2023/2078(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the SRB’s approaches to deepening resolution assessments by developing quality control measures for resolution plans and assessing whether these plans can be implemented at short notice; welcomes that overall banks under the SRB’s remit have delivered good progress towards resolvability and in building up loss-absorbing capacity;

2023/10/27
Committee: ECON

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the market investigation into Apple’s iMessage in order to assess its role as a gateway; highlights the inclusion by default of iMessage on all iOS devices for more than 144 million users; sStresses the importance of smartphones as an essential personal and professional tool; highlights that today’s market is dominated by two operating systems, with their own non-interoperable messaging services, which limits the possibility for users and businesses to freely move from one ecosystem to the other;

2023/11/07
Committee: ECON

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)

— having regard to the Council conclusions of 21 June 2022 on The transformative role of education for sustainable development and global citizenship as an instrumental tool for the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs),

2023/03/31
Committee: DEVE ENVI

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

Directive (EU) 2016/97
Article 3 – paragraph 7 a (new)

(ca) (ca) the following paragraph is added: Member States shall ensure that competent authorities uphold the integrity of the EU internal market when making their decision to grant or refuse registration to an insurance, reinsurance or ancillary insurance intermediary, which is a legal person.

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21

Directive (EU) 2016/97
Article 29 b – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) to recommend, among the range of insurance-based investment products identified as suitable for the customer pursuant to Article 30(1), one or several insurance-based investment products and, where applicable, underlying investment assets, a product or products, without additional features that are not necessary to the achievement of the customer’s objectives and that give rise to extra costs;deleted

2023/11/09
Committee: ECON

2023/0166(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) In the case PRIIPs offer the retail investor a range of options for investments, the information on those various options ~~may be~~is contained in different documents. That makes it difficult for retail investors interested in purchasing such PRIIPs to identify the total costs of the PRIIPs. It is therefore necessary to provide retail investors with tools, including simulation tools, to access and compare the total costs of such PRIIPs beforere should be an option that prescribed growth rates or charges may be used where they or a suitable benchmark are not available, with a warning at the top that it is using prescribed numbers. This will at least allow some comparability between products as all carriers will use they s~~elect one particular investment option~~ame investment returns and charges. More detailed rules to use of these tools should ensure better visibility of the ~~tot~~annual cost~~s of these products while allowing a certain degree of flexibility when using simulation tools~~ impact at the recommended holding period. This would be a valuable measure to capture in any dashboard.

2023/11/07
Committee: ECON

2023/0166(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Increased digitalisation provides opportunities to present key features of PRIIPs in a more attractive way. Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 does not, however, provide sufficient flexibility for the use of digital means for displaying key information to investors such as presenting information from PRIIPs key information documents in a layered way ~~and in a personalised manner~~ that would reduce the visual overload of retail investors and facilitate their understanding of the PRIIP concerned. It is therefore necessary to introduce more flexibility in the use of the electronic format so that investors can fully benefit from the potential offered by the provision of a key information document in an electronic format, including by customising the amount they wish to invest or the holding period, according to their preferences. That personalisation does not imply an assessment by the PRIIPs provider of the individual characteristics of the potential retail investor. The three-page key information document should always be drawn up in accordance with Article 8 and available on the manufacturer's website. However, the key information it contains could be provided to retail investors in a flexible ~~and personalised~~ way, as long as retail investors are informed that they can download the complete key information document.

2023/11/07
Committee: ECON

Jessica POLFJÄRD, Markus FERBER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Stefan BERGER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)

(f a) the public debt ratio is reduced by at least 1.5% of GDP per year on average over the adjustment period;

2023/10/26
Committee: ECON

Esther DE LANGE, Markus FERBER, Frances FITZGERALD, Jessica POLFJÄRD

Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Notes that women make up 43% of the global agricultural labour force, and yet face significant discrimination when it comes to land and livestock ownership, equal pay, participation in decision- making entities and access to credit and financial services1a; Stresses that the gender gap in food insecurity globally has widened in recent years - in 2021 the gap reached 4.3%, with 31.9% of women in the world being moderately or severely food insecure compared to 27.6% of men1b; Recognises the potential critical role played by small and medium scale farmers, particularly women farmers, in ensuring food security as population growth accelerates; Calls on the European Commission to work with the European External Action Service to support the advancement of women farmers, to increase food security globally by: -Promoting access to legal status including through birth registration, inheritance rights for women and girls for property and access to land; -Supporting women's organisations and networks within developing countries; _________________ 1a Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, https://www.fao.org/reduce-rural- poverty/our-work/women-in- agriculture/en/#:~:text=Women%20make %20up%2043%20percent,to%20credit%2 0and%20financial%20services. 1b Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, 'The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022', https://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/202 2/en/

2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas poorly-designed transport policies can exacerbate existing poverty and social exclusion; whereas there continues to be a lack of sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis on transport, hindering the application of well-targeted transport policies for individuals and families in all their diversity; whereas, at present the data available is not always comparable, standardised and cannot be efficiently used;

2023/03/29
Committee: FEMM

Frances FITZGERALD, Christine SCHNEIDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Underlines that the greater the asymmetry between national prostitution legislation within the EU, the more victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation there are; notes that some countries of the Union may attract more trafficking flows for the purposes of sexual exploitation;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

Christine SCHNEIDER, Lena DÜPONT, Pernille WEISS, Arba KOKALARI, Isabella ADINOLFI, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Eleni STAVROU, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure adequate provision of contraception as a means of preventing sexually transmitted infections as well as unwanted pregnancies for prostitutes; calls particularly on the government of Poland to ease the restrictions of contraception, especially emergency contraception;

2023/02/10
Committee: FEMM

Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Denounces the existence of ~~a shadowy~~ offshore financial s~~ystem with offices all over the world, which is allowing enrichment at the public’s expense;~~ tructures in numerous jurisdictions around the world, which have the purpose of facilitating tax avoidance and which could be used for illegal practices such as tax evasion and money laundering;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the banking sector has been resilient to the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic with the help of extraordinary public policy relief measures and a resilient EU regulatory framework, and without having endured a corresponding financial crisis; whereas, as the EU banking sector continues to emerge from the pandemic, the Union must continue to uphold high standards, particularly when it comes to capital requirements and risk management practices, to ensure the resilience of the sector into the future;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

