the setting up of an EU alert mechanism allowing CSOs and human rights defenders to register attacks and seek support; considers that such a mechanism will also help reporting at Union level and contribute to better information of the European public in general;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Is concerned by the difficulties expressed by CSOs in accessing resources and the additional strain caused by the pandemic on the availability of funding and fundraising activities;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 190 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Urges the Commission to use its enforcement powers against Member States which unduly restrict civic space in violation of EU laws, including through infringement proceedings, the Rule of Law Framework, the new regulation on EU funding conditionality and the procedure laid down in Article 7 TEU; calls on the Commission to ensure civil society active participation and meaningful contribution to these processes;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 194 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission to identify existing obstacles and propose a comprehensive set of measures and recommendations to ensure long-term financing for CSOs; stresses the importance of securing complementary sources of funding including the funding of their operational activities related to advocacy and monitoring; stresses the importance of securing complementary sources of funding including public institutions at all levels, private, philanthropic and individual donors, membership fees and income generated through economic activities; emphasises that public funding should cover all types of civil society activities including advocacy, litigation and watchdog activities, education and awareness- raising, service provision as well as capacity and coalition building;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 200 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Condemns any form of politically or otherwise motivated discrimination in the allocation of public funds and ensuing chilling effects; calls on Member States to ensure clear, transparent and non- discriminatory procedures in this respect;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Is gravely concerned by the emergence of GONGOs and related discriminatory and often opaque public funding practices; warns against their detrimental effect on the perceived legitimacy of CSOs and hence on citizens’ willingness to engage in active citizenship; calls on Member States to investigate and take action against groups instigating hate; emphasizes that they can distort public debate which can undermine the very fabric of democracy;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 213 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the adoption with an increased budget of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme; calls on the Commission to actively consult CSOs in the definition of work programmes and funding mechanisms so as to ensure transparency, flexibility and user- friendliness; welcomes re-granting mechanisms in the Union Values strand; emphasizes the importance of securing sufficient funding for watchdog, advocacy and litigation activities, as well as capacity building, as these boost CSOs’ contribution to safeguarding EU values and fundamental rights; calls on the Commission to ensure that funding is earmarked to support CSOs in implementing the tasks and roles assigned to them in its various sectoral policies; calls for a specific emergency funding and practical support for civic actors and human rights defenders at risk;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 221 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to redouble its efforts to boost CSO participation in the CERV programme and other centrally managed funds, including via further simplification, more flexible eligibility criteria, and targeted information and training; calls on the Commission to step up its monitoring of practices in Member States and provide recommendations ways to boost CSO participation in programmes under shared management; calls on the Commission to better involve and train CSOs in monitoring the spending of EU funds at Member State level;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 224 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Considers that budgetary support for civil society organisations should not only be foreseen, but also promoted and supported in all EU programmes; regrets that the European Recovery Package did not target specifically civil society organisations in addition to business and small and medium companies; calls the European Commission and Member States to ensure that CSOs are involved throughout the implementation and the monitoring of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans and of other funds under shared management; calls on the Commission to ensure that independent civil society organisations are not negatively impacted by the withdrawal of funding under the regulation in cases where there is a suspicion that EU funds could have been misused by a member state, by providing for specific modalities to channel funding to CSOs adapted to the environment in which they operate;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 229 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to ensure that EU fundsset out conditions and procedures to ensure that EU funds, whether in direct or shared management, are only awarded to organisations that are strictly independent from any government and fully adhere to EU values;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Condemns attempts by certain Member States to impose limitations on foreign funding and the related political narratives they have promulgated and measures they have taken with the aim of stigmatising CSOs; recalls that the CJEU found that these violate free movement of capital and freedom of association; calls on the Commission to keep initiating infringement procedures in this regard and systematically apply for interim measures;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 245 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Emphasizes the importance of tax incentives to boost private donations; encourages Member States to further develop such schemes; calls on the Commission to map best practices and produce recommendations;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 246 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission to produce guidance on the principle of non- discrimination and free movement of capital applied to cross-border donations; emphasizes that an approximation of the definition of the concept of public benefit would enable mutual recognition and equal treatment in terms of cross-border donations and benefits related to such public benefit status;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 251 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to produce guidance on the principle of non- discrimination and free movement of capital applied to cross-border donations; calls for an EU-level definition of the concept of public benefit, as that would boost cross-border donations insofar as it would enable mutual recognition of public benefit status and equal treatment in terms of the related advantages; invites the Commission to set up measures to remove obstacles to cross border philanthropy and ensure equal treatment of donations across borders inline with CJEU rulings;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the importance of civil dialogue in informed policy-making and emphasises that the privileged position of CSOs in contact with citizens, including marginalized or vulnerable groups, and their expertise, confers on them a key role in civil dialogue;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 259 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes positive steps taken in some Member States with new civil dialogue strategies and civil society advisory committees; condemns however, practices deliberately hampering CSO participation such as their exclusion from public processes, the recourse to opaque catch-all laws and accelerated parliamentary processes bypassing consultation and deliberation obligations;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 261 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Recalls that the urgency of COVID-19-related measures further limited CSOs’ access to decision-making; notes however efforts made to counter this in a number of Member States;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Regrets that civil dialogue often remains an ad hoc process; calls on the Member States to develop coherent policy frameworks that ensure structured, predictable and long-term processes, inclusive participation and systematic review systematic review, and to allocate appropriate means including for training relevant officials; calls on the Commission to provide recommendations based on the analysis of existing practices;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Considers in this respect that the European Parliament should also appoint one of its Vice-Presidents to carry out an open, transparent and regular dialogue with civil society; encourages political groups to devise their own civil dialogue structures;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Considers that all EU institutions should review their terms of engagement with CSOs inline with Article 11 to ensure an open, transparent, meaningful and regular dialogue with civil society, on an equal footing with other stakeholders; calls for an interinstitutional agreement on civil dialogue between all main institutions covering all areas of Union policy as well as transversal processes such as, for example, the State of the Union or the Conference for the Future of Europe;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 274 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the attribution to a Commission Vice-President of the responsibility to maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with civil society; stresses that civil dialogue should be further operationalised; invites in particular the European Commission to set up within each Directorate General specific focal points for civil society to be in close contact with the Vice-President and the coordination of the Secretariat General; invites the European Commission to set up a participatory status with civil society; considers it key that a wide variety of CSOs is given a prominent role via a transparent selection process in expert groups and advisory forums assisting the Commission and that emphasis is put on CSOs speaking for vulnerable and underrepresented groups;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2021/2103(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to leverage the definition of national programmes implementing EU funds and the implementation by Member States of EU strategies and action plans to require Member States to put in place effective CSO participation and civil dialogue mechanisms;
2021/11/16
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 68 #

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas corruption acts as a barrier to education, makes education financially inaccessible, distorts values of young people and causes lack of motivation to study, resulting in the waste of talents and negative effects on the economy;
2021/09/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas corruption reporting is among main causes of journalist killings; whereas according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, five journalists investigating corruption have so far been killed in 2021;
2021/09/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) design programmes under the IPA, the NDICI, and the EU trust funds to support anti-corruption capacity building; increase the efficiency of EU spending by including clear programme targets and timelines; enable EU Delegations and Member States’ embassies to assess and report on corruption in their regular briefings;
2021/09/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) call for a thorough investigation into and justice for the violence and killings of investigative journalists, HRDs and other anti-corruption activists;
2021/09/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 209 #

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) establish European funding rules for political parties, NGOs and the media, especially when funding comes from non- democratic countries, to prevent malign influence and interference into democratic processes and public affairs of the EU and partner countries, including manipulation of people’s opinions resulting into erosion of trust in governments, electoral processes and politics in general;
2021/09/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) encourage a deepening of international commitments to put anti- corruption at the heart of the SDGs as an avenue for fighting global poverty, and for the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights, with special attention to the right to education; make fighting corruption in education and health-care sectors a priority;
2021/09/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Universal Declaration of Human rights foresees the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion and the right to manifest one’s religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance; whereas this right derives from key human rights treaties that are crucial for democracy;
2021/06/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is deeply concerned about the rise over the last decade of violence, discrimination and harassment against people belonging to minorities on the grounds of their belief or religion as a global phenomenon, which is intensifying and affecting more and more countries; notes that it affects many religious communities, namely Christians (including Copts), Jews, Muslims (including Ahmadis and Alevis), Buddhists, Hindus and smaller religious groups, such as Baha’is, Sikhs and Zoroastrians, as well as groups of people who are atheists, humanists, agnostics or do not identify with any religion;
2021/06/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is worried about growing antisemitism worldwide, given that although Jews make up only 0.2 % of the global population, they faced harassment in 88 countries in 2018; is very concerned of the increasing number of hate incidents involving the representatives of the Jewish community, attacks on synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Europe;
2021/06/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Deplores the crimes against Muslim communities in Asia, including the past and current human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya populationnd discriminatory and exclusionary policies against the Muslim Rohingya population and stresses the need to increase the humanitarian aid to refugees who fled to nearby countries;
2021/06/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Deplores the extreme persecution of the Chinese government against millions of Uyghurs and other minorities detained in the region of Xinjiang, on the basis of their religion and ethnicity, often labelled as extremists for simply practicing their belief;
2021/06/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Is deeply concerned of the rampant kidnapping for ransom of Christians in Nigeria by apparently loosely organised insurgents and the use of the ransom money to fund Boko Haram;
2021/06/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the European Parliament distinguishes - the Russian people and the Putin’s regime - and critical actions proposed in this report are directed towards the Putin’s regime, while stressing the urgent need to reach out to the Russian people and show that the EU is welcoming to them;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas Russia is an authoritarian state run by President Vladimir Putin and his loyalists, in which there are no free and fair elections, both the State Duma and the Council of the Federation are submissive to Mr Putin’s orders, opposition forces are under constant intimidation and threat, which includes searches of their offices, arrests and imprisonment sentences, assassination attempts and actual killings;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas Mr Putin’s 20 years-long ruling has been possible only through manipulation of the Russian Constitution; whereas the latest constitutional reforms enacted in July 2020 during the COVID- 19 pandemic – including an amendment giving President Putin a waiver from presidential term-limits in 2024 – avoided full referendum procedures, violated both Russian law and the Russian Federation’s OSCE obligations, and were assessed by the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) as “clearly inappropriate” and, according to Russian statisticians, were adopted by means of probably the most fraudulent vote in Russian history;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the Freedom in the World 2021 report placed Russia in the category of ‘not free’ countries; whereas citizens’ fundamental freedoms are limited in Russia the election environment is controlled, Russian people are discouraged from public protests by the burdensome bureaucratic procedures established in order for citizens to receive a permission and by police violence during peaceful protests;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas, according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the Russian authorities currently hold nearly 400 political prisoners in violation of the Russian Federation’s obligations under Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 23 of the Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A e (new)
-Ae. whereas the organisers and masterminds of the 2015 assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov remain unidentified and unindicted, while the OSCE report on this issue has concluded that “the main issue for addressing impunity is not the capabilities of the Russian law enforcement, but political will”;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A f (new)
-Af. whereas the media space in Russia is controlled and owned by the state, there is no public broadcaster, the remaining few independent media sources struggle financially and face persecution, including physical attacks and imprisonment of media workers; whereas since 1992, 58 journalists have been killed in Russia; whereas the “sovereign internet” law enables the government to block any unwanted Internet content;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A g (new)
-Ag. whereas the Russian Orthodox Church strongly supports the Putin regime, acts as agent of Russian propaganda abroad, takes an active role in the special operations resulting in occupation and annexation of foreign territories, and in return enjoys its privileged political and financial position; whereas Russian laws allow the repression of religious groups that are deemed extremist;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A h (new)
-Ah. whereas the LGBTI+ community in Russia faces extensive discrimination, including harassment, torture, imprisonment and killings; whereas situation for LGBTI+ community is particularly dangerous in Chechnya, which in 2017 started its purge of LGBTI+ people, detaining and torturing dozens, with at least two killed, and many seeking for safe refuge abroad; whereas existing laws prohibit any public discussion on “non-traditional sexual relationships”;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A i (new)
-Ai. whereas the Putin regime rejects multilateralism and the rule of law based international order, disregards international law and Helsinki OSCE principles, as demonstrated by the 2020 constitutional reforms elevating Russian law above international law;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A j (new)
-Aj. whereas the 2020 Russian constitutional reforms revised the history of the WWII, cleansing the Soviet history and naming Russia as a successor of the Soviet Union, introduced the right to intervene internationally in defence of Russian compatriots and outlawed discussions about returning Russian lands to foreign actors;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A k (new)
-Ak. whereas in 2019 Russia re-joined the Council of Europe but extensive violations of human rights continue, as well as its refusal to comply with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A l (new)
-Al. whereas Russia uses other international institutions, primarily the UN and the OSCE, to prevent justice and conflict resolution worldwide;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A m (new)
-Am. whereas Russia is implementing a hostile “Russian World” concept to prepare the ground for its interference in third countries in defence of Russian compatriots;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A n (new)
-An. whereas a passportization policy is being used to boost the numbers of Russian compatriots and de facto incorporate into Russia citizens of territories occupied by it and breakaway territories, notably Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Donbas and the Crimean Peninsula; whereas these Russian actions are a violation of international laws;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A o (new)
-Ao. whereas the EU Member States allowing dual citizenship are exposed to Russia’s passportization policy; whereas the EU Member States which adopted so- called “golden passports” regimes enable Kremlin loyalists to enjoy the European quality of life with money stolen from the Russian people and to spread corruption into the EU;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A p (new)
-Ap. whereas the Kremlin’s propaganda opposes Russian and European/Western values by calling the latter “rotten liberal- progressive West” and supports pro- Russian and other organizations of divisive nature that are able to undermine policies of national governments, spread defamation and demonise the West, especially the EU and NATO, promote hatred, intolerance and Soviet nostalgia, and rewrite the history of Soviet crimes;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A q (new)
-Aq. whereas the “Russian World” is being promoted by state-owned media channels such as Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik in the native languages of the EU Member States; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is being used by Kremlin’s propaganda to seed division among the EU Member States, portray the EU as unable to cope with the pandemic, seed doubts about the vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency, discourage EU citizens from vaccination, and rehabilitate Russia’s image in the eyes of EU population, particularly via the promotion of the Sputnik V vaccine;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A r (new)
-Ar. whereas the Russian “foreign agents” law adopted in 2012 was used to get rid of Western grant-giving organisations and deprive democracy- promoting local NGOs from essential funding, and has been gradually expanding and currently any ordinary citizen can be branded as a foreign agent for its political activity; whereas another law prohibits the financing of public events in Russia by foreign governments, organizations and other actors labelled as foreign agents;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A s (new)
-As. whereas Russian embassies, consulates and their affiliated cultural centres in the EU Member States are offering free cultural events and Russian language lessons and numerous local NGOs and radical groups, including political movements, receive Russian funding;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A t (new)
-At. whereas the Russian financial support for political parties and movements is a direct interference into the democratic processes of the EU and its Member States, as these parties and movements promote Russia’s interests as well as values contradictory to those of the EU;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A u (new)
-Au. whereas the EU and its Member States institutions as well as objects of strategical importance, leadership and democratic processes such as elections are the constant target of Russian cyber- attacks;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A v (new)
-Av. whereas Putin’s Russia seeks to maintain its influence in the former Soviet space at any cost, it rejects the right of self-determination of neighbouring countries and openly disrupts their efforts to implement pro-European democratic reforms and jeopardises their ambitions to join the EU and NATO;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A w (new)
-Aw. whereas Russia remains engaged in several parts of the world and seeks to disrupt EU influence in the Eastern Partnership region, the Western Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America; whereas Russia establishes alternative models for cooperation such as the Eurasian Economic Union not necessarily with the intention to demonstrate its superiority, but to oppose the EU and the West in general;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Russia has interfered, without regard for international law, with the independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of EU partner countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, and the Republic of Moldova; whereas Russia is continuing its aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and in the Black Sea and interfering with acts of terrorism on the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours, inter alia by supporting the illegitimate regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus; ;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Russia is continuing its aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and interfering with acts of terrorism on the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours, inter alia by supporting the illegitimate regime of Alexiaksander Lukashenkoa in Belarus;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Russia is providing consistent political and economic support to the illegitimate and reprehensible regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus; whereas Russian support has emboldened the dictator Lukashenko to engage in massive repressions of democratic movements in Belarus, mass detention of political opponents and journalists, and in the hijacking of a European airplane traveling between European destinations, in an unprecedented attack on European and international law;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Western Balkans region, which includes countries on the official waiting list to join the EU is characterized by a strong Russian presence, particularly Serbia where Russia has intentions to open an office of the Russian defence ministry; whereas in 2016 in Montenegro Russian military intelligence was involved into attempts to overtake country’s parliament, to assassinate the Prime Minister and install a pro-Russian and anti-NATO government, and to prevent Montenegro’s accession to NATO;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Russia uses its paramilitary organization (the “Wagner Group”) to support dictatorial regimes around the world and undermine the EU’s and international community’s efforts to mitigate conflicts, build peace and stability;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas these domestic developments are a warning to the EU of what may come in the preparation and in the aftermath of the September 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia, when Mr Putin, in the same manner as Mr Lukashenkoa in Belarus, is waging a war against the people of Russia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU and Russia have longstanding trade relations, the EU is the largest trading partner for Russia, while Russia is the fifth largest trading partner for the EU, and the EU is the largest investor in Russia; whereas the EU is dependent on Russian gas and oil imports, which will further increase should the Nord Stream 2 project be completed;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas Russia ranks 120 out of 180 countries in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index, as massive state-level corruption prevents Russian population from quality public services, which remain underfunded, including the public health care, which is of particular importance during the pandemic; whereas nearly 19 million of Russians live under the poverty line;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the Russian Government has approved a list of “unfriendly countries”, which includes Czechia and the United States;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the Kremlin regime is engaging in massive disinformation and fake news campaigns against European Member States and the European Union, which, on one hand, represents an attack on democracy and European values and, on the other hand, has had an impact on the EU’s ability to combat the COVID pandemic and has costed countless lives;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU, together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia and keep stability in the EaP region by taking a more active role in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflicts and in the prevention of any future conflicts, by pressing Russia not to interfere in the region and to return the occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU must have a clear goal and plans on how to cut itswork towards the implementation of the European Green Deal and reduced dependency on Russian gas and oil, at least while President Putin is in power; the Nord Stream 2 threatens to increase this dependency, as well as finances Russian expansionism in neighbouring states;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 287 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the EU should initiate security compacts with EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU and propose a new EU integconsider creating an enhanced cooperation strategy for Eastern Partners building on former Commission President Romano Prodi’s formula of ‘everything, but the institutions’;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the EaP policy poses no threat to Russia and its relations with EaP countries; the EU must recognize the European aspirations of neighbouring countries and keep its own doors open for willing and capable countries, as there can be no compromises and concessions to appease Russia or follow its policy of spheres of influence;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 314 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) increase resilience and strengthen capacities to react to hybrid treats posed by Russia and others: cyber-security, propaganda and disinformation; call out Russia each time it executes hybrid attack against the EU and the Member States; increase resilience to cyber-attacks and expand capacities of the EU StratCom, as there is a need to cover not only the East and the Western Balkans, but also disinformation in the EU space;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the EU should define concrete mechanisms to combat and sanction Russian hybrid threats, disinformation campaigns and election interference, and implement bolder, coordinated, proportionate responses and adequate deterrence mechanisms to counter such threats;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) calls on the EU to engage with NATO and leverage and expand current engagements in the Black Sea region and specifically further engage with countries in the Eastern Partnership through a whole-of-society approach in order to ensure a secure and stable Black Sea region;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) ensure a swift implementation of the incoming proposals of the European Parliament Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE);
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) strengthen the EU’s role as a global player, as well as the capacities of the EU institutions, not allow Russia to continue a so-called bilateralization of relations with the EU, as Brussels should be the only capital where key decisions about the EU-Russia relations are taken;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 330 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) the EU should maintain close coordination with transatlantic partners in implementing decisions towards Russia, and, in coordination with transatlantic partners, consider additional sanctions to Russia should it fail to reduce tensions on Ukraine’s borders; sanctions against Russia can only be lifted or mitigated once Russia has fully implemented the Minsk agreements;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 368 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU should strengthen the requirement of conditionality in its relations with Russia by including in any dialogue or agreement with Russia measures aimed at protecting human rights and the holding of free elections; accordingly, the EU and its Member States should revise their investment support and economic cooperation projects, starting with the halting of the Nord Stream 2 project, which in addition to increasing the EU dependency on Russian gas, will expose Ukraine to Russian malevolence and pressure to recognize the autonomy of separatist regions;;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 379 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) deny recognition of any attempt by President Putin to continue in office beyond the end of his current and final presidential mandate on 7 May 2024, should he attempt to do so on the basis of the 2020 constitutional amendments that the European Parliament has assessed as “illegally enacted”;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 381 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) adopt a foreign agents law at the EU level to regulate the work of registered lobbyists active in political interference and disinformation, inter alia;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 383 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) increase efforts to curb the Kremlin’s strategic investments, which often stem from the EU Member States through the financial flows of Russian oligarchs and companies set up to fund Russia’s malign interference and spread of corruption in the EU;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 385 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
(gd) pay special attention to the institute of double citizenship, as it is often exploited for subversion, continue insisting on Bulgaria and Malta to abandon their “golden passports” regimes;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 386 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
(ge) strengthen the European banking system in order to detect and prevent money laundering by Russia and other countries;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 387 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g f (new)
(gf) initiate a review of Russia's compliance with its commitments to the Council of Europe;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 394 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the EU should increase its ability to prepare and adopt sanctions against the Russian authorities, Russian oligarchs, and Vladimir Putin’s acolytes for their systemic repression of democratic forces in Russia and to centralise EU decision- making by making the triggering of sanctions automatic in cases of corruption or violation of human rights, including by updating the EU global sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act) to address cases of corruption;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 397 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the EU should increase its ability to prepare and adopt sanctions against the Russian authorities for their systemic repression of democratic forces in Russia and to centralise EU decision-making by making the triggering of sanctions automatic in cases of corruption or violation of human rights, including by updating the EU global human rights sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act) to address cases of corruption;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 433 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) demand that the Russian authorities release all those unjustly imprisoned for political reasons, including Alexei Navalny, Alexei Pichugin, Yuri Dmitriev, and all the others designated by the Memorial Human Rights Centre as “political prisoners” in accordance with the criteria of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Resolution 1900 (2012)
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 435 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k b (new)
(kb) the EU should support Russian civil society and foster people-to-people contacts between the EU and Russian citizens, particularly as Russian citizens are the biggest recipients of Schengen visas in the world, most of which are multiple-entry and multiannual; consider reducing the visa fee for Russian citizens and lead an effective information campaign to show that the EU is welcoming to the Russian people;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 469 #

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should adopt and announce a strategic vision for its future relations with a democratic Russia, which should include a broad offer with conditions and incentives such as visa liberalisation, free trade investment and modernisation programmes, and a strategic partnership; it should also convey the potential benefits that it is willing to offer in return for a democratic transformation of Russia, conditional upon Russia’s transition into a fully-fledged democratic system of governance, respecting fundamental rights, individual freedoms, freedom of the press, international law and the international rules-based system;
2021/06/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the Council Conclusions on EU-US relations of 7 December 2020,
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU and the US share a fundamental interest in shaping the international environment, according to a shared worldview based on democracy, the rule of law, fundamental rights, and individual freedom;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU and the US share a fundamental interest in shaping the international environmentorder;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2021/2038(INI)

C. whereas the election of Joe Biden as President of the United States and Kamala Harris as Vice-President has created new opportunities to resetvitalize the transatlantic relationship;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas constructive dialogue is needed to address the transatlantic divffergences;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas, while pursuing transatlantic cooperation in areas of shared interest, the EU should also foster it is complementary to EU advance towards strategic autonomy in defence and economic relations as a means to strengthen the transatlantic bond and increase the joint leverage of the EU and the U.S. on the world scene;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas both the EU and the US share a number of new common challenges such as combatting technology-enabled attacks and securing digital infrastructure, mitigating the socio- economic impact of the pandemic, the promotion ofng global health, addressing the climate emergency, the fighting against global criminal networks, and advancing the digital and green transformation as a means of sustainable modernisation;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to reassert the continued relevance of the strategic transatlantic relationship for the rebuilding and reinvigorating of the multilateral rules- based international order, the global strengthening of democrastrengthening democracy worldwide, shaping the rules of the digital future according to shared transatlantic values, and the promotion ofng human rights, sustainable development and inclusive growth;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a new transatlantic agenda that privileges cooperation on digital and technology issues, multilateral cooperation for a healthier world, the fight against climate change, promotion of peaceful resolution of conflicts and reform of economic governance, by puttingand the fight against inequalities at its centre;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU and the U.S. to operationalize a Trade and Technology Council and a Transatlantic Agreement on Artificial Intelligence, as called for by the joint communication on a new EU-US agenda for global change;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the European Commission to initiate talks on the EU- US economic cooperation agreement taking into account previous negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP);
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for strengthened interparliamentary cooperation between Members of the European Parliament and Members of Congress in different thematic areas that could enable the exchange of best practices on global, but also on shared, domestic challenges, such as supporting innovation and education for the digital age, addressing economic and social inequality, protection ofng human rights and democratic standards, universal health coverage, legislative convergence on AI, responsibility oftechnology, and online platforms, and a just transition towards climate neutrality;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. invest into people to people relations among the EU and US citizens by increasing student and professional exchange, R&D cooperation and STEM education;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for increased EU-US coordination and joint action at the global level for maintaining technological leadership, setting global standards in technology and internet governance, and shaping the development of emerging and critical technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, 5G and 6G in accordance with democratic values;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for increased EU-US joint funding of cutting-edge projects based on frontier technologies, increased joint investments in research and development, increased people-to-people academic exchanges in STEM, and increased joint support for technology start-ups and SMEs;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Highlights that non-democratic regimes such as China increasingly use technology to control and repress their citizens restricting the exercise of fundamental, social, and political rights; calls for increased EU-US cooperation in developing human-centric technology that respects privacy and reduces biases and discrimination;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the EU should reaffirm together with the US the centrality of the Sustainable Development Goals, or the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as a framework for effective multilateral cooperation, involving also China;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for enhanced coordination on the use of the human-rights sanctions mechanisms, the Global Magnitsky Act, with corruption included among sanctioned crimes;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 232 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Encourages the US to move towards the abolition of the death penalty, the reform of the criminal justice system, including through addressing systemic racism, hate speech and the end of all discrimination against LGBTQI persons; urges dialogue and exchange of best practices between the EU and US on promoting racial and gender equality;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Supports a rebalancing of the responsibilities in the transatlantic security relationship by fostering greater self- reliance for EU Member Statesthe European Union in matters of defence as a way to lessen the burden on the US; supports and calls for increased EU-U.S. cooperation in NATO and in the development of interoperable and complementary military capabilities;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Supports a rebalancing of the responsibilities in the transatlantic security relationship by fostering greater self- reliEmphasizes the importance for the EU Member States in matters of defence as a way to lessen the burden on the USto strive for a more balanced burden-sharing in the transatlantic security alliance;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 273 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it necessary to foster cooperation not only on traditional security threats, but also on new ones such as hostile foreign technological dominance, hybrid threats, disinformation and cybersecuritycyber-attacks, attacks on critical digital infrastructure such as 5G and intercontinental undersea cables;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the EU and the U.S. to leverage technology to consolidate democracy and the functioning of democratic institutions and to protect against malign foreign interference, including by developing new and effective collective deterrence and response mechanisms for state-sponsored technology-enabled subversion such as election interference, fake news, fake science, and disinformation; to this end, calls for the EU and the US to spearhead the establishment of a global alliance of digital democracies;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the creation of the EU-US Security and Defence Dialogue and callsongoing cooperation within the framework of EU-NATO cooperation and the complementary proposal onf the VP/HR to launch EU-US Security as soon as possiblnd Defence Dialogue;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 316 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the proposal of President Biden to hold a Summit for Democracy with like-minded democracies, strengthening democracy internally and globally, particularly increasing citizen participation in democratic governance, voicing concerns and seeking peaceful solution to ongoing crackdowns on democratic movements and protecting the human rights defenders, including environmental defenders, around the globe;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 343 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU should engage more with the US in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans and eastern Europe in order to build resilient, prosperous, democratic multi- ethnic societies there, capable of resisting the disruptive influence of both local and external authoritarian forces;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 361 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for a comprehensive EU-US dialogue on China that should address theand seek to find common ground on areas of divergence, such as the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments, and explore possibilities for EU-US cooperationengagement with China in multilateral frameworks on commonglobal challenges, such as climate change;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 364 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Underscores the need to explore areas of convergence and possible cooperation with the US on China, notably regarding the protection of human and minority rights, de-escalation of tensions in South-East Asia and protecting South- East Asian democracies, coordination of actions in the Indo-Pacific region, setting global technological standards, securing critical infrastructure and supply chains for critical technology components, protecting intellectual property rights and the fight against, fighting disinformation; supports closer coordination on these and other issues of common concern;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 381 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for close cooperation to jointly address the range of threats emanating from the Russian Federation, such as the continued destabilisation of Ukraine and Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Georgia, support for Lukashenka's illegitimate rule and crimes against humanity in Belarus, interferences in democratic processes in the EU and the US, hybrid threats and disinformation campaigns, while at the same pursuing selective cooperation in the areas of shared transatlantic interest, notably in the area of arms control;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 384 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for close cooperation to jointly address the range of threats emanating from the Russian Federation, such as the territorial breaches of Ukraine and Georgia, the continued destabiliszation of Ukraine and Georgiand interference in the Republic of Moldova, interferences in democratic processes in the EU and the US, hybrid, military and cyber threats and disinformation campaigns, while at the same pursuing selective cooperationengagement in the areas of shared transatlantic interest, notably in the area of arms control;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 419 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Expresses concerns over a withdrawal of the NATO Allies forces from Afghanistan, calls for a dialogue based decisions in the future, urges a responsible committed action towards the Afghan people, particularly in supporting the Intra-Afghan Peace Talks and safeguarding the fundamental freedoms and human rights with particular attention to the rights of ethnic minorities, girls and women, including their right to education and public participation, and other vulnerable groups;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 421 #

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls for a joint EU-US strategy on Africa that supports democracy, inclusive and sustainable development, human rights, digitalization, education, and gender equality, mitigates the impact of climate change and its demographic implications, reduces Chinese exploitation of Africa’s natural resources and ensures their sustainable use, and engages with Africa as an economic, social, and political partner of both the EU and the U.S.;
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the new EU-China strategy involves China in an open dialogue on global challenges, such as human rights, climate change and the fight against global pandemics; Calls on the VP/HR to ensure that the new EU- China strategy involves China in an open dialogue on global challenges, such as human rights, climate change and the fight against global pandemics;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Supports greater dialogue and cooperation with China on peace and security, sustainable development, science, technology and innovation, environmental issues, space and aerospace, based on European values and strategic priorities and in the framework of multilateralism and the rules-based international system;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. recognizes the importance of cooperation with China in supporting the peace process in Afghanistan and discouraging North Korea of continuing its nuclear programme, inter alia;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. States its support for UN to carry out legal investigations into alleged genocide and crimes against humanity taking place in the Xinjiang region; calls on China to comply with its obligations under national and international law to respect human rights, including the rights belonging to minorities in Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the future EU strategy on China should provide the necessary tools and data to analyse the political, economic, social and technological threats stemming from China, its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and 176+1 policies, its investment strategy and their implications for the Union’s strategic autonomy and the liberal order;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to commission an EU-wide audit of the EU dependency on China in certain strategically important and critical sectors, setting out plans to reduce dependency, while maintaining overall trade relations with China, which should be as open as possibleligned with the EU’s values and strategic priorities;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 296 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
(c) strengthening the EU’s unique brand of responsible global leadership and partnership with likeminded partners;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 315 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point e a (new)
(e a) investing in partnerships with countries vulnerable to Chinese economic statecraft.
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 319 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the bilateral and uncoordinated engagement of some Member States with China, and the failure to inform the Commission when signing Memoranda of Understanding with third countries, is counterproductivedamaging the EU’s global position and the negotiations advantage EU members have when acting as a Union rather than independent state actors;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the future EU-China strategy should be more coordinated between the EU institutions and the Member States, as well as between the different Commission Directorates General; believes that the EU should seek to coordinate its China strategy with the United States;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 349 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is concernedCondemns by the assertive and, at times, aggressive diplomatic pressure from the Chinese authorities; underlines that EU institutions can in no way bow to pressure or censorship from Chinese channels;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 362 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the VP/HR to coordinate the Union’s actions with like-minded partners on the protection of human rights and support for civil society in China and for Chinese diaspora around the world, as well as the defence of liberal democracy in the world, notably in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and with a view to engaging China to respect international law, the freedom of navigation in the South China and the East China Seas and the peaceful resolution of disputes;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 375 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Considers it necessary for the EU to promote a balanced and prosperous transatlantic relationship with the Biden Administration,: highlights the importance of EU-US partnership in order to maintain and demonstrate the united strength of global liberal democracies in multilateral organisations;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 407 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Highlights the importance of keeping the technological edge in front of China in the emerging digital revolution by investing in innovation and research and by working with the United States and likeminded partners to set global technology standards in accordance with democratic values;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 427 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for increased funding for 5G rollout projects and research into 6G, AI and big data technology, in order to ensure future network security and increased digital sovereigntyresilience which will be vital for digitalisation and economic growth, but also for closing the technological gap with China; calls on the EU and Member States to reduce dependency on Chinese technology in critical infrastructure and phase out sensitive 5G equipment that increases European vulnerability;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 453 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Points out that the EU’s efforts towards strategic autonomy should be complementary to and strengthen its strategic alliance with the U.S. and go hand in hand with sharing efforts with likeminded partners in matters of research, innovation and digital development;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 454 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Encourages a close observation of China's involvement in the Arctic region and preparedness to ensure freedom of navigation in the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 457 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Believes that the Union should continue working towards its transformation into a geopolitical player by ensuring a more united geopolitical approach of its Member States, as well as by fostering its strategic autonomy and working together with the US;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 459 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Believes that the Union should continue working towards its transformation into a geopolitical player by ensuring a more united geopolitical approach of its Member States, as well as by fostering its strategic autonomy and capacity;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 464 #

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Highlights that success of the European Neighbourhood Policy determines the EU's capacity to take upon the role of global actor; warns about the icreasing role of China in the immediate neighbourhood of the EU, including the candidate countries, and calls for active EU's engagement in providing the neighbouring countries with a viable alternative to Chinese investments;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 500 #

2021/2037(INI)

37. Points out the need to equipprovide the European External Action Service with a mandate and the necessary resources to study and counterto monitor and address Chinese disinformation operations;
2021/05/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas gender-based violence is violencea serious violation of human rights directed against women because they are women and it affects women disproportionately; whereas LGBTI persons are also victims of gender-based violence because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics; whereas gender- based violence is rooted in gender stereotypes, patriarchal structures and power asymmetries;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 75 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas education has a central part to play in order to prevent gender- based violence, in particular by challenging the negative social norms that drive this phenomenon and by empowering youth to recognize, address and prevent these acts;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 78 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas gender- based violence is as harmful and severe online as it is offline, through trolling, doxing, cyber stalking, bulling, defamation, public shaming, revenge porn, identity theft or hacking;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 81 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas effectively tackling gender-based violence implies setting-up training programs for the professionals involved (social workers, healthcare providers, law enforcement, the justice system etc.) so that they are able to identify, address and respond to gender- based violence;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 102 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas gender-based violence comes with important costs for our European societies, be it in terms of lost economic output, provision of services, including health, legal, social and specialised services; whereas, however, the highest costs are borne by the victims which have to permanently live with the emotional scars of these traumatic experiences; whereas the well-being of victims of gender-based violence should guide EU action;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 165 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of addressing and promoting through education the equal status and power relation between men and women, boys and girls, and eliminate biases, gender stereotypes and cultural beliefs that lead to harmful social gender norms;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 168 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of raising public awareness regarding the impact of online gender- based violence and help women and girls reclaim their digital safety;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 175 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the wide range of psychological impacts that gender-based violence has on victims, including stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, social alienation, low self-esteem, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and of sense of control that can lead to self-harm thoughts and actions; recalls that gender- based violence also has a social and economic impact;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 214 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on actions to prevent gender- based violence by addressing the underlying causes, including counteracting sexism, gender stereotypes and patriarchal values; underlines the need for gender equality to have a central place in education and the need for awareness- raising campaigns; calls on the Commission to work together with the Member States to make sure that gender- based violence is effectively tackled throughout the national curricula;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 221 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt and enforce an effective and coordinated legal framework to prevent and combat all kinds of gender- based violence, online and offline, and make available material, legal and psychological resources for assisting victims through support groups;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 224 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Denounces the rampant surge of gender- based violence and abuse online that has a devastating mental and psychological toll on girls and women driving them to silence and shame; highlights the need for a coordinated approach together with online platforms to improve the security tools of their platforms and develop timely and accessible reporting tools, effective content removal mechanisms, and stronger cooperation between online platforms and law enforcement for combatting gender-based violence online;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 262 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that cyber violence threatens progress on gender quality; policies to tackle these threats are urgently needed in order for digital technologies to bring positive change and be platforms for equal opportunities;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 308 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to improve the resources and training of practitioners, law enforcement officers and all professionals dealing with victims of gender-based violence; points out the importance of making full use of the training possibilities available to Member States through the various programmes and agencies of the European Union dealing with the prevention of gender- based violence; calls on Members States to ensure that victims have the right to state- funded legal aid before and during legal proceedings;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 315 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to include online revenge porn or any non- consensual sharing of explicit intimate material, on the list of sexual offences in their national legislation, to be prosecuted in criminal courts and carrying appropriate imprisonment sentences; calls on Member States to ensure appropriate training for law enforcement representatives in investigating and prosecuting cyber violence and dealing with victims of these serious crimes;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 351 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the European Commission and the EU Member States to develop a harmonised legislative framework on combating cross- border cyber violence with an adequate level of prosecution and punishment for these online crimes;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 357 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of the third subparagraph of Article 83(1) TFEU, a proposal for a Council decision identifying gender-based violence, online and offline, as a new area of crime, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto and requests the Commission to use that new area of crime as a legal basis for a holistic directive to prevent and combat all forms of gender- based violence;
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 394 #

2021/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Online gender- based violence has increased at a worrying rate, particularly affecting women and girls; it is equally severe and harmful as offline violence and must be addressed through a comprehensive legislative framework.
2021/06/08
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 29 #

2021/2026(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that regulating the acquisition of nationality is primarily a Member State competence but stresses that that competence needs to be exercised in good faith, in a spirit of mutual respect, transparently, with due diligence and proper scrutiny, in accordance with the principle of sincere cooperation and in full respect of Union law15 ; considers that where Member States do not act in full compliance with those standards and principles, a legal ground for Union action arises; considers that a Union competence could also arise on the basis of Article 21(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) with respect to certain aspects of Member State nationality law16 ; _________________ 15 See the reasoning used in the Commission infringement procedures against Malta and Cyprus with respect to their investor citizenship schemes (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorn er/detail/en/ip_20_1925) and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Judgment of the Court of 7 July 1992, Mario Vicente Micheletti and others v Delegación del Gobierno en Cantabria, C-369/90, ECLI:EU:C:1992:295; Judgment of the Court of 11 November 1999, Belgian State v Fatna Mesbah, C- 179/98, ECLI:EU:C:1999:549; Judgment of the Court of 20 February 2001, Judgment of the Court of 20 February 2001, The Queen v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte: Manjit Kaur, C-192/99, ECLI:EU:C:2001:106; Judgment of the Court of 2 March 2010, Janko Rottman v Freistaat Bayern, C- 135/08, ECLI:EU:C:2010:104; and Judgment of the Court of 12 March 2019, M.G. Tjebbes and Others v Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, C-221/17, ECLI:EU:C:2019:189. 16 EPRS EAVA Study, pp. 43-44.
2021/12/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #

2021/2026(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point a
(a) increased due diligence and rigorous background checks of the applicant and the sources of their funds;
2021/12/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2021/2026(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point b
(b) the regulation and, proper certification and scrutiny as well as limitation of the activities of intermediaries;
2021/12/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2021/2026(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point c
(c) harmonised rules and obligations on Member States to report to the Commission regarding their RBI schemes and applications thereunder;
2021/12/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2021/2026(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point d
(d) minimum physical residence requirements asnd minimum active involvement in the investment as conditions for acquiring residence under RBI schemes;
2021/12/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 95 #

2021/2026(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – indent 4
— The regulation should contain Union-level standards and procedures for increased due diligence and rigorous background checks for applicants and their source of wealth. A proposal for a regulation is more than warranted, especially in light of the fact that the Group of Experts on Investor Citizenship and Residence Schemes never made any progress as regards those elements. In particular, all applicants must be structurally crosschecked against all relevant national, Union (SIS, VIS, ECRIS-TCN, ETIAS) and international (Interpol) databases by the Member State authorities. There should also be an independent verification of documents submitted, a full background check of all police records and involvement in previous and current civil and criminal litigation, in- person interviews with the applicants and a thorough verification of how the applicant’s wealth was accumulated and its relation to the reported income.
2021/12/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas ombudsperson institutions in the Member States play a critical role in safeguarding key principles of the Rule of Law, such as transparency, accountability and due process; whereas the COVID-19 crisis has brought about restrictions of fundamental rights that make it more important than ever to have effective checks and balances in place over the actions of the government and in defence of citizens' rights;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 57 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s first annual Rule of Law Report as part of the wider European rule of law monitoring and enforcement architecture, as it adds an important, potentially preventive tool to the Union’s rule of law toolbox; encourages further development of this new tool for agenda-setting and preventive purposes;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a more integrated analysis on the interlinkages between the four pillars included in the report and of how combined deficiencies may amount to systemic breaches of the rule of law or risks thereof;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Regrets that not all rule of law issues were covered in sufficient detail by the annual report; invites the Commission to develop its country-specific expertise and capacity to react more promptly to negative developments in the Member States; calls on the Commission to devote sufficient resources to the monitoring and enforcement of the rule of law in the EU;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the monitoring of the independence, quality and efficiency of the Member States’ justice systems; considers that the enabling environment to ensure access to justice for all should also be monitored, including access to justice at Union level; considers that the reports should go beyond a static annual snapshot and include information on relevant antecedents in the country chaptersany relevant information about the state of the rule of law in the country, as well as situate new developments in their political context;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Decries the fact that the initiation of preliminary ruling proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU has been declared unlawful in Member States subject to Article 7 of the TEUat the governments of Poland and Hungary have repeatedly attempted to prevent national courts from referring cases to the Court of Justice of the European Union under Article 267 TFEU; considers this practice to be in contravention of the Treaties and the CJEU's established interpretation of the relevant provisions; is appalled by the growing resistance of some Member States to comply with CJEU rulings on the grounds of sovereignty or unconstitutionality; believes that these developments pose a systemic threat to the Union; considers, therefore, that forthcoming annual reports should consider challenges to the Union’s legal architecture and principles as serious violations in the assessment;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 148 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the inclusion in the report of a specific chapter on monitoring media freedom and pluralism; urges the Commission to provide an assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of the national frameworks for the protection of media freedom and media pluralism and make concrete recommendations for improving the situation; deems it important that the annual rule of law reports provide the basis for strong action on behalf of the European Commission in order to address the deficiencies identified;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Welcomes the reference to the role of ombudsperson institutions, as well as the fact that the Commission systematically included them in the fourth pillar of the country reports; calls on the Commission to pay more attention in the next annual cycle to the activities of national ombudspersons by going beyond acknowledging that ombudspersons institutions are established in Member States and looking more in depth into how they function, their degree of independence and their real contribution in terms of ensuring that adequate safeguards are in place;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Commission to define clear benchmarks on an enabling civic space; underlines the very important role civil society organisations play in defending the rule of law and European values on the ground, as well as in terms of providing valuable expertise; strongly believes that the Commission should institute a formal and continuous dialogue with civil society representatives on these issues and ensure their meaningful involvement in the elaboration of the annual rule of law report; highlights in this regard, based on the NGOs' experience from the 2020 cycle, that thematically structured consultations within the framework of the rule of law debates would increase the efficiency of the process and the amount of valuable feedback provided by the civil society; underlines that the deadlines imposed and the documents' formats used in the consultation process should be adequately adapted and flexible in order to allow for a complete and comprehensive input;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Regrets the non-implementation, which in itself constitutes a serious violation of the rule of law, by a Member State subject to Article 7 of the TEUHungary of a CJEU ruling in relation to restrictions imposed on the financing of civil organisations by persons established outside that Member State; notes with concern that an increasing number of Member States are adopting legislation that severely impinges on the freedom of association and expression for civil society organisations;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 203 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Regrets the fact that the 2020 report fails to encompass fully the Article 2 TEU values of democracy and fundamental rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities and non- discrimination, including gender equality, sexual and reproductive rights and LGBTIQ rights, which are immediately affected when countries start backsliding on the rule of law;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates its insistence on the need for a single monitoring mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, as proposed by Parliament in its resolution of 7 October 2020, to cover the full scope of Article 2 TEU values;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 229 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement of its strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; believes that such an annual review should provide input for a comprehensive monitoring mechanism and that its methodology, cycle and scope should therefore be aligned with the annual reports, as well as the Democracy Action Plan; believes that the presentation of these reports should be aligned and interlinked as part of a broader annual monitoring cycle on Article 2 TEU;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 252 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission to regularize the schedule pertaining to the annual report's production, including the deadline for stakeholders' submissions, to make the process predictable for all institutions and stakeholders; calls on the Commission to ensure sufficient time for the preparation of stakeholders' submissions;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Considers the existing institutional arrangement behind the annual report to fall short of the Parliament's expectations; expects the Commission to create a permanent interinstitutional Working Group as proposed by the Parliament in its resolution of 7 October 2020;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 266 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Invites the Commission and the Council to enter without delay into negotiations with Parliament on an interinstitutional agreement in accordance with Article 295 TFEU; considers the proposal set out in the Annex to Parliament's resolution of 7 October 2020 on the establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights to constitute an appropriate basis for such negotiations;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates that the annual report should serve as a basis for deciding whether to activate the procedure provided for in Article 7 of the TEU, whether to activate the Rule of Law Framework or whether to launch infringement procedures, including expedited procedures, applications for interim measures before the Court of Justice and actions regarding non-implementation of CJEU judgments concerning the protection of Union values; stresses that the report should be in any case accompanied by actionable recommendations, including deadlines for implementation;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 290 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Calls for a strategic use of funding opportunities under the Regulation establishing the Rights and Values Programme in order to counteract threats to the rule of law identified in the annual report and more broadly support civil society organizations promoting the values listed in Article 2 TEU;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 301 #

2021/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Stresses the importance of promoting the findings of the annual report at the national level; encourages the Commission to foster debate around the report in national parliaments and engage with civil society organizations in the follow-up to the report;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/1788 of 19 November 2018 in support of the South-Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SEESAC) for the implementation of the Regional Roadmap on combating illicit arms trafficking in Western Balkans,
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas organised crime is a global threahas become a central issue in international affairs and a threat to peace and development, which necessitates a common and coordinated response byfrom the EU, its Member States and international partners;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the threat posed by criminalorganised crime groups originating from the Western Balkans has been used as an argument against EU accession in some countries;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas in order to meet the EU membership criteria, the Western Balkan countries need to implement comprehensive reforms in crucial areas such as the rule of law and deliver concrete results in judicial reforms and in the fight against corruption and organised crime;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that depriving countries of the Western Balkans of a European perspective is worsening rather than improving the situation as regardsfighting organised crime, and underlines that only by fosteradvancing ing the EU integration process can it be improvedare mutually reinforcing processes;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the lack of employment opportunities, corruption, disinformation, elements of state capture, inequality, foreign interference from non-democratic regimes such as Russia and China and the slow process of EU accession, are among the factors that make Western Balkans societies vulnerable to organised crime, and urges both the authorities of the Western Balkan countries and their international partners, including the EU, to intensify their efforts in addressing these challenges as they sow instability, undermine integration, and delay democratic and economic development;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the transposition into national laws by the Western Balkan countries of EU and international standards on asset recovery; regrets, however, that implementation remains low; urges the jurisdictions in the region to establish the confiscation of proceeds and instrumentalities of crime as a priority in the fight against corruption and organised crimewelcomes other efforts that have been undertaken to fight organised crime in the region, such as the development of governmental coordination mechanisms and special courts and law enforcement units; urges the jurisdictions in the region to establish the confiscation of proceeds and instrumentalities of crime as a priority in the fight against corruption and organised crime; calls for EU assistance in supporting law enforcement agencies to obtain required capacities, proper conditions and resources in order for them to be able to fulfil their mandates;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Western Balkan countries to target both criminal organisations rather than individual cases; urges the relevant authorities to strengthen the protection ofand individual cases; notes that rightly identifying and accurately investigating criminal activity as "organised" is essential to the criminal justice response; urges the relevant authorities to fill in the legislative gaps that expose informants and whistle- blowers and protect them from being fired, harassed, sued or even prosecuted or threatened in order to increase the capacity to dismantle organised criminal groups; and to successfully fight corruption and organised crime;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Western Balkans countries to keep a concrete and sustained track record in tackling organised crime, corruption and money laundering and to develop periodic national reports on this matter;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Western Balkan countries to strengthen their interinstitutional cooperation, including in intelligence gathering and sharing, in order to better understand and tackle organised crime;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines the importance of cooperation and intelligence sharing with the Member States, with international partners like the Unites States, the United Kingdom ands well as with international organisations such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the UNODC;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Western Balkan countries are both an origin of and a destination for trafficking in human beings which involves mostly women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation; underlines that most detected victims of human trafficking in the Western Balkans come from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia; notes that human trafficking is the crime with the highest proportional share of links to organised crime; calls on the relevant authorities to place more focus on prevention and strengthening the resilience of groups that are vulnerable to the risks of trafficking in human beings; welcomes joint actions carried out with international partners, including Interpol and Europol, which have led to the arrests of suspected traffickers and migrant smugglers;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the six Western Balkan countries remain a major transit region for the trafficking of drugs; notes that drug production and trafficking are the most commonly convicted crimes in the region; welcomes the increasing number of joint counter- narcotics operations; calls, in this respect, for cooperation to be intensified between EU law-enforcement agencies and their counterparts from the Western Balkans; underlines that law enforcement authorities must develop their capacities to better monitor and combat drug trafficking;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 111 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes the increase in organised cyber-criminal activities; welcomes the efforts of the Western Balkan countries to expand their capacity to fight cybercrime and the increase in prosecutions for cybercrime; calls forencourages the EU to promote greater cooperation with the Western Balkan countries on tacklingassist the Western Balkan countries with the appropriate tools and means on tackling cybercrime and other online threats;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes the expansion of a black market, including through the Deep Web, for fake COVID-19 vaccine certificates that sell across Western Balkan countries; calls on the Western Balkan authorities to closely monitor such criminal acts and to take action against any developments with regards to counterfeit vaccines and vaccination cards;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that Eurojust has facilitated approximately 200 joint criminal investigations between EU Member States and the Western Balkan countries; Welcomes the conclusion of cooperation agreements between Eurojust and four Western Balkan countriesAlbania, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as the authorisation to open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina; urges the Council to authorise the opening of negotiations for a similar agreement with Kosovo, as judicial cooperation in criminal matters with all Western Balkan countries is crucial to fighting organised crime;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. WUnderlines that the Western Balkans is a region of particular relevance for Europol; welcomes the agreements on operational cooperation between Europol and five Western Balkan countries, as well as the working arrangement with the law enforcement authorities of Kosovo, and commends the successful operations led in the context of this cooperation; welcomes the opening of Europol’s Liaison Office in Albania in 2019 and the decision to open similar Liaison Offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia, encourages similar cooperation with the remaining Western Balkan countries;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the Working Agreements undertaken by CEPOL with the Western Balkan countries which focus on specific activities on specific topics related to combating organised crime, such as money laundering, migration, financial investigation and terrorism; underlines the importance to further strengthen the already established mechanisms between CEPOL and the Western Balkans region;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Welcomes the working arrangements which are in place between FRONTEX and the Western Balkan countries, as well as the Status Agreements signed with Albania, Montenegro and Serbia which lead to activities aimed at tackling cross-border crime and illegal immigration and increased technical and operational assistance at the border; welcomes the similar status agreements initiated with North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina; underlines the need to further develop the cooperation between FRONTEX and the Western Balkan countries in matters related to combating organized crime;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates the need to increase the focus on prevention activities and education, as well asparticularly on issues related to the negative impact of organised crime, human, drug and arms trafficking on societies, as well as radicalisation; reiterates the need to increase the focus on a proper understanding of citizenship, and to increase resilience, paying greater attention to socio-economic conditions, especially in suburban and rural areas, and providing support for local initiatives to reduce vulnerability to crime and corruption;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines the importance of monitoring links between organised crime groups and radicalised individuals and terrorist organisations; reiterates the importance of EU’s role in countering terrorism financing and money laundering; encourages further cooperation in this regard, especially through EU support for training of financial experts in the region, information sharing and exchange of best practices and know-how;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Underlines that regional cooperation is key to fighting organised crime effectively; commends the work of existing regional initiatives aimed at strengthening interinstitutional relations in the fight against corruption and organised crime between the Western Balkan countries, such as The Southeast European Law Enforcement Center (SELEC) and encourages further regional cooperation in combating more effectively trans-border organised crime;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
7d. Notes with concern the lack of credible data on organised crime in the region; calls on the Western Balkan countries to increase the understanding of organised crime by enhancing their capacity to collect and process reliable data on organised crime, underlines that the development of strategic and policy documents to guide the national response to organised crime is essential for setting priorities and establishing goals to tackle this phenomena;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Underlines the crucial role of civil society organisations (CSO), academics and journalists in monitoring the work of governments and assessing track records in fighting organised crime; notes that legal and institutional frameworks for CSO participation are largely in place in the Western Balkan countries but regrets that their potential is not being used to the full extent;
2021/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) In an area without internal border controls, police officers and other competent law enforcement staff in one Member State should have, within the framework of the applicable Union and national law, the possibility to obtain equivalent access to the information available to their colleagues in another Member State. In this regard, law enforcement authorities should cooperate effectively and by default across the Union. Therefore, an essential component of the measures that underpin public security in an interdependent area without internal border controls is police cooperation on the exchange of relevant information for law enforcement purposethe purpose of detecting, investigating and preventing crimes and other threats to public security, conducting criminal investigations or criminal operations. Exchange of information on crime and criminal activities, including terrorism, serves the overall objective of protecting the security of natural persons.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Organised criminal groups are involved in cross- border crimes thus swift information exchange and operational cooperation between police forces is paramount in fighting them. For a more efficient outcome, the new set of rules should promote a common EU culture of policing, starting with common tactical and technical training, more effective rules on the ground, exchange programmes and language courses in order to overcome the language barriers in an increasingly diverse Europe.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) It is necessary to lay down harmonised rules governing the cross- cutting aspects of such information exchange between Member States. The rules of this Directive should not affect the application of rules of Union law on specific systems or frameworks for such exchanges, such as under Regulations (EU) 2018/186050 , (EU) 2018/186151 , (EU) 2018/186252 , and (EU) 2016/79453 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives (EU) 2016/68154 and 2019/115355 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA56 and 2008/616/JHA57 . _________________ 50 Regulation (EU) 2018/1860 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the use of the Schengen Information System for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 1). 51 Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, and amending and repealing Regulation No 1987/2006 (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 14). 52 Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation No 1986/2006 and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 56). 53 Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53). 54 Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 132). 55 Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 122). 56 Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross- border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1). 57 Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12). A proposal for a Regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation ("Prüm II"), intends to repeal parts of those Council Decisions.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
(10) In order to achieve the objective to facilitate and ensure the adequate and rapid exchange of information between Member States, provision should be made for obtaining such information by addressing a request for information to the Single Point of Contact of the other Member State concerned, in accordance with certain clear, simplified and harmonised requirements. Concerning the content of such requests for information, it should in particular be specified, in an exhaustive and sufficiently detailed manner and without prejudice to the need for a case-by- case assessment, when they are to be considered as urgent and, which explanations they are to contain as minimum and in which language they are to be submitted.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) Whilst the Single Points of Contact of each Member State should in any event have the possibility to submit requests for information to the Single Point of Contact of another Member State, in the interest of flexibility, Member States should be allowed to decide that, in addition, their competent law enforcement authorities may also submit such requests. In order for Single Points of Contact to be able to perform their coordinating functions under this Directive, it is however necessary that, where a Member State takes such a decision, its Single Point of Contact is made aware of all such outgoing requests, as well as of any communications relating thereto, by always being put in copy.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 137 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) TClearly specified time limits are necessary to ensure rapid processing of requests for information submitted to a Single Point of Contact. Such time limits should be clear and proportionate and take into account whether the request for information is urgent and whether a prior judicial authorisation is required. In order to ensure compliance with the applicable time limits whilst nonetheless allowing for a degree of flexibility where objectively justified, it is necessary to allow, on an exceptional basis, for deviations only where, and in as far as, the competent judicial authority of the requested Member State needs additional time to decide on granting the necessary judicial authorisation. Such a need could arise, for example, because of the broad scope or the complexity of the matters raised by the request for information.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The requirement of a prior judicial authorisation for the provision of information can be an important safeguard. The Member States' legal systems are different in this respect and this Directive should not be understood as affecting such requirements established under national law, other than subjecting them to the condition that domestic exchanges and exchanges between Member States are treated in an equivalent manner, both on the substance and procedurally. Furthermore, in order to keep any delays and complications relating to the application of such a requirement to a minimum, the Single Point of Contact or the law enforcement authorities, as applicable, of the Member State of the competent judicial authority should take all practical and legal steps, where relevant in cooperation with the Single Point of Contact or the law enforcement authority of another Member State that requested the information, to obtain the judicial authorisation as soon as possiblewithin the indicated time limits.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) In order to allow for adequate and rapid provision of information by Single Points of Contact, either upon request or on their own initiative, it is important that the relevant officials of the Member States concerned understand each other. Language barriers often hamper the cross- border exchange of information. For this reason, rules should be established on the use of a list of common EU working languages in which requests for information submitted to the Single Points of Contact, the information to be provided by Single Points of Contact as well as any other communications relating thereto, such as on refusals and clarifications, are to be provided. Those rules should strike a balance between, on the one hand, respecting the linguistic diversity within the Union and keeping costs of translation as limited as possible and, on the other hand, operational needs associated with adequate and rapid exchanges of information across borders. Therefore, Member States should establish a list containing one or more official languages of the Union of their choice, but containing also one language that is broadly understood and used in practice, namely, English.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 155 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) The further development of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) as the Union’s criminal information hub is a priority. That is why, when information or any related communications are exchanged, irrespective of whether that is done pursuant to a request for information submitted to a Single Point of Contact or law enforcement authority, or on their own-imitative, a copy should be sent to Europol, however only insofar as it concerns offences falling within the scope of the objectives of Europol. In practice, this can be done through the ticking by default of the corresponding SIENA box.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 170 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
(25) The cross-border nature of crime and terrorism requires Member States to rely on one another to tackle such criminal offences. Adequate and rapid information flows between relevant law enforcement authorities and to Europol cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States acting alone. Due to the scale and effects of the action, this can be better achieved at Union level through the establishment of common rules on the exchange of information and thorough modern tools and communication channels. Thus, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 176 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Directive establishes harmonised rules for the exchange of information between the law enforcement authorities of the Member States where necessary for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 179 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) requests for information submitted to the Single Points of Contact established or designated by the Member States, in particular on the content of such requests, mandatory time limits for providing the requested information, reasons for refusals of such requests, the working language(s) and the channel of communication to be used in connection to such requests;
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) the establishment, tasks, composition and capabilities of the Single Point of Contact, including on the deployment and functioning of a single electronic Case Management System for the fulfilment of its tasks.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'law enforcement authority' means police and border authority and any authority of the Member States competent under national law for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences;
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'information' means any pertinent content concerning one or more natural persons, facts or circumstances relevant to law enforcement authorities in connection to the exercise of their tasks under national law of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences;
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'available' information means information that is either held by the Single Point of Contact or the law enforcement authorities of the requested Member State, or information that those Single Points of Contact or those law enforcement authorities can obtain from other public authorities or from private parties established in that Member State without coercive measures under national law;
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the conditions for requesting and providing information from and to the Single Point of Contact or the law enforcement authorities of other Member States, and those for providing information to the Single Points of Contact and the law enforcement authorities of other Member States, are equivalent to those applicable for requesting and providing similar information from and to their own law enforcement authorities (‘principle of equivalent access’);
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 225 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Any request for information to the Single Point of Contact of another Member State shall specify and justify whether or not it is urgent.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e – point iii
(iii) unduly harm the vital interests and integrity of a natural or legal person.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 268 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the categories of personal data provided remain limited to those listed, in Section B, point 2, of Annex II tof Regulation (EU) 2016/794 and necessary for achieving the purpose of the request;
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that, where their Single Point of Contact or their law enforcement authorities send requests for information, provide information pursuant to such requests, provide information on their own initiative or send other communications and relevant information relating thereto under Chapters II and III, they also send, at the same time, a copy thereof to Europol, insofar as the information to which the communication relates concerns offences falling within the scope of the objectives of Europol in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 285 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that their Single Point of Contact is empowered and equipped to carry out at least all of the following tasks:
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 289 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) their Single Point of Contact is provided with the staff, modern operational tools, resources and capabilities, including for translation, necessary to carry out its tasks in an adequate and rapid manner in accordance with this Directive and in particular the time limits set out in Article 5(1);
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 295 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States should provide the staff of the their national Single Point of Contact with adequate tactical and technical training, IT upgrades, language courses and access to exchange programmes in order for them to be able to perform their functions under this Directive;
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 302 #

2021/0411(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that any personal data processed by their Single Point of Contact are contained in the Case Management System only for as long as is necessary and proportionate for the purposes for which the personal data are processedthe time- limits stipulated in Article 5 and are subsequently irrevocably deleted.
2022/07/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2021/0399(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Decision 2005/671/JHA
Article 2– paragraph 3– subparagraph 1 a (new)
Each Member State shall ensure that personal data is processed pursuant to the first subparagraph only for the purpose of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of terrorist offences in compliance with Union law on data protection while also ensuring the confidentiality of the judicial proceedings.
2022/09/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #

2021/0399(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Decision 2005/671/JHA
Article 2 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The categories of personal data that mayshall be exchanged between Member States thorough secured communications channels for the purposes referred to in the first subparagraph shall remain limited to those specified in Section B, point 2, of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/794.
2022/09/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 47 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) To combat terrorism effectively, efficient exchange of information for investigation or prosecution of terrorist offences between competent authorities and Union agencies is crucial. It is essential to have the most complete, structured and updated information possible. The persistence of the terrorist threat and the complexity of the phenomenon raise the need for an ever greater exchange of information.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) In order to enable Eurojust to identify cross-links between cross-border judicial proceedings against suspects of terrorist offences as well as cross-links between judicial proceedings against suspects of terrorist offences and information processed at Eurojust relating to other cases of serious crimes, it is essential that Eurojust receives, at the earliest possible stage, sufficient information to enable Eurojust to cross- check this data.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) New competencies of sharing, storing and cross-checking data will significantly increase the amount of data processed at Eurojust for which reason additional financial, human and technical resources should be foreseen.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) For the identification of cross-links between terrorism investigations and judicial proceedings against suspects of terrorist offences, reliable identification data is crucial. Due to the uncertainties regarding alphanumerical data especially for third country nationals, it should be possible to exchange biometric data. Due to the sensitive nature of biometric data and the impact processing of biometric data has on the respect for private and family life and the protection of personal data, as enshrined in Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, a strict necessity test should be applied by the competent authorities and Eurojust in each casethose data should be transmitted only in cases where it is necessary for the identification of the data subject.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) As information about existing cross-links to other judicial proceedings is most useful at an early stage of the investigation, it is necessary that the competent authorities provide information to Eurojust as soon as judicial authorities are involvedthe case is referred to a judicial authority in accordance with national law. A case should be considered to be referred to a judicial authority when, for instance, the authority is informed of an ongoing investigation, approves or orders an investigation measure, or decides to prosecute, depending on the applicable national law. If the competent national authorities are already aware of cross-links, they should inform Eurojust accordingly.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to ensure the accuracy of the data in the European Judicial Counter- Terrorism Register, to identify cross-links early and to ensure time limits are respected, the competent national authorities should update the information provided regularly. Such updates should include new information relating to the person under investigation, developments in the proceedings and judicial decisions such as pre-trial detention or opening of the court proceedings and judicial cooperation requests or identified links with other jurisdictions.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) Given the sensitive nature of judicial proceedings against suspects of terrorist offences, it is not always possible for the competent national authorities to share the information on terrorist offences at the earliest stage. Such derogations from the obligation to provide information should remain an exception. When considering a derogation, the fact that the information provided is covered by Union law on protection of personal data and that Eurojust is obligated to treat it accordingly should be taken into account while also ensuring the confidentiality of the judicial proceedings.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) A modernized case management system is necessary for Eurojust to process the sensitive personal data securely. The new system needs to integrate and enable the functionalities of the European Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register and improve the capacities of Eurojust regarding link detection while taking, as a rule, full advantage of pre-existing and already-in- place national and Union level mechanisms for comparing biometric data.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Terrorist activities often affect two or more Member States. Terrorism already had a strong transnational component in the past. However, with the use and availability of electronic communication, transnational collaboration between terrorist offenders has increased significantly. TWherefore, terrorist offences should be considered per se transnational in their nature, ifn a case is referred to a judicial body, the international nature of a terrorist offense might, however, not be discovered. Through cross-checking, Eurojust might be able to identify the transnational nature of a terrorist offense. That is why prosecution of terrorist offences require, as allowed for in Article 85 TFEU, coordination and collaboration among prosecuting agencies or a prosecution on common bases. Information on terrorism cases should therefore be exchanged with Eurojust, unless the specific circumstances of the case do not clearly indicates a purely national character.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 92 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Investigations and prosecutions in terrorism cases are often impeded by the lack of information exchange between national investigation and prosecution authorities. In order to be able to cross check new terrorist investigations also with previous investigations and establish potential links, it is necessary to adequately extend the time limits for storeing the data on any previous investigations, not only on convictions and to extend the time limits for storing data in the European Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register. However, it is necessary to ensure that such data is processed for prosecution purposes only. The information may not be used for anything else but identifying links with ongoing investigations and prosecutions and for the support of those investigations and prosecutions. However, when the competent national authority determines that the processing of the data of acquitted or non-prosecuted persons is not required, including because of the particularities of the case or the grounds for the acquittal or non-prosecution, that data should be deleted after the decision on acquittal or non-prosecution becomes final.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 94 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) While Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 provides a legal basis for the cooperation and exchange of data with third countries, it does not contain any rules on the formal and technical aspects of the cooperation with third country liaison prosecutors seconded to Eurojust, in particular their access to the case management system. In the interest of legal certainty, Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 should provide an explicit legal basis for the cooperation between Eurojust and the third country liaison prosecutors and their access to the Eurojust case management system. Eurojust should ensure adequate safeguards and security measures for the protection of data and fundamental rights through the updated technical setup and strict internal rules.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 100 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 20 – paragraph 2a
2a. Each Member State shall designate a competent national authority as Eurojust national correspondent for terrorism matters. This national correspondent for terrorism matters shall be a judicial or other competent authority. Where the national legal system requires, more than one authority can be designated. The national correspondent for terrorism matters shall have access to all relevant information in accordance with Article 21a(1). It shall be competent to collect such information and to send it to Eurojust. in compliance with the applicable data protection rules;
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 21 – paragraph 10
(b) paragraph 10 is deleted;replaced by the following: 10. Where information referred to in this Article has previously been provided to Eurojust in accordance with other provisions of this Regulation, the competent national authority shall not be required to provide such information.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 21a – paragraph 1
1. The competent national authorities shall inform their national members of any ongoing or concluded criminal investigations supervised by judicial authorities, prosecutions, court proceedings and court decisions on terrorist offences as soon as judicial authorities are involvedt the earliest possible stage, in accordance with national law.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 107 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 21a – paragraph 3
3. The information transmitted in accordance with paragraph 1 shall include the operational personal data and non- personal data listed in Annex III. However, personal data referred to in Annex III, point d, shall only be included if such data is held by or may be shared with the relevant national authorities under applicable national law and if its transmission is required to accurately identify a person referred to in Article 27(5).
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 109 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 21a – paragraph 4
4. The competent national authorities shall inform their national member without delay about any relevant changes in the national proceedings. That obligation shall not apply, however, where the sharing of information would jeopardise current investigations or the safety of an individual, or when it would be contrary to essential interests of the security of the Member State concerned.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 114 #

