Activities of Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Commends the Agency for the significant progress made in 2022 towards the full implementation of the new provisions of Regulation (EU) 2021/2033; notes in particular, from the Agency’s follow-up report for the 2021 discharge (hereinafter the ‘follow-up report’), that the Agency established the Consultative Forum (CF), as well as the Asylum reserve pool which mid-June 2023 already comprised 360 Members States’ approved experts (out of 500 as required by that Regulation), and ~~carried out the process of recruiting its Fundamental Rights Officer who took office in May 2023, as well as~~ consultations with stakeholders with a view to drafting and adopting the Complaints Mechanism; observes with regard to the Monitoring Mechanism that the methodology and programme have been under development with the adoption thereof planned for Q1 2024, followed by a pilot monitoring exercise;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2164(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Takes note of the decision of the Agency to appoint a Fundamental Rights Officer (FRO); highlights that the FRO has worked with Unia, a controversial public body in Belgium; underlines that Flanders, the biggest region in Belgium, has decided to leave Unia by democratic decision of the Flemish Parliament over Unia´s political bias; calls on the Agency to review the appointment of the current FRO and propose a candidate who has no ties to controversial organisations;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2164(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes with concern that the Agency has not ~~adopted the ‘Charter on Diversity and Inclusion’, nor it has~~ reported on measures taken for the integration of persons with disabilities; reminds that the Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibits discrimination on the ground of disability and recognises the right of people with disabilities to benefit from measures to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community; notes however the Agency’s commitment to address those areas through measures that will be implemented once the upcoming HR Strategy will be adopted; further observes that the Agency has taken initiatives and put in place various measures in order to improve its staff’s well-being at work and work-life balance such as targeted training courses, service level agreements with childcare providers and schools, a psychological and social support service, awareness raising campaigns, as well as free-time activities;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to Caitlin B. Schmid et al, "Why Call It Equality?" Revisited: An Extended Critique of the EIGE Gender Equality Index, Social Indicators Research (2023);

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Highlights a recent study showing that the EIGE Gender Equality Index results in an unjustified penalization of lower-GDP countries and reinforces biased assumptions about gender equality progress1a; urges EIGE to provide greater transparency around theory, method, and the relationship between the two, and to provide methodological improvements; _________________ 1a Caitlin B. Schmid et al, "Why Call It Equality?" Revisited: An Extended Critique of the EIGE Gender Equality Index, Social Indicators Research (2023)

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Recalls that according to official estimates by the Commission, 190 000 girls in 17 European countries alone are at risk of being mutilated while 600 000 women are living with the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Europe; regrets that EIGE did not publish any research on FGM in 2023; calls on EIGE to publish annual figures on FGM in the European Union, including research regarding its cultural and religious context;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2152(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Expresses deep concern about the non-disclosure of the earmarked budget appropriation relating to a framework contract for event organisation services of 3,7 million euros, around a third of EIGE´s budget; agrees with the ECA that this undermines budgetary transparency; looks forward to EIGE´s presentation of the operational framework contracts in the SPD;

2024/02/12
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the prompt actions taken by Parliament on the events in December 2022; welcomes the contribution of DG PRES to the 14-point action plan proposed by the President and its efforts in implementing the new rules on integrity and transparency; regrets that the 14-point action plan does not include a transparency requirement in particular regarding decisions adopted by the Bureau itself; echoes the "Closing Note on the Strategic Initiative on improving the European Parliament’s Ethics and Transparency Framework" by European Ombudsman and therefore calls to make available the minutes of the Bureau meetings of significant public interest; further welcomes the efforts by Parliament’s political authorities to enhance transparency, integrity and accountability at Parliament; calls on the administration to track the budgetary and financial impact of these measures;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Recalls that the so-called Qatargate scandal has exposed civil society organisations as enablers of corruption and foreign interference in European Parliamentarism; regrets that NGOs and civil society organisations remain exempt from most anti-money laundering transparency and reporting requirements; underlines that the European Court of Auditors Special report No 35/2018 warns that NGOs are prone to be used for money laundering purposes; calls therefore for establishing a definition of NGO at EU, and to bring NGOs under the scope of the EU anti- money laundering framework, in order to be able to be listed in the transparency register;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Dominique BILDE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Recalls that the Directorate-General for Communication (DG COMM) is a multi-site Directorate-General, with staff located in Brussels, Strasbourg and the Liaison Offices in each of the 27 Member States, as well as in London, Washington D.C. (until 1 November 2022 when the two EPLOs were transferred to the new Directorate-General for Parliamentary Democracy Partnerships), and the Jean Monnet House in Bazoches (France), it calls for a solid evaluation of the results achieved by these centres, recalling the major financial effort from the EU budget to purchase and upgrade the property in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Finds excessive the participation of DG COMM and of other European Institutions in tender1a of " Inter- institutional Framework Contract for the Provision of Services Linked to Media Strategy, Planning and Buying, Including Associated Services " amounting to 132,820,000.00 EUR; _________________ 1a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=12411