Frances FITZGERALD

11. ~~Notes that banks’ exposures to domestic sovereign debt remain high~~Is greatly concerned about the significant level of sovereign debt on the balance sheets of banks in the Banking Union; strongly emphasises that the issue of regulatory treatment of sovereign exposures (RTSE) requires the urgent introduction of capital requirements on sovereign debt, in line with international standards, and an in-depth examination within international fora; recalls that one of the main objectives of the BU is to break the link between bank and sovereign risks;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights that banks have a crucial role to play in enabling the transition towards a sustainable economy~~; calls for environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to be included in the prudential framework~~ and ensuring that the EU is able to fulfil its environmental commitments; notes that such a transition requires significant investment; calls for environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to be taken into account by financial institutions in their risk management functions;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the link between AML and prudential risks; urges prudential supervisors to fully take into account AML risks in their supervisory activities and to coordinate with AML authorities and authorities countering the financing of terrorism; calls for the co-legislators to swiftly agree on the AML package, including the creation of a new AML authority, which must be resourced properly; stresses that banks act as gatekeepers in the fight against money laundering and therefore must have in place robust risk management frameworks and be supervised effectively;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls for the full ratification of the Amending Agreement to the ESM Treaty by all Member States including the establishment of a common backstop to the Single Resolution Fund;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Highlights the need for continued supervisory convergence between national competent authorities in order to ensure a level playing field between EU jurisdictions and within the internal market, which will ultimately help support financial stability at a European and national level;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Reemphasises that measures improving risk reduction are required for a more secure, robust, and economically viable Banking Union; highlights the need to complete the package of measures to address the risks related to non- performing loans, which the Commission launched in 2018, and in particular the out-of-court enforcement proposal, involving accelerated extrajudicial collateral enforcement strictly limited to loans granted to corporates and only applying if prior agreement between the secured creditor and business borrower is achieved when concluding the loan contract, with consumer loans excluded;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Welcomes the activities of the SRB in 2022, including its management of the Sberbank collapse in the aftermath of the Russian war in Ukraine; welcomes that overall banks under the SRB’s remit have delivered good progress towards resolvability and in building up loss- absorbing capacity;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Points out the need to address the loopholes identified in the resolution framework; asks that the public interest assessment be further specified and harmonised; calls for options to be considered for greater harmonisation of the treatment of small and medium-size banks; stresses that the resolution framework and State aid rules should be consistent; notes also the importance of maintaining and ensuring a consistent and effective resolution framework for banks, calls for, in particular, a level playing field between different banking group structures and their preferred resolution strategy, which ensures that the level and amount of loss absorbing capacity is equal;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Regrets that the BU is still incomplete owing to the absence of an EDIS; recognises that the EDIS would improve protection for depositors in the EU; recalls that the EDIS ~~is the most~~would be a tangible element of the BUanking Union for EU citizens, along with increased competition and consumer choice; considers that the EDIS would provide an additional safeguard to host Member States and could therefore contribute to addressing home/host issues;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD, Esther DE LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Notes the Eurogroup statement on the future of the Banking Union of 16 June 2022 and supports calls by MEPs negotiating the EDIS proposal in the statement on 8 December 2022 for an ambitious review of the Crisis Management and Deposit Insurance (CMDI) framework which may help to overcome hurdles to the establishment of EDIS while recognising that this framework should not be considered as a replacement for an EDIS and that the 2015 EDIS proposal should not be withdrawn; reiterates Parliament's commitment to working towards an agreement on an EDIS, which should be combined with appropriate risk reduction measures;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Esther DE LANGE, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Acknowledges the progress made regarding the reduction of risks in the banking sector; ~~calls for a risk sharing mechanism, while continuing th~~regrets that the regulatory treatment of sovereign exposures, however, has not been appropriately addressed to date; calls for work towards further risk-sharing combined with appropriate risk -reduction ~~trend~~;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Acknowledges the progress made regarding the reduction of risks in the banking sector; emphasises the importance of continued risk reduction measures for the success of the Banking Union; calls for a risk sharing mechanism, while continuing the risk reduction trend;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Stresses the importance of the risk proportionality of contributions to DGSs; warns that the absence of a risk-based approach may create risks of moral hazard and free-riding, leading to the subsidisation of speculative business models by conservative ones; emphasises that contributions to a future EDIS must also be proportional to risk;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Esther DE LANGE, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the statement by the negotiation team announcing the reopening of discussions on the EDIS at Parliament; calls for the co-legislators to ~~reach an agreement on the file before the end of the legislative perio~~kick-start the process working towards the establishment of an EDIS that is realistic, credible and solid;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2061(INI)

Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the statement by the negotiation team announcing the reopening of discussions on the EDIS at Parliament; calls for the co-legislators to ~~reach an agreement on the file before the~~ work towards the establishmendt of ~~the legislative perio~~an EDIS that is realistic, credible and solid;

2023/02/20
Committee: ECON

2022/2051(INL)

Ewa KOPACZ, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Recital I (new)

I. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe confirmed citizens’ interest and support towards gender equality through the promotion of women entrepreneurship and business environment as well as women in STEM;

2022/10/13
Committee: FEMM AFCO

2022/2051(INL)

Ewa KOPACZ, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Recital J (new)

J. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe confirmed citizens’ valuing the presence and contribution of women in power positions, and in any kind of profession, in order to have a diverse and fulfilling Union;

2022/10/13
Committee: FEMM AFCO

2022/2051(INL)

Ewa KOPACZ, Frances FITZGERALD

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

(1) The TEU shall be amended as follows: (e) in Article 21, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “1. The Union's action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation, development and enlargement, and which it seeks to advance in the wider world: democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality including gender equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law. The Union shall seek to develop relations and build partnerships with third countries, and international, regional or global organisations which share the principles referred to in the first subparagraph. It shall promote multilateral solutions to common problems, in particular in the framework of the United Nations.”;

2022/10/13
Committee: FEMM AFCO

2022/2051(INL)

Ewa KOPACZ, Frances FITZGERALD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point g (new)

(2) The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shall be amended as follows: (g) in Article 83(1), the second subparagraph shall be replaced as follows: “These areas of crime are the following: terrorism, trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of women and children, gender based violence, illicit drug trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, corruption, counterfeiting of means of payment, computer crime, cyber violence and organised crime.”.

2022/10/13
Committee: FEMM AFCO

2022/2051(INL)

Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Underlines the numerous impediments to essential EU tax initiatives over the past decades; calls for gradual change that would allow QMV in certain tax question~~Recognises that taxation is primarily a Member State competence and subject to unanimity; calls for Member States to continue to cooperate on this basis;

2022/11/11
Committee: ECON

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas focus should be directed towards the situation of women and girls in conflict-affected areas, and most particularly the consequences of the use of rape as a weapon of war or other forms of violence against women that are among the gravest effects on women in conflict- affected areas;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas women face multiple difficulties in conflict-affected areas, such as negative effects on their livelihood, lack of infrastructure and difficult circumstances to care for their home, children and other family members in situations where the care responsibility still often falls on women;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the participation of women in peacekeeping and military operations improves outcomes2 and needs to be substantially encouraged and strengthened; _________________ 2 https://giwps.georgetown.edu/wp- content/uploads/2021/05/Gendered- Impacts-on-Operational-Effectiveness-of- UN-Peace-Operations.pdf

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the Gender Action Plan III plans, within its implementation plan, an enhanced participation of women in CSDP missions and operations;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine underlines amongst others the unequivocal need for security and defence measures to be gender-responsive;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Welcomes the EEAS working document ‘Strategy andAction Plan to Enhance Women’s Participation in Civilian CSDP Missions2021-2024’3a and the vision expressed within; _________________ 3a https://www.eeas.europa.eu/sites/default/fi les/documents/Strategy%20and%20Action %20Plan%20to%20Enhance%20Women %20Participation%20in%20Civ- CSDP%20missions.pdf

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Underlines the need to end the victimisation of women in conflicts, and instead put them at the core and ensure their participation in peacekeeping, prevention of conflicts, military operations, peace negotiations and rebuilding of societies after conflicts;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to ensure effective gender mainstreaming across all Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions; calls specifically for the next CSDP Compact to set targets for gender balance in the personnel, with tools in view of increasing the participation and representation of women at all levels, especially in leadership positions as there are only three female heads of civilian missions and no female commanders of military missions;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls the importance of the Civilian CSDP missions and their added value founded on the expertise in different specialised sectors;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for ring-fencing of funding for adequate gender-related actions within the CSDP.