2021/0393(COD)

2. Where exchange of information in accordance with paragraph 1 is not possible due to the unavailability of the decentralised IT system or due to exceptional circumstances, it shall be carried out by the swiftest, most appropriate alternative means. Member States and Eurojust shall ensure that the alternative means of communication are reliable and provide an equivalent level of security and data protection.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 115 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 22a– paragraph 3
3. The competent national authorities shall transmit the information in accordance with Articles 21 and 21a to Eurojust in a semi-automated manner from national registers and in a structured way determined by Eurojustthe European Commission, in consultation with Eurojust, by means of an implementing act, pursuant to Articles 22b and 22c. In particular, that implementing act shall determine the format of and necessary safeguards with respect to transmission of data referred to in Annex III, point d.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 23 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The case management system may be connected to the JIT Collaboration Platform for the purposes of carrying out its specific tasks under this Regulation and other applicable Union law.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The national members may, however, temporarily store and analyse personal data for the purpose of determining whether such data are relevant to Eurojust’s tasks and can be included in the operational datacase management system. That data may be held for up to three months.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The national member shall indicate and justify, in general or specific terms, any restrictions on the further handling, access and transfer of the information if a cross- link referred to in Article 23(2), point (c), has been identified.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In so far as they are connected to the case management system, pPersons referred to in Article 20(3) points (a), (b) and (c), shall only have access to:
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 25 – paragraph 1– point a
(a) data controlled by the national member of their Member State, unless the national member, who has decided to introduce the data in the case management system, expressly denied such access;
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 133 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. The national member shall, within the limitations provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, decide on the extent of access, which is granted in their Member State to the persons referred to in Article 20(3) in so far as they are connected to the case management system, points (a), (b) and (c).
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Each Member State shall decide, after consultation with its national member, on the extent of access, which is granted in that Member State to the persons referred to in Article 20(3) in so far as they are connected to the case management system, points (a), (b) and(c).
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 137 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Unless the competent national authority decides otherwise, on a case-by-case basis, Eurojust may continue to process the operational personal data referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph also after the proceedings have been concluded under the national law of the Member State concerned, even in case of an acquittal. Where the proceedings did not result in a conviction, processing of personal data may only take place in order to identify links with other ongoing or concluded investigations and prosecutions as referred to in Article 23(2), point (c).;
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 29 – paragraph 1a – point b
(b) 5 years after the date on which the judicial decision of the last of the Member States concerned by the investigation or prosecution became final, 3 years in case of an acquittal.indictment withdrawal, an acquittal or final decision of non-prosecution;
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #

2021/0393(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
Article 54a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Liaison prosecutors seconded to Eurojust shall be granted access to the case management system for the secure exchange of data but Eurojust remains liable for the personal data processing.
2022/09/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The Union aquis provides for two legal frameworks to set up JITs with the participation of at least two Member States: Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA19 and Article 13 of the Convention established by the Council in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union20 . The Convention drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations20a (Naples II Convention) is also covered by this Regulation. Third countries can be involved in JITs as parties where there is a legal basis for such involvement, such as Article 20 of the Second Additional Protocol of the 1959 Council of Europe Convention21 and Article 5 of the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the European Union and the United States of America22 . _________________ 19 Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA of 13 June 2002 on joint investigation teams (OJ L 162, 20.6.2002, p. 1). 20 OJ C 197, 12.7.2000, p. 3. 20a OJ C 24, 23.1.1998, p. 2. 21 CET No 182 22 OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 34.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The existing legal frameworks at Union level do not set out how the entities participating in JITs exchange information and communicate. Those entities reach an agreement on such exchange and communication on the basis of the needs and available means. To fight the increasingly complex and time-sensitive cross-border crime, speed, cooperation and efficiency are crucial. However, there is a lack of dedicated secure and effective channel to which all participants could have recourse and through which they could promptly exchange large volumes of information and evidence or allow for secure and effective communication. Furthermore, there is no system that would support daily management of JITs, including the traceability of evidence exchanged among the participants.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) Since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, numerous cases of crimes against humanity and war crimes have been reported and tools that might help the investigations are more than welcome. The revised mandate of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), as set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/838 of the European Parliament and of the Council, enables Eurojust to preserve, analyse, and store evidence relating to genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and related criminal offenses and enables the exchange of related evidence with competent national authorities and international judicial authorities, in particular the International Criminal Court (ICC), highlights the urgent need for collaboration platforms for JITs to communicate and efficiently exchange information and evidence.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In light of the increasing possibilities of crime infiltrating Information Technology (IT) systems, the current state of play could hamper the effectiveness and efficiency of cross- border investigations, as well as jeopardise and slow down such investigations and prosecutions, making them more costly. The judiciary and law enforcement in particular need to ensure that their systems are as modern and safe as possible and that all JIT members can connect and interact easily, independently of their national systems.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) From a technical perspective, the JITs collaboration platform should be accessible via a secure connection over the internet and should be composed of a centralised information system, accessible through a web portal, communication software for mobile and desktop devices that includes a machine translation functionality for the working languages of the institutions of the Union, and a connection between the centralised information system and relevant IT tools, supporting the functioning of JITs and managed by the JIT Secretariat.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) From a technical perspective, the JITs collaboration platform should be accessible via a secure connection over the internet and should be composed of a centralised information system, accessible through a secure web portal, communication software for mobile and desktop devices, advanced logging and tracking mechanism, and a connection between the centralised information system and relevant IT tools, supporting the functioning of JITs and managed by the JIT Secretariat.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Communication-related functionalities of the JITs collaboration platform should be provided by a modern software allowing for non-traceable communication stored locally at the devices of the users.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 88 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) A proper functionality allowing to exchange operational information and evidence, including large files, should be ensured through an upload/download mechanism designed to store the data centrally only for the limited period of time necessary for the technical transfer of the data. As soon as the data is downloaded by all addresses, it should be automatically and permanently deleted from the JITs collaboration platform.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) When designing the JITs collaboration platform, eu-LISA should ensure technical interoperability with SIENAIn order to ensure the widest possible participation of the relevant actors in the Union and to avoid duplication of the use of data in different systems, eu-LISA should establish the necessary technical standards when designing the JITs collaboration platform, for which Europol should ensure that SIENA complies with those technical standards and is able to establish secure channels to interact with the envisaged platform. This interaction should respect the foreseen access rights and data classification rules established for the two systems. The Commission should ensure that the legislative financial statement annexed to the proposal for this Regulation reflects the budgetary impact of this requirement on both agencies.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 94 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Since the establishment of the Network of National Experts on Joint Investigation Teams (the ‘JITs Network’) in accordance with Council Document 11037/0524 , the JIT Secretariat supports the work of the JITs Network by organising annual meetings, trainings, collecting and analysing the JIT evaluation reports and managing the Eurojust’s JIT funding programme. Since 2011, the JIT Secretariat is hosted by Eurojust as a separate unit. To allow the JIT Secretariat to support users in the practical application of the JITs collaboration platform, as well as to provide technical and administrative support to JIT space administrators, Eurojust should be provided with appropriate staffbudget, staff and technical support allocated to the JIT Secretariat. _________________ 24 Council of the European Union, Outcome of Proceedings of Article Art 36 Committee on 7 and 8 July 2005, Item 7 of the Agenda: Joint Investigation Teams - Proposal for designation of national experts, 11037/05.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 100 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Where a JIT has multiple JIT space administrators, those JIT space administrators should agree among themselves, as soon as the JIT collaboration space including third countries is established, aboutnd nominate one of them to be controller of the data uploaded by those third countries.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The Commission should determine the date of the start of operations of the JITs collaboration platform once it is satisfied that the technical requirements as adopted in the relevant implementing acts necessary for the technical development of the JITs collaboration platform have been adopimplemented and eu- LISA has carried out a comprehensive testrial period of the JITs collaboration platform, in cooperation with the Member States. Upon the adoption of this Regulation, eu- LISA shall immediately start its activities regarding the design and implementation of the JITs collaboration platform with a view to render the project operational as soon as possible, and not later than 1 January 2025, including by making use of tailored and customised off-the-shelf products. Acknowledging that this puts a strain on eu-LISA’s operations, the Commission should ensure that the budgetary impact related to a shorter implementation period than foreseen in the impact assessment requested from eu- LISA is assessed in close cooperation with eu-LISA both from budgetary and human resources point of view and reflected in the legislative financial statement of the proposal for this Regulation prior to the adoption of this Regulation. Furthermore, the legislative financial statement of the proposal for this Regulation should allow eu-LISA to recruit technical staff necessary for the preparation of necessary contracts, organisation of the project, and the technical design of the platform as soon as soon as possible.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 105 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The Commission should determine the date of the start of operations of the JITs collaboration platform once the relevant implementing acts necessary for the technical development of the JITs collaboration platform have been adopted and eu-LISA has carried out a comprehensive test of the JITs collaboration platform, in cooperation with the Member States. In order for eu-Lisa to meet the deadline for the design and development of the JITs collaboration platform, appropriate funding, staff and technical support should be provided.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 108 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) establishes an IT platform (the ‘JITs collaboration platform’), to be used on a voluntary basis, to facilitate the cooperation of competent authorities participating in Joint Investigation Teams (‘JITs’) set up on the basis of Article 13 of the Convention established by the Council in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union or on Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA and, for cases in which specialised customs JITs are created, on the basis of Article 24 of the Naples II Convention;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 114 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘JITs collaboration platform users’ means JIT members, Eurojust, Europol, OLAF, EPPO and other competent Union bodies, offices and agencies or international judicial authorities with which there is a JIT agreement;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5 a) ‘international judicial authority’ means a permanent international criminal court established to investigate, prosecute and, where warranted, try individuals for committing serious crimes of concern to international community as a whole, namely crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a modern and secure centralised information system, which allows for temporary central data storage;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) a modern platform accessible through regular computers (desktops, laptops, etc.) as well as through mobile devices;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 121 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) an interface available in all working languages of the institutions of the Union;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a communication software, which allows for local storage of communication data and instant machine translation in all working languages of the institutions of the Union for communication purposes;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a secure connection between the centralised information system and relevant IT tools, supporting the functioning of JITs and managed by the JIT Secretariat.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) an ability for the Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA) to establish a connection with the centralised information system, fulfilling the legal access requirements and data classification rules established for the two systems.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the rapid and secure exchange and temporary storage of operational information and evidence, including large files, through an upload and download functionality;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 133 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) evidence traceability through a business loggn advanced logging and tracking mechanism allowing to keep track of all evidence exchanged through the JITs collaboration platform;
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 138 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. eu-LISA shall make the communication software available to the JITs collaboration platform users and assist them with technical matters.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 141 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. eu-LISA shall set up a dedicated support focal point which shall be responsible for recording, investigating, and mitigating incidents reported to it in a timely manner.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Eurojust, Europol, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, OLAF and other competent Union bodies, offices and agencies and international judicial authorities with which there is a JIT agreement shall make the necessary technical arrangements to enable them to access the JITs collaboration platform.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. eu-LISA shall establish an Advisory Group in order to obtain expertise related to the JITs collaboration platform, in particular in the context of preparation of its annual work programme and, its annual activity report and improvements to be made to the system.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. After the start of operations of the JITs collaboration platform, the Advisory Group shall continue its advisory role relating to the operational use of the platform, including the evaluations thereof and possible technical issues. During this time, the Advisory Group shall report directly to eu-LISA's Management Board on a regular basis.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 156 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The JIT space administrator or administrators shall establish the access rights of the JITs collaboration platform users to the JIT collaboration space, and distribute the tasks and responsibilities on the basis of the JIT agreement.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 167 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State, Eurojust, Europol, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, OLAF or, any other competent Union body, office or agency, or international judicial authority as a consequence of a failure on their part to comply with their obligations under this Regulation, cause damage to the JITs collaboration platform, that Member State, Eurojust, Europol, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, OLAF or other competent Union body, office or agency, or international judicial authority respectively, shall be held liable for such damage, insofar as eu-LISA fails to take reasonable measures to prevent the damage from occurring or to minimise its impact.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. UOnce the downloading by all intended JIT collaboration platform users is complete or upon expiry of the retention period referred to in paragraph 1, the data record shall be automatically erased from the centralised system.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Each competent national authority of a Member State, and where appropriate, Eurojust, Europol, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, OLAF or, any other competent Union body, office or agency or international judicial authority shall be considered to be data controllers in accordance with applicable Union data protection rules for the processing of personal data under this Regulation.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. With regard to data uploaded to the JITs collaboration platform by the competent authorities of third countries, one of the JIT space administrators is to be considernominated data controller as regards the personal data exchanged through, and stored in the JITs collaboration platform.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 184 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Access to the JITs collaboration platform shall be limited to duly authorised staff of the competent Member States’ and third country authorities, Eurojust, Europol, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, OLAF and, other competent Union bodies, offices or agencies, or international judicial authorities, to the extent needed for the performance of their tasks in accordance with the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, and to what is necessary and proportionate to the objectives pursued.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 191 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. eu-LISA shall establish procedures to monitor the development of the JITs collaboration platform as regards the objectives relating to planning and costs and to monitor and evaluate the usage and the functioning of the JITs collaboration platform as regards the objectives relating to the technical output, cost-effectiveness, security and quality of service.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2021/0391(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 8
8. The Member States’ competent authorities, Eurojust, Europol, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, OLAF and, other competent Union bodies, offices and agencies or international judicial authorities shall provide eu-LISA and the Commission with the information necessary to draft the reports referred to in paragraphs 4 and 7. That information shall not jeopardise working methods or include information that reveals sources, names of staff members or investigations.
2022/07/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 240 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) The Member States remain the best placed to identify, assess, understand and decide how to mitigate risks of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting them directly. Therefore, each Member State should take the appropriate steps in an effort to properly identity, assess and understand its money laundering and terrorist financing risks, as well as risks of non-implementation and evasion of targeted financial sanctions and to define a coherent national strategy to put in place actions to mitigate those risks. Such national risk assessment should be updated regularly and should include a description of the institutional structure and broad procedures of the Member State's AML/CFT regime, as well as the allocated human and financial resources to the extent that this information is available.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 269 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) Public access toregisters of beneficial ownership are important tools for advancing the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing, corruption, tax abuse and other financial crimes. Public access to beneficial ownership information can allows greater scrutiny of information by civil society, including by the press or civil society organisations, and contributes to preserving trust in the integrity of the financial system. It can contributes to combating the misuse of corporate and other legal entities and legal arrangements for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, both by helping investigations and through reputational effects, given that anyone who could enter into a business relationship is aware of the identity of the beneficial owners. It mayAs such, public information can be a deterrent against such misuse. It also facilitates the timely and efficient availability of information for obliged entities as well as authorities of third countries involved in combating such offences. Publicly available beneficial ownership data can also reduce the cost and complexity of due diligence and risk management for the private sector, thereby levelling the playing field and increasing competitiveness. The access to that information would also helps investigations on money laundering, associated predicate offences and terrorist financing.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 272 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Investigative journalists and civil society play an essential role in preventing and uncovering money laundering and terrorism financing. Insofar as the disclosure and publication of beneficial ownership information has legitimate public interest purposes, Member States should ensure these categories can exercise proper scrutiny and are not hindered in their work. Charging a fee for access to information restricts the ability of civil society and the media to analyse the data contained in the central registers in order to spot inaccuracies, to identify wrong doing and to provide recommendations for improving the registers.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 275 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) Confidence in financial markets from investors and the general public depends in large part on the existence of an accurate disclosure regime that provides transparency in the beneficial ownership and control structures of corporate and other legal entities as well as certain types of trusts and similar legal arrangements. Member States should therefore allow access to beneficial ownership information in a sufficiently coherent and coordinated way, by establishing confidence rules of access by the public, so that third parties are able to ascertain, throughout the Union, who are the beneficial owners of corporate and other legal entities, as well as, provided that there is a legitimate interest, of certain types of trusts and similar legal arrangements.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 276 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) With regard to corporate and other legal entities, a fair balance should be sought in particular between the general public interest in the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing and the data subjects’ fundamental rights. The set of data to be made available to the public should be limited, clearly and exhaustively defined, and should be of a general nature, so as to minimise the potential prejudice to the beneficial owners. At the same time, information made accessible to the public should not significantly differ from the data currently collected. In order to limit the interference with the right to respect for their private life in general and to protection of their personal data in particular, that information should relate essentially to the status of beneficial owners of corporate and other legal entities and should strictly concern the sphere of economic activity in which the beneficial owners operate. In cases where the senior managing official has been identified as the beneficial owner only ex officio and not through ownership interest held or control exercised by other means, this should be clearly visible in the registers and a suspicious transaction report should be filed.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 278 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) In case of express trusts and similar legal arrangements, the information should also be accessible to any member of the general public, provided that the legitimate interest can be demonstrated. This should include situations where natural or legal persons file a request in relation to a trust or similar legal arrangement which holds or owns a controlling interest in a legal entity incorporated or created outside the Union through direct or indirect ownership, including through bearer shareholding, or through control via other means. The interpretation of the legitimate interest by the Member States should not restrict the concept of legitimate interest to cases of pending administrative or legal proceedings, and should enable to take into account the preventive work in the field of anti-money laundering and its predicate offences and counter-terrorist financing undertaken by non- governmental organisations and investigative journalists. While trusts and other legal arrangements can be used in complex corporate structures, their primary objective remains the management of individual wealth. In order to adequately balance the legitimate aim of preventing the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, which public scrutiny enhances, and the protection of fundamental rights of individuals, in particular the right to privacy and protection of personal data, it is necessary to provide for the demonstration of a legitimate interest in accessing beneficial ownership information of trusts and other legal arrangementsRegisters should share enough data with the public to allow them to participate in oversight, such as red-flagging suspicious patterns that law enforcement officials can take forward.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 279 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) In order to ensure that the information available to the public allows the correct identification of the beneficial owner, a minimum set of data should be accessible to the public. Such data should allow for the unequivocal identification of the beneficial owner, whilst minimising the amount of personal data publicly accessible. In the absence of information pertaining to the name, the month and year of birth and the country of residence and nationality of the beneficial owner, it would not be possible to establish unambiguously who the natural person being the beneficial owner is. Similarly, the absence of information on the nature and extent of beneficial interest held, including information on ownership and control chain, would make it impossible to determine why that natural person should be identified as being the beneficial owner. Therefore, in order to avoid misinterpretations of the beneficial ownership information publicly available and to ensure a proportionate disclosure of personal data consistent across the Union, it is appropriate to lay down the minimum set of data that can be accessed by the public.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 281 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) Moreover, with the aim of ensuring a proportionate and balanced approach and to guarantee the rights to private life and personal data protection, it should be possible for Member States tocan provide for exemptions to the disclosure of the personal information on the beneficial owner through the registers of beneficial ownership information and to access to such information, in exceptional circumstances, where that information would expose the beneficial owner to a disproportionate risk of fraud, kidnapping, blackmail, extortion, harassment, violence or intimidation. It should also be possible for Member States to require online registration in order to identify any person who requests information from the register, as well as the payment of a fee for access to the information in the registerSuch exemptions should be granted by competent authorities on a case by case basis and upon a detailed analysis of the nature of the exceptional circumstances in each case.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 283 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) Currently certain Member States require online registration in order to identify any person who requests information from the register, as well as the payment of a fee to obtain the information from the register. Identification of users can be a legitimate requirement but it should not lead to discrimination based on their country of residence or nationality. Furthermore, requirements linked to registration or to fees to be paid can impede access to the beneficial owner registers and may undermine their public character.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 284 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 b (new)
(35b) In order to enhance the detection and investigation of money laundering and financial crime and enable public scrutiny, central registers of beneficial owners need to be accessible to the public in open repositories and made available for downloads in machine-readable formats. It should, however, be possible for the Member States to provide for differentiation of the type of data available to the public and to the law enforcement authorities. By virtue of article 18 TFEU, access to information contained in central registers cannot be prohibited on grounds of nationality or residency.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 285 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) Directive (EU) 2018/843 achieved the interconnection of Member States’ central registers holding beneficial ownership information through the European Central Platform established by Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 . It is essential that the European Central Platform serves as a central search service making available all information related to beneficial ownership to competent authorities, self-regulatory bodies and obliged entities. Continued involvement of Member States in the functioning of the whole system should be ensured by means of a regular dialogue between the Commission and the representatives of Member States on the issues concerning the operation of the system and on its future development. The European Parliament should be informed about the evolution of this dialogue. _________________ 30 Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (OJ L 169, 30.6.2017, p. 46).
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 292 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) Through the interconnection of Member States’ centralised automated mechanisms, the national FIUs and other competent national authorities designated according to Directive 2019/1153 1a would be able to obtain swiftly cross-border information on the identity of holders of bank and payment accounts and safe deposit boxes in other Member States, which would reinforce their ability to effectively carry out financial analysis and, detect, investigate or prosecute criminal offences, as well as cooperate with their counterparts from other Member States. Direct cross-border access to information on bank and payment accounts and safe deposit boxes would enable the Financial Intelligence Units to produce financial analysis within a sufficiently short timeframe to detect potential money laundering and terrorist financing cases and guarantee a swift law enforcement action. _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA, OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 122–137.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 293 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) In order to respect the right to the protection of personal data and the right to privacy, and to limit the impact of cross- border access to the information contained in the national centralised automated mechanisms, the scope of information accessible through the bank account registers (BAR) central access point would be restricted to the minimum necessary in accordance with the principle of data minimisation in order to allow the identification of any natural or legal persons holding or controlling payment accounts and bank accounts identified by IBAN and safe-deposit boxes. Furthermore, only FIUsIUs and the other competent authorities designated according to Directive 2019/1153 should be granted immediate and unfiltered access to the central access point. Member States should ensure that the FIUs’ staff maintain high professional standards of confidentiality and data protection, that they are of high integrity and are appropriately skilled. Moreover, Member States should put in place technical and organisational measures guaranteeing the security of the data to high technological standards.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 299 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) Certain goods registered under national law can be attractive commodities for criminals to launder the proceeds of their illicit activities. Member States should provide for systems to aggregate information on ownership of those goods, for example watercraft and aircraft. Member States should also consider aggregating, through registers or other systems, information on ownership of certain goods of high value, particularly insured goods. Proper and timely identification of natural persons who are beneficial owners of those goods by FIUs and other competent authorities is important both for detecting money laundering schemes and for freezing assets. It is therefore important for Member States to provide FIUs and competent authorities with access to information which allows the identification in a timely manner of natural or beneficial ownership of certain goods and to information relevant for the identification of the risk and suspicion of transactions. AMLA shall develop draft regulatory standards by [1year after the date of entry into force of this Directive] for a specific set of assets, which shall include at a minimum, personal vehicles, aircrafts, watercrafts, jewellery and certain types of artwork.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 312 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 50 a (new)
(50a) For FIUs to carry out their tasks effectively, given the cross-border nature of many transactions, they must cooperate with each other and with competent authorities, including law enforcement, but also tax and customs authorities, Europol and the European Anti-Fraud Office, in a more meaningful and efficient manner. Cooperation with FIUs of third countries is also essential in order to fight money laundering and terrorist financing at a global level and to comply with international AML/FT standards. Member States shall enable, through their legislation, such cooperation and empower their FIUs to enter into effective cooperation arrangements.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 317 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
(54) The movement of illicit money traverses borders and may affect different Member States. The cross-border cases, involving multiple jurisdictions, are becoming more and more frequent and increasingly significant, also due to the activities carried out by obliged entities on a cross-border basis. In order to deal effectively with cases that concern several Member States, FIUs should be able to go beyond the simple exchange of information for the detection and analysis of suspicious transactions and activities and share the analytical activity itself. FIUs have reported certain important issues which limit or condition the capacity of FIUs to engage in joint analysis. Carrying out joint analysis of suspicious transactions and activities will enable FIUs to exploit potential synergies, to use information from different national and EU sources, to obtain a full picture of the anomalous activities and to enrich the analysis. FIUs should be able to conduct joint analyses of suspicious transactions and activities and to set up and participate in joint analysis teams for specific purposes and limited period with the assistance of AMLA. The participation of third parties may be instrumental for the successful outcome of joint analyses. Therefore, FIUs may invite third parties to take part in the joint analysis where such participation would fall within the respective mandates of those third parties.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 331 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 75
(75) The new fully-integrated and coherent anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing policy at Union level, with designated roles for both Union and national competent authorities and with a view to ensure their smooth and constant cooperation. In that regard, cooperation between all national and Union AML/CFT authorities is of the utmost importance and should be clarified and enhanced. Internally, it remains the duty of Member States to provide for the necessary rules to ensure that policy makers, the FIUs, supervisors, including AMLA, and other competent authorities involved in AML/CFT, as well as tax authorities and law enforcement authorities when acting within the scope of this Directive, have effective mechanisms to enable them to cooperate and coordinate, including with other EU bodies and through a restrictive approach to the refusal by competent authorities to cooperate and exchange information at the request of another competent authority.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 336 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 84
(84) The effectiveness of the Union AML/CFT framework relies on the cooperation between a wide array of competent authorities. To facilitate such cooperation, AMLA should be entrusted to develop guidelines in coordination with the ECB, the European Supervisory Authorities, Europol, Eurojust, and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office on cooperation between all competent authorities at national and EU level. Such guidelines should also describe how authorities competent for the supervision or oversight of obliged entities under other Union acts should take into account money laundering and terrorist financing concerns in the performance of their duties.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 400 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall make recommendations to Member States on the measures suitable for addressing the identified risks. Member States shall endeavour to follow these recommendations. In the event that Member States decide not to apply any of the recommendations in their national AML/CFT regimes, they shall notify the Commission thereof and provide a justification stating legitimate reasons for such a decision.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 403 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. By [3 years after the date of transposition of this Directive], AMLA, in cooperation with other EU bodies involved in the AML/CFT framework such as Europol, shall issue an opinion addressed to the Commission on the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting the Union. Thereafter, AMLA shall issue an opinion every two years.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 420 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) identify the typical ownership and control structure of local legal persons, according to the following factors: (i) number of layers of ownership (ii) type of legal vehicle in each layer (e.g. company, trust, partnership, etc.) (iii) nationality of layers (iv) number of legal owners and beneficial owners and their nationality and residence
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 426 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) identify patterns of money laundering/terrorism financing and assess trends for the associated risks at national level;
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 447 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) data measuring the reporting, investigation and judicial phases of the national AML/CFT regime, including the number of suspicious transaction reports made to the FIU and the value of such transactions, the follow-up given to those reports, the information on cross- border physical transfers of cash submitted to the FIU in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 together with the follow-up given to the information submitted and, on an annual basis, the number of cases investigated, the number of persons prosecuted, the number of persons convicted for money laundering or terrorist financing offences, the types of predicate offences identified in accordance with Article 2 of Directive (EU) 2018/1673 of the European Parliament and of the Council45 where such information is available, and the value in euro of property that has been frozen, seized or confiscated; _________________ 45 Directive (EU) 2018/1673 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on combating money laundering by criminal law (OJ L 284, 12.11.2018, p. 22).
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 452 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) the number of discrepancies reported to the central register referred to in Article 10, including measures or sanctions imposed by the entity in charge of the central register, the number of on- site and off-site inspections, types of recurrent discrepancies and patterns identified in the verification process by entities in charge of the central register;
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 457 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States shall ensure that the statistics referred to in paragraph 2 are collected and transmitted to the Commission on an annual basis. The statistics referred to in paragraph 2, points (a), (c), (d) and (f), shall also be transmitted to AMLA.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 461 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall publish a biennial report summarising and explaining the statistics referred to in paragraph 2, which shall be made available on its website and shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 467 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that beneficial ownership information referred to in Article 44 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final] and information on nominee arrangements referred to in Article 47 of that Regulation is held in a central register in the Member State where the legal entity is incorporated or where the trustee or person holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement is established or resides. Such requirement shall not apply to companies listed on a regulated market that are subject to disclosure requirements equivalent to the requirements laid down in this Directive or subject to equivalent international standards ensuring disclosure of natural persons in control.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 476 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. WIn addition to the STRs filed on the grounds laid out in Articles 17 and 45 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420] , where no person is identified as beneficial owner pursuant to Article 45(2) and (3) of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final], the central register shall include:
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 483 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) a statement accompanied by a justification and supporting documents, that there is no beneficial owner or that the beneficial owner(s) could not be identified and verified;
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 487 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt, by means of implementing acts, the format for the submission of beneficial ownership information referred to in Article 44 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation] to the central register. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 54(2).
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 501 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) competent authorities, if appropriate and to the extent that this requirement does not interfere unnecessarily with their functions, shall report to the entity in charge of the central registers any discrepancies they find between beneficial ownership information available in the central registers and the beneficial ownership information available to them.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 521 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8
8. In the case of corporate and other legal entities and, where the trustee is an obliged entity as listed in Article 3, point 3 of Regulation[please insert reference - proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation -COM/2021/420 final], Member States shall ensure that the entity in charge of the central beneficial ownership register is empowered to request documents, to carry out checks, including on-site investigations, at the premises or registered office of the legal entity, at the premises of relevant obliged entities as listed in Article 3 of Regulation[please insert reference - proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation -COM/2021/420 final], in accordance with national law, or at the premises of the legal entities’ representatives in the Union in order to establish the current beneficial ownership of the entity and to verify that the information submitted to the central register is accurate, adequate and up-to- date. The right of the central register to verify such information shall not be restricted, obstructed or precluded in any manner and the central register shall be empowered to request information from other entities, including in other Member States and third countries, in particular through the establishment of cooperation agreements.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 533 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall ensure that the entity in charge of the central register is empowered to impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive measures or sanctions for failures to provide the register with accurate, adequate and up-to-date information about their beneficial ownership. Sanctions shall include monetary penalties and restrictions in the access to certain professions and in the exercise of certain functions within a legal entity or arrangement, restrictions in the exercise of ownership rights of a legal entity or in the ability to receive dividends, suspending or discontinuing activities. In the event of repeated failures to ensure that the register contains up-to-date, accurate and adequate information, sanctions shall be increased to ensure compliance. By [1 year after entry into force of this Directive], AMLA shall adopt draft regulatory technical standards regarding indicators to classify the level of gravity of breach and criteria for such repeated failures and submit them to the Commission for adoption. The Commission is empowered to supplement this Directive by adopting the regulatory standards referred to in the first subparagraph in accordance with Articles 38 to 41 of Regulation [please insert reference - proposal for establishment of an Anti-Money Laundering Authority - COM/2021/421 final].
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 548 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that competent authorities, including procurement agencies, have timely, unrestricted and free access to the information held in the interconnected central registers referred to in Article 10, without alerting the entity or arrangement concerned.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 574 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may choose toshall make beneficial ownership information held in their central registers available to the public on the condition of authentication using electronic identification means and relevant trust services as set out in Regulation (EU) 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 and the payment of a fee, which shall not exceed the administrative costs of making the information available, including costs of maintenance and devels referred to in paragraph 1 accessible to the public, free of charge, in opments of the register. _________________ 46 Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73) repositories, available for bulk down loads in machine-readable formats.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 579 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Users from other Member States should not be prevented from accessing the central registers.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 583 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Evaluation of the functioning of beneficial owners registers By [3 years after the entry into force of this Directive], the Commission, in cooperation with AMLA, will conduct an assessment of the functioning of the beneficial owners registers established in Member States, as well as of the interconnected system for searches through the European Central Platform. On the basis of this assessment, the Commission shall present to the Council and the European Parliament a report with recommendations for improvement of the central registers established at national level, as well as for the interconnexion through the European Central Platform. The report should also address the opportunity of establishing a central register at EU level.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 612 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the common criteria according to which beneficial ownership information is available through the system of interconnection of registers, depending on the level of access granted by Member States;
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 615 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the technical modalities to implement the different types of access to information on beneficial ownership in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 of this Directive, including the authentication of users through the use of electronic identification means and relevant trust services as set out in Regulation (EU) 910/2014. These modalities should ensure that users from other Member States are not prevented from accessing the information;
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 619 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the payment modalities where access to beneficial ownership information is subject to the payment of a fee according to Article 12(2) taking into account available payment facilities such as remote payment transactions.deleted
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 629 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide FIUs and other competent authorities with access to informationunrestricted and free access to information via a single access point in each Member State which allows the identification in a timely manner of any natural or legal person owning real estate, including through registers or electronic data retrieval systems where such registers or systems are available. Competent authorities shall also have access to information allowing the identification and analysis of transactions involving real estate, including their economic value and details of the natural or legal persons involved in those transactions including, where available, whether the natural or legal person owns, sells or acquires real estate on behalf of a legal arrangement.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 644 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16a Access to beneficial ownership information of certain assets 1. Member States shall provide competent authorities with real-time access to information to the beneficial owners of legal persons or arrangements owning high-value assets, in particular: (a) Tangible assets such as watercrafts, aircrafts, personal vehicles, works of art, jewellery. (b) Intangible assets such as financial products and crypto assets. The Commission shall adopt by [2 years after the entry into force of this Directive] an implementing act laying down a list of specific high-value assets which this Directive applies The list of high-value assets shall be reviewed every three years thereafter. 2. Member States shall ensure that information referred to in paragraph 1 is available to competent authorities, either through registers or electronic data retrieval systems. FIUs shall be granted direct and immediate access to the information referred to in this first subparagraph.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 673 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. AMLA shall coordinate the organisation of periodical peer reviews of FIUs for the purposes of assessing whether the requirements set out in this article have been fulfilled.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 722 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that FIUs respond in a timely manner, and in any case no later than seven days, to reasoned requests for information by other competent authorities in their respective Member State or Union authorities competent for investigating or prosecuting criminal activities when such requests for information are motivated by concerns relating to money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing or when this information is necessary for the competent authority to perform its tasks under this Directive. The decision on conducting the dissemination of information shall remain with the FIU.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 746 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall provide for the effective possibility for the person whose bank or payment account is affected to challenge the suspension before a court in accordance with procedures provided for in national law. Member States shall also provide for the procedures for notification of the FIU's decision to the concerned person.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 752 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. FIUs shall be empowered to impose the suspensions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, directly or indirectly, at the request of an FIU from another Member State under the conditions specified in the national law of the FIU receiving the request. The possibility provided in point 3 of this article should apply also in this case.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 773 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that FIUs cooperate with each other and with their counterparts in third countries to the greatest extent possible and in a timely manner, regardless of their organisational status. To this end, they should provide for effective arrangements for cross-border and international cooperation.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 826 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 31 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States shall ensure that Supervisors, self-regulatory bodies, and authorities overseeing self-regulatory bodies as referred to in Article 38, produce a detailed annual activity report and that a summary of that report is made publicly available. The summary of the report referred to in the first subparagraph shall present: (a) the tasks of the supervisors; (b) an overview of its supervisory activities; (c)the number of on-site and off-site supervisory actions including patterns identified after inspections; (d) the number of breaches identified on the basis of supervisory actions and sanctions or administrative measures applied by supervisory authorities and self-regulatory bodies pursuant to Section 4 of Chapter IV. The annual activity report referred to in the first subparagraph shall be transmitted to the designated authority or mechanism referred to in Article 8(2) and to AMLA. The designated authority shall provide feedback and propose possible improvements, and shall be able to make recommendations to change the allocation of supervisory responsibilities and the arrangements for carrying out supervisory tasks.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 881 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) issue instructions to a self- regulatory body for the purpose of remedying a failure to perform its functions under Article 29(1) or to comply with the requirements of paragraph 5 and 6 of that Article, or to prevent any such failures. When issuing such instructions, the authority shall consider any relevant guidance it provided or that has been provided by AMLA.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 894 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Section 1 of Chapter II (internal controlpolicies, controls and procedures of obliges entities).
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 932 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that supervisory authorities, FIUs, as well as, where applicable, self-regulatory bodies, establish effective and reliable mechanisms to encourage the reporting of potential and actual breaches of this Directive and Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final].
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 938 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) appropriate protection for employees or persons in a comparable position, of obliged entities who report breaches committed within the obliged entity, as well as for any individual who has independent knowledge or who after independent evaluation of publicly- available information provides information to the competent authorities;
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 946 #

2021/0250(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that policy makers, the FIUs, supervisors, including AMLA, Europol and other competent authorities, as well as tax authorities have effective mechanisms to enable them to cooperate and coordinate domestically and at EU level concerning the development and implementation of policies and activities to combat money laundering and terrorist financing and to prevent the non- implementation and evasion of proliferation financing-related targeted financial sanctions, including with a view to fulfilling their obligations under Article 8.
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 963 #

2021/0250(COD)

FIU ands, supervisory authorities, as well any other national authority competent in the field of AML/FT shall cooperate with AMLA and shall provide it with all the information necessary to allow it to carry out its duties under this Directive, under Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - COM/2021/420 final] and under Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for establishment of an Anti- Money Laundering Authority - COM/2021/421 final].
2022/06/27
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 98 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The full traceability of transfers of funds and crypto-assets can be a particularly important and valuable tool in the prevention, detection and investigation of money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as in the implementation of restrictive measures, in particular those imposed by Regulations (EC) No 2580/2001, (EC) No 881/2002 and (EU) No 356/2010, in compliance with Union regulations implementing such measures. It is therefore appropriate, in order to ensure the transmission of information throughout the payment or transfers of crypto-assets chain, to provide for a system imposing the obligation on payment service providers and crypto-asset service providers to accompany transfers of funds and crypto- assets with information on the payer and the payee , and, for transfers of crypto- assets, on the originator and the beneficiary.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 106 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to reflect the special characteristics of national payment and crypto-asset transfer systems, and provided that it is always possible to trace the transfer of funds back to the payer or the transfer of crypto-assets back to the beneficiary originator, Member States should be able to exempt from the scope of this Regulation certain domestic low-value transfers of funds, including electronic giro payments, or low-value transfers of crypto- assets, used for the purchase of goods or services.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 123 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) The crypto-asset service provider of the originator should ensure that transfers of crypto-assets are accompanied by the name of the originator, the originator’s account number, where such an account exists and is used to process the transaction, and the originator’s address, nationality, official personal document number, customer identification number or date and place of birth. The crypto-asset service provider of the originator should also ensure that transfers of crypto-assets are accompanied by the name of the beneficiary and the beneficiary’s account number, where such an account exists and is used to process the transaction.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 133 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The number of working days in the Member State of the payment service provider of the payer or crypto-asset service provider of the beneficiaryoriginator determines the number of days to respond to requests for information on the payer or the originator .
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 134 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) The use of mixing and tumbling services should only be allowed in circumstances where it can be shown that the use of such services is necessary to overcome legitimate concerns, such as for privacy reasons. The receiver of crypto- assets that have been used in mixing and tumbling services should demonstrate, where necessary, the legitimacy of the practice for which the crypto-asset is used. Where the legitimacy of its use cannot be proven, the transaction should be prohibited.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 138 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) In order to ensure that competent authorities are able to efficiently investigate suspicious transactions and detect illicit use of crypto-assets and transfers of funds, the supervisory authorities should consider greater use of both regulatory and supervisory technology in their investigative processes.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 139 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) In order to rapidly address concerns about illicit transfers of funds and particularly crypto-assets, it is important that this Regulation enters into force as soon as possible. For that reason, any references to future regulations should not hinder the Union from taking action against the illicit transfer of funds and crypto-assets in the immediate term. This Regulation should be adapted to align with future legislation on Anti- Money Laundering and the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets;
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 142 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation shall apply to transfers of funds, in any currency, or crypto-assets covered under the scope of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937-COM/2020/593 final], as well as those crypto-assets which would fall under existing financial legislation as outlined in Article 2 paragraph 2 of [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937- COM/2020/593 final], which are sent or received by a payment service provider , a crypto-asset service provider, or an intermediary payment service provider established in the Union.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 153 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
This Regulation shall not apply to person- to-person transfer of crypto-assets where it is determined that these transactions are carried out by natural persons who are identifiable.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 177 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘person-to-person transfer of funds’ means a transaction between identifiable natural persons acting, as consumers, for purposes other than trade, business or profession;
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 178 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘person-to-person transfer of crypto-assets’ means a transaction between identifiable natural persons acting, as consumers, for purposes other than trade, business or profession, without the use or involvement of a crypto-asset service provider or other obliged entity;
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 179 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘crypto-asset’ means a crypto-asset as defined in Article 3(1), point 2 of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937-COM/2020/593 final] except when falling under the categories listed in Article 2(2) of that Regulation or otherwise qualifying as fundsdigital representation of a value or a right for direct investment or finance purposes that uses cryptography for security and is in the form of a coin or a token or any other digital medium of distributed ledgers, and which may be transferred and stored electronically, using distributed ledger technology or similar technology.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 180 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘crypto-asset service provider means a crypto-asset service provider as defined in Article 3(1), point (8) of [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937- COM/2020/593 final] where performing one or more crypto-asset services as defined in Article 3(1) point (9) of [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937- COM/2020/593 final]ny person whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to third parties on a professional basis;
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 222 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the originator’s address, nationality, official personal document number, customer identification number or date and place of birth.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 302 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a Use of mixing and tumbling services 1. Crypto-asset service providers offering mixing or tumbling services, privacy wallets, or other anonymising services for transfers of crypto-assets or other obliged entities shall request users of those services, to provide a justification of legitimate use, where appropriate, for the purposes of mitigating money laundering and terrorist financing.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 326 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall update and align this Regulation where necessary following the entry into force of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937-COM/2020/593 final] and Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for a regulation on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849].
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 335 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a Alignment with Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets] Following the publication of Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937- COM/2020/593 final] in the Official Journal of the European Union, power is delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by adopting within 3 months a delegated act aligning the definitions contained in article 3, paragraph 1, points 13, 14, 15 and 16 of this Regulation to those in the Regulation [please insert reference – proposal for a Regulation on Markets in Crypto-assets, and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937- COM/2020/593 final], in case there are any discrepancies.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 338 #

2021/0241(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 b (new)
Article 31 b Transitory arrangements 1. Member States shall ensure that payment service providers, crypto-asset service providers, and intermediary payment service providers are subject to adequate supervision in accordance with Article 47 of Directive 2015/849. 2. The ESAs shall be responsible for providing guidance and to assist the relevant supervisors until the date on which the Anti-Money Laundering Authority becomes operational, in accordance with [please insert reference to the date of application of proposal for a AML Authority Regulation]. 3. For the purposes of paragraph 2, and in order to facilitate and promote effective cooperation, and in particular the exchange of information, the ESAs shall issue guidelines, addressed to competent authorities, on the characteristics of a risk-based approach to supervision and the steps to be taken when conducting supervision on a risk-based basis. Within 3 months of the entry into force of this Regulation, the ESAs shall issue such guidelines, taking into account relevant information on the risks associated with customers, products and services offered by these entities, as well as geographical risk factors.
2022/03/03
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 126 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The main challenge identified in respect to the application of the provisions of Directive (EU) 2015/849 laying down obligations for private sector actors, the so- called obliged entities, is the lack of direct applicability of those rules and a fragmentation of the approach along national lines. Whereas those rules have existed and evolved over three decades, they are still implemented in a manner not fully consistent with the requirements of an integrated internal market. Therefore, it is necessary that rules on matters currently covered in Directive (EU) 2015/849 which may be directly applicable by the obliged entities concerned are addressed in a new Regulation in order to achieve the desired uniformity of application and to eliminate divergences and inconsistencies of implementation practices within Member States.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 132 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Since the adoption of Directive (EU) 2015/849, recent developments in the Union’s criminal law framework have contributed to strengthening the prevention and fight against money laundering, its predicate offences and terrorist financing. Directive (EU) 2018/1673 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 has led to a common understanding of the money laundering crime and its predicate offences. Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 defined financial crimes affecting the Union’s financial interest, which should also be considered predicate offences to money laundering. Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 has achieved a common understanding of the crime of terrorist financing. As those concepts are now clarified in Union criminal law, it is no longer needed for the Union’s AML/CFT rules to define money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing. Instead, the Union’s AML/CFT framework should be fully coherent with the Union’s criminal law framework with the aim to improve public safety and protection of EU citizens. _________________ 25 Directive (EU) 2018/1673 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on combating money laundering by criminal law (OJ L 284, 12.11.2018, p. 22). 26 Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29). 27 Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA (OJ L 88, 31.3.2017, p. 6).
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 168 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) It is important that obliged entities take all measures at the level of their management to implement internal policies, controls and procedures and to implement AML/CFT requirements. While a person at management level should be identified as being responsible for implementing the obliged entity’s policies, controls and procedures, the responsibility for the compliance with AML/CFT requirements should rest ultimately with the governingmanagement body of the entity. Tasks pertaining to the day-to-day implementation of the obliged entity’s AML/CFT policies, controls and procedures should be entrusted to a compliance officer.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 190 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) In order to protect the proper functioning of the Union financial system from money laundering and terrorist financing, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) should be delegated to the Commission to identify third countries, whose shortcomings in their national AML/CFT regimes represent a threat to the integrity of the Union’s internal market. The changing nature of money laundering and terrorist financing threats from outside the Union, facilitated by a constant evolution of technology and of the means at the disposal of criminals, requires that quick and continuous adaptations of the legal framework as regards third countries be made in order to address efficiently existing risks and prevent new ones from arising. The Commission should take into account information from other EU bodies, such as law enforcement agencies, international organisations and standard setters in the field of AML/CFT, such as FATF public statements, mutual evaluation or detailed assessment reports or published follow-up reports, and adapt its assessments to the changes therein, where appropriate.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 197 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) Countries that are not publicly identified as subject to calls for actions or increased monitoring by international standard setters might still pose a threat to the integrity of the Union’s financial system. To mitigate those risks, it should be possible for the Commission to take action by identifying, based on a clear set of criteria and with the support of AMLA and other EU bodies, such as law enforcement agencies, involved in the AML/CFT framework, third countries posing a specific and serious threat to the Union’s financial system, which may be due to either compliance weaknesses or significant strategic deficiencies of a persistent nature in their AML/CFT regime, and the relevant mitigating measures. Those third countries should be identified by the Commission. According to the level of risk posed to the Union’s financial system, the Commission should require the application of either all enhanced due diligence measures and country-specific countermeasures, as it is the case for high-risk third countries, or country-specific enhanced customer due diligence, such as in the case of third countries with compliance weaknesses.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 209 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60 a (new)
(60a) Business relationships and transactions involving high-net-worth individuals, particularly those designated by EU sanction regime or residing in high risk third countries, who present one or several factors of higher risk could seriously compromise the integrity of the Union’s financial system and cause serious vulnerabilities in the internal market. Obliged entities should therefore apply enhanced customer due diligence measures as laid down in this Regulation with respect to those individuals
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 211 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
(62) Obliged entities may outsource tasks relating to the performance of customer due diligence to an agent or external service provider, such as an AML compliance entity, unless they are established in third countries that are designated as high-risk, as having compliance weaknesses or as posing a threat to the Union’s financial system. These outsourcing activities should support obliged entities, to obtain complete, timely and accurate information by using decision-making tools, such as global news, business, regulatory and legal databases. In the case of agency or outsourcing relationships on a contractual basis between obliged entities and external service providers not covered by AML/CFT requirements, any AML/CFT obligations upon those agents or outsourcing service providers could arise only from the contract between the parties and not from this Regulation. Therefore, the responsibility for complying with AML/CFT requirements should remain entirely with the obliged entity itself. The obliged entity should in particular ensure that, where an outsourced service provider is involved for the purposes of remote customer identification, the risk-based approach is respected.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 230 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
(73) In view of the specific structure of certain legal entities such as foundations, and the need to ensure sufficient transparency about their beneficial ownership, such entities and legal arrangements similar to trusts should be subject to equivalent beneficial ownership requirements as those that apply to express trusts. However, these requirements shall not lead to excessive burden on civil society organisations, with a restrictive or coercive effect on their work.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 231 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
(77) Suspicious transactions, including attempted transactions, and other information relevant to money laundering, its predicate offences and terrorist financing, should be reported to the FIU, which should serve as a single central national unit for receiving and, analysing reported suspicions and for disseminating to the competent authorities the results of its analyses. FIU's shall strengthen cooperation with competent authorities to ensure that meaningful information is exchanged in a timely and constructive manner. All suspicious transactions, including attempted transactions, should be reported, regardless of the amount of the transaction. Reported information may also include threshold-based information. The disclosure of information to the FIU in good faith by an obliged entity or by an employee or director of such an entity should not constitute a breach of any restriction on disclosure of information and should not involve the obliged entity or its directors or employees in liability of any kind.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 302 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 25 – point d – point i a (new)
(ia) other functions falling under the definition of politically exposed person, according to the country of origin;
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 317 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36 a (new)
(36a) 'AML compliance entity' means an external entity or digital platform, acting in full respect of GDPR, which contributes to the effective compliance with the AML rules of the obliged entities subject to the obligations set out in this Regulation.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 343 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e
(e) persons trading in luxury goods and precious metals and stones;
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 371 #

2021/0239(COD)

1. Member States may decide to exempt, in full or in part,Article 4 deleted Exemptions for certain providers of gambling services fromWith the requirements set out in this Regulation on the basis of the proven low risk posed by the nature and, where appropriate, the scale of operations of such services. 2. Member States shall carry out a risk assessment of gambling services assessing: (a) financing vulnerabilities and mitigating factors of the gambling services; (b) transactions and payment methods used; (c) gambling service is administered. When carrying out such risk assessments, Member States shall take into account the findings of the risk assessment drawn up by the Commission pursuant to Article 7 of Directive [please insert reference – proposal for 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive - COM/2021/423 final]. 3. based monitoring activities oexception of casinos, For the purposes of paragraph 1, money laundering and terrorist the risks linked to the size of the the geographical area in which the Member Stake other adequate measures to ensure that the exemptions granted pursuant to this Article are not abused.tes shall establish risk-
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 391 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Minimum requirements regarding citizenship and residence by investment schemes A Member State whose national law grants citizenship or residence rights in exchange for any kind of investment, such as capital transfers, purchase or renting of property, investment in government bonds, investment in corporate entities, donation or endowment of an activity contributing to the public good and contributions to the state budget, shall ensure that public authorities that process applications for such citizenship and residence rights carry out at least the following measures: (a) require that transactions are carried out by means of a business relationship with an obliged entity established in that Member State; (b) request information from involved obliged entities about customer due diligence measures carried out; (c) obtain and record detailed information, substantiated by verified documents, on the identity of the applicant, on any of the applicant’s business interests and employment activities in the previous 10 years and on the applicant’s source of funds and source of wealth; (d) require clearance from law enforcement authorities, substantiated by evidence of the absence of any criminal activities on the part of the applicant; (e) ensure that the applicant shall not have connections with suspicious activities, including close business relations with persons having a criminal record related to money laundering, terrorist financing or predicate offences, or with individuals designated by EU sanction regimes; (f) any applicant shall be subject to minimum physical presence requirements. The applicant's presence shall be regularly monitored by relevant authorities and non-compliance with physical presence requirements result in the non-granting or withdrawal of citizenship or residence rights.
2022/07/04
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 423 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Obliged entities shall appoint one executive member of their board of directors or, if there is no board, of its equivalent governingmanagement body who shall be responsible for the implementation of measures to ensure compliance with this Regulation (‘compliance manager’). Where the entity has no governingmanagement body, the function should be performed by a member of its senior management.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 431 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The compliance manager shall be responsible for implementing the obliged entity’s policies, controls and procedures and for receiving information on significant or material weaknesses in such policies, controls and procedures. The compliance manager shall regularly report on those matters to the board of director or equivalent governingmanagement body. For parent undertakings, that person shall also be responsible for overseeing group- wide policies, controls and procedures.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 438 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Obliged entities shall have a compliance officer, to be appointed by the board of directors or governingmanagement body, who shall be in charge of the day-to-day operation of the obliged entity’s anti- money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) policies. That person shall also be responsible for reporting suspicious transactions to the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in accordance with Article 50(6).
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 462 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 and Article 19, and based on an appropriate risk assessment which demonstrates a low risk, obliged entities are allowed not to apply certain customer due diligence measures with respect to electronic money, where all of the following risk- mitigating conditions are met: (a) the payment instrument is not reloadable, or has a maximum monthly payment transactions limit of EUR 150 which can be used only in that Member State; (b) the maximum amount stored electronically does not exceed EUR 150; (c) the payment instrument is used exclusively to purchase goods or services; (d) the payment instrument cannot be funded with anonymous electronic money; (e) the issuer carries out sufficient monitoring of the transactions or business relationship to enable the detection of unusual or suspicious transactions.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 463 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The derogation provided for in paragraph 1a is not applicable in the case of redemption in cash or cash withdrawal of the monetary value of the electronic money, or in the case of remote payment transactions.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 498 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where an obliged entity is unable to comply with the customer due diligence measures laid down in Article 16(1), it shall refrain fromnot carrying out a transaction or establishing a business relationship, and shall terminate the business relationship and consider filingfile a suspicious transaction report to the FIU in relation to the customer in accordance with Article 50.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 571 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the residual risk, taking into account a proper risk assessment, the risk mitigating measures put in place by the obliged entities, also considering innovation and technical developments to detect and prevent suspicious transactions.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 596 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission, when drawing up the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 2 shall take into account information on jurisdictions under increased monitoring by EU bodies, such as law enforcement agencies, international organisations and standard setters with competence in the field of preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing, as well as relevant evaluations, assessments, reports or public statements drawn up by them.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 607 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point a – point v
(v) requirements relating to the availability of accurate and timely information of the beneficial ownership of legal persons and arrangements to competent authoritiesheld by a public authority or body functioning as beneficial ownership mechanism that is as efficient, if the alternative mechanism is deemed appropriate by the Commission, based on the recommendation of AMLA;
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 613 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the recurrence of the involvement of the third country into money laundering and terrorist financing schemes in criminal analysis and investigations of Member States supported by Europol;
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 624 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission, when drawing up the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1, shall take into account in particular relevant evaluations, assessments or reports drawn up by EU bodies, such as law enforcement agencies, international organisations and standard setters with competence in the field of preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 635 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. In issuing and reviewing the guidelines referred to in paragraph 1, AMLA shall take into account evaluations, assessments or reports of EU bodies, such as law enforcement agencies, international organisations and standard setters with competence in the field of preventing money laundering and combating terrorist financing.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 715 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The obliged entity shall remain fully liable for any action of agents or external service providers, including AML compliance entities, to which activities are outsourced.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 740 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. Where an obliged entity outsources a task pursuant to paragraph 1, it shall ensure that the agent or external service provider applies the measures and procedures adopted by the obliged entity. The conditions for the performance of such tasks shall be clearly specified and laid down in a written agreement between the obliged entity and the outsourced entity. The obliged entity shall perform regular controls to ascertain the effective implementation of such measures and procedures by the outsourced entity. The frequency of such controls shall be determined on the basis of the critical nature of the tasks outsourced.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 779 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Obliged entities shall report to the entity in charge of the central registers any discrepancies they find between the beneficial ownership information available in the central registers and the beneficial ownership information available to them pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 785 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall make recommendations to Member Statedecide via implementing acts on the specific rules and criteria to identity the beneficial owner(s) of legal entities other than corporate entities by [1 year6 months from the date of application of this Regulation]. In the event that Member States decide not to apply any of the recommendations, they shall notify the Commission thereof and provide a justification for such a decision.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 816 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2
2. Where, after having exhausted all possible means of identification pursuant to Articles 42 and 43, no person is identified as beneficial owner, or where there is any doubt that the person(s) identified is the beneficial owner(s), the corporate or other legal entities shall keep records of the actions taken in order to identify their beneficial owner(s) and file a suspicious transaction report in accordance with Article 17.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 818 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where there are reasons to doubt the accuracy of the beneficial ownership information, corporate or other legal entities shall provide to the competent authorities additional information on a risk-sensitive basis, including resolutions of the board of directors and minutes of their meetings, partnership agreements, trust deeds, power of attorney or other contractual agreements and documentation.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 821 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) a statement, accompanied by a justification and supporting documents, that there is no beneficial owner or that the beneficial owner(s) could not be identified and verified;
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 831 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Beneficial ownership information of legal entities incorporated outside the Union or of express trusts or similar legal arrangements administered outside the Union shall be collected in accordance with national systems and held in the central register referred to in Article 10 of Directive [please insert reference – proposal for 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive - COM/2021/423 final] set up by the Member State where such entities or trustees of express trusts or persons holding equivalent positions in similar legal arrangements:
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 840 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Member States shall lay down the rules on sanctions applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Chapter in accordance with Article 40 of Directive [please insert reference – proposal for 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive - COM/2021/423 final] and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The sanctions provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 866 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 5
5. AMLA shall issue and periodically update guidance on indicators of unusual or suspicious activity or behaviours with the assistance of other EU bodies involved in the AML/CFT framework.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 885 #

2021/0239(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. To the extent that it is strictly necessary for the purposes of preventing money laundering and terrorist financing, obliged entities may processand AML compliance entities may process personal data, including special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences referred to in Article 10 of that Regulation subject to the safeguards provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3. On the basis of this Regulation, only to the extent that it is necessary and proportionate for the purposes of the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, obliged entities may share this data with other obliged entities.
2022/07/05
Committee: ECONLIBE
Amendment 50 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Emphasises that optic fibre cables are the central nervous system of the global internet, as 97% of all internet traffic travels through these cables; Underlines that although these cables are a central and indispensable part of the critical infrastructure of the EU and thus of great geopolitical importance, they have recently been the subject of foreign spying operations; believes that the EU should prioritize the security and protection of these cables; calls for the EU to set up an EU optic fibre cables security program, that includes research, coordination, policy-making, the tracking of incidents and the training of coast guards;
2021/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses the importance of the protection of the EU against foreign interference and influence, notably through hybrid attacks and disinformation, and the key role the EEAS plays therein; recalls that the European Court of Auditors has concluded that the EEAS needs a broader mandate to tackle the surge in hybrid attacks in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and new emerging threats, accompanied with sufficient funding; calls the European Commission to meet those demands and calls for the creation of a dedicated Far East Task Force, to deal with the specific threats coming from the far east and south east Asia region;
2021/09/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Unannounced visits, being one of the most effective tools to verify Member States practices should, depending on their purpose, take place without prior notification to the Member State concerned or with only short prior notification. Unannounced visits without prior notification should take place for ‘investigative’ purposes in order to verify compliance with obligations under the Schengen acquis, including, in response to indications as regards the emergence of systemic problems that could potentially have a significant impact on the functioning of the Schengen area or to fundamental rights violations, in particular allegations of serious violations of fundamental rights at the external borders. In such cases, the provision of advance notice would defeat the objective of the visit. Unannounced visits with a 24-hour advance notice should take place if the main purpose of the visit is to carry out a random check of the Member State’s implementation of the Schengen acquis.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) Evaluation and monitoring activities should be carried out by teams consisting of Commission representatives and, Parliament representatives, experts designated by Member States and Union observers. These representatives and experts should have appropriate qualifications, including a solid theoretical knowledge and practical experience. In order to ensure the participation of sufficient number of experienced experts in a faster and less burdensome way, a pool of experts should be established and maintained by the Commission in close cooperation with the Member States. The pool should be the primary source of experts for evaluation and monitoring activities.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) Evaluation reports should be concise and succinct. They should focus on deficiencies with significant impact and highlight areas where important improvements cshould be made. Minor findings should not form part of the reports. The team should nevertheless communicate these findings to the evaluated Member State at the end of the evaluation activity, including to the authorities responsible for the relevant national quality control mechanism. The team should actively seek to identify best practices which should be added to the reports. In particular, new and innovative measures that significantly improve the implementation of the common rules and that could be put in practice by other Member States should be highlighted as a best practice for the purposes of the report.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) Evaluation reports should, as a rule, contain recommendations on how to remedy deficiencies identified (including fundamental rights violations) and be adopted in a single act by the Commission by means of implementing acts through the examination procedure in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/201136 and without undue delay. Particular attention should be paid to identifying and remedying fundamental rights violations. The consolidation of the report and recommendations within a single document and subject to a single adoption procedure reinforces the intrinsic connection between the evaluation findings and recommendations. In addition, the accelerated publication of the recommendations should enable Member States to address the deficiencies faster and more efficiently. At the same time, the use of the examination procedure should ensure Member State’s engagement in the decision-making process leading to the adoption of the recommendations. _________________ 36 OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2021/0140(CNS)