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Takes note that, in 2022, DG COMM finished most of its preparatory work ahead of the 2024 European elections; notes that, in 2022, Parliament’s Bureau approved the communication strategy for the 2024 elections; notes that a pan-European call for proposals was launched in mid-2022 and resulted in the award of 19 grants, financing capacity building actions and/or citizen-engagement activities in support of the European elections; notes in this context a tender2a of 2,650,000.00 EUR launched by the DG COMM aiming to project, publish and disseminate the European Parliament Composition during the 2024 Election Night; _________________ 2a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=13133

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Finds unnecessary a provision of expertise and acquisition services for building up the House of European History Collection amounting to 4,000,000.00 EUR under the tender COMM/DG/AWD/2022/2803a; _________________ 3a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=9804

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61

61. ~~Acknowledges~~Question thate Parliament’s ‘Building Strategy beyond 2019’ ~~provides a coherent framework for decisions and~~that contributes to consolidating Parliament’s real estate portfolio while ~~adapting facilities to the evolution of meeting patterns, going local and closer to citizens through the gradual roll-out of Europa Experience Centres,~~it is worth noting that the European Commission building policy wants to halve the number of buildings it manages in Brussels by 2030, regret the gradual roll-out of Europa Experience Centres of which a cost-benefit analysis is requested; takes note of the enhancing security for Parliament’s buildings, and achieving the interconnection of its central buildings; notes that the majority of the policies and actions referred to in the current Building Strategy are either completed or well under way, pointing out that have been a major cost to the taxpayer;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)

61a. Reminds that 3 European Parliament Seats together with Liaison offices, Europa Experiences, Houses of Europe, Parkings and warehouses cost almost 30 million EUR in rent only;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Dominique BILDE, Joachim KUHS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 82

82. Notes that DG LINC’s final appropriations amounted to EUR 79 569 347 in 2022 representing 3.7 % of Parliament’s budget; highlights that, of that amount, a total of EUR 79 282 501 was committed; ~~welcomes the high use of appropriations~~reminds that in 2022 the Conference on the Future of Europe did not lead to expected results, which proves that the Bureau's Decision of April 2021 to commit EUR 10 644 359 to COFE was erroneous and not economically wise;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102

102. Notes that following the increased use of portable devices in 2022, DG ITEC issued a global study to plan improvements to the Wi-Fi network in Parliament buildings; notes that, in 2022, the SPAAK building in Brussels was reinforced with the deployment of 351 additional antennas; acknowledges the efforts made to improve the Wi-Fi network in Parliament buildings; calls for further enhancement of the mobile network in Parliament buildings in Strasbourg, in order to improve mobile phone reception and at least guarantee basic activities, also calls for parliamentary devices to give access to the now essential virtual meeting applications;