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2050(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls for further support of security and defence policy research and analysis conducted by female scholars and researchers;

2022/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Recital M (new)

M. whereas the lack of women involved in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) represents an untapped catalyst for technological advancement; whereas scientific education such as STEM subjects is important for obtaining skills, decent work and the jobs of the future, as well as for breaking down gender stereotypes and biases that unjustly regard these as typically masculine fields;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Recital P (new)

P. whereas there has been a regrettable backsliding for women’s access to safe and legal abortions in some Member States; whereas access to SRHR, including safe and legal abortion, is a human right;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Recital S (new)

S. whereas 1 in 3 women have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Recital T (new)

T. whereas women’s and girls’ rights are still not adequately safeguarded in many parts of the world and the role for civil society, in particular women’s rights organisations, is becoming increasingly under threat in many countries;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Samira RAFAELA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the importance of advancing women’s rights and equality of opportunity between men and women worldwide, which are crucial to the realisation of human rights; emphasises that, in spite of progress, women and girls continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, and that such societies fail to provide them with equal rights under the law and equal access to education, healthcare, decent work and political and economic representation;deleted

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children;deleted

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on global actors to take all necessary legislative and administrative steps and measures to promote a culture of acceptance, mutual respect and human dignity for men and women at all stages of development and aging;deleted

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on global actors and the Member States to forcefully tackle the plight of women and girls throughout the world who are subjected to human trafficking and sexual exploitation; supports efforts to rescue and rehabilitate victims and to rigorously prosecute and reform male and female offenders, including by dismantling criminal gangs who prey on those duped into taking deadly journeys to enter the EU illegally;deleted

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

~~5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging;~~deleted

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in its new EU action plan on human rights and democracy 2020-2024 to protect and empower women and girls by going beyond stereotypes; stresses that these efforts must, to the extent possible, be made while fully respecting the right of peoples to self- determination, as enshrined in Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.deleted

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Council and the Commission to ensure the full integration of the convention into the future EU directive on combatting gender-based violence;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Condemns all forms of female genital mutilation, forced and underage marriage, trafficking, “honour” violence and “honour” killings; calls for the EU and global actors to specifically target these issues;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Condemns all kinds of targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; reiterates UN Security Council Resolution 1820 (2008) stating that rape and other forms of sexual violence constitute crimes against humanity or war crimes;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Calls on Member States and the European Commission to facilitate better cross-border communication and training to ensure a more efficient targeting of human traffickers who use borders as loopholes to further exploit their victims, the overwhelming majority of whom are women; notes that this has become even more relevant in the aftermath of Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Calls on the EU to ensure the integration of a gender perspective in Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, increasing the role of women in humanitarian aid and post-conflict reconstruction operations, transitional justice and the promotion of human rights; also calls for the EU to address trafficking and sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure sustained access to essential and life- saving health services in Ukraine;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6 g. Calls for Russia to be held accountable for all breaches of human rights against women and girls, including but not limited to, all accounts of sexual violence and rape; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of war, to protect and help victims and increase their access to justice;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6 h. Calls on all remaining Member States to fully ratify the Istanbul convention which represents a key means of forging a Europe which confronts and tackles all forms of gender-based violence and offers prevention mechanisms to reduce the number of future victims; calls on the Council to conclude the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention without delay;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)

6 i. Encourages non-EU states to ratify the Istanbul Convention, improve women’s rights and strongly fight against all forms of gender-based violence;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)

6 k. Stresses that gender equality is a core value of the EU and one of its common and fundamental principles;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)

6 l. Calls on Member States to encourage greater participation of women in their respective democratic systems to tackle the discrepancy in the representation of women in democratic decision-making, with Sweden performing the best with over 46% elected women and Hungary the worst with just 14%; regrets in particular the lack of gender equality at a leadership level; therefore calls on the EU and other countries to strengthen its commitment to facilitate better participation of women in decision making in politics, business and civil society;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)

6 m. Regrets the backsliding in the rights for LGBTI women in some Member States, such as Poland, who face increasing barriers and hostility to living a life free from discrimination; Recall’s Ursula Von Der Leyen’s 2020 State of the Union speech where she declares that "LGBTI-free zones are humanity free zones. And they have no place in our Union.";

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)

6 n. Condemns all forms of violence against LGBTI+ people across the EU and wider world; Calls on the EU and the Member States to up its efforts to combat violence, discrimination and stigmatisation against LGBTI+ citizens;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 p (new)

6 p. Calls for the EU and the Member States to promote gender equality and SRHR in all their external actions, including in multilateral and bilateral forums;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/2049(INI)

Arba KOKALARI, Frances FITZGERALD, Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 r (new)

6 r. Calls on the EU to promote equal opportunities to access education around the world; Strongly urges the EU, including European External Action Service (EEAS), to counteract the appalling denial of girls’ education which represents a contravening of children’s human rights; recalls the particular significance of girls’ education in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan;

2022/10/05
Committee: FEMM

2022/0404(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Lídia PEREIRA, José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Frances FITZGERALD, Christophe HANSEN

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2013/36/EU
Article 104 – paragraph 1

(5) Article 104, (1) is amended as follows: (a) the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘For the purposes of Article 97, Article 98(1), point (b), Article 98(4), (5) and (9), Article 101(4) and Article 102 of this Directive and of the application of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, competent authorities shall have at least the power to:;’ ‘[(n)] require institutions to reduce exposures towards a central counterparty or to realign exposures across their clearing accounts in accordance with Article 7a of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, where the competent authority considers there is excessive concentration risk towards that central counterparty.;’deleted

2023/07/05
Committee: ECON

2022/0403(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Lídia PEREIRA, José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Frances FITZGERALD, Christophe HANSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) It is necessary to ensure that the calibration of the level of the clearing activity to be maintained in accounts at Union CCPs can be adapted to changing circumstances. ESMA has an important role in the assessment of the substantial systemic importance of third-country CCPs and their clearing services. ESMA, in cooperation with the European Banking Authority (EBA), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the ESRB, and after having consulted the European System of Central Banks (ESCB), should therefore develop draft regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the level of substantially systemic clearing services to be maintained in the active accounts in Union CCPs by financial and non-financial counterparties subject to the clearing obligation. Such calibration should not go beyond what is necessary and proportionate to reduce clearing in the identified clearing services at Tier 2 CCPs concerned. In that regard, ESMA should consider the costs, risks and the burden such calibration entails for financial and non-financial counterparties, the impact on their competitiveness, and the risk that those costs are passed on to non-financial firms. Furthermore, ESMA should also ensure that the envisaged reduction in clearing in those instruments, identified as of substantial systemic importance, results in them no longer being considered of substantial systemic importance when ESMA reviews the recognition of the relevant CCPs which according to Article 25(5) of that Regulation and where such a review should be done at least every five years. In addition, suitable phase-in periods for the progressive implementation of the requirement to hold a certain level of the clearing activity in the accounts at Union CCPs should be foreseen.deleted

2023/07/07
Committee: ECON

2022/0403(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Lídia PEREIRA, José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Frances FITZGERALD, Christophe HANSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) It is necessary to explore additional means of enhancing the attractiveness of EU CCPs. This objective must be pursued while safeguarding the competitiveness of EU firms and upholding the freedom of choice for clearing market participants. To achieve a proportionate approach that bolsters EU capital markets, maintains financial stability, and strengthens the competitiveness of the Union's clearing system on a global scale, the implementation of an incentives regime is necessary to encourage businesses to move to EU CCPs.

2023/07/07
Committee: ECON

2022/0403(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Lídia PEREIRA, José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Frances FITZGERALD, Christophe HANSEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47

(47) To ensure consistent harmonisation of rules and supervisory practice on applications for authorisation, extension of authorisation and model validations ~~the active account requirement~~ and the CCP participation requirements, the Commission should be empowered to adopt regulatory technical standards developed by ESMA with regard to the following: the documents CCPs are required to submit when applying for authorisation, extension of authorisation and validation of model changes; ~~the proportion of activity in the relevant derivative contracts that should be held in active accounts at Union CCPs and the calculation methodology to be used to calculate that proportion;~~ the scope and details of the reporting by Union clearing members and clients to their competent authorities on their clearing activity in third-country CCPs and whilst providing the mechanisms triggering a review of the values of the clearing thresholds following significant price fluctuations in the underlying class of OTC derivatives to also review the scope of the hedging exemption and thresholds for the clearing obligation to apply; and the elements to be considered when laying down the admission criteria to a CCP. The Commission should adopt those regulatory technical standards by means of delegated acts pursuant to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010.