(24) The evaluation and monitoring mechanism should comprise a robust follow-up and monitoring component which should be ensured by the Commission, in close cooperation with the Council and the European Parliament, without creating a disproportionate burden for the actors involved. Evaluations should be followed up by action plans. While drawing up the action plans, the evaluated Member States should fully take into consideration the funding possibilities provided by the Union and make the best use of these resources. To speed up the process, the Commission should provide observations on the adequacy of the action plans for example in the form of a letter. In order to ensure a timely follow up, if the Commission services do not consider the action plan adequate, the Member State concerned should be required to submit a revised action plan within one month from the receipt of the observations. The frequency of the follow-up reporting by the Member State to the Commission and the Council on the implementation of the action plans should, as a rule, be sixthree months.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) In cases where, after a revisit, the implementation of the action plan following an evaluation that identified a serious deficiency is not completed by a Member State to a satisfactory level, the Commission should launch an infringement procedure against that Member State.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 92 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) In view of the particular role entrusted to the European Parliament and to the national parliaments under the last sentence of Article 70 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as underlined in Article 12, point (c), of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) as regards the national parliaments, the Council and the Commission should fully inform the European Parliament and the national Parliaments of the content and results of the evaluations no later than two weeks after the procedure is concluded. In addition, should the Commission submit a proposal to amend this Regulation, the Council would, in accordance with Article 19(7), point (h), of its Rules of Procedure39 , consult the European Parliament in order to take into consideration its opinion, to the fullest extent possible, before adopting a final text. _________________ 39 Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (OJ L 325 11.12.2009, p. 35).
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 109 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘serious deficiency’ means one or more deficiencies which concern the effective application of key elements of the Schengen acquis and which individually or in combination, have, or risk to have over time, a significant negative impact on the rights of individuals or on the functioning of the Schengen area;
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 113 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) ‘team’ means a group comprising experts designated by Member States and, Commission as well as Parliament representatives who carry out evaluations and monitoring activities.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) when it has grounds to consider that a Member State is seriously neglecting its obligations under the Schengen acquis including allegations of serious fundamental rights violations at the external borders.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 149 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission mayshall enter into arrangements with the Union bodies, offices and agencies to facilitate the cooperation and invite at least one Member of the Union bodies, offices or agencies to participate in the teams carrying out evaluation and monitoring activities.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 213 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Unannounced visits shall take place without prior notification to the Member State concerned. By way of exception, the Commission may notify the Member State concerned at least 24 hours before such visit is to take place when the main purpose of the unannounced visit is a random verification of the implementation of the Schengen acquis.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall establish the detailed programme for unannounced visits. Where Member States have been notified, the Commission may consult the timetable and detailed programme with the Member State concerned.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 220 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States, may establish and update Guidelines for conducting unannounced visits and may consult with Member States.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 223 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, may establish guidelines for conducting evaluation and monitoring activities by questionnaire or other remote methods, if in person meetings cannot take place.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 224 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall transmit the evaluation report to the national Parliaments, the European Parliament and the Council no later than two weeks after the report is adopted.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 229 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. The evaluation report shall contain recommendations for remedial actions aimed at addressing the deficiencies and areas for improvement identified during the evaluation and give an indication of the priorities for implementing them. The evaluation report mayshall set deadlines for the implementation of recommendations. Where the evaluation identifies a serious deficiency, the specific provisions set out in Article 23 shall apply.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 235 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. After consulting the team, which has carried out the evaluation activity, the Commission shall provide observations on the adequacy of the action plan and, within one month from its submission, shall inform the evaluated Member State about its observations. The Council may invite other Member States to provide comments on the action plan.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 251 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. The Council shall adopt recommendations within two weeken days of receipt of the proposal.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 252 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The Council shall set short time limits for the implementation of the recommendations related to a serious deficiency and specify the frequency of the reporting by the evaluated Member State to the Commission and the Council on the implementation of its action plan.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 254 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The evaluated Member State shall submit to the Commission and the Council its action plan within one monthtwo weeks of the adoption of the recommendations. The Commission shall transmit that action plan to the European Parliament.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 260 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. To verify the progress made in the implementation of the recommendations related to the serious deficiency, the Commission shall organise a revisit that is to take place no later than one year6 months from the date of the evaluation activity. The Commission shall also invite the European Parliament and the Council to each send a representative to participate in a revisit.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 261 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 8
8. The Council shalland the European Parliament may express its position on the report.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 263 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. In cases where, after a revisit, the implementation of the action plan following an evaluation that identified a serious deficiency is not completed by a Member State to a satisfactory level, the Commission should launch an infringement procedure against that Member State.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2021/0140(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
In deciding whether to close the action plan, the Commission shallmay take into account that position.
2022/02/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 5 a (new)
Having regard to the opinion of the European Central Bank,
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 348 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) A Union legal framework laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence is therefore needed to foster the development, use and uptake of artificial intelligence in the internal market that at the same time meets a high level of protection of public interests, such as health and safety and the protection of fundamental rights, as recognised and protected by Union law. To achieve that objective, rules regulating the placing on the market and putting into service of certain AI systems should be laid down, thus ensuring the smooth functioning of the internal market and allowing those systems to benefit from the principle of free movement of goods and services. By laying down those rules as well as measures in support of innovation with a particular focus on SMEs and start-ups, this Regulation supports the objective of the Union of being a global leader in the development of secure, trustworthy and ethical artificial intelligence, as stated by the European Council33 , and it ensures the protection of ethical principles, as specifically requested by the European Parliament34 . _________________ 33 European Council, Special meeting of the European Council (1 and 2 October 2020) – Conclusions, EUCO 13/20, 2020, p. 6. 34 European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on a framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies, 2020/2012(INL).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 374 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The notion of remote biometric identification system as used in this Regulation should be defined functionally, as an AI system intended for the identification of natural persons at a distance through the comparison of a person’s biometric data with the biometric data contained in a reference database, and without prior knowledge whether the targeted person will be present and can be identified, irrespectively of the particular technology, processes or types of biometric data used. Considering their different characteristics and manners in which they are used, as well as the different risks involved, a distinction should be made between ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems. In the case of ‘real-time’ systems, the capturing of the biometric data, the comparison and the identification occur all instantaneously, near-instantaneously or in any event without a significant delay. In this regard, there should be no scope for circumventing the rules of this Regulation on the ‘real- time’ use of the AI systems in question by providing for minor delays. ‘Real-time’ systems involve the use of ‘live’ or ‘near- ‘live’ material, such as video footage, generated by a camera or other device with similar functionality. In the case of ‘post’ systems, in contrast, the biometric data have already been captured and the comparison and identification occur only after a significant delay. This involves material, such as pictures or video footage generated by closed circuit television cameras or private devices, which has been generated before the use of the system in respect of the natural persons concerned. The notion of remote biometric identification system shall not include verification or authentification systems whose sole purpose is to confirm that a specific natural person is the person he or she claims to be, and systems that are used to confirm the identity of a natural person for the sole purpose of having access to a service, a device or premises.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 375 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) The notion of remote biometric identification system as used in this Regulation should be defined functionally, as an AI system intended for the identification of natural persons at a distance through the comparison of a person’s biometric data with the biometric data contained in a reference database, and without prior knowledge whether the targeted person will be present and can be identified, irrespectively of the particular technology, processes or types of biometric data used. Considering their different characteristics and manners in which they are used, as well as the different risks involved, a distinction should be made between ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems. In the case of ‘real-time’ systems, the capturing of the biometric data, the comparison and the identification occur all instantaneously, near-instantaneously or in any event without a significant delay. In this regard, there should be no scope for circumventing the rules of this Regulation on the ‘real- time’ use of the AI systems in question by providing for minor delays. ‘Real-time’ systems involve the use of ‘live’ or ‘near- ‘live’ material, such as video footage, generated by a camera or other device with similar functionality. In the case of ‘post’ systems, in contrast, the biometric data have already been captured and the comparison and identification occur only after a significant delay. This involves material, such as pictures or video footage generated by closed circuit television cameras or private devices, which has been generated before the use of the system in respect of the natural persons concerned. The notion of remote biometric identification system shall not include authentification and verification systems whose purpose is to confirm, based on prior consent, that a specific natural person is the person he or she claims to be or to confirm the identity of a natural person for the purpose of having access to a service, a device or premises.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 393 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In light of their digital nature, certain AI systems should fall within the scope of this Regulation even when they are neither placed on the market, nor put into service, nor used in the Union. This is the case for example of an operator established in the Union that contracts certain services to an operator established outside the Union in relation to an activity to be performed by an AI system that would qualify as high-risk and whose effects impact natural persons located in the Union. In those circumstances, the AI system used by the operator outside the Union could process data lawfully collected in and transferred from the Union, and provide to the contracting operator in the Union the output of that AI system resulting from that processing, without that AI system being placed on the market, put into service or used in the Union. To prevent the circumvention of this Regulation and to ensure an effective protection of natural persons located in the Union, this Regulation should also apply to providers and users of AI systems that are established in a third country, to the extent the output produced by those systems is used in the Union. Nonetheless, to take into account existing arrangements and special needs for cooperation with foreign partners with whom information and evidence is exchanged, this Regulation should not apply to public authorities of a third country and international organisations when acting in the framework of international agreements concluded at national or European level for law enforcement and judicial cooperation with the Union or with its Member States. Such agreements have been concluded bilaterally between Member States and third countries or between the European Union, Europol and other EU agencies and third countries and international organisations. This exception should nevertheless be limited to trusted countries and international organizations that share the Union’s values.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 428 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The placing on the market, putting into service or use of certain AI systems intended to distort human behaviour, whereby physical or psychological harms are likely to occur, should be forbidden. SuchIn particular, AI systems that deploy subliminal components individualthat natural persons cannot perceive or, that exploit the vulnerabilities of children and people due to their age, physical or mental incapacities. They do soany groups,or that use purposefully manipulative techniques with the intention to materially distort the behaviour of a person and in a manner that causes or is likely to cause harm to that or another person or to their rights or to the values of the Union should be prohibited. The intention may not be presumed if the distortion of human behaviour results from factors external to the AI system which are outside of the control of the provider or the user. Research for legitimate purposes in relation to such AI systems should not be stifled by the prohibition, if such research does not amount to use of the AI system in human- machine relations that exposes natural persons to harm and such research is carried out in accordance with recognised ethical standards for scientific research.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 434 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) AI systems providing social scoring of natural persons for general purpose by public authorities or on their behalf may lead to discriminatory outcomes and the exclusion of certain groups. They may violate the right to dignity and non- discrimination and the values of equality and justice. Such AI systems evaluate or classify the trustworthiness of natural persons based on their social behaviour in multiple contexts or known or predicted personal or personality characteristics using trustworthiness, good citizenship, patriotism, deviancy, or any other such metric as a proxi. The social score obtained from such AI systems may lead to the detrimental or unfavourable treatment of natural persons or whole groups thereof in social contexts, which are unrelated to the context in which the data was originally generated or collected or to a detrimental treatment that is disproportionate or unjustified to the gravity of their social behaviour. This detrimental treatment can also be effected by providing undue and unjustified privileges to groups of people based on their social score. Such AI systems should be therefore prohibited.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 443 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17 a) AI systems used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf to predict the probability of a natural person to offend or to reoffend, based on profiling and individual risk-assessment hold a particular risk of discrimination against certain persons or groups of persons, as they violate human dignity as well as the key legal principle of presumption of innocence. Such AI systems should therefore be prohibited.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 450 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement is considered particularly intrusive in the rights and freedoms of the concerned persons, to the extent that it may affect the private life of a large part of the population, evoke a feeling of constant surveillance and indirectly dissuade the exercise of the freedom of assembly and other fundamental rights. In addition, the immediacy of the impact and the limited opportunities for further checks or corrections in relation to the use of such systems operating in ‘real-time’ carry heightened risks for the rights and freedoms of the persons that are concerned by law enforcement activities. The use of those systems in publicly accessible places should therefore be prohibited.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 451 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement is considered particularly intrusive in the rights and freedoms of the concerned persons, to the extent that it may affect the private life of a large part of the population, evoke a feeling of constant surveillance and indirectly dissuade the exercise of the freedom of assembly and other fundamental rights. In addition, the immediacy of the impact and the limited opportunities for further checks or corrections in relation to the use of such systems operating in ‘real-time’ carry heightened risks for the rights and freedoms of the persons that are concerned by law enforcement activities. The use of those systems in publicly accessible places should therefore be prohibited.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 464 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The use of those systems for the purpose of law enforcement should therefore be prohibited, except in three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, where the use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest, the importance of which outweighs the risks. Those situations involve the search for potential victims of crime, including missing children; certain threats to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack; and the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of perpetrators or suspects of the criminal offences referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA38 if those criminal offences are punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years and as they are defined in the law of that Member State. Such threshold for the custodial sentence or detention order in accordance with national law contributes to ensure that the offence should be serious enough to potentially justify the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems. Moreover, of the 32 criminal offences listed in the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, some are in practice likely to be more relevant than others, in that the recourse to ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification will foreseeably be necessary and proportionate to highly varying degrees for the practical pursuit of the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of the different criminal offences listed and having regard to the likely differences in the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm or possible negative consequences. _________________ 38 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 467 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The use of those systems for the purpose of law enforcement should therefore be prohibited, except in three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, where the use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest, the importance of which outweighs the risks. Those situations involve the search for potential victims of crime, including missing children; certain threats to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack; and the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of perpetrators or suspects of the criminal offences referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA38 if those criminal offences are punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years and as they are defined in the law of that Member State. Such threshold for the custodial sentence or detention order in accordance with national law contributes to ensure that the offence should be serious enough to potentially justify the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems. Moreover, of the 32 criminal offences listed in the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, some are in practice likely to be more relevant than others, in that the recourse to ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification will foreseeably be necessary and proportionate to highly varying degrees for the practical pursuit of the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of the different criminal offences listed and having regard to the likely differences in the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm or possible negative consequences. _________________ 38 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 473 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that those systems are used in a responsible and proportionate manner, it is also important to establish that, in each of those three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, certain elements should be taken into account, in particular as regards the nature of the situation giving rise to the request and the consequences of the use for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned and the safeguards and conditions provided for with the use. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to appropriate limits in time and space, having regard in particular to the evidence or indications regarding the threats, the victims or perpetrator. The reference database of persons should be appropriate for each use case in each of the three situations mentioned above.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 477 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure that those systems are used in a responsible and proportionate manner, it is also important to establish that, in each of those three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, certain elements should be taken into account, in particular as regards the nature of the situation giving rise to the request and the consequences of the use for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned and the safeguards and conditions provided for with the use. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to appropriate limits in time and space, having regard in particular to the evidence or indications regarding the threats, the victims or perpetrator. The reference database of persons should be appropriate for each use case in each of the three situations mentioned above.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 483 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Each use of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to an express and specific authorisation by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of a Member State. Such authorisation should in principle be obtained prior to the use, except in duly justified situations of urgency, that is, situations where the need to use the systems in question is such as to make it effectively and objectively impossible to obtain an authorisation before commencing the use. In such situations of urgency, the use should be restricted to the absolute minimum necessary and be subject to appropriate safeguards and conditions, as determined in national law and specified in the context of each individual urgent use case by the law enforcement authority itself. In addition, the law enforcement authority should in such situations seek to obtain an authorisation as soon as possible, whilst providing the reasons for not having been able to request it earlier.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 486 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Each use of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement should be subject to an express and specific authorisation by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of a Member State. Such authorisation should in principle be obtained prior to the use, except in duly justified situations of urgency, that is, situations where the need to use the systems in question is such as to make it effectively and objectively impossible to obtain an authorisation before commencing the use. In such situations of urgency, the use should be restricted to the absolute minimum necessary and be subject to appropriate safeguards and conditions, as determined in national law and specified in the context of each individual urgent use case by the law enforcement authority itself. In addition, the law enforcement authority should in such situations seek to obtain an authorisation as soon as possible, whilst providing the reasons for not having been able to request it earlier.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 490 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Furthermore, it is appropriate to provide, within the exhaustive framework set by this Regulation that such use in the territory of a Member State in accordance with this Regulation should only be possible where and in as far as the Member State in question has decided to expressly provide for the possibility to authorise such use in its detailed rules of national law. Consequently, Member States remain free under this Regulation not to provide for such a possibility at all or to only provide for such a possibility in respect of some of the objectives capable of justifying authorised use identified in this Regulation.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 494 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) Furthermore, it is appropriate to provide, within the exhaustive framework set by this Regulation that such use in the territory of a Member State in accordance with this Regulation should only be possible where and in as far as the Member State in question has decided to expressly provide for the possibility to authorise such use in its detailed rules of national law. Consequently, Member States remain free under this Regulation not to provide for such a possibility at all or to only provide for such a possibility in respect of some of the objectives capable of justifying authorised use identified in this Regulation.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 497 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement necessarily involves the processing of biometric data. The rules of this Regulation that prohibit, subject to certain exceptions, such use, which are based on Article 16 TFEU, should apply as lex specialis in respect of the rules on the processing of biometric data contained in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, thus regulating such use and the processing of biometric data involved in an exhaustive manner. Therefore, such use and processing should only be possible in as far as it is compatible with the framework set by this Regulation, without there being scope, outside that framework, for the competent authorities, where they act for purpose of law enforcement, to use such systems and process such data in connection thereto on the grounds listed in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680. In this context, this Regulation is not intended to provide the legal basis for the processing of personal data under Article 8 of Directive 2016/680. However, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for purposes other than law enforcement, including by competent authorities, should not be covered by the specific framework regarding such use for the purpose of law enforcement set by this Regulation. Such use for purposes other than law enforcement should therefore not be subject to the requirement of an authorisation under this Regulation and the applicable detailed rules of national law that may give effect to it.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 499 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement necessarily involves the processing of biometric data. The rules of this Regulation that prohibit, subject to certain exceptions, such use, which are based on Article 16 TFEU, should apply as lex specialis in respect of the rules on the processing of biometric data contained in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, thus regulating such use and the processing of biometric data involved in an exhaustive manner. Therefore, such use and processing should only be possible in as far as it is compatible with the framework set by this Regulation, without there being scope, outside that framework, for the competent authorities, where they act for purpose of law enforcement, to use such systems and process such data in connection thereto on the grounds listed in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680. In this context, this Regulation is not intended to provide the legal basis for the processing of personal data under Article 8 of Directive 2016/680. However, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for purposes other than law enforcement, including by competent authorities, should not be covered by the specific framework regarding such use for the purpose of law enforcement set by this Regulation. Such use for purposes other than law enforcement should therefore not be subject to the requirement of an authorisation under this Regulation and the applicable detailed rules of national law that may give effect to it.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 511 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Any processing of biometric data and other personal data involved in the use of AI systems for biometric identification, other than in connection to the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement as regulated by this Regulation, including where those systems are used by competent authorities in publicly accessible spaces for other purposes than law enforcement, should continue to comply with all requirements resulting from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, as applicable.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 512 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Any processing of biometric data and other personal data involved in the use of AI systems for biometric identification, other than in connection to the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement as regulated by this Regulation, including where those systems are used by competent authorities in publicly accessible spaces for other purposes than law enforcement, should continue to comply with all requirements resulting from Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, as applicable.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 527 #

2021/0106(COD)

(27) High-risk AI systems should only be placed on the Union market or put into service if they comply with certain mandatory requirements. Those requirements should ensure that high-risk AI systems available in the Union or whose output is otherwise used in the Union do not pose unacceptable risks to important Union public interests as recognised and protected by Union law. AI systems identified as high-risk should be limited to those that have a significant harmful impact on the health, safety and fundamental rights of persons in the Union or to Union values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU and such limitation minimises any potential restriction to international trade, if any.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 538 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) As regards stand-alone AI systems, meaning high-risk AI systems other than those that are safety components of products, or which are themselves products, it is appropriate to classify them as high-risk if, in the light of their intended purpose, they pose a high risk of harm to the health and, safety or the fundamental rights of persons or to Union values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU, taking into account both the severity of the possible harm and its probability of occurrence and they are used in a number of specifically pre-defined areas specified in the Regulation. The identification of those systems is based on the same methodology and criteria envisaged also for any future amendments of the list of high-risk AI systems. Such systems should be classified as high-risk only insofar as they are built and operated with biometric, biometrics- based, or personal data or they influence decisions of natural persons or make decisions or influence decisions affecting natural persons. This ensures that, when referencing AI systems in pre-defined areas of human activity, this Regulation does not inadvertently apply to AI systems that can have no impact on the health, safety, fundamental rights of natural persons or the values of the Union as enshrined in Article 2 TEU.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 546 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) Technical inaccuracies of AI systems intended for the remote biometric identification of natural persons can lead to biased results and entail discriminatory effects. This is particularly relevant when it comes to age, ethnicity, sex or disabilities. Therefore, ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems should be classified as high-risk, except for verification or authentification systems whose sole purpose is to confirm that a specific natural person is the person he or she claims to be, and systems that are used to confirm the identity of a natural person for the sole purpose of having access to a service, a device or premises. In view of the risks that they pose, both types of remote biometric identification systems should be subject to specific requirements on logging capabilities and human oversight.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 554 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) As regards the management and operation of critical infrastructure, it is appropriate to classify as high-risk the AI systems intended to be used as safety components in the management and operation of road traffic and the supply of water, gas, heating and electricity, and internet, since their failure or malfunctioning may put at risk the life and health of persons at large scale and lead to appreciable disruptions in the ordinary conduct of social and economic activities.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 561 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) AI systems used in employment, workers management and access to self- employment, notably for the recruitment and selection of persons, for making decisions on promotion and termination and for personalised task allocation based on personal or biometric data, monitoring or evaluation of persons in work-related contractual relationships, should also be classified as high-risk, since those systems may appreciably impact future career prospects and livelihoods of these persons. Relevant work-related contractual relationships should involve employees and persons providing services through platforms as referred to in the Commission Work Programme 2021. Such persons should in principle not be considered users within the meaning of this Regulation. Throughout the recruitment process and in the evaluation, promotion, or retention of persons in work-related contractual relationships, such systems may perpetuate historical patterns of discrimination, for example against women, certain age groups, persons with disabilities, or persons of certain racial or ethnic origins or sexual orientation. AI systems used to monitor the performance and behaviour of these persons may also impact their rights to data protection and privacy.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 576 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Another area in which the use of AI systems deserves special consideration is the access to and enjoyment of certain essential private and public services and benefits necessary for people to fully participate in society or to improve one’s standard of living. In particular, AI systems used to evaluate the credit score or creditworthiness of natural persons should be classified as high-risk AI systems, since they determine those persons’ access to financial resources or essential services such as housing, electricity, and telecommunication services. AI systems used for this purpose may lead to discrimination of persons or groups and perpetuate historical patterns of discrimination, for example based on racial or ethnic origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, or create new forms of discriminatory impacts. Considering the very limited scale of the impact and the available alternatives on the market, it is appropriate to exempt AI systems for the purpose of creditworthiness assessment and credit scoring when put into service by small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups for their own use. Natural persons applying for or receiving public assistance benefits and services from public authorities are typically dependent on those benefits and services and in a vulnerable position in relation to the responsible authorities. If AI systems are used for determining whether such benefits and services should be denied, reduced, revoked or reclaimed by authorities, they may have a significant impact on persons’ livelihood and may infringe their fundamental rights, such as the right to social protection, non- discrimination, human dignity or an effective remedy. Those systems should therefore be classified as high-risk. Nonetheless, this Regulation should not hamper the development and use of innovative approaches in the public administration, which would stand to benefit from a wider use of compliant and safe AI systems, provided that those systems do not entail a high risk to legal and natural persons. Finally, AI systems used to dispatch or establish priority in the dispatching of emergency first response services should also be classified as high- risk since they make decisions in very critical situations for the life and health of persons and their property.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 582 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) Actions by law enforcement authorities involving certain uses of AI systems are characterised by a significant degree of power imbalance and may lead to surveillance, arrest or deprivation of a natural person’s liberty as well as other adverse impacts on fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter. In particular, if the AI system is not trained with high quality data, does not meet adequate requirements in terms of its accuracy or robustness, or is not properly designed and tested before being put on the market or otherwise put into service, it may single out people in a discriminatory or otherwise incorrect or unjust manner. Furthermore, the exercise of important procedural fundamental rights, such as the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial as well as the right of defence and the presumption of innocence, could be hampered, in particular, where such AI systems are not sufficiently transparent, explainable and documented. It is therefore appropriate to classify as high-risk a number of AI systems intended to be used in the law enforcement context where accuracy, reliability and transparency is particularly important to avoid adverse impacts, retain public trust and ensure accountability and effective redress. In view of the nature of the activities in question and the risks relating thereto, those high-risk AI systems should include in particular AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities for individual risk assessments, polygraphs and similar tools or to detect the emotional state of natural person, to detect ‘deep fakes’, for the evaluation of the reliability of evidence in criminal proceedings, for predicting the occurrence or reoccurrence of an actual or potential criminal offence based on profiling of natural persons, or assessing personality traits and characteristics or past criminal behaviour of natural persons or groups, for profiling in the course of detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences, as well as for crime analytics regarding natural persons. AI systems specifically intended to be used for administrative proceedings by tax and customs authorities should not be considered high-risk AI systems used by law enforcement authorities for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offences.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 583 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
(38) Actions by law enforcement authorities involving certain uses of AI systems are characterised by a significant degree of power imbalance and may lead to surveillance, arrest or deprivation of a natural person’s liberty as well as other adverse impacts on fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter. In particular, if the AI system is not trained with high quality data, does not meet adequate requirements in terms of its accuracy or robustness, or is not properly designed and tested before being put on the market or otherwise put into service, it may single out people in a discriminatory or otherwise incorrect or unjust manner. Furthermore, the exercise of important procedural fundamental rights, such as the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial as well as the right of defence and the presumption of innocence, could be hampered, in particular, where such AI systems are not sufficiently transparent, explainable and documented. It is therefore appropriate to classify as high-risk a number of AI systems intended to be used in the law enforcement context where accuracy, reliability and transparency is particularly important to avoid adverse impacts, retain public trust and ensure accountability and effective redress. In view of the nature of the activities in question and the risks relating thereto, those high-risk AI systems should include in particular AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities for individual risk assessments, polygraphs and similar tools or to detect the emotional state of natural person, to detect ‘deep fakes’, for the evaluation of the reliability of evidence in criminal proceedings, for predicting the occurrence or reoccurrence of an actual or potential criminal offence based on profiling of natural persons, or assessing personality traits and characteristics or past criminal behaviour of natural persons or groups, for profiling in the course of detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences, as well as for crime analytics regarding natural persons. AI systems specifically intended to be used for administrative proceedings by tax and customs authorities should not be considered high-risk AI systems used by law enforcement authorities for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offences.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 602 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
(40 a) When the “deep fake” content forms part of an evidently artistic, creative, or fictional cinematographic and analogous work, or when the “AI authors” generate content that undergoes human review and for the publication of which a natural or legal person established in the Union is liable or holds editorial responsibility, the AI systems should not be considered high-risk but should nevertheless be subject to adequate transparency requirements, where appropriate.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 606 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 b (new)
(40 b) Subliminal techniques are techniques that expose natural persons to sensorial stimuli that the natural persons cannot consciously perceive but that are assumed to register in the brain unconsciously, such as flashing images or text for fractions of a second or playing sounds outside the range of perceptible hearing. AI systems deploying such techniques should be prohibited, because these techniques are by their very nature intended to be manipulative. Nevertheless, exceptions are warranted for AI systems using subliminal techniques for research and therapeutical purposes, based on the consent of the natural persons that are being exposed to them. In such limited cases, the AI systems should be considered high-risk and comply with the requirements for high-risk AI systems as set forth in this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 613 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) To mitigate the risks from high-risk AI systems placed or otherwise put into service on the Union market for users and affected persons, certain mandatory requirements should apply, taking into account the intended purpose of the use of the system and according to the risk management system to be established by the provider. These requirements should be objective-driven, fit to purpose, reasonable and effective, without adding undue regulatory burdens or costs on operators.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 662 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
(56) To enable enforcement of this Regulation and create a level-playing field for operators, and taking into account the different forms of making available of digital products, it is important to ensure that, under all circumstances, a person established in the Union can provide authorities with all the necessary information on the compliance of an AI system. Therefore, prior to making their AI systems available in the Union, where an importer cannot be identified, providers established outside the Union shall, by written mandate, appoint an authorised representative established in the Union.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 663 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) Given the nature of AI systems and the risks to safety and fundamental rights possibly associated with their use, including as regard the need to ensure proper monitoring of the performance of an AI system in a real-life setting, it is appropriate to set specific responsibilities for users. Users should in particular use high-risk AI systems in accordance with the instructions of use and certain other obligations should be provided for with regard to monitoring of the functioning of the AI systems and with regard to record- keeping, as appropriate. Given the potential impact and the need for democratic oversight and scrutiny, users of high-risk AI systems that are public authorities or Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies should be required to conduct a fundamental rights impact assessment prior to commencing the use of a high-risk AI system should be required to register the use of any high- risk AI systems in a public database.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 674 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) Standardisation should play a key role to provide technical solutions to providers to ensure compliance with this Regulation. Compliance with harmonised standards as defined in Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council54 should be a means for providers to demonstrate conformity with the requirements of this Regulation. However, the Commission could adopt common technical specifications in areas where no harmonised standards exist or where they are insufficientand are not expected to be published within a reasonable period or where they are insufficient, only after consulting the Artificial Intelligence Board, the European standardisation organisations as well as the relevant stakeholders. The Commission should duly justify why it decided not to use harmonised standards. _________________ 54 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 683 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) Given the more extensive experience of professional pre-market certifiers in the field of product safety and the different nature of risks involved, it is appropriate to limit, at least in an initial phase of application of this Regulation, the scope of application of third-party conformity assessment for high-risk AI systems other than those related to products. Therefore, the conformity assessment of such systems should be carried out as a general rule by the provider under its own responsibility, with the only exception of AI systems intended to be used for the remote biometric identification of persons, for which and AI systems intended to be used to make inferences on the basis of biometric data that produce legal effects or affect the rights and freedoms of natural persons. For those types of AI systems the involvement of a notified body in the conformity assessment should be foreseen, to the extent they are not prohibited..
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 688 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
(65) In order to carry out third-party conformity assessment for AI systems intended to be used for the remote biometric identification of personss when so required, notified bodies should be designated under this Regulation by the national competent authorities, provided they are compliant with a set of requirements, notably on independence, competence and absence of conflicts of interests.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 698 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
(68) Under certain conditions, rapid availability of innovative technologies may be crucial for health and safety of persons and for society as a whole. It is thus appropriate that under exceptional reasons of public security or protection of life and health of natural persons and the protection of industrial and commercial property, Member States could authorise the placing on the market or putting into service of AI systems which have not undergone a conformity assessment.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 713 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
(70) Certain AI systems intended to interact with natural persons or to generate content may pose specific risks of impersonation or deception irrespective of whether they qualify as high-risk or not. In certain circumstances, the use of these systems should therefore be subject to specific transparency obligations without prejudice to the requirements and obligations for high-risk AI systems. In particular, natural persons should be notified that they are interacting with an AI system, unless this is obvious from the circumstances and the context of use or where the content is part of an obviously artistic, creative or fictional cinematographic work. Moreover, natural persons should be notified when they are exposed to an emotion recognition system or a biometric categorisation system. Such information and notifications should be provided in accessible formats for persons with disabilities. Further, users, who use an AI system to generate or manipulate image, audio or video content that appreciably resembles existing persons, places or events and would falsely appear to a person to be authentic, should disclose, in an appropriate, clear and visible manner, that the content has been artificially created or manipulated by labelling the artificial intelligence output accordingly and disclosing its artificial origin.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 720 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
(71) Artificial intelligence is a rapidly developing family of technologies that requires novel forms of regulatory oversight and a safe space for experimentation, while ensuring responsible innovation and integration of appropriate safeguards and risk mitigation measures. To ensure a legal framework that is innovation-friendly, future-proof and resilient to disruption, national competent authorities from one or more Member States should be encouraged to establish artificial intelligence regulatory sandboxes to facilitate the development and testing of innovative AI systems under strict regulatory oversight before these systems are placed on the market or otherwise put into service. Member States should ensure that the regulatory sandboxes have the adequate financial and human resources for their proper functioning.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 733 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
(73) In order to promote and protect innovation, it is important that the interests of small-scaletart-ups and SME providers and users of AI systems are taken into particular account. To this objective, Member States should develop initiatives, which are targeted at those operators, including on awareness raising and information communication. Moreover, the specific interests and needs of small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups shall be taken into account when Notified Bodies set conformity assessment fees. Translation costs related to mandatory documentation and communication with authorities may constitute a significant cost for providers and other operators, notably those of a smaller scale. Member States should possibly ensure that one of the languages determined and accepted by them for relevant providers’ documentation and for communication with operators is one which is broadly understood by the largest possible number of cross-border users.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 739 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
(76) In order to facilitate a smooth,ensure an effective and harmonised implementation of this Regulation a European Artificial Intelligence Board should be established. The Board should be responsible for a number of advisory tasks, including issuing opinions, recommendations, advice or guidance on matters related to the implementation of this Regulation, including on technical specifications or existing standards regarding the requirements established in this Regulation and providing advice to and assisting the Commission on specific questions related to artificial intelligence, to achieve a high level of trustworthiness and of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights and the Union values enshrined in Article 2 TEU across the Union with regards to artificial intelligence systems, to actively support Member States, Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in matters pertaining to this Regulation, to reduce the fragmentation of the internal market, and to increase the uptake of artificial intelligence throughout the Union, an European Union Artificial Intelligence Office should be established. The AI Office should have legal personality, should act in full independence, and should be adequately funded and staffed. Member States should provide the strategic direction and control of the AI Office through the management board of the AI Office, alongside the Commission, the EDPS, and the FRA. An executive director should be responsible for the coordination of the AI Office’s operations and for the implementation of its work programme. Industry,start-ups and SMEs, and civil society should formally participate in the work of the AI Office through an advisory forum that should ensure varied stakeholder representation and should advise the AI Office on matters pertaining to this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 741 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 76
(76) In order to facilitate a smooth, effective and harmonised implementation of this Regulation a European Artificial Intelligence Board should be established as a body of the Union and should have legal personality. The Board should be responsible for a number of advisory tasks, including issuing opinions, recommendations, advice or guidance on matters related to the implementation of this Regulation, including on technical specifications or existing standards regarding the requirements established in this Regulation and providing advice to and assisting the Commission and the national competent authorities on specific questions related to artificial intelligence.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 759 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 81
(81) The development of AI systems other than high-risk AI systems in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation may lead to a larger uptake of trustworthy artificial intelligence in the Union. Providers of non-high-risk AI systems should be encouraged to create codes of conduct intended to foster the voluntary application of the mandatory requirements applicable to high-risk AI systems or risk-appropriate codes of conduct that sufficiently increase trust in the underlying technology that is not high-risk. Providers should also be encouraged to apply on a voluntary basis additional requirements related, for example, to environmental sustainability, accessibility to persons with disability, stakeholders’ participation in the design and development of AI systems, and diversity of the development teams. The Commission may develop initiatives, including of a sectorial nature, to facilitate the lowering of technical barriers hindering cross-border exchange of data for AI development, including on data access infrastructure, semantic and technical interoperability of different types of data.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 773 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85
(85) In order to ensure that the regulatory framework can be adapted where necessary, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend the techniques and approaches referred to in Annex I to define AI systems, the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Annex II, the high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III, the provisions regarding technical documentation listed in Annex IV, the content of the EU declaration of conformity in Annex V, the provisions regarding the conformity assessment procedures in Annex VI and VII and the provisions establishing the high-risk AI systems to which the conformity assessment procedure based on assessment of the quality management system and assessment of the technical documentation should apply. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including with industry, civil society, other stakeholders, and at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making58 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 58 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 796 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) harmonised transparency rules for certain AI systems intended to interact with natural persons, emotion recognition systems and biometric categorisation systems, and AI systems used to generate or manipulate image, audio or video content;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 797 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) rules on market monitoring and, market surveillance and governance; .
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 802 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) measures in support of innovation with a particular focus on SMEs and start-ups, including the setting up of regulatory sandboxes and the reduction of regulatory burdens.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 803 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) rules for the establishment and functioning of the European Union Artificial Intelligence Office;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 805 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) measures in support of innovation, including the setting up of regulatory sandboxes, and measures to reduce the regulatory burden on SMEs and start-ups.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 827 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) providers and users of AI systems thatwho are locatestablished in a third country, where the output produced by the system is used in the Union;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 844 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For high-risk AI systems that are safety components of products or systems, or which are themselves products or systems, falling within the scope of the following acts,classified as high- risk AI in accordance with Article 6 related to products covered by Union harmonisation legislation listed in Annex II, section B only Article 84 of this Regulation shall apply:.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 845 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Regulation (EC) 300/2008;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 847 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) Regulation (EU) No 167/2013;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 849 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) Regulation (EU) No 168/2013;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 851 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Directive 2014/90/EU;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 853 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) Directive (EU) 2016/797;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 856 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) Regulation (EU) 2018/858;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 857 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) Regulation (EU) 2018/1139;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 860 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 883 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4
4. This Regulation shall not apply to public authorities in a third country nor to international organisations falling within the scope of this Regulation pursuant to paragraph 1, where those authorities or organisations use AI systems in the framework of international agreements for law enforcement and judicial cooperation with the Union or with one or more Member States. and are subject of a decision of the Commission adopted in accordance with Article 36 of Directive (EU)2016/680 or Article 45 of Regulation 2016/679 (‘adequacy decision’) or are part of an international agreement concluded between the Union and that third country or international organisation pursuant to Article 218 TFEU adducing adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 902 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a Metaverse environments 1. This regulation shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to operators of AI systems operating in virtual environments that can be accessed by natural persons in the Union that fulfil all the following criteria (‘metaverse environments’): (i) they require natural persons to have a uniquely identifiable and permanent representation within the virtual environment that is legally and economically connected to them via an official identity document, a digital identity, a digital wallet, or equivalent; (ii) they are built for social and economic interaction on a large scale; (iii) they allow natural persons to behave and interact virtually in manners that are consistent with their real-world behaviours and interactions and that can be analysed to infer real-world characteristics, including personal data; (iv) they allow natural persons to engage in real-world financial transactions, including through blockchain-backed digital currencies and non-fungible tokens; (v) they allow for such interactions between natural persons as to make possible risks to the health, safety, or fundamental rights of natural persons or to bring prejudice to the values of the Union as enshrined in Article 2 TEU.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 937 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘small-scale provider’ means a provider that is a micro or small enterprise within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC61 ; _________________ 61 Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 940 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
(3 b) ‘significant harm‘ means a material harm to a person's life, health and safety or fundamental rights or entities or society at large whose severity is exceptional. The severity is in particular exceptional when the harm is hardly reversible, the outcome has a material adverse impact on health or safety of a person or the impacted person is dependent on the outcome;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1009 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) ‘CE marking of conformity’ (CE marking) means a physical or digital marking by which a provider indicates that an AI system or a product with an embedded AI system is in conformity with the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2 of this Regulation and other applicable Union legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products (‘Union harmonisation legislation’) providing for its affixing;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1028 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 33 a (new)
(33 a) ‘subliminal techniques’ means techniques that use sensorial stimuli such as images, text, or sounds, that are below the limits of conscious human sensorial perception;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1037 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34
(34) ‘emotion recognition system’ means an AI system for the purpose of identifying or inferring emotions, thoughts or intentions of natural persons on the basis of their biometric or biometrics-based data;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1044 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘biometric categorisation system’ means an AI system for the purpose of assigning natural persons to specific categories, such as sex, age, hair colour, eye colour, tattoos, ethnic origin or sexual or political orientation, or inferring their characteristics and attributes on the basis of their biometric or biometrics-based data;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1047 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35 a (new)
(35 a) ‘remote biometric categorisation system’ means a biometric categorisation system capable of categorising natural persons at a distance;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1051 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) ‘remote biometric identification system’ means an AI system for the purpose of identifying natural persons at a distance through the comparison of a person’s biometric data with the biometric data contained in a reference database, and without prior knowledge of the user of the AI system whether the person will be present and can be identified , , excluding authentification and verification systems whose sole purpose is to confirm, based on prior consent, that a specific natural person is the person he or she claims to be or to confirm the identity of a natural person for the sole purpose of having access to a service, a device or premises;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1052 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) ‘remote biometric identification system’ means an AI system for the purpose of identifying natural persons at a distance through the comparison of a person’s biometric data with the biometric data contained in a reference database, and without prior knowledge of the user of the AI system whether the person will be present and can be identified , excluding verification/authentification systems whose sole purpose is to confirm that a specific natural person is the person he or she claims to be, and systems that are used to confirm the identity of a natural person for the sole purpose of having access to a service, a device or premises;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1078 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 42
(42) ‘national supervisory authority’ means the authority to which a Member State assigns the responsibility for the implementation and application of this Regulation, for coordinating the activities entrusted to that Member State, for acting as the single contact point for the Commission, and for representing the Member State atin the European Artificial Intelligence Boardmanagement board of the AI Office;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1103 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
(44 a) ‘regulatory sandbox’ means a facility that provides a controlled environment that facilitates the safe development, testing and validation of innovative AI systems for a limited time before their placement on the market or putting into service pursuant to a specific plan;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1111 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 b (new)
(44 b) ‘deep fake’ means an AI system that generates or manipulates image, audio or video content that appreciably resembles existing persons, objects, places or other entities or events and would falsely appear to a person to be authentic or truthful.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1136 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 73 to amend the list of techniques and approaches listed in Annex I, after an adequate and transparent consultation process involving the relevant stakeholders, to amend the list of techniques and approaches listed in Annex I within the scope of the definition of an AI system as provided for in Article 3(1), in order to update that list to market and technological developments on the basis of transparent characteristics that are similar to the techniques and approaches listed therein. Providers and users of AI systems should be given 24 months to comply with any amendment to Annex I.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1163 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system that deploys subliminal techniques beyond a person’s consciousness in order to materially distort a person’s behaviour in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or ano, with the exception of AI systems using such techniques for scientific research and for approved therapeutical purposes on the basis of explicit consent of the natural persons that are exposed to them, which systems shall be classified as high risk for ther person physical or psychological harmurposes of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1172 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) The placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system that deploys purposefully manipulative or deceptive techniques in order to materially distort a person’s behaviour in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or another person physical or psychological harm, infringe on that person’s or another person’s fundamental rights, or contravene the Union values enshrined in Article 2 TEU;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1185 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system that exploits any of the vulnerabilities of a specific group of persons due to their age, physical or mental disability, in order to materially distort the behaviour of a person pertaining to that group in a manner that causes or is likely to cause that person or another person physical or psychological harm;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1197 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of AI systems by public authorities or on their behalf for the evaluation or classification of the trustworthiness of natural persons over a certainn extended period of time based on their social behaviour or known or predicted personal or personality characteristics, (social scoring),with the social score leading to either or both of the following:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1208 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) detrimental or unfavourable treatment of certain natural persons or whole groups thereof in social contexts whichthat are unrelated to the contexts in which the data was originally generated or collected;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1220 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
(ii a) privileged treatment of certain natural persons or whole groups thereof in social contexts that are unrelated to the contexts in which the data was originally generated or collected;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1223 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system for making individual risk assessments of natural persons in order to assess the risk of a natural person for offending or reoffending or for predicting the occurrence or reoccurrence of an actual or potential criminal offence based on profiling of a natural person or on assessing personality traits and characteristics or past criminal behaviour of natural persons or groups of natural persons;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1233 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement, unless and in as far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1234 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement, unless and in as far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives:.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1253 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) the targeted search for specific potential victims of crime, including missing children;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1254 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) the targeted search for specific potential victims of crime, including missing children;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1260 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) the prevention of a specific, substantial and imminent threat to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1263 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) the prevention of a specific, substantial and imminent threat to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1273 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of a criminal offence referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA62 and punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years, as determined by the law of that Member State. _________________ 62 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1274 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of a criminal offence referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA62 and punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years, as determined by the law of that Member State. _________________ 62 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1348 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall take into account the following elements: (a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system; (b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1354 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall take into account the following elements: (a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system; (b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1356 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1357 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1358 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1359 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1361 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1362 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1364 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. As regards paragraphs 1, point (d) and 2, each individual use for the purpose of law enforcement of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces shall be subject to a prior authorisation granted by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of the Member State in which the use is to take place, issued upon a reasoned request and in accordance with the detailed rules of national law referred to in paragraph 4. However, in a duly justified situation of urgency, the use of the system may be commenced without an authorisation and the authorisation may be requested only during or after the use. The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1367 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. As regards paragraphs 1, point (d) and 2, each individual use for the purpose of law enforcement of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces shall be subject to a prior authorisation granted by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of the Member State in which the use is to take place, issued upon a reasoned request and in accordance with the detailed rules of national law referred to in paragraph 4. However, in a duly justified situation of urgency, the use of the system may be commenced without an authorisation and the authorisation may be requested only during or after the use. The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1375 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1376 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1381 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. A Member State may decide to provide for the possibility to fully or partially authorise the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement within the limits and under the conditions listed in paragraphs 1, point (d), 2 and 3. That Member State shall lay down in its national law the necessary detailed rules for the request, issuance and exercise of, as well as supervision relating to, the authorisations referred to in paragraph 3. Those rules shall also specify in respect of which of the objectives listed in paragraph 1, point (d), including which of the criminal offences referred to in point (iii) thereof, the competent authorities may be authorised to use those systems for the purpose of law enforcement.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1387 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. A Member State may decide to provide for the possibility to fully or partially authorise the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement within the limits and under the conditions listed in paragraphs 1, point (d), 2 and 3. That Member State shall lay down in its national law the necessary detailed rules for the request, issuance and exercise of, as well as supervision relating to, the authorisations referred to in paragraph 3. Those rules shall also specify in respect of which of the objectives listed in paragraph 1, point (d), including which of the criminal offences referred to in point (iii) thereof, the competent authorities may be authorised to use those systems for the purpose of law enforcement.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1435 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the high-risk AI systems referred to in paragraph 1, AI systems referred to in Annex III shall also be considered high-risk, with the exception of those AI systems that are not safety components of a product and that fulfil both of the following conditions: (a) they are not developed with and do not use biometric data, biometrics-based data, or personal data as inputs; (b) they are not intended to influence decisions of natural persons or to make decisions or to assist in the making of decisions affecting natural persons.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1466 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 73 to update the list in Annex III by adding high-risk AI systems where, after an adequate and transparent consultation process involving the relevant stakeholders, to update the list in Annex III by withdrawing areas from that list or by adding critical areas. For additions both of the following conditions arneed to be fulfilled:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1520 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) the potential misuse and malicious use of the AI system and of the technology underpinning it;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1538 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point h – introductory part
(h) the extent to which existing Union legislation, in particular the GDPR, provides for:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1549 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall provide a transitional period of at least 24 months following each update of Annex III.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1555 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. High-risk AI systems shall comply with the requirements established in this Chapter, taking into account the generally acknowledged state of the art, including as reflected in relevant harmonised standards or common specifications.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1558 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. H1. Operators of high-risk AI systems shall comply with the requirements established in this Chapter.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1559 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In complying with the requirements established in this Chapter, operators of high-risk AI systems shall take into account the generally- acknowledged state of the art, including as reflected in the relevant harmonised standards and common specifications referenced in Articles 40 and 41.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1572 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. A risk management system shall be established, implemented, documented and maintained in relation to high-risk AI systems. The risk management system can be integrated into, or a part of, already existing risk management procedures insofar as it fulfils the requirements of this article.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1584 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) identification and analysis of the known and reasonably foreseeable risks associated with each high-risk AI system with respect to health, safety, fundamental rights, and the values of the Union as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1601 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) adoption of suitable risk management measureappropriate and targeted risk management measures to address identified significant risks in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1614 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The risk management measures referred to in paragraph 2, point (d) shall be such that any relevant residual risk associated with each hazard as well as the overall residual risk of the high-risk AI systems is judged acceptable, provided that the high- risk AI system is used in accordance with its intended purpose or under conditions of reasonably foreseeable misuse. Those residual risks shall be communicated to the user.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1629 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) provision of adequate information pursuant to Article 13, in particular as regards the risks referred to in paragraph 2, point (a) and (b) of this Article, and, where appropriate, training to users.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1653 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7
7. The testing of the high-risk AI systems shall be performed, as appropriate, at any point in time throughout the development process, and, in any event, prior to the placing on the market or the putting into service. Testing shall be made against preliminarily defined metrics and probabilistic thresholds that are appropriate to the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1659 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. When implementing the risk management system described in paragraphs 1 to 7, specific consideration shall be given to whether the high-risk AI system is likely to be accessed by or have an impact on children or natural persons suffering from disabilities that render them legally unable to give their consent.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1683 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Training, validation and testing data sets shall be subject to appropriate data governance and management practices appropriate for the context of the use as well as the intended purpose of the AI system. Those practices shall concern in particular,
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1693 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) relevant data preparation processing operations, such as annotation, labelling, cleaning, enrichment and aggregation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1706 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the identification of relevanyt possible data gaps or shortcomings, and how those gaps and shortcomings can be addressed.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1707 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the identification of any possiblesignificant data gaps or shortcomings, and how those gaps and shortcomings can be addressed.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1715 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Training, validation and testing data sets shall be relevant, representative, free of errors and completeHigh-risk AI systems shall be designed and developed with the best efforts to ensure that training, validation and testing data sets shall be relevant, representative, and to the best extent possible, free of errors and complete in accordance with industry standards. They shall have the appropriate statistical properties, including, where applicable, as regards the persons or groups of persons on which the high-risk AI system is intended to be used. These characteristics of the data sets may be met at the level of individual data sets or a combination thereof.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1754 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The technical documentation shall be drawn up in such a way to demonstrate that the high-risk AI system complies with the requirements set out in this Chapter and provide national competent authorities and notified bodies with all the necessary information to assess the compliance of the AI system with those requirements. It shall contain, at a minimum, the elements set out in Annex IV or equivalent documentation meeting the same objectives, subject to the approval of the competent authority.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1759 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Where a high-risk AI system related to a product, to which the legal acts listed in Annex II, section A apply, is placed on the market or put into service one single technical documentation shall be drawn up containing all the information set out in Annex IVparagraph 1 as well as the information required under those legal acts.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1778 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. For high-risk AI systems referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) of Annex III, the logging capabilities shall provide, at a minimum: (a) recording of the period of each use of the system (start date and time and end date and time of each use); (b) the reference database against which input data has been checked by the system; (c) the input data for which the search has led to a match; (d) the identification of the natural persons involved in the verification of the results, as referred to in Article 14 (5).deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1793 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. High-risk AI systems shall be accompanied by instructions for use in an appropriate digital format or otherwise that include concise, complete, correct and clear information that helps supporting informed decision-making by users and is relevant, accessible and comprehensible to users.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1808 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(e a) a description of the mechanisms included within the AI system that allow users to properly collect, store and interpret the logs in accordance with Article 12(1).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1832 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) fulto be aware of and sufficiently understand the capacities and limitations of the high-risk AI system and be able to duly monitor its operation, so that signs of anomalies, dysfunctions and unexpected performance can be detected and addressed as soon as possible;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1833 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) remain aware of the possible tendency of automatically relying or over- relying on the output produced by a high- risk AI system (‘automation bias’), in particular for high-risk AI systems used to provide information or recommendations for decisions to be taken by natural persons;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1838 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) to be able to decide, in any particular situation, not to use the high-risk AI system or otherwise disregard, override or reverse the output of the high-risk AI system;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1856 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The levels of accuracy and the relevant accuracy metrics of high-risk AI systemsrange of expected performance and the operational factors that affect that performance shall be declared in the accompanying instructions of use.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1858 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. High-risk AI systems shall be resilientdesigned and developed with safety and security-by-design mechanism so that they achieve, in the light of their intended purpose, an appropriate level of cyber resilience as regards to errors, faults or inconsistencies that may occur within the system or the environment in which the system operates, in particular due to their interaction with natural persons or other systems.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1863 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
High-risk AI systems that continue to learn after being placed on the market or put into service shall be developed in such a way to ensure that possibly biased outputs due to outputs used as aninfluencing input for future operations (‘feedback loops’) are duly addressed with appropriate mitigation measures.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1867 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The technical solutions aimed at ensuring and organisational measures designed to uphold the cybersecurity of high-risk AI systems shall be appropriate to the relevant circumstances and the risks.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1887 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) draw-up the technical documentation of the high-risk AI system referred to in Article 18;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1891 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) when under their control, keep the logs automatically generated by their high- risk AI systems as referred to in Article 20;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1893 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ensure that the high-risk AI system undergoes the relevant conformity assessment procedure as referred to in Article 43, prior to its placing on the market or putting into service;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1899 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) take the necessary corrective actions as referred to in Article 21, if the high-risk AI system is not in conformity with the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1914 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Providers of high-risk AI systems shall put a quality management system in place that ensures compliance with this Regulation. That system shall be documented in a systematic and orderly manner in the form of written policies, procedures andor instructions, and shall include at least the following aspects:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1965 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Where the high-risk AI system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 65(1) and that risk is known to the provider of the system, that provider shall immediately inform the national competentmarket surveillance authorities of the Member States in which it made the system available and, where applicable, the notified body that issued a certificate for the high-risk AI system, in particular of the non-compliance and of any corrective actions taken.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1967 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – title
Cooperation with competent authorities, the AI Office and the Commission
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1970 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Providers of high-risk AI systems and where applicable, users shall, upon request by a national competent authority, provide that authority or where applicable, by the AI Office or the Commission, provide them with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of the high- risk AI system with the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title, in an official Union language determined by the Member State concerned. Upon a reasoned request from a national competent authority, providers shall also give that authority access to the logs automatically generated by the high- risk AI system, to the extent such logs are under their control by virtue of a contractual arrangement with the user or otherwise by law.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1974 #

2021/0106(COD)

Upon a reasoned request by a national competent authority or, where applicable, by the Commission, providers and, where applicable, users shall also give the requesting national competent authority or the Commission, as applicable, access to the logs automatically generated by the high-risk AI system, to the extent such logs are under their control by virtue of a contractual arrangement with the user or otherwise by law. The national competent authorities or, where applicable, the Commission, shall keep confidential all trade secrets contained in the information received, in accordance with Article 70(2).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 1981 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Prior to making their systems available on the Union market, where an importer cannot be identified, providers established outside the Union shall, by written mandate, appoint an authorised representative which is established in the Union.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2011 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Where a distributor considers or has reason to consider that a high-risk AI system is not in conformity with the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title, it shall not make the high-risk AI system available on the market until that system has been brought into conformity with those requirements. Furthermore, where the system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 65(1), the distributor shall inform the provider or the importer of the system as well as the market surveillance authorities, as applicable, to that effect.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2012 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. Where a distributor considers or has reason to consider that a high-risk AI system is not in conformity with the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title, it shall not make the high-risk AI system available on the market until that system has been brought into conformity with those requirements. Furthermore, where the system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 65(1), the distributor shall inform the market surveillance authority and the provider or the importer of the system, as applicable, to that effect.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2015 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. A distributor that considers or has reason to consider that a high-risk AI system which it has made available on the market is not in conformity with the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title shall take the corrective actions necessary to bring that system into conformity with those requirements, to withdraw it or recall it or shall ensure that the provider, the importer or any relevant operator, as appropriate, takes those corrective actions. Where the high-risk AI system presents a risk within the meaning of Article 65(1), the distributor shall immediately inform the provider or the importer of the system as well as the national competent authorities of the Member States in which it has made the product available to that effect, giving details, in particular, of the non-compliance and of any corrective actions taken.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2019 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5
5. Upon a reasoned request from a national competent authority, distributors of high-risk AI systems shall provide that authority with all the information and documentation in its possession or available to it, in accordance with the obligations of distributors as outlined by this Regulation, that are necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a high-risk system with the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title. Distributors shall also cooperate with that national competent authority on any action taken by that authority.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2033 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Providers that initially placed the high-risk AI system on the market or put it into service shall cooperate closely with distributors, importers, users, or other third-parties to supply them with the necessary information or documentation in their possession that is required for the fulfilment of the obligations set out in this Regulation, in particular at the moment when such distributors, importers, users or other third-parties become the new providers as determined in paragraph 1 and the initial providers are no longer considered a provider for the purposes of this Regulation as determined in paragraph 2.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2039 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Users of high-risk AI systems shall use such systems and implement human oversight in accordance with the instructions of use accompanying the systems, pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 5 of this article.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2040 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Users of high-risk AI systems shall use such systems and implement human oversight in accordance with the instructions of use accompanying the systems, pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 5.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2044 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Users shall assign human oversight to natural persons who have the necessary competence, training and authority.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2049 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, to the extent the user exercises control over the input data, that user shall ensure that input data is relevant in view of the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system. To the extent the user exercises control over the high-risk AI system, that user shall also ensure that relevant and appropriate robustness and cybersecurity measures are in place and are regularly adjusted or updated.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2050 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, to the extent the user exercises control over the input data, that user shall ensure that input data is relevant in view of the intended purpose of the high-risk AI system. To the extent the user exercises control over the high-risk AI system, that user shall also ensure that relevant and appropriate robustness and cybersecurity measures are in place and are regularly adjusted or updated.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2062 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Users of high-risk AI systems that are public authorities or Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies shall conduct a fundamental rights impact assessment prior to commencing the use of a high-risk AI system;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2125 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The Commission shall issue standardisation requests covering all essential requirements of this Regulation in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation 1025/2012 no later than 6 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2131 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. Where harmonised standards referred to in Article 40 do not exist or where the Commission considers that the relevant harmonised standards are insufficient or that there is a need to address specific safety or fundamental right concerns, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt common specifications in respect of the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Titleshall issue a standardisation request to one or several of the European standardization organizations in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation 1025/2012 and may, by means of implementing acts, adopt common specifications in respect of the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title, which shall only be valid until the requested harmonised standards have been elaborated and published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 74(2).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2133 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. Where harmonised standards referred to in Article 40 do not exist and are not expected to be published within a reasonable period or where the Commission considers that the relevant harmonised standards are insufficient or that there is a need to address specific safety or fundamental right concerns, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt common specifications in respect of the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of this Title. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 74(2).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2138 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. When deciding to draft and adopt common specifications, the Commission shall consult the Board, the European standardisation organisations as well as the relevant stakeholders, and duly justify why it decided not to use harmonised standards. The abovementioned organisations shall be regularly consulted while the Commission is in the process of drafting the common specifications.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2139 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, when preparing the common specifications referred to in paragraph 1, shall gather the views of relevant stakeholders, including industry, start-ups, and SMEs, and of relevant bodies or expert groups established under relevant sectorial Union law.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2141 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, when preparing the common specifications referred to in paragraph 1, shall gather the views of stakeholders, including SMEs and start- ups, relevant bodies or expert groups established under relevant sectorial Union law.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2150 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. If harmonised standards referred to in Article 40 are developed and the references to them are published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 in the future, the relevant common specifications shall no longer apply.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2191 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. High-risk AI systems that have already been subject to a conformity assessment procedure shall undergo a new conformity assessment procedure whenever they are substantially modified, regardless of whetherif the modified system is intended to be further distributed or continues to be used by the current user.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2193 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For high-risk AI systems that continue to learn after being placed on the market or put into service, changes to the high-risk AI system and its performance that have been pre-determined by the provider at the moment of the initial conformity assessment and are part of the information contained in the technical documentation referred to in point 2(f) of Annex IV, shall not constitute a substantial modification. The same should apply to updates of the AI system for security reasons in general and to protect against evolving threats of manipulation of the system as long as the update does not include significant changes to the functionality of the system.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2201 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 5
5. TAfter consulting the AI Board referred to in Article 56 and after providing substantial evidence, followed by thorough consultation and the involvement of the affected stakeholders, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 73 for the purpose of updating Annexes VI and Annex VII in order to introduce elements of the conformity assessment procedures that become necessary in light of technical progress.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2208 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 6
6. TAfter consulting the AI Board referred to in Article 56 and after providing substantial evidence, followed by thorough consultation and the involvement of the affected stakeholders, the Commission is empowered to 6. adopt delegated acts to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 in order to subject high-risk AI systems referred to in points 2 to 8 of Annex III to the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Annex VII or parts thereof. The Commission shall adopt such delegated acts taking into account the effectiveness of the conformity assessment procedure based on internal control referred to in Annex VI in preventing or minimizing the risks to health and safety and protection of fundamental rights posed by such systems as well as the availability of adequate capacities and resources among notified bodies.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2232 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. The physical CE marking shall be affixed visibly, legibly and indelibly for high-risk AI systems. Where that is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature of the high-risk AI system, it shall be affixed to the packaging or to the accompanying documentation, as appropriate.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2234 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A digital CE marking may be used instead of or additionally to the physical marking if it can be accessed via the display of the product or via a machine- readable code or other electronic means.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2252 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Before putting into service or using a high-risk AI system in one of the areas listed in Annex III, users who are public authorities or Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies or users acting on their behalf shall register in the EU database referred to in Article 60.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2263 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. Providers shall ensure that AI systems intended to interact with natural persons are designed and developed in such a way that natural persons are informed that they are interacting with an AI system, unless this is obvious from the circumstances and the context of use. This obligation shall not apply to AI systems authorised by law to detect, prevent, investigate and prosecute criminal offences, unless those systems are available for the public to report a criminal offence.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2267 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. Users of an emotion recognition system or a biometric categorisation system shall inform of the operation of the system the natural persons exposed thereto. This obligation shall not apply to AI systems used for biometric categorisation, which are permitted by law to detect, prevent and investigate criminal offences.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2268 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. Users of an emotion recognition system or a biometric categorisation system shall inform of the operation of the system the natural persons exposed thereto. This obligation shall not apply to AI systems used for biometric categorisation, which are permitted by law to detect, prevent and investigate criminal offences.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2271 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Users of an AI system that generates or manipulates image, audio or video content that appreciably resembles existing persons, objects, places or other entities or events and would falsely appear to a person to be authentic or truthful (‘deep fake’), shall disclose, in an appropriate, clear and visible manner, that the content has been artificially generated or manipulated.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2276 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
However, the first subparagraph shall not apply where the use is authorised by law to detect, prevent, investigate and prosecute criminal offences or it is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of the arts and sciences guaranteed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, and subject to appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of third parties.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2278 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
However, the first subparagraph shall not apply where the use is authorised by law to detectcontent is part of an obviously artistic, pcrevent, investigate and prosecute criminal offencesative or fictional cinematographic work or it is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of the arts and sciences guaranteed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, and subject to appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of third parties.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2293 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. AI regulatory sandboxes 1. established by one or more Member States competent authorities or the European Data Protection Supervisor shall provide a controlled environment that facilitates the development, testing and validation of innovative AI systems for a limited time beMember States shall establish AI regulatory sandboxes, which shall be operational by [24 months following the entering into force of this Regulation], and shall ensure that the competent authorities responsible fore their placement on the market or putting into service pursuant to a specific plan. Thi regulatory sandboxes shall take place under the direct supervision and guidance by the competent authorities with a view to ensuring compliance with the requirements of this Regulation and, where relevant, other Union and Member States legislation supervised within the sandboxve sufficient resources available to fulfil their duties effectively and in a timely manner. Regulatory sandboxes can also be established at local, regional or European level.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2294 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. AI regulatory sandboxes established by one or more Member States competent authorities or the European Data Protection Supervisorthe European Commission, one or more Member States, or other competent entities shall provide a controlled environment that facilitates the development, testing and validation of innovative AI systems for a limited time before their placement on the market or putting into service pursuant to a specific plan. This shall take place under the direct supervision and guidance by the competent authorities with a view to ensuringin collaboration with and guidance by the European Commission or the competent authorities in order to identify risks to health and safety and fundamental rights, test mitigation measures for identified risks, demonstrate prevention of these risks and otherwise ensure compliance with the requirements of this Regulation and, where relevant, other Union and Member States legislation supervised within the sandbox.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2298 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. AI regulatory sandboxes established by one or more Member States, by local, regional, or national competent authorities, by the Commission or by the European Data Protection Supervisor shall provide a controlled environment that facilitates the development, testing and validation of innovative AI systems for a limited time before their placement on the market or putting into service pursuant to a specific plan. This shall take place under the direct supervision and guidance by the competent authorities with a view to ensuring compliance with the requirements of this Regulation and, where relevant, other Union and Member States legislation supervised within the sandbox.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2330 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 5
5. Member States’National competent authorities that have established AI regulatory sandboxes shall coordinate their activities and cooperate within the framework of the European Artificial Intelligence BoardAI Office. They shall submit annual reports to the BoardAI Office and the Commission on the results ofrom the implementation of those scheme, including good practices, incidents, lessons learnt and recommendations on their setup and, where relevant, on the application of this Regulation and other Union legislation supervised within the sandbox. Those reports or abstracts thereof shall be made available to the public in order to further enable innovation in the Union.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2333 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Regulatory sandboxes shall allow and facilitate the testing of possible adaptations of the regulatory framework governing artificial intelligence in order to enhance innovation or reduce compliance costs, without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation or to the health, safety, fundamental rights of natural persons or to the values of the Union as enshrined in Article 2 TEU. The results and lessons learned from such tests shall be submitted to the AI Office and the Commission.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2334 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 6
6. The modalities and the conditions of the operation of the AI regulatory sandboxes, including the eligibility criteria and the procedure for the application, selection, participation and exiting from the sandbox, and the rights and obligations of the participants shall be set out in implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 74(2). no later than 12 months following the entry into force of this Regulation and shall ensure, inter alia: (a) that they allow start-ups to use their participation in the sandbox in order to fulfil, in a guided environment with significantly reduced costs, the conformity assessment obligations of this Regulation or the voluntary application of the codes of conduct referred to in Article 69; (b) that adequate resources are dedicated to the establishment and functioning of the regulatory sandboxes so that the regulatory sandboxes can ensure broad access and keep up with demand for participation without creating disincentivising backlogs or delays; (c)that procedures, processes, and bureaucratic requirements for application, selection, participation, and exiting the sandbox are simple, easily intelligible, clearly communicated, and streamlined so as to facilitate the participation of startups with limited legal and bureaucratic capacities; (d) that procedures, processes, and bureaucratic requirements for application, selection, participation, and exiting the sandbox are streamlined across the Union and that participation in a regulatory sandbox established by a Member State by virtue of its obligation in paragraph 1 or by the Commission is uniformly recognised and carries the same legal effects across the Union.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2341 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The Commission shall draw up guidelines for the proper establishment, development, implementation, functioning, and supervision of regulatory sandboxes.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2347 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In the AI regulatory sandbox personal data lawfully collected for other purposes shall be processed for the purposes of developing and testing certain innovative AI systems in the sandbox underwhen all of the following conditions are met:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2352 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including the safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security, under the control and responsibility of the competent authorities. The processing shall be based on Member State or Union law;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2365 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) a short summary of the AI project developed in the sandbox, its objectives, hypotheses and expected results, and non- confidential testing results, is published on the website of the competent authorities.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2372 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – title
Measures for small-scale providerSMEs, start-ups and users
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2375 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) provide small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups with priority access to the AI regulatory sandboxes to the extent that they fulfil the eligibility conditions;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2377 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) organise specific awareness raising activities about the application of this Regulation tailored to the needs of the small-scale providerSMEs, sart-ups and users;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2379 #

2021/0106(COD)

(c) where appropriate, establish a dedicated channel for communication with small-scale providers andSMEs, start-ups, users and other innovators to provide guidance and respond to queries about the implementation of this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2381 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) support SME's increased participation in the standardisation development process;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2387 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2
2. The specific interests and needs of the small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups shall be taken into account when setting the fees for conformity assessment under Article 43, reducing those fees proportionately to their size and market size.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2392 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title VI – Chapter 1 – title
1 European Artificial Intelligence BoardOffice
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2394 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – title
Establishment of the European Artificial Intelligence BoardOffice
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2397 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. A ‘European Artificial Intelligence Board’ (the ‘Board’) is establishdeleted.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2400 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1
1. A ‘European Artificial Intelligence Board’ (the ‘Board’) is established as a body of the Union and shall have legal personality.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2404 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2
2. The Board shall provide advice and assistance to the Commission in order to: (a) contribute to the effective cooperation of the national supervisory authorities and the Commission with regard to matters covered by this Regulation; (b) coordinate and contribute to guidance and analysis by the Commission and the national supervisory authorities and other competent authorities on emerging issues across the internal market with regard to matters covered by this Regulation; (c) assist the national supervisory authorities and the Commission in ensuring the consistent application of this Regulation.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2405 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Board shall provide advice and assistance to the Commission and to the national supervisory authorities in order to:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2408 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) coordinate and contribute toprovide guidance and analysis by the Commission and the national supervisory authorities and other competent authorities on emerging issues across the internal market with regard to matters covered by this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2410 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) contribute to the effective and consistent application of this Regulation and assist the national supervisory authorities and the Commission in ensuring the consistent application of this Regulationthat regard.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2414 #

2021/0106(COD)