2024/01/31
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Expresses its disappointment at the Commission’s continuing lack of transparency with regard to the agreements it has concluded with the pharmaceutical companies that produce COVID-19 vaccines, as well as at the communications via text message between the President of the Commission and the CEO of a pharmaceutical company;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. In this respect, expresses regret at the Commission’s lack of transparency as regards the organisations – in particular non-governmental organisations – to which it gives funds to the tune of several billion per year, without any conditions in place or any ex-ante or ex-post checks being carried out on the entities concerned, on their status or on their links with terrorist organisations;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Deplores the tardy, crude and incomplete nature of the information that the Commission provides on the financial transparency system;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Points out that the Qatargate scandal exposed civil society organisations as catalysts for corruption; regrets the fact that NGOs and civil society organisations are still exempt from most anti-money-laundering transparency and reporting obligations; emphasises that European Court of Auditors Special report No 35/2018 warns that NGOs are prone to be used for money laundering purposes; calls, therefore, for a definition of NGOs to be established at EU level and for NGOs to be brought within the scope of EU action to combat money laundering;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes that the Court estimates the level of error for the 2022 expenditure to be 4,2 % (3 % in 2021), which is above the materiality threshold; notes the Commission’s confidence that the risk at payment is estimated at 1.9 % for 2022 (similar to 2020, 2021 and 2022), is representative of the level of error at the time of payment; notes that the Commission’s estimate of error is chronically below the ECA range, meaning that the Commission almost intentionally lowers the error rate in its annuals reports; notes that the Commission’s estimation of the risk at closure, after ex-post controls and corrections have been applied, is 0.9 %; notes the divergence between the Court’s overall error rate and the Commission’s risk at payment, which is observed for the overall Union budget expenditure in 2022, although not in all expenditure areas;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Notes~~Is concerned that the Court estimates the level of error for the 2022 expenditure to be 4,.2 % (3 % in 2021), which is above the materiality threshold; notes the Commission’s confidence that the risk at payment is estimated at 1.9 % for 2022 (similar to 2020, 2021 and 2022), is representative of the level of error at the time of payment; notes that the Commission’s estimation of the risk at closure, after ex-post controls and corrections have been applied, is 0.9 %; notes the divergence between the Court’s overall error rate and the Commission’s risk at payment, which is observed for the overall Union budget expenditure in 2022, although not in all expenditure areas;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31 a. Reminds that once the NGEU borrowing will be entirely accomplished, the size of the EU debt stock of all borrowing programmes will be no less than 1.7 trillion EUR with €750 billion for NGEU, €100 billion for SURE, €50 billion outstanding from before and from new MFA arrangements, EFSF, EIB, ESM and adding inflation;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point i a (new)

(i a) clearly separate the role of Chief Risk Officer and of Deputy Director- General of DG BUDG in terms of NGEU risk management otherwise it may affect the effectiveness of their oversight of risk (ECA Special report 16/2023: NGEU debt management at the Commission: An encouraging start, but further alignment with best practice needed);

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point i b (new)

(i b) formulate clear debt management objectives and report on performance in their implementation (ECA Special report 16/2023: NGEU debt management at the Commission: An encouraging start, but further alignment with best practice needed);

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Notes from the Annual Report on the Protection of the Union financial interests (PIF Report) that in 2022, the number of fraudulent irregularities relating to TOR (454) fell by 6,.8 % and non- fraudulent irregularities (4 207) rose by 9,.4 % compared to the 5-year average for 2018-2022; notes that most fraudulent cases reported in 2022 relate to incorrect value and incorrect classification or misdescription of goods, while smuggling remains one of the primary modus operandi; notes that most fraudulent cases are detected by inspections by national anti-fraud services together with customs release controls; notes that the recovery rate is currently 48 %, although it can be expected that it will go up in the future due to the length of the process; points out that grants awarded to NGOs from the EU budget amounted to at least EUR 3.7 billion in 2022, making the EU one of the largest financial backers of civil society organisations; is concerned about fraud cases and irregularities in situations where EU-funded NGOs are at risk of conflicts of interest, double funding, corruption or money laundering; is concerned about the lack of publicly available data on the fraud cases involving NGOs;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69

69. Takes note that the absorption rate for cohesion policy funds under the programming period 2014-2020 reached 79,2 % at the end of 2022 (86 % at the end of 2023, including newly added Recovery assistance for cohesion and the territories of Europe (REACT-EU) in 2021-2022), having a similar level at the same point in time as in the period 2007-2013; reminds that REACT-EU showed an absorption rate of only 45.5% at the end of August 2023; notes that the 2014-2020 programmes account for over 1 million projects and that so far, they have supported 2,4 million businesses, created 370 000 new jobs, increased the energy performance of more than 540 000 households, created 6 000 megawatts of new renewable energy sources and that 6,3 million households benefited from broadband;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113 – subparagraph 1 (new)

calls for an end to the funding of NGOs undertaking search and rescue operations, which contribute to illegal immigration towards European countries and facilitate people-smuggling; stresses the importance of providing adequate funding to build physical barriers along the European Union’s external borders in order to prevent migrants from entering illegally; furthermore, asks the Commission to actively help Member States relocate the entire asylum procedure and to give them the means to do so;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113 a (new)