2023/07/07
Committee: ECON

2022/0403(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Lídia PEREIRA, José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Frances FITZGERALD, Christophe HANSEN

Eleni STAVROU, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

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

(j) ‘child user’ means a natural person who uses a relevant information society service and who is a natural person below the age of 178 years;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

Eleni STAVROU, Frances FITZGERALD, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Elissavet VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT

(c) the total number of items of child sexual abuse material when possible age and sex disaggregated that the provider removed or to which it disabled access, broken down by whether the items were removed or access thereto was disabled pursuant to a removal order or to a notice submitted by a Competent Authority, the EU Centre or a third party or at the provider’s own initiative;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 82(2), Article 83(1) and Article 83(1 (2) thereof,

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) Sexual harassment and harassment related to sex are generally prohibited at the national level in the framework of the implementation of the EU directives on gender equality. However, EU legislation has not proven sufficiently effective to combat these phenomena in practice, in particular with regards to sanctions. If these conducts are not sanctioned under the criminal law, victims will not benefit from the targeted protection that this directive offers. Article 83(2) TFEU allows for the establishment of minimum rules with regard to the definition of criminal offences. If the approximation of criminal laws of the member states proves essential to ensure effective implementation of a Union policy subject to harmonisation measures. The Equality Directives - Directive 2006/54/EC, Directive 2004/113/EC and Directive 2010/41/EU - have harmonized EU law concerning sexual harassment at work and in the provision of and access to goods and services. Considering that it has been found by the Legal Network that the existing provisions requiring Member States to prohibit such harassment and impose sanctions have not ensured an effective implementation of the Union’s policy against sexual harassment, such minimum rules are therefore needed in this area.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

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 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. It is essential that victims are informed of any breach of protection orders. As this can increase risks and the need of further protection to be put in place, a renewed assessment shall immediately be made after a documented breach.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

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 situation and the well-being of their children, ultimately preparing victims for an autonomous life. Domestic violence often affects the victim´s performance at work due to stress and fear, and the perpetrators often prevent their partners or ex-partners from accessing their work place. In addition, victims will frequently need additional time away from work to attend medical appointments, legal proceedings or to make social arrangements such as searching for new accommodation. Measures shall therefore be implemented at national level to ensure that employers are prevented from discriminating or in any way disadvantaging victim workers in the immediate aftermath of the violence and due to the impact of factors that relate to the violence. For victims who seek safe haven in shelters to stay safe, the workplace can be a dangerous place, since perpetrators know where to find them. Victims shall therefore have the right to paid leave for appropriate duration.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

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 a minority racial or ethnic background, living in rural areas, women sex workers, detainees, women suffering from addiction or older women, should receive specific protection and support.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)

Article 6 a Offences concerning sexual harassment at work Member States shall ensure that the following intentional conduct at work or in the context of access to employment, self-employment, vocational training or promotion is punishable as a criminal offence: (A) engaging in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, with the purpose or effect of violating the dignity of the victim; (B) engaging in unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, thereby creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment at the workplace.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 4

4. Any breaches of emergency barring or restraining and protection orders shall be subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal or other legal penalties. The Victim shall be informed of any breach of the protection orders and the competent authority should in such a situation immediately assess the possible risk of imminent harm and take the necessary protection measures.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 32 a (new)

Article 32a Support for victims in employment 1. Member States shall, in consultation with the social partners, take measures to ensure that employers are prevented from dismissing, discriminating or in any way disadvantaging workers victims of domestic violence under article 4 b) as a result of the consequences of this violence. 2. Member States shall, in consultation with the social partners, ensure that victims of criminal conducts under article 4 a) and 4 b), who are residing in shelters or interim accommodation, have the right to paid leave of appropriate duration.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

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 a minority racial or ethnic background, women sex workers, women detainees, women suffering from addiction or older women.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0066(COD)

Evin INCIR, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 42 – paragraph 1

Member States shall facilitate the taking of self-regulatory measures by providers of intermediary services in connection to this Directive~~, in particular to reinforce internal mechanisms to tackl~~ and facilitate technological solutions, in particular to detect, report and remove the online material referred to in Article 25(1) and to improve the training of their employees concerned on preventing, assisting and supporting the victims of the offences referred to therein.

2023/02/02
Committee: LIBE FEMM

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) Existing international standards on responsible business conduct specify that companies should protect human rights and set out how they should address the protection of the environment across their operations and value chains. The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights79 recognise the responsibility of companies to exercise human rights due diligence by identifying, preventing and mitigating the adverse impacts of their operations on human rights and by accounting for how they address those impacts. Those Guiding Principles state that businesses should avoid infringing human rights and should address adverse human rights impacts that they have caused, contributed to or are linked with in their own operations, subsidiaries and through their direct ~~and indirect~~ business relationships. __________________ 79 United Nations’ “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework”, 2011, available at https://www.ohchr.org/documents/publicati ons/guidingprinciplesbusinesshr_en.pdf.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) The concept of human rights due diligence was specified and further developed in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises80 which extended the application of due diligence to environmental and governance topics. The OECD Guidance on Responsible Business Conduct and sectoral guidance81 are internationally recognised frameworks setting out practical due diligence steps to help companies identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address actual and potential impacts in their operations, value chains and other business relationships, including with recognition of international humanitarian law and a higher standard of conflict-sensitive due diligence in conflict-affected areas. The concept of due diligence is also embedded in the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.82 __________________ 80 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2011 updated edition, available at http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/guidelines/.h ttps://mneguidelines.oecd.org/mneguidelin es/ 81 OECD Guidance on Responsible Business Conduct, 2018, and sector- specific guidance, available at https://www.oecd.org/investment/due- diligence-guidance-for-responsible- business-conduct.htm. 82 The International Labour Organisation’s “Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, Fifth Edition, 2017, available at: https://www.ilo.org/empent/Publications/ WCMS_094386/lang--en/index.htm.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Companies should take appropriate steps to set up and carry out due diligence measures, with respect to their own operations, their subsidiaries, as well as their established direct ~~and indirect~~ business relationships throughout their value chains in accordance with the provisions of this Directive. This Directive should not require companies to guarantee, in all circumstances, that adverse impacts will never occur or that they will be stopped. For example with respect to business relationships where the adverse impact results from State intervention, the company might not be in a position to arrive at such results. Therefore, the main obligations in this Directive should be ‘obligations of means’. The company should take the appropriate measures which can reasonably be expected to result in prevention or minimisation of the adverse impact under the circumstances of the specific case. Account should be taken of the specificities of the company’s value chain, sector or geographical area in which its value chain partners operate, the company’s power to influence its direct ~~and indirect~~ business relationships, and whether the company could increase its power of influence.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) The value chain should cover activities related to the production of a good or provision of services by a company, including the development of the product or the service and the use and disposal of the product as well as the related activities of established business relationships of the company. It should encompass upstream established direct ~~and indirect~~ business relationships that design, extract, manufacture, transport, store and supply raw material, products, parts of products, or provide services to the company that are necessary to carry out the company’s activities, and also downstream relationships, including established direct ~~and indirect~~ business relationships, that use or receive products, parts of products or services from the company up to the end of life of the product, including inter alia the distribution of the product to retailers, the transport and storage of the product, dismantling of the product, its recycling, composting or landfilling.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20

(20) In order to allow companies to properly identify the adverse impacts in their value chain and to make it possible for them to exercise appropriate leverage, the due diligence obligations should be limited in this Directive to established direct business relationships. For the purpose of this Directive, established business relationships should mean such ~~direct and indirect~~ business relationships which are, or which are expected to be lasting, in view of their intensity and duration and which do not represent a negligible or ancillary part of the value chain. The nature of business relationships as “established” should be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months. ~~If the direct business relationship of a company is established, then all linked indirect business relationships should also be considered as established regarding that company.~~