(c a) contribute to the effective cooperation with the competent authorities of third countries and with international organisations.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2421 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 a (new)
Article 56 a SECTION 1:General provisions An independent ‘European Artificial Intelligence Office’ (the ‘AI Office’) is hereby established. The European Union Artificial Intelligence Office shall bean Office of the Union, shall have legal personality, and shall be adequately funded and staffed. The Office shall enjoy in all the Member States the most extensive legal capacity accorded to legal persons under their laws. Or.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2422 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 b (new)
Article 56 b Mandate 1. The AI Office shall carry out the tasks assigned to it under this Regulation for the purpose of achieving a high level of trustworthiness and of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights and the Union values enshrined in Article 2 TEU across the Union with regards to artificial intelligence systems, including by actively supporting Member States, Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in matters pertaining to this Regulation. The AI Office shall act as a reference point for advice and expertise on artificial intelligence for Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, for Member States and their national supervisory authorities, as well as for other relevant Union stakeholders. 2. The AI Office shall contribute to reducing the fragmentation of the internal market and to increasing the uptake of artificial intelligence throughout the Union by carrying out the tasks assigned to it under this Regulation. 3. When carrying out its tasks, the AI Office shall act independently while avoiding the duplication of Member State activities and taking into consideration Member State competences. 4. The AI Office shall organise consultations with stakeholders twice a year to assess the evolution of trends in technology, issues related to the implementation and the effectiveness of this Regulation, regulatory gaps or loopholes observed in practice. Such stakeholders shall include representatives from industry, start-ups and SMEs, civil society organisations, such as NGOs, consumer associations, the social partners and academia. 5. The AI Office may consult national authorities, such as national equality bodies, where the issues discussed are of relevance for them. The AI Office may also consult, where appropriate, external experts and observers and interested third parties, including stakeholders such as those referred to in paragraph 5, and may hold exchanges with them. 6. The AI Office shall cooperate with Union institutions, bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups and shall make the results of that cooperation publicly available.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2423 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 c (new)
Article 56 c Accountability, transparency, and independence 1. The AI Office shall be accountable to the European Parliament and to the Council in accordance with this Regulation. 2. The AI Office shall develop good administrative practices in order to ensure the highest possible level of transparency concerning its activities. Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 shall apply to documents held by the AI Office. 3. The AI Office shall fulfil its tasks in complete independence.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2424 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 d (new)
Article 56 d Administrative and management structure 1. The administrative and management structure of the AI Office shall comprise: (a) a management board (b) an executive director (c) an advisory forum (d) where appropriate, other advisory bodies established by the management board to support the AI Office in technical or scientific matters related to this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2425 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 e (new)
Article 56 e Objectives 1. The AI Office shall: (a) contribute to the uptake of artificial intelligence in the Union, including through supporting innovation and the development of regulatory sandboxes provided for in this Regulation; (b) contribute to a high level of trustworthiness and of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights and the Union values enshrined in Article 2 TEU with regard to artificial intelligence systems in the Union; (c) contribute to the effective cooperation of the national supervisory authorities and the Commission with regard to matters covered by this Regulation; (d) provide forecasts, guidance, and analysis to the Commission, Member States, and to the national supervisory authorities and other competent authorities on emerging issues across the internal market with regard to matters covered by this Regulation and related issues; (e) contribute to the effective and consistent application of this Regulation and assist Member States, the national supervisory authorities, and the Commission in this regard; (f) contribute to the effective cooperation with the competent authorities of third countries and with international organisations; (g) contribute to the development, promotion, and adoption of harmonized standards, common specifications, common benchmarking standards, and voluntary codes of conduct; (h) contribute to the effective and consistent enforcement of this Regulation throughout the Union, including by issuing binding decisions with regard to cases involving two or more Member States asset out in Article 59b.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2427 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57
Structure of the Board 1. The Board shall be composed of the national supervisory authorities, who shall be represented by the head or equivalent high-level official of that authority, and the European Data Protection Supervisor. Other national authorities may be invited to the meetings, where the issues discussed are of relevance for them. 2. The Board shall adopt its rules of procedure by a simple majority of its members, following the consent of the Commission. The rules of procedure shall also contain the operational aspects related to the execution of the Board’s tasks as listed in Article 58. The Board may establish sub-groups as appropriate for the purpose of examining specific questions. 3. The Board shall be chaired by the Commission. The Commission shall convene the meetings and prepare the agenda in accordance with the tasks of the Board pursuant to this Regulation and with its rules of procedure. The Commission shall provide administrative and analytical support for the activities of the Board pursuant to this Regulation. 4. The Board may invite external experts and observers to attend its meetings and may hold exchanges with interested third parties to inform its activities to an appropriate extent. To that end the Commission may facilitate exchanges between the Board and other Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups.Article 57 deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2439 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Board shall act independently when performing its tasks or exercising its powers.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2464 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4
4. The Board may invite external experts and observers to attend its meetings and may hold exchanges with interested third parties to inform its activities to an appropriate extent. To that end t, and hold consultations with relevant stakeholders and ensure appropriate participation. The Commission may facilitate exchanges between the Board and other Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory. The Commission may facilitate exchanges between the Board and other Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2471 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 a (new)
Article 57 a Composition of the management board 1. The management board shall be composed of one representative of each Member State, the Commission, and the European Data Protection Supervisor, and the Fundamental Rights Agency. Each Member State and the Commission shall have one vote. The EDPS and the FRA shall not have voting rights. 2. Each member of the management board shall have an alternate. That alternate shall represent the member in the member’s absence. 3. The Commission and the Member States shall aim to achieve gender balance on the management board. 4. The list of the members and alternate members of the management board shall be made public and shall be updated by the AI Office on its web site. 5. The term of office of the members of the management board and their alternates shall be four years. That term shall be renewable once.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2472 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 b (new)
Article 57 b Functions of the management board 1. The management board shall be responsible for taking the strategic decisions of the AI Office in accordance with this Regulation. In particular, the management board shall: (a) Establish the general direction of the operation of the AI Office and ensure that the AI Office operates in accordance with the rules and principles laid down in this Regulation; (b) Adopt, on the basis of the draft submitted by the Office's executive director and after the Commission has delivered an opinion, the single programming document of the AI Office containing, inter alia, the AI Office’s multiannual programming and its work programme for the following year. The single programming document shall be transmitted to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission; (c) Appoint the executive director and, where relevant, extend his or her term of office or remove him or her from office; (d) Produce, on the basis of a draft drawn up by the executive director, the estimate budget of the AI Office for the following financial year. This estimate, which shall initially include a draft establishment plan by the date of entry into force of this Regulation, shall be transmitted by the management board to the Commission within the first quarter of each year; (e)Adopt the AI Office’s annual draft and final budgets; (f) Assess and adopt the consolidated annual report on the AI Office activities, including an evaluation based on performance indicators; submit both the annual report and the assessment thereof to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to the Court of Auditors, and make the annual report public; (g) Adopt the AI Office’s rules of procedure on the basis of the draft submitted by the executive director after the Commission has delivered an opinion; (h) Take decisions, based on the executive director’s recommendation, concerning the establishment of the AI Office’s internal structures and, where necessary, the modification of those internal structures, taking into consideration technological developments that may create additional operational needs and having regard to sound budgetary management;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2473 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 c (new)
Article 57 c Meetings of the management board 1. The meetings of the management board shall be convened by the Chair. The Chair shall prepare the agenda of the meetings in accordance with the tasks of the Board pursuant to this Regulation and with its rules of procedure. 2. The meetings of the management board shall be considered to be quorate where at least two-thirds of its members are present. 3. The management board shall hold at least two ordinary meetings a year. It shall also hold extraordinary meetings at the request of the Chair, at the request of the Commission, or at the request of at least one third of its members. 4. The executive director shall take part in the meetings of the management board but shall not have the right to vote. 5. Members of the advisory forum may take part in the meetings of the management board at the invitation of the Chair, but shall not have the right to vote. 6. The members of the management board and their alternates may be assisted at the meetings of the management board by advisers or experts, subject to the rules of procedure of the management board. 7. The AI Office shall provide the secretariat of the management board and support the management Board in its operations.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2474 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 c (new)
Article 57 c Chair of the management board 1. The management board shall elect a Chair and a deputy Chair from among its voting members by simple majority. The term of office of the Chair and of the deputy Chair shall be three years. The terms of the Chair and of the deputy Chair may be renewed once. The Deputy Chair shall replace the Chair ex officio if the Chair is unable to attend to his or her duties.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2475 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 d (new)
Article 57 d Voting rules of the management board 1. The management board shall take its decisions by a majority of its members, unless otherwise provided for in this Regulation. 2. A majority of two-thirds of the members of the management board shall be required for the adoption of the single programming document and of the annual budget and for the appointment, extension of the term of office or removal of the executive director. 3. Each member shall have one vote. In the absence of a member, their alternate shall be entitled to exercise the member’s right to vote. 4. The Chair of the management board shall take part in the voting. 5. The executive director shall not take part in the voting. 6. The management board’s rules of procedure shall establish more detailed voting arrangements, in particular the circumstances in which a member may act on behalf of another member.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2477 #
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2484 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
When providing advice and assistance to the Commission and to the national supervisory authorities in the context of Article 56(2), the Board shall in particular:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2486 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
When providing advice and assistance to the Commission in the context of Article 56(2), the BoardIn fulfilling its objectives, the AI Office shall in particular:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2493 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) issue opinions, recommendations or written contributions on matters related to the implementation of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2494 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(a b) examine, on its own initiative or on request of its management board, any question covering the application of this Regulation and issue guidelines, recommendations and best practices with a view to ensuring the consistent implementation of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2495 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(a c) provide the Commission, in the cases referred to in Article 68a (1)(a) and(1)(b), with all the available information at its disposal, including market studies, impact assessments, and analyses referred to in paragraph (f) of this article, to prepare the decision for triggering the Commission's intervention and opening of proceedings pursuant to Article 68a;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2496 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
(a d) assist Member States in developing the organizational and technical expertise required for the implementation of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2497 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) contribute to uniform administrative practices in the Member States, including for the functioning of regulatory sandboxes referred to in Article 53by assisting Member States, the Commission, and, where applicable, other authorities in the establishment, development, and functioning of regulatory sandboxes referred to in Article 53, including by providing input and support in drafting the delegated acts referred to in Article 53(6);
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2498 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) contribute to uniform administrative practices in the Member States, including for the assessment , establishing, managing with the meaning of fostering cooperation and guaranteeing consistency among regulatory sandboxes, and functioning of regulatory sandboxes referred to in Article 53, Article54 and Annex IXa;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2501 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Support innovation by coordinating the exchange of information and good practices and by facilitating the cooperation among regulatory sandboxes established according to Article 53 and by making available on its website the information referred to in Article 53 (5).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2502 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) issue opinions, recommendations or, written contributions, or studies on matters related to the implementation of this Regulation,technical specifications or existing standards regarding the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2 and on the use of harmonised standards or common specifications referred to in paArticular les 40and 41;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2505 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) on technical specifications or existing standards regarding the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2,deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2506 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) on the use of harmonised standards or common specifications referred to in Articles 40 and 41,deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2507 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) on the preparation of guidance documents, including the guidelines concerning the setting of administrative fines referred to in Article 71.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2513 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) carry out annual reviews and analyses of the complaints sent to and findings made by national competent authorities, of the serious incidents reports referred to in Article 62, and of the new registration in the EU Database referred to in Article 60 to identify trends and potential emerging issues threatening the future health and safety and fundamental rights of citizens that are not adequately addressed by this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2516 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) support the Commission and the Member States in the preparation of guidance documents, including the guidelines concerning the setting of administrative fines referred to in Article 71;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2519 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) encourage, facilitate and support the drawing up of risk-commensurate codes of conduct intended to foster the voluntary application to AI systems of those codes of conduct in close cooperation with industry and other relevant stakeholders in accordance with Article 69;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2521 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(c b) coordinate among national competent authorities; issue guidelines, recommendations and best practices with a view to ensuring the consistent implementation of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2523 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(c c) carry out periodic in-depth horizon-scanning, foresight, and market monitoring exercises to analyse trends and emerging issues in respect of this Regulation, with a particular focus on emerging technologies and their interaction with artificial intelligence, European global competitiveness in artificial intelligence, the uptake of artificial intelligence technologies, the development of digital skills, and emerging systemic threats related to artificial intelligence, including those referred to in Article 68a (1)(a) and (1)(b);
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2526 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(c c) promote the cooperation and effective bilateral and multilateral exchange of information and best practices between the national supervisory authorities;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2528 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
(c d) cooperate with the European Data Protection Board and with the FRA to provide guidance in relation to the respect of fundamental rights, in particular the right to non-discrimination and to equal treatment, the right to privacy and the protection of personal data;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2529 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c d (new)
(c d) annually publish recommendations to the Commission, in particular on the categorization of prohibited practices, high-risk systems, and codes of conduct for AI systems that are not classified as high-risk;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2533 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c e (new)
(c e) carry out biannual horizon scanning and foresight exercises to extrapolate the impact the trends and emerging issues can have on the Union;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2534 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c e (new)
(c e) promote public awareness and understanding of the benefits, risks, rules and safeguards and rights in relation to the use of AI systems;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2538 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c f (new)
(c f) promote the cooperation and effective bilateral and multilateral exchange of information and best practices between the national supervisory authorities;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2539 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c f (new)
(c f) promote public awareness and understanding of the benefits, rules and safeguards and rights in relation to the use of AI systems.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2540 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c g (new)
(c g) facilitate cooperation between the supervisory authorities of Member States and other supervisory authorities that might be responsible for the enforcement of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2543 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c h (new)
(c h) support capacity and expertise building in supervisory authorities that are responsible for the enforcement of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2544 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c i (new)
(c i) advise the Commission on the possible amendment of the Annexes by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 73, in particular the annex listing high-risk AI systems;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2545 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c j (new)
(c j) ensure that the national supervisory authorities actively cooperate in the implementation of this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2546 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c k (new)
(c k) adopt binding decisions for national competent authorities in cases of serious disagreements pursuant to article 59a (5);
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2547 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c l (new)
(c l) promote the development of a common European approach to benchmarking by cooperating with national metrology and benchmarking authorities and by issuing opinions, recommendations, written contributions, or studies with a view to ensure consistent and harmonised European benchmarking standards;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2548 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c m (new)
(c m) provide guidance in relation to children’s rights, applicable law and minimum standards to meet the objectives of this Regulation that pertain to children;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2549 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 1 – point c n (new)
(c n) promote and support the accessible development and use of artificial intelligence systems, in accordance with the provisions of Directive (EU) 2019/882;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2552 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 a (new)
Article 58 a SECTION 3:the Executive Director Functions and powers of the executive director 1. The AI Office shall be managed by its executive director, who shall be completely independent in the performance of his or her duties. Without prejudice to the respective competencies of the Union institutions and the management board, the executive director shall neither seek nor take instructions from any government or from any other body. 2. The executive director may be called upon at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council to attend a hearing on any matter linked to the AI Office's activities or to report on the carrying out of his or her tasks. This includes reporting on the activities of the AI Office, the implementation of its annual programming, the annual activity report for the previous year, and any other matter related to the activities of the AO Office. The executive director shall also make a statement before the European Parliament, if requested, and shall answer in writing any question put forward by a Member of the European Parliament within 15 calendar days from receipt of such question. The executive director shall report regularly to the appropriate bodies and committees of the European Parliament. 3. Except where specific deadlines are provided for in this Regulation, the executive director shall ensure that reports are transmitted to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission as soon as possible, and in any event within six months of the end of the reporting period, unless the executive director duly justifies a delay in writing. 4. The executive director shall be responsible for the preparation and implementation of the strategic decisions taken by the management board and for the taking of decisions related to the operational activities of the AI Office in accordance with this Regulation. The executive director shall have the following functions and powers: (a) to propose, prepare and implement the strategic decisions and programmes and activities adopted by the management board within the limits set out in this Regulation, its implementing rules and any applicable law; (b) to take all necessary steps, including the adoption of internal administrative instructions and the publication of notices, to ensure the day-to-day administration and functioning of the AI Office in accordance with this Regulation; (c) to prepare each year the draft single programming document pursuant to Article 57a (b) and to submit it to the management board for endorsement before that draft is sent to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission; (d) to draw up a draft statement of estimates of the revenues and expenditure of the AI Office as part of the single programming document pursuant to Article 57a (d) and to implement thebudget of the AI Office; (e) to prepare each year the annual activity report on the Agency's activities and submit it to the management board; (f) to coordinate all staff matters and all matters of day-to-day administration of the AI Office; (g) to prepare appropriate draft implementing rules to give effect to the Staff Regulations and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants in accordance with Article 110 of the Staff Regulations; (h) to protect the values and interests of the Union by drawing up, submitting to the management board for approval, and implementing effective internal anti- fraud, anti-corruption, data protection and equal opportunity strategies, procedures, and safeguards; (i) to establish and implement effective monitoring and evaluation procedures relating to the performance of the AI Office against its objectives and to report annually to the management board on the results of the monitoring; (j) to consult the advisory forum and to facilitate its operations; (k) to develop and maintain contact with industry, standardization bodies, academia, and civil society, including organizations protecting fundamental and digital rights, consumers, workers, children, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable categories, to ensure regular dialogue with relevant stakeholders; (l) to cooperate and to exchange views and information regularly with Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies regarding artificial intelligence and related domains such as data, digital infrastructure, platform and internet governance, and cybersecurity, tonsure coherence in the development and the implementation of Union policy; (m) to represent the AI Office in international fora for cooperation on Artificial Intelligence; (n) To support the Chair of the management board in preparing and planning the management board meetings; (o) to perform other tasks pursuant to this Regulation. 5. The executive director shall be accountable for his or her activities to the management board. 6. The executive director shall be the legal representative of the AI Office.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2555 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 b (new)
Article 58 b SECTION 4:the Advisory Forum The advisory forum 1. An advisory forum shall be established by the AI Office to advise it in the fulfilment of its tasks by providing stakeholder input in matters pertaining to this Regulation, in particular on: (a) technological developments and trends related to artificial intelligence; (b) potential updates of this Regulation, including prohibited practices, high-risk AI systems, AI systems requiring additional transparency obligations, and novel techniques used for the development of artificial intelligence; (c) best practices to optimise compliance and to reduce compliance costs and regulatory burden; (d) measures in support of innovation, start-ups, and SMEs, including improving participation in regulatory sandboxes; (e) the development, promotion, and uptake of harmonised standards, harmonised benchmarking standards, and common specifications; (f) emerging threats to health, safety, fundamental rights, or the values of the Union as enshrined in Article2 TEU related to artificial intelligence; 2. The advisory forum shall have a balanced composition and represent the views of different stakeholders, with a third of its members representing industry, a third of its members representing start-ups, SMEs, and the innovation environment, and a third of its members representing civil society and academia. 3. Stakeholders established outside the Union shall only participate in the advisory forum if they are established in third countries that are subject to a decision of the Commission adopted in accordance with Article 36 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 or Article 45 of Regulation 2016/679(‘adequacy decision’) or that are part of an international agreement concluded between the Union and that third country or international organisation pursuant to Article 218 TFEU adducing adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals. 4. Members of the advisory forum shall be appointed by the management board, based on a recommendation from the executive director, following a transparent call for applications and selection procedure. 5. When drawing up the call for applications and the selection procedure, the executive director shall ensure that: (a) the composition criteria stet out in paragraph 2 are met; (b) the representation of industry, start- up, SMEs and the innovation environment is varied and includes stakeholders of different sizes and representing different industries; (c) the representation of civil society is varied and includes, at a minimum, organizations for the protection of democracy, fundamental rights, consumer rights, the rights of persons with disabilities, and children’s rights; (d) the advisory forum is balanced in terms of geographical distribution and gender. 6. The term of office of the members of the advisory forum shall be two years. To ensure diversity and balanced representation, the term of office for members of the advisory forum shall not be renewable consecutively. 7. The advisory forum shall draw up its rules of procedure and elect three co- Chairs from among its members according to there presentation criteria set out in paragraph 2. Their term of office shall be two years, non-renewable. 8. The advisory forum shall hold regular meetings at least four times a year. The advisory forum can invite experts and other stakeholders to its meetings. The executive director can attend, ex officio, the meetings of the advisory forum. 9. In fulfilling its role as set out in paragraph 1, the advisory forum can prepare opinions, recommendations or written contributions and forward these to the attention of the executive director. 10. The advisory forum shall prepare an annual report of its activities. That report shall be made publicly available, including on the AI Office website. 11. The AI Office shall provide secretarial assistance to the advisory forum to ensure its proper functioning.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2572 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that national competent authorities are provided with adequate financial, technical and human resources to fulfil their tasks under this Regulation. In particular, national competent authorities shall have a sufficient number of personnel permanently available whose competences and expertise shall include an in-depth understanding of artificial intelligence technologies, data and data computing, fundamental rights, health and safety risks and knowledge of existing standards and legal requirements.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2581 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall report to the Commission on an annual basis on the status of the financial and human resources of the national competent authorities with an assessment of their adequacy. The Commission shall transmit that information to the BoardAI Office for discussion and possible recommendations.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2584 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission and the board shall facilitate the exchange of experience between national competent authorities.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2589 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 7
7. National competent authorities may provide guidance and advice on the implementation of this Regulation, including to small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups. Whenever national competent authorities intend to provide guidance and advice with regard to an AI system in areas covered by other Union legislation, the competent national authorities under that Union legislation shall be consulted, as appropriate. Member States mayshall also establish one central contact point for communication with operators and other stakeholders.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2593 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 8
8. When Union institutions, agencies and bodies fall within the scope of this Regulation, the European Data Protection Supervisor shall act as the competent authority for their supervision and coordination.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2597 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59 a Cooperation mechanism between national supervisory authorities in cases involving two or more Member States 1. Each national supervisory authority shall perform its tasks and powers conferred on in accordance with this Regulation on the territory of its own Member State. 2. In the event of a case involving two or more national supervisory authorities, the national supervisory authority of the Member State where the provider or the user of the concerned AI system is established or where the authorised representative is appointed shall be considered to be the lead national supervisory authority. 3. In the cases referred to in paragraph 2,the relevant national supervisory authorities shall cooperate and exchange all relevant information in due time. National supervisory authorities shall cooperate in order to reach a consensus. 4. In the case of a serious disagreement between two or more national supervisory authorities, the national supervisory authorities shall notify the AI Office and communicate without delay all relevant information related to the case to the AI Office. 5. The AI Office shall, within three months of receipt of the notification referred to in paragraph 4, issue a binding decision to the national supervisory authorities.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2615 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, in collaboration with the Member States, set up and maintain a EU database containing information referred to in paragraph 2 concerning high-risk AI systems referred to in Article 6(2)in one of the areas listed in Annex III which are registered in accordance with Article 51 and their uses by public authorities and Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies or on their behalf.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2627 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 4
4. The EU database shall contain personal data only insofar as necessary for collecting and processing information in accordance with this Regulation. That information shall include the names and contact details of natural persons who are responsible for registering the system and have the legal authority to represent the provider. or the user, if the user is a public authority or a Union institution, body, office or agency or a user acting on their behalf.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2655 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Providers and, where applicable, users of high-risk AI systems placed on the Union market shall report any serious incident or any malfunctioning of those systems which constitutes a breach of obligations under Union law intended to protect fundamental rights to the market surveillance authorities of the Member States where that incident or breach occurred.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2657 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Such notification shall be made immediatwithout undue delay after the provider has established a causal link between the AI system and the incident or malfunctioning or the reasonable likelihood of such a link, and, in any event, not later than 15 day72 hours after the providers becomes aware of the serious incident or of the malfunctioning.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2673 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. National supervisory authorities shall on an annual basis notify the Board of the serious incidents and malfunctioning reported to them in accordance with this Article.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2674 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 63 – paragraph 2
2. The national supervisory authority shall report annually to the Commission on a regular basis the outcomes of relevant market surveillance activities. The national supervisory authority shall report, without delay, to the Commission and relevant national competition authorities any information identified in the course of market surveillance activities that may be of potential interest for the application of Union law on competition rules.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2688 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 2
2. Where necessary to assess the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2, after all other reasonable ways to verify conformity have been exhausted and have proven to be insufficient, and upon a reasoned request, the market surveillance authorities or, where applicable, the Commission, shall be granted access to the source code of the AI system. Such access shall be subject to existing Union law on the protection of intellectual property and trade secrets.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2689 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 2
2. WhereMarket surveillance authorities shall be granted access to the source code of the high-risk AI system upon a reasoned request and only when the following cumulative conditions are fulfilled: a) Access to source code is necessary to assess the conformity of thea high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2, and upon a reasoned request, the market surveillance authorities shall be granted access to the source code of the AI system. b) testing/auditing procedures and verifications based on the data and documentation provided by the provider have been exhausted or proved insufficient.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2715 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Where the market surveillance authority of a Member State has sufficient reasons to consider that an AI system presents a risk as referred to in paragraph 1, they shall carry out an evaluation of the AI system concerned in respect of its compliance with all the requirements and obligations laid down in this Regulation. When risks to the protection of fundamental rights are present, the market surveillance authority shall also inform the relevant national public authorities or bodies referred to in Article 64(3). The relevant operators shall cooperate as necessary with the market surveillance authorities and the other national public authorities or bodies referred to in Article 64(3).
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2722 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Where the market surveillance authority considers that non-compliance is not restricted to its national territory, it shall inform the Commission and the other Member States without undue delay of the results of the evaluation and of the actions which it has required the operator to take.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2723 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 3
3. Where the market surveillance authority considers that non-compliance is not restricted to its national territory, it shall inform the Commission, the AI Office and the other Member States of the results of the evaluation and of the actions which it has required the operator to take.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2726 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 5
5. Where the operator of an AI system does not take adequate corrective action within the period referred to in paragraph 2, the market surveillance authority shall take all appropriate provisional measures to prohibit or restrict the AI system's being made available on its national market, to withdraw the product from that market or to recall it. That authority shall informnotify the Commission and the other Member States, without delay, of those measures.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2727 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The informnotification referred to in paragraph 5 shall include all available details, in particular the datainformation necessary for the identification of the non- compliant AI system, the origin of the AI system, the nature of the non-compliance alleged and the risk involved, the nature and duration of the national measures taken and the arguments put forward by the relevant operator. In particular, the market surveillance authorities shall indicate whether the non-compliance is due to one or more of the following:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2730 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
(b a) non-compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2731 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 6 – point b b (new)
(b b) non-compliance with provisions set out in Article 52;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2735 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 8
8. Where, within three months of receipt of the informnotification referred to in paragraph 5, no objection has been raised by either a Member State or the Commission in respect of a provisional measure taken by a Member State, that measure shall be deemed justified. This is without prejudice to the procedural rights of the concerned operator in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. The period referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be reduced to 30 days in the case of non- compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2737 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 9
9. The market surveillance authorities of all Member States shall ensure that appropriate restrictive measures are taken in respect of the productAI system concerned, such as withdrawal of the product from their market, without delay.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2739 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 1
1. Where, within three months of receipt of the notification referred to in Article 65(5), or 30 days in the case of non-compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5, objections are raised by a Member State against a measure taken by another Member State, or where the Commission considers the measure to be contrary to Union law, the Commission shall without delay enter into consultation with the relevant Member State’s market surveillance authority and operator or operators and shall evaluate the national measure. On the basis of the results of that evaluation, the Commission shall decide whether the national measure is justified or not within 9 months, or 60 days in the case of non-compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5, starting from the notification referred to in Article 65(5) and notify such decision to the Member State concerned. The Commission shall also inform all other Member States of such decision.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2748 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1
1. Where, having performed an evaluation under Article 65, the market surveillance authority of a Member State finds that although an AI system is in compliance with this Regulation, it presents a risk to the health or safety of persons, or to the compliance with obligations under Union or national law intended to protect fundamental rights or to other aspects of public interest protection, it shall require the relevant operator to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the AI system concerned, when placed on the market or put into service, no longer presents that risk, to withdraw the AI system from the market or to recall it within a reasonable period, commensurate with the nature of the risk, as it may prescribe.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2753 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Should the provider or other relevant operators fail to take corrective action as referred to in paragraph 2 and should the AI system continue to present a risk as referred to in paragraph 1, the market surveillance authority may require the relevant operator, as a measure of last resort, to withdraw the AI system from the market or to recall it within a reasonable period, commensurate with the nature of the risk.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2755 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State shall immediately inform the Commission, the AI Office, and the other Member States. That information shall include all available details, in particular the data necessary for the identification of the AI system concerned, the origin and the supply chain of the AI system, the nature of the risk involved and the nature and duration of the national measures taken.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2758 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall without delay enter into consultation with the Member States concerned and the relevant operator and shall evaluate the national measures taken. On the basis of the results of that evaluation, the Commission shall decide whether the measure is justified or not and, where necessary, propose appropriate measures.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2762 #

2021/0106(COD)

5. The Commission shall address its decision to the Member States concerned, and inform all other Member States.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2769 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 2
2. Where the non-compliance referred to in paragraph 1 persists, the Member State concerned shall take all appropriate and proportionate measures to restrict or prohibit the high- risk AI system being made available on the market or ensure that it is recalled or withdrawn from the market.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2772 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority 1. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, every natural or legal person shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if the natural or legal person considers that their health, safety, or fundamental rights have been breached by an AI system falling within the scope of this Regulation. 2. Natural or legal persons shall have a right to be heard in the complaint handling procedure and in the context of any investigations conducted by the national supervisory authority as a result of their complaint. 3. The national supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainants about the progress and outcome of their complaint. In particular, the national supervisory authority shall take all the necessary actions to follow up on the complaints it receives and, within three months of the reception of a complaint, give the complainant a preliminary response indicating the measures it intends to take and the next steps in the procedure, if any. 4. The national supervisory authority shall take a decision on the complaint and inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 68b, without delay and no later than six months after the date on which the complaint was lodged.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2779 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 b (new)
Article 68 b Right to an effective judicial remedy against a national supervisory authority 1. Without prejudice to any other administrative or non-judicial remedy, each natural or legal person shall have the right to an effective judicial remedy against a legally binding decision of a national supervisory authority concerning them. 2. Without prejudice to any other administrative or non-judicial remedy, each data subject shall have the right to a an effective judicial remedy where the national supervisory authority does not handle a complaint, does not inform the complainant on the progress or preliminary outcome of the complaint lodged within three months pursuant to Article 68a(3) or does not comply with its obligation to reach a final decision on the complaint within six months pursuant to Article 68a(4) or its obligations under Article 65. 3. Proceedings against a supervisory authority shall be brought before the courts of the Member State where the national supervisory authority is established.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2786 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, AI Office, and the Member States shall encourage and facilitate the drawing up of codes of conduct intended to foster the voluntary application to AI systems other than high-risk AI systems ofdevelopment and use of safe and trustworthy AI for AI systems other than high-risk AI systems. These codes of conduct should be voluntary and should be based on the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2 on the basis of technical specifications and solutions that are appropriate means of ensuring compliance with such requirements but be adapted in light of the intended purpose of the systems. and of the lower risk involved
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2787 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the Member Statesboard shall encourage and facilitate the drawing up of codes of conduct intended to foster the voluntary application to AI systems other than high-risk AI systems of the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2 on the basis of technical specifications and solutions that are appropriate means of ensuring compliance with such requirements in light of the intended purpose of the systems.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2790 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the BoardAI Office shall encourage and facilitate the drawing up of codes of conduct intended to foster the voluntary application to AI systems of requirements related for example to environmental sustainability, accessibility for persons with a disability, stakeholders participation in the design and development of the AI systems and diversity of development teams on the basis of clear objectives and key performance indicators to measure the achievement of those objectives.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2791 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 3
3. Codes of conduct may be drawn up by individual providers of AI systems or by organisations representing them or by bothe Commission or the AI Office, including with the involvement of users and any interested stakeholders and their representative organisations. Codes of conduct may cover one or more AI systems taking into account the similarity of the intended purpose of the relevant systems.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2792 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission and the BoardAI Office shall take into account the specific interests and needs of the small-scale providers and start-ups when encouraging and facilitating the drawing up of codes of conduct.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2793 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission and the Board shall take into account the specific interests and needs of the small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups when encouraging and facilitating the drawing up of codes of conduct.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2796 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. National competent authorities and, notified bodies involved in the application of this Regulation shall respect, the Commission, the Board, and any other natural or legal person involved in the application of this Regulation shall, in accordance with Union or national law, put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to ensure the confidentiality of information and data obtained in carrying out their tasks and activities in such a manner as to protect, in particular:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2798 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. NThe Commission, the AI Office, national competent authorities and notified bodies involved in the application of this Regulation shall respect the confidentiality of information and data obtained in carrying out their tasks and activities in such a manner as to protect, in particular:
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2820 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. In compliance with the terms and conditions laid down in this Regulation, Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties, including administrative fines, applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are properly and effectively implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive. They shall take into particular account the interests and size of small-scale providers and start- ups and their economic viability.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2821 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. In compliance with the terms and conditions laid down in this Regulation, Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties, including administrative fines, applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are properly and effectively implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive. They shall take into particular account the size and interests of small-scale providerSMEs and start-ups and their economic viability.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2827 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States shall without delay notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures and shall notify it, without delay, of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2831 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The following infringementsNon-compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5 shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 30 000 000 EUR or, if the offender is a company, up to 6 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher:;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2839 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) non-compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2842 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) non-compliance of the AI system with the requirements laid down in Article 10.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2845 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Non-compliance of the AI system with the requirements laid down in Article 10 shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 20 000 000 EUR or, if the offender is a company, up to 4 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2853 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 4
4. The nNon-compliance of the AI system with any requirements or obligations under this Regulation, other than those laid down in Articles 5 and 10, shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 210 000 000 EUR or, if the offender is a company, up to 42 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2864 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) whether administrative fines have been already applied by other market surveillance authorities of one or more Member States to the same operator for the same infringement.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2866 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) the size, the annual turnover and market share of the operator committing the infringement;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2876 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 7
7. Each Member State shall lay down rules on whether and to what extent administrative fines mayto be imposed on public authorities and bodies established in that Member State, with a view to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2881 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Administrative fines shall not be applied to a participant in a regulatory sandbox, who was acting in line with the recommendation issued by the supervisory authority;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2895 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The following infringementsNon-compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5 shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 51.000 000 EUR:;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2901 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) non-compliance with the prohibition of the artificial intelligence practices referred to in Article 5;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2904 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) non-compliance of the AI system with the requirements laid down in Article 10.deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2906 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. non-compliance of the AI system with the requirements laid down in Article 10 shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 500 000 EUR.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2910 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3
3. The non-compliance of the AI system with any requirements or obligations under this Regulation, other than those laid down in Articles 5 and 10, shall be subject to administrative fines of up to 25300 000 EUR.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2925 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Prior to adopting a delegated act pursuant to Article 4, Article 7(1), Article 11(3), Article 43(5) and (6), and Article48(5) the Commission shall consult the AI Office.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2926 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Delegated acts that lead to the modification or the addition of obligations on operators shall foresee an adequate transition period of no less than 24 months before their entry into force.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2928 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 4
4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to, the Council, and the AI Office.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2942 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 82 a (new)
Article 82 a Sound regulation In taking into account the requirements of this Regulation pursuant to the Amendments in Articles 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, and 82, the Commission shall conduct an analysis and consult relevant stakeholders to determine potential gaps as well as overlaps between existing sectoral legislation and the provisions of this Regulation in order to avoid duplication, overregulation, and the creation of loopholes.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2946 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. This Regulation shall not apply toOperators of the AI systems which are components of the large-scale IT systems established by the legal acts listed in Annex IX that have been placed on the market or put into service before [12 months after the date of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 85(2)], unless the replacement or amendment of those legal acts leads to a significant change in the design or intended purpose of the AI system or AI systems concerned shall take the necessary steps to comply with the requirements of the present Regulation within 4 years of its entry into force.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2952 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The requirements laid down in this Regulation shall be taken into account, where applicable, in the evaluation of each large-scale IT systems established by the legal acts listed in Annex IX to be undertaken as provided for in those respective acts and whenever those legal acts are replaced or amended.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2957 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation shall apply to theOperators of high-risk AI systems, other than the ones referred to in paragraph 1, that have been placed on the market or put into service before [date of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 85(2)], only if, from that date, those systems are subject to significant changes shall take the necessary steps to comply with the requirements of the present Regulation within 2 years of its entry into force or at the time when such systems are subject to a substantial modification in their design or intended purpose.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2962 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 83 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation shall apply to the high-risk AI systems, other than the ones referred to in paragraph 1, that have been placed on the market or put into service before [date of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 85(2)], only if, from that date, those systems are subject to significant changesubstantial modification in their design or intended purpose as defined in Article 3(23) .
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2968 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the need for amendment of the list in Annex III once a year following the entry into force of this Regulation. The findings of that assessment shall be presented to the European Parliament and the Council.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2970 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1
1. TIn consultation with the AI Office, the Commissions shall assess the need for amendment of the list in Annex III once a year following the entry into force of this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2972 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall assess the need for amendment of the list in Annex III once a year following the entry into force of this Regulation. The findings of that assessment shall be presented to the European Parliament and the Council.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2974 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the status of the financial, technical and human resources of the national competent authorities in order to effectively perform the tasks assigned to them under this Regulation;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2976 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the state of penalties, and notably administrative fines as referred to in Article 71(1), applied by Member States to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2977 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) the state of the development of harmonised standards and common specifications for Artificial Intelligence;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2981 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 4
4. Within [threone years after the date of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 85(2)] and every fourtwo years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate the impact and effectiveness of codes of conduct to foster the application of the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2 and possibly other additional requirements for AI systems other than high-risk AI systems.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2983 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 5
5. For the purpose of paragraphs 1 to 4 the BoardAI Office, the Member States and national competent authorities shall provide the Commission with information on its request.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 2989 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 84 – paragraph 6
6. In carrying out the evaluations and reviews referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 the Commission shall take into account the positions and findings of the BoardAI Office, of the European Parliament, of the Council, and of other relevant bodies or sources.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3008 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. At the latest by six months after entry into force of this Regulation, the European Commission shall submit a standardization request to the European Standardisation Organisations in order to ensure the timely provision of all relevant harmonised standards that cover the essential requirements of this regulation. Any delay in submitting the standardisation request shall add to the transitional period of 24 months as stipulated in paragraph 3a.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3047 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
1. 1.Biometric identification and categorisation of natural persons:and biometrics-based systems: (a) AI systems intended to be used for the ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification of natural persons; (b) AI systems intended to be used for the remote biometric categorisation of natural persons in publicly-accessible spaces; (c) AI systems intended to be used for emotion recognition in natural persons;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3056 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to be used for the ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification of natural persons;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3110 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to be used forin recruitment or selection of natural persons, notably for advertising vacancies, screening or filtering applications, or evaluating candidates in the course of interviews or tests;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3117 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
(b) AI systems intended to be used for making decisions or to assist in making decisions on promotion and termination of work-related contractual relationships,; for personalized task allocation based on biometrics, biometrics-based, or personal data; and for monitoring and evaluating performance and behaviour of natural persons in such relationships.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3125 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to be used by public authorities or on behalf of public authorities to evaluate the eligibility of natural persons for public assistance benefits and services, as well as to grant, reduce, revoke, increase, or reclaim such benefits and services;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3154 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf for making individual risk assessments of natural persons in order to assess the risk of a natural person for offending or reoffending or the risk for potential victims of criminal offences;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3163 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
(b) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on behalf of law enforcement authorities as polygraphs and similar tools or to detect the emotional state of a natural person;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3164 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
(b) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf as polygraphs and similar tools or to detect the emotional state of a natural person;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3166 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
(c) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on behalf of law enforcement authorities to detect deep fakes as referred to in article 52(3);
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3168 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c
(c) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf to detect deep fakes as referred to in article 52(3);
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3169 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
(d) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on behalf of law enforcement authorities for evaluation of the reliability of evidence in the course of investigation or prosecution of criminal offences;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3172 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d
(d) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf for evaluation of the reliability of evidence in the course of investigation or prosecution of criminal offences;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3177 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point e
(e) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities for predicting the occurrence or reoccurrence of an actual or potential criminal offence based on profiling of natural persons as referred to in Article 3(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 or assessing personality traits and characteristics or past criminal behaviour of natural persons or groups;deleted
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3182 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point f
(f) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on behalf of law enforcement authorities for profiling of natural persons as referred to in Article 3(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 in the course of detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3184 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point f
(f) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf for profiling of natural persons as referred to in Article 3(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 in the course of detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3188 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point g
(g) AI systems intended to be used by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf for crime analytics regarding natural persons, allowing law enforcement authorities to search complex related and unrelated large data sets available in different data sources or in different data formats in order to identify unknown patterns or discover hidden relationships in the data.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3195 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or on their behalf as polygraphs and similar tools or to detect the emotional state of a natural person;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3196 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or on their behalf as polygraphs and similar tools or to detect the emotional state of a natural person;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3204 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(b) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or on their behalf to assess a risk, including a security risk, a risk of irregular immigration, or a health risk, posed by a natural person who intends to enter or has entered into the territory of a Member State;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3205 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(b) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or on their behalf to assess a risk, including a security risk, a risk of irregular immigration, or a health risk, posed by a natural person who intends to enter or has entered into the territory of a Member State;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3207 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
(c) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or on their behalf for the verification of the authenticity of travel documents and supporting documentation of natural persons and detect non-authentic documents by checking their security features;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3208 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
(c) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or on their behalf for the verification of the authenticity of travel documents and supporting documentation of natural persons and detect non-authentic documents by checking their security features;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3213 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) AI systems intended to be used by competent public authorities or on their behalf or to assist competent public authorities forin the examination of applications for asylum, visa and residence permits and associated complaints with regard to the eligibility of the natural persons applying for a status.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3214 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) AI systems intended to assist competent public authorities or on their behalf for the examination of applications for asylum, visa and residence permits and associated complaints with regard to the eligibility of the natural persons applying for a status.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3216 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d
(d) AI systems intended to assistbe used by competent public authorities for the examination of applications for asylum, visa and residence permits and associated complaints with regard to the eligibility of the natural persons applying for a status.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3230 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to be used by a judicial authority or administrative body or on their behalf or to assist a judicial authority or administrative body in researching and interpreting facts andor the law and in applying the law to a concrete set of facts.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3233 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
(a) AI systems intended to assist abe used by judicial authority in researching andies or on their behalf in interpreting facts andor the law and infor applying the law to a concrete set of facts.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3235 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a a (new)
(a a) AI systems used by political parties, political candidates, public authorities, or on their behalf for influencing natural persons in the exercise of their vote in local, national, or European Parliament elections;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3237 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
8 a. Other applications: (a) AI systems intended to be used to generate, on the basis of limited human input, complex text content that would falsely appear to a person to be human generated and authentic, such as news articles, opinion articles, novels, scripts, and scientific articles, with the exception of AI systems used exclusively for content that undergoes human review and for the publication of which a natural or legal person established in the Union is liable or holds editorial responsibility; (b) AI systems intended to be used to generate or manipulate audio or video content that features existing natural persons appearing to say or do something they have never said or done, with the exception of AI systems used exclusively for content that forms part of an evidently artistic, creative or fictional cinematographic and analogous work; (c)AI systems that deploy subliminal techniques for scientific research and for therapeutical purposes;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3279 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. A description of relevanyt changes made by providers to the system through its lifecycle;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3280 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. A description of any relevant change made to the system through its lifecycle;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3281 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 6
6. A list of the harmonised standards applied in full or in part the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union; where no such harmonised standards have been applied, a detailed description of the solutions adopted to meet the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2, including a list of common specifications or other relevant standards and technical specifications applied;
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3286 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 4 – point 4.5
4.5. Where necessary to assess the conformity of the high-risk AI system with the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2, after all other reasonable ways to verify conformity have been exhausted and have proven to be insufficient, and upon a reasoned request, the notified body shall also be granted access to the source code of the AI system. Such access shall be subject to existing Union law on the protection of intellectual property and trade secrets.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 3294 #

2021/0106(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a.The following information shall be provided and updated with regard to high risk AI systems to be registered in accordance with Article 51(2) by users who are or act on behalf of public authorities or Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies: 1. the name, address and contact details of the user; 2. the name, address and contact details of any person submitting information on behalf of the user; 3. the high-risk AI system trade name and any additional unambiguous reference allowing identification and traceability of the AI system used; 4. description of the intended use of the AI system, including the specific outcomes sought through the use of the system; 5. a summary of the findings of the fundamental rights impact assessment conducted in accordance with the obligation of public authorities or Union institutions, agencies, offices or bodies set out in this Regulation; 6. a summary of the data protection impact assessment carried out in accordance with Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or Article 27 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 as specified in paragraph 6 of Article 29 of this Regulation, where applicable; 6. a declaration of conformity with the applicable data protection rules.
2022/06/13
Committee: IMCOLIBE
Amendment 18 #

2021/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Regulation applies to the processing of identity information of third-country nationals who have been subject to convictions in the Member States for the purpose of identifying the Member States where such convictions were handed down [as well as for the purposes of border management]29 . With the exception of point (b)(ii) of Article 5(1), the provisions of this Regulation that apply to third- country nationals also apply to citizens of the Union who also hold the nationality of a third country and who have been subject to convictions in the Member States. _________________ 29 COM/2019/3 final.
2022/01/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2021/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a flag indicating, for the purpose of [Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 and of Article 11 and 12 of Regulation (EU) …/… [Regulation on Screening], that the third- country national concerned has been convicted for a terrorist offence or any other serious criminal offence listed in the annex to Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 if they are punishable under national law by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years, and in those cases the code of the convicting Member State(s).’;
2022/01/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2021/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 7 – paragraph 7 – point c
(c) [border management]31 ; _________________ 31 Op. cit. 29.deleted
2022/01/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #

2021/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 7 – paragraph 7 – point d
(d) assessing whether a third country national subject to screening checks would pose a threat to public policy or publicinternal security, in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… [Regulation on Screening].
2022/01/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2021/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 7a – paragraph 3
The consultation of national criminal records based on the flagged ECRIS-TCN data shall take place in accordance with national law and using national channels. The relevant national authorities shall provide an opinion to the competent authorties referred to in Article 6(7) of Regulation (EU) …/… [Regulation on Screening] within two days where the screening takes place on the territory of the Member States or within four days where the screening takes place at external borderfour days. The absence of opinion within these deadlines shall mean that there are no security grounds to be taken into account.’
2022/01/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2021/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) [border management]32 or _________________ 32 Op. cit. 29.deleted
2022/01/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #

2021/0046(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/818
Article 24 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
(5) Each Member State shall keep logs of queries that its authorities and the staff of those authorities duly authorised to use the CIR make pursuant to Articles 20, 20a, 21 and 22. Each Union agency shall keep logs of queries that its duly authorised staff make pursuant to Articles 21 and 22.deleted
2022/01/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in November 2020, the EU’s first comprehensive, 360 degree, classified analysis on the full range of threats and challenges the EU faces, or might face in the near future, was prepared cooperatively by the EU member states’ intelligence services; whereas in November 2021,the Vice-President/High Representative (VP/HR) is scheduled to present a draft of the Strategic Compass, which Member States will then discuss and are scheduled to adopt in March 2022; whereas the Strategic Compass aims to facilitate the emergence of a “common European security and defence culture”;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas following the 2016 Joint Declaration, a process of cooperation between the EU and NATO was set in motion, centred around74 common proposals for actions: in the areas of countering hybrid threats; operational cooperation, including at sea and on migration; cybersecurity and defence; defence capabilities; defence industry and research; and exercises supporting Eastern and Southern partners’ capacity- building efforts;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas currently the only legal framework for EU-NATO relations continues to be the 2003 “Agreed Framework”, which is limited to the sharing of collective NATO planning structures, assets and capabilities with the EU when it comes to the planning and conducting of EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) military operations in accordance with the “Berlin Plus” arrangement;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU and its Member States have, in particular since the publication of the 2016 EU Global Strategy, intensified their cooperation in the field of security and defence; whereas milestones include the establishment of the European Defence Fund (EDF) (and its precursor programmes), the launch of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) as well as the agreement on the European Peace Facility (EPF);
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas democratic systems of governance are increasingly contested; whereas a number of NATO and EU members face internal challenges to democracy; and whereas, globally, there is a rise in authoritarian regimes’ influence and coordination;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the intensified EU- NATO cooperation that has been in place since the signature of the 2016 Joint Declaration, and underscores that the security of EU Member States and their citizens would strongly benefit from a truereinvigorated strategic EU-NATO partnership;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 99 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underscores that the EU-NATO partnership and transatlantic cooperation as a whole are built on common support for the core values of democracy, freedom, respect for human rights, the rule of law and the promotion of peace and international cooperation, and stresses that NATO is more than a military alliance and represents a symbol of a shared democratic identity;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that NATO is a valued partner also to EU Member States which are not members of the alliance; recognises that NATO cooperates with some of the non-NATO EU Members inter alia through its Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme and Partnership Interoperability Initiative (PII); recalls that NATO cooperation with non-NATO EU Member States is an integral part of EU- NATO cooperation, and encourages the fullest possible involvement of the non- NATO EU Member States in the alliance’s initiatives;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses nevertheless its concern that Turkey, a NATO member, is moving away from the respect for fundamental values and the rule of law, acted in a confrontational manner with two NATO members in the recent past, France and Greece, and is acquiring Russian military equipment;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the transatlantic community is faced with a broad array of unprecedented commonnovel challenges, ranging from the fight against terrorism to hybrid threats, climate change, disinformation, cyber attacks, malicious use of emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs), and a shifting global power balance, as well as the resulting challenge to the international rules-based order; highlights that these challenges create vulnerabilities that enable third party interference and the exploitation of decreased democratic stability;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is of the opinion that the shifting global order, the accelerating digital transformation and the rise of novel threats enabled by technology, alongside the rise of authoritarian influence worldwide, warrant a modernization of the NATO alliance in order to fulfil its goals of protecting democracy and ensuring the collective defence of its members; highlights that EU-NATO cooperation is fundamental to counter China’s ambitions for technological dominance and Russia’s malign use of technology;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. CWelcomes the NATO2030 strategic reflection process which paves the way towards a revision of NATO’s Strategic Concept with recommendations and ideas regarding NATO’s overall adaptation process; considers that the ongoing and future work being carried out in parallel on both the EU’s Strategic Compass and the expected update of NATO’s Strategic Concept represents a unique opportunity to identify additional synergies in order to further EU-NATO cooperation; calls on all actors involved to use this opportunity to link these processes as closely as possible at both political and technical levels, and to use them as guideposts for future cooperation; underlines that both processes must come to cohesive conclusions; expresses its vision that the EU Strategic Compass could lay the foundations for an EU contribution to the update of NATO’s Strategic Concept; believes that these processes should separately highlight the added value of each organisation, help define a better division of tasks and, by means of a constant dialogue and close coordination, map out whether the EU or NATO should take the lead in a given field;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Insists European initiatives aim at incentivising Member States engagement in the field of defence, thus contributing to the fulfilment of the Defence Investment Pledge;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesTakes note of the requests by the United States, Canada, and Norway to participate in the PESCO project on military mobility; underlines that this marks an important step towards increased coherence between the common EU and NATO capability development efforts, and illustrates the revitalisation of the transatlantic partnershipto address the challenges in military mobility by adopting a whole-of-society perspective, protection of critical infrastructures and by working towards Europe-wide strategic multimodal transport corridors including alignment with Logistic Hubs, and illustrates the revitalisation of the transatlantic partnership; recalls that any third-country participation to a PESCO project must be made in accordance with the relevant rules as listed in the Council decision 2020/1639;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the importance of close transatlantic cooperation in the areas of arms control, disarmament and non- proliferation; furthermore, sees potential for further transatlantic cooperation on a range of international issues, such as maritime security, pandemic response and in the areas of outer space and the fight against terrorism, as well as topics such as our relations with Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, and the field of “Women, Peace and Security” (WPS);
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls the importance of close transatlantic cooperation in the areas of arms control, disarmament and non- proliferation; furthermore, sees potential for further transatlantic cooperation on a range of international issues, such as the fight against terrorism, maritime security, pandemic response and in the areas of outer space and the fight against terrorism, emerging technologies and artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 218 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for enhanced coordination between the EU, the UN and NATO in Iraq, following the decision taken by Allied defence ministers to increase the size of NATO Mission Iraq in order to expand training activities to include more Iraqi security institutions and areas beyond Baghdad in February2021, and to support EUAM Iraq Mission’s efforts in developing effective, sustainable and accountable civilian security institutions in Iraq, that are in full rise;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2020/2257(INI)

12b. Recalls that the North Atlantic Treaty is directly tied to the UN Charter; calls on NATO to demand from its members full compliance with all articles of the UN Charter, whereas the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that freedom of expression is not guaranteed in Turkey;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 242 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its utmost concern regarding the continuous revisionist policies pursued by Russia under President Putin; underscores the need for both NATO and the EU to remain vigilant and to adequately respond to acts of aggression and provocation by Russia, such as, in particular, its illegitimate and illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns against NATO, the EU and their member states and partners; regrets President Putin’s evident rejection of dialogue, and considers Russia’s continued aggressive actions as a threat to Euro- Atlanticinternational security and stability;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Expresses its utmost concern regarding the continuous revisionist policies pursued by Russia under President Putin; underscores the need for both NATO and the EU to remain vigilant and to adequaswiftly and unitedly respond to acts of aggression and provocation by Russia, such as, in particular, its illegitimate and illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014; regrets President Putin’s evident rejection of dialogue, and considers Russia’s continued aggressive actions as a threat to Euro- Atlantic security and stability;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the growing influChina has growing ambitions as regards the global scence and military rise of China need to be met with a coordhas become a factor of geopolitical destabilization in many areas, challenging inated transatlantic strategrnational security and stability; expresses its concern regarding the policies pursued by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) when it comes to, among other things, the suppression of democracy in Hong Kong, the treatment of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, threats towards Taiwan or aggressive policies and actions in the South China Sea, and hybrid actions such as cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns against the EU and NATO members; further points to the relevance of the fact that China, as a non-democraticn authoritarian regime, has entered into systemic competition with the transatlantic partnershipother major democratic actors by undermining the rules-based international order, and in turn is attempting to reshape it according to the CCP’s own values and interests;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses serious concern that adversaries and competitors of the transatlantic partnership are not only using military but also political and economic tools to undermine our societies and democracies; points to the significant security and economic challenges posed by hybrid threats, cyber attacks and disinformation campaigns, which in some cases constitute an attack against the very nature of our democracies; considers that the EU and NATO should seek to agree on and implement bolder ,coordinated, proportionate responses and adequate deterrence mechanisms to counter such novel threats;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 283 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Is deeply concerned about the behaviour of Turkey, one of its allies, regarding the human rights violations committed, the decline in democracy and women’s rights, the unfriendly actions carried out against some EU member states, and its destabilizing actions in Libya, Syria and in the Caucasus, including by spreading disinformation and false narratives against EU's actions;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that the new era of warfare has a strong technological component; highlights that the drivers of today’s innovation in the field of emerging technologies are civilian- oriented start-ups and SMEs; stresses that interoperability, common technological standards, and joint investment in cutting- edge technology, research and innovation are key to maintaining EU and NATO military competitiveness and relevance; further stresses that emerging technologies also offer unprecedented opportunities to strengthen our common deterrence and defence postures;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 294 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises that hybrid and cyber attacks by hostile state and non-state actors lead to a blurred line between war and peace; calls for the EU to further develop its own toolbox for protecting critical infrastructure against hybrid attacks; welcomes the work undertaken in the framework of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) Consultation Forum on Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector (CF SEDSS) to improve the protection of critical infrastructure within the EU;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 298 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Welcomes the work of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid COE), the “Computer Emergency Response Team for the EU Institutions, bodies and agencies” (CERT-EU)and NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and sees this as a good example of EU-NATO cooperation; believes that common response to cyber threats could be further developed through the Hybrid COE , including by joint courses and training; is convinced that more steps are needed, such as efforts to better integrate civilian and military components, to advance common resilience and hence avert future hybrid threats; points furthermore to EU-NATO potential in shaping global cyber norms;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 299 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the EU and NATO to increase joint efforts for achieving and maintaining global technological ascendency in military capabilities, including through joint funding of research projects based on frontier technologies, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, offering a united alternative, anchored in shared democratic values, to Chinese development of cutting-edge military capabilities;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Notes the rapidity of technological developments, including digitalisation and the increased potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and calls on EU and NATO Member States to seek closer cooperation so that they maintain the technological edge regarding these megatrends, ensure interoperability of their IT systems and jointly strive to develop common ethical standards for these new technologies and to promote them globally;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 302 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the EU and NATO to increase coordination for securing critical digital infrastructure and telecommunications networks against tampering by foreign countries, phasing out equipment that is produced by entities from non-democratic countries such as China;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 309 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the unprecedented challenge to global prosperity, security and stability posed by climate change as a ‘threat multiplier’; calls for enhanced EU- NATO dialogue on climate change and its multifaceted consequences for international security; recalls that the EU has a wider range of competences and instruments than a military alliance that allow it to provide a comprehensive response to the challenges posed by the control of foreign investments in strategic sectors, climate change, the COVID pandemic or an external action by combining military missions, civilian missions, governance assistance and rule of law and throughout its Common Security and Defence Policy;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 317 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Given the challenging security developments fuelled by Russia on Europe's and NATO's Eastern Flank, including Russia's use of protracted conflicts to maintain and expand its influence in countries that are both EU and NATO partners, such as Ukraine, Georgia, and the Republic of Moldova; given Russian attempts to alter the independence, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of these states; and because of those partners' European and, respectively, Euro-Atlantic aspirations, calls on the EU and NATO to leverage and expand current engagements in the Black Sea region and specifically further engage with those partners through a whole-of-society approach in order to ensure a secure and stable Black Sea region, as a premise for the freedom and prosperity of the people, delivering on the promise of a Europe free, whole and at peace;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 318 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recognises that space is a critical domain and new technologies are rapidly enabling its use as one of the domains for defence; recognises that this creates both opportunities and challenges for the EU and NATO; acknowledges that NATO’s space operability depends on its Member States’ space-based assets, highlighting the need to enhance cooperation based on existing EU programs such as Galileo and Copernicus; believes that EU-NATO cooperation on space could help promote space safety standards and best practices across the international community;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is convinced that the Member States must increase their efforts to improve the EU’s ability to act with a more capable, deployable, interoperable and sustainable set of military capabilities and forces, which would give the EU the capacity to contribute more equitably to transatlantic security, enable it to achieve strategic autonomy, and further pave the way to progressively frame a European Defence Union (EDU) in line with Article 42 of the TEU; stresses that strategic autonomyincreased European military coherence and an increased European ability to act on the world stage strengthens transatlantic security, and by no means aims to decouple from or weaken NATO; underlines at the same time that strategic autonomythe European Union needs not only entails defence capability development but also the institutional capacity enabling the EUthat enables it to act, where possible with partners, and independently if necessary; believes that these increased European military efforts will allow the EU to take greater responsibility for European security, and to better promote common EU-NATO interests and values, in particular in the European neighbourhood; underlines that increased European military efforts and capabilities should be complementary to and, interoperable with, NATO efforts and capabilities;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 337 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for the EU and U.S. to spearhead a pact with other democracies to strengthen multilateral organisations to defend the rules-based multilateral order against rising authoritarian powers. The transatlantic alliance has to be strengthened further in order to lead the struggle for a rules-based international order;
2021/04/27
Committee: AFET
Amendment 342 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underscores the need to advance defence capability development in order to adequately respond to commonly identified threats; believes that EU Member States, especially the 21 joint EU-NATO members, need to act coherently and should consider identifying a clear ‘European level of ambition’ in quantitative and qualitative terms regarding capability development in NATO, in particular by increasing their investment in research and innovation; encourages stronger efforts by members of both organisations to achieve greater synergies and coordination betweencoherence between NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP) and EU initiatives on capability development, in particular the High-Impact Capability Goals (HICG), the EU’s Capability Development Plan (CDP), and the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP); ; calls the 21 common EU-NATO members to declare the same pool of capabilities potentially available in both frameworks for planning purpose in application of the “single set of forces” principle;
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 345 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underscores the need to advance defence capability development in order to adequately respond to commonly identified threats; believes that EU Member States, especially the 21 joint EU-NATO members, need to act coherently and should consider identifying a clear ‘European level of ambition’, without disregard for the transatlantic partnership, in quantitative and qualitative terms regarding capability development in NATO; encourages stronger efforts by members of both organisations to achieve greater synergies and coordination between the EU’s Capability Development Plan (CDP), the EU’s Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and NATO’s Defence Planning Process (NDPP);
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 370 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Expresses the expectation that the completion of the Strategic Compass will deepen EU solidarity and help progress towards a common strategic culture among Member States; welcomes the November 2020 first common threat analysis and calls to move forward towards an agreed common threat assessment; considers that the EU's integrated approach could be updated to take into account the findings of the threat analysis undertaken within the Strategic Compass process;
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 373 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Underscores the importance of a strong, competitive and innovative European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), which not only secures and creates European jobs but is also essential for enabling the alliance to meet its capability requirements and hence ensure Europe’s safety; calls for further efforts to ensure a fully functional common defence market; highlights the importance of the EDF and calls for a strategic long- term orientation of its project funding; underscores the importance of cooperation between the EDA and NATO and recognises the value of EU defence industrial cooperation within the Trans- Atlantic Defence Technological and Industrial Cooperation (TADIC) and recalls the long-term ambition of building strong transatlantic cooperation in the defence and industrial sector addressing inter alia issues related to security of supplies, common approach to intellectual property rights, foreign direct investments, and equal access to the defence market;
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 379 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that the EU and NATO are also increasingly embroiled in hybrid conflicts with geopolitical adversaries, which contrary to ‘traditional’ warfare, combine military and non-military, as well as covert and non-cover means; Underlines that these acts are of a particularly destabilising and dangerous nature as they blur the lines between war and peace, destabilise democracies and sow doubt in the minds of target populations; Recalls that these attacks are by itself often not serious enough to trigger Article 5 of the NATO treaty, but have an cumulative strategic effect and cannot be effectively tackled by retorsions from the injured states; Believes that the EU and NATO should therefore strive to find a solution to fill this legal vacuum, increase the costs of these hybrid attacks and finally, deter adversaries;
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 409 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Welcomes the fact that significant amounts of EU funds have been allocated for collaborative defence projects, despite not matching initial ambitions; welcomes the indispensable role of the EU when it comes to enhancing military mobility, and demands a significant increase in efforts made to implement this project particularly through PESCO but also by encouraging Member States to stimulate their industrial bases to propose competitive projects eligible for EU co- funding ; calls for increased synergies on the EU side between the various actors involved; emphasises that a whole-of- government approach involving the EU institutions, NATO, and Member States is necessary for military mobility to succeed; Underlines that military mobility is essential for effective defence and deterrence; welcomes the announced requests and interest by non-EU NATO allies to join the PESCO project on military mobility and encourages further participation in this important flagship project; believes that this project demonstrates both the added value of EU- NATO cooperation as well as the proof of how EU instruments and competences can contribute to NATO’s collective defence; recalls that 38 of the 46 current PESCO projects respond to NATO defence planning priorities and welcomes potential third-country participation in such projects, in line with the provisions of the relevant Council Decision;
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 419 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its previous calls for the EU and NATO to organise regular joint exercises, ensuring the involvement of all Member States and allies; Underlines the principle of inclusiveness, and encourages an increased level of joint informal meetings, as well as joint statements and communications by EU and NATO Institutions’ principals; reiterates its previous calls for the EU and NATO to organise regular, and more ambitious, joint exercises, building on the existing practice of Parallel and Coordinated Exercises (PACE), ensuring the involvement of all Member States and allies, which would serve to enhance mutual EU-NATO understanding and further enhance staff-to-staff cooperation; furthermore notes the need and functional advantage of aiming for common exercises, building on the lesson learned from PACE; encourages an enhanced exchange of unclassified and classified information in future exercises as a first step for the exchange of information in real crisis situations;
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 434 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Acknowledges that in view of the institutional limitations, EU-NATO cooperation to a large extent takes place on an informal and technical staff-to-staff level, limiting at times the active involvement of all Member States; believes that this situation is unsustainable and therefore strongly urges all stakeholders to work together in good faith to seek a solution which would render cooperation more formal and predictable on all levels, with a view to building a genuine organisation-to- organisation relationship;deleted
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 473 #

2020/2257(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on NATO and the EU to increase joint action on the international stage for protecting democracy, including by acting united and promptly when there is democratic backsliding in member states or when member states engage in bilateral agreements that contradict their membership obligations in NATO and the EU;
2021/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Does not share the narrative that Europe has lost the battle for personal data; expresses its pride that the EU took a firm stance by adopting the GDPR and strengthening data protection rules that reinforce people's rights, and took action to ensure that business models should not be based on fundamental rights violations;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that personal data is being generated at exponential rates and stresses that personal data is of paramount importance for future economic growth and development; stresses that the generation of industrial data and personal data will become increasingly co-dependent;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that ignoring the economic potential of personal data and focusing predominantly on industrial data will deprive Europe and its citizens of a tremendous asset and strengthen the dominance and lock-in effects of platforms relying on personal data;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Urges the Commission to expand its data strategy to define and propose a framework through which European citizens are enabled and empowered to benefit from their personal data, including a paradigmatic shift from informed consent on the use of personal data to ownership, guaranteed protection, and informed consent of temporary and revocable use in exchange for economic benefits;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the processing of personal data, including its transfer, must always comply with Union data protection acquis; emphasises, in this respect, the need to draw clear boundaries between the treatment of personal and of non-personal data in the data spaces outlined by the Commission, especially in the case of smart connected products; recalls, in this context, that data sets in which different types of data are inextricably linked, are always treated as personal data; stresses that, in such instances, citizens should be systemically enabled to benefit from their co-generation of personal data and their ownership of such data should be automatically protected;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that data spaces for public administrations, specifically data use for improving law enforcement in the EU, must fully respect EU law, including the principle of proportionality and data protection and privacy rules; ; underlines that, for public authorities, the use of personal data and artificial intelligence should be allowed only with strict democratic oversight and with additional safeguards against their misuse;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 38 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that data sharing between Member States in the areas of justice and home affairs through the European information systems (SIS, VIS, Eurodac, ETIAS, SES, ECRIS) is a key asset in strengthening the security of European citizens and improving the control and protection capacity at the EU’s internal and external borders, the implementation of asylum and migration policy and the fight against terrorism and crime;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers the operational implementation of the interoperability of information systems by 2022-2023, in line with the deadlines laid down in European legislation, to be a priority in the context of a Security Union and the reform of asylum and migration policy; considers it essential to allocate appropriate financial resources to eu-LISA in order to build a robust and secure IT infrastructure for data sharing between Member States’ police and judicial authorities and EU agencies;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that Europol plays a crucial role as a centre for the exchange and analysis of information on criminal activities between the Member States' law enforcement authorities; notes that in recent years a large volume of data has been transferred by the Member States to Europol, which calls for changes in the agency’s legislative framework and mandate to ensure stronger safeguards over how it processes, uses and manages personal information and data;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Considers that the composition of the European Data Innovation Board is of crucial importance for the extent to which compliance with fundamental rights is upheld; calls therefore on the Commission to create a balanced composition with equal representation from industry, NGOs and consumer groups, and academia;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2020/2217(INI)

6 d. Calls on the Commission to increase funding for the developments of privacy-protection products and services in the EU for the Data Strategy to deliver benefits to EU citizens and promote innovation that respect and promote human rights;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Council conclusions of October 2020 on the development of a Union-wide framework for secure public electronic identification (e-ID); strongly believes that a framework of this type would allow for the safer cross-border provision of services that require personal identification.; calls on the Commission to expand on this framework, with the aim of providing European citizens with the proper tools to benefit from and exploit their personal data;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2020/2217(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to expand its efforts to secure increasing data flows with likeminded global partners, including across the Atlantic in the context of a revised and upgraded Privacy Shield framework, based on shared values and full respect for fundamental rights;
2020/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2020/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that persons with disabilities are entitled to enjoy their fundamental rights on an equal basis; calls on the Member States to take appropriate and timely measures to provide effective, fair and inclusive access to the justice system and the law enforcement for persons with all kinds of disabilities; emphasises that facilities and services must be accessible to ensure equal access to justice and the entire legal process without discrimination;
2021/04/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2020/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that regular awareness trainings for justice and law enforcement representatives on crisis intervention / management and conflict de-escalation when interacting with persons with specific disabilities need to be increased;
2021/04/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2020/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the fact that new technologies need to be accessible for people with disabilities to take full advantage of their benefits of in order to feel empowered and lead an independent and fulfilling life;
2021/04/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2020/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that digital accessibility and appropriate policies and programmes will bring education and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities;
2021/04/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 36 #

2020/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that goodRecalls that education is a fundamental human right; stresses that access to inclusive, equal and free education for persons with disabilities must be prioritised; encourages the Member States to promote high-quality and accessible education and lifelong learning.;
2021/04/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #

2020/2209(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that education is central to individual development and that accessible leaning environments for persons with disabilities offer them the possibility to fully contribute to all aspects of the society.
2021/04/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 30 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 September 2017 on corruption and human rights in third countries (2017/2028(INI)),
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the fact that while the UN marked its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2020, a number of governments inspired by inward-looking attitudes have taken action to counter multilateralism and international cooperation efforts in favour of peace, conflict resolution and the protection of human rights based on the purposes and principles of the UNDHR, international law, the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act; criticises the lack of joint international leadership from democratic countries to respond consistently to serious violations of international human rights law and to join forces to advance human rights, democracy and worldwide rules-based systems and urges the EU and member states to fill this leadership void; stresses that human rights are universal and indivisible and condemns any attempt to relativise them;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 195 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the fact that efforts to advance the rights of women and girls have gained further prominence worldwide; stresses, however, the persistence of widespread gender-specific violence, including femicide, and discrimination in every region of the world, which often arises from cultural habits or long- established discriminatory legal systems; expresses concern over the widespread ongoing attacks on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights; highlights, furthermore, the use of sexual violence targeting women because of their opinions, faith, philosophical orientation or their activism in defence of human rights; condemns authoritarian regimes that are opposing or fanning a negative backlash against women’s demands for equal rights; underlines the prominent role that women play through their activism in political and social movements and deplores the heavy toll they have paid by being victims of violence caused by brutal repression; and war;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses deep concern at the continuation of serious human rights abuses against children around the world in 2019, the year of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, namely child labour, early and forced marriages, trafficking and exploitation of children, use of child soldiers in armed conflicts and family separation and detention of children for immigration- related reasons;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; stresses that promoting these values externally, advancing democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights is at the core of the EU’s common foreign and security policy, in accordance with the Article 21 of the TEU and the Union’s strategic interest, and should be reflected, in an effective and coherent way, in all areas of the Union’s relations with non-EU countries;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 247 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the commitment by the Council to promote responses to the effects of the COIVD-19 pandemic by developing a global system of cooperation and dialogue and advancing rules- and rights- based multilateralism; urges the EU and Member States to develop an explicit strategy to counter increasing state withdrawal and pushback against the international human rights framework, in line with stated commitments to multilateralism in the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; stresses its view that international human rights law and the promise of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 should remain the cornerstones of all responses to the pandemic; recommends that the EU continue its efforts by engaging with countries and stakeholders which may or may not share the same values as the EU, in order to preserve or develop international standards in the field of human rights;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Condemns the fact that seats on the UNHRC are often occupied by countries with proven track records of grave human rights violations, and calls on the EU Member States to be extremely cautious on their voting patterns and to avoid supporting countries that clearly violate human rights;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call for human rights clauses to be systematically included in all international agreements between the EU and non-EU countries and for them to be duly enforced and monitored, including through measurable benchmarks and regular impact assessments, with the involvement of Parliament and civil society; stresses that these clauses should provide for mechanisms to ensure their effective enforcement and for procedures setting out clear and credible consequences that follow from breaches of agreement, including suspension or, as a last resort, the withdrawal of the EU from the agreement; calls for better coordination and communication between specialised actors responsible for relevant policy areas like trade and human rights, to more efficiently integrate human rights aspects of trade and investment policy; recommends that independent monitoring mechanisms on human rights be set up in relation to trade and foreign investment agreements, as well as an independent complaints mechanism, to provide affected citizens and local stakeholders with effective recourse to remedy;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the implementation of and adequate budget for activities and support to promote and protect democracy and human rights under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) to match the level of the Union’s commitment and ambition;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 314 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that democratic governance and the rule of law are globally under attack due to a combination of factors including the rise of authoritarianism, increased inequalities and poverty, the shrinking of space for civil society, loss of credibility of public power and the weakening of collective organisations defending public interest; expresses concern that authoritarian practices such as the stigmatising of civil society actors as ‘foreign agents’ are being copied and spread globally; calls for the EU and its Member States to continue supporting the building up of democratic institutions and transparent and credible electoral processes, while going beyond this by providing further support to actions that encourage and unleash democratic debate, combat inequalities, empower civil society organisations, fight corruption and strengthen judiciaries;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 317 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses that corruption and human rights abuses are intrinsically linked; calls on the EU to integrate the fight against corruption in its human rights agenda; reiterates the EU’s duty to protect anti-corruption associations, investigative journalists and whistle- blowers who work to expose corruption and fraud;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 332 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the complexity of modern conflicts, which often develop domestically at national or regional level, involve many parties, including terror organisations and non-state agents, and have disastrous humanitarian consequences; calls for the EU to strengthen its response to conflicts, addressing their root causes, investing in conflict prevention and mediation efforts, seeking and maintaining space for political solutions, creating partnerships and alliances with like-minded countries and regional organisations to build bridges between belligerents and draw up peace plans, getting more women involved in peace work, and providing further support to civilian or military missions aimed at keeping peace; emphasises the need for an increased role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, in peacekeeping, humanitarian aid and post- conflict reconstruction operations and in the promotion of human rights and democratic reforms;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2467 on conflict-related sexual violence and all related UNSC resolutions beginning with UNSC 1325 on women, peace and security, which affirms the commitment of the UNSC to preventing the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war and terrorism through the use of all means at its disposal, including sanctions and other targeted measures against persistent perpetratorspetrators; stresses the need to ensure that all necessary safe medical and psychological assistance and services are provided to female war rape victims, including safe abortion, as foreseen under IHL; welcomes, furthermore, the creation on 30 October 2019 by the UN of a Global Fund for Survivors of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, with a view to helping them accede to reparations;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 376 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
34. Calls for the adoption and implementation of a global EU human rights sanctions mechanism or EU Magnitsky Act as an essential part of the EU existing human rights and foreign policy toolbox which would strengthen the EU’s role as a global human rights actor, allowing for targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for or complicit in serious human rights violations; stresses the importance of allocating sufficient resources to enable its effective and swift implementation; calls for the establishment of an EU-level advisory committee with Parliament’s participation;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 388 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
36. Condemns the killings, arbitrary detention, torture, persecution, harassment, remote digital surveillance of and smear campaigns against HRDs; notes with great concern the high number of land and environmental HRDs that were murdered or violently attacked in 2019 for standing up to protect natural resources and the rights of individuals to live in a safe and healthy environment; calls for the end of all attacks, the release of all those arbitrarily detained and to make those responsible accountable;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 393 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Is particularly concerned about the increasing number of sentences imposed without guarantees of the minimum fair trial standards required by international law; calls on the EU to continue to use cooperation and diplomacy to seek that the right to a fair trial is fully respected for each and every person;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 496 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
46. Is appalled by the number of killings, attacks and acts of persecution, discrimination, harassment and incitation to antagonism that took place, and the number of restrictions on rights that were imposed in 2019 against individuals and groups targeted because of their religion or belief; reaffirms its support for victims of violence based on religion or belief and its commitment to eradicating such violence; welcomes the Global Exchange on Religion in Society, launched by the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) in Brussels on 6 September 2019; recommends, however, that equal attention be paid to both intra-religious and inter- religious relationships; calls in this regard for the development of EU support to intra- religious dialogue at local level with the aim of fighting extremism and hate speech; calls furthermore for the objectives of promoting and protecting freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief to be mainstreamed into a wider range of EU activities related to human rights; deplores the fact that some countries have, enforce or seek to introduce penal laws providing for the punishment of blasphemy, conversion or apostasy; stresses that the freedom of religion and belief includes the rights not to believe, to espouse theistic, non-theistic, agnostic or atheistic views and the right to apostasy;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 527 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
48. Highlights the continuing change in media landscapes and the increasing use of social networks; underlines the challenges and risks that this evolution poses regarding violations of freedom of offline and online expression, censorship, data protection, hate speech and the safety of journalists and whistle-blowers, among others; calls on the Commission to reviewmonitor social media companies’ policies and practices, in particular their self-regulatory tools, which have implications on the exercise of freedom of expression worldwide, and present proposals for policy or legislation changes where appropriate;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 532 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Welcomes the positive development in 2019 of the weakening of political support for maintaining death penalty in some countries which have not abolished it; deplores however the decisions of some national judicial authorities which led to an increase in executions compared to previous years; calls on the EU to continue to condemn systematically the use of the death penalty and to implement communication campaigns against the death penalty worldwide; urges the EU and its Member States to defend abolition in all international forums and advocate for the widest possible support for this position; calls for the reintroduction of the moratorium on the death penalty as a first step towards its abolition;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 553 #