113 a. Highlights that 331 553 illegal border crossings into the EU were registered in 2022, confirming the raise of 66% comparing to the year of 2021;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 118 – subparagraph 1 (new)

stresses that any development aid granted to third countries is strictly conditional upon the effective implementation of return and readmission agreements;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125

125. Welcomes the implementation by the Commission of several mechanisms to mitigate risks and safeguard the proper use of Union funds spent in unstable or conflict zones; ~~notes that the Commission systematically assesses corruption risks in partner countries and uses an array of tools to mitigate them, at the same time applies conditions and p~~expresses its shock at the documented revelations concerning EU funding going to Hamas and more specifically to the University of Gaza, particularly in the light of recent events, and calls for this to end immediately and for EU funding to be transparent and accountable; noting that the European Union is one of the largest donors to UNRWA, which has recently been the subject of numerous allegations regarding the involvement of UNRWA staff in the terfrormance indicators to promote fiscal transparency and accountability through its budget support; welcomes the fact that, according to World Bank data, countries benefiting from Union budget support have improved in the control of corruption over timeist attacks in Israel of 7 October 2023; following the call for transparency and decisive action by Commission, and the example of many Member States, calls for the suspension of EU funding to UNRWA; regrets the fact that the Commission is failing to assess corruption risks in partner countries properly and does not use an array of tools to mitigate those risks, and also regrets the fact that, as part of its budget support, the Commission does not apply real conditions and performance indicators to promote fiscal transparency and accountability;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2129(DEC)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125

125. Welcomes the implementation by the Commission of several mechanisms to mitigate risks and safeguard the proper use of Union funds spent in unstable or conflict zones; notes that the Commission systematically assesses corruption risks in partner countries and uses an array of tools to mitigate them, at the same time applies conditions and performance indicators to promote fiscal transparency and accountability through its budget support; reminds that legal provisions leave broad scope for interpretation and therefore the Commission has considerable flexibility in deciding whether these general conditions have been met; highlights that the ECA's regularity audit cannot cover what happens beyond the moment the Commission pays budget support to the recipient country, since these funds then merge with that country’s own budget resources; welcomes the fact that, according to World Bank data, countries benefiting from Union budget support have improved in the control of corruption over time;

2024/02/13
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to the Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 June 2020, European Commission v Hungary, C- 78/18,

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. Whereas NGOs and civil society organisations are exempt from most AMLD and DAC transparency and reporting requirements; whereas the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 35/2018 highlights that NGOs are prone to be used for money laundering purposes;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls for an end to the funding of NGOs undertaking search and rescue operations, which contribute to illegal migration towards European countries and facilitate human smuggling;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Regrets that some NGOs supported financially by the EU promote values that are contrary to those of freedom and democracy; calls to cease all funding of NGOs with links to Islamism and Islamist-linked organisations;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Is concerned about cases of fraud and irregularities, notably in situations where NGOs that are members of different international networks or platforms that receive EU funding are at risk of conflicts of interest, double funding, corruption or money laundering; is concerned about the lack of publicly available data on the fraud cases involving NGOs; calls on the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to compile and provide such data to Parliament and the ECA and to draw up a list of NGOs that have broken the law; insists for the scope of the anti-money laundering directive to be broadened to also apply to NGOs;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Regrets the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which has recently ruled that Hungary´s attempt to bring non-profit organisations under the scope of its national Anti-Money Laundering rules violated the free movement of capital1a; recalls that Recommendation 8 of the FATF, Europol, Eurojust, Moneyval and various reports of the European Court of Auditors2a and national competent authorities3a warn about the use of NGOs as fronts for terrorist financing or money- laundering vehicles. _________________ 1a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 June 2020, European Commission v Hungary, C-78/18. 2a European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 35/2018 of 18 December 2018 entitled ‘Transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs: more effort needed’ 3a 2017 Annual Report of the Maltese Commissioner for Voluntary Organizations.