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) The concept of human rights due diligence was specified and further developed in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises80 which extended the application of due diligence to environmental and governance topics. The OECD Guidance on Responsible Business Conduct and sectoral guidance81 are internationally recognised frameworks setting out practical due diligence steps to help companies identify, prevent, mitigate and account for how they address actual and potential impacts in their operations, value chains and other business relationships , including with recognition of international humanitarian law and a higher standard of conflict-sensitive due diligence in conflict-affected areas. The concept of due diligence is also embedded in the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy.82 _________________ 80 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 2011 updated edition, available at http://mneguidelines.oecd.org/guidelines/.h ttps://mneguidelines.oecd.org/mneguidelin es/ 81 OECD Guidance on Responsible Business Conduct, 2018, and sector- specific guidance, available at https://www.oecd.org/investment/due- diligence-guidance-for-responsible- business-conduct.htm. 82 The International Labour Organisation’s “Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy, Fifth Edition, 2017, available at: https://www.ilo.org/empent/Publications/ WCMS_094386/lang--en/index.htm.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) It is fundamental to ensure that human rights due diligence is implemented in a gender-responsive manner. Human rights violations are not gender neutral and should not be treated as such. Women are often disproportionately affected by adverse business practices, which requires a due diligence process that responds to their specific needs. Member States should ensure that companies actively support gender equality. Companies should work with suppliers to set up a social auditing system in a gender-sensitive way. Furthermore, Member States should ensure that gender-responsive remediation processes and mechanisms are to be designed to ensure equal access and equal outcomes for all genders. To achieve this, corporate grievance mechanisms should be accessible, efficient, safe and fair to women, taking account of barriers women are more likely to face.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)

(14a) This Directive must ensure that companies carry our due diligence in a risk based approach, in line with international standards, to ensure that they comply with its requirements, meaning that this directive must set a minimum set of mandatory requirements for all sectors to identify where the severe impacts are most likely to occur and to prioritise how to mitigate and address these risks once identified.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30

(30) Under the due diligence obligations set out by this Directive, a company should identify actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts. In order to allow for a comprehensive identification of adverse impacts, such identification should be based on quantitative and qualitative information. For instance, as regards adverse environmental impacts, the company should obtain information about baseline conditions at higher risk sites or facilities in value chains. Identification of adverse impacts should include assessing the human rights, and environmental context in a dynamic way and in regular intervals: prior to a new activity or relationship, prior to major decisions or changes in the operation; in response to or anticipation of changes in the operating environment; and periodically, at least every 12 months, throughout the life of an activity or relationship. Regulated financial undertakings providing loan, credit, or other financial services should identify the adverse impacts only at the inception of the contract as part of the on-boarding processes for new relevant clients and subject to an annual update. When identifying adverse impacts, companies should also identify and assess the impact of a business relationship’s business model and strategies, including trading, procurement and pricing practices. Where the company cannot prevent, bring to an end or minimize all its adverse impacts at the same time, it should be able to prioritize its action, provided it takes the measures reasonably available to the company, taking into account the specific circumstances.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) As regards regulated financial undertakings providing ~~loan, credit, or other financial servi~~financing (loans and other forms of credit), insurance or reinsurances, “value chain” with respect to the provision of such services should be limited to the activities of the clients receiving such services, and the subsidiaries thereof whose activities are linked to the contract in question. Clients that are households and natural persons not acting in a professional or business capacity, as well as small and medium sized undertakings, should not be considered to be part of the value chain. The activities of the companies or other legal entities that are included in the value chain of that client should not be covered.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22

(22) In order to reflect the priority areas of international action aimed at tackling human rights and environmental issues, the selection of high-impact sectors for the purposes of this Directive should be based on existing sectoral OECD due diligence guidance. The following sectors should be regarded as high-impact for the purposes of this Directive: the manufacture of textiles, leather and related products (including footwear), and the wholesale trade of textiles, clothing and footwear; agriculture, forestry, fisheries (including aquaculture), the manufacture of food products, and the wholesale trade of agricultural raw materials, live animals, wood, food, and beverages; the extraction of mineral resources regardless of where they are extracted from (including crude petroleum, natural gas, coal, lignite, metals and metal ores, as well as all other, non-metallic minerals and quarry products), the manufacture of basic metal products, other non-metallic mineral products and fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment), and the wholesale trade of mineral resources, basic and intermediate mineral products (including metals and metal ores, construction materials, fuels, chemicals and other intermediate products). As regards the financial sector, due to its specificities, in particular as regards the value chain and the services offered, ~~even if it is covered by sector-specific OECD guidance, it should not form part of the high-impact~~the Commission should be empowered to draft sector-specific guidelines in line with the OECD guidance, to ensure that the sectors c~~overed by~~an properly adhere to the requirements in this Directive. . At the same time, in this sector, the broader coverage of actual and potential adverse impacts should be ensured by also including very large companies in the scope that are regulated financial undertakings, even if they do not have a legal form with limited liability.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35

(35) In order to reflect the full range of options for the company in cases where potential impacts could not be addressed by the described prevention or minimisation measures, this Directive should also refer to the possibility for the company to seek to conclude a contract with the indirect business partner, with a view to achieving compliance with the company’s code of conduct or a prevention action plan, and conduct appropriate measures to verify compliance of the indirect business relationship with the contract.deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)

(25a) In order to carry out meaningful and impactful due diligence, companies must carry out meaningful engagement with affected and potentially affected stakeholders. The standards for “meaningful engagement” are outlined in OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: effective engagement between stakeholders should involve interactive processes; ongoing two-way communication; good faith of the participants on both sides. Meaningful stakeholder engagement must ensure the safety and protection of stakeholders, and companies must address risks of retaliation and reprisal faced by stakeholders. Vulnerable stakeholders should be defined on the basis of intersecting and possibly overlapping factors, including among others sex, gender, age, education, migration status, disability, as well as social and economic status, and should take into account the context of the situation of vulnerability. These individuals and right-holders groups suffer from differentiated and often disproportionate adverse impacts and often face discrimination and additional barriers to participation and access to justice. They can include among others women and girls, children, indigenous people, migrant workers, seasonal workers, home workers, illiterate workers, people of lower-castes or ethnic minorities.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36

(36) In order to ensure that prevention and mitigation of potential adverse impacts is effective, companies should prioritize engagement with business relationships in the value chain, instead of terminating the business relationship, as a last resort action after attempting at preventing and mitigating adverse potential impacts without success. However, the Directive should also, for cases where potential adverse impacts could not be addressed by the described prevention or mitigation measures, refer to the obligation for companies to refrain from entering into new or extending existing relations with the partner in question and, where the law governing their relations so entitles them to, to either temporarily suspend commercial relationships with the partner in question, while pursuing prevention and minimisation efforts, if there is reasonable expectation that these efforts are to succeed in the short-term; or to terminate the business relationship with respect to the activities concerned if the potential adverse impact is severe. In order to allow companies to fulfil that obligation, Member States should provide for the availability of an option to terminate the business relationship in contracts governed by their laws. It is possible that prevention of adverse impacts at the level of indirect business relationships requires collaboration with another company, for example a company which has a direct contractual relationship with the supplier. In some instances, such collaboration could be the only realistic way of preventing adverse impacts, in particular, where the indirect business relationship is not ready to enter into a contract with the company. In these instances, the company should collaborate with the entity which can most effectively prevent or mitigate adverse impacts at the level of the indirect business relationship while respecting competition law.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37

(37) As regards direct ~~and indirect~~ business relationships, industry cooperation, industry schemes and multi- stakeholder initiatives can help create additional leverage to identify, mitigate, and prevent adverse impacts. Therefore it should be possible for companies to rely on such initiatives to support the implementation of their due diligence obligations laid down in this Directive to the extent that such schemes and initiatives are appropriate to support the fulfilment of those obligations. Companies could assess, at their own initiative, the alignment of these schemes and initiatives with the obligations under this Directive. In order to ensure full information on such initiatives, the Directive should also refer to the possibility for the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the dissemination of information on such schemes or initiatives and their outcomes. The Commission, in collaboration with Member States, may issue guidance for assessing the fitness of industry schemes and multi-stakeholder initiatives.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30

(30) Under the due diligence obligations set out by this Directive, a company should identify actual or potential adverse human rights and environmental impacts. In order to allow for a comprehensive identification of adverse impacts, such identification should be based on quantitative and qualitative information. For instance, as regards adverse environmental impacts, the company should obtain information about baseline conditions at higher risk sites or facilities in value chains. Identification of adverse impacts should include assessing the human rights, and environmental context in a dynamic way and in regular intervals: prior to a new activity or relationship, prior to major decisions or changes in the operation; in response to or anticipation of changes in the operating environment; and periodically, at least every 12 months, throughout the life of an activity or relationship. RThere should be appropriate guidance to ensure that regulated financial undertakings providing loan, credit, or other financial services ~~should~~can appropriately identify the adverse impacts o~~nly~~f their activities at the inception of the contract as part of the on-boarding processes for new relevant clients and subject to an annual update. . When identifying adverse impacts, companies should also identify and assess the impact of a business relationship’s business model and strategies, including trading, procurement and pricing practices. Where the company cannot prevent, bring to an end or minimize all its adverse impacts at the same time, it should be able to prioritize its action, provided it takes the measures reasonably available to the company, taking into account the specific circumstances.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 40