2020/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
53. Calls for the setting up of an EU mandatory human rights due diligence instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, setting civil and criminal liability for corporate bodies, business leaders and executives in the event of a breach and providing victims with access to justice and remedy; recommends that a legal duty of care be included as a specific element of this instrument in order to prevent the use of modern slavery and child labour by businesses in their overseas supply chains; recommends a transparency requirement to be part of the due diligence instrument to facilitate victims’ ability to access grievance redress; calls for effective mechanisms to protect those advancing grievances from retaliation, including legislation to deter so-called ‘SLAPP’ (strategic litigation against public participation) suits;
2020/10/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the ambition of the EU to be aat the EU is one of the main global actors standing for peace, and calls for its actions and policies to strive for the maintenance of international peace and security and support for the rules- based international order;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, given the current and, increasing multi-faceted threats the EU could face in a highly multipolar world with unreliable superpowers, onlyshifting alliances and balances of power, the combined weight of the Union has the potential to deliver peace, human security, sustainable development and democracy;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is deeply concerned by the proliferation of fake news and by disinformation campaigns by state actors such as Russia as a means of subverting European democracy and cohesion; considers that the Union should react forcefully on the international scene against such interference, including, when appropriate, with sanctions and multilateral legal action;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that the immediate EU neighbourhood contains several protracted conflicts, resolution of which require a more active engagement from the EU side, in order to increase safety environment for local population and enable these countries to achieve their full potential, including in the process of pro- democratic reforms;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Suggests that, especially in times of crisis, when there is fertile ground for rising tensions and conflicts, the budget and planning for the CSDP should not be undermined or neglected;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises the role played by civilian and military CSDP missions ) in maintaining peace, avoiding conflicts and strengthening international security; urges the EU to enhance its institutional capacities for conflict prevention and mediation; calls for more active approach in resolution of the protracted conflicts in the immediate EU’s neighbourhood; calls for conflict-sensitive and people-centred approaches which put human security at the core of EU engagement;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises the role played by civilian and military CSDP missions ) in maintaining peace, avoiding conflicts and strengthening international security; urges the EU to enhance its institutional capacities for conflict prevention and mediation; calls for conflict-sensitive and people-centred approaches which put human security and rights at the core of EU engagement;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 322 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Is concerned that the rules-based international order and the values of sustainable peace, prosperity and freedom, which correspond to the foundations on which the European Union is built, are facing challenges; notes that the COVID- 19 pandemic has revealed and amplified existing global fragilities and tensions; stresses that the pandemic has strengthened public support for a stronger role for the European Union and for more European unity, solidarity and resilience; welcomes the Council’s conclusions of June 2020 advocating a strong European Union that promotes peace and security and protects its citizens; underlines that a more cohesive foreign policy is a prerequisite for a stronger role on the international scene for the EU and calls on Member States to switch to qualified majority voting, at least in matter related to human rights and implementing sanctions;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 330 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Underlines the important role of the armed forces during the COVID-19 pandemic and welcomes military assistance to civil support operations, notably for the deployment of field hospitals, patient transport, and equipment delivery and distribution; considers that this valuable contribution has shown the importance of the Member States’ military assets and capabilities in support of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, as well as for humanitarian assistance purposes; reiterates the importance of mutual assistance and solidarity, in line with Article 42(7) TEU and Article 222 TFEU; encourages the setting up of European mechanisms aimed at facilitating the cross- border use of military logistical capabilities to face such emergencies, in order to allow for greater coordination, synergy, solidarity and support; insists that similar assistance and solidarity in times of pandemics and similar crisis should be extended to the partner countries in the immediate EU neighbourhood, among other; stresses the need to increase the EU’s CBRN preparedness;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 348 #

2020/2207(INI)

30. Welcomes the set of priorities and guidelines adopted for EU cooperation in the field of countering hybrid threats and enhancing resilience to these threats, including the fight against disinformation, and the setting up of a Rapid Alert System to facilitate cooperation with international partners such as the G7 and NATO; invites the EU and its Member States to develop and strengthen the security of its information and communication systems, including secure communication channels; underlines the importance and the urgency for the EU to step up its strategic communication and to address the growing and malign foreign interference which threatens its democratic system; underlines the importance to cooperate and assist the partner countries, particularly in the immediate neighbourhood of the EU, in their efforts to address and counter the malign foreign interference, notably disinformation and propaganda, as in many cases such acts seek to divert these countries from the path of pro-democratic reforms and attack the European values and ideals;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 399 #

2020/2207(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
38. Reaffirms its full support for the EU and its Member States’ commitment to the NPT as the cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime; reiterates its calls for the adoption of concrete and effective measures during the 10th NPT Review Conference that would be a key element in preserving strategic stability and containavoiding a new arms race;
2020/11/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the EU still has not become the geopolitical actor it needs to be on the global scene, in particular in its close environment in the Western Balkans and in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call for the need for a stronger, more united and assertive EU foreign and security policy to makshape the Union capable of assuminginto a prominent leadership role on the international scene and to promote its values and interests more decisively worldwide;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Defends the EU’s role as a reliable partner worldwide, a preferred ‘partner of choice’ for third parties, a principled, but not dogmatic, honest broker, actor and mediator for conflict resolution, as a leading promoter and main contributor to the multilateral framework, but ready to act autonomously when necessary to defend the EU’s interests and international peace and stability, based on the principles and values of the UN Charter; takes the view that creative ways are needed to increase the EU’s influence globally and to promote its positive power model worldwide;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses the importance of International Criminal Court (ICC) in investigating crimes against humanity and defending the victims; considers the attacks against ICC to be deeply regrettable and stresses the need for the EU to protect the ICC´s independence and impartiality against attacks that aim to obstruct its work;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 88 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the world’s growing instability and the rise of unprecedented global challenges, especially climate change, health-related risks and hybrid and cyberattacks, should lead the EU to establish more strategic alliances with like- minded democracies and build ad hoc coalitions with other partners where necessary;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of increasing need to step up the efforts of the Commission and Member States in confronting hybrid and cyber threats; welcomes in this regard the adoption of the Council decision concerning restrictive measures against cyber-attacks threatening the Union or its Member States;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concerns at the unprecedented scale of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, the manipulation and weaponisation of information, including by state actors with malign intentions; welcomes the quickmuch- needed response by the EU institutions to this new challenge, such as the setting up of a new special committee in Parliament focusing on foreign interference in democratic processes in the EU, including disinformation;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concerns at the unprecedented scale of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, the manipulation and weaponisation of information, including by state actors with malign intentions; welcomes the quick response by the EU institutions to this new challenge, such as the setting up of a new special committee in Parliament focusing on foreign interference in democratic processes in the EU, including disinformation; highlights the need for the European Union to proactively combat fake news and disinformation as a threat to the fundamental precepts of democracy, including by allocating adequate funding for such efforts;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the fact that a significant proportion of the European population believes that COVID-19 is a hoax shows the devastating effects disinformation has on our society;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Calls on the Member States to work together to counter disinformation and step up the EU’s efforts to collectively defend our sovereignty, democratic institutions and values;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the EU’s foreign and security policy should be guided by the promotion of democracy, the protection of human rights and the promotion of fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of religion or belief, and Christians’religious communities' rights; welcomes in this respect the recent Commission decision to renew the mandate of the Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the EU’s foreign and security policy should be guided by the promotion of democracy, the protection of human rights and the promotion of fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of religion or belief, and Christians’ rightsgender equality; welcomes in this respect the recent Commission decision to renew the mandate of the Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises the role of EU as a global actor for peace and security; Stresses the need for the EU to actively contribute to the protection of minorities like the Uighurs, Rohingyas and others;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that no EU Member State alone has sufficient capacity and resources to effectively deal with current international challenges; considers that, in this context, the EU needs first and foremost a stronger and genuine political will on the part of the EU Member States to jointly push EU foreign policy goals and to counter third countries’ attempts to weaken and divide the EU, including undermining European values;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its call for a revision of the EU Global Strategy in order to draw the lessons from the new geopolitical dynamics, current threats and expected upcoming challenges, and to reassess the goals and means of the CFSP; highlights the importance for the EU to strengthen its strategic autonomyresilience to defend its interests and values in the post-pandemic world, going beyond economic and trade matters to also encompass security and defence;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 187 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the lack of progress in improving the decision-making process on CFSP matters, which impacts the efficiency, speed of action and credibility of EU action on the international scene; calls on the Member States to agree to move from unanimity to qualified majority voting at least in selected areas of CFSP, like human rights issues;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the lack of progress in improving the decision-making process on CFSP matters, which impacts the efficiency, speed of action and credibility of EU action on the international scene; calls on the Member States to agree to move from unanimity to qualified majority voting at least in selected areas of CFSP; as a concrete means to strengthen the EU’s influence on the global scene;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 195 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Insists on the swift adoption and implementation of an EU targeted human rights sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act); highlights that corruption and human rights violations are closely interlinked and that such a sanctions mechanism should also target acts of corruption;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Insists on the swift adoption and implementation of an strong EU targeted human rights sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act); underlines that the sanctions regime must include an effective implementation mechanism;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 214 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the stability, security and prosperity of the Western Balkans and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries directly affect the Union’s own stability; calls for a more active, unified and effective role for the EU in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing tensions and conflicts, in particular in Belarus, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh Lebanon, Syria and Libya, and in the prevention of any future conflicts in the neighbourhood; deplores Russia-executed borderisation activities and people kidnappings in Georgia, violations of the rights of the Crimean Tatars, blockade of the Azov Sea and the continued annexation of the Black Sea; acknowledges the unique experience and expertise of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, including their contribution to the EU common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions, battlegroups and operations, and calls for deepening of the EU - EaP cooperation in EU-related defence policies, including participation in PESCO once the issue of participation of third countries is resolved;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 219 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the stability, security and prosperity of the Western Balkans and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries directly affect the Union’s own stability; calls for a more active, unified and effective role for the EU in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing tensions and conflicts, in particular in Belarus, Ukraine, Lebanon, Syria and Libya, and in the prevention of any future conflicts in the neighbourhood; by strengthening bilateral cooperation and supporting democracy and the rule of law;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 223 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the stability, security and prosperity of the Western Balkans and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries directly affect the Union’s own stability; calls for a more active, unified and effective role for the EU in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing tensions and conflicts, in particular in Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lebanon, Syria and Libya, and in the prevention of any future conflicts in the neighbourhood;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reiterates the EU’s commitment to supporting the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine and all EaP countries within their internationally recognised borders, in accordance with international law, norms and principles; rejects the use of force or the threat of force when resolving conflicts and reiterates its vision that current conflicts in all EaP countries should be settled in accordance with international law norms and principles; remains fully committed to the policy of non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea; condemns, furthermore, the continued militarisation in the Georgian occupied territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia and calls on Russia to fulfil its obligations under international law;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 336 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that it is in the mutual interest of the EU and the UK, amplified by their geographical proximity and longstanding shared strategic cooperation, to agree on common responses to address foreign, security and defence policy challenges;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 345 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a stronger transatlantic partnership inincreased efforts to revitalize and strengthen the transatlantic partnership, for maintaining the health of the rule-based international system and for dealing with current foreign and security challenges and crises, particularly the current health emergency and the economic and political challenges it brings; highlights that weaker western ties enable illiberal countries to fill the leadership void on the international scene;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 352 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Considers it necessary to return to a comprehensive cooperation between the EU and US, especially in areas of human rights, transatlantic security cooperation, economic cooperation and climate change;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 389 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the importance for the EU to pursue a unified, realistic and effective approach towards China, where it should proactively and assertively seekStresses that the EU must continue to engage with China based on a new, effective and more assertive strategy that unites all Member States and shapes relations with China in the interest of the EU as a whole, that ensures respect for human rights and the rules-based multilateral world order and secures more balanced and reciprocal economic relations, based on our values and interests;; calls on the Commission, the Council and the VP/HR to continue to communicate to China that the EU will not tolerate continued human rights violations in Hong Kong, Tibet and Xinjang.
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 401 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the importance for the EU to pursue together with the U.S. and likeminded partners a unified, realistic and effective approach towards China, where it should proactively and assertively seek more balanced and reciprocal economic relations, based on our values and interests;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 417 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Expresses concern about the impacts of the imposition of the National Security Law in Hong Kong on the relationship between China and Taiwan; takes the view that cross-strait relations should be developed constructively, without destabilizing initiatives or any coercion by either side, and that any change of the cross-strait relations must not be made against the will of Taiwan’s citizens; calls for the EU and its Member States to revisit their engagement policy with Taiwan and to cooperate with international partners in helping sustain democracy in Taiwan free from foreign threats;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 418 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Regrets that the Commission did not include the Arctic in their 2020 Work Programme; however recognises that it has opened a public consultation, which seeks input on the strengths and shortfalls of the existing policy, with a view to possibly preparing an updated approach; considers it necessary for the EU to have an Arctic Strategy;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 420 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Underscores the need to use the potential of improving further EU-India relations taking into account the developments in the region and the important role of India in the region and globally;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 439 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a Stresses the need to take more responsibility in NATO by advancing to a European Defence Union as the European pillar of NATO;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 461 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the strengthening of defence capabilities, notably through the sufficient funding of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the EDF, military mobility and the European space programme; underlines the need for further coherence of EU tools in EU defence cooperation; calls for increased support, staffing and adequate budgetary resources for the EEAS Strategic Communications Division; Calls for a review of the mandate of EEAS Strategic Communications Division to include foreign interference by emerging actors like China;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 467 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on European countries to invest more in their defence capabilities, to rebalance the responsibilities within NATO and become a more equal partner to the United States;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 472 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Draws attention to the mid- to long- term threats which will need to be addressed by the CFSP in the future, including the security risks posed by climate change, cyber-threats, the space race, and emerging technologies; stresses that such threats can only be countered by coordinated action and timely and adequate investment in European research and innovation; welcomes the European Parliament’s establishment of the Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age special committee as a fora to address strategic issues related to artificial intelligence;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 483 #

2020/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers it important to ensure a better link between internal and external aspects of EU policies to ensure that EU policies act towards common foreign and security policy goals, including the EU energy policy; new energy projects should not contradict the principles of CFSP, as is the case with Nord Stream 2;
2020/10/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2020/2201(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need to address the interplay between digitalization and democracy, and combine traditional methods of engagement with digital platforms as a participation instrument that would allow citizens to better understand and explore the democratic process and how to better contribute as active social actors;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2020/2201(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Strongly encourages Member States to introduce in their educational curricula European civic education lessons that promote an active and participative European citizenship and the values of the European Union;
2021/04/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2020/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the very concept of Schengen cooperation, that of ensuring the absence of controls at internal borders and guaranteeing the freedom of movement, has been further challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has been added to the grounds invoked since 2015 for the persistent retention of internal border controls by some Member States; reiterates its condemnation of the maintenance of internal border checks and its view that many of the prolongations are not in line with the rules pertaining to their extension, necessity or proportionality, and are therefore unlawful;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2020/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that, according to the current EU legislation, internal border controls can be temporarily reintroduced and always by justifying the necessity and proportionality of this last resort measure; Calls on the Commission to assess whether these principles were fully respected by the Members States and apply, where necessary, sanctions in order to avoid further fragmentation of the Schengen area;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2020/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Further to its numerous requests for the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania, requesturges the Council to honour their commitment and take an immediate decisaction on the abolition of checks at internal land, sea and air borders and allow these countries to rightfully join the free movement area;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 79 #

2020/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses its deep concern about the repeated allegations concerning Frontex’s possible involvement in pushbacks and potential fundamental rights violations in the Agency’s activity and considers that internal reporting mechanisms, as well as parliamentary and public scrutiny over Frontex’s activities, must be reinforced;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2020/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that another visit to Croatia should take place to further assess the protection of the external border, further to the visits of 2016, 2017 and the renewed visit of 2019; calls on Croatia to continue to implement ongoing actions and remedy any deficiencies identified, especially as regards staffing levels and land border surveillance capacity; insists that the forthcoming visit must also assess the respect for fundamental rights and the reports aboutfollowing the repeated reports by humanitarian groups and the media of abuses, extreme violence and pushbacks by border officials;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 141 #

2020/2196(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that during the Covid 19 pandemic, all agencies managed to carry their operational activities with the help of digital and online communication tools; furthermore, the increasing development of AI, which will inevitably be the core of our digital future, calls for closer cooperation in the field of law enforcement, border management and justice in order to ensure a safe, secure, fair and unbiased future;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2020/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas studies have shown that climate change and environmental degradation will increasingly threaten basic human rights of vulnerable people, like the right to life, water, food, sanitation, healthcare and education; whereas the number of people displaced by the impact of the climate crisis is increasing; whereas the EU is fighting climate change through ambitious policies at home and close cooperation with international partners;
2020/11/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2020/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for immediate action against the harassment, intimidation, violent attacks against and imprisonment of environmental defenders and calls for a rapid response for their protection against any harassment, persecution, and violence;
2020/11/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2020/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the EU and its Member States to protect freedom of expression and media freedom and pluralism and to ensure the safety and protection of journalists, human rights defenders, and environmental defenders in external relations;
2020/11/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2020/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for further collaboration with international partners to integrate the infringement of human rights caused by environmental degradation in environmental policies and take human rights- based climate actions;
2020/11/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 89 #

2020/2134(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls for the EU to address the climate crisis as a human rights crisis and implement effective measures to fight climate change and lead the way for safeguarding the rights of future generations.
2020/11/11
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #

2020/2116(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the seriousness of the allegations of illegal actions performed by Frontex vessels and condemns any potential complicit behaviour in maritime pushback operations; calls on the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, to firmly demand an investigation regarding these allegations and the way in which Frontex’s operations are monitored to ensure compliance with international legislation and the principles and values regarding the protection of those at risk at sea;
2020/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2020/2116(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. CondemnNotes the increasing use by the EU and Member States of informal arrangements with third countries such as statements, declarations, standard operating procedures and memoranda of understanding that aim to step up returns and prevent people from finding safety in Europe; calls for the suspension of arrangements that are in; calls for the inclusion of an enforceable and mandatory human rights clause and specific safeguards in these arrangements in order to make them compatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the EU Treaties and international law; calls for full transparency over such arrangements and their implementation.
2020/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2020/2116(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for increased cooperation and coordination between Member States in order to fight more effectively against human trafficking networks and prevent migrant smuggling and uphold the protection of the victims of these crimes;
2020/11/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas a global connectivity strategy should serve the goals of the EU’s key policies such as the European Green Deal, the Digital Transformation and the global promotion of human rights; whereas it should build on Europe’s strength in trade policy, and address newly urgent challenges such as global health and security and the rise of disinformation and fake news in the context of hybrid threats;;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that connectivity as a fundamental orientation of the European Union is deeply ingrained in the EU’s approach to domestic and international challenges; points out with pride that connectivity policies have been implemented successfully in many of the EU’s external relations; encourages the Commission and EEAS to create a Global EU Connectivity Strategy (‘the Strategy’) as an extension of the current EU-Asia connectivity strategy in order to align our connectivity philosophy and connectivity policies with the goal of strengthening the EU’s role as a true geopolitical and geo- economic actor and of strengthening partnerships with democracies around the globe who share our fundamental values;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Invites economic and societal stakeholders and relevant experts in the field at the EU level and in the Member States to participate in the development of the Strategy;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that, in order to generate sustainable growth and jobs, connectivity investments need to respect the public good, market efficiency and fiscal viability, while avoiding debt entrapment or compromises in the detriment of human rights and dignity; highlights that such investments need to support economic resilience and decarbonisation of the economy, and respect high environmental and biodiversity standards; stresses that they need to adhere to high standards of social and labour rights, transparency, human rights, due diligence, and good governance, and give a voice to the people affected by the projects;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their ambition for the digital transformation; expects the EU to become a competitive global actor in digitalisation on a par with the US and China; considers, in this context, the promotion of digital connectivity a high priority for the EU; believes that the development of open strategic autonomy in this sector must include digitalisation partnerships with third countries who share our values and who deploy technology in full respect of fundamental rights; underlines that the EU should aim at co- leadership in setting and defending international standards and practices and to lead the way in defining such international standards in accordance with European values;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 136 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Stresses that 5G infrastructure is the backbone of the future digital society and economy and a strategic element in Europe’s strategic resilience; calls on the Commission to elaborate a plan for developing European 5G and for phasing- out of 5G technology built by third countries who do not share European values and ethical standards;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Underlines that rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence and new technologies provide non-democratic regimes with ample opportunities to use technology to restrictor infringe upon the rights of their citizens; urges the Commission to strongly condition connectivity projects with third countries on the ethical use of technology, both domestically and abroad;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2020/2115(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the importance of trade and investment in achieving the objectives of the Strategy; emphasises, in this context, in particular the role of international norms and standards; is of the view that the EU model of standardisation policy has the advantage of being innovative, open and inclusive, and must be en abled to continue coping with the global competition between different standardisation paradigms; emphasises in this context the need to prevent any authoritarian tendencies in future standardisation of ICT and the internet of things; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to coordinate closer with likeminded democratic partners in international standard-setting fora to promote international standards that support democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights;
2020/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the world has entered a B. new era of ‘unpeace’, characterised by great geopolitical competition involving ‘semi-conflicts’non-traditional threats and conflicts, such as hybrid and cyber-attacks, which happen away from the public eye, but have significant implications for EU and global security and for which we do not have proper tools to counter and react to;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas at the same time, the global order is increasingly confronted with policy issues and challenges that require effective global policy dialogue and convergence of positions in order to devise real solutions and common agreed upon standards that can deliver effectively in the interest of all and are promoting human rights and the rule of law;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas multilateralism is in crisis, resulting in part from the emergence of new actornon-state actors and authoritarian state networks on the global stage, the tensions derived from the nature of multilateral institutions, the growing gap between public opinion and institutions, the decline of traditionally dominant geopolihe liberal democratical powers and the subsequent decline of global freedoms and democracy; whereas we are on the cusp of a new era that threatens to undermine more than seventy years of progress and relative peace and consolidate an era of strongman politics striving to undermine the rule of law, responsibility and diversity; whereas the combination of national populist impulses, divergent and changing objectives and a lack of application and accountability methods is forcing the multilateral system to face three connected crises: a crisis of power, of relevance and of legitimacy, which are a result of a lack of political will and coordination, mostly from the West;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas multilateralism is in need of swift revitalisation to tackle this multidimensional crisis; whereas threats to peace and security, climate change, global public health challenges, disinformation, foreign interference, and the deepening of poverty and inequalities at the global level are some of the pressing challenges that the world is facing right now; whereas only through a reinforced multilateral order and political leadership will the international community be able to find lasting and sustainable answers to these challenges;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the increasing positions of strength by illiberal third countries in multilateral fora and international organisations, including through a strong presence as regards the management and decision-making processes of relevant international organisations and multilateral fora, can lead to asymmetric and, less effective, if notand biased, policy responses, absent the level playing field for all members of the international community, and to a much weaker commitment by the international community to the defence of universal values and universal rights; whereas individual agendas, unilateral actions and a lack of engagement and support for multilateral solutions can further undermine multilateralism as an essential organising principle to tackle transnational challenges; whereas, in this context, it is essential to reaffirm the value of rules- based governance, international cooperation, a commitment to fundamental rights and a true level playing field for all members of the international community; whereas relevant international organisations and multilateral fora will be key to achieving these objectives; whereas these objectives will not only allow a more effective positive policy impact on global challenges, but will also curb and prevent the risk of conflict;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the UN Secretary- General’s report entitled ‘Our Common Agenda’, which was presented to the UN General Assembly in September 2021 and drafted through a wide-ranging consultation process including UN member states, thought leaders, young people, civil society, relevant stakeholders and citizens, as well as the UN system and its many partners, attests to the need for a more effective, inclusive rules-based, and networked multilateralism for the future; whereas this will be essential for the UN system and other multilateral fora in order to continue being an effective venue for global consultation and decision-making; whereas, in this context, the EU is uniquely positioned to support the UN and other relevant international organisations in pursuing a process of reform and in revitalising their delivery capacity and their ability to connect to relevant stakeholders, such as young people or the communities most impacted by climate change; whereas in doing so the EU should seize the opportunity to engage constructively and effectively with rival powers, while maintaining a firm stance on fundamental rights and pursuinge closer cooperation and coordination with like-minded countries to reinforce the primacy of universal values and fundamental rights and to advance effective solutions to global challenges; whereas parliamentary diplomacy will be a key component of reinforcing rules-based, inclusive, networked and effective multilateralism;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the EU to become more assertive and strategic in dealing with rising global threats; underlines that in the context of a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, the world is at a crossroads and multilateral institutions are in danger of becoming dominated by non-democratic regimes; calls for strong, action-based, commitment to protecting democracy and fundamental rights in multilateral fora;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its strongest support for the programme of reforms introduced by UN Secretary-General António Guterres; stresses the importance of a UN system that can continue to deliver effectively; points to the value of the ‘One UN’ vision of the UN Secretary-General for the UN system, where the various agencies and components of the UN can truly be interlinked and function together on the basis of a single budgetary and managerial structure and can reinforce the attainment of the UN’s objectives; points, in particular, to the enhanced role of the UN Resident Coordinators provided for by the reform of the UN development system and considers that these UN Resident Coordinators should not only take the lead in coordinating the implementation of UN programmes on the ground to reinforce the unity of UN action, but should also liaise and consult closely with EU delegations in the relevant UN member state to pursue synergies and mutual reinforcement with the EU’s thematic and geographic programmes for that country; recalls that the EU can greatly reinforce the outreach and impact of UN programmes in third countries and can define its programming and assistance in synergic and reinforcing fashion in conjunction with the objectives of the UN; stresses, therefore, the value of close EU-UN consultation and cooperation and invites the UN to regularly consult with the EU at UN headquarters, but also on the ground in third countries; takes the view that the EU and the UN should hold annual summits with the possibility for the UN Secretary-General to confer with Council, Commission, EEAS and Parliament; calls on the UN to ensure a steady presence of high-level UN interlocutors at the European Parliament to further structured and consistent policy dialogue and give enhanced visibility to UN efforts;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the EU should identify the UN bodies and other multilateral organisations that are key to promoting policy dialogue, convergence and policy solutions to global challenges and standard setting and should define clear objectives and clear priorities for dialogue with and support, including budgetary support, to such bodies and organisations; recalls, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States are already the leading donors to the UN and many of its agencies and programmes, but that this commitment to and support for the UN does not always translate into a stronger presence by the EU and its Member States in key UN agency positions; points to the increased geopolitical importance of standards, especially in technology, and urges the EU to act strategically to become a standard-setting superpower in multilateral fora; calls on the EU and its Member States to further improve their coordination when it comes to establishing joint support for candidacies for leadership positions in multilateral fora; points to the positive potential of also enhancing thisneed to coordinatione with like- minded partners in other world regions and looking at the importance of the principle of the equitable geographical distribution of leadership positions, keeping a strong focus on democratic values;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU and its Member States to further their ability to share information, consult and coordinate, on strategies, policies, and positions including in the governing bodies and boards of multilateral bodies where the EU is not represented; shares the view of the VP/HR and the Commission that the EU should establish coordination mechanisms in all international financial institutions; believes that the same coordination ability should be expanded to the boards of all UN bodies, such as, for example, the Food and Agriculture Organization;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need to work towards an effective, results-oriented, values-based, and inclusive multilateralism, where governments, civil society, the private sector, academia and other relevant stakeholders can effectively work together to serve and achieve global goals, values and interests; acknowledges the importance of reconciling the two critical EU goals of enhancing the EU’s visibility and leverage as a global actor and supporting the role of multilateral fora; recalls the need to address and manage these tensions and to articulate a balancedprincipled and assertive position between these two goals, in line with the EU’s core values, ideas and interests;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of continuing to reach out to allies and like- minded partners in international organisations and multilateral fora to consolidate a coalition of like-minded countries committed to common values and objectives and to policy dialogue and effective cooperation globally; points, in this regard, to the particular relevance, not only of traditional transatlantic partners such as the US and Canada, as well as the UK, but also to countrdemocracies in Latin America and democracies in the Indo- Pacific region; recalls that the EU, the UK, the US, Canada and the countrdemocracies of Latin America and the Indo-Pacific can create, in partnership together, a broader transatlantic areainternational coalition of common values and standards and a commitment to advancing global responses to global challenges; underlines, in this regard, that this broad transatlantic coalition could expand dialogue and cooperation to African countries and support the latter in their quest for political and economic stability; notes that cooperation between the EU and its northern and southern Atlantic partners would empower the political voices that want to build a future for Africa premised on democracy, inclusion and prosperity, while being mindful of the need to protect the African continent from the ravages and security threats stemming from climate change; supports, in this regard, efforts by the VP/HR, the Council and the Commission to further strengthen the EU’s partnership with the African Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States; points to the importance of furthering a convergence of positions at the UN and other multilateral fora between the EU and both accession and partner countries; calls on the EU to expand its ability to assist partner and like-minded countries, including through capacity building, knowledge-sharing, training and twinning, so that they can engage more effectively in the multilateral system; reiterates the importance of reinforcing the existing multilateral fora with like-minded partners, especially the EU-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summits;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the EU’s tireless advocacy for and defence of universal human rights, its staunch support for the universalisation of international human rights law, its active support to and use of UN human rights fora to address pressing human rights issues, its steadfast support for strengthening accountability and international justice mechanisms and its fight against impunity; supports the VP/HR and the Commission in their quest to ensure that the UN Human Rights Council acts more efficiently, and swiftly addresses all human rights issues and country situations effectively, credibly and without bias and ensures synergies with other multilateral human rights fora; pays tribute to the work of the current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and takes the view that her tenure provides a unique opportunity to engage on effective dialogue and cooperation on how to streamline and reinforce the delivery capacity of the UN human rights system, including through increased public scrutiny of Human Rights Council membership, responsibilities and mandatory pledging events at the UN General Assembly with candidates to the Human Rights Council, as proposed by the VP/HR and the Commission in their joint communication; welcomes the launch on 12 October 2021 of an annual strategic dialogue with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; welcomes the EU’s initiatives and activities pertaining to human rights in the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee and the UN Security Council, as well as the cooperation between the EU and the UN on multiple thematic and country-based human rights issues;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that for rules-based, effective, results-oriented and networked multilateralism to flourish, it is important to involve democratically elected parliaments to ensure broader access to a wide-range of stakeholders and expand dialogue and cooperation to non-state entities such as regional governments, municipalities, academia and the economic sector; recalls that democratically elected parliaments can give visibility to and empower the voices supporting multilateralism as an avenue for effective policy responses for the benefit of all humankind and can further secure the necessary link between the international organisations and multilateral fora making decisions and the citizens; points to the synergic role that the European Parliament can play in its regular political and policy outreach to the parliaments of the EU Member States and third countries, as this outreach can reinforce and further expand the coalition and the ability of like-minded countries in international organisations and multilateral fora to make positive impacts; considers that Parliament should reflect on the possibility of creating a delegation devoted to the UN, with particular regard to the UN General Assembly and other parliamentary dimensions of international organisations and multilateral fora to reinforce the parliamentary link and dialogue with the UN system and other relevant multilateral fora and ensure democratic dialogue and strategic considerations at the EU inter-institutional level; believes that Parliament’s offices in cities with UN bodies or international organisations that are relevant for the external action of the EU should reach out to and cover the activities of these bodies and organisations to establish a closer link with the efforts, commitments and visions related to multilateralism at EU and European Parliament level; takes the view that Parliament should carry out a reflection on how to maximise the synergies between inter-parliamentary delegations, committees and Parliament’s services devoted to election observation and democracy support to further reinforce the external action of the EU through the activities of these parliamentary bodies;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 255 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for extending multilateralism to new challenges and realities such as biodiversity, cybersecurity, biotechnology and, artificial intelligence, which need to be developed alongsideand emerging threats such as the technology-enabled spread of fake news, fake science, and disinformation; argues that experts and scientists who should be party to multilateral, multi-stakeholder arrangements;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that in the face of a more and more ambitious, assertive, and aggressive China, the EU and its democratic like-minded partners should coordinate in multilateral fora in an alliance of tech democracies in order to uphold the rules-based international system, to counter authoritarian coordination aimed at hijacking international fora, and to ensure through standard-setting and global rules that new technologies remain human-centric;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2020/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses that the success of multilateral organisations plays a crucial role in rebuilding public trust in democracy, liberalism, and the importance of rules-based world order;
2022/02/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic, which is affecting millions of human lives, giving rise to an unprecedented global health, economic, social and humanitarian crisis and will affect key aspects of EU foreign policy;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the pandemic has highlighted existing challenges such as the fight against disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, and other malign third-party interference;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is of the opinion that, following the lessons of the COVID-19 crisis, the EU should increasingly act as a global superpower and project its influence on a global scale, with an assertive and coordinated foreign policy;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to review the 2016 Global Strategy in light of the global impact of the crisis, reflecting these geopolitical shifts and ensuring more strategic EU action and that the EU plays its part in defending the rules-based multilateral world order that was created after the Second World War;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the lack of leadership the United States Government has shown in fighting COVID-19; believes that the false information in President Trump’s tweets and during his press conferences have been very unhelpful in the joint fight against the virus;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the lack of communication between the EU and United States and unilateral measures taken during the COVID-19 crises, for example when imposing of travel restrictions; stresses the need to work together in fighting COVID-19, including timely exchange of information;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is worried about the decision of the US Government to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the general tendency of its President to withdraw the US from the multilateral organisations that were created to establish a rules-based world order;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the need to find a new method ofconsolidate and enhance cooperation between the EU and US, based on mutual respect and a joint agenda to defend multilateralism, the rule of law and human rights;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 213 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. AcknowledgStresses the need to find a new method ofadvance cooperation between the EU and US, based on mutual respect and a joint agenda to defend multilateralism, the rule of law and human rights;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the strengthening of the People’s Republic of China’s worldwide diplomatic efforts following the COVID- 19 outbreak, seeking to position itself as the dominant global player;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 239 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the emergency contributions provided by China to fight the virus; also recognises, however, a clear geopolitical and geo-economic dimension, bolstered by ‘virus and wolf warrior diplomacy’ and the politicisation of humanitarian assistance; condemns the massive infodemic by China and Russia during COVID-19 crises;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 248 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned about the lack of transparency related to the Chinese reaction to the global outbreak, involving the withholding of information, censorship, the suppression of whistle-blowers and human rights activists, and the projection of power in the region, all of which had a damaging impact on the EU’s ability to foresee, prepare for, and face the COVID- 19 crisis and has cost many EU citizens’ lives;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 273 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Chinese regime to fully cooperate with an independent investigation into the origins of COVID- 19, and calls on the Member States to present a united front towards a rising China, which is leading a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and has threatened to annex Taiwan, while brutally repressing and persecuting members of the Uyghur ethnic minority; calls on the Member States to advocate Taiwan’s membership of the WHO;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EU to be vigilant of, and when necessary counter, Chinese attempts to shape international institutions around values and interests the EU does not share;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 314 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses concern over the structural attempts of the Russian Federation to undermine EU unity and to create mistrust between the EU and Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries by the intensification of disinformation campaigns;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 317 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses utmost concern over the structural attempts of the Russian Federation to undermine EU unity by the intensification of disinformation campaigns;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to increase its efforts and funding dedicated to combatting Russian fake news and disinformation campaigns and to hold Russia accountable for such campaigns and any acts that interfere with European democratic processes or are meant to undermine the European Union;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 324 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that COVID-19 crises does not stop Russia from advancing with his geopolitical ambitions, calls for the EU not to dismiss this and to keep in the agenda the conflicts where Russia has an interest like Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia etc.;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 327 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses indignation over reported Russian cyberattacks attempting to steal coronavirus-related research material from European pharmaceutical companies;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 350 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises the global security, socio-economic and political risks that could be caused by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is worried about the fact that the EU’s main international counterpartsChina and Russia were prepared to use the crisis to unravel the rules-based world order underpinned by multilateral organisations;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 364 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the multilateral rules- based world order is vital for global peace, the rule of law and democracy; believes that a geopolitical EU must play a firmer role in defending it and seek ways to de- escalate tensions between powers, promoting, at the same time, the wellbeing of its citizens and its values on the world scene;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 402 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the end of the unanimity rule on foreign policy would help the EU to conduct a foreign policy that is more effective and more proactive; calls on the Council or European Council to follow the European Commission and European Parliaments' call to move to qualified majority voting, at least on human rights or sanctions implementation, by activating the passerelle clause;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 461 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes that the online crime is on the rise, with the possibilities of major cyber-attacks on critical infrastructures increasing; stresses therefore the need to invest into fight against cyber-crimes and to raise the awareness of this increasing threat;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 472 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that the EU has a global responsibility in preventing the erosion of democratic values and principles and the declining respect for fundamental human rights in the wake of the pandemic;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 474 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need to reduce dependency on third countries in certain strategic and existential sectors and might prompt diversification of its most critical supply chains; points out that COVID-19 has led to growing protectionism, therefore underlines the importance of finding the right balance between improving the resilience of our value chains to achieve strategic autonomy and maintaining trade relations as open as possible;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 476 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need to reduce dependency on third countries in certain strategic and existential sectors and might prompt diversification of its most critical supply chains ; calls on the Commission to elaborate a plan to ensure the EU’s strategic resilience in sectors key to successfully overcoming future crises;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 497 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls its request for a strong global sanctions regime to address serious human rights violations, which would be the EU equivalent of the so-called Magnitsky Act which should include acts of high-level corruption as criteria for sanctions;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 510 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines the strategic importance of EU engagement and support in its neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South and calls for increased support for democracy, rule of law, and human rights in the neighbourhood; stresses that the EU must give Western Balkan countries that are not yet part of the EU a fair chance to join the EU, and that the EU mustgive Eastern Partnership countries the perspective of joining the EU when they are ready, continueing its efforts to invest in these regions;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 541 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis could destabilise countries in Africa which often have a fragile health infrastructure and high debts; calls for the EU presence in Africa to be strengthened, for financial assistance and recovery plans to be fostered and for an alternative to Chinese investments to be provided, working to build Africa into a long-term, reliable, and close partner of the EU;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 554 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Notes the impact that COVID-19 has on more vulnerable regions, including conflict regions and least developed countries thereby increasing poverty and insecurity, prolonging conflicts and threaten gender equality and women’s rights; calls for the EU to increase its multilateral cooperation on humanitarian responses;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 575 #

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the EU's rejecting of vaccine nationalism and calls on the European Commission to take the lead in ensuring that any future vaccine is accessible to all;
2020/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas funding dual-use transport infrastructure will benefit both civilian and military mobility and by implementing harmonised administrative procedures resources could be moved through proper supply routes across the EU and help in building a common security and defence environment;
2020/07/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) increase investment in interconnecting civilian transport infrastructure compatible with planning for military mobility;
2020/07/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2020/2072(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Takes the view that an ambitious Mechanism should also aim at effectively upholding press freedom and media pluralism thus leading to concrete improvements for journalists and the media sector;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas climate-induced migration is strongly related to other factors, including pomainly poverty, competition for water, food and other resources leading to increased frequency and severity, of disease outbreaks and deaths; since when a country lacks the appropriate resources to adapt to climate change, this can aggravate poverty and force people to move; whereas climate change is an important risk multiplier for conflict, drought, famine and migration;
2020/09/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that, while climate migration is a reality that is set to intensify, people who move for long-term, climate change-related reasons have no effective access to protection in the EU; calls on the Member States and the Commission to put in place protection pathways, which include promoting humanitarian visas, temporary protection, authorisation to stay, and regional and bilateral free movement agreements; proposes that a climate passport be issued to persons coming from a country, or part of it, that will become uninhabitable due to climate change as a way to offer them protection from vulnerability and statelessness; proposes that any change in the environmentmigrants that flee unbearable living conditions due to climate change be explicitly listincluded among eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection; calls on the Commission and Member States to put forward such proposals in international forums, in parallel to other EU initiatives;
2020/09/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for effective long-term strategies and policies to ensure assistance and protection for migrants displaced by climate change and proper resource allocation for mitigating climate migration;
2020/09/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration identifies climate change as aone of the drivers of migration and urges countries to introduce channels and to plan for people who move due to natural disasters and climate change;
2020/09/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to enhance and better coordinate less restrictive legal channels for third-country workers and their families, which would include mobility schemes and preferential access for workers coming from a country, or part of it, affected by climate change;
2020/09/08
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the particularly close historical ties binding the European Union (EU) and Africa, and the EU’s major contribution both in terms of development aid1 and in the smooth functioning of the African Union (AU)2 ;and reaffirms that the partnership between Africa and the EU must be established between two equal entities that are loyal and credible partners. _________________ 1 EUR 19.6 billion, 46% of the overall total (2018)https://ec.europa.eu/commission/pre sscorner/detail/en/qanda_20_375 2USD 327 million, 42% of its budget, E- 003478/2018
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the importance of designing the strategic partnership with Africa by strengthening the links established with the AU but also by developing regional cooperation and trilateral EU-AU-UN dialogue.
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that poverty in the African continent remains a key motive for migration; considers that the EU can make better and more efficient use of its instruments such as the EU-Africa Trust Fund and could increase funding of the Erasmus+ Programme for youth education both within the EU and Africa
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Invites to finalize important projects for the development of the African continent such as the fight against corruption, digitalization, sustainable development, the strengthening of the rule of law, the protection of minorities and the most vulnerable, notably children, gender equality, and equal opportunities for all.
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of reinforcing a new and comprehensive EU- Africa multi- sectoral partnership for ensuring stability and security in all regions based on trustful cooperation and effective coordination for creating and promotion peace, sustainable economic growth, new jobs and poverty eradication;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the development of Africa depends on education inclusion and that it is necessary to continue addressing education inequalities and to increase investment in schooling and health policies and programmes for child and youth development;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that gender disparity in education remains a severe problem in Africa, especially in marginalised communities, and stresses the need to provide proper access to education, skills learning programmes, and real life opportunities for girls and women;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Recalls the need to support women's empowerment programmes in Africa through quality and affordable education, social justice, proper healthcare, increased self-reliance and financial independence;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses the importance of continuing the cooperation with African leaders for developing and promoting legislation fighting against sexual and domestic violence, sexual harassment, child marriage, marital rape, and any kind of abuse;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Stresses the need to build a long- term shared strategy to fight human smuggling and illegal migration routes from African countries to the EU;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for increased cooperation and coordination with African countries in order to effectively fight against human and arms trafficking networks and prevent migrant smuggling and uphold the fundamental rights and the protection of the victims of these crimes;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Stresses the importance of the agricultural multi-sectoral transformation and rural development in all African countries and regions, leading to creation of jobs and decentralisation of communities from big urban areas;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that up to 80% of all international migrants who originate from African countries are moving within the African continent, contributing to Africa’s development, prosperity and integration.
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance to develop a genuine circular migration policy enabling skilled and unskilled workers to benefit from an exchange of professional knowledge and mobility between the EU and Africa, allowing people to return to their countries of origin and, thus, promoting “brain gain”;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that brain drain is a problem that needs to be addressed with the utmost attention in order to design a genuine and sustainable strategic partnership with Africa; supports prioritizing eligible applications for work permits from countries of origin and transit to the EU (for instance, through embassies or online) in order to discourage migrants from migrating irregularly and ease the burden on the asylum system.
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the digitisation and modernisation of public administration in African countries, in particular with a view to developing reliable civil registration agencies and promoting data exchange so as to combat terrorism and all sorts of organised crime, notably human trafficking and smuggling;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Encourages African leaders to promote bold economic policies for industrialisation and for enabling an environment for market- based growth, promoting new energy resources in the process;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the importance of continuing to boost Africa’s digital infrastructure in the process of digitalisation and to ensure proper connectivity and internet access across the continent, from rural to urban areas alike;
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of developing sound policies for equal access to quality education, inclusive skills learning programmes for all children and creating cross-sector opportunities for social progress and economic growth;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the efforts of African leaders for developing and promoting legislation fighting against sexual and domestic violence, sexual harassment, child marriage, marital rape and any kind of abuse and stresses the need for further cooperation;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 82 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the security and interests of the European continent and its citizens to be taken into accountinterests and legitimate expectations of both Africans and Europeans to be taken into account, including through the direct participation of civil society organisation in the EU- Africa Strategy process.
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #

2020/2041(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be transferred into the hands of Africans and that the EU should assistclosely assist and scrutinize these matters together with its African partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal.
2020/07/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the response of the criminal justice sector in many Member States to victims of cyberviolence is still lagging behind, demonstrating a lack of empathy and understanding of the seriousness of these offences and discouraging women and girls to report these actions;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 75 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are widespread in the Union and are to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination and a serious violation of human rights; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in the unequal distribution of power between women and men, in sexism and gender stereotypes, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 80 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas internet connectivity and the need to access the digital public sphere are becoming increasingly necessary for the development of our societies and economies;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 101 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate speech, flaming, doxxing, sextortion, blackmail, public shaming, identity theft, revenge porn and image- based sexual abuse are among the most common types of gender-based cyberviolence; whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 202 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolence, considering the cross-border dimension of the use of ICT; Calls on the European Commission and Member States to adopt a harmonised legislative framework on combating cross- border cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 225 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the importance of eliminating through early education biases, genderstereotypes and cultural beliefs that lead to harmful social gender norms;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 228 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls for preventive measures and awareness campaigns focused on encouraging women and girls to talk about and report to the authorities any kind of cyberviolence they might suffer;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 229 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls for an European response on cyberviolence and other gendered cybercrimes, particularly on online luring of women and girls from all cultural contexts into harmful situations such as international trafficking;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 230 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Stresses the need to addresses cyberviolence through good European governance with emphasis on accountability, transparency and participation and change social and legal norms;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 247 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that inter alia stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, social alienation, lack of trust and lack of sense of control, caused by cyberviolence, can have an impact on mental health and can lead to self- harm thoughts and actions;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 259 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses the importance of raising public awareness regarding the impact of gender-based cyberviolence and help ensure a safe and empowering digital public space for everyone, including women and girls;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 300 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to protect, support and ensure reparation for victims of gender-based cyberviolence; Stresses the need for legal and psychological resources for assisting victims of cyberviolence in order to prevent further harm and re- victimisation;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 309 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the need for a coordinated approach together with online platforms and law enforcement representatives to improve the security tools of these platforms and ensure timely and accessible reporting mechanisms in the fight against cyberviolence;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 312 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on all Member States to prosecute serious cyberviolence offences and apply appropriate imprisonment sentences; Stresses the need for providing training for law enforcement agents for dealing with victims, investigating and prosecuting these cyberviolence offences;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 348 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 1 – paragraph 1
The objective of the directive should be to establish a harmonised policy response on minimum rules concerning the definition of the crime of gender-based cyberviolence and related sanctions, to establish measures to promote and support the action of Member States in the field of prevention of that crime and measures to protect, support and ensure reparation for the victims.
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 353 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
The scope should cover any form of gender-based violence committed, assisted or aggravated in part or fully by the use of ICT, such as mobile phones and smartphones, the internet, social media platforms, messaging apps or email, against a woman because she is a woman, or affects women disproportionately.
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 364 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 6
- sexist hate speech (including: posting and sharing violent content, use of sexist or gendered comments and insults, abusing and threatening women for expressing their own views and for turning away sexual advances);
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 380 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
- digital education, literacy and skills, including in the school curricula, in order to promote an enhanced understanding of digital technologies and the empowerment of users, to improve digital inclusion, to ensure the respect for fundamental rights, to eliminate any gender inequality and biases in access to technologies and to ensure gender diversity in the technology sector, particularly in the development of new technologies;
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 404 #

2020/2035(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
- facilitating access to information and developing specific services for victims of cyberviolence (helplines, shelters, legal and psychological assistance);
2021/07/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 142 #

2020/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor the use of digital technologies for THB as the predominant tools used to recruit, trafficking victim and exploit victims and to increase support for building transnational expertise and capacity with technology-based solutions;
2020/11/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 198 #

2020/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that the COVID crisis forced many shelters to close or suspend services due to reported infections, leaving trafficking victims without housing, healthcare, and legal assistance; Stresses that, while prioritizing public health, access to care and social services should be guaranteed without discrimination;
2020/11/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 261 #

2020/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the prevention of the crime of trafficking for sexual exploitation, including through adopting measures and programmes to discourage and reduce demand, and calls on the Member States to include the use of the services of victims of trafficking as a criminal offence in their national statutes, as recommended by Article 8 of the Anti-Trafficking Directive and reiterated by the Commission in 201819 and foreseen proportionate sanctions; _________________ 19Second progress report on the implementation of the Directive, COM(2018)0777, p. 6.
2020/11/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 297 #

2020/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges Member States to implement, as part of a holistic approach, effective programmes targeting demand, information and education campaigns, and restorative programmes dedicated to and with the participation of survivors;
2020/11/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 392 #

2020/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on Member States to develop a model of identification, early support and assistance for children that are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as awareness-raising programmes and child-friendly reporting mechanisms;
2020/11/12
Committee: LIBEFEMM
Amendment 23 #

2020/2027(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the lack of effective implementation of EU directives that aim to establish criminal liability of legal persons for environmental offences1 ; stresses the urgent need to update such legislation and to find more effective implementation means; calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate appropriate financial and human resources to preventing, investigating and prosecuting environmental crimes; _________________ 1 Directive 2004/35/CE on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment through criminal law, and Directive 2009/123/EC amending Directive 2005/35/EC.
2020/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2020/2027(INI)

6. Calls on the Commission, Europol and Eurojust to provide further financial, human and technical support and a more institutionalised structure for existing networks of practitioners, cross- border law enforcement, environmental agencies and specialised prosecutors;
2020/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2020/2027(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls of the Commission toset up a tool that would allow EU citizens to report, in an anonymous manner and without fear of retaliation, to the appropriate European or Member State regulatory authorities and investigative teams, potential environmental crimes;
2020/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2020/2027(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Stresses the importance of creating a centralised online repository with data related to environmental crimes and illegal conduct that harm the environment in the Member States, in order to help cross- border law enforcement in detecting, investigating and prosecuting such crimes;
2020/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. non-profit organisations (NPOs) are increasingly involved in economic activities and contribute to the rapid development of the social economy including by engaging with citizens to better understand their needs and empower them, bringing societal benefits in terms of citizens welfare, the fight against climate change, quality employmentand inclusive employment at local, national and European level, including for persons with disabilities and persons belonging to marginalised communities and the fight against social exclusion and discrimination; whereas the development of the social economy directly contributes to the strengthening of the single market;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated NPOs’ central role in providing information and support to citizens, and highlighted their important role in providing care, including medical and social, especially to vulnerable and marginalized people and communities;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. NPOs play a central role in democracy by exercising public oversight over political power, articulating aspirationnd relaying aspirations and interests present in society, carrying out advocacy, contributing to informed policy- making and fostering active citizenshipwith their expertise and knowledge of the ground and fostering active and responsible citizenship leading to increased public debate and pluralism in society; whereas, to this end, civil society organisations must benefit from an enabling environment that allows them to thrive throughout the Union;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital C
C. Article 11 TEU acknowledges the role of NPOs in democratic life and specifies that institutions shall give citizens and representative associations the opportunity to make known and publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action, and that institutions shall maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with representative associations and civil society;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. Article 12 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees the right to freedom of association at all levels; whereas, according to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, freedom of association constitutes one of the essential bases of a democratic and pluralist society, inasmuch as it allows citizens to act collectively in fields of mutual interest; whereas barriers to the development of cross-border civic action are of a nature as to significantly limit the attainment of this objective
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital E
E. Restrictions of the space in which they operatcivic space have been reported by NPOs throughout the Union, related to the regulatory environment under which they operate with (changes in) legislation that affect their work, their finances and funding, their right to participation with increasing difficulties in accessing decision-makers and providing input into law- and policy- making and to an unsafe environment with increasing attacks and harassment, including negative discourse aimed at delegitimising and stigmatising NPOs;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital F
F. IThe European Court of Human Rights has recognized that the state has a positive obligation to secure the enjoyment of the right to freedom of association and found that “genuine and effective respect for freedom of association cannot be reduced to a mere duty on the part of the State not to interfere", whereas in its judgment in Case C-78/181 , the Court of Justice held that freedom of association does not only include the ability to create or dissolve an association but also covers the possibility for that association to act in the meantime; _________________ 1Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 June 2020, Commission v Hungary, C- 78/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:476, paragraph 113.
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 23 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital G
G. The Court of Justice of the European Union has produced concrete case law2 on the principles of non- discrimination and free movement of capital applied to cross-border donations; whereas and organisations established in another Member State; whereas despite this guidance from the Court, these principles are still not universally applied in Member States and the Commission has not put forward positive steps to address this at EU level. _________________ 2Judgment of the Court of 14 September 2006, Centro di Musicologia Walter Stauffer v Finanzamt München für Körperschaften, C-386/04, ECLI:EU:C:2006:568, Judgment of the Court of 27 January 2009, Hein Pershe v Finanzamt Lüdenscheid, C-318/07, ECLI:EU:C:2009:33 and Judgment of the Court of 10 February 2011, Missionswerk Werner Heukelbach eV v Belgian State, C- 25/10, ECLI:EU:C:2011:65.
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Recital G a (new)
G a. One third of the EU population lives in regions close to internal borders between Member States with an increasing number of cross-border initiatives however often hampered by discrepancies in the regulatory environment and development of the nonprofit sector on both sides of a border;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 38 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the long-overdue creation of a Statute for European Associations is a crucial step in fostering civic space at Union level, cross-border cooperation and dialogue, exchanges between citizens and reflection on common history and values; points out that such a Statute would help European civil society to structure itself, in particular by facilitating the development of European networks; considers that European Associations could be instrumental in enhancing civic participation in Union policy-making;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, in light of the growing number of threats which transcend national boundaries such as environmental damages, pandemics or the misuse of digital technologies, the potential of cross- border NPO activities should be unlocked in order for them to best harness their local, national and EU-level expertise so as to further strengthen their role in the protection and promotion of fundamental rights, the fight against discrimination and the support of citizens, especially marginalized and vulnerable people; emphasises that cross-border activities should both mean activities or cooperation carried out in more than one Member State and activities furthering the Union’s objectives or contributing to the promotion and safeguarding of its values;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that NPOs cannot thrive at Union level if the space in which they operate is being eroded or deliberately restricted in a number of Member States; considers therefore that the setting of common minimum standards for rules and procedures applying to NPOs will also help to provide a minimum level of protection throughout the Union and to spread best practices; from national regulations or practices which affect freedom of association and to spread best practices; calls in particular for ensuring that reporting and transparency requirements imposed on NPOs respect the principles of necessity and proportionality so as to enable public scrutiny without imposing unduly burdensome requirements;
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2020/2026(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that national bodies designated for the oversight of NPOs must be legally distinct and functionally independent of their respective governments and of any other public or private body.
2021/10/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the envisaged partnership must be based on the shared values, mutual trust and principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, which should be expressed in binding political clauses; stresses that, while the EU will remain bound by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the agreement on the future relationship must incorporate the United Kingdom’s continued commitment to respect the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR);
2020/05/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the discussions taking place in the EU-UK Joint Committee established under the Withdrawal Agreement and the upcoming meeting of the specialised committee on citizens’ rights; calls on the co-chairs of the Joint Committee to actively involve citizens and civil society organisations in this regard; requests that Parliament be fully informed of all the discussions held and decisions taken by the Joint Committee; is concerned that, according to the latest EU Settlement Scheme Statistics1 , published by the UK Home Office on 16 April 2020, of the total number of 3.4 million (3 468 700) applications received up to 31 March 2020, only 58 % were granted settled status and 41 % were granted pre-settled status; reiterates the Parliament’s call2 , with regard to resident status schemes both in the UK and in the Member States, that these schemes be non-discriminatory, user- friendly and transparent, and free of charge, that they have a declaratory nature and grant a physical document as proof of status; recalls that EU citizens holding pre- settled status should be treated equally with UK citizens under the Withdrawal Agreement, including with regard to access to benefits and the healthcare system; calls on the Joint Committee and the Commission to monitor relevant developments; notes that little progress has been achieved regarding Parliament’s call to address issues with regard to the EU Settlement Scheme, notably in relation to the accessibility of the application, the independence of the Monitoring Authority, and the possible consequences for Union citizens of not meeting the deadline, as well as the applicability of the UK’s EU Settlement Scheme in relation to EU-27 citizens in Northern Ireland who have not sought UK citizenship under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, and the need to fully respect the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts as stated in the Withdrawal Agreement; urges the UK authorities to ensure that there is no diminution of rights for citizens in Northern Ireland; stresses that these issues would need to be fully addressed and evaluated by the end of the transition period as a pre-condition for a future agreement; _________________ 1 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/gov ernment/uploads/system/uploads/attachme nt_data/file/879569/eu-settlement-scheme- statistics-march-2020.pdf 2 European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2020 on the proposed mandate for negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland- Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0033.
2020/05/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the importance of promoting and protecting the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, including security of personal data, as a key enabler in the digital economy and points out that the EU requires full compliance with these principles in all current and future developing commercial exchanges;
2020/05/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its call that, in view of the geographical proximity and the shared threats the EU and the UK are confronted with, the negotiating parties should endeavour to maintain effective, balanced and reciprocal arrangements for law enforcement cooperation that is effective and mutually beneficial for the security of their citizens, taking into account the fact the UK is now a third country and may not, therefore, enjoy the same rights and facilities as a Member State; underlines the fact that separate stand-alone agreements would undermine legal consistency in the areas of law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters; urges the Commission to adhere to its negotiating directives and strive to negotiate a single comprehensive agreement;
2020/05/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #

2020/2023(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the Schengen Information System (SIS) was created as a compensatory tool to remedy the lifting of border controls in the Schengen area; points out that the SIS legislation explicitly forbids the access of third countries to the system; underlines that, as a third country, the UK cannot have access to the SIS; recalls that, in 2015, the UK started applying certain provisions of Schengen acquis related to the SIS in the area of police cooperation10 and that serious deficiencies in its application by the UK were identified and have still not been remedied; recalls that on March 5 the Council issued a set of recommendations addressing the serious deficiencies in the 2017 evaluation of the UK on the application of the Schengen acquis in the field of SIS and there is little intention in UK’s reply in applying these recommendations and reciprocate and therefore calls for the immediate suspension of the provisional access of the UK to the Schengen Information System; considers that future cooperation between the EU and the UK in the area of law enforcement and judicial cooperation should be based on mutual trust; considers, therefore, that the arrangements for the future cooperation between the EU and the UK in the area of law enforcement and judicial cooperation should be dependent on those deficiencies being remedied; underlines, in this regard, the importance of robust rules on data protection in both negotiating parties; _________________ 10Council Decision 2007/533/JHA of 12 June 2007 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), OJ L 205, 7.8.2007, p. 63.
2020/05/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 43 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that the Covid19 pandemic has slowed down the negotiation process between the EU and UK and raises concerns regarding the timely delivery of a fully-fledged partnership agreement;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 78 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the importance of promoting and protecting the rights to privacy and data protection in the association agreement, including security of personal data, as a key enabler in the digital economy; points out that the EU requires full compliance with these principles in all current and future developing commercial exchanges;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 79 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that any association agreement between the EU and the UK must fully comply with the above- mentioned principles, abide by EU legislation, and be overseen by EU institutions;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 80 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Recalls that the Political Declaration, signed by both parties, serves as a legal guideline for negotiations to safeguard the rules-based international order, the rule of law and democracy, fair trade, workers’ rights, consumer and environmental protection, and the fight against any threat to our common values and interests; stresses that this can only be achieved by mutual trust and cooperation;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 140 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that under the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, after the end of the transition period the UK, while being a third country, will have the task of implementing parts of the Union Customs Code, which will require unprecedented structures to be set up even before the end of the transition period, necessitating due consideration for the issue of proper implementation and enforcement; calls on the Commission to carry out efficient checks and controls and regularly report back to the European Parliament regarding the border control situation; ; notes that the term goods ‘at risk of subsequently being moved into the Union’ used in Article 5 of that Protocol is unclear and depends on subsequent decisions of the Joint Committee which are exempt from formal European Parliament scrutiny; requests to be kept fully informed on the application of that Article and any proposals for decisions of the Joint Committee in that regard;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 154 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses the importance of an effective and balanced exchange of information in the field of law enforcements and judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the future partnership agreement with the UK; recalls that the EU is fully committed to enforcing the European Convention of Human Rights; stresses that lack of reciprocity will undermine the future security partnership;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 206 #

2020/2022(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Deems that misleading or obscure political advertising is a special class of online threat because it influences the core mechanisms that enable the functioning of our democratic society, especially when such content is sponsored by third-parties and foreign actors; calls, in this regard, for the establishment of strict transparency requirements for the display of paid political advertisement;
2020/06/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that digital services and 1. their underlying algorithms need to fully respect fundamental rights, especially the protection of privacy and personal data, non-discrimination and the freedom of speech and information, as enshrined in the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union; calls therefore on the Commission to implement an obligation of transparency and explainability of algorithms, and the possibility of human intervention, as well as other measures, such as independent audits and specific stress tests to assist and enforce compliance, based on a differentiated and risk-based approach in what the application of algorithms is concerned, with more strict rules for algorithms that pose potential threats to fundamental rights and freedoms;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the potential negative impact of micro-targeted advertising and of assessment of individuals, especially on minors and other vulnerable groups, by interfering in the private life of individuals, posing questions as to the collection and use of the data used to target said advertising, offering products or services or setting prices; calls therefore on the Commission to introduce a limitation on micro-targeted advertisements, especially on vulnerable groups, and a prohibition on the use of discriminatory practices for the provision of services or products; given the potential to disrupt the functioning of democratic processes, calls on an even more strict approach to micro-targeted advertising with electoral and political content, with a clear obligation to inform consumers of the advertisement nature of the content and of the sponsoring entity.
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2020/2018(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that the DSA should be future-proof and flexible enough to allow for periodic reviews and updates based on the emergence of new technologies with an impact on the digital single market, including novel threats and new types of online services.
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Acknowledges the transformative potential of AI in developing increasingly effective education tools; calls on the Commission to propose an ambitious and more integrated European education agenda that takes into account AI- powered learning; highlights that, with adequate protection of fundamental rights and against biases, AI-powered learning can help bring education to disadvantaged communities, persons with disabilities, and other categories of European citizens lacking proper access to education, leading to a more inclusive society;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that next generation digital infrastructure and internet coverage are of strategic significance for providing AI-powered education to European citizens; in light of the COVID19crisis, calls on the Commission to elaborate a strategy for a European 5G that ensures Europe’s strategic resilience and is not dependent on technology from states who do not share our values;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Emphasises the urgent need to ensure basic digital skills for all European citizens, allowing for equal social and economic opportunities, avoiding gender inequalities, accelerating the transition to a digital economy, and society and increasing Europe’s crisis resilience;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas digital technologies in general and artificial intelligence (AI) in particular bring with them extraordinary promise; whereas AI is one of the strategic technologies of the 21st century, with the potential to generatinge substantial benefits in efficiency, accuracy, and convenience, and thus bringing positive change to the European economy; whereas AI should not be seen as an end in itself, but as a tool for serving people, with the ultimate aim of increasing human well-being and the common good;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas trustworthy AI systems need to be accountable, designed for all (including consideration of vulnerable, marginalised populations in their design), be non- discriminatory, safe and transparent, and respect human autonomy and fundamental rights;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 57 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas AI applications in use by law enforcement include applications such as facial recognition technologies, automated number plate recognition, speaker identification, speech identification, lip-reading technologies, aural surveillance (i.e. gunshot detection algorithms), autonomous research and analysis of identified databases, forecasting (predictive policing and crime hotspot analytics), behaviour detection tools, autonomous tools to identify financial fraud and terrorist financing, social media monitoring (scraping and data harvesting for mining connections), international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catchers, and automated surveillance systems incorporating different detection capabilities (such as heartbeat detection and thermal cameras); whereas the aforementioned applications, alongside other potential or future applications of AI technology in law enforcement, can have vastly varying degrees of reliability and accuracy;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms that all AI solutions for law enforcement and the judiciary also need to fully respect the principles of non- discrimination, freedom of movement, the presumption of innocence and right of defence, freedom of expression and information, freedom of assembly and of association, equality before the law, and the right to an effective remedy and a fair trial and the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 100 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, in this regard, that any AI tool either developed or used by law enforcement or judiciary should, as a minimum, be safe, secure and fit for purpose, respect the principles of fairness, accountability, transparency and explainability, with their deployment subject to a strict necessity and proportionality test; highlights that trust among citizens in the use of AI developed and used in the EU is conditional upon the full fulfillment of these criteria;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, in this regard, that any AI tool either developed or used by law enforcement or judiciary should, as a minimum, be safe, secure and fit for purpose, respect the principles of fairness, accountability, transparency and explainability, with their deployment subject to a risk assessment and a strict necessity and proportionality test;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that technology can be repurposed and calls for strict democratic control and oversight for any AI-enabled technology in use by public authorities that can be repurposed for mass surveillance or mass profiling;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Stresses that safeguards against the misuse of AI technology by public authorities also need to be of a political nature and mandated uniformly across the European Union;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 123 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the potential for bias and discrimination arising from the use of machine learning and AI applications; notes that biases can be inherent in underlying datasets, especially when historical data is being used, introduced by the developers of the algorithms, or generated when the systems are implemented in real world settings; cautions about similar potential biases in the algorithms of AI systems; stresses that it is imperative that AI use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters does not become a factor of inequality, social fracture, or exclusion;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the power asymmetry between those who develop and employ AI technologies and those who interact and are subject to them;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 147 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it necessary to create a clear and fair regime for assigning legal responsibility and legal liability for the potential adverse consequences produced by these advanced digital technologies; underlines that legal responsibility and liability must always rest with a natural or legal person;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that no AI system should be enabled to harm the physical integrity of human beings, nor to distribute rights or to impose legal obligations on individuals;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 159 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights that adequate accountability, responsibility, and liability require significant specialised training with regards to the ethical provisions, potential dangers, limitations, and proper use of AI technology, especially for police and judiciary personnel; suggests that sufficient resources be allocated to a European Agency (such as CEPOL) to accommodate such training;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 165 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls for proactive and full transparency on private companies developing and deploying AI systems for law enforcement purposes;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 178 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for periodic mandatory auditing and testing of all AI systems used by law enforcement and the judiciary to test and evaluate algorithmic systems once they are in operation, in order to detect, investigate, diagnose and rectify any unwanted and adverse effects and ensure the AI systems are performing as intended;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Opposes the use of AI by law enforcement authorities to make behavioural predictions for individuals or groups on basis of past behaviour or group membership, such as predictive policing technologies, which attempt to identify people who are likely to commit a crime by analysing factors such as past arrests or group membership;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 186 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for a moratorium on the deployment of facial recognition systems for law enforcement, until the technical standards can be considered fully fundamental rights compliant, results derived are non-discriminatory, and there is public trust ibiased and non- discriminatory, the legal framework provides strict safeguards against misuse and strict democratic control and oversight, and there is empirical evidence on the necessity and proportionality for the deployment of such technologies;
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 195 #