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Calls on the European Commission to end the exemption of civil society organisations from the scope of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive and the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, in order to ensure that contributions to such organisations are duly scrutinized on their legality and origin, as requested by the European Court of Auditors4a, the FATF5a, the Maltese government report, backed by Moneyval6a; regrets that the European Court of Justice has deemed such scrutiny in violation of the free movement of capital7a; _________________ 4a Special Report No 35/2018 of 18 December 2018 entitled ‘Transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs: more effort needed’, which requests that the EU draw up a legal definition of NGOs. 5a Recommendations V and VIII of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). 6a 017 Annual Report of the Maltese Commissioner for Voluntary Organizations. 7a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 18 June 2020, European Commission v Hungary, C-78/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:476.

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Recalls that non-profit organisations (NPOs) are not obliged entities (OEs) under the 5th Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive, and therefore only subjected to de minimis customer due diligence requirements;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Dominique BILDE, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Calls for financial aid to NGOs to be made conditional on the provision of documents attesting to the use of funds in recent financial years, the specific projects supported, the results of the due diligence carried out and the responsibility to report within 6 months of the payment of funds;

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2122(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Dominique BILDE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gunnar BECK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42 a. Deeply regrets that controversial NGOs such as "Islamic Relief-DE" and "Islamic Relief Sverige" are listed as certified EU Humanitarian partners8a for the period 2021- 2027; _________________ 8a https://civil-protection-humanitarian- aid.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023- 09/List%20of%20certified%20NGOs%201 4.09.2023.pdf

2023/11/15
Committee: CONT

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU recognises the potential of start-ups and scale-ups to drive innovation, economic growth and job creation within the EU, address societal challenges, promote a sustainab~~ility and contribute to the objectives set out~~ le pathway for Europe’s energy transition, as well as recognising the ~~European Green Deal,~~ir potential in the digital Europe programme, the new European innovation agenda and the updated EU industrial strategy;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop comprehensive ~~policies, regulations and strategies that are aligned with~~strategies that support the European start- up and scale-up initiative, while avoiding overregulation, and foster a favourable environment for start-ups and scale-ups, encompassing access to finance, regulatory simplification, talent retention and acquisition, and support for internationalisation;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the creation of the European Innovation Council Fund to support innovative start-ups, designed to ensure easy access, fast transfer and effective use of these means;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Encourages the European Investment Fund and national development banks to increase their investments in start- ups and scale-ups, particularly those operating in emerging and high-potential sectors and whose share capital is primarily owned by under 35s;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Calls on~~Encourages the Member States and the Commission, where applicable, to establish entrepreneur-friendly tax regimes, incentives and simplified administrative procedures to attract and retain talent, incentivise investment, also through tax breaks for private investors who decide to support start-ups and scale-ups, and encourage entrepreneurship;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recommends the establishment of regional start-up ecosystems that support local entrepreneurship, innovation hubs and incubators, and leverage each region’s strengths and resources; encourages these regional start-up ecosystems to provide opportunities for ideas and best practices to be exchanged;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Encourages the Commission to ~~conside~~assess the need for further measures to open up government and public sector data sets, in compliance with current regulations and in line with the European data strategy, enabling real-time data insights that empower better decision- making and drive innovation for start-ups and scale-ups;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Urges the Commission to ~~conside~~assess the need for additional measures to ensure that start-ups and scale-ups are able to access and use data for research and to apply AI technology to solve day-to-day challenges, and that they benefit from ~~the widest possible range of public and private data sets~~public and private data sets, in compliance with current regulations and in line with the European data strategy;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2110(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Implores the Commission to develop and adopt a ‘Start-up Test’, along the same lines as the SME Test that it adopted in 2021, in order to better assess the impact of legislation focusing on innovation, financing and competitiveness, and ensure that there is not overregulation discouraging the creation and development of start-ups in Europe;