(40) In order to reflect the full range of options for the company in cases where actual impacts could not be addressed by the described measures, this Directive should also refer to the possibility for the company to seek to conclude a contract with the indirect business partner, with a view to achieving compliance with the company’s code of conduct or a corrective action plan, and conduct appropriate measures to verify compliance of the indirect business relationship with the contract.deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45 a (new)

(45a) The Commission shall establish an expert advisory group to provide information and answer questions on CSDD once adopted in order to minimise implementation costs for those entities within the scope and outside of it. This will ensure that the quality of information obtained in the summation of the due diligence report is accurate and timely in its delivery. This will also decrease red tape for companies.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 64

(64) Responsibility for due diligence should be assigned to the company’s directors, in line with the international due diligence frameworks. Directors should therefore be responsible for putting in place and overseeing the due diligence actions as laid down in this Directive and for adopting the company’s due diligence policy, taking into account the input of stakeholders and civil society organisations identified as relevant by the company’s directors and integrating due diligence into corporate management systems. Directors should also adapt the corporate strategy to actual and potential impacts identified and any due diligence measures taken.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 57

(57) As regards damages occurring at the level of established indirect business relationships, the liability of the company should be subject to specific conditions. The company should not be liable if it carried out specific due diligence measures. However, it should not be exonerated from liability through implementing such measures in case it was unreasonable to expect that the action actually taken, including as regards verifying compliance, would be adequate to prevent, mitigate, bring to an end or minimise the adverse impact. In addition, in the assessment of the existence and extent of liability, due account is to be taken of the company’s efforts, insofar as they relate directly to the damage in question, to comply with any remedial action required of them by a supervisory authority, any investments made and any targeted support provided as well as any collaboration with other entities to address adverse impacts in its value chains.deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

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

(a) on obligations for companies regarding the risk based approach to addressing their actual and potential human rights adverse impacts and environmental adverse impacts, with respect to their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries, and the value chain operations carried out by entities with whom the company has an established business relationship and

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

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

~~The nature of business relationships as ‘established’ shall be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months.~~deleted

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Recital 59

(59) As regards civil liability rules, the civil liability of a company for damages arising due to its failure to carry out adequate due diligence should be without prejudice to civil liability of its subsidiaries or the respective civil liability of direct ~~and indirect~~ business partners in the value chain. Also, the civil liability rules under this Directive should be without prejudice to Union or national rules on civil liability related to adverse human rights impacts or to adverse environmental impacts that provide for liability in situations not covered by or providing for stricter liability than this Directive.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

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

(a) on obligations for companies regarding actual and potential human rights adverse impacts and environmental adverse impacts, with respect to their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries, and the value chain operations carried out by entities with whom the company has an established business relationship using a risk-based approach and

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

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

(f) ‘established business relationship’ means a business relationship, whether direct or indirect, which is, or which is expected to be lasting, in view of its intensity or duration and which does not represent a negligible or merely ancillary part of the value chain;deleted

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

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

(g) ‘value chain’ means activities related to the production of goods or the provision of services by a company, including the development of the product or the service and the use and disposal of the product as well as the related activities of upstream and downstream established business relationships of the company. As regards companies within the meaning of point (a)(iv), ‘value chain’ with respect to the provision of these ~~specific servi~~financing, insurance or reinsurances shall only include the activities of the clients receiving such ~~loan, credit, and other financial services~~financing, insurance or reinsurance and of other companies belonging to the same group whose activities are linked to the ~~contract~~service in question. The value chain of such regulated financial undertakings does not cover SMEs and natural persons receiving loan, credit, financing, insurance or reinsurance of such entities; The downstream value chain of such regulated financial undertakings does only cover clients that are direct business partners;

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point q a (new)

(qa) ‘meaningful engagement’ means an ongoing process of interaction and dialogue between a company and affected stakeholders that enables the company to hear, understand and respond to their interests and concerns in good faith, including through collaborative approaches in line with the OECD Guidelines;

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of ~~due diligence, companies are entitled to share resources and information within their respective groups of companies and with o~~the Directive, for groups of companies, parent companies, shall have the possibility to fulfil the obligations set out in Articles 4 to 11 as well as in Articles 15 and 16, on behalf of their subsidiaries that would fall within the scope of the directive, in compliance with applicable competition law. If a parent company makes use of this possibility, ther l~~egal entities in compliance with applicable competition law~~aw applicable to the parent company shall also apply for all subsidiaries for which the parent fulfils the obligations. Any reference in this paragraph to a subsidiary shall apply also to credit institutions affiliated to a central body within the meaning of Article 10 of the Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and any reference to a parent company to a central body within the meaning of that article.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

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

— an investment firm as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Directive 2014/65/EU the European Parliament and of the Council112 ; __________________ 112 Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 349).deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv – indent 3

— an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), including a manager of Euveca under Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council113 , a manager of EuSEF under Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council114 and a manager of ELTIF under Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council115 ; __________________ 113 Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on European venture capital funds (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 1). 114 Regulation (EU) No 346/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on European social entrepreneurship funds (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 18). 115 Regulation (EU) 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 98).deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

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

— an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) management company as defined Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council116 ; __________________ 116 Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32).deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv – indent 9

~~— an alternative investment fund (AIF) managed by an AIFM as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU or an AIF supervised under the applicable national law;~~deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iv – indent 10

~~— UCITS in the meaning of Article 1(2) of Directive 2009/65/EC;~~deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Member States shall lay down rules to ensure that management or supervisory bodies as the case maybe depending on national laws of the companies referred to in Article 2(1) put in place and oversee the due diligence actions referred to in Article 4 and in particular the due diligence policy referred to in this Article, with due consideration for relevant input from stakeholders.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Developing and applying common standards and principles for a code of conduct within and across industries, to support efficient compliance with this directive shall not constitute a breach of applicable competition law.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

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

(a a) 'investee company' means a company in which an institutional investor or asset manager invests through transferable securities or money market instruments as defined in Section C Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU, which is not a controlled undertaking;

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a c (new)

(a c) 'institutional investor' means an entity as defined by Article 2(e)of Directive 2007/36/EC, within the scope of Article 2 of this Directive;

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

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

(a b) 'asset manager' means an entity as defined by Article 2(f) of Directive 2007/36/EC, within the scope of Article 2 of this Directive;

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that companies take appropriate measures to identify actual and potential severe adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts arising from their own operations or those of their subsidiaries and, where related to their value chains, from their established business relationships, according to a risk- based approach, in accordance with paragraph 2, 3 and 4.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Severity of an adverse impacts shall be assessed based on its gravity, its high likelihood to occur, the number of persons or the extent of the environment affected, its irreversibility, and difficulty to provide remedy considering the measures necessary to restore the situation prevailing prior to the impact.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Lídia PEREIRA, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e – point i

(i) with whom the company has a commercial agreement or ~~to whom the company~~an agreement to provides financing, insurance or reinsurance,, or

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. When companies referred to in Article 3, point (a)(iv), provide credit, loan or other financial services, identification of actual and potential adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts shall be carried out according to appropriate risk based measures only before providing that service..