2020/2016(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Expresses its great concern on the use of private facial recognition databases by law enforcement actors and intelligence services, such as Clearview AI, a database of more than three billion pictures that have been collected from social media and other websites, including from EU citizens; calls on Member States to oblige law enforcement actors to disclose whether they are using Clearview AI technology; recalls the opinion of the European Data Protection Board that the use of a service such as Clearview AI by law enforcement authorities in the European Union would "likely not be consistent with the EU data protection regime"; calls on the Commission to ban the use of private facial recognition databases in law enforcement.
2020/07/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that states, parties to a conflict and individuals, when employing AI-enabled systems in warfare, must at all times adhere to their obligations under the applicable international law and remain accountable for actions resulting from the use of such systems; recalls that AI machines can under no circumstances be held accountable for intended, unintended or undesirable effects caused by AI- enabled systems on the battlefield and that accountability must always rest with a human. No AI-powered system, military or otherwise, under no circumstance whatsoever, should be permitted to automatically decide to end a human life;
2020/06/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the use, creation and management of artificial intelligence must respect the fundamental rights, values and freedoms expressed in the EU Treaties and in the idea underpinning the creation of the European Union; welcomes the publication of the Commission's White Paper on Artificial Intelligence and encourages deeper research into the use of Artificial Intelligence by state authorities and restraint by all Member States before deploying artificial intelligence systems that can pose threats to fundamental rights in the public sector; stresses that the European Union must contribute to the creation of an international legal framework for the use of AI, especially in the context of building the strategic advantage that AI can offer;
2020/07/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
paragraph 3
3. Notes that artificial intelligence has greatthe potential to help in the fight against crime, online terrorist content and cybercrime; considers that, in each of these cases, there must be certainty that its use does not lead to abuse, discrimination, violation of fundamental rights or the unjustified deletion or blocking of content and thus to the censorship of or discrimination against views expressed online;
2020/07/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that the European Union needs to strive for strategic resilience so that it is never again found unprepared in times of crisis, and underlines that especially in what artificial intelligence and its military applications are concerned, this is of crucial significance; emphasises that supply-chains for military AI systems that can lead to technological dependence should be recalibrated and such dependencies should be phased-out; calls for increased investment in European AI for defence and in the critical infrastructure that sustains it;
2020/06/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
paragraph 4
4. Stresses that all operations undertaken by artificial intelligence must always remain under human supervision; stresses that artificial intelligence in the justice system should be used to improve the analysis and collection of data and the protection of victims, but that it is no substitute for human beings in terms of sentencing or decision-makingis no substitute for human beings in terms of sentencing or decision- making; advises utmost caution and strict civilian control in the use of artificial intelligence in making or informing decisions related to fundamental rights and liberties;
2020/07/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that, as a global actor, the European Union should pursue the international adoption of its ethical and technical standards in AI-powered military systems; considers that the Union should engage in AI diplomacy in international fora with likeminded partners like the G7, the G20,and the OECD;
2020/06/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for increased cooperation within the NATO Alliance for the establishment of common standards and interoperability of AI-powered military systems; stresses that the transatlantic relationship is crucial in preserving shared values and in countering future and emerging threats;
2020/06/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
paragraph 5
5. Notes that the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic means that governments are facing considerable pressure from their citizens to protect their health effectively; considers that the use of artificial intelligence can greatlyhas the potential to help in the fight against the global pandemic.; cautions nevertheless on the dangers of using inadequate AI systems for public health decisions and considers that AI deployment for such purposes needs to be based on scientific evidence; recommends that public health decisions on pandemics are based on a holistic epidemiological approach, not on automated analysis;
2020/07/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that any ethical framework should seek tofully respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Union law and the Treaties; respect human autonomy,; prevent harm,; promote fairness, eliminate biases and discrimination; and respect the principle of explicability of technologies;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of developing an “ethics-by-default and by design” framework which fully respect the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Union law and the Treaties;deleted
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that, based on a human- centric approach, the Union follows a path of responsibility, of protecting our citizens and their data, and of defending our values, whilst seizing the opportunities that those technologies offer;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the Union must be at the forefront of mastering those technologies by establishing well defined processes for their use, for understanding the related ethical aspects and for fostering an effective international regulatory framework that contains the inherent risks of these technologies and prevents use for malicious purposes; those include in particular unintended harm to persons, be it material or immaterial, such as breach of fundamental rights or physical harm; underlines that further AI research and development should ensure that AI enabled systems are better equipped to understand unique context; Calls for regular monitoring to make sure that AI- driven decision-making does not lead to discrimination and that AI systems are not trained on bias data;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the Union legal framework will need to be flexible, future- proof, and continuously updated with guiding ethical principles; points out that, where it would be premature to adopt legal acts, a soft law framework should be used;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a horizontal approachrisk-based differentiated approach to regulating artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies, including technology-neutral ethical standards that apply to all sectors in which AI could be employedhigh-risk technologies and to sectors in which the use of AI can threaten fundamental rights and liberties; calls on the Union to promote strong and transparent cooperation and knowledge- sharing between the public and private sectors to create best practices and continuously identify high-risk applications of AI;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 77 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the protection of networks of interconnecteddevelopment of AI and robotics must prevent security breaches, cyber-attacks and the misuse of personal data;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that the entire responsibility and accountability for the decision to design, develop, deploy and use AI-systems must rest on human operators and the human-in- the-loop principle must also be applied to the command and control of AI-enabled systems; stresses that AI- enabled systems must allow the military leadership to assume its full responsibility and exercise the necessary level of judgment for taking lethal or large-scale destructive action be means of such systems;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that AI and robotic technology in the area of law enforcement and border control could enhance public safety and security but also needs extensive and rigorous public scrutiny; stresses that its use must respect the principles of proportionality and necessity;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 97 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to enact strong and mandatory safeguards to prevent states and public authorities from misusing artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies; stresses that the misuse of such technologies by authorities can become a direct threat to democracy and to the fundamental rights of our citizens;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that the Union must promote understanding the military implications of AI, of robotics and of autonomy; considers that the Union needs to promote the acquisition of the necessary skills and knowledge on technology development processes and operational methods throughout the supply chain and over the full lifecycle of AI-enabled military capabilities; underlines the urgent need for establishing increased European strategic and technological independence in the field of AI enabled systems, including the critical infrastructure it relies on;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that AI and robotics are not immune from making mistakes; cConsiders the need for legislators to reflect upon the complex issue of liability in the context of criminal justice. and that liability in all AI applications should always rest with a legal person;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 107 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies are global technologies and that these standards need to be adopted worldwide in order to ensure their future development is aligned to European values and ethical standards; calls on the Commission to engage in AI diplomacy in international fora with likeminded partners such as the United States, the G7, the G20, and OECD for establishing common ethical standards and guidelines for developing AI, robotics, and related technologies;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 111 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that the deployment of AI, robotics, and related technologies in society relies on digital infrastructure that needs to be highly secure, resilient, and free from potential tampering; calls on the Commission to ensure the security and resilience of the European digital infrastructure by reducing reliance on technology produced by companies originating in countries and influenced by regimes that do not share our values and respect for human rights;
2020/06/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights that the European Union needs to strive for strategic resilience so that it is never again found unprepared in times of crisis, and underlines that especially in what artificial intelligence and its application to defence and security is concerned this is of crucial significance; emphasises that supply-chains for AI systems in defence and security that can lead to technological dependence should be recalibrated and such dependencies should be phased-out; calls for increased investment in European AI for defence and in the critical infrastructure that sustains it;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that since the bulk of AI research and development is happening in the private sector, it will be necessary to establish a closer cooperation with leading companies and enterprises in order to harness the potential of AI to the fullest, while fostering a better understanding of risks and benefits as well as ensuring maximum operational security;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that, as a global actor, the European Union should pursue the international adoption of its ethical and technical standards in AI-powered defence systems; considers that the Union should engage in AI diplomacy in international fora with likeminded partners like the G7, the G20,and the OECD;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2020/2012(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls for increased cooperation within the NATO Alliance for the establishment of common standards and interoperability of AI systems in defence; stresses that the transatlantic relationship is crucial in preserving shared values and in countering future and emerging threats;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the surge in violent attacks, kidnappings, beatings and life threats against public schools, teachers and students has led to the closure of more than 9000 schools in Central and West Africa, according to UNICEF, leaving nearly two million children without proper education;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the attacks of the extremist groups and escalating inter- communal violences over resources are affecting the access to education and healthcare, with a large number of girls as being most exposed for different types of abuses, physical and sexual;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas the EU remains seriously concerned by the increased number of children that are recruited and used in the Sahel region as child soldiers by extremist groups;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas the European Union has been committed to the security and development of the Sahel region as leading partner through an integrated approach focused on political and diplomatic dialogue and development and humanitarian support;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 343 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that coordination with the countries of North Africa is desirable as well as an effective contribution to peace and reconciliation in Libya in order to prevent it from becoming a hotspot for the spread of jihadism, migrant smuggling, arms and human trafficking;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 377 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls for governments, army and security forces to take immediate actions to stop attacks and threats against schools, students and teachers and support quality learning for all children in the region, including refugees, migrants and displaced children;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 378 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Requires for further protection and support for the education authorities, communities and organisations operating on the ground that try to find alternative learning opportunities in community centres and involve thousands of West African and Sahelian children in education and skills learning programmes;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 379 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21 c. Calls for development of educational programmes and policies that ensure young girls access to safe, quality, primary and secondary education, across West Africa and Sahel, especially in countries with significant girls’ education challenges due to child marriage;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 380 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21 d. Welcomes the efforts of the European Commission that has provided last fall additional funding to the humanitarian organisations working to deliver much needed aid in these already fragile communities and stresses the importance of additional financial aid in order to avoid an even deeper humanitarian crisis following the Covid19 pandemic;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 396 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recognises that migration, both on legal channels as well as irregular, is a shared reality between the EU and Africa, which needs to be addressed through along-term shared strategy and trustful cooperation. Stresses that migrant smuggling and the facilitation of irregular migration puts countless human lives at risk, while consolidating important financial revenue for organised criminal networks affecting the security and stability of the region;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 480 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Urges the EU to thoroughly analysing the economic support, under the form of low-interest loans and financial aid, that could be given to our West African and Sahel partners in the post-Covid 19 pandemic in order to avoid economic default in these countries and a deeper humanitarian crisis;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 481 #

2020/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28 b. Recommends to all states in West Africa and Sahel region to address in an integrated manner and with priority the most critical areas of instability, without neglecting areas that are stable, in order to prevent further spread of violence and attacks;
2020/05/07
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas in recent years, China has substantially stepped up the development of its conventional and nuclear capabilities, whereas China has shown lack of transparency and reluctance to engage in talks on its potential participation in multilateralnuclear arms control instruments;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas since the withdrawal of the UK from the EU, France is now the only nuclear Member State within the EU;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T
T. whereas the nuclear activiti, WMD and ballistic missiles programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) represent a serious threat to international peace and security, and to global disarmament and non-proliferation efforts;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates its full commitment to the preservation of effective international arms control, disarmament and non- proliferation regimes as a cornerstone of global and European security; recalls its commitmentwillingness to pursuing policies designed to move forward the reduction and elimination of all nuclear arsenals and to create the conditions to achieve a world without nuclear weapons; calls for a renewed arms control multilateral order with undiminished security for all;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the entry into force of the TPNW as an expression of the desire of the majority of the global community to live in a nuclear weapon-free world; recalls that the goal of nuclear disarmament must be pursued within the framework of the NPT while ensuring international stability and undiminished collective security for all; invites all NPT States Parties to therefore constructively engage in the NPT framework, and agree on realistic, effective, tangible, reciprocal and verifiable measures conducive to the achievement of the ultimate shared long- term goal of nuclear disarmament;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms its full support for the JCPOA as a key element of the global nuclear non-proliferation architecture; calls on all partiesIran to return to the negotiations with a view to returning to full and effective compliance with the agreement;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Warmly welcomes the decision taken by the US and the Russian Federation to extend the New START Treaty; advocates the involvement of other nuclear-China, in armeds countries, notably China, in negotiol dialogue and for more transparency regarding the continued increase and modernizations on any new arms control agreementf its nuclear arsenal;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2020/2001(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Reiterates its will to work towards achieving a complete, irreversible and verifiable denuclearisation of the Korean peninsulaDemocratic People's Republic of Korea and the full implementation of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions which require the DPRK to abandon all nuclear weapons, other WMD and delivery systems programmes in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner; urges the DPRK to swiftly sign and ratify the CTBT and return to compliance with the NPT;
2021/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) The actions of Member States to identify and help ensure the resilience of critical entities should follow a risk-based approach that targets efforts to the entities most relevant for the performance of vital societal functions or economic activities. In order to ensure such a targeted approach, each Member State should carry out, within a harmonised framework, an assessment of all relevant natural and man- made risks that may affect the provision of essential services, including accidents, natural disasters, public health emergencies such as pandemics, and antagonistic threats, including terrorist offences, in order to avoid a shortage of critical resources needed for the development of the infrastructure in question. When carrying out those risk assessments, Member States should take into account other general or sector-specific risk assessment carried out pursuant to other acts of Union law and should consider the dependencies between sectors, including from other Member States and third countries. The outcomes of the risk assessment should be used in the process of identification of critical entities and to assist those entities in meeting the resilience requirements of this Directive.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) Member States should support critical entities in strengthening their resilience, in compliance with their obligations under this Directive, without prejudice to the entities’ own legal responsibility to ensure such compliance. Member States could in particular develop guidance materials and methodologies, support the organisation of exercises to test their resilience and provide training to personnel of critical entities. Moreover, given the interdependencies between entities and sectors, Member States should establish information sharing tools to support voluntary information sharing between critical entities, without prejudice to the application of competition rules laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) In order to be able to ensure their resilience, critical entities should have a comprehensive understanding of all relevant risks to which they are exposed and analyse those risks. To that aim, they should carry out risks assessments, whenever necessary in view of their particular circumstances and the evolution of those risks, yet in any event every fourtwo years. The risk assessments by critical entities should be based on the risk assessment carried out by Member States.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) “critical entity” means a public or private entity of a type referred to in the Annex, which has been identified as such by a Member State or the Commission in accordance with Article 5;
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) “risk” means any vulnerability, circumstance or event having a potential adverse effect on the resilience of critical entities;
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall adopt by [threone years after entry into force of this Directive] a strategy for reinforcing the resilience of critical entities. This strategy shall set out strategic objectives and policy measures with a view to achieving and maintaining a high level of resilience on the part of those critical entities and covering at least the sectors referred to in the Annex.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 137 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The strategy shall be updated where necessary and at least every fourtwo years.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 8 shall establish a list of essential services in the sectors referred to in the Annex. They shall carry out by [threone years after entry into force of this Directive], and subsequently where necessary, and at least every fourtwo years, an assessment of all relevant risks that may affect the provision of those essential services, with a view to identifying critical entities in accordance with Article 5(1), and assisting those critical entities to take measures pursuant to Article 11.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall provide the Commission with data on the types of risks identified and the outcomes of the risk assessments, per sector and sub-sector referred to in the Annex, by [threone years after entry into force of this Directive] and subsequently where necessary and at least every fourtwo years.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By [threone years and threesix months after entry into force of this Directive] Member States shall identify for each sector and subsector referred to in the Annex, other than points 3, 4 and 8 thereof, the critical entities.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 158 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
7. Member States shall, where necessary and in any event at least every fourtwo years, review and, where appropriate, update the list of identified critical entities.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 159 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Where those updates lead to the identification of additional critical entities, paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall apply. In addition, Member States shall ensure that entities that are no longer identified as critical entities pursuant to any such update are notified thereof and are informed in due time that they are no longer subject to the obligations pursuant to Chapter III as from the reception of that information.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 167 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) the scarcity of the resources needed to produce components of the infrastructure necessary for the provision of the service.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. Member States shall submit to the Commission by [threone years and threesix months after the entry into force of this Directive] the following information:
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 170 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
They shall subsequently submit that information where necessary, and at least every fourtwo years.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission mayshall, after consultation of the Critical Entities Resilience Group, adopt guidelines to facilitate the application of the criteria referred to in paragraph 1, taking into account the information referred to in paragraph 2.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 174 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. As regards the sectors referred to in points 3, 4 and 8 of the Annex, Member States shall, by [threone years and threesix months after entry into force of this Directive], identify the entities that shall be treated as equivalent to critical entities for the purposes of this Chapter. They shall apply the provisions of Articles 3, 4, 5(1) to (4) and (7), and 9 in respect of those entities.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 181 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. By [threone years and six months after entry into force of this Directive], and every year thereafter, the single points of contact shall submit a summary report to the Commission and to the Critical Entities Resilience Group on the notifications received, including the number of notifications, the nature of notified incidents and the actions taken in accordance with Article 13(3).
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission shall publish a list of Member States’ single points of contacts. and encourage Member States to share best practices and collaborate via their single points of contact
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 194 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall establish information sharing tools to support voluntary information sharing between critical entities in relation to matters covered by this Directive, in accordance with Union and national law on, in particular, competition and protection of personal data.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 197 #

2020/0365(COD)

Member States shall ensure that critical entities assess within six months after receiving the notification referred to in Article 5(3), and subsequently where necessary and at least every fourtwo years, on the basis of Member States’ risk assessments and other relevant sources of information, all relevant risks that may disrupt their operations.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ensure adequate employee security management and training, including by setting out categories of personnel exercising critical functions, establishing access rights to sensitive areas, facilities and other infrastructure, and to sensitive information as well as identifying specific categories of personnel in view of Article 12;
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 208 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point ea (new)
(ea) evaluate critical personnel to ensure that they are fit for the job.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 258 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall provide to the Critical Entities Resilience Group a summary report of the information provided by the Member States pursuant to Articles 3(3) and 4(4) by [threone years and six months after entry into force of this Directive] and subsequently where necessary and at least every four years.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 265 #

2020/0365(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall periodically review the functioning of this Directive, and report to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report shall in particular assess the impact and added value of this Directive on ensuring the resilience of critical entities and whether the scope of the Directive should be extended to cover other sectors or subsectors. The first report shall be submitted by [sixtwo years after the entry into force of this Directive] and shall assess in particular whether the scope of the Directive should be extended to include the food production, processing and distribution sector.
2021/06/17
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
(43) Addressing cybersecurity risks stemming from an entity’s supply chain and its relationship with its suppliers is particularly important given the prevalence of incidents where entities have fallen victim to cyber-attacks and where malicious actors were able to compromise the security of an entity’s network and information systems by exploiting vulnerabilities affecting third party products and services. Entities should therefore assess and take into account the overall quality of products and cybersecurity practices of their suppliers and service providers, including their secure development procedures in accordance with Union cybersecurity standards and laws and potential non- technical risk factors, such as undue influence by a third country on suppliers and service providers, especially in the case of alternative models of governance. Such risks include concealed vulnerabilities or backdoors and potential systemic supply disruptions, especially in case of technological lock-in or provider dependency.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46
(46) To further address key supply chain risks and assist entities operating in sectors covered by this Directive to appropriately manage supply chain and supplier related cybersecurity risks, the Cooperation Group involving relevant national authorities, in cooperation with the Commission and ENISA,, ENISA and the European Defense Agency should carry out coordinated sectoral supply chain risk assessments, as was already done for 5G networks following Recommendation (EU) 2019/534 on Cybersecurity of 5G networks21 , with the aim of identifying per sector which are the critical ICT services, systems or products, relevant threats and vulnerabilities. and proposing adequate remedies. _________________ 21Commission Recommendation (EU) 2019/534 of 26 March 2019 Cybersecurity of 5G networks (OJ L 88, 29.3.2019, p. 42).
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 68
(68) Entities should be encouraged to collectively leverage their individual knowledge and practical experience at strategic, tactical and operational levels with a view to enhance their capabilities to adequately assess, monitor, defend against, and respond to, cyber threats. It is thus necessary to enable the emergence at Union level of mechanisms for voluntary information sharing arrangements. To this end, Member States should actively support and encourage also relevant entities not covered by the scope of this Directive to participate in such information-sharing mechanisms. Those mechanisms should be conducted in full compliance with the competition rules of the Union as well as the data protection Union law rules. To the same end, Member States should support competent authorities and CSIRTs to establish free- of-charge or accessible cybersecurity assistance, education, and audit programs for entities that fall outside the scope of this Directive, in particular start-ups, SMEs and non-governmental organisations.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 73
(73) Where administrative fines are imposed on an undertaking, an undertaking should be understood to be an undertaking in accordance with Articles 101 and 102 TFEU for those purposes. Where administrative fines are imposed on persons that are not an undertaking, the supervisory authority should take account of the general level of income in the Member State as well as the economic situation of the person in considering the appropriate amount of the fine, without prejudice to the objectives of this Directive. It should be for the Member States to determine whether and to what extent public authorities should be subject to administrative fines. Imposing an administrative fine does not affect the application of other powers by the competent authorities or of other penalties laid down in the national rules transposing this Directive.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a policy addressing cybersecurity in the supply chain for ICT products and services used by essential and important entities for the provision of their services, based on a comprehensive assessment of potential threats to supply chains;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) a policy for promoting interoperability and adherence to common European Union standards in cybersecurity;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) a policy related to sustaining the general availability and integrity of the public core of the open internet, including the cybersecurity of internet backbones and, where applicable, of undersea communications cables;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) a policy on promoting and developing cyber hygiene and cybersecurity skills, awareness raising and research and development initiatives;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) a policy on supporting academic and research institutions toin cybersecurity research and in the development of cybersecurity tools and secure network infrastructure;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) a policy addressing specific needs of SMEstart-ups, SMEs, and non- governmental organizations, in particular those excluded from the scope of this Directive, in relation to guidance and support in improving their resilience to cybersecurity threats. , responding to cybersecurity incidents, and seeking cybersecurity assistance;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. ENISA shall develop and maintain a European vulnerability registry. To that end, ENISA shall establish and maintain the appropriate information systems, policies and procedures with a view in particular to enabling important and essential entities and their suppliers of network and information systems to disclose and register vulnerabilities present in ICT products or ICT services, as well as to provide access to the information on vulnerabilities contained in the registry to all interested parties. In accordance with Article 10 (2), CSIRTs should facilitate access to information on vulnerabilities registered in the European vulnerability registry, alongside risk mitigation assistance, to entities that do not fall under the scope of this directive, in particular start-ups, SMEs, and non- governmental organizations. The registry shall, in particular, include information describing the vulnerability, the affected ICT product or ICT services and the severity of the vulnerability in terms of the circumstances under which it may be exploited, the availability of related patches and, in the absence of available patches, guidance addressed to users of vulnerable products and services as to how the risks resulting from disclosed vulnerabilities may be mitigated.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. CSIRTs shall cooperate and exchange relevant information with national institutions responsible for the maintenance of public security, defence, and national security.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. CSIRTs should cooperate and, where appropriate and without prejudice to Regulation(EU) 2016/679 or Union law, exchange relevant information with trusted third countries and international organizations on cyber threats, vulnerabilities, best practices, and standards.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, to Union law, or to carrying out the obligations in the present Directive, CSIRTs should provide cybersecurity assistance to CSIRTs or equivalent structures in EU candidate countries and to countries in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) CSIRTs shall be adequately staffed to properly fulfil the tasks in paragraph 2 of this article and to ensure availability at all times;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) establishing free-of-charge or accessible cybersecurity assistance, education, and audit programs for entities that fall outside the scope of this Directive, in particular start-ups, SMEs, and non-governmental organisations;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. To the extent necessary to effectively carry out the tasks and obligations laid down in this Directive, Member States shall ensure appropriate cooperation between the competent authorities and single points of contact and law enforcement authorities, data protection authorities, national supervisory authorities for artificial intelligence, national competent authorities for data governance, and the authorities responsible for critical infrastructure pursuant to Directive (EU) XXXX/XXXX [Resilience of Critical Entities Directive] and the national financial authorities designated in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXXX/XXXX of the European Parliament and of the Council39 [the DORA Regulation] within that Member State. _________________ 39[insert the full title and OJ publication reference when known]
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Cooperation Group shall be composed of representatives of Member States, the Commission and ENISA, ENISA, and the European Defence Agency. The European External Action Service shall participate in the activities of the Cooperation Group as an observer. TNational supervisory authorities for artificial intelligence, national competent authorities for data governance, and the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) in accordance with Article 17(5)(c) of Regulation (EU) XXXX/XXXX [the DORA Regulation] may participate in the activities of the Cooperation Group.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(e a) without prejudice to Union law, engaging in cooperation, mutual assistance, and exchanging best practices and information with trusted third countries and international organizations;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point k a (new)
(k a) without prejudice to Union law, cooperating and exchanging information with equivalent structures or institutions in trusted third countries and international organization, such as the United States and NATO, for the purpose of increasing trust, promoting swift and effective operational coordination, harmonising cybersecurity standards, and ensuring interoperability;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) increasing the level of preparedness of the management of large scale incidents and crises and liaising with Member State institutions in charge of state security and territorial defence;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that members of the management body follow specific trainings, on a regular basis, to gain sufficient knowledge and skills in order to apprehend and assess cybersecurity risks and management practices and their impact on the operations of the entity. Member States should encourage essential and important entities to evaluate, on a regular basis, members of the management bodies referenced in paragraph 1 on the adequacy of their skills for ensuring compliance with Article 18.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that, where considering appropriate measures referred to in point (d) of paragraph 2, entities shall take into account the vulnerabilities specific to each supplier and service provider and the overall quality of products and cybersecurity practices of their suppliers and service providers, including their secure development procedures in accordance to Union cybersecurity standards and laws and potential non-technical risk factors, such as concealed vulnerabilities or backdoors and potential systemic supply disruptions.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The Cooperation Group, in cooperation with the Commission and ENISA, ENISA and the European Defence Agency, may carry out coordinated security risk assessments of specific critical ICT services, systems or products supply chains, taking into account technical and, where relevant, non-technical risk factors.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission, after consulting with the Cooperation Group and ENISA, ENISA and the European Defence Agency, shall identify the specific critical ICT services, systems or products that may be subject to the coordinated risk assessment referred to in paragraph 1.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Upon identifying risks to specific critical ICT services, systems or production supply chains, the Commission, after consulting with the Cooperation Group, ENISA, and the European Defence Agency, shall issue recommendations to Member States and the national competent authorities defined in this Regulation for remedying and increasing resilience to the identified risks.
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) information on the management body responsible for the cybersecurity risk management measures defined in Article 18, as defined by Article 17;
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) targeted security audits based on risk assessments or risk-related available information, including on risks related to supply chains as defined in Article 18 (3);
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) targeted security audits based on risk assessments or risk-related available information, including on risks related to supply chains as defined in Article 18 (3);
2021/06/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – ESSENTIAL ENTITIES: SECTORS, SUBSECTORS AND TYPES OF ENTITIES – Sector 6 a (new)
6a. Education and research — Higher education institutions and research institutions
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2020/0359(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – ESSENTIAL ENTITIES: SECTORS, SUBSECTORS AND TYPES OF ENTITIES – Sector 9 Public administration – Type of entities
Public administration entities of central governments Public administration entities of NUTS level 1 regions listed in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 (27, 27 a (new)) Public administration entities of NUTS level 2 regions listed in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 (27 b (new)) __________________ 27 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) (OJ L 154, 21.6.2003, p. 1). 27 a (new) Or the equivalent administrative units, in Member States where the NUTS classification is not yet reflected in the administration institutional setup. 27 b (new) Or the equivalent administrative units, in Member States where the NUTS classification is not yet reflected in the administration institutional setup.
2021/05/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), established by Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 , plays an important role in the use of SISleveraging SIS to combat serious crime and terrorism and in the exchange of supplementary information with Member States on SIS alerts. Nevertheless, according to existing rules, alerts in SIS can only be issued by Member States’ competent authorities. _________________ 29Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53–114).
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to assess whether a concrete case is adequate, relevant and important enough to warrant the entry of an alert in SIS, and in order to confirm the reliability of the source of information and the accuracy of the information on the person concerned, Europol should carry out a detailed individual assessment of each case including further consultations with the third country or international organisation that shared the data on the person concerned, consultation with Member States, as well as further analysis of the case, in particular by cross checking it against information it already holds in its databases, to confirm the accuracy of the information and complement it with other data on the basis of its own databases. The detailed individual assessment should include the analysis of whether there are sufficient grounds for considering that the person has committed or taken part in, or will commit a criminal offence in respect of which Europol is competent.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Europol should keep records of the individual assessment of each case, which should include the grounds for entering the alert, for the purposes of verifying the lawfulness of the data processing, self- monitoring and ensuring proper data integrity and security. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, Europol should co-operate with the European Data Protection Supervisor and make these records available to the EDPS upon request, so that they can be used for monitoring processing operations.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) It is necessary to establish rules concerning the deletion of alerts entered in SIS by Europol. An alert should be kept only for the time required to achieve the purpose for which it was entered. It is therefore appropriate to set out detailed criteria to determine when the alert should be deleted. An alert entered by Europol in SIS should be deleted in particular if a Member State objects, another alert is entered in SIS by a Member State on the same person, or if Europol becomes aware that the information received from the third country or international organisation was incorrect or was communicated to Europol for unlawful purposes, for example if sharing the information on the person was motivated by political reasons.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 80 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/ 1862
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Where a Member State considers that to give effect to an alert entered in accordance with Article 26, 32, 36 or 37a is incompatible with its national law, its international obligations or essential national interests, it may require that a flag be added to the alert, after providing justification for the request, to the effect that the action to be taken on the basis of the alert will not be taken in its territory. Flags on alerts entered in accordance with Article 26, 32 or 36 shall be added by the SIRENE Bureau of the issuing Member State, flags on alerts entered in accordance with Article 37a shall be added by Europol.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/ 1862
Article 37a – paragraph 1
1. Europol may enter alerts on persons in SIS for the purpose of informing end- users carrying out a search in SIS of the suspected involvement of those personthird- country nationals in a criminal offence in respect of which Europol is competent in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, as well as for the purpose of obtaining information in accordance with Article 37b of this Regulation that the person concerned has been located.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1862
Article 37a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Europol may only enter an alert in SIS on persons who are third-country nationals on the basis of information received from a third country referred to in Article 25 (1) of Regulation 2016/794 or an international organisation in accordance with Article 17(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, where the information relates to one of the following:
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1862
Article 37a – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) personthird country nationals who are suspected of having committed or taken part in a criminal offence in respect of which Europol is competent in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, or who have been convicted of such an offence;
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 94 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1862
Article 37a – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) personthird-country nationals regarding whom there are factual indications or reasonable grounds to believe that they will commit criminal offences in respect of which Europol is competent in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 139 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Regulation EU 2018/ 1862
Article 53 – paragraph 5a
5a. Europol may enter an alert on a personthird-country national for the purposes of Article 37a (1) for a period of one year. Europol shall review the need to retain the alert within that period. Europol shall, where appropriate, set shorter review periods.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Regulation EU 2018/ 1862
Article 53 – paragraph 7
7. Alerts on personthird country nationals shall be deleted automatically after the review period referred to in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 5a has expired, except where the issuing Member State or in the case of alerts entered in SIS pursuant to Article 37a of this Regulation Europol, has informed CS- SIS of an extension pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Article. CS-SIS shall automatically inform the issuing Member State or Europol of the scheduled deletion of data four months in advance.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 161 #

2020/0350(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation EU 2018/ 1862
Article 68 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
(4) Member States and Europol shall report annually to the European Data Protection Board and the European Parliament on:
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Europe faces a security landscape in flux, with evolving and increasingly complex security threats. Criminals and terrorists exploit the advantages that the digital transformation and new technologies bring about, including the inter-connectivity and blurring of the boundaries between the physical and digital world. The COVID-19 crisis has added to this, as criminals have quickly seized opportunities to exploit the crisis by adapting their modes of operation or developing new criminal activities including by leveraging technology- enabled tools for multiplying and expanding the range and breadth of the criminal activities they engage in. Terrorism remains a significant threat to the freedom and way of life of the Union and its citizens.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Europol has an important role to play in supporting Member States to fight serious crime and terrorism through its expertise and analysis capabilities. To ensure better cooperation between Member States and Interpol in accordance with Union and international laws, Europol should actively monitor and evaluate red alerts issued by third countries in Interpol and notify Member States, the EEAS, the Commission, and the European Parliament when there is reasonable suspicion that the alert was issued in violation of Article 3 of the Interpol constitution.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to help EU funding for security research to develop its full potential and address the needs of law enforcement, Europol should assist the Commission and Member States in identifying key research themes, drawing up and implementing the Union framework programmes for research and innovation that are relevant to Europol’s objectives. When Europol assists the Commission in identifying key research themes, drawing up and implementing a Union framework programme, it should not receive funding from that programme in accordance with the conflict of interest principle.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 155 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) It is possible for the Union and the Members States to adopt restrictive measures relating to foreign direct investment on the grounds of security or public order. To that end, Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council57 establishes a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union that provides Member States and the Commission with the means to address risks to security or public order in a comprehensive manner. As part of the assessment of expected implications for security or public order, Europol should support the screening of specific cases of foreign direct investments into the Union that concern undertakings providing technologies used or being developed by Europol or by Member States for the prevention and investigation of crimes or critical technologies that could be used to facilitate terrorism. _________________ 57Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (OJ L 79I , 21.3.2019, p. 1–14).
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) One of Europol’s objectives is to support and strengthen action by the competent authorities of the Member States and their mutual cooperation in preventing and combatting forms of crime which affect a common interest covered by a Union policy. To strengthen that support, Europol should be able to initiate, conduct, or coordinate or request the competent authorities of a Member State to initiate, conduct or coordinate a criminal investigation of a crime, which affects a common interest covered by a Union policy, even where the crime concerned is not of a cross-border nature. Europol should inform Eurojust of such requests.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 166 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) To ensure that processing of personal data by Europol is limited to the categories of data subjects whose data may be processed under this Regulation, Europol should be able to verify if personal data received in the context of preventing and countering crimes falling within the scope of Europol’s objectives corresponds to one of those categories of data subjects. To that end, Europol should be able to carry out a pre-analysis of personal data received with the sole purpose of determining whether such data falls into those categories of data subjects. To this end, Europol should be able to filter the data by checking it against data already held by Europol, without further analysing the data for additional leads at this stage. Such pre-analysis should take place prior to Europol’s data processing for cross-checking, strategic analysis, operational analysis or exchange of information. If the pre-analysis indicates that personal data does not fall into the categories of data subjects whose data may be processed under this Regulation, Europol should delete that data.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 183 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Serious crime and terrorism often have links beyond the territory of the Union. Europol can exchange personal data with third countries while safeguarding the protection of privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects. To reinforce cooperation with third countries in preventing and countering crimes falling within the scope of Europol’s objectives, the Executive Director of Europol should be allowed to authorise categories of transfers of personal data to third countries in specific situations and, on a case-by-case basis, and after consulting with the Commission, where such a group of transfers related to a specific situation are strictly necessary and meet all the requirements of this Regulation.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) To ensure that private parties have a point of contact at Union level to lawfully share multi-jurisdictional data sets or data sets that could not be easily attributed so far to one or several specific jurisdictions, Europol should be able to receive personal data directly from private parties. Private parties legally obligated to remove illegal content should also be able to send Europol and Europol should be able to receive reports and non-personal data on moderated content that can reasonably be assumed to be linked to the criminal activities within the remit of Europol.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 225 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) Europol should inform the European Data Protection Supervisor prior to the launch of its research and innovation projects that involve the processing of personal data. For each project, Europol should carry out, prior to the processing, an assessment of the impact of the envisaged processing operations on the protection of personal data and all other fundamental rights, including of any bias in the outcome. This should include an assessment of the appropriateness of the personal data to be processed for the specific purpose of the project. Such an assessment would facilitate the supervisory role of the European Data Protection Supervisor, including the exercise of its corrective powers under this Regulation which might also lead to a ban on processing. The development of new tools by Europol should be without prejudice to the legal basis, including grounds for processing the personal data concerned, that would subsequently be required for their deployment at Union or national level. In those instances where closer cooperation between the EDPS and Europol is required for the development of innovative law enforcement tools in full respect of data protection acquis, the EDPS should establish regulatory sandboxes for the joint development of such tools. Such regulatory sandboxes should provide a controlled environment that facilitates the development, testing and validation of innovative law enforcement tools by Europol under the guidance of the EDPS, with a view to ensuring compliance with data protection obligations.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 228 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
(39 a) Expanding the mandate of Europol and the scope of its data processing activities will require the EDPS to dedicate additional financial and human resources to exercise its supervisory role in regards Europol. EDPS resources, financial allocation, and human resources at skill levels commensurate with the complexity of data processing undertaken by Europol should be adjusted accordingly and proportionally to the increased responsibilities.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 231 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) Providing Europol with additional tools and capabilities requires reinforcing the democratic oversight and accountability of Europol. Joint parliamentary scrutiny constitutes an important element of political monitoring of Europol's activities. To enable effective political monitoring of the way Europol applies additional tools and capabilities, Europol should provide the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group with detailed annual information on the usedevelopment, deployment, use, and effectiveness of these tools and capabilities and the result thereof.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 254 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a – point iv – introductory part
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point m – point iv
(iv) the following points (q) to (rw) are added:
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 260 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a – point iv
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point r
(r) enter data into the Schengen Information System, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council*, following consultation with the Member States in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation, and under authorisation by the Europol Executive Director, on the suspected involvement of a third country national in an offence in respect of which Europol is competent and of which it is aware on the basis of information received from third countries referred to in Article 25(1) of this regulation or international organisations within the meaning of Article 17(1)(b);
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 269 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a – point iv
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) where appropriate and without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, cooperate with the JRC on defining and conceptualizing research and innovation activities regarding matters covered by this Regulation.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a – point iv
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point u a (new)
(u a) monitor and evaluate red alerts issued by third countries in Interpol and notify Member States, the EEAS, and the Commission when there is reasonable suspicion that the alert was issued in violation of Article 3 of the Interpol constitution.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 4 – paragraph 4a
4a. Europol shall assist the Commission and the Member States in identifying key research themes, drawing up and implementing the Union framework programmes for research and innovation activities that are relevant to achieve the objectives set out in Article 3. When Europol actively assists the Commission in identifying key research themesthe design, drawing up and, or implementingation of a Union framework programme, the Agency shall not receive funding from that programme.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 286 #

2020/0349(COD)

4b. Europol shall support the screening of specific cases of foreign direct investments into the Union under Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council* that concern undertakings providing technologies used or being developed by Europol or by Member States for the prevention and investigation of crimes covered by Article 3 or critical technologies that could be used to facilitate terrorism on the expected implications for security.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 296 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In specific cases where Europol considers that a criminal investigation should be initiated into a crime falling within the scope of its objectives, it shall initiate, conduct, or coordinate or request the competent authorities of the Member State or Member States concerned via the national units to initiate, conduct or coordinate such a criminal investigation.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 330 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 18 – paragraph 5a
5a. Prior to the processing of data under paragraph 2 of this Article, Europol may temporarily process personal data received pursuant to Article 17(1) and (2) exclusively for the purpose of determining whether such data comply with the requirements of paragraph 5 of this Article, including by checking the data against all data that Europol already processes in accordance with paragraph 5.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 348 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) a Member State or a Union body requests an analysis of a strategic or thematic nature within the mandate of Europol pursuant to point(b) of Article 18(2).
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 384 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 25 – paragraph 5 a a (new) – introductory part
(a a) In paragraph 5, the last sentence is replaced by the following: “Derogations may not be applicable to systematic, massive or structural transfers. Authorisations for categories of transfers of personal data should only be granted after consulting with the Commission and fora fixed duration, with clearly-defined categories that are strictly necessary for the objective identified according to points (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this paragraph, and with appropriate justification.”
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 386 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b – introductory part
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 25 – paragrapth 8
(b) In paragraph 8, the following sentence is deletadded:
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 454 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 33a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) (b) the Management Board and the EDPS shall be informed prior tof the launch of the project; (c) any personal data to be processed in the context of the project shall be temporarily copied to a separate, isolated and protected data processing environment within Europol for the sole purpose of carrying out that project and only authorised staff of Europol shall have access to that data;
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 469 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 33a – paragraph 2
2. Europol shall keep a complete and detailed description of the process and rationale behind the training, testing and validation of algorithms to ensure transparency and for verification of the accuracy of the results., which shall be made available in its entirety to the JPSG;
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 492 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 41a – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. . Given the increased complexity and responsibility of the role of the DPO, a team of Data Protection Monitors shall be appointed to assist the DPO in the tasks outlined in Article 41b and support the Europol in complying with this Regulation and Regulation EU 2018/1725.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 506 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 43 – paragraph 1, a a (new)
(a) a Paragraph 1a is added: “The EDPS financial resources and human resources, at skill levels commensurate with the complexity of Europol activities, shall be adjusted in accordance with the increased volume of work so as to not impede the proper functioning of Europol.”
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 511 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 43 – paragraph 3 – point (i) (b1)
(32 a) Paragraph 3 is amended as follows: (i) point (b1) is added: “Establish regulatory sandboxes that facilitate the development, testing and validation of innovative law enforcement tools by Europol under the guidance of the EDPS, with a view to ensuring compliance with data protection obligations;”
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 515 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 37 – point a – introductory part
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 51 – paragraph 3
(a) in paragraph 3, the following points (f) to (ik) are are added:
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 518 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 37 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) annual information about the number of cases in which Europol issued follow-up requests to private parties or own-initiative requests to Member States of establishment for the transmission of personal data in accordance with Article 26, includingrelevant details on the third parties involved in the data exchange and on the effectiveness of cooperation, and specific examples of cases demonstrating why these requests were necessary for Europol to fulfil its objectives and tasks;
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 520 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 37 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(f a) the consolidated annual activity report on Europol’s activities, referred to in point (c) of Article 11(1), with a detailed section on Europol’s activities in and results obtained in processing complex data sets;
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 522 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 37 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) annual information about the number of cases where it was necessary for Europol to process personal data outside the categories of data subjects listed in Annex II in order to support Member States in a specific criminal investigation in accordance with Article 18a, alongside data on the duration and outcomes of the processing, including examples of such cases demonstrating why this data processing was necessary;
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 528 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 37 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – point i
(i) annual information about the number of pilot projects in which Europol processed personal data to train, test and validate algorithms for the development of tools, including AI-based tools, for law enforcement in accordance with Article 33a, including information on the purposes of these projects and, the law enforcement needs they seek to address, the outcome of the projects and, if the projects resulted in law enforcement tools, whether or not these tools have been deployed in Member States, alongside information on their effectiveness.;
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 532 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 37 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 51 –paragraph 3 – point i a (new)
(i a) annual information on the number of cases in which the Executive Director has authorised the transfer of categories of data to third countries according to paragraph 5 of Article 25, the countries in case, the frequency of the transfers of categories of data, the duration for which the transfers of categories of data have been authorised, and the justification for the authorization for the transfers of categories of data;
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 534 #

2020/0349(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 37 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 51 – paragraph 3 – point i b (new)
(i b) annual information on the number of alerts introduced by Europol in SIS pursuant to Article 4(1)(r), the number of “hits” on these alerts, and the number of objections by Member States.
2021/06/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) There are techniques enabling privacy-friendly analyses on databases that contain personal data, such as anonymisation, pseudonymisation, differential privacy, generalisation, or suppression and randomisation. Member States should provide support to public sector bodies to optimise data collection and data generation so as to make optimal use of such techniques, thus making as much data possible available for sharing. Application of these privacy-enhancing technologies, together with comprehensive data protection approaches should ensure the safe re-use of personal data and commercially confidential business data for research, innovation and statistical purposes. In many cases this implies that the data use and re-use in this context can only be done in a secure processing environment set in place and supervised by the public sector. There is experience at Union level with such secure processing environments that are used for research on statistical microdata on the basis of Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 (39 ). In general, insofar as personal data are concerned, the processing of personal data should rely upon one or more of the grounds for processing provided in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. _________________ 39Commission Regulation (EU) 557/2013 of 17 June 2013 implementing Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics as regards access to confidential data for scientific purposes and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002 (OJ L 164, 18.6.2013, p. 16).
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 183 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to prevent unlawful access to non-personal data, public sector bodies, natural or legal persons to which the right to re-use data was granted, data sharing providers and entities entered in the register of recognised data altruism organisations should take all reasonable measures to preventensure a high level of cybersecurity that is minimally proportional to the sensitivity of the data they process and to prevent unauthorised access to the systems where non-personal data is stored, including encryption of data or corporate policies.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to incentivise the re-use of these categories of data, Member States should establish a single information point to act as the primary interface for re-users that seek to re-use such data held by the public sector bodies. IThe single information point should seek to present relevant information on data held by public sector bodies in two additional wide-circulation European languages, in order to stimulate cross-border data re- use within the EU. The Commission should collect and make public and easily accessible information about all Member States’ single information points. The single information point should have a cross-sector remit, and should complement, if necessary, arrangements at the sectoral level. In addition, Member States should designate, establish or facilitate the establishment of competent bodies to support the activities of public sector bodies allowing re-use of certain categories of protected data. Their tasks may include granting access to data, where mandated in sectoral Union or Member States legislation. Those competent bodies should provide support to public sector bodies with state-of-the-art techniques, including secure data processing environments, which allow data analysis in a manner that preserves the privacy of the information. Such support structure could support the data holders with management of the consent, including consent to certain areas of scientific research when in keeping with recognised ethical standards for scientific research. Data processing should be performed under the responsibility of the public sector body responsible for the register containing the data, who remains a data controller in the sense of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 insofar as personal data are concerned. Member States may have in place one or several competent bodies, which could act in different sectors.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) There is a strong potential in the use of data made available voluntarily by data subjects based on their consent or, where it concerns non-personal data, made available by legal persons, for purposes of general interest. Such purposes would include healthcare, combating climate change, improving mobility, improving education, facilitating the establishment of official statistics or improving the provision of public services. Support to scientific research, including for example technological development and demonstration, fundamental research, applied research and privately funded research, should also be considered as well purposes of general interest. This Regulation aims at contributing to the emergence of pools of interoperable data made available on the basis of data altruism that have a sufficient size in order to enable data analytics and machine learning, including across borders in the Union.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 202 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) Legal entities that seek to support purposes of general interest by making available relevant data based on data altruism at scale and meet certain requirements, should be able to register as ‘Data Altruism Organisations recognised in the Union’. This could lead to the establishment of data repositories. As registration in a Member State would be valid across the Union, and this should facilitate cross-border data use within the Union and the emergence of data pools covering several Member States. Data subjects in this respect would consent to specific purposes of data processing, but could also consent to data processing in certain areas of research or parts of research projects as it is often not possible to fully identify the purpose of personal data processing for scientific research purposes at the time of data collection. This should be done without prejudice to and in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Legal persons could give permission to the processing of their non- personal data for a range of purposes not defined at the moment of giving the permission. The voluntary compliance of such registered entities with a set of requirements should bring trust that the data made available on altruistic purposes is serving a general interest purpose. Such trust should result in particular from a place of establishment within the Union, as well as from the requirement that registered entities have a not-for-profit character, from transparency requirements and from specific safeguards in place to protect rights and interests of data subjects and companies. Further safeguards should include making it possible to process relevant data within a secure processing environment operated by the registered entity, oversight mechanisms such as ethics councils or boards to ensure that the data controller maintains high standards of scientific ethics, effective technical means to withdraw or modify consent at any moment, based on the information obligations of data processors under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 as well as means for data subjects to stay informed about the use of data they made available.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) In order to successfully implement the data governance framework, a European Data Innovation Board should be established, in the form of an expert group. The Board should consist of representatives of the Member States, the Commission and representatives of relevant data spaces and specific sectors (such as health, agriculture, transport and statistics). The European Data Protection Board should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board. , the EU-level coordination board of supervisory authorities for artificial intelligence1a ,and the cybersecurity Cooperation Group 2a should be invited to appoint a representative to the European Data Innovation Board. _________________ 1a“European Artificial Intelligence Board” in the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain union legislative acts 2aAs established in Directive (EU) 2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 259 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5 a) Public sector bodies shall ensure the re-use of data is in full compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 261 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 b (new)
(5 b) Public sector bodies shall ensure that data protection impact assessments required by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 for sharing anonymised data are duly conducted;
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 267 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(6 a) Where public sector bodies make available personal data for re-use pursuant to this Article, they shall do so in full compliance with Regulation(EU) 2016/679.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 274 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 13
(13) Where the re-user intends to transfer non-personal data to a third country, the public sector body shall inform the data holder about the intention to transfer ofthat data to that third country.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 279 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) assisting public sector bodies, where relevant, with formatting data for ensuring a higher level of interoperability with other data available for re-use, according to EU interoperability standards and without prejudice to the data itself or to Union law;
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
(2) The single information point shall receive requests for the re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1) and shall transmit them to the competent public sector bodies, or the competent bodies referred to in Article 7 (1), where relevant. The single information point shall make available by electronic means a register of available data resources containing relevant information describing the nature of available data. To stimulate cross-border data re-use within the EU, Member States shall ensure that the information on available data resources is presented in two additional wide- circulation EU languages.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 281 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) The Commission shall collect and make public and easily accessible information about all Member States’ single information points.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 287 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) intermediation services between data subjects that seek to make their personal data available and potential data users, including making available the technical or other means to enable such services, in the exercise of the rights provided in Regulation (EU) 2016/679; the data sharing services shall not themselves process personal data;
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 297 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) a description of the service or services the provider intends to provide and a declaration of compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 when the data sharing service involves personal data;
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 314 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) the provider shall have procedures in place to ensure compliance with the Union and national rules on the protection of personal data;
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 321 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
(3) The designated competent authorities, the data protection authorities, the national supervisory authorities for artificial intelligence, the national competition authorities, the national authorities in charge of cybersecurity, and other relevant sectorial authorities shall exchange the information which is necessary for the exercise of their tasks in relation to data sharing providers. Particular attention shall be dedicated to ensuring compliance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and with Union law.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 340 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) have procedures in place that ensure compliance with the Union and national rules on the protection of personal data.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 355 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) The entity shall also ensure that data processing is conducted according to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 362 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
(1) Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities responsible for the publicly-available register of recognised data altruism organisations and for the monitoring of compliance with the requirements of this Chapter. The designated competent authorities shall meet the requirements of Article 23.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 369 #

2020/0340(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
(1) The Commission shall establish a European Data Innovation Board (“the Board”) in the form of an Expert Group, consisting of the representatives of competent authorities of all the Member States, the European Data Protection Board, the EU-level coordination board of supervisory authorities for artificial intelligence, the cybersecurity Cooperation Group, the Commission, and relevant data spaces and other representatives of competent authorities in specific sectors.
2021/06/07
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Schengen area was created to achieve the Union’s objective of establishing an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of persons, goods and services is ensured, as set out in Article 3(2) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The good functioning of this area relies on mutual trust between the Member States and efficient management of the external border.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 158 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The rules governing border control of persons crossing the external borders of the Member States of the Union are laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Schengen Borders Code)21 as adopted under Article 77(2)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). To further develop the Union’s policy with a view to carrying out checks on persons and efficiently monitoring the crossing of external borders referred to in the first paragraph of Article 77 TFEU, additional measures should address situations where third-country nationals manage to avoiddo not undergo border checks at the external borders, or where third-country nationals are disembarked following search and rescue operations as well as where third- country nationals request international protection at a border crossing point without fulfilling entry conditions. The present regulation complements and specifies Regulation (EU) 2016/399 with regard to those three sets of situations. _________________ 21 Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p.1.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 165 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) It is essential to ensure that in those three sets of situations, the third country nationals are screened, in order to facilitate a proper identification and to allow for them being referred efficiently to the relevant procedures which, depending on the circumstances, can be procedures for international protection oras laid down in Regulation (EU) XXX/202X (Asylum Procedure Regulation), procedures respecting Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (the “Return Directive”)22 or a refusal of entry in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/399 without prejudice to the Members States' discretion in accordance with Article 6(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399. The screening should seamlessly complement the checks carried out at the external border or compensate for the fact that those checks have been circumvented by the third country nationals when crossing the external border. _________________ 22 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Border control is in the interest not only of the Member States at whose external borders it is carried out but of all Member States which have abolished internal border control. Border control should help to combatreduce illegal migration and trafficking of human beings and to prevent any threat to the Member States’ internal security, public policy, public health and international relations. As such, measures taken at the external borders are important elements of a comprehensive approach to migration, allowing to address the challenge of mixed flows of migrants and persons seeking international protection.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 183 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) Border guards are often confronted with third-country nationals who are requesting international protection without travel documents, both following apprehension during border surveillance and during checks at the border crossing points. Moreover, at some border sections the border guards are confronted with large numbers of arrivals at the same time. In such circumstances, it is particularly difficult to ensure that all relevant databases are consulted and to immediately determine the appropriate asylum or return procedure.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure a swift and better handling of third-country nationals who try to avoiddid not undergo border checks or who request international protection at a border crossing point without fulfilling the entry conditions or who are disembarked following a search and rescue operation, it is necessary to provide a stronger framework for cooperation between the different national authorities responsible for border control, the protection of public healthsafeguarding of fundamental rights, the protection of public health, the management of vulnerable cases, the examination of the need for international protection and the application of return procedures.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) With regard to those persons who apply for international protection, the screening should be immediately followed by an examination of the need for international protection. It should allow to collect and share with the authorities competent for that examination any information that is relevant for the latter to identify the appropriate procedure for the examination of the application, thus speeding up that examination. The screening should also ensure that vulnerable persons and persons with specialfic needs are identified at an early stage, so that any special reception and procedural needs are fully taken into account in the determination of and the pursuit of the applicable procedure.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 208 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The screening should be conducted at or in proximity to the external border, before the persons concerned are authorised to enter the territoryany location within the territory of the Member State, including at locations situated at or in proximity to the external border, provided that the relevant provisions laid out in Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast] can be applied. The Member States should apply measures pursuant to Unational law to prevent the persons concerned from entering the territory during the screening. In individual cases, where requiraccordance with Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast], a Member State shall not decide to hold an applicant in detention until it has individually assessed, this may include detention, subject to the national law regulating that matter. at applicant’s case and effectively considered alternatives to detention or less coercive measures. Deprivation of liberty should always be a measure of last resort and in accordance with Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 231 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) On completion of the screening, the third-country nationals concerned should be referred to the relevant procedure to establish responsibility for examining an application for and to assess the need for international protection, or be made subject to procedures respecting Directive 2008/115 (return directive), or be refused entry in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/399 without prejudice to Article 6(5) of Regulation(EU) 2016/399 as appropriate. The relevant information obtained during the screening should be provided to the competent authorities to support the further assessment of each individual case, in full respect of fundamental rights. The procedures established by Directive 2008/115 should start applying only after the screening has ended. Article 26 and 27 of the Asylum Procedures Regulation should apply only after the screening has ended. This should be without prejudice to the fact that the persons applying for international protection at the moment of apprehension, in the course of border control at the border crossing point or during the screening, should be considered applicants for international protection to whom Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation] and Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast] apply.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 236 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The screening could also be followed by relocation, including under the mechanism for solidarity established by Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] where a Member State is contributing to solidarity on a voluntary basis or the applicants for international protection are not subject to the border procedure pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. XXX/XXX (Asylum Procedures Regulation), or under the mechanism addressing situations of crisis established by Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Regulation on situations of crisis].
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 238 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the fulfilment of entry conditions and the authorisation of entry are expressed in an entry stamp in a travel document. The absence of such entry stamp or the absence of a travel document may therefore be considered as an indication that the holder does not fulfil the entry conditions. With the start of the operation of the Entry/Exit System leading to substitution of the stamps with an entry in the electronic system, that presumption will become more reliable. Member States should therefore apply the screening to third-country nationals who are already within the territory and who are unable to prove that they fulfilled the conditions of entry into the territory of the Member States. The screening of such third-country nationals is necessary in order to compensate for the fact that they presumably managed to evade entry checks upon arrival in the Schengen area and therefore could have not been either refused entry or referred to the appropriate procedure following screening. Applying the screening could also help in ascertaining, through the consultation of the databases referred to in this Regulation, that the persons concerned do not pose a threat to internal security. By the end of the screening within the territory, the third-country nationals concerned should be subject to a return procedure or, where they apply for international protection, to the appropriate asylum procedure. Submitting the same third-country national to repeated screenings should be avoided to the utmost extent possible.deleted
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 244 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The screening should be completed as soon as possible, and should not exceed 5 days where it is conducted at the external border and 3 days where it is conducted within the territory of a Member State. Any extension of the 5 days’ time limit should be reserved for exceptional situations at the external borders, where the capacities of the Member State to handle screenings are exceeded for reasons beyond its control such as crisis situations referred to in Article 1 of Regulation XXX/XXX [crisis proposal].
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The Member States should determine appropriate locations for the screening, including at or in proximity to the external border taking into account geography and existing infrastructures, ensuring that apprehended third-country nationals as well as those who present themselves at a border crossing point can be swiftly submitted to the screening. The tasks relaMember States shall guarantede tohat the screening may be carried out in hotspot areas as referred to in point (23) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 . _________________ 23 Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliamentrelevant reception conditions established by Directive (EU)XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast] apply during the screening. Children, families and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard, OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1r vulnerable groups should be prioritised and referred to adequate accommodation immediately after arrival.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to achieve the objectives of the screening, close cooperation should be ensured between the competent national authorities referred to in Article 16 of Regulation 2016/399, those referred to in Article 5 of the [Asylum Procedures Regulation] as well as those responsible for carrying out return procedures respecting Directive 2008/115. Child protection authorities should also be closely involved in the screening wherever necessaryn dealing with minors or person claiming to be minors to ensure that the best interests of the child are duly taken into account throughout the screening. Member States should be allowed to avail themselves of the support of the relevant agencies, in particular the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the [European Union Agency for Asylum], within the limits of their mandates. Member States should involve the national Rapporteurs for Anti- trafficking wherever the screening reveals facts relevant for trafficking in line with Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council24 . _________________ 24 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 259 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) When conducting the screening, the competent authorities should comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and ensure the respect for human dignity and should not discriminate against persons on grounds of sex, racial, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinions, membership of a national minority, disability, age or sexual orientation. Particular attention should be paid to the best interests of the chil or gender identity. The best interests of the child should always be the primary consideration in any decision affecting children. Since the administrative detention of children for migration purposes is never in the best interests of the child, unaccompanied children and children with families shall never be detained.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure compliance with EU and international law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, during the screening, each Member State shouldall establish a monitoring mechanism andduring border surveillance, screening, all asylum and return procedures as well as in situations of crisis in the field of migration and asylum. It shall put in place adequate safeguards for the independence thereof. The monitoring mechanism should cover in particular the respect for fundamental rights in relation to the screening, as well as the respect for the applicable national rules regardingand effectiveness thereof, launch investigations where necessary and draw up disciplinary and dissuasive measures. The monitoring mechanism should cover in particular the respect for fundamental rights including the use of detention and compliance with the principle of non- refoulement as referred to in Article 3(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399. The Fundamental Rights Agency shouldall establish general guidance as to the establishment and the independent functioning of such monitoring mechanism. Member States shouldall furthermore be allowed to request the support of the Fundamental Rights Agency for developing their national monitoring mechanism. Member States should also be allowed to seek advice from the Fundamental Rights Agency with regard to establishing the methodology for this monitoring mechanism and with regard to appropriate training measures. Member States should also be allowed to invite rRelevant and competent national, international and non-governmental organisations and bodies to participate in the monitoring. The independent monitoring mechanism should be without prejudice to the monitoring of fundamental rights provided by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s fundamental rights monitors provided for in Regulation (EU) 2019/1896. The Member States should investigate allegations of the breach of the fundamental rights during the screening, including by ensuring that complaints are dealt with expeditiously and in an appropriate wadependently.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 278 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) By the end of the screening, the authorities responsible for the screening should fill in a de-briefing form. The form should be transmitted to the authorities examining applications for international protection, to the authorities competent for return or to the authorities competent for returnfusal of entry – depending on whom the individual is referred to. In the former case, the authorities resThis should be without prejudice to the ponssible for the screening should also indicate any elements which may seem to be relevant for determining whether the competent authorities should submit the application of theility of Member States to authorise third country nationals to enter and or remain on the territory for other grounds under national, Union or international law. Member States shall ensure that all third- country national concerned to an accelerated examination procedure or to the border procedures subject to the screening are duly informed by qualified and trained staff about their rights and the possibility to apply for international protection.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 282 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) Member States should ensure that the procedure of the de-briefing is accompanied by formal procedural safeguards. All third country nationals should have the possibility to challenge the information recorded in the de- briefing form and have access to an effective legal remedy regarding the outcome of the screening.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 289 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) A preliminary health examination should be carried out on all persons submitted to the screening at the external borders with a view to identifying persons in need of immediate care or requiring other measures to be taken, for instance isolation on public health grounds. The specific needs of minors and vulnerable persons should be taken into account. If it is clear from the circumstances that such examination is not needed, in particular because the overall condition of the person appears to be very good, the examination should not take place and the person concerned should be informed of that fact. The preliminary health examination should be carried out by the qualified health authorities of the Member State concerned. With regard to third-country nationals apprehended within the territory, the preliminary medical examination should be carried out where it is deemed necessary at first sight.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 291 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
(26 a) Third country nationals submitted to the screening shall be subject to a preliminary vulnerability check with a view to identifying any vulnerabilities or specific procedural and reception needs within the meaning of point 13 of Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive]. This preliminary vulnerability check should be without prejudice to a full vulnerability assessment in the next procedure as referred to in Article 21 of that Directive.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 297 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) During the screening, all persons concerned shouldall be guaranteed a standard of living complying with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and have access to emergency health care and essential treatment of illnesses. Particular attention should be paid to individuals with vulnerabilities, such as pregnant women, elderly persons, single parent families, persons with an immediately identifiable physical or mental disability, persons visibly having suffered psychological or physical trauma and unaccompanied minorsthe same reception conditions apply during the screening as those established by Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast] , including access to emergency health care and essential treatment of illnesses. Particular attention should be paid to individuals with vulnerabilities, such as listed in Article 20 of Directive(EU) XXX/XXX (Reception Conditions Directive). In particular, in case of a minor, information should be provided in a child-friendly and age appropriate manner. All the authorities involved in the performance of the tasks related to the screening should respect human dignity, privacy, and refrain from any discriminating actions or behaviour.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 298 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) During the screening, all persons concerned should be guaranteed a standard of living complying with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and have access to emergency health care and essential treatment of illnesses. Particular attention should be paid to individuals with vulnerabilities, such as pregnant women, elderly persons, single parent families, persons with an immediately identifiable physical or mental disability, persons visibly having suffered psychological or physical trauma and unaccompanied minors. In particular, in case of a minor, information should be provided in a child-friendly and age appropriate manner. All the authorities involved in the performance of the tasks related to the screening shouldall respect human dignity, privacy, and refrain from any discriminating actions or behaviour.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) The Common Identity Repository (“CIR”) was established by Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Interoperability Regulation)25 to facilitate and assist in the correct identification of persons registered in the Entry/Exit System (“EES”), the Visa Information System (“VIS”), the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (“ETIAS”), Eurodac and in the European Criminal Records Information System for third country nationals (“ECRIS-TCN”), including of unknown persons who are unable to identify themselves. For that purpose, the CIR contains only the identity, travel document and biometric data recorded in EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN, logically separated. Only the personal data strictly necessary to perform an accurate identity check is stored in the CIR. The personal data recorded in the CIR is kept for no longer than strictly necessary for the purposes of the underlying systems and shouldall automatically be deleted where the data are deleted from the underlying systems. Consultation of the CIR enables a reliable and exhaustive identification of persons, by making it possible to consult all identity data present in the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN in one go, in a fast and reliable manner, while ensuring a maximum protection of the data and avoiding unnecessary processing or duplication of data. _________________ 25 Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of borders and visa and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1726 and (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA, OJ L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 27.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 312 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) Given that many persons submitted to the screening may not carry any travel documents, the authorities conducting the screening should have access to any other relevant documents held by the persons concerned in cases where the biometric data of such persons are not usable or yield no result in the CIR. The authorities should also be allowed to use data from those documents, other than biometric data, to carry out checks against the relevant databases, albeit in full compliance with GDPR.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 318 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) The identification of persons during border checks at the border crossing point and any consultation of the databases in the context of border surveillance or police checks in the external border area by the authorities who referred the person concerned to the screening should be considered as part of the screening and should not be repeated, unless there are specialextraordinary circumstances duly justifying such repetition.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 321 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Articles 11(5) and 12(5) of this Regulation, implementing powersthe power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) should be conferrdelegated ton the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 . For the adoption of relevant implementing acts, the examination procedure should be used. _________________ 26 Reg in respect of: - the procedure and specifications for retrieving data, processing and using data according to Article 11(5), - the procedure for cooperation between the authorities responsible for carrying out the screening, Interpol National Central Bureaux, Europol national unit, and ECRIS-TCN central authorities, respectively, to determine the risk to internal security according to Articles 12(5). It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of thes be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member State' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission's expercise of implementing power (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13)t groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 323 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The screening should also assess whether the entry of the third-country nationals into the Union could pose a threat to internal security or to public policy.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 339 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Where justified for the purpose of the security check, the screening could also include verification of objects in the possession of third-country nationals, in accordance with national law and GDPR. Any measures applied in this context should be proportionate and should respect the human dignity of the persons subject to the screening. The authorities involved should ensure that the fundamental rights of the individuals concerned are respected, including the right to protection of personal data and freedom of expression as well as child-specific safeguards whenever children are involved.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 342 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) Since access to EES, ETIAS, VIS and ECRIS-TCN is necessary for the authorities designated to carry out the screening in order to establish whether the person could pose a threat to the internal security or to public policy, Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 and Regulation (EC) No 2019/816, respectively, should be amended to provide for this additional access right which is currently not provided by those Regulations. In the case of Regulation (EU) No 2019/816, this amendment should for reasons of variable geometry take place through a different regulation than the present one.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 348 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely the strengthening of the controreferral of persons who are about to enter the Schengen area and their referral to the appropriate procedures, the preliminary identification of individuals in situations of vulnerability and in need of health care, as well as those posing a threat to internal security. As this cannot be achieved by Member States acting alone, it is necessary to establish common rules at Union level. Thus, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 365 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
The purpose of the screening shall be the strengthening of the controreferral of persons who are about to enter the Schengen area and their referral to the appropriate procedures, the preliminary identification of individuals in situations of vulnerability and in need of health care, as well as those posing a threat to internal security.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 373 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The object of the screening shall be the identification of all third-country nationals subject to it and the verification against relevant databases that the persons subject to it do not pose a threat to internal security. The screening shall also entail preliminary health checks, where appropriate, to identify persons vulnerable and those with specific reception or procedural needs, and in the need of health care as well the ones posing a threat to public health. Those checks shall contribute to referring such persons to the appropriate procedure.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 376 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
The screening shall also be carried out within the territory of the Member States where there is no indication that third- country nationals have been subject to controls at external borders.deleted
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 389 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5 a. ‘stateless person’ means a stateless person as laid down in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, signed in New York on 28 September 1954;
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 393 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
5 b. ‘unaccompanied minor’ means a minor who arrives on the territory of the Member State unaccompanied by an adult responsible for him or her, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State concerned, and for as long as he or she is not effectively taken into the care of such an adult; it includes a minor who is left unaccompanied after he or she has entered the territory of a Member State, as defined in the Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast];
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 394 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
5 c. ‘guardian’ means a person or an organisation appointed by the competent bodies in order to assist and represent an unaccompanied minor in procedures provided for in this Regulation with a view to safeguarding the best interest of the child, and his or her well-being, and exercising legal capacity for the minor where necessary, as defined in Article 4(2)(f) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX (Asylum Procedures Regulation);
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 401 #
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 429 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. During the screening, the persons referred to in Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not be authorised to enter the territory of a Member State. However, those persons should always be granted the right to remain on the territory of a Member State during the screening procedure and to be treated in accordance with recognised basic human standards in accordance with Article 31 of the Geneva Convention (1951).
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 431 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. While the persons referred to in Article 3 must remain available to the authorities carrying out the screening, they shall not be detained for the sole reason of undergoing screening. Member States should first consider measures to restrict the freedom of movement of those persons as provided in Article 7 of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast], or should have recourse to other alternatives to detention. Such alternatives should be available both in law and in fact at national level and may be provided, in particular, for applicants with special reception needs, in particular for families with children or other vulnerable persons. Member State can only decide to hold an applicant in detention until it has individually assessed that applicant’s case and effectively considered alternatives to detention or less coercive measures, and on no other grounds than in accordance with Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast]. Such decisions should be subject to judicial oversight. The responsible authorities should consider alternatives to detention, in particular for minors and applicants with specific vulnerabilities. Where possible, minors should be accommodated in non-custodial community-based placements while their immigration status is being resolved. Unaccompanied minors and children with families shall never be detained and shall be placed in appropriate alternative care settings in the national child protection system in line with their best interests and taking into account their views.
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 441 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Screening within the territory Member States shall apply the screening to third-country nationals found within their territory where there is no indication that they have crossed an external border to enter the territory of the Member States in an authorised manner.Article 5 deleted
2022/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 449 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In the cases referred to in Article 3, the screening shall be conducted at a locations situated at or in proximity to the external border within the territory of the Member State, including situated at or in proximity to the external borders, provided that the relevant provisions laid down in Articles 5, 6, 6a, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast] can be applied in these locations. Particular attention shall be paid to specific procedural and reception needs, in line with the Article 20 of that directive. Facilities used for the purposes of screening shall be entirely funded from the Union budget. This shall include the construction, running and renovation of current and future facilities.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 457 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. In the cases referred to in Article 5, the screening shall be conducted at any appropriate location within the territory of a Member State.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 460 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In the cases referred to in Article 3, the screening shall be carried out without delay and shall in any case be completed within 5 days from the apprehension in the external border area, the disembarkation in the territory of the Member State concerned or the presentation at the border crossing point. In exceptional circumstances, where a disproportionate number of third-country nationals needs to be subject to the screening at the same time, making it impossible in practice to conclude the screening within that time- limit, the period of 5 days may be extended by a maximum of an additional 5 days.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 470 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall notify the Commission without delay about the exceptional circumstances referred to in paragraph 3. They shall also inform the Commission as soon as the reasons for extending the screening period have ceased to exist.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 475 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The screening referred to in Article 5 shall be carried out without delay and in any case shall be completed within 3 days from apprehension.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 479 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) identification as referred to in Article 10; where an individual claims not to have any nationality or when there are reasonable grounds to believe an individual may be stateless, this should be clearly registered pending a full determination of whether the individual is stateless in a separate procedure;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 480 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b a (new)
(b a) a preliminary vulnerability check as referred to in Article 9a;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 487 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) referral to the appropriate procedure or refusal of entry as referred to in Article 14.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 489 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. Member States shall designate qualified and competent border authorities to carry out the screening, including asylum authorities and border police, to carry out the identification and security checks and shall ensure that the staff of those competent authorities have received the appropriate training in accordance with Article 18 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [EU Asylum Agency]. They shall deploy appropriate staff and sufficient resources to carry out the screening in an efficient way and within the foreseen timeframe.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 492 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall designate qualified and appropriately trained medical staff to carry out the health check provided for in Article 9. National child protection authorities and national anti- trafficking rapporteurs shall also be involved, where appropriate as well as qualified and appropriately trained staff to carry out the vulnerability check provided for in Article 9a. In cases of scarce ressources, national authorities can apply for financial support from the EU budget. Each Member State shall notify the Commission of the authorities listed above. Member States shall inform the Commission of any changes in the identity of such authorities.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 496 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure that a legal guardian is appointed when an unaccompanied minor, or a person declaring to be an unaccompanied minor, as soon as the screening starts. For the sake of coherence and consistency, and if this is in the best interest of the child, the guardian should remain the same one in the subsequent procedure. National child protection authorities and national anti- trafficking rapporteurs shall also be involved when the screening is undertook on a minor, whether unaccompanied or not.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 499 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
The proper functionning of screening and its compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights inherently depends on the availability of adequate and qualified staff at all stages of the procedure. The competent authorities mayshall therefore be assisted or supported in the performance of the screening by experts or liaison officers and teams deployed by Union bodies, offices and agencies, international organisations and non- governmental organisations, in particular the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the [European Union Agency for Asylum] within the limits of their mandates. In particular, this shall be the case when the Member State is faced with a situation of mass influx of persons arriving and where its operational structure and asylum system is overburdened. The Commission should also assist the competent authorities in planning the allocation of qualified staff, with a view to ensuring a level playing field in all Member State. Where a Union body, office or agency deems it necessary to propose support to a specific Member State, that Member State should take due account of that proposal and should be able to accept, amend or reject it.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 504 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Third country nationals shall be informed of their right to access free legal advice or counselling during the screening and Member States shall enable such access if the third country nationals request so orally or in writing.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 508 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt relevant provisions to investigate allegations of non-respect for fundamental rights in relation to tduring border surveillance, screening, all asylum and return procedures as well as in situations of crisis in the field of migration and asylum. They screeninghall draw up clear and proportionate disciplinary measures under national law in case allegations prove to be true.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 509 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, without undue delay, adopt relevant provisions to investigate allegations of non-respect for fundamental rights in relation to the screening.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 526 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
— to ensure compliance with EU and international law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, during the screening;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 533 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
— where applicable, to ensure compliance with Union and national rules on detention of the person concerned, in particular concerning the grounds, conditions and the duration of the detention;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 540 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
— to ensure that allegations of non- respect for fundamental rights in relation to the screening, including in relation to access to the asylum procedure and non- compliance with the principle of non- refoulement, are dealt with effectively and without undue delaythe best interest of the child, right to health care, data protection and reception conditions are dealt with effectively and without undue delay. Access to justice for affected individuals shall be clarified.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 547 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph -1 (new)
-1 Monitoring shall apply to national authorities as well as any EU agencies and bodies involved in the above mentionned procedures. Member States shall invite relevant and independent national, international and non- governmental organisations and bodies, including data protection authorities, to actively participate in the monitoring. Member States shall give the monitoring authorities unhindered access to relevant documents and facilities.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 552 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall put in place adequate safeguards to guarantee the independence of the mechanism, in line with criteria recognised under relevant international human rights law and standards. These safeguards shall include selecting independent relevant national and international actors, including at least one representative from the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) and one representative from the EU Ombudsman or national ombudspersons, to review the independence of the mechanism on an annual basis and report back to the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 560 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Fundamental Rights Agency shall issue general guidance for Member States on the setting up of such mechanism and its independent functioning. Furthermore, Member States mayshould request the Fundamental Rights Agency to support them in developing their national monitoring mechanism, including the safeguards for independence of such mechanisms, as well as the monitoring methodology and appropriate training schemes.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 568 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States may invite relevant national, international and non- governmental organisations and bodies to participate in the monitoring.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 575 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Member States shall, on an annual basis, report back to the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament on potential allegations of non-respect for fundamental rights in relation to the screening process, if any.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 576 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
If needed, the mechanism should be able to receive funding via the Integrated Border Management Fund (IBMF) or any other relevant EU fund.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 584 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Third-country nationals subject to the screening shall be succinctly and adequately informed about the purpose and the modalities of the screening:
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 587 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the steps and modalities of the screening as well as possible outcomes of the screening;, in particular their right to apply for international protection or other forms of protection applicable in national law.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 590 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the rights and obligations of third country nationals during the screening, including the possibility to contact and be contacted by organisations which provide information and legal assistance as referred to in Article 8(4) as well as the obligation on them to remain in the designated facilities during the screening.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 607 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the applicable rules on the conditions of entry for third-country nationals in accordance with Regulation (No) 2016/399 [Schengen Border Code], as well as on other conditions of entry, stay and residence of the Member State concerned, to the extent this information has not been given already;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 609 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) where they have applied, or there are indications that they wish to apply, for international protection, information on the obligation to apply for international protection in the Member State of first entry or legal stay set out in Article [9(1) and (2)] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [ex-Dublin Regulation], the consequences of non- compliance set out in Article [10(1)] of that Regulation, and the information set out in Article 11 of that Regulation as well as on the procedures that follow the making of an application for international protection;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 616 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The information provided during the screening shall be given in a language and format which the third-country national understands or is reasonably supposed to understand. The information shall be given in writing and, in exceptional circumstances, where necessary, orally using interpretation services where necessary. It shall be provided in an appropriate manner taking into account the age and the gender of the person. When the person is a child, information shall be provided in a child- friendly manner.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 626 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States mayshall authorise relevant and competent national, international and non-governmental organisations and bodies to provide third country nationals with information under this article and legal advice during the screening according to the provisions established by national law.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 631 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Health checks and vulnerabilitiePreliminary health checks
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 633 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Third-country nationals submitted to the screening referred to in Article 3 shall be subject to a preliminary medical examination by qualified medical staff with a view to identifying any needs for immediate care or isolation on public health grounds, unless, based on the circumstances concerning the general state of the individual third-country nationals concerned and the grounds for directing them to the screening, the relevant competent authorities are satisfied that no preliminary medical screening is necessary. In that case, they shall inform those persons accordinglyand long-term care, as well as isolation on public health grounds.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 641 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Where relevantIn addition, it shall be checked whether persons referred to in paragraph 1 are in a vulnerable situation, which can include victims of torture or have special reception or procedural needs within the meaning of Article 20 of the [recast] Reception Conditions Directive.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 643 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Where there are indications of vulnerabilities or special reception or procedural needs, the third-country national concerned shall receive timely and adequate support in view of their physical and mental health. In the case of minors, support shall be given by personnel trained and qualified to deal with minors, and in cooperation with child protection authorities.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 650 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Where it is deemed necessary based on the circumstances, third-country nationals submitted to the screening referred to in Article 5 shall be subject to a preliminary medical examination, notably to identify any medical condition requiring immediate care, special assistance or isolation.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 654 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a Preliminary vulnerability check 1. Third-country nationals submitted to the screening referred to in Article 3 shall be subject to a preliminary vulnerability check with a view to identifying any vulnerabilities or specific procedural and reception needs within the meaning of Article 2(1), point 13 of Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast]. This preliminary vulnerability check should be without prejudice to a full vulnerability assessment in the next procedure as referred to in Article 21 of that Directive. 2. The vulnerability check shall be done by staff trained specifically for that purpose and in line with the list in Article 20 of Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast]. It shall be ensured that there is sufficient staff to carry out these checks thoroughly and efficiently. 3. Where there are initial indications of vulnerabilities or specific reception or procedural needs, it must be ensured that the third-country national concerned receives timely and adequate support in view of their physical and mental health during the screening process and that this is continued in the next procedure the person is referred to. If screening measures amount to detention, alternatives to detention or less coercive measures shall apply. 4. Initial indications of vulnerabilities or specific reception or procedural needs must be indicated clearly on the de- briefing form.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 656 #