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of identifying the adverse impacts referred to in paragraph 1 based on, where appropriate, quantitative and qualitative information, companies are entitled to make use of appropriate resources, including independent reports and information gathered through the complaints procedure provided for in Article 9. Companies shall, where relevant, also carry out consultations with potentially affected groups including workers and other relevant stakeholders to gather information on actual or potential adverse impacts. This approach in the financial services sector will be informed by clear financial sector guidelines.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e – subparagraph 1 a (new)

The relationship between an investee company and an asset manager and/or an institutional investor shall not be considered a business relationship for the purpose of this Directive. The provision of services within the meaning of section A (1) to (5) and section B of Annex I of Directive2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU shall not be considered a business relationship for the purpose of this Directive. The provisions of services by a UCITS management company as defined in Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to a UCITS in the meaning of Article 1(2)of Directive 2009/65/EC or by an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM) as defined in Article 4(1), point(b), of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council to an alternative investment fund (AIF) managed by an AIFM as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU or an AIF supervised under the applicable national law shall not be considered a business relationship for the purpose of this Directive.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that companies take appropriate measures to prevent, or where prevention is not possible or not immediately possible, adequately mitigate potential adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts that have been, or should have been, identified pursuant to Article 6, using a risk-based approach, in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Article.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

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

(f) ‘established business relationship’ means a direct business relationship~~, whether direct or indirect,~~ which is, or which is expected to be lasting, in view of its intensity or duration and which does not represent a negligible or merely ancillary part of the value chain;.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

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

(f) ‘established business relationship’ means a business relationship, whether direct or indirect, which is, or which is expected to be lasting, in view of its intensity or duration and which does not represent a negligible or merely ancillary part of the value chain the value of which is judged based on a risk-based approach judged according to appropriate financial sector guidelines.;

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a

(a) where necessary due to the nature or complexity of the measures required for prevention, develop and implement a prevention action plan, with reasonable and clearly defined timelines for action and qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring improvement. The prevention action plan shall be developed in consultation with ~~affected~~ stakeholders the company identifies as affected by its products, services and operations, its subsidiaries and its business relationships;

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(f a) The relationship between an investee company and an asset manager and/or an institutional investor shall not be considered an established business relationship. The provision of services within the meaning of section A (1) to (5) and section B of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU shall not be considered an established business relationship for the purpose of this Directive. The provision of services by a UCITS management company as defined in Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to a UCITS in the meaning of Article 1(2) of Directive2009/65/EC or by an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM)as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council to an alternative investment fund (AIF) managed by an AIFM as defined in Article4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU or an AIF supervised under the applicable national law shall not be considered an established business relationship for the purpose of this Directive.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

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

(g) ‘value chain’ means activities related to the production of goods or the provision of services by a company, including the development of the product or the service and the use and disposal of the product as well as the related activities of upstream and downstream established business relationships of the company. As regards companies within the meaning of point (a)(iv), ‘value chain’ ~~with respect to the provision of these specific services~~ shall only include the activities of the direct clients receiving such loan, credit, and other financial services and of other companies belonging to the same group whose activities are linked to the contract in question. The value chain of such regulated financial undertakings does not cover SMEs receiving loan, credit, financing, insurance or reinsurance of such entitiesfinancing, insurance or reinsurance. The value chain of such regulated financial undertakings does not cover SMEs, natural person and suppliers, neither the relationship between an investee company and an asset manager and/or an institutional investor;

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

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

(g) ‘value chain’ means activities related to the production of goods or the provision of services by a company, including the development of the product or the service and the use and disposal of the product as well as the related activities of upstream and downstream established business relationships of the company. As regards companies within the meaning of point (a) (iv), ‘value chain’ with respect to the provision of ~~these specific servi~~financing, insurance or reinsurances shall only include the activities of the clients receiving such ~~loan, credit, and other financial services and of other companies belonging to the same group whose activities are linked to the contract in question. The~~financing, insurance or reinsurance. The value chain of such regulated financial undertakings does not cover SMEs and natural persons receiving financing, insurance or reinsurance of such entities. The downstream value chain of such regulated financial undertakings does ~~not~~ only cover ~~SMEs receiving loan, c~~clients that are di~~t, financing, insurance or reinsurance of such entitie~~rect business partners;

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) consider provideing targeted and proportionate support for an SME with which the company has an established business relationship, where compliance with the code of conduct or the prevention action plan would jeopardise the viability of the SME;

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6

6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, point (b), when companies referred to in Article 3, point (a)(iv), provide credit, loan, statutory insurance cover, or other financial services, they shall not be required to terminate the credit, loan or other financial service contract when this can be reasonably expected to cause substantial prejudice to the entity to whom that service is being provided.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that companies take appropriate measures to bring actual adverse impacts that have been, or should have been, identified pursuant to Article 6 to an end, using a risk-based approach, in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 7

7. By way of derogation from paragraph 6, point (b), when companies referred to in Article 3, point (a)(iv), provide credit, loan, statutory insurance cover, or other financial services, they shall not be required to terminate the credit, loan or other financial service contract, when this can be reasonably expected to cause substantial prejudice to the entity to whom that service is being provided.

2022/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Member States shall lay down rules to ensure that management or supervisory bodies as the case maybe depending on national laws of the companies referred to in Article 2(1) put in place and oversee the due diligence actions referred to in Article 4 and in particular the due diligence policy referred to in this Article, with due consideration for relevant input from stakeholders.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Paragraph 1 and 2 shall not apply to a regulated financial undertaking complying with Article 4(1) of Regulation(EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability- related disclosures in the financial services sector pursuant to Article 4(3), Article 4(4) or on a voluntary basis.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Developing and applying common standards and principles for a code of conduct within and across industries, to support efficient compliance with this directive shall not constitute a breach of applicable competition law. This shall also include measures to extend the application of such a code of conduct to established business relationships.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)

The Commission is empowered to provide Delegated Acts on how this communication and reporting can be integrated into the European Single Access Point in order to reduce burden for companies and competent authorities.

2022/11/10
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 b (new)

1.Where carrying out the obligations of this Directive, in particular Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, Member States shall ensure that companies: (a) Carry out meaningful engagement with affected stakeholders with particular attention to those who may be the most vulnerable to adverse impacts; (b) Provide timely and appropriate information to stakeholders to enable them to participate effectively; (c) Take steps to protect affected and potentially affected stakeholders’ safety before, during and after stakeholder engagement, including against the risk of retaliation; (d) Where such engagement is not feasible for the company or not safe for stakeholders, seek insight into their perspectives through other means such as by consulting with credible proxies for their views. 2. The Commission will be empowered to draft guidelines to further details of how to effectively carry out these obligations.

2022/11/10
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that companies take appropriate measures to identify actual and potential adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts arising from their own operations or those of their subsidiaries and, where related to their value chains, from their established business relationships, according to a risk-based approach, in accordance with paragraph 2, 3 and 4.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1

In order to provide support to companies or to Member State authorities on how companies should fulfil their due diligence obligations, the Commission, in consultation with Member States and stakeholders, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Environment Agency, and where appropriate with international bodies having expertise in due diligence, may issue guidelines, including for specific sectors or specific adverse impacts. Adherence to the guidelines by companies shall be legally deemed to fulfil the requirements of this Directive to which the guidelines refer.

2022/11/10
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)

Article 13 a In particular the Commission is empowered to draft without delay guidelines on how financial undertakings can comply should this Directive, including with regard to the concepts of value chain and the risk based approach.

2022/11/10
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Severity of an adverse impacts shall be assessed based on its gravity, its high likelihood to occur, the number of persons or the extent of the environment affected, its irreversibility, and difficulty to provide remedy considering the measures necessary to restore the situation prevailing prior to the impact.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall ensure that, for the purposes of identifying the adverse impacts referred to in paragraph 1 based on, where appropriate, quantitative and qualitative information, companies are entitled to make use of appropriate resources, including independent reports and information gathered through the complaints procedure provided for in Article 9. Companies shall, where relevant, also carry out consultations with potentially affected groups including workers and other relevant stakeholders to gather information on actual or potential adverse impacts. This approach in the financial services sector will be informed by clear financial sector guidelines.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that companies take appropriate measures to prevent, or where prevention is not possible or not immediately possible, adequately mitigate potential adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts that have been, or should have been, identified pursuant to Article 6, using a risk-based approach, in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Article.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point d

(d) consider provideing targeted and proportionate support for an SME with which the company has an established business relationship, where compliance with the code of conduct or the prevention action plan would jeopardise the viability of the SME;

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. As regards potential adverse impacts that could not be prevented or adequately mitigated by the measures in paragraph 2, the company may seek to conclude a contract with a partner with whom it has an indirect relationship, with a view to achieving compliance with the company’s code of conduct or a prevention action plan. When such a contract is concluded, paragraph 4 shall apply.deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. The Commission shall establish an expert advisory group on due diligence to support and advise entities on implementation and best practice.