2020/0278(COD)

Article 9 b Special guarantees for unaccompanied minors 1. The best interest of the child shall be the primary concern at every step of the screening, in line with the safeguards provided for in Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast], in particular Articles 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 and 23. 2. Minors, whether accompanied or unaccompanied, shall be considered applicants in need of specific procedural guarantees. 3. The appointed guardians of non- accompanied minors as referred to in Article 6 of this Regulation shall have the necessary qualifications and expertise and receive continuous and appropriate training to that end, and shall not have a verified criminal record, with particular regard to any of child-related crimes or offences. After his or her appointment, the guardian’s criminal record shall be regularly reviewed by the competent authorities to identify potential incompatibilities with his or her role. 4. Screening shall not entail an age assessment procedure.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 661 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) data or information provided by or obtained from the third-country national concerned; and
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 663 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) biometric data, as defined in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Eurodac Regulation];
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 671 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of the identification referred to in paragraph 1, the designated competent authorities shall query any relevant national databases as well as the common identity repository (CIR) referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817. The biometric data of a third- country national taken live during the screening, as well as the identity data and, where available, travel document data shall be used to that end.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 674 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Querying the CIR shall be limited to pure consultation. Storage or use of data for other purposes than identifying the individual shall be strictly prohibited.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 678 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Third country nationals submitted to the screening pursuant to Article 3 or Article 5 shall undergo a security check to verify that they do not constitute a threat to internal security. The security check may cover both the third-country nationals and the objects in their possession. The law of the Member State concerned shall apply to any searches carried out, the principles of necessity and proportionality as well as GDPR shall apply to any searches carried out and shall be scrutinised by the fundamental rights monitoring mechanism set up under Article 7 of this Regulation.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 682 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. For the purpose of conducting the security check referred to in paragraph 1, and to the extent that they have not yet done so in accordance with Article 8(3), point (a)(vi), of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the competent authorities designated to carry out the screening shall query relevant national and Union databases, in particular the Schengen Information System (SIS).
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 685 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. To the extent it has not been already done during the checks referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the designated competent authority shall query the Entry/Exit System (EES), the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), including the ETIAS watch list referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the Visa Information System (VIS), the ECRIS- TCN system as far as convictions related to terrorist offences and other forms of serious criminal offences are concerned, the Europol data processed for the purpose referred to in Article 18(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, and the Interpol Travel Documents Associated with Notices database (Interpol TDAWN) with the data referred to in Article 10(1) and using at least the data referred to under point (c) thereof.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 689 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall adopt implementingdelegated acts setting out the detailed procedure and specifications for retrieving data. Those implementing, processing and using data. Those delegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 691 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The queries provided for in Article 10(2) and in Article 11(2) mayshall be launched using, for queries related to EU information systems and the CIR, the European Search Portal in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2019/81836 . _________________ 36 Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration, OJ L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 85.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 701 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall adopt implementingdelegated acts to specify the procedure for cooperation between the authorities responsible for carrying out the screening, Interpol National Central Bureaux, Europol national unit, and ECRIS-TCN central authorities, respectively, to determine the risk to internal security. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 706 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
On completion of the screening, the competent authorities shall, with regard to the persons referred to in Article 3 and in Article 5, complete the form in Annex I containing:
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 712 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) initial indication of nationalities or statelessness, countries of residence prior to arrival and languages spoken;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 715 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) relevant information on the preliminary health checks, in accordance with GDPR;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 716 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) relevant information of the preliminary vulnerabilities check as well as specific reception or procedural needs identified and /or the checks that were not completed during the screening procedure;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 719 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reason for unauthorised arrival, entry, and, where appropriate illegal stay or residencecircumstances of arrival, entry, including information on whether the person made an application for international protection;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 727 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) information on assistance provided by a person or a criminal organisation in relation to unauthorised crossing of the border, and any related information in cases of suspected smuggling.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 730 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) information on family members or close adult relatives present in the EU as defined in Directive (EU) XXX/XXX [Reception Conditions Directive recast];
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 733 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The de-briefing form is an administrative decision amenable to appeal. The person shall be advised about appeal channels and receive a copy of the de-briefing form before the form is transmitted to the authorities and be able to review, rectify and challenge the information provided in the de-briefing form.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 747 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1
— have not expressed their wish to appliedy for international protection and
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 753 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2 a (new)
- are not eligible to enter or remain on the territory for any other ground under Member State legislation, Union or international law;
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 762 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
In cases not related to search and rescue operations, entry may be refused in accordance with the full procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation 2016/399.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 765 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
In cases affecting minors, the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration. This requires that procedures respecting Directive (EU) 2008/115/EC (Return Directive) may only be applied after a documented best interests of the child procedure is carried out by a multidisciplinary team assessing and identifying a durable solution. If the procedure concludes that return is considered to be in the best interests of the child, priority should be given to implementation through voluntary departure with child-specific assistance.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 768 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Third-country nationals who made an application for international protection shall be referred to the asylum authorities referred to in Article XY of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation], together with the form referred to in Article 13 of this Regulation. On that occasion, the authorities conducting the screening shall point in the de-briefing form to any elements which seem at first sight to be relevant to refer the third-country nationals concerned into the accelerated examination procedure or the border procedure.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 772 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The third-country nationals referred to in Article 5, who — have not applied for international protection and — with regard to whom the screening has not revealed that they fulfil the conditions for entry and stay shall be subject to return procedures respecting Directive 2008/115/EC.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 777 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Where third-country nationals submitted to the screening in accordance with Article 5 make an application for international protection as referred to in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX (Asylum Procedures Regulation), paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply accordingly.deleted
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 783 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 7
7. Where the third country nationals referred to in Article(s) 3(1) and Article 5 are referred to an appropriate procedure regarding asylum or return, return or refusal of entry, the screening ends. Where not all the checks have been completed within the deadlines referred to in Article 6(3) and (5), the screening shall nevertheless end with regard to that person, who shall be referred to a relevant procedurethen automatically be referred to the ordinary asylum procedure laid down in Regulation (EU) XXX/202X (Asylum Procedures Regulation).
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 787 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. The third-country national concerned shall be afforded an effective remedy to appeal against or seek review of the outcome of the screening in accordance with national law. A written indication of contact points able to provide information on representatives competent to act on behalf of the third- country national in accordance with national law shall also be given to the third-country national in a language that they understand. The appeal shall be lodged immediately after the referral has been communicated to the third-country national. Lodging such an appeal shall not have suspensive effect on the referral of the third country national to the subsequent procedure. The appeal shall be processed rapidly and its outcome communicated in writing to the third- country national.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 803 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
[Three year18 months after entry into force, the Commission shall report on the implementation of the measures set out in this Regulation.]
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 807 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
No sooner than [fivthree] years after the date of application of this Regulation, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Regulation. The Commission shall present a Report on the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee. Member States shall provide the Commission all information necessary for the preparation of that report, at the latest six months before the [five] years’ time limit expires.
2022/01/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 810 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 5
5.Nationality/ies or statelessness (initial indication):
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 812 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 7
7.Reason to perform screeningfor which the screening was performed: A. Irregular entry Please specify also, as appropriate: no/forged/ falsified travel document, no/forged/ falsified visa or travel authorisation, other B. Arrival via search and rescue C. Application for international protection at a Border Crossing Point D. no indication of a border check at an external border: □ no stamp in a travel document/no entry in the Entry Exit System □ no travel documenteleted Deleted Deleted
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 814 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 8a (new)
8a. Preliminary health check were carried out: □ Yes □ No If yes, please provide relevant results: Immediate care provided: □ Yes □ No Isolation on public health grounds: □ Yes □ No If yes, provide dates, specific grounds, location
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 815 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 8b (new)
8b. Preliminary vulnerabilities check carried out □ Yes □ No If yes, specific reception or procedural needs identified and /or the checks that were not completed during the screening procedure:
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 816 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 8c (new)
8c. Family members or close relatives present in the EU: □ Yes □ No If yes, please provide details of the relevant family members or close relatives and the relevant Member State.
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 817 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 10
10. Immediate care provided: □ Yes □Deleted No
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 821 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 11
11. Isolation on public health grounds: □ Yes □ If yes, please provide dates, specific grounds, location:Deleted No
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 826 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 13
13. Assistance provided for remuneration by third person or organisation in relation to irregular crossing of the border and any related information in case of suspected smuggling:Deleted
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 827 #

2020/0278(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – point 16a (new)
16a. Comments and approval by designated interpretation services: Signature/s of official interpreter/s (name + service):
2022/01/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 86 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum (Text with EEA relevance)
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 96 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Union, in constituting an area of freedom, security and justice, should ensure the absence of internal border controls for persons and frame a common policy on asylum, immigration and external border control, based on solidarity and shared responsibility between Member States, which is fair towards third- country nationals.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 107 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) The comprehensive approach should bring together policies in the areas of asylum, migration management, returns, external border protection and partnership with relevant third countries, recognising that the effectiveness of the overall approach depends on all components being jointly addressed and in an integrated manner. The comprehensive approach should ensure that the Union hasworks externally to manage migration and has also internally at its disposal specific rules to effectively manage migration including the triggering of a compulsory solidarity mechanism and thatin which all the necessary measures are put in place to prevent crisis to happen.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) Notwithstanding the putting in place of the necessary preventive measures, it cannot be excluded that a situation of crisis or force majeure in the field of migration and asylum arises due to circumstances beyond the control of the Union and its Member States.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation should contribute to and complete the comprehensive approach by setting out the specific procedures and mechanisms in the field of international protection and return that should apply in the exceptional circumstances of a situation of crisis. It should ensure, in particular, the effective application of the principle preparedness to alleviate pressure on the external borders of the Union in situations of mass influx of persons crossing the border irregularly and put operational cooperation structures in place to prevent that this would overburden the asylum systems of the Member States. In such situations of crisis, Member States shall work together in a spirit of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility andthrough the adaptation of the relevant rules on asylum and return procedures, so that the Member States and the Union have the necessary tools at their disposal including sufficient time to carry out those procedures. This Regulation should be triggered complementary to the Union’s financial, operational and diplomatic efforts responding to any migration or humanitarian crisis in one or more third countries, including by making use of anticipation and early warning tools available under the EU Mechanism for Migration Preparedness [Crisis Blueprint]2a. _________________ 2a Commission Recommendation of 23 September 2020 on an EU Mechanism for Preparedness and Management of Crises related to Migration (C(2020) 6469, 23.9.2020).
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The measures in this Regulation are based on integrated policy-making in the field of asylum and migration management and take into account the phenomenon of mixed arrivals of persons in need of international protection and those who are not. The measures are put in place in recognition that the challenge of irregular arrivals of migrants in the Union should not have to be assumed by individual Member States alone, but by the Union as a whole.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) The measures in this Regulation are based on a mandatory solidarity between Member States in situations of crisis and intend to enhance the preparedness and resilience of Member States to manage migration and situations of crisis. They aim to facilitate operational coordination and concrete financial, operational and capacity support in situations of crisis in the field of asylum and migration.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 139 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Member States in a situation of crisis can request the application of the measures in this Regulation individually or cumulatively. The implementing acts adopted by the Commission pursuant to this Regulation may apply to one or more Member States, if the conditions specified for the application of this Regulation are met individually by each Member State.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In addition to situFollowing sudden and unforeseen events, even well-prepared asylum, migrations, of crisis, Member Star return systems may be faced with abnormal and unforeseeable circumstances outside their control, the consequences of which could not have been avoided in spite of the exercise of all duoverburdened. As a result, the Member State concerned may need to deviate resources to the task of managing the care. Such situations of force majeure could make it impossible to respect the time limits set by Regulations (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] and (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] for registering applications for international protectrival of third-country nationals or stateless persons at its borders and require time to reorganise and increase its capacity, including with the support of the EU agencies. Extensions or carrying out the procedures for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protectionf time limits should therefore help the Member States in executing their responsibilities under Union law, including Article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, providing for more flexibility to deal with the increased workload. In order to ensure that the common asylum system continues functioning in an efficient and fair manner, while guaranteeing a timely examination of international protection needs and legal certainty, longer time limits for the registration of applications and for the procedural steps required for determining responsibility and transferring applicants to the responsible Member State should apply in such situations. Member States faced with a situation of force majeure should also be able to implement the solidarity measures that they have to take pursuant to the solidarity mechanism set out in this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] within an extended time frame, where necessaryand for the screening procedure should apply in such situations.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In order to quickly help alleviate the pressure faced by a Member State in a situation of crisis, the scope of relocation should include allor prioritise certain categories of applicants for international protection, including persons granted immediate protection, as well as beneficiaries of international protection and irregular migrants. Furthermore, a Member State that provides return sponsorship should transfer the illegally staying third-country beneficiaries of international protection, persons in the border procedure and persons whose applications for international fprom the benefitting Member State if the person concerned does not return or is not removed within four months, instead of eight months as provided for by Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management]tection are likely to be well-founded as determined under this Regulation.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 170 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) In order to ensure that such contributions are in proportion to the share of the contributing Member State, the Commission should be able to increase or decrease such contributions by adopting an implementing act, in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) The solidarity mechanism should include measures to promote a fair sharing of responsibility and a balance of effort between Member States also in the area of return. Through return sponsorship, a Member State should commit to support a Member State in a situation of crisis in carrying out the necessary activities to return illegally staying third-country nationals, bearing in mind that the benefitting Member State remains responsible for carrying out the return while the individuals are present on its territory. Where such activities have been unsuccessful after a period of 8 months, the sponsoring Member States should transfer these persons in line with the procedures set out in this Regulation and apply Directive 2008/115/EC; if relevant, Member States may recognise the return decision issued by the benefitting Member State in application of Council Directive 2001/403a. Return sponsorship should form part of the common EU system of returns, including operational support provided through the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the application of the coordination mechanism to promote effective cooperation with third countries in the area of return and readmission. _________________ 3a Council Directive 2001/40/EC of 28 May 2001 on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals, OJ L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 34.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 c (new)
(10c) The solidarity provisions in situations described in this Regulation should be accompanied by immediate measures to ensure humanitarian protection, including first essential services, as well as dignified reception in compliance with the Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast ] and adequate access to international protection procedures. For this purpose, existing crisis measures in the field of capacity building and operational support may be activated in such situations, under the coordination EU Mechanism for Migration Preparedness [Crisis Blueprint] and through the emergency support provided within the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM). Member States in a situation of crisis should further rely on increased efforts of the Union, including through its agencies, to assist in return operations.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) In situations of crisis, Member States might need a wider set of measures in order to manage a mass influx of third- country nationals in an orderly fashion and contain unauthorised movements. Such measures should include the application of an asylum crisis management procedure and a return crisis management procedure.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 222 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to ensure that Member States have the necessary flexibility when confronted with a large influx of migrants expressing the intention to apply for asylum, and to alleviate the pressure on their asylum systems while guaranteeing the highest standards in processing applications for international protection, the application of the border procedure, established by Article 41 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] should be broadened, and an asylum crisis management procedure should allow Member States to take a decision in the framework of a border procedure also on the merits of an application in cases where the applicant is of a nationality, or, in the case of stateless persons, a former habitual resident of a third country, for which the proportion of decisions granting international protection Union-wide is 75% or lower. As a result, in the application of the crisis border procedure, Member States should continue applying the border procedure as provided by Article 41 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] but could extend the application of the border procedure to nationals who come from third countries where the EU-wide average recognition rate is above 20% but under 75%. To this effect, Member States should continuously ensure use of the most recent data from the European Union Asylum Agency.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 225 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The purpose of the asylum crisis management procedure is to quickly assess whether applications are unfounded or inadmissible and to swiftly return those with no right to stay, while ensuring that those with well-founded claims are channelled into the regular or accelerated procedure and provided quick access to international protection.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 226 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) Applicants who are identified as being in need of specific procedural guarantees should be provided with adequate support, including sufficient time, in order to create the conditions necessary for their effective access to procedures and for presenting the elements needed to substantiate their application for international protection. Where it is not possible to provide adequate support in the framework of a border procedure, an applicant in need of specific procedural guarantees should be exempted from those procedures.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 229 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The screening of third-country nationals according to the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation] should apply with the possibility to extend the 5-day deadline by another five days, as specified in that Regulation.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 237 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) In a situation of crisis, in view of the possible strain on the asylum system, Member States should have the possibility not to authorise the entry in their territory of applicants subject to a border procedure for a longer period of time than the ones set in Article 41 (11) and (13) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation]. However, the procedures should be completed as soon as possible in full respect of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast] and in any event the periods of time should only be prolonged by an additional period not exceeding eight weeks; if those procedures cannot be completed by the expiry of that prolonged period, applicants should be authorised to enter the territory of a Member State for the purpose of completing the procedure for international protection.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The responsible authorities should provide for alternatives to detention in border procedures, in particular for unaccompanied minors, families with children and applicants with specific vulnerabilities.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 243 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) The return crisis management procedure should facilitate, in a situation of crisis, the return of illegally staying third- country nationals whose applications were rejected in the context of a crisis asylum management procedure and who have no right to remain and are not allowed to remain, by providing the competent national authorities and EU agencies with the necessary tools and sufficient time- frame to carry out return procedures with due diligence. To be able to respond to situations of crisis in an effective manner, the return crisis management procedure should apply also to applicants, third- country nationals and stateless persons subject to the border procedure referred to in Article 41 of the of proposed Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], whose applications were rejected before the adoption of a Commission decision declaring that a Member State is confronted with a situation of crisis, and who have no right to remain and are not allowed to remain after such a decision.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 251 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) When applying the return crisis management procedure for the examination of an application for international protection, Member States should ensure that the necessary arrangements are made to accommodate the applicants in accordance with Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast]. Asylum staff, legal representatives, non-governmental organisations, and Union institutions and agencies should always be allowed to access border procedure facilities.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 252 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)
(18b) Member States should not hold a person in detention for the sole reason that he or she is an applicant for international protection. They should ensure that the relevant safeguards in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] apply. Member States should provide for alternatives to detention in border procedures, in particular for unaccompanied minors, families with children, and applicants with specific vulnerabilities. Such alternatives should be available both in law and fact at national level.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 265 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should examine a reasoned request submitted by aone or more Member States while taking into account substantiated information gathered pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Agency Regulation] and Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council24 and the Migration Management report referred to in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management]. _________________ 24 Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624, OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to provide Member States with additional time needed to deal with the situation of crisis and at the same time ensure an effective and as quick as possible access to the relevant procedures and rights, the Commission should authorise the application of the asylum crisis management procedure and the return crisis management procedure for a period of six months, which could be extended up to a period not exceeding one year. After the expiry of the relevant period, the extended deadlines provided for in the asylum and return crisis management procedures should not be applied to new applications for international protection.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 276 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) For the same reasons, the Commission should authorise the application of derogatory rules as regards the registration deadline for a period not exceeding four weeks, which should be renewable upon a new reasoned request submitted by the Member State concerned. The total period of application should nonetheless not exceed twelve weeks.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 295 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In a crisis situation, Member States should have the possibility to suspend the examination of applications for international protection made by displaced persons from third countries who are unable to return to their country of origin, where they would face a high degree of risk of being subject to indiscriminate violence, in exceptional situations of armed conflict. In such a case, immediate protection status should be granted to those persons. Member States should resume the examination of their application one year at the latest from its suspension.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 305 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Persons granted immediate protection should continue to be considered as applicants for international protection, in view of their pending application for international protection within the meaning of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], as well as within the meaning of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management].deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 312 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Member States should ensure that beneficiaries of immediate protection status have effective access to all the rights laid down in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation] applicable and equivalent to those enjoyed by beneficiaries of subsidiary protection.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 319 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) In order to carry out a proper assessment of applications for international protection submitted by beneficiaries of immediate protection, the asylum procedures should resume at the latest after one year from the suspension of such procedures.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 328 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) Since the adoption of Council Directive 2001/55/EC25 , the rules concerning the qualification of beneficiaries of international protection have evolved considerably. Given that this Regulation lays down rules for granting immediate protection status in crisis situations to displaced persons from third countries who are unable to return to their country of origin, and provides for specific rules for solidarity for such persons, Directive 2001/55/EC should be repealed. _________________ 25 Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12.)deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 333 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) When a Member State is in a situation of crisis, all efforts should be focused on alleviating the pressure on its asylum and reception systems. For this reason, the Member State concerned will be considered unable to receive persons it is responsible for pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management]. It will also be exempted from its obligation to undertake solidarity measures pursuant to Articles 47 and 53(1) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 335 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 b (new)
(27b) In order to shorten the duration of application procedures in situations of crisis, Member States should be encouraged, in certain cases, to prioritise the examination of applications from certain applicants by examining it before other, previously made applications, in a simplified manner, in particular with a focus to determine whether the applicant falls within the group of applicants whose application is likely to be well-founded as determined pursuant to this Regulation, and to do so in an expedited timeline.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 337 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 c (new)
(27c) In well-defined circumstances where an application for international protection is likely to be well-founded, Member States should simplify and accelerate the examination procedure, in particular by introducing shorter time limits for certain procedural steps, without prejudice to an adequate examination being carried out and to the applicant’s effective access to basic principles and guarantees provided for in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 338 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 d (new)
(27d) In a situation of crisis, the Commission may oblige Member States to trigger accelerated and simplified procedures for processing manifestly well- founded requests for international protection. These procedures should be based on models that have proven to be efficient, flexible and fair for persons seeking international protection.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 339 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 e (new)
(27e) Applications for international protection that are likely to be well- founded pursuant to this Regulation should automatically be prioritised for relocation in the framework of the solidarity measures provided by other Member States.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 341 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Specific rules should be set out for situations of force majeure, to allow Member States to extend the time limits set out in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] under strict conditions where it is impossible to comply with those time limits due to the extraordinary situation. Such extension should apply to the time limits set out for sending and replying to take charge requests and take back notifications as well as the time limit to transfer an applicant to the Member State responsible.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 347 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) Specific rules should also be set out for situations of force majeure, to allow Member States to extend the time limits relating to registration of applications for international protection in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], under strict conditions. In these cases, applications for international protection should be registered by that Member State at the latest four weeks from when they are made.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 352 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) In such situations of force majeure, the Member State concerned should notify the Commission and, where applicable, the other Member States, of its intention to apply the respective derogations from those time limits, as well as the precise reasons for their intended application, as well as the period of time during which they will be applied.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 359 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) In situations of force majeure, which render it impossible for a Member State to comply with the obligation to undertake solidarity measures within the timeframes established in the Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] and this Regulation, it should be possible for that Member State to notify the Commission and the other Member States of the precise reasons for which it considers that it is facing such a situation and extend the timeframe for undertaking solidarity measures.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 364 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) Where a Member State is no longer facing a situation of force majeure, it should, as soon as possible, notify the Commission, and where applicable, the other Member States, of the cessation of the situation. The time limits derogating from Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] should not be applied to new applications for international protection made or for third- country nationals or stateless persons found to be illegally staying after the date of that notification. Upon such notification, the time limits laid down in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] should start to apply.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 368 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) To support Member States who undertake relocation as a solidarity measure, financial and capacity support from the EU budget should be provided. In order to provide Member States located at the external border of the Union with solidarity and to guarantee a level-playing field, facilities used for reception of persons seeking international protection, solidarity through relocation, and the broadened border procedure should be entirely funded under Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 of the European Parliament and of the Council.6a That should include the construction, running, and renovation of emergency facilities required for the application of this Regulation, in line with the standards provided for in Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast]. _________________ 6a Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7July 2021 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (OJ L 251,15.7.2021, p.1)
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 373 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) Considering that a crisis in the field of asylum and migration at the external borders concerns the Union as a whole, the full spectrum of Union support should be made available to a Member State in a situation of crisis. Such support should entail an increased role for the EU agencies, most notably the European Union Asylum Agency and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, for which the deployment of their supporting tasks in the Member State facing a crisis may be initiated by the Commission through an implementing act adopted under this Regulation. The EU agencies should prioritise their operational and technical support to the Member State concerned.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 375 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 b (new)
(33b) When the increased supporting tasks of the EU agencies under this Regulation bear too much of a burden on their budget, this should be accounted for by the Commission in their annual budget revision.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 376 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 c (new)
(33c) In view of coordinating and optimising the crisis measures provided for in this Regulation, an EU Crisis Coordinator, to be appointed by the Commission, should coordinate and assist with their implementation. The EU Crisis Coordinator should, in particular, create a culture of preparedness and resilience among Member States. When this Regulation is in effect, the EU Crisis Coordinator should be provided with extra powers to coordinate, in cooperation with the Commission and the EU Agencies, the crisis measures under this Regulation. The EU Crisis Coordinator should promote coherent working methods for the verification of any meaningful links with certain Member States for persons eligible for relocation, as well as for identifying and coordinating the added value that Member States can provide in the return crisis management procedure.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 377 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 d (new)
(33d) When the EU Crisis Coordinator considers that a Member State is not able to provide appropriate reception facilities for persons seeking international protection under Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast], Member States should be encouraged to provide support through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism with material resources. The EU Crisis Coordinator may propose to include certain categories of reception and migration management facilities to the rescEU reserve.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 378 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 e (new)
(33e) The Commission, in coordination with the EU Crisis Coordinator, should be responsible for monitoring continuously whether the measures triggered by this Regulation remain necessary. Those measures should remain applicable until the Commission determines that the situation of crisis in a Member State has ended. To that end, the Commission may be invited to act by the Council.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 389 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The examination procedure should be used for the adoption of solidarity measures in situations of crisis for authorising the application of derogatory procedural rules, and for triggering the granting of immedidetermining a necessity for Member States to apply simplified and accelerated protection statucedures.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 399 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular respect for human dignity, the right to life, the principle of the best interest of the child, the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the right to asylum and the protection in the event of removal, expulsion or extradition. The Regulation should be implemented in compliance with the Charter and general principles of Union law as well as international law, including refugee protection, human rights obligation and the prohibition of refoulement.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 402 #
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 404 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation addresses situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum within the Union and provides for specific rules derogating from those set out in Regulations (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] and, (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation] and in Directive XXX [recast Return Directive]. This Regulation establishes a crisis response mechanism, aiming at alleviating pressure for Member States facing a situation of crisis, while protecting the rights of applicants and beneficiaries of international protection, including their access to relevant procedures and to adequate reception conditions in a situation of crisis.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 415 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) an exceptional situation of mass influx of third-country nationals or stateless persons arriving irregularly in a Member State or disembarked on its territory following search and rescue operationsby land or by sea, being of such a scale, in proportion to the population and GDP of the Member State concerned, and nature, that it renders thea demonstrably well-prepared Member State’s asylum, reception or return system non-functional and can have, in particular by that Member State receiving more applications for international protection than what is determined as the minimum crisis capacity for that Member State under this Regulation, leading to serious consequences for the functioning the Common European Asylum System or the Common Framework as set out in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management], or
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 427 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) an imminent risk of such a situation. which cannot be diminished by external dimension policies within the Union’s asylum and migration framework, including through the EU Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint9a or before entry of the persons referred to in point (a). _________________ 9a Commission Recommendation of 23 September 2020 on an EU Mechanism for Preparedness and Management of Crises related to Migration (C(2020) 6469, 23.9.2020)
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 432 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a Annual determination of minimum crisis capacity 1. In order to establish what constitutes a demonstrably well-prepared asylum, reception or return system as referred to in Article 1(2)(a), the Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish annually the minimum crisis capacity for the Member States. The Commission shall do so upon adopting the Migration Management Report referred to in Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management]. 2. In determining the minimum crisis capacity of each Member State, the Commission shall base its assessment on the elements listed in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 433 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 b (new)
Article 1 b Criteria and procedural provisions 1. Where a Member State considers that it is facing a situation of crisis, it shall submit a reasoned request to the Commission to apply the measures laid down in this Regulation. Where the minimum crisis capacity of a Member State is exceeded, the Commission may propose to the Council to submit such a reasoned request. 2. Where, on the basis of the examination carried out in accordance with paragraph 5, the Commission considers such a request justified, it shall, by means of an implementing decision, determine that the Member State concerned is in a situation of crisis. 3. The decision referred to in paragraph 2 shall be adopted within ten days from the request in accordance with procedure referred to in Article 2(4) and Article 11. 4. In the decision referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall adopt one or more of the following crisis measures: (a) provide for the measures that the Member State concerned should take in the field of migration management and asylum; (b) authorise the Member State concerned to apply the derogatory rules laid down in Articles 2, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 5a, or 5b of this Regulation; (c) authorise the EU agencies to prioritise their operational and technical support to the Member State concerned, including by initiating the deployment of their tasks in accordance with Article 9c and Article 9d; (d) oblige Member States to apply simplified and accelerated procedures in certain cases in accordance with Article 10; (e) allocate financial support for any crisis measure adopted under this Regulation in accordance with Article 9e; (f) inform the EU Crisis Coordinator of its findings and provide for initial instructions. 5. The Commission shall examine the reasoned request pursuant to the elements listed in Article 50(3) and Article 50(4) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 435 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter II – title
II Solidarity mechanismand asylum and return procedures in a situation of crisis
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 456 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 5
5. By way of derogation from Article 51(3)(b)(ii), Article 52(1) and 52(3) first sub-paragraph and Article 53(3)(a) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management], relocation shall include not only persons referred to in points (a) and (c) of Article 45(1) of that Regulation, but also persons referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 45(2).
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 461 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 6
6. By way of derogation from Article 54 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management], the share calculated in accordance with the formula set out in that Article shall also apply to measures set out in Article 45(2), points (a) and (b) of that Regulation.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 464 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 7
7. By way of derogation from Article 55(2) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management], the deadline set therein shall be set at four months.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 479 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter III – title
III Asylum and return procedures in a situation of crisisdeleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 482 #
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 516 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Extension of registration time limit set out in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] 1. In a situation of crisis, applications made within the period during which this Article is applied shall be registered no later than four weeks from when they are made by way of derogation from Article 27 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 519 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3 b Extension of time limit for screening procedures 1. By way of derogation from Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation], the period during which a screening procedure is carried out may be extended by five days.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 542 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In applying the asylum crisis management procedure, Member States shall prioritise the examination of applications that are likely to be well- founded, applicants with specific vulnerabilities, including due to their state of health, or applications which are lodged by minors and their family members. The best interest of the child and family life and of the third-country national concerned shall be taken into account throughout the procedure.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 543 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. During the asylum crisis management procedure, the basic principles and guarantees of Chapter II of the Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] shall apply to ensure that the rights of those who seek international protection are protected, while maintaining the right to asylum and respect of the principle of non- refoulement. Asylum staff, legal representatives, non-governmental organisations, and Union institutions and agencies should always be allowed to access border procedure facilities.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 548 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In a crisis situation as referred to in Article 1(2), and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 31b, Member States may, in respect of illegally staying third-country nationals or stateless persons whose applications were rejected in the context of the asylum crisis management procedure pursuant to Article 4, and who have no right to remain and are not allowed to remain, derogate from Article 41a of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] as follows:
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 562 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Applicants for international protection shall benefit from their rights under Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast] and Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], as soon as they make an application, regardless of when the registration takes place.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 563 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Member State in a situation of crisis shall provide for additional and sufficient human and material resources to be able to meet its obligations under Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 564 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. During the return crisis management procedure, the right to asylum and the principle of non- refoulement will always be respected.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 565 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Exemption to assume responsibility under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] Where a Member State is in a situation of crisis, it shall be considered unable to receive persons it is responsible for pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management]. In such cases, a requesting or notifying Member State shall not carry out the transfer until the Member State responsible is no longer in a situation of crisis. Where, because of the persistence of the situation of crisis, the transfer cannot take place within one year of the acceptance of the take charge request or of the confirmation of the take back notification by another Member State or of the final decision on an appeal or review of a transfer decision where there is a suspensive effect in accordance with Article 33(3) of that Regulation, by way of derogation from Article 35 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management], the Member State responsible shall be relieved of its obligations to take charge of or to take back the person concerned and responsibility shall be transferred to the requesting or notifying Member State.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 566 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b Exemption of obligations as regards solidarity measures in a situation of crisis In a situation of crisis, Member States shall be exempted from their obligation to undertake solidarity measures pursuant to Articles 47 and 53(1) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] and Article 2 of this Regulation.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 568 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Registration of applications for international protection in situations of In a crisis situation as referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3, applications made within the period during which this Article is applied shall be registered no later than within four weeks from when they are made by way of derogation from Article 27 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation].Article 6 deleted crisis
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 574 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter IV – title
IV Time limits in a situation of force majeureOperational and capacity support
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 576 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Extension of registration time limit set out in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum 1. Where a Member State is facing a situation of force majeure which renders it impossible to comply with the time limits set out in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], that Member State shall notify the Commission. After such notification, by way of derogation from Article 27 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], applications may be registered by that Member State no later than four weeks from when they are made. In the notification, the Member State concerned shall indicate the precise reasons for which it considers that this paragraph has to be applied and indicate the period of time during which it will be applied. 2. Where a Member State referred to in paragraph 1 is no longer facing a situation of force majeure as referred to in that paragraph which renders it impossible to comply with the time limits set out in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], that Member State shall, as soon as possible, notify the Commission of the termination of the situation. After such notification, the extended time limit set out in paragraph 1 shall no longer be applied.Article 7 deleted Procedures Regulation]
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 584 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
[...]deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 590 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Extension of the timeframes for solidarity 1. Where a Member State is facing a situation of force majeure which renders it impossible to comply with the obligation to undertake solidarity measures within the timeframes established in Articles 47 and 53(1) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management] and Article 2 of this Regulation, it shall notify the Commission and the other Member States without delay. The Member State concerned shall indicate the precise reasons for which it considers that it is facing a situation of force majeure and provide all necessary information for that effect. After such notification, by way of derogation from the timeframes established by those Articles, the timeframe for undertaking solidarity measures established in those Articles shall be suspended for a maximum period of six months. 2. Where a Member State is no longer facing a situation of force majeure, that Member State shall immediately notify the Commission and the other Member States of the cessation of the situation. After such notification, the extended timeframe set out in paragraph 1 shall cease to apply.Article 9 deleted measures
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 595 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a EU Crisis Coordinator 1. With a view to supporting the crisis measures established by this Regulation, the Commission shall appoint an EU Crisis Coordinator, who will act as a contact point, in order to coordinate the preparedness and resilience of Member States outside the framework of this Regulation and coordinate crisis measures triggered by this Regulation. 2. The EU Crisis Coordinator shall regularly: (a) coordinate and support communication between the Member States involved in the framework of this Regulation; (b) organise, at regular intervals, meetings between the authorities of Member States, to establish the needs, including at an operational level, in order to facilitate the best interaction and cooperation among Member States for the execution of this Regulation; (c) be updated by the EU Migration Preparedness and Crisis Management Network in the framework of the relevant stages of the Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint; (d) promote among Member States a culture of preparedness, cooperation and resilience in the field of asylum and migration, including their best practices. 3. When this Regulation is in effect, the EU Crisis Coordinator shall: (a) coordinate the role and resource allocation of the relevant EU Agencies in their respective roles in supporting the Member States as determined in this Regulation, in particular as regards: (i) the deployment of EU agencies’ operational and technical support in the Member State concerned immediately after this Regulation comes into effect; (ii) taking stock of reception facilities needs for persons arriving at the external borders, in accordance with standards established in Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Receptions Conditions Directive recast]; (iii) monitoring the implementation of this Regulation and the measures invoked by it, including for its effectiveness and impact on the fundamental rights of persons seeking international protection.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 596 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 b (new)
Article 9 b Support and solidarity measures between Member States 1. Where a Member State is facing a situation of crisis, it may request support and solidarity measures from other Member States in order to manage that situation. Support and solidarity contributions for the benefit of a Member State facing a situation of crisis may include the following types of contributions: (a) capacity-building measures in the field of asylum, relocation, reception and return; (b) operational support in the field of asylum, relocation, reception and return; (c) measures aimed at responding to a crisis situation, including specific measures to support return, through cooperation with third countries or outreach to third countries; (d) any other measure considered adequate to address the situation of crisis and support the Member State concerned. 2. The Member State facing a situation of crisis shall send a request to the EU Crisis Coordinator for support and solidarity contributions from other Member States specifying the solidarity measures requested. 3. Following the receipt of the request for support and solidarity measures as referred to in paragraph 2, the EU Crisis Coordinator shall, as soon as possible, invite other Member States to contribute by means of the support and solidarity measures referred to in paragraph 1 that correspond to the needs of Member State facing a situation of crisis. The EU Crisis Coordinator shall coordinate the support and solidarity measures referred to in this Article.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 597 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 c (new)
Article 9 c Operational support by the European Union Asylum Agency 1. In the decision referred to in Article 1b(2), the Commission may initiate the deployment of the European Union Asylum Agency’s (EUAA) tasks listed in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [EUAA] in a Member State facing a situation of crisis to provide concrete operational and technical support to its asylum and reception system. The Member State concerned will be required to cooperate in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [EUAA]. 2. The Agency shall prioritise making available the necessary operational resources, in particular by providing support to carry out the tasks and obligations of the Member State concerned under the Common European Asylum System by: (a) deploying asylum support teams; (b) registering the applications for international protection; (c) conducting personal interviews of applicants on their applications and the circumstances of their arrival; (d) supporting an appropriate identification and assessment of vulnerable applicants; (e) providing applicants or potential applicants of international protection with information and specific assistance that they may need.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 598 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 d (new)
Article 9 d Operational support by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency 1. In the decision referred to in Article 1b(2), the Commission may initiate the deployment of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency’s tasks under Articles 38 to 40 and Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 in a Member State facing a situation of crisis to provide operational and technical support in the area of border management and return. The Member State concerned will be required to cooperate. 2. The Agency shall prioritise making available the necessary operational resources. It shall in particular provide support by carrying out the tasks and obligations of the Member State concerned under the Common European Asylum System by: (a) deploying the European Border and Coast Guard standing corps, including where appropriate by deploying staff from the Reserve for Rapid Reaction, in particular by: (i) supporting in border checks and the identification of migrants, including nationality and travel documents checks, in particular for the identification of minors and other vulnerable migrants, assisting with ensuring proper referral to the relevant procedure; (ii) providing support with EURODAC equipment and staff supporting registration and fingerprinting of migrants; (b) launching a rapid border intervention in accordance with Article 39(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 and/or a return intervention in accordance with Article 53 of that Regulation; (c) support returns of third-country nationals who either did not apply for international protection or whose right to remain on the territory has ceased, in particular by assisting in: (i) pre-return activities, including return counselling and supporting the cooperation with third countries by organising identification missions and providing videoconference services for identification interviews; (ii) voluntary returns; (iii) return operations by commercial and charter flights, including escorting returnees to the third country of origin and, if appropriate, post return activities in third countries. (d) assist in providing technical equipment and providing any other relevant support.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 599 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 e (new)
Article 9 e Financial support 1. Funding support shall be provided in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, based on the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(d) of that Regulation. 2. Emergency funding support for the Member State in a situation of crisis may be accorded pursuant Article 31(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1147. 3. Facilities used to implement this Regulation shall be entirely funded from the Union budget. This shall include the construction, running and renovation of emergency facilities required for the application of this Regulation, in line with the standards provided for in Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive recast].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 601 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter V – title
V Granting of immediSimplified and accelerated protectioncedures for well-founded cases
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 610 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
Granting of immediObligation for Member States to apply simplified and accelerated protection statucedures for well-founded cases
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 615 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. In a crisis situation as referred to in Article 1(2)(a), and on the basis of an implementing act adopted by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 4 of thisof crisis, and on the basis of the decision referred to in Article 1b(2), Member States may suspend the examination of applications for international protection in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] and Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation] in respect of displacedbe obliged to apply simplified and accelerated procedures for applicants of a specific country of origin or part(s) of it pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article, for persons from third countries who are facing a high degree of risk of being subject to indiscriminate violence, in exceptional or situations of armed conflict, and who are unable to return to their country of origin. In such a case, Member States shall grant immediate protection status to the persons concerned, unless they represent a danger to the national security or public order of the Member State. Such status shall be without prejudice to their ongoing application for international protection in the relevant Member State.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 628 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries of immediate protection have effective access to all the rights laid down in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation] applicable to beneficiaries of subsidiary protecThe applications for international protection of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 shall be prioritised in accordance with the basic principles and guarantees of Chapter II, of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] based on Article 33(5)(a) of that Regulation. As these applications for international protection are likely to be well-founded, their examination shall not last longer than one month from their registration.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 634 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall resume the examination of the applications for international protectionThe procedure in paragraph 2 shall always entail a compulsory assessment to determine a possible threat have been suspended pursuant to paragraph 1 after a maximum of one yearto the national security or public order of the Member State.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 640 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) establish that there is a situation of crisis on the basis of the elements referred to in Article 3need to prioritise a certain group of applicants through accelerated and simplified procedures in examining their application for international protection within the timeline described in paragraph 2;
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 642 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) establish that there is a need to suspend the examination ofdefine the specific country of origin, or a part of a specific country of origin on the basis of well-defined criteria, drawn from Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation], in respect of the persons referred to in paragraph 1 where their applications for international protection; is likely to be well- founded.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 644 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) define the specific country of origin, or a part of a specific country of origin, in respect of the persons referred to in paragraph 1;deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 647 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) establish the date from which this Article shall be applied and set out the time period during which applications for international protection of displaced person as referred to in point (a) may be suspended and immediate protection status shall be granted.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 651 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall prioritise the applications for international protection that are likely to be well-founded under this Article for the purposes of solidarity measures pursuant to Article 2.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 652 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. When an EU agency, according to Articles 9c and 9d, is responsible for the examination of applications for international protection, it will prioritise for relocation those applications likely to be well-founded pursuant to Article 2.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 654 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. The decision establishing the groups to whom the accelerated and simplified procedures should apply according to paragraph 4, points (a) and (b) of this Article, shall be reviewed every three months and, where the situation for these persons has changed, a revised implementing act may be adopted. The review shall be based on updated country of origin information, or updated information on the relevant specific groups. Consultations with relevant non- governmental organisations shall also take place ahead of this decision.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 662 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter V a (new)
Va Monitoring and duration of a situation of crisis
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 663 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Monitoring the implementation of crisis measures 1. The Commission, in coordination with the EU Crisis Coordinator, shall be responsible for regularly monitoring the implementation of this Regulation, including the following aspects: (a) the access that all competent actors have to facilities used in the context of the measures triggered by this Regulation; (b) reception conditions and specific requirements for the crisis asylum management procedure and the crisis return management procedure; (c) the respect for procedural rights, such as access to information, legal assistance and representation and interpretation or the right to an effective remedy; (d) the quality of decision-making in the crisis asylum management procedure and the crisis return management procedure. 2. The Commission shall alert a Member State where the capacity of a location it has notified pursuant to Article 41(14) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] is temporarily insufficient for the purposes of processing applicants.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 664 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 b (new)
Article 10 b Monitoring of fundamental rights in a situation of crisis 1. Allegations of breaches of fundamental rights in relation to the implementation of this Regulation shall be properly investigated as part of the independent monitoring mechanism referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. 2. The Commission shall set up an independent monitoring mechanism, in cooperation with the Member States and Union bodies, offices and agencies which have monitoring competences, in particular the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Union Agency for Asylum and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. That mechanism shall aim to: (a) ensure that all actors involved in the measures triggered by this Regulation comply with Union and international law; (b) ensure compliance, where applicable, with European rules on the detention of persons, in particular rules concerning the grounds for and the duration of detention; (c) ensure that allegations of breaches of fundamental rights in relation to the crisis asylum management procedure and crisis return management procedure, including in relation to access to the asylum procedure and the principle of non- refoulement, are dealt with effectively and without undue delay. The Commission shall put in place adequate safeguards to guarantee the independence of the monitoring mechanism referred to in the first subparagraph. The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights shall provide the Commission with general guidance on the setting up of the monitoring mechanism referred to in the first subparagraph, including as regards the independent functioning of the mechanism, the monitoring methodology it uses and appropriate training schemes. The Commission may invite relevant national, international and non- governmental organisations and bodies to participate in the monitoring carried out as part of the monitoring mechanism referred to in the first subparagraph. 3. Where monitoring carried out as part of the monitoring mechanism referred to in paragraph 2 determines that there have been breaches of fundamental rights, the Commission shall adopt appropriate and proportionate penalties.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 665 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 c (new)
Article 10 c End of a situation of crisis 1. The Commission, in line with its obligations under Article 10a(1), shall keep the situation of crisis under constant monitoring and review as regards the necessity and proportionality of the crisis measures triggered by this Regulation. 2. The situation of crisis that triggers the application of measures laid down in this Regulation shall remain in place until the Commission determines that the situation of crisis in a Member State has ended. In doing so, the Commission shall adopt an implementing actin accordance with Article 11. It shall base its decision on the same criteria as listed in Article 1b(3b). 3. The Council may make a reasoned request to the Commission to determine that a situation of crisis in a Member State has ended.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 673 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts in respect of authorising the application of the derogatory procedural rules referred to in Articles 4, 52, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 5a, and 6,5b and triggering the granting of immediobligation to apply simplified and accelerated protection statucedures in accordance with Article 10. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 12(2).
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 681 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency, due to the situation of crisis as defined in Article 1(2) in a Member State, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in respect of authorising the application of the derogatory procedural rules referred to in Articles 4, 52, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 5a, and 65b, and triggering the granting of immediobligation to apply simplified and accelerated protection statucedures in accordance with Article 10. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 12(3).
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 686 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The implementing acts shall remain in force for a period not exceeding one year.deleted
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 694 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. For the implementing act referred to in Article 31b, the Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 697 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Amendments to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [European Union Asylum Agency] 1. In a situation of crisis, Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [European Union Asylum Agency]10a is amended as follows: In Article 22, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by: “1. If a Member State is in a situation of crisis in the field of migration and asylum as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation], The Commission, by means of an implementing decision pursuant to Article 1b of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation], may adopt without delay a decision, identify one or more of the measures set out in Article 16(2) to be taken by the Agency to support the Member State concerned and requiring the Member State to cooperate with the Agency in the implementation of those measures. 2. The Executive Director shall, within three working days from the date of adoption of the decision, determine the details of the practical implementation of the decision. In parallel, the Executive Director shall draw up the operational plan and submit it to the Member State concerned. The Executive Director and the Member State concerned shall agree on the operational plan within three working days from the date of its submission. _________________ 10a Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [European Union Asylum Agency].
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 698 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 b (new)
Article 12 b Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 [European Border and Coast Guard] 1. In a situation of crisis, Regulation (EU) 2019/189610b is amended as follows: In Article 36, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: “1. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency may be deployed upon an implementing decision pursuant to Article 1b of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation] in support of implementing a Member State’s obligations with regard to external border control. The Agency shall also carry out measures in accordance with Articles 41 and 42.” 2. In Article 40, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: “1. Where a Member State is in a situation of crisis, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency may be deployed upon an implementing decision pursuant to Article 1b of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Crisis and Force Majeure Regulation] to provide technical and operational reinforcement by migration management support teams composed of experts from relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies that shall operate in accordance with their mandates. 2. The relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies shall examine, in accordance with their respective mandates, a request for reinforcement by a Member State or by the Commission, and the assessment of its needs for the purpose of defining a comprehensive reinforcement package consisting of various activities coordinated by the relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies. The Commission shall coordinate that process.” _________________ 10b Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624 (L 295/1, 14.11.2019).
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 700 #

2020/0277(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
Council Directive 2001/55/EC is repealed with effect from xxx (date).Article 14 deleted Repeal
2022/01/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 4 a (new)
having regard to the principles established by the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and its optional protocol on sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In accordance with Article 6(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the Union recognises the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (“the Charter”) protects the fundamental right of everyone to the respect for his or her private and family life, home and communications, which includes the confidentiality of communications. Article 8 of the Charter contains the right to protection of personal data. Article 3(1) of the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ("UNCRC") and Article 24(2) of the Charter provides that, in all actions relating to children, whether taken by public authorities or private institutions, the child’s best interests must be a primary consideration. Articles 3(3) of the UNCRC and 24(1) of the Charter furthermore evoke the right of children to protection and care as is necessary for their well-being.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Certain providers of number- independent interpersonal communications services, such as webmail and messaging services, are already using specific technologies to detect and report child sexual abuse online to law enforcement authorities and to organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation, or to remove child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material, on a voluntary basis. Those organisations refer to national hotlines for reporting child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material, as well as to organisations whose purpose is to reduce child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimisation, located both within the Union and in third countries. Collectively, those voluntary activities play a valuable role in enabling the identification and rescue of victims, and reducing the further dissemination of child sexual abuse materialand child sexual exploitation material, which constitutes a gross violation of the right to privacy of the child, while also contributing to the identification and investigation of offenders, and the prevention of child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation offences.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 109 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Since the sole objective of this Regulation is to enable the continuation of certain existing activities aimed at combating child sexual abuse online, the derogation provided for by this Regulation should be limited to well-established technology that is regularly used by number-independent interpersonal communications services for the purpose of detecting and reporting child sexual abuse online and removing child sexual abuse material before the entry into force of this Regulation. The reference to the technology includes where necessary any human review directly relating to the use of the technology and overseeing it. The use of the technology in question should therefore be common in the industry, without it necessarily being required that all providers use the technology and without precluding the further evolution of the technology in a privacy-friendly manner. In this respect, it should be immaterial whether or not a particular provider that seeks to rely on this derogation itself already uses such technology on the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The types of technologies deployed should be the least privacy-intrusive in accordance with the state of the art in the industry and should not include systematic filtering and scanning of communications containing text but only look into specific communications in case of concrete elements of suspicion of. The technologies deployed should not be able to understand the content of the communications but solely be able to detect patterns of possible child sexual abuse.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 123 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) This Regulation restricts the right to protection of the confidentiality of communications and derogates from the decision taken in Directive (EU) 2018/1972 to subject number-independent interpersonal communications services to the same rules as all other electronic communications services as regards privacy. The period of application of this Regulation should, therefore, be limited until 31 December 2025, that is to say for a time period reasonably required for the adoption of a new long-term legal framework, with more elaborate safeguards. This new legal framework will provide a new legal basis and mandatory requirements for companies to detect and report child sexual abuse online and remove child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material online. The new legal framework should also incorporate more elaborate safeguards, as well as the creation of a European Centre to prevent and counter child sexual abuse, to improve transparency and accountability. In case the long-term legislation is adopted and will enter into force before that date, that legislation should repeal this Regulation.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The images and videos depicting child sexual abuse material concern the child's intimacy, and are therefore special categories of data whose processing to enable its dissemination is unlawful. Companies should not be prevented from taking measures to prevent that processing and ensure that their services are not abused for the purpose of disseminating images and videos of child sexual abuse.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 143 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down temporary and strictly limited rules derogating from certain obligations laid down in Directive 2002/58/EC, with the sole objective of enabling providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services to continue the use of technologies for the processing of personal and other data to the extent necessary to detect and report child sexual abuse online and remove child sexual abuse and child sexual exploitation material on their services.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 149 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) solicitation of children for the purpose of engaging in sexual activities with a child or of producing child pornography by any of the followingas:
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – point i
(i) luring the child by means of offering gifts or other advantagesthe proposal by an adult to meet a child for the purpose of committing any of the offences referred to in Articles 3(4) and 5(6) of Directive 2011/93/EU;
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2020/0259(COD)

(ii) threatening the child with a negative consequence likely to have a significant impact onan attempt to commit the offences provided for in Article 5(2) and (3) of Directive 2011/93/EU by an adult soliciting a child to provide child pornography depicting theat child;
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 153 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b – point iii
(iii) presenting the child with pornographic materials or making them available to the child.deleted
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 156 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) 'child prostitution' as defined in Article 2(d) of Directive 2011/93/EU.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 167 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the processing is proportionate and limited to well-established technologies regularly used by providers of number- independent interpersonal communications services for that purpose before the entry into force of this Regulation, and that are in accordance with the state of the art used in the industry and are the least privacy- intrusive;
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 170 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the provider clarifies, in its annual reporting, the legal basis for the processing of personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the technology used is in itself sufficiently reliable in that it limits to the maximum extent possible the rate of errors regarding the detection of content representing child sexual abuse, and where such occasional errors occur, their consequences are rectified without delayhild sexual abuse online;
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2020/0259(COD)

(ba) the provider puts in place redress mechanisms to ensure that users who believe that they have been wrongfully included in a report of child sexual abuse online can refer their cases to the provider for review, and, where an error has occurred, its consequences are rectified without delay;
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 176 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) all the instances of possible child sexual abuse online, after accurate human review, are reported to law enforcement authorities and to organisations acting in the public interest against child sexual abuse, to enable the identification of the child victims and as a safeguard to identify detection errors by the providers;
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 202 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a Obligation for a data protection impact assessment In order to rely on the derogation provided for by this Regulation, providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services shall conduct a data protection impact assessment where required by Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 where: (a) processing falling within the requirements of Article 3 is already underway, by ... [three months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]; or (b) processing falling within the requirements of Article 3 is not already underway, prior to commencing such processing. Point (a) shall not apply where a data protection impact assessment has been conducted prior to the entry into force of this Regulation. Point (a) shall not have the effect of requiring the suspension of such processing while the data protection impact assessment is conducted.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 207 #

2020/0259(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3b Public interest and legitimate interest of providers For the purposes of this Regulation, the detection and reporting of child sexual abuse online and the removal of child sexual abuse material online shall be considered to be (a) a legitimate interest of providers of number-independent interpersonal communications services, within the meaning of point (f) of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/679; and (b) a task carried out in the public interest, within the meaning of point (e) of Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/679.
2020/11/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #

2020/0112R(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has intensified the pressure on fundamental rights for groups that have a vulnerable socio-economic and health status;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #

2020/0112R(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas Artificial Intelligence and big data have an increased role in our society, administration, the way we live and do business, and will, inevitably, raise new fundamental rights challenges and the need for new safeguards to maintain anew balance;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2020/0112R(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes with concern that the discriminatory and anti-Roma speech has also increased in the online environment, especially during the COVID pandemic; stresses the need to further address these deep-rooted prejudices and misconceptions on a practical level;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2020/0112R(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to fully uphold the fundamental rights standards when using AI and new technologies and recognises the important role FRA holds in this process;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2020/0112R(APP)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1
In addition to the fight against any kind if discrimination, racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic incidents since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State;
2021/01/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 96 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas independent prosecutors and judges, free courts and institutions, a strong civil society and an independent media, all acting as watchdogs, are key elements that the EU should continue to actively support and promote in its Eastern neighbourhood;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas strong and resilient institutions, the prevalence of the rule of law, the implementation of judicial reforms, as well as the fight against corruption and money laundering, are pivotal in building a fair, stable and trustworthy environment, which can then in turn attract and sustain long-term investment and growth in the Eastern Partnership countries;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas maintaining the long- term European perspective and open doors policy to the interested countries in the EaP is a catalyst for democratisation and further reforms in the region;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas cyber security is one of the areas where the EU and the EaP countries can work together more effectively;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) embrace an enhanced and future- oriented vision for the next decade of the EaP with the aim of providing first and foremost benefits for citizens, ensuring lasting and irreversible achievements and deepening EU-EaP cooperation;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 164 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) ensure that functioning and resilient democratic institutions, the rule of law, good governance, media freedom and respecting human rights remain the key criteria and conditions for closer political partnership and for financial assistance;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) maintain the inclusive nature of the EaP by acting as a driver towards improved democratic accountability and the implementation of core liability mechanisms notably in the judiciary, a strengthened rule of law, a transparent and corruption-free public sector, better economic governance, reinforced citizens’ rights and environmental sustainability;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) maintain the inclusive naturright balance between the inclusive nature and differentiation principle of the EaP by acting as a driver towards improved democratic accountability, strengthen the rule of law and the fight against corruption, better economic governance, reinforced citizens’ rights and environmental sustainability;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) devise additional measures for deeper integration and further sectoral cooperation, such as in selected EU agencies, intra-EU programmes and initiatives, in full compliance with existing conditionalities and pursuant to the more for more principle;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 195 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) enhance parliamentary diplomacy and review the functioning of Euronest in order to enable it to reach its full potential;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) enhance EU financing to civil society actors in the partner countries from the EaP and better target it, focusing in particular on situations where the process of democratisation suffers from shortcomings and backsliding;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) ensure that the conclusions of the June 2020 Summit include a long-term strategic vision for the EaP, reinforced EU commitments and a pledge from the EaP countries to deliver on their own as the EaP should continue to be an attractive framework for cooperation and provide clear incentives, in line with the “more for more” principle, in order to keep partner countries engaged in the reform process and on their path towards EU;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 253 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) work together with the EaP partners to strengthen the rule of law and anti-corruption mechanisms, as well as the independence, impartiality, efficiency and accountability of justice systems, and to reinforce public administration;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m a (new)
(ma) consider the creation of a special legal approximation facility aimed at helping associated EaP partners in harmonizing their legislation with EU acquis and assisting in efforts to implement it;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 315 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) focus on improving energy security through both energy independence and energy efficiency, encouraging investments and the diversification of energy sources, in particular with regard to renewable energy and reducing dependence on fossil fuels, through strengthened cooperation in all priority areas covered by the EU Energy Union and closer integration of the partners energy markets with the European energy market;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 407 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) acknowledge the importance of security and stability for the future development of EaP members by boosting cooperation in security and defence and devoting particular attention to regional conflicts and new type of challenges, such as hybrid threats, cyber-attacks and disinformation campaigns;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 422 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)
(va) set up cyber dialogues in the framework of EaP and promote cooperation platforms between the countries in the region in order to address hybrid threats more effectively;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 465 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) acknowledge the contribution of EaP civil society actors and organisations to democratisation and reform processes in their countries and the whole EaP region; continue and call for greater openness and engagement towards them from the governments in the EaP region; continue and enhance the EU’s support for the activities of democratically oriented civil society organizations by supporting their activities and safeguarding their working environment;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 495 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 6
Better media, communication and policy management
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 501 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) increase the visibility of the support provided by the EU in the recipient EaP countries, both at national and local level, and boost EU citizens’ awareness about the EaP; there is also a need to step-up strategic communication efforts and those aimed at countering disinformation;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 510 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
(za) increase the effort to sustain the local fight against fake news, hybrid warfare in communication or media programs degradation (which can undermine the fight against corruption and dissemination of false information in order to obtain economic or political advantages); constantly help and monitor the local official regulatory agency in every EaP country;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 517 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
(za) promote free media and the freedom of expression as a basic fundamental principle in the EaP countries, while also stepping up efforts to counter disinformation and propaganda;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 521 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
(zb) promote the broadcasting of European media productions in the EaP countries to close the cultural gap between European Union and EaP countries provoked by history and fake information delivered in the last decades; support the local media outlets in obtaining access to European media programs and support the initiatives of close collaboration between media outlets from European Union and EaP;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 522 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
(zb) improve the strategic communication of EU policies and activities in the EaP region, including by enhancing the number of experts on the topic in the EU delegations on the ground, in order to be more effective in explaining how the Union is helping the citizens there;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 529 #