2022/11/10
Committee: DEVE

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6

6. By way of derogation from paragraph 5, point (b), when companies referred to in Article 3, point (a)(iv), provide credit, loan, statutory insurance cover, or other financial services, they shall not be required to terminate the credit, loan or other financial service contract when this can be reasonably expected to cause substantial prejudice to the entity to whom that service is being provided.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that companies take appropriate measures to bring actual adverse impacts that have been, or should have been, identified pursuant to Article 6 to an end, using a risk-based approach, in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4

4. As regards actual adverse impacts that could not be brought to an end or adequately mitigated by the measures in paragraph 3, the company may seek to conclude a contract with a partner with whom it has an indirect relationship, with a view to achieving compliance with the company’s code of conduct or a corrective action plan. When such a contract is concluded, paragraph 5 shall apply.deleted

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 7

7. By way of derogation from paragraph 6, point (b), when companies referred to in Article 3, point (a)(iv), provide credit, loan, statutory insurance cover, or other financial services, they shall not be required to terminate the credit, loan or other financial service contract, when this can be reasonably expected to cause substantial prejudice to the entity to whom that service is being provided.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)

This Article shall not apply to a regulated financial undertaking complying with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector pursuant to Article 4(3), Article 4(4) or on a voluntary basis.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1

In order to provide support to companies or to Member State authorities on how companies should fulfil their due diligence obligations, the Commission, in consultation with Member States and stakeholders, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Environment Agency, and where appropriate with international bodies having expertise in due diligence, ~~may~~shall issue guidelines, including for specific sectors or specific adverse impacts.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Frances FITZGERALD, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3

3. The civil liability of a company for damages arising under this provision shall be without prejudice to the civil liability of its subsidiaries or of any direct ~~and indirect~~ business partners in the value chain.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. This Article will not apply to institutional investors and asset managers regarding adverse impacts caused or contributed to by investee companies. This Article will also not apply to services within the meaning of section A (1) to (5) and section B of Annex I of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61/EU.

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2022/0051(COD)

Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA, Frances FITZGERALD

Proposal for a directive
Article 25

1. when fulfilling their duty to act in the best interest of the company, directors of companies referred to in Article 2(1) take into account the consequences of their decisions for sustainability matters, including, where applicable, human rights, climate change and environmental consequences, including in the short, medium and long term. 2. their laws, regulations and administrative provisions providing for a breach of directors’ duties apply also to the provisions of this Article.Article 25 deleted Directors’ duty of care Member States shall ensure that, Member States shall ensure that

2022/10/27
Committee: ECON

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas women are more likely than men to work in the informal economy ~~and whereas their importance for the rural economy is not acknowledged~~, which means that their role and importance in rural areas are overlooked and their importance for the rural economy is not recognised due to their participation in the informal rural economy;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the gender employment gap is more pronounced in rural areas than in cities, and young women are more likely to leave rural areas;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the EU economy and society face multiple challenges regarding the demographic change, the digitalisation of the economy and society, increasing European and global integration and the transition to an almost CO2 neutral economy, lifestyles and work patterns; whereas rural areas are often particularly affected by these challenges;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas rural areas are the place of residence and work for many people and as well the location of enterprises from all sectors of the economy, in particular of small and medium-sized enterprises, whereas they are the place of production of agriculture and forestry but also perform important ecological functions and provide space for leisure and recreation;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas women perform more than one function~~; whereas women are enabl~~ in the context of their individual family and professional ties and, in this diversity of roles, also make a significant contribution to progress and innovation at all levels of society and to an increase in the quality of life, especially in rural areas; whereas women in rural areas are drivers of the transition to a greener society and economy;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas only 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by women~~; whereas SMEs are predominant in rural region~~ and, if they do, farms tend to be smaller, with lower incomes and less access to financial support; whereas rural regions are dominated by SMEs;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas social protection for women working in agriculture is an essential element of modern and sustainable rural development;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas in the EU the proportion of rural inhabitants with at least basic digital skills in 2019 is 14 percentage points lower than that of urban residents (48 % vs. 62 %);

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the economy and society as a whole benefit from the geographically decentralised economic structure in rural areas, i.e. the distribution of small and medium-sized enterprises not only in a few locations, but widely distributed in many locations, whereas such a distribution structure supports decentralised value creation and associated decentralised income opportunities, especially in rural areas, thus enabling vital rural areas; whereas the multiple opportunities in rural areas allow citizens and especially women to build up and benefit from creative living and work situations;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas services of general interest play an important role in rural areas and in achieving the objective of territorial cohesion, whereas it is important to promote mobility in rural areas that is widely available, efficient and affordable and taking into account the SDGs;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas it is necessary to advance the digital agenda in rural areas and develop a comprehensive broadband infrastructure and sustainable jobs in order to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness, digital participation, equal living conditions and a better work- life balance;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas there are often difficulties in accessing adequate health and care services in rural areas that includes deficits in local health services and unusually long waiting times to see certain specialists, whereas cross-border healthcare services can offer a better option to patients in situations where the most appropriate treatment or the nearest hospital is in another Member State;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission and member States to design rural areas in such a way that women of all generations remain in their immediate vicinity and take entrepreneurial initiatives and thus contribute to revitalisation and development;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Underlines the diversity of rural actors and their importance for the sustainability of rural areas;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for ~~the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate – and where necessary pe~~policies to be designed that take into account the needs of women in rural areas, such as adequate, where appropripate~~tic –~~, mobile healthcare, childcare and care for the elderly, thereby promoting women’s social security rights, including maternity leave or pension rights, and women’s access to available EU funds;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on Member States to intensify their efforts to support live-long learning, professional education and guidance systems, with the close involvement of municipalities and the promoters of such measures from business organisations and chambers, as this can contribute significantly to promoting gender balanced employment in rural areas;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls onfor the ~~Member States to create a ubiquitous and seamless~~multitude of opportunities in rural areas to be exploited and for the development of a comprehensive broadband infrastructure~~, as well as~~ to enable creative ~~hous~~living and work ~~opportunities, and~~situations and to create quality jobs that facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life.;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for better access to high- quality public services and infrastructure, in particular digital infrastructure, and for the deployment of widely available, efficient and affordable mobility opportunities that meet the SDGs;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on Member States to facilitate multimodality and to provide easy and comfortable transitions from one mode of transport to another; emphazises that in order to ensure that mobility chains are as seamless and accessible as possible, better infrastructure conditions must be created; reiterates that his includes infrastructure standardisation, in particular to facilitate cross-border projects and mobility;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to design funding programs or support measures in such a way that the bureaucratic burden is easily manageable for smaller businesses and stakeholders; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that individuals or smaller initiatives are also able to overview and apply for funding opportunities and are given assistance in doing so;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2254(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Lena DÜPONT, Angelika WINZIG, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Frances FITZGERALD, Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further promote cross- border health and care services, especially in rural areas, and to pay particular attention to this aspect in the revision of Directive2011/24/EU, thereby reducing bureaucratic barriers to the provision and use of cross-border health and care services and to establish a better interaction between different healthcare systems;

2022/03/29
Committee: FEMM

2021/2253(INI)

Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN, Frances FITZGERALD, Cindy FRANSSEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Stelios KYMPOUROPOULOS, Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA, Christine SCHNEIDER, Ewa KOPACZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to the UN Decade on Healthy Ageing 2021-2030 and the WHO Framework for countries to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care,