2019/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z c (new)
(zc) sustain the development of actions for full transparency of media ownership to allow the citizens of every country to know and treat every media outlet accordingly, knowing if there are any particular political or economic interest of the owner;
2020/03/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas sustainable returns and successful reintegration are important indicators in the assessment of the effectiveness of returns; whereas currently post-return monitoring is not sufficiently comprehensive and accurate; whereas evidence has emerged that not all returns are sustainable, especially in relation to unaccompanied minors, due to a lack of a personal reintegration plan or support upon return;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #

2019/2208(INI)

3. Stresses that the Commission’s statement that the return rate decreased from 46 % in 2016 to 37 % in 2017 may not present the full picture, as people who received a return decision were not necessarily returned within the same year, some Member States issue more than one return decision to one person, or to people whose whereabouts are unknown, and return decisions are not withdrawn if the return does not take place owing to difficulties in cooperation with third countries or for humanitarian reasons, or people return voluntarily without their return being registered; stresses than an effective return policy is a key element of a well-functioning EU asylum and migration policy;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to allocate adequate capacity, including human resources and sufficient training, to authorities responsible for taking return decisions and implementation, so as to invest in the quality of them;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of improving the effective implementation of the directive; calls on the Commission to make better implementation of the directive a priority and to launch infringement procedures where justified; highlights that such effectiveness should not only be measured in quantitative terms by referring to the return rate, but also in qualitative terms, such as the sustainability of returns and fundamental rights; stresses that measuring the effective implementation of the directive should be further enhanced and further streamlined among Member States in order to strengthen transparency and comparability of data;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the Commission has stated that the lack of third country identification and readmission of returnees is one of the main reasons for non-return; stresses the need for improving the relations with third countries in a constructive migration dialogue to ensure a mutually beneficial cooperation for effective and sustainable returns;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Regrets the informalisation of cooperation with third countries; calls on the Member States to support the Commission to conclude formal EU readmission agreements, thereby coupled with EU parliamentary scrutiny and judicial oversight; stresses that incentives, including financial, should be offered to facilitate cooperation;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #

2019/2208(INI)

5. Stresses the importance of ensuring compliance with return decisions and recalls the key principle enshrined in the directive that voluntary returns should be prioritised over forced returns; as they prove to be more sustainable;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that a broad definition of the risk of absconding may lead to Member States frequently refraining from granting a period for voluntary departure; recalls that lifting the voluntary departure period also leads to the imposition of an entry ban, which may further undermine voluntary departure; stresses the need for enhanced implementation of the current legal framework in order to step up successful voluntary returns;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need for more cooperation on return between the Member States, including information sharing and the application of Directive2001/40/EC on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals, in line with fundamental rights guarantees; underlines the need for support, including operational, by the relevant Union agencies; stresses the need for increased cooperation between the Member States and Frontex;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Highlights the importance of providing individual case management and assistance, tailored to the individual circumstances and prospects of the returnee when assisting in assisted voluntary return in all stages of the process, with particular attention for unaccompanied minors;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 149 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with regret the limited use of Article 6(4) of the directive; is concerned about the failure of Member States to issue a temporary residence permit where return has proven not to be possible; underlines the fact that granting residence permits to individuals who cannot return to their coRecalls that Article 6(4) of the directive provides Member States with the possibility to grant an autonomous residence permit to a third-country national staying irregularly on their territory; stresses the importance of successfully exhausting the options provided in the directive to enforce return decisions, highlighting voluntary of origin could help to prevent protracted irregular stays and facilitate individuals’ social inclusion and contribution to societyreturn; notes however with regret the limited use of Article 6(4) of the directive where return has proven not to be possible;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. StressNotes that although the threat of imposition of an entry ban may serve as an incentive to leave a country within the time period of voluntary departure, once imposed, entry bans mactually reduce the incentive to comply with a return decision and may increase the risk of absconding; calls on Member States to consider timing imposition of the entry ban in order to successfully effectuate a return decision;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes differences in the transposition into national legislations of the definition ofRecalls that Article 3(7) of the directive states that the 'risk of absconding’ and reiterates that Article 3(7) of the directive provides that the existence of such a risk should always be assessed on the basis of objective criteria defined by law' means the existence of reasons in an individual case which are based on objective criteria defined by law to believe that a third-country national who is the subject of return procedures may abscond; notes differences in the transposition into national legislations of the definition of the ‘risk of absconding’;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 194 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned that the legislation of several Member States includes extensive and sometimes divergent lists of ‘objective criteria’ for defining the risk of absconding, which are often applied in a more or less automatic way, while individual circumstances are of marginal consideration; underlines the need for a harmonized and exhaustive common Union list of objective criteria to establish the risk of absconding;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 231 #

2019/2208(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States and Frontex have monitoring bodies in place that are supported by a proper mandate, capacity and competence, a high level of independence and expertise, and transparent procedures; urges the Commission to ensure the establishment of a post-return monitoring mechanism to understand the fate of returned persons, with particular attention for unaccompanied minorshere legally and practically possible, with particular attention for vulnerable groups such as unaccompanied minors; highlights the need to follow up on reintegration plans of returnees to ensure the effective implementation; calls on the Commission to facilitate the exchange of good practices between the Member States regarding post-return monitoring and to allocate sufficient funding for this purpose;
2020/07/10
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to the Republic of Moldovan's National Action Plan on the Implementation of the Moldova-European Union Association Agreement (NAPIAA) for 2017-2019,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
— having regard to its previous resolutions relating to the Republic of Moldova, in particular the previous resolution on the Implementation of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 14 November 20181 , its resolution of 5 July 2018 on the political crisis in the Republic of Moldova following the invalidation of the mayoral elections in Chișinău2 , of 15 November 2017 on the Eastern Partnership in the run-up to the November 2017 Summit3 , of 4 July 2017 on providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova4 , and of 21 January 2016 on Association Agreements / Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine5 , _________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0458. 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0303. 3 OJ C 356, 4.10.2018, p. 130. 4 OJ C 334, 19.9.2018, p. 199. 5 OJ C 11, 12.1.2018, p. 82.
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
— having regard to the subsequent EU decision of July 2019 to resume budget support disbursements in light of the Republic of Moldova’s commitment to reform the justice system,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
— having regard to the European Commission and European External Action Service (EEAS) joint staff working document (SWD(2019)0325) on the Association Implementation Report on the Republic of Moldova of 11 September 2019,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
— having regard to the outcome of the fifth Association Council meeting between the EU and the Republic of Moldova of 30 September 2019,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
— having regard to the 2018 Transparency International corruption perception list that awards the Republic of Moldova the 117th place out of 180 countries and territories assessed (first place being the best),
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
— having regard to the opinions and recommendations of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission, in particular of 15 March 2018 on electoral reform in the Republic of Moldova, of 24 June 2019 on the constitutional situation with particular reference to the possibility of dissolving parliament, and of 14 October 2019 on the draft law on the reform of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Prosecutor’s Office,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
— having regard to the recommendations and activities of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum and other representatives of civil society in the Republic of Moldova,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
— having regard to the conclusions of the European Parliament election observation mission to the Republic of Moldova parliamentary elections of 24 February 2019 integrated in the international election observation mission led by the OSCE/ODIHR,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to the Statement and Recommendations adopted on the occasion of the 7th Meeting of the EU- Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee, held in Strasbourg on 18-19 December 2019,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
— having regard to the Commission economic aid package adopted on 29 March 2020 to help the Republic of Moldova, among other countries, in its fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic, which included the redirection of existing instruments to mitigate the socioeconomic impact of the crisis;,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
— having regard to the Decision (EU) 2020/701 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25th of May 2020 on providing macro-financial assistance to enlargement and neighbourhood partners in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
— having regard to the European Commission Report to the European Parliament and the Council, Third report under the visa suspension mechanism, and the accompanying Staff Working Document, published on 10 July 2020,
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas through the AA/DCFTA the Republic of Moldova committed to incorporating the EU acquis into its own laws and practices in a large number of areas; whereas, in order to support these efforts, the EU committed to provide substantial financial and budgetary assistance to the Republic of Moldova;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas on 13 September 2017 Parliament and the Council adopted a decision to provide macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova worth EUR 100 million in the context of the IMF programme to support the country’s economic and financial reforms;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas in November 2019 the Moldovan Parliament of the Republic of Moldova passed a motion of no-confidence in the Government constituted in June 2019, formed a minority government, and subsequently a new coalition government;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas on 17 April2020, the Russian and Moldovan governments signed an agreement for a loan of EUR 200 million to be provided by the Russian Federation to the Republic of Moldova with a preferential 2% interest rate, which was negotiated by the presidents of both countries; whereas this agreement has been ratified on the 23rd of April and, on the same day, following an appeal introduced by members of the parliamentary opposition, the Constitutional Court(CC) of the Republic of Moldova suspended the ratification law of the loan agreement until it would complete the examination of its compatibility with the Constitution; whereas on the 6th of May, the President of the CC reported pressure from the Moldovan authorities on the CC, as well as attempts to discredit its judges; whereas on the 7th of May 2020, the CC declared the loan agreement unconstitutional; whereas a new loan agreement with the Russian Federation is currently under negotiations;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas on the 10th of July 2020, the European Commission approved the disbursement of a second and final instalment of 30 million euros from its Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme; whereas, however, the Republic of Moldova will not be able to access the rest of funds available under this programme, which expires in July 2020;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas during the COVID-19 crisis solidarity with the Eastern Partnership countries is of paramount importance and the EU provided substantial support to address the impact of the outbreak in the region; whereas, in this context, the Republic of Moldova will benefit from 87 million euros in redirected bilateral funding;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas the EU is also making further MFA loans of 100 euros million available to the Republic of Moldova, as part of the Decision to provide MFA to ten partner countries in the neighbourhood in order to help them limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic; whereas the first instalment of the exceptional MFA package will be disbursed as swiftly as possible after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with Moldova will be concluded; whereas in order to receive the second instalment, to be disbursed within one year from the signing of the MoU, the country will have to respect certain conditionalities; whereas an important precondition for the granting of this MFA is that the country respects effective democratic mechanisms, including a multi-party parliamentary system, the rule of law and guarantees respect for human rights;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas the new coalition government’s majority in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova has been constantly shrinking as deputies defected from the ruling alliance; whereas the Republic of Moldova will hold Presidential elections in the fall and is currently facing a period of acute political instability; whereas President Igor Dodon has underlined that the Parliament must be dissolved and early elections must be held as soon as possible; whereas on the 7th of July 2020, the Constitutional Court of Moldova has ruled that early elections could be held only after the Presidential elections;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Ff. whereas the Republic of Moldova has made international and national commitments to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women; whereas the country has adopted measures to promote the political representation of women, including through adoption of a mandatory 40% gender quota for the political parties’ electoral lists; whereas further efforts are needed in order to advance the objectives of the 2017-2021 National Gender Equality Strategy, including appropriate funding and stronger implementation mechanisms;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. NRecalls that the common values on which the EU is built, namely democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law, lie also at the heart of the political association and the economic integration between the EU and the Republic of Moldova; notes that the AA/DCFTA remains of primary importance, especially in current exceptional times, and commends the progress achieved by Moldova to date; recalls, however, that further progress must be achieved;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the AA/DCFTA remains of primary importance for the development of the Republic of Moldova, especially in current exceptional times, and commends the progress achieved by Moldova to date; recalls, however, that further progress must be achievedsustained engagement in this process of Moldovan society and authorities; recalls, however, that further progress must be achieved in its implementation, to deliver its full potential and benefits; underlines that the AA/DCFTA was the main vector in encouraging and supporting the process of structural reforms, democracy and the rule of law;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the reforms that led to the introduction of a visa-free regime with the Union; the program has been used extensively by the citizens of the Republic of Moldova and represents a very good example of how the implementation of the AA/DCFTA touches upon the lives of citizens by fostering people-to-people contacts with other fellow Europeans;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes all intentions towards a closer political, human, and economic integration with the Union in line with the principle of differentiation and based on the performance, results, and aspirations of the Republic of Moldova's authorities and society;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the conclusions of the IMF’s March 2020 Article IV consultation and the IMF Board’s sixth and final review of the Republic of Moldova’s economic performance under the Extended Credit Facility and Extended Fund Facility arrangements, with particular regard to the rehabilitation of the Moldovan banking system of the Republic of Moldova and the strengthening of financial sector governance;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the November 2019 Activity Program of the Moldovan Government of the Republic of Moldova is less ambitious than the previous government’s 2030 Global Agenda, and regrets the lack of a new NAPIAA and underlines the importance of agreeing as soon as possible on a new Agenda as a distinct tool to steer the Association Agreement's implementation; insists that the continuation of EU sector budgetpolitical and financial support remains conditional upon the delivery of tangible reforms, in particular of the judiciary;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the conclusion of the Memorandum of Understanding on new exceptional EU Macro Financial Assistance program aimed at countering the negative economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and looks forward to the implementation of the undertaken commitments;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Commission to develop a mechanism to monitor the concrete implementation of reforms, including clear benchmarks, with the meaningful involvement of civil society, particularly at local level; deems it essential, in this context, to step up the financial support for CSOs, which play a critical role in fostering participation in public debates and monitoring both the action of Moldovan authorities and the effectiveness of the Union’s policies towards the country;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Commission to develop a conditionality mechanism to monitor the concrete implementation of reforms, including clear benchmarks;
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 99 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Ahead of the Presidential elections scheduled for the 1st of November 2020, urges Moldovan authorities to ensure the holding of free and fair elections;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to ensure free and fair presidential elections scheduled on November 1st, 2020;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges the adoption by the Moldovan ParliamentParliament of the Republic of Moldova adoption of numerous legislative acts in line with the country’s commitments enshrined in the AA; underlines the importance of a full implementation of these acts, including by adopting secondary legislation;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is concerned that political instability and frequent government changes are affecting the implementation of AA/DCFTA provisions and limiting the pace of reforms;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Reiterates its concern regarding the lack of a constant commitment to improvements in the public sector, which discourages competent people from pursuing a career in public administration;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses the need for the development of a professional public administration and the encouragement of young people to take up a career in the public sector, so as to achieve a more transparent administration in which nepotism and favouritism do not lead to chronic politicisation;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the progress achieved on the reform of public administration and public financial management, but encourages further steps to increase transparency;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the authorities to consider the critical structural changes as priorities to allow the emergence of real self- government since crucial reforms are still not implemented and there are cases in which local authorities are subjected to intense political pressure or harassment by the central authorities or people associated with the ruling groups;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to ensure full implementation of the public administration reform in line with the OECD/SIGMA principles of public administration;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Acknowledges the Republic of Moldova's essential steps to increase the performance of public administration and calls for action to start a more comprehensive decentralization reform as soon as possible;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Underlines the need for more in- depth and broader cooperation between local authorities, for a reduced number of local administrations and more measures to ensure their greater independence and decrease their operating costs;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned by the high level of concentration and politicisation of the media and advertising sectors, leading to a low level of public confidence in the media; urges the Moldovan authorities to refrain from exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to adopt measures curtailing freedom of speech and limiting the media’s ability to report facts in an independent and unbiased waytakes the view that strengthening media pluralism and its independence should be a priority for the Union in its relations with the Republic of Moldova and that this should be reflected appropriately also in the financial allocations; urges the Moldovan authorities to refrain from exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to adopt measures curtailing freedom of speech and limiting the media’s ability to report facts in an independent and unbiased way; expresses concern for the spreading of fake news and disinformation in the Republic of Moldova during the coronavirus crisis and points out the need for both the local authorities and the Union to develop specific programmes that promote media literacy, combat disinformation and support quality, fact-checked media content;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned by the high level of concentration and politicisation of the media and advertising sectors, leading to a low level of public confidence in the media; urges the Moldovan authorities of the Republic of Moldova to refrain from exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to adopt measures curtailing freedom of speech and limiting the media’s ability to report facts in an independent and unbiased way;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 135 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores the progressive distancing from the European path of the current government in Chisinau, to the detriment of country's democratic aspirations and urges all pro-European political parties to find solutions through dialogue, in order to ensure the continuity of the European integration process of the Republic of Moldova and to fully benefit from all the advantages offered by the AA / DCFTA;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the authorities to step up support in the fight against fake news, hybrid warfare in communication, and the degradation of media programs; underlines that political involvement in mass media structurally undermines fundamental freedoms and access to information;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks the authorities to sustain the development of actions to ensure full disclosure of media ownership and to support a deeper involvement of civil society in monitoring and assessing of the transparency process;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls for more support from the government in the development of civil society, calls on government and authorities to refrain from any pressure on NGOs and other civic actors; regrets the distrust and hostility with which political officials approach civil society in general;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Urges more meaningful and active involvement of civil society in the policymaking processes;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the amendments to the electoral legislation adopted in August 2019, and the ruling of the Moldovan Constitutional Court of Republic of Moldova in February 2020 on the territorial requirements for establishing political parties;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Moldovan authorities to further improve the electoral legislation in order to ensure the effectiveness of the right to vote, including abroad, as well as the fairness of the electoral campaigns;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges Moldovan authorities to further improve the electoral legislation to ensure an effective right to elect, including abroad, as well as the fairness of the electoral campaigns;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to promote transparency in public decision-making and to ensure proper involvement and consultation of stakeholders and civil society at all stages, which will also increase public scrutiny and the social acceptability of the reforms conducted;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Asks for strict restraint from changing the electoral legislation to satisfy specific political needs or from altering the rules and regulations to manipulate the results, which will always end in political unrest and instability affecting the commitment for structural reforms;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Is of the opinion that the EU assistance to the Republic of Moldova should continue to prioritize improving the living standards of the citizens, targeting areas such as facilitating the development of SMEs, helping the youth, as well as the general reform of the education and health sectors;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Points out that the COVID-19 crisis has brought to light the fact that the health system of the Republic of Moldova is underdeveloped and is struggling to cope with the recent surge in the number of cases; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to provide urgent help to Moldovan authorities, including technical assistance and, in the long-run to help them build resilience to similar epidemiological emergencies that might happen in the future;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Republic of Moldovan participation in common security and defence policy (CSDP) missions and operations, on cyber -security and cyber- crime investigations, as well as Moldova’s cooperation with NATO; calls on the EU to include the Republic of Moldova in new formats of cooperation countering hybrid threats;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Acknowledges the Republic of Moldova's unique experience and expertise and the contribution that it can provide to the Union collective security and defence policy;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Encourages a deepened cooperation in EU-related defence policies, including participation in PESCO once the issue of involvement of third countries is determined;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the EU’s support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Moldova, and for the efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the Transnistrian issuepeaceful resolution of the Transnistrian conflict, based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, ensuring the protection of human rights on the territories not controlled by constitutional authorities;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges the increased security interdependence between Moldova and the Transnistria region and the stability of both as the main factor for prevention and resolution of security challenges such as hybrid threats, cyberattacks, election cyber-meddling, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and third-party interference in the political, electoral, and other democratic processes;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 183 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Encourages the Moldovan Government to continue promoting an environment favourable to the settlement of conflicts and supporting activities that increase confidence and people-to-people contacts across conflict-divided communities;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 184 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Welcomes all activities that enhance the economic collaboration and increase the level of goods and services exchanges between Republic of Moldova and Transnistria;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reiterates that the UN General Assembly adopted on 22 June 2018a resolution urging the Russian Federation to withdraw its troops and armaments unconditionally from the territory of the Republic of Moldova and reaffirming the support for the immediate implementation of that resolution;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Encourages the authorities of the Republic of Moldova to look for more in- depth collaboration with the Union and its Members States in order to enhance the implementation of good practices and solutions for countering disinformation, propaganda, manipulation and hostile influencing carried out by external forces aimed at dividing, destabilizing, and undermining the integrity of the internal political processes and the relations with the Union;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Urges the authorities of the Republic of Moldova to consider the development and implementation of the package of laws regarding the fields of conflict prevention and crisis management part of NAPIAA in 2017- 2019;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Moldovan Government of the Republic of Moldova to complete judicial reforms so as to ensure the independence, impartiality and effectiveness of the judiciary and specialised anti-corruption institutions, taking the necessary measures, including the introduction of guarantees of judicial independence in the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 198 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Asks for measures to provide more robust and more resilient institutions, the prevalence of the rule of law, the implementation of judicial reforms and the fight against corruption and money laundering, broader participation in the process of all the stakeholders including a permanent presence from the civil society to achieve a meaningful consultation regarding the objectives and the implementation for a significant acceptance of decisions;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the authorities to continue effective consultations in order to adopt a concept and action plan for justice reform based on a comprehensive diagnostic, ensuring wide consensus from stakeholders and in strict adherence with the Constitution and European standards;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the authorities to ensure progress with regard to the adoption of constitutional amendments related to the judiciary in line with the Venice Commission’s recommendations; regrets that the amendments regarding the appointment of Supreme Council of Magistracy members have been rushed through Parliament; underlines the need to ensure the independence of the SCM, as well as to establish merit-based procedures for the selection and the promotion of judges;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 204 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Is concerned by the very high level of disapproval of the judiciary, and therefore calls on the Moldovan authorities of the Republic of Moldova to ensure that the Prosecutor General, his staff, and public prosecutors in general, work independently and abide by the highest standards of professionalism and integrity;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges an in-depth reform of magistrates' status using international precedents and good practices to allow the Supreme Council of the Magistracy (SCM) full independence in defending judges and prosecutors against any act of interference in or in connection with their professional activity and to promote a merit-based and transparent system for the selection and promotion of judges; calls on the Moldovan authorities to advance in the transparent process of drafting and timely adoption of the amendments to the Constitution on the SCM, in line with Venice Commission recommendations, and of the new Strategy to ensure justice sector independence and integrity with the participation of and in consultation with the Council of Europe and EU experts, civil society, and other interested actors;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Moldovan authorities to ensure the complete independence of the Constitutional Court, and that it is not subject to any form of political interference; firmly rejects any attempts of intimidation or pressure on the judges of the Constitutional Court;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 208 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Moldovan authorities of the Republic of Moldova to ensure the complete independence of the Constitutional Court, and that it is not subject to any form of political interference;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Encourages the strengthening of the Constitutional Court to enable it to resist permanent partisan temptation to use it for political purposes;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 211 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned by the very high level of perceived corruption in Moldova, and therefore urges the Government to step up the fight against it, as well as money laundering, arms smuggling and organised crime; calls on the Moldovan Government to adopt concrete measures to reinforce the independence and integrity of the National Anticorruption Centre’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office; points out the need for sustained and consistent efforts to prevent and prosecute high-level corruption and organized crime; takes the view that this is the only way to re-establish the trust of the Moldovan citizens and ensure the enactment of lasting reforms in the Republic of Moldova;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Is concerned by the very high level of perceived corruption in the Republic of Moldova, and therefore urges the Government to step up the fight against it, as well as money laundering, arms smuggling and organised crime; calls on the Moldovan Government of the Republic of Moldova to adopt concrete measures to reinforce the independence and integrity of the National Anticorruption Centre’s Office and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 220 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Expresses dismay at the recent news of the discovery of a plant on the territory of the Republic of Moldova secretly producing helicopters which were intended for illegal exports in the CSI countries ; urges the authorities to step up efforts to fight organized crime and dismantle criminal schemes;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Welcomes the adoption of the law on Anti-Money Laundering sanctions on 21 May 2020 and calls for the swift elaboration of guidelines for the application of the new legislation, as well as for specialized training for the concerned authorities;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 223 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its concern at the persistent failure to bring transparent prosecution of all those responsible for the bank fraud exposed in 2014, as well as the slow recovery of stolen assets; calls on Member States to offer the necessary assistance to the Republic of Moldova's authorities in the investigation of the case if there will be any requests for it;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 224 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its concern at the persistent failure to bring transparent prosecution of all those responsible for the bank fraud exposed in 2014, as well as the slow recovery of stolen assets; calls on the authorities to bring all those responsible to justice without further delay and to recover the misappropriated funds;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Moldovan authorities to increase transparency on the funding of political parties, and to investigate all irregularities in a fair and unbiased way; stresses the need to fight corruption inside the Moldovan political class; is deeply concerned by recent allegations of buying off of Members of the Parliament in order to change political affiliation, as well as allegations of kidnapping, intimidation and pressure on elected representatives; points out that these allegations must be investigated and that such behaviour is incompatible with the values which are at the core of the AA with the Republic of Moldova; draws attention also to the responsibility of political parties to fight corruption within their own ranks;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Moldovan authorities of the Republic of Moldova to increase transparency on the funding of political parties, and to investigate all irregularities in a fair and unbiased way;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 232 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the adoption, on the 18th of June 2020, of the new law to abolish the Citizenship for Investment Programme as of 1 September 2020, at the end of the existing moratorium; takes the view that this is an essential move in order to reduce the risks of corruption, tax evasion and money laundering in the Republic of Moldova; notes that until the programme is cancelled only existing applications will continue to be processed and calls on the Commission to monitor carefully how this will be done;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 233 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on European Commission to increase funding through the available budget support and technical assistance instruments, aimed at strengthening the justice and law enforcement authorities' capacity and efficiency, taking into account progress in the implementation of the reforms;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 235 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that according to the latest Commission report, the Republic of Moldova continues to meet the visa liberalisation requirements, and that visa- free movement continues to bring positive economic, social and cultural benefits both to the Union and Moldova; calls on the authorities to continue the efforts to satisfy the visa liberalisation benchmarks, in particular in the areas of anti- corruption, to strengthen the judiciary, to apply the anti-money laundering legislation and to take concrete action to address the increase of unfounded asylum applications;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 236 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Takes the view that the authorities should provide transparent information on the external assistance that they intend to seek and that financing from the Russian Federation should be discussed openly in Parliament and with experts and civil society, including the geo- strategic conditionalities and the long term impact on the economy arising from this type of financing ; considers that, when it comes to conditionalities attached to EU financial assistance, the authorities should also provide the necessary explanations to the public; underlines that EU conditionalities are to be seen as opportunities to conduct the necessary reforms;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the authorities to significantly increase efforts to uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular for vulnerable groupsAcknowledges the improvement of legislation on the protection of human rights and calls on the authorities to recognize the respect for human rights as a critical criterion and a vital condition for a democratic society;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2019/2201(INI)

19a. Welcomes the progress in the adoption by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova of the new law on non-commercial organisations and hopes the text will soon pass through the third and final reading and will be published swiftly; points out the central role NGOs play in any democratic society and expresses hope that the new legislation will improve the transparency of public decision-making and provide a modernized framework for the functioning of civil society in the country;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 255 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls for more concrete measures to improve detention conditions and to eliminate the detention of people with disabilities in psychiatric hospitals against their will; calls for the complete elimination of torture and ill-treatment in prisons as a method of pressure on imprisoned or detained political opponents;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Reminds that a draft bill establishing Magnitsky-type legislation has already been introduced in the Moldovan Parliament; encourages the legislative body to move forward with the examination of the law which would, if adopted, contribute to fighting human rights abuses, corruption and money- laundering;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 261 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges further steps in implementing the national legislation for preventing and combatting trafficking in human beings and for a substantial increase in the quality of services provided to victims;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 263 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Calls for more protection, assistance, and support of victims of crime, especially children, during investigations and after the judicial process, and for more support during the social reintegration of the victims;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Encourages the authorities of the Republic of Moldova to promote programs that include consistent gender equality dimension, offer more support to the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in society, implement legislation to fight hate speech and physical violence perpetrated against the more vulnerable groups;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 267 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Welcomes the progress in the adoption by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova of the new law on NGOs and looks forward to the implementation of the law, which will represent an essential step in strengthening transparent policy dialogue and ensure a favourable climate for the functioning of the civil society in the Republic of Moldova;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 269 #

2019/2201(INI)

19f. Calls for an increased presence of civil society actors in all the actions regarding human rights, fundamental freedoms legislation and implementation, allowing NGOs to act more efficiently as a watchdog for reforms and hold the respective State institutions accountable;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the significant increase in Moldovan imports intotrade between the Republic of Moldova and the EU, as well as the fact that the EU is the largest investor in Moldovathe country; welcomes the Moldovan Parliament’s adoption of the European LEADER approach as the basis for its national rural policy; welcomes the fact that, in 2018, the Union accounted for 70% of Moldova’s total exports and 56% of its total trade; encourages further progress in areas such as the customs code, the protection of intellectual property rights including geographical indications, the improvement of sanitary and phytosanitary standards, the improvement of market conditions in the field of energy, public procurement, and access to finance for SMEs;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the significant increase in Moldovan imports into the EU, as well as the fact that the EU is the largest investor in Moldova; welcomes the Moldovan Parliament’s adoption of the European LEADER approach as the basis for its national rural policy;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 275 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Encourages full implementation of the DCFTA in order to further increase the EU – Moldova bilateral trade and investment relationship;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Welcomes the Moldovan Parliament’s adoption of the European LEADER approach as the basis for its national rural policy;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to adopt and implement policies aimed at regulating the participation of the entities from jurisdictions that do not implement international transparency standards (offshore jurisdictions) or the businesses that are directly or indirectly controlled by such companies from trading with public authorities (public procurement, privatization, concession, and public- private partnership);
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 287 #

2019/2201(INI)

22. UCalls on the Moldovan Government to further reform the energy sector in order to increase resilience, transparency in costs and contracts in the sector, and to improve energy independence and efficiency, particularly by strengthening the independence of the energy regulators, increasing energy interconnections with the Union, diversifying energy sources, including renewable energy, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels; stresses that all these aspects are of paramount importance for enhancing the country’s energy security; urges further steps to ensure the independence of the National Agency for Energy Regulation, and the rapid adoption of the secondary legislation needed to ensure the full implementation of the Third Energy Package;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 289 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Urges further steps to ensureWelcomes actions to strengthen institutional capacity and the independence of the National Agency for Eenergy Rregulation,or and the rapid adoption ofencourages the snecondessary legislation needed to ensure the fulland urgent actions to be taken for the implementation of the Third Energy Package, in particular in the field of natural gas;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the National Agency for Energy Regulations of the Republic of Moldova to approve the energy market Rules based on fair competition and ensure compliance by all market participants;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 295 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Commends the arrangements agreed between Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Romania in December 2019 to enable gas transfers to Ukraine and Moldova via the Trans-Balkan pipeline, and the February 2020 Action Plan to ensure the independence of the transmission system operator Moldovatransgaz;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 299 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Encourages the Moldovan authorities to continue the efforts to reinforce the energy security of the country and commends the finalisation of the Ungheni – Chișinau gas pipeline by the end of 2020;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 304 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Urges the Moldovan authorities to ensure the timely implementation of the project for interconnection of Moldova- Romania electricity systems by providing the necessary support and monitoring the activity;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 321 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Moldovan authorities to requestconsider the establishment of a Jean Monnet Dialogue to support inter- party dialogue and parliamentary capacity building;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 323 #

2019/2201(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for all EU institutions, the Member States and Moldovan authoritiesin close cooperation with the authorities of the Republic of Moldova to better communicate the benefits of the AA/DCFTA and ofthe EU assistance to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova;
2020/07/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses concerns over continuous political polarization and the lack of effective political dialogue in Georgia, which necessitated facilitation by the Head of the EU Delegation in Tbilisi to reach the Memorandum of Understanding of 8 March 2020, and the negative effect such political division may have on reforms related to the AA and DCFTA implementation;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its full support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and condemns the illegal occupation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia by the Russian Federation, as well as ongoing illegal borderisation along the dividing lines, which escalate the situation, damage the security environment and cause further hardships to the local population, including abductions of Georgian citizens from unoccupied Georgian territory; emphasises that the AA covers the entire territory of Georgia, including its occupied regions, and aims to benefit its whole population; calls on the Russian Federation to fulfil its obligations under the EU- mediated ceasefire agreement of 12 August 2008, notably to withdraw all its military forces from Georgia’s occupied territories and allow the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) unhindered access to the whole territory of Georgia; asks the Commission and the EEAS to enhance their efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully, including through the EUMM and the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes strengthened international law enforcement cooperation between Georgia and the Europol and notes the importance of continuous efforts to combat serious and organized cross-border criminal activities, particularly human trafficking and trafficking of illegal drugs;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Welcomes actions taken by Georgian authorities, institutions and the civil society to flatten the curve and to manage the effect of the COVID-19 crisis; encourages further investments into improving the quality of care and reducing inequalities in the healthcare system;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Encourages the Georgian authorities to show leadership in fostering neighbourly relations and cooperation among the South Caucasus countries and supports such efforts;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Commends the Georgian authoriefforts by the major Georgian political parties forto completinge the constitutional reform process and the major political parties for, particularly the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding of 8 March 2020, which established the key features of the electoral system to be used for the upcoming parliamentary elections;October 2020 parliamentary elections; however, expresses deep concerns over attempts by the ruling party to avoid implementation of the agreement to its full extent, welcomes the input made by the President of Georgia to ensure its undivided application and calls on all parties to ensure that the agreement is translated into law and fully implemented as soon as possible;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the upcoming parliamentary elections will be pivotal in confirming Georgia’s democratic credentials;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Georgian authorities to implement swiftly and fully the OSCE/ODIHR recommendations and review relevant legislation to address the identified shortcomings; ensure that concerns enumerated in the OSCE/ODIHR and other legitimate election observation reports, particularly related to the use of public resources for political campaigning, impunity of violence, vote-buying as well as the ability of voters, especially civil servants, “to vote free from pressure and fear of retribution” are eliminated;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Georgian authorities and the Election Administration of Georgia to ensure safe environment for the October 2020 parliamentary elections by providing protective personal equipment for election personnel, adjusting the voting facilities to guarantee health and safety of participating citizens and ensuring undisturbed work of the election observers;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes the importance to ensure editorial independence and pluralistic opinions in Georgian Public Broadcaster and Adjara Public Broadcaster and to eliminate cases of political persecution against media owners and managers in order to ensure a fair and free environment for media outlets and journalists, in which they could carry their duties in adherence to the internationally accepted professional standards and would enjoy timely and equal access to all public information;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its concern about recent court cases against opposition politicians and media owners, which contributed to a climate of increased mistrust and heightened tensions between the ruling party and the opposition, and led to a polarisation of politics and society; calls for the release of Giorgi Rurua, an independent media owner and entrepreneur, as part of the Memorandum of Understanding of 8 March 2020; calls on Georgia to respect the highest standards of judicial independence and fair trial as committed to under the AA;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a revision of the selection procedures for judges to be carried out to ensure that the recommendations of the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR are fully implemented before any new appointments are made; regrets that the recent selection procedure of Supreme Court judges suffered from serious shortcomings;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly condemns the cyber- attacks against Georgian institutions and media outlets widely attributed to Russian actors; takes note with concern that in December 2019 and May 2020 hundreds of coordinated inauthentic pages and profiles sponsored by the ruling party, spreading criticism of the opposition and local activist organizations were removed by Facebook and calls on all political actors in Georgia to refrain from using social media to attack people, organisations and institutions and spread deliberate misinformation; encourages to review relevant legislation to protect the personal data of Internet users from, inter alia, secret surveillance;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Deplores any actions to limit freedom of thought and assembly, actions to instigate violence among peaceful protesters and the use of force against citizens exercising their right to freedom of thought and assembly;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that gender equality is a key precondition to sustainable and inclusive development; commends the work of the Georgian Parliament’s Gender Equality Council and its efforts to identify sexual harassment as a form of discrimination; calls for a full implementation of the Istanbul Convention;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the work of the Human Rights Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and insists that the existing human rights and anti-discrimination legislation must be thoroughly and efficiently implemented; calls upon the Georgian leadership, the Church, the civil society and other relevant groups to foster an environment for dialogue and cooperation in order to eradicate all forms of discrimination, hate speech and physical violence against minorities and vulnerable groups;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls upon the Georgian Orthodox Church to play a more unifying role within society, particularly on the matters related to human rights and fundamental freedoms;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Parliament of Georgia to strengthen its capacities to exercise the parliamentary control mechanisms, particularly control over the security system; encourages to increase the role of the opposition in the process of parliamentary oversight, to simplify the procedures for summoning members of the government and other accountable officials and establishing a centralized recording system to provide timely and complete information on parliamentary control to all interested stakeholders;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Acknowledges the role of Georgian civil society in supporting and monitoring the implementation of AA and DCFTA and calls on the Georgian Government and the Parliament to establish formal mechanisms governing their liaison with the civil society; notes the importance of launching national support mechanisms for the activities of the civil society in addition to those provided by the EU and the international donor community;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with satisfaction that the EU is one of Georgia’s largest trading partners; welcomes the continued approximation of Georgia’s legislation in trade-related areas; encourages Georgia to take a full advantage of trade opportunities, particularly of DCFTA, and to develop its export capacities beyond agricultural commodities and raw materials;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 147 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the importance of structural reforms aimed to further advance the investment climate in Georgia, particularly investor protection guarantees and their implementation; regrets that the Anaklia Deep Sea Port Project failed to secure required investments and encourages Georgian authorities to improve the environment for the attracting foreign direct investment, including capacities of responsible institutions and political support and unity over projects of national strategic importance;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2019/2200(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the allocation by the Commission of EUR 3.4 billion for 18 priority projects in Georgia under the indicative trans-European transport network (TEN-T) investment action plan; notes that all infrastructure development projects need to be accompanied by a sound assessment of the environmental impact and of the effects on local communities;
2020/05/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Expresses serious concerns regarding the interference of the Turkish Government in police and judicial matters in the tentative to cover-up massive corruption cases involving senior figures in the Turkish Government last January;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 294 #

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Strongly condemns the instrumentalization of the justice system, unlawful detentions, harassment and baseless criminal investigations of journalists who have reported the deficiencies in Turkey’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 300 #

2019/2176(INI)

15b. Deeply regrets the implementation of the new powers to control social media, as of October, and considers this form of online censorship a negative step forward towards silencing the freedom of speech and media freedom;
2020/12/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Istanbul Convention is the first legally binding international instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and girls, establishing a comprehensive framework of legal and policy measures for preventing violence against women, supporting victims and punishing perpetrators;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 30 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call for the Council and the Commission to swiftly adopt the Horizontal Anti-discrimination Directive; welcomes the Commission's intention to propose additional anti-discrimination legislation as set out in the political guidelines for the 2019-2024 European Commission and calls on the Commission to swiftly come up with it;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms and the lack of full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); condemns serious violations of women's and children's rights within and beyond the EU, including female genital mutilation (FGM), forced abortion and sterilisation, early and forced marriage and other harmful practices against women and girls; calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of GBV; to this end calls for the appointment of a coordinator to implement this action plan; harmful practices against women and girls;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 51 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU to accede toIs deeply concerned that 33% of women in the EU have experienced physical and/or sexual violence; deplores that six member states - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia and Slovakia - still have not ratified the Istanbul Convention; finds that the failure of the EU to accede to the Istanbul Convention impacts its credibility and ability to be a normative power in the world; urges the EU to accede to and all member states to ratify the Istanbul Convention without delay; commends the Commission on its commitment to propose measures to achieve the same objectives if accession to the Convention remains blocked;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an EU-wide action plan to prevent and combat all forms of GBV; to this end calls for the appointment of a coordinator to implement this action plan;deleted
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the lack of a common approach or definitions for the various forms of cyber violence, which are expressions of GBV; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative instrument on combating cyber violence and other forms of online aggression towards women;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 77 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to ensure and improve access to justice, inter alia by training law enforcement and judicial staff on GBV and hate crimes, including those committed online; calls on Member States to ensure safe conditions for reporting, combat under-reporting, and provide legal aid as well as integrated support services and shelters; urges the Member States to tackle the impunity for sexual and gender-based violence;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the issue of shrinking civic space in relation tofor civil society organisations and human rights defenders working on gender equality, minority and women’s rights and SRHR. and calls for intensified measures to address the shrinking space for civil society;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is concerned that women are disproportionally affected by the COVID- 19 crisis; is alarmed by the substantial increase in violence against women and girls and particularly domestic violence since the outbreak of COVID-19; calls on the EU and Member States to target specific actions and support for women and girls, including by setting up adequate services to address violence against women and girls and specialist support services for victims such as shelters, helplines, chat services and other creative support solutions;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 88 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the EU and Member States to advance gender equality through an ambitious education agenda, emphasizing that the EU needs to be a global leader in this area and set an example to the world, especially in Africa and Asia, whereby education and empowerment for girls and women is the most forceful driver for emancipation, societal development and economic growth.
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2019/2169(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Underlines that gender stereotypes are a root cause of gender inequality and that traditional gender roles and stereotypes are formed in early childhood; believes therefore that preventive measures are key to realising gender equality and women and girls empowerment and that schools are a good environment to challenge gender roles and stereotypes; welcomes that the Commission will launch an EU-wide communication campaign combatting gender stereotypes, focussing on youth engagement; finds however that the EU and Member States should make better use of education systems to prevent the development of gender stereotypes in early childhood;
2020/05/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy, empowerment of women and girls and women's representation into the EU’s foreign and security policy and for gender-responsive leadership to be part of middle and senior management job descriptions; calls on the EU to lead by example and make the EU's commitment to gender equality visible in all policy areas, in particular at international level;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing and recruitment, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory and recurrent training on gender equality;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman and only two out of eight EU special representatives are women; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; believes that advancing women's rights and gender equality should be horizontal priorities for all EU special representatives and should therefore be a cornerstone of their mandate, in particular for the EU special representative on human rights;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that efforts to increase the recruitment and participation of women in peace and security matters, including in the armed forces, and to remove gender stereotypes are indispensable to achieve gender equality in the EU's foreign affairs and security policy;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolutionstrongly contributes to effective and lasting conflict prevention, management and resolution; notes in this regard the crucial role played by female human rights defenders and activists, civil society and community- based women’s organisations in peace building and the need for adequate capacity building and financial support to maintain and foster their work;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; regrets, however, that despite clear objectives and indicators translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge and calls for its robust implementation;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges and for the sustainable development of our societies.
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the UN has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating all kinds of inequalities, including gender inequality; calls on the EU to target specific actions and support for women and girls in all efforts to support third countries in addressing the socio-economic impact of COVID-19;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2019/2167(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that education is key to realising gender equality and empowerment of women and girls; therefore calls on the EU to increase its commitment to promoting gender equality and combating gender stereotypes in and through education systems in its upcoming Gender Action Plan III; furthermore calls for increased efforts to prevent and combat all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and serious violations of human rights of women and girls, including the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child, early and forced marriages and violations of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls;
2020/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the overall reduction of AMIF commitment appropriations by 15,4 % (-172 million euros) compared to 2019; regrets the decrease of commitment appropriations aimed at strengthening and developing the CEAS and enhancing responsibility-sharing between Member States (-29,5 %) compared to 2019; recalls the importance of providing adequate financial capacity to support the reception of asylum seekers in the Member States, effective return strategies, resettlement programmes, improve the integration of migrants as well as the re- integration of migrants who forcibly or voluntarily returned to a third country, and to respond to emergency assistance needs of Member States under migratory pressure; expresses its disappointment at the fact that the AMIF budget does not include some financial reserves to finance the reformed Dublin legislation and the new Union Resettlement schemes in case of adoption during 2020; proposes to foresee an amount in the reserve for temporary arrangements for disembarkation in the Union and relocation of people rescued in the Mediterranean; requests, in order to free financial resources, that the EU Trust Fund for Africa and the Regional development protection programmes for North Africa that primarily supportcalls the need to ensure better coordination between funds engaged to address the issue of migration under Heading III (Security and Citizenship) and the external policies of the Union are funded by Heading IV of the Union budget (Global Europe) instead of by AMIF under Heading III (Security and Citizenship);
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the overall reduction of AMIF commitment appropriations by 15,4 % (-172 million euros) compared to 2019; regrets the decrease of commitment appropriations aimed at strengthening and developing the CEAS and enhancing responsibility-sharing between Member States (-29,5 %) compared to 2019; recalls the importance of providing adequate financial capacity to improve the reception of asylum seekers, the efficiency of asylum application examinations, the enforcement of decisions regarding asylum applications, the integration of migrants as well as the re- integration of migrants who forcibly or voluntarily returned to a third country, and to respond to emergency assistance needs of Member States under migratory pressure; expresses its disappointment at the fact that the AMIF budget does not include some financial reserves to finance the reformed Dublin legislation and the new Union Resettlement schemes in case of adoption during 2020; proposes to foresee an amount in the reserve for temporary arrangements for disembarkation in the Union and relocation of people rescued in the Mediterranean; requests, in order to free financial resources, that the EU Trust Fund for Africa and the Regional development protection programmes for North Africa that primarily support external policies of the Union are funded byduce the burden of the Member States of first entry; recalls that appropriate and coordinated actions need to be undertaken at the internal and the external levels, under Heading IVII of the Union budget (Global Europe) instead of by AMIF under Heading III (Security and Citizenship)Security and Citizenship) and Heading IV (Global Europe) respectively;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes the overall reduction of ISF commitment appropriations by 6,1% (- 32,6 million euros) compared to 2019; recalls the importance of financial support to strengthen police and judicial cooperation in criminal and terrorist matters, to harmonise border management and reinforce security checks, and to improve the detection and management of irregular immigration.
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes the overall increase of the funds available through the Justice Programme; regrets, however, the decrease in commitments for the component Facilitating and supporting judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters (-23,6 %); reiterates the importance of judicial cooperation, especially in criminal matters, for reaching the objectives of establishing a Security Union and stresses the need for adequate financing of this area;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses the importance of ensuring adequate funding, staffing and staff training for all JHA agencies, the importance of cooperation among them, the need for technological innovations and adaptation, with adequate financial and human resources for them to properly perform their vital role in reinforcing cooperation and coordination among the Member States;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 20 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increases of Commitment appropriations of JHA Agencies such as EASO (41,5 %), EBCG (34,6 %), CEPOL (14 %), EMCDDA (7,7 %), and FRA (5,4 %), Eurojust (5,2 %), and Europol (2,1 %) compared to the budget 2019;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 25 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the budget of the EBCG has increased by 34,8 % (+108 million euros) in 2020 which is by far the largest increase among all JHA agencies; recalls that the Court of Auditorin line with the strengthening of the EBCG mandate, scope of activities and human resources as identified as part of the discharge of the 2017 Budget that Member States overestimated the financial need of the EBCG in 2017; underlines that when the objective of providing the EBCG with more human resources (10.000 border guards by 2027), the number of migrants arriving irregularly over sea or land in the Union has substantially decreased compared to previous years; suggests that such boost in resources should also bcided by the Union legislator in 2016; notes that this budget increase is necessary to achieve the objective of providing the EBCG with more human resources (10.000 border guards by 2027); recalls that the objective of safer borders in the Union is essential to ensure the used for rescuing lives at sea; regrets the remarkable difference between the commitment appropriations assigned to EBCG (420 million euros) in 2020 and the amount accorded to EASO (133 million euros); suggests that the budget and staffing of EASO should be increased for a better performance of the duties entrusted to the Agencycurity of Union citizens and of third- countries nationals;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the budget of the EBCG has increased by 34,8 % (+108 million euros) in 2020 which is by far the largest increase among all JHA agencies; recalls that the Court of Auditors identified as part of the discharge of the 2017 Budget that Member States overestimated the financial need of the EBCG in 2017; underlines that when the objective of providing the EBCG with more human resources (10.000 border guards by 2027), the number of migrants arriving irregularly over sea or land in the Union has substantially decreased compared to previous yearsconsistent with the objective of providing the EBCG with more human resources (10.000 border guards by 2027); suggests that suchthis boost in resources should also be used for rescuing lives at sea; regrets the remarkablnotes the difference between the commitment appropriations assigned to EBCG (420 million euros) in 2020 and the amount accorded to EASO (133 million euros); suggests that the budget and staffing of EASO should be increased for a bettertter reflect the increased needs in order to ensure an optimal performance of the duties entrusted to the Agency;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the importance of maintaining a high level of involvement of the EU in the Eastern Neighbourhood, while taking into account the commitment of partner countries towards reforms; underlines that in the case of Moldova the EU should build on the political momentum and ensure a strong financial support in order for the necessary democratic, economic and social reforms to take place;
2062/01/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that the increase of the EASO budget (+39 million euros compared to 2019 in Commission's proposal) should be proportionally as important as the increase of the EBCG budget (+108 million euros compared to 2019 in Commission's proposal); stresses that an efficient, equal and humane treatment of asylum-seeker applications is a priority in the Union; suggests that the budget and staff of EASO are increased for a better performance of the duties entrusted to the Agency;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets thaIs concerned about the Commission did’s draft budget not following the budgetary request of Europol and proposeding to underfund the Agency by 30 million euros in 2020; notes that the decrease of the eu-LISA commitment appropriations by 18,7 % (- 55 million euros) correspo, which would lead to a decrease of 25% of the Agency staff in 2020 compared to 2019; notes that Europol’s support has been crucial in joint investigations across the Union and that, if adequately funded, the Agency could do more to handle criminal intelligence, to combat terrorism ands to the end of the development of the Entry Exit System; reiterates the need to ensure adequate financial support for JHA Agencies to deliver the tasks assigned to them in full transparency and to fight against cross-border serious crime in full compliance with fundamental rightsprevent, detect and help investigate child trafficking, child labour and sexual exploitation; also regrets that the Commission did not follow the budgetary request of Eurojust (funding gap of 3,7 million euros), noting that not just arrests, but also successful prosecutions in serious cross-border crime areas, including terrorism and migrant smuggling, are essential for the security of Union citizens; considers that cross-border police cooperation and judicial cooperation in the Union are two prerequisites for a Union of Security; notes that these funding gaps will lead to staff and operational budget decreases, which are not coherent with the strengthening of Agencies’ missions such as Europol and Eurojust; requests the Commission to re- evaluate the amount provided to these Agencies and to abandon any decrease in their staff;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that the Commission did not follow the budgetary request of Europol and proposed to underfund the Agency by 303,5 million euros in 2020; notes that the decrease of the eu-LISA commitment appropriations by 18,7 % (- 55 million euros) corresponds to the end of the development of the Entry Exit System; reiterates the need to ensure adequate financial support for JHA Agencies to deliver the tasks assignedis concerned that, coupled with the reduction envisaged by the Commission regarding Europol personnel, this would affect the ability of the Agency to deliver on its priorities, as set out in the Europol Strategy 2020+; points out that Europol would thus face short-term restrictions in the two them in full transparency and to fight against cross-border serious crime in full compliance with fundamental rightcore pillars of its strategy, operational support and technical innovation; calls for an appropriate level of human and financial resources;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the proposal from the Commission regarding the budget for eu- LISA, as well as the proposal concerning the allocation of additional staff, which is highly relevant taking in account all the new tasks assigned to the Agency and its operational needs; emphasises the importance of timely implementation of the Entry-Exit System, ETIAS and Interoperability Regulations and the role of eu-LISA for its achievement; notes that the decrease of the eu-LISA commitment appropriations by 18,7% (-55 million euros) in 2020, compared with previous year, corresponds to the planning for implementation of the Entry-Exit System; reiterates the need to ensure adequate financial support for JHA Agencies to deliver the tasks assigned to them in full transparency and to fight against cross- border serious crime in full compliance with fundamental rights;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 48 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes the increasing recruitment of “temporary agents” as compared to “contract agents” in the EU agencies; considers that the sensitivity of information accessible to the staff of Agencies in the JHA field requires a strict policy of confidentiality, in particular with regard to the staff recruitment and management.
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes that the decrease of the eu- LISA commitment appropriations by 18,7% (-55 million euros) corresponds to the end of the development of the Entry- Exit System;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Reiterates the need to ensure adequate financial support for JHA Agencies to deliver the tasks assigned to them in full transparency and to fight against cross-border serious crime in full compliance with fundamental rights;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to strengthen support for investigative journalism, including cross- border investigative journalism, and media freedom through dedicated funds as a measure contributing to revealing and combatting crime, as well as raising awareness among Union citizens;
2066/01/18
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) For efficiency reasons and in order to decrease costs, ETIAS should, as provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, re-use hardware and software components developed for the Entry/Exit System (‘EES’) for the development of the shared identity repository. This repository used for the storage of the identity alphanumeric data of both ETIAS applicants and third-country nationals registered in the EES, should be developed in a way enabling its extension to become the future Common Identity Repository. In the same spirit, the tool to be established to enable ETIAS to compare its data with the ones of every other system consulted through a single query should be developed in a way enabling its evolution to become the future European Search Portal.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) The European Search Portal (ESP), established by Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council will enable competent authorities to simultaneously query the underlying systems and the combined results will be displayed on a single screen.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The access rights and conditions under which the ETIAS Central Unit and ETIAS National Units may consult data stored in other EU information systems for the purposes of ETIAS should be safeguarded by clear and precise rules regarding the access by the ETIAS Central Unit and ETIAS National Units to the data stored in other EU information systems, the type of queries and categories of data, all of which should be limited to what is strictly necessary for the performance of their duties. In the same vein, the data stored in the ETIAS application file should only be visible to those Member States that are operating the underlying information systems in accordance with the modalities of their participation. As an example, the provisions of this Regulation relating to the Schengen Information System and the Visa Information System constitute provisions building upon all the provisions of the Schengen acquis, for which the Council Decisions35 on the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System and the Visa Information System are relevant. _________________ 35 Council Decision 2010/365/EU of 29 June 2010 on the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania ( OJ L 166, 1.7.2010, p. 17); Council Decision (EU) 2017/733 of 25 April 2017 on the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Croatia (OJ L 108, 26.4.2017, p. 31); Council Decision (EU) 2017/1908 of 12 October 2017 on the putting into effect of certain provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Visa Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (OJ L 269, 19.10.2017, p. 39–43); Council Decision (EU) 2018/934 of 25 June 2018 on the putting into effect of the remaining provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (OJ L 165, 2.7.2018, p. 37).
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) According to Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the European agency for the operational management of large-scale information systems in the area of freedom, security and justice ('eu- LISA'), established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , should be responsible for the design and technical development phase of the ETIAS Information System. _________________ 36Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 99).
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2019/0002(COD)

(4 a) The ETIAS Central Unit shall provide periodical reports to the Commission and eu-Lisa concerning false hits generated during the automated processing referred to in Article 20 (2). The ETIAS Central Unit shall seek the cooperation and information from ETIAS National Units in this regard.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 11– paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
[Interoperability shall rely on the European Search Portal (‘ESP’), established by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (interoperability). During a transitional period, before the ESP is available, the automated processing shall rely on a tool developed by eu-LISA for the purpose of this paragraph. This tool shall be used as the basis for the development and implementation of the ESP, in accordance with Article 52 of that Regulation]9/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council (interoperability).
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 11 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Where hits are identified, the tool referred to in Article 11,ESP shall makprovide temporarily availablend read-only access to the results in the application file to the ETIAS Central Unit, until the end of the manual process pursuant to Article 22(2) and Article 23(2). Where the data made available correspond to those of the applicant or where doubts remain, the unique ID code of the data having triggered a hit shall be kept in the application file.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 11 – paragraph 9
9. A hit shall be triggered where all or some of the data from the ETIAS application file used for the query correspond fully or partially to the data present in a record, alert or file of the other EU information systems consulted. The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, define partial correspondence, including a degree of probability to limit the number of false hits and to limit the number of ETIAS queries to what is necessary..
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 11 – paragraph 10
10. For the purpose of paragraph 1, the Commission, shall, by means of an implementing delegated act, define the technical modalities for the implementation of Article 24(6)(c)(ii) and Article 54(1)(b) related to data retention while fully respecting the principle of data minimisation and the relevant retention periods.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/ 1240
Article 11 – paragraph 11
For the purpose of Article 25(2), Article 28(8) and Article 29(9) when registering the data related to hits into the ETIAS application file, the origin of the data shall be indicated. This shall include the type of the alert, except for alerts referred to in Article 23(1), the source of the data (which other EU information systems or Europol data), the unique identification number used in the source of the data having triggered the hit and the Member State that entered or supplied the data having triggered the hit and, where available, the date and time when the data was entered in the other EU information systems or Europol data. When a hit leads to a negative decision, and without prejudice to any limitations existing in the EU information system that has triggered the hit, the applicant shall be informed of the system which generated the hit for the purposes of ensuring the applicant's right to an effective remedy.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 88 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 12 – paragraph 2 (new)
2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, a cooperation agreement is to be agreed upon between the European Union and INTERPOL. This cooperation agreement shall provide for the modalities for the exchange of information and safeguards for the protection of personal data. and subject to Article 218 TFEU;
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 95 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Where the comparison referred to in paragraph 1 reports one or several hits, the ETIAS Central System shall send an automated notification to the ETIAS Central Unit. When notified, the ETIAS Central Unit shall have temporary access to the application file and any linked application files, in order to verify whether the applicant’s personal data correspond to the personal data contained in the alert having triggered that hit and if a correspondence is confirmed, the ETIAS Central System shall send an automated notification to the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that entered the alert. The SIRENE Bureau concerned shall further verify whether the applicant’s personal data correspond to the personal data contained in the alert having triggered the hit and take any appropriate follow-up action.;
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 10
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 25a – paragraph 2
2. The ETIAS National Units shall also have access to the national criminal records registers in order to obtain the information on third country national and stateless persons convicted for a terrorist offence or any other serious criminal offences as specified in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2018/ 1240 for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 11 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240
Article 38, paragraph 2, point (c) (new)
(11 a) in Article 38(2), point (c) is replaced by the following: (c) a statement of the grounds for refusal of the travel authorisation indicating the applicable grounds from those listed in Article 37(1) and (2), including information on which information system has generated a hit that led to refusal of the application, enabling the applicant to lodge an appeal. This shall be without prejudice to any limitations in the exercise of the right to information as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 and Regulation (EU) 2019/816;
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 115 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 18b – paragraph 1
1. From the start of operations of ETIAS, as provided for in Article 88(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ‘CS-VIS’ shall be connected to the tool referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240ESP to enable the automated processing referred to in that Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/ 1240.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 18b – paragraph 2
2. The automated processing referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 shall enable the verifications provided for in Article 20 of that Regulation and the subsequent verifications of Articles 22 and 26 of that Regulation. For the purpose of proceeding to the verifications point (i) of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central System shall use the tool referred to in Article 11 of that RegulationESP to compare the data in ETIAS with the data in the VIS, in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation, using the correspondences listed in the table in annex II.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 117 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 18c – paragraph 1
1. The ETIAS Central Unit, established within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall have, for the purpose of performing its tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the right to access and search relevant data in VIS in a read-only format and in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 120 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 18d – paragraph 2
2. The ETIAS National Units, designated pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall have temporary access to and may consult VIS, in a read- only format, for the purpose of examining applications for travel authorisation pursuant to Article 8(2) of that Regulation. The ETIAS National Units may consult the data referred to in Articles 9 to 14 of this Regulation.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 25a – paragraph 1
1. The ETIAS Central Unit, established within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall have, for the purpose of performing its tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the right to access and search data in the EES in a read-only format and in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #

2019/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/1861
Article 36a – paragraph 1
1. The ETIAS Central Unit, established within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall have, for the purpose of performing its tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the right to access and search relevant data entered in SIS. The provisions in a read- only format. The provisions of points (4) to (8) of Article 36(4)-(8) apply to this access and search.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) For efficiency reasons and in order to decrease costs, ETIAS should, as provided for in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, re-use hardware and software components developed for the Entry/Exit System (‘EES’) for the development of the shared identity repository. This repository used for the storage of the identity alphanumeric data of both ETIAS applicants and third-country nationals registered in the EES, should be developed in a way enabling its extension to become the future Common Identity Repository. In the same spirit, the tool to be established to enable ETIAS to compare its data with the ones of every other system consulted through a single query should be developed in a way enabling its evolution to become the future European Search Portal.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) The European Search Portal (ESP), established by Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council will enable competent authorities to simultaneously query the underlying systems and the combined results will be displayed on a single screen.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) According to Article 73 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the European agency for the operational management of large-scale information systems in the area of freedom, security and justice ('eu- LISA'), established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 , should be responsible for the design and technical development phase of the ETIAS Information System. _________________ 30Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 99).
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/1862
Article 50b – paragraph 1
1. From the start of operations of ETIAS, as provided for in Article 88(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the Central System of SIS shall be connected to the tool referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240ESP to enable the automated processing referred to in that Article.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/1862
Article 50b – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of verifications referred to in Article 20(2)(a), (d) and (m)(i) and Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central System shall use the tool referred to in Article 11 of that RegulationESP to compare the data referred to in Article 11(5) Regulation 2018/1240 to data in SIS, in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 1 – point d
the conditions under which data included in the ECRIS-TCN system may be used forby the purpose of border managementETIAS Central Unit for identifying an application that might be security risk to the Schengen area, for the purpose of ETIAS, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council*.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Regulation applies to the processing of identity information of third country nationals who have been subject to convictions in the Member States for the purpose of identifying the Member State(s) where such convictions were handed down, as well as for the purposes of border management [and contributing to facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons] that pose a security risk.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) where applicable, a flag indicating that the person concerned has been convicted for a terrorist offence or any other serious criminal offence, as s specified in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 punishable under national law with a detention sentence of at least three years and in those cases the code of the convicting Member State(s).;
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. In the event of a hit, the Central System [or the CIR] shall automatically provide the competent authority with information on the Member State(s) holding criminal record information on the third country national, along with the associated reference number(s) referred to in Article 5(1) and any corresponding identity information. Such identity information shall only be used for the purpose of verification of the identity of the third country national concerned. The result of a search in the Central System may only be used for the purpose of making a request according to Article 6 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, a request referred to in Article 16(4) of this Regulation, or for the purposes of border management [ and facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in the ECRIS-TCN system].;
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 80 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 7a – paragraph 1
1. The ETIAS Central Unit, established within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall have, for the purpose of performing its tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the right to access and search ECRIS-TCN data in the [CIR]. However, it shall only have access to data records to which a flag has been added in accordance with Article 5(1)(c) of this Regulation. It shall not have access to data records of dual nationals.
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 88 #

2019/0001(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) 2019/816
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The data included in the Central System [and the CIR] shall only be processed for the purpose of the identification of the Member State(s) holding the criminal records information of third country nationals, as well as for the purposes of border management [ as well as for facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in the ECRIS-TCN system] for the purposes of ETIAS.;
2020/10/02
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) To ensure clearer and more effective rules for granting a period for voluntary departure and detaining a third- country national, determining whether there is or there is not a risk of absconding should be based on Union-wide objective criteria. Moreover this Directive should set out specific criteria which establish a ground for a rebuttable presumption that a risk of absconding existsa closed, harmonized and exhaustive list of proven, Union-wide objective criteria defined by law.
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) In order to promote voluntary return, Member States should have operational programmes providing for enhanced return assistance and counselling, which mayshould include support for reintegration in third countries of return tailored to the individual circumstances and prospects of the returnee, with particular attention for unaccompanied minors, taking into account the common standards on Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programmes developed by the Commission in cooperation with Member States and endorsed by the Council.
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 285 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) Without prejudice to the possibility for Member States not to apply this Directive with regard to the cases referred to in Article 2(2)(a), when a border procedure is applied in accordance with Regulation (EU) …/… [Asylum Procedure Regulation], a specific border procedure should follow for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals whose application for international protection under that asylum border procedure has been rejected in order to ensure direct complementarity between the asylum and return border procedures and prevent gaps between the procedures. In such cases, it is necessary to establish specific rules that ensure the coherence and synergy between the two procedures and preserve the integrity and effectiveness of the whole process.deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 290 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) To ensure effective return in the context of the border procedure, a period for voluntary departure should not be granted. However, a period for voluntary departure should be granted to third- country nationals who hold a valid travel document and cooperate with the competent authorities of the Member States at all stages of the return procedures. In such cases, to prevent absconding, third-country nationals should hand over the travel document to the competent authority until their departure.deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 296 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) For a rapid treatment of the case, a maximum time limit is to be granted to appeal against a return decision following a decision rejecting an application for international protection adopted under the border procedure and which became final.deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #

2018/0329(COD)

(35) An appeal against a return decision taken in the context of the border procedure should have an automatic suspensive effect in cases where there is a risk of breach of the principle of non- refoulement, there has been a significant change in the situation of the third- country national concerned since the adoption under the asylum border procedure of the decision rejecting his or her application for international protection, or if no judicial remedy was effectively exercised against the decision rejecting his or her application for international protection adopted under the asylum border procedure.deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
(36) It is necessary and proportionate to ensure that a third country national who was already detained during the examination of his or her application for international protection as part of the asylum border procedure may be kept in detention in order to prepare the return and/or carry out the removal process, once his or her application has been rejected. To avoid that a third country national is automatically released from detention and allowed entry into the territory of the Member State despite having been denied a right to stay, a limited period of time is needed in order to try to enforce the return decision issued at the border. The third-country national concerned may be detained in the context of the border procedure for a maximum period of four months and as long as removal arrangements are in progress and executed with due diligence. That period of detention should be without prejudice to other periods of detention established by this Directive. Where it has not been possible to enforce return by the end of the former period, further detention of the third-country national may be ordered under another provision of this Directive and for the duration provided for therein.deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 393 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The objective criteria referred to in point 7 of Article 3 shall include at leastmay only include the following criteria:
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 446 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall impose on third-country nationals the obligation to cooperate withtake measures that facilitate that the competent authorities ofand the Member States at all stages of the return procedures. That obligation shall include the following in particular:third country national to mutually cooperate and provide information.
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 447 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the duty to provide all the elements that are necessary for establishing or verifying identity;deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 454 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the duty to provide information on the third countries transideleted;
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 457 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the duty to remain present and available throughout the procedures;deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 463 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the duty to lodge to the competent authorities of third countries a request for obtaining a valid travel document.deleted
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 474 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The elements referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 shall include the third- country nationals’ statements and documentation in their possession regarding the identity, nationality or nationalities, age, country or countries and place or places of previous residence, travel routes and travel documentation. (1) The third country national shall, to the best of his/her knowledge and capabilities, inform the competent authorities on the elements necessary to establish or verify his/her identity, including, where available, documentation regarding nationality or nationalities, age, country or countries and place or places of previous residence, travel routes and travel documentation. The third country national shall also remain present and available throughout the procedure and shall, to the extent possible and where not jeopardising his or her rights or safety, cooperate with lodging a request for obtaining a valid travel document with the competent authorities of third countries.
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 478 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall inform the third-country nationals aboutin writing in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language on the basis of a standard template which shall be developed by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and in a language that the applicant understands. Where necessary, this information shall, in addition, be supplied orally and in a visual form through videos or pictograms, and shall take into account the individual circumstances, especially for vulnerable persons. This information shall include, at least, a clear overview of the return procedure, the rights and obligations during the procedure, the consequences of not complying with thean obligation referred to in paragraph 1. to return following a return decision, and the contacts of non-governmental and international organisations that can provide advice, and the options for sustainable returns, such as support and reintegration measures.
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 573 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Before deciding to issue a return decision in respect of an unaccompanied minor, assistance by appropriate bodies other than the authorities enforcing return shall be granted with due consideration being given to the best interests of the chiland the best interests of the child shall be the primary consideration and the guardian or legal representative who is appointed to assist the unaccompanied minor shall be consulted.
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 603 #

2018/0329(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up, operate, maintain and further develop a national return management system, which shall process all the necessary information for implementing this Directive, in particular as regards the management of individual cases as well as of any return- related procedure, including post-return monitoring and support to ensure sustainable returns.
2020/09/28
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 242 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to refrain from narrowly interpreting the rule of law principle, and to use the Article 7(1) TEU procedure to its full potential by addressing the implications of the Polish government’s action for all the principles enshrined in Article 2 TEU, including democracy and fundamental rights, such as freedom of association, women’s rights, media freedom and the right to free and fair elections;
2020/05/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 246 #

2017/0360R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
49. Calls upon the Council to resume the formal hearings - the last one of which was held as long ago as December 2018 - as soon as possible and to include in those hearings all the latest and major negative developments in the areas of rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights; urges the Council to finally act under the Article 7(1) TEU procedure by finding that there is a clear risk of a serious breach by the Republic of Poland of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU, in the light of overwhelming evidence thereof as displayed in this resolution and in so many reports of international and European organisations, the case-law of the CJEU and the European Court of Human Rights and reports by civil society organisations; strongly recommends that the Council address concrete recommendations to Poland, as provided for in Article 7(1) TEU, as a follow-up to the hearings, and that it indicate deadlines for the implementation of those recommendations; calls on the Council to keep Parliament regularly informed and closely involved; furthermore on the Council to commit to assessing the implementation of these recommendations in a timely manner and, should conditions warrant it, move forward under Article 7(2) TEU; calls on the Council to keep Parliament regularly informed and closely involved; points out the need for informing, in a transparent manner, about the proceedings in the Council in order to allow for meaningful participation and oversight by all European institutions and civil society;
2020/05/29
Committee: LIBE