2023/10/13
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas SMRs offer a lower initial capital investment, greater scalability and siting flexibility for locations unable to accommodate more traditional larger reactors, and now have the potential for ~~enhanced~~a high level of inherent safety and security compared to earlier designs as well as the improved waste management offered by certain technologies;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises that as electrification is a key element in all transition scenarios, nuclear energy, as a low-carbon source of energy with a strong domestic industry, will be a necessary part of the solution which can supplement and stabilise intermittent renewable sources;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Recognises that a basic condition for SMRs to develop in the EU is to ensure that a conducive policy and regulatory framework which facilitates connection to the grid is in place;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Recognises that the implementation of appropriate contractual and financial mechanisms (such as long-term bilateral contracts, power purchase agreements, etc.) is needed to provide long-term predictability;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6

Harmonisation of licensing and usage regimes

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recognises that the business model of SMR producers will rely on the series effect of building a large number of similar SMRs in different countries; notes that ~~design~~ standardisation isof design and the licensing process are key to unlocking the competitive advantages of mass production;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Emphasises that regulatory bodies should create, including by means of multilateral agreements and cooperation, the conditions to ease the licensing process of SMRs;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. 21a. (new): Stresses the overriding importance of guaranteeing, also taking into account mutual interactions, the three essential 'S's of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes (safety, security and safeguards) and of investigating the specific and peculiar aspects of small modular reactors and their fuel cycles;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. 21b. (new): Invites European utilities to develop specific requirements for the use of small modular reactors and their electrical and non-electrical applications, also in cooperation with other international utilities.

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes the fact that the Euratom research and training programme already funds research projects related to the safety and licensing of SMR technologies; emphasises, however, that more coordinated funding is needed, focused on the factors enabling the rapid development and use of technology in Europe;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for ~~the establishment of a new joint undertak~~collaboration and participation between the European nuclear industry to be fostered and financed with a view to developing ofor SMRs and advanced modular reactor technology;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

2023/2109(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Recognises the importance of identifying the main challenges in adapting the value chain to the specific characteristics of SMRs compared with high-power reactors and the need for consultations both with vendors and a large number of supply chain suppliers, as well as with the utilities that will have to acquire and subsequently operate these reactors;

2023/09/26
Committee: ITRE

Regulation (EU) 2019/943
Article 19

(i) where technically feasible, be open to cross-border participation.’;

2023/05/25
Committee: ITRE

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas protection of biodiversity not only has natural value, but also represents the true added value of agricultural production in the European Union, and whereas investing in distinctiveness is a necessary condition for allowing agricultural undertakings to distinguish themselves in terms of the quality of their production and thus to face the globalised market by safeguarding, defending and creating local economic systems around food value;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas consumer demand is increasingly oriented towards food that can offer health guarantees, towards healthy and sustainable products and, in particular, towards products of clear origin that are obtained through traditional methods of agricultural production, and whereas the high quality, welfare, sustainability and environmental protection standards of European agricultural and agri-food production have been verified;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the just transition to ~~agro- ecological~~sustainable and organic farming; reiterates ~~its support for the ambitions, targets and~~that the goals of the farm to fork, biodiversity and zero-pollution strategies~~; welcomes their published and announced legislative proposals, including those~~ must neither lead to a reduction or lowering of food safety, quality and supply standards in the EU nor have negative effects on farms; welcomes, where possible, their proposals related to the reduction in the use of pesticides and their associated risks and the setting of EU food waste reduction targets; stresses that these proposals must be supported by appropriate and comprehensive impact studies based on scientific evidence;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reiterates the importance of supporting local production and the consumption of seasonal, local products from a short and verified supply chain that protects both small producers and, at the same time, consumers, reduces waste and losses, and is capable of providing healthy, certified, quality products with a reduced environmental footprint;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls for the ~~strict~~reasonable application of the One Health principle in all policies that affect the availability and accessibility of food; stresses that food safety must never be jeopardised;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that ~~the availability of plant proteins, if consumed directly, is more than sufficient to meet global~~a balanced diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, which involves consumption of quality food produced from sustainable agriculture and livestock farming, should be promote~~in needs~~d; acknowledges the positive impact that greater consumption of plant- based ~~diet~~foods haves on humans, animals, the planet and food security; stresses that ~~reducing the number and density of farmed animals~~sustainable management of livestock farming can effectively combat the climate and biodiversity crises, decrease the risk of zoonotic diseases and contribute to food security in the short and long terms; deplores the placing on the market of ‘zero-’, ‘-free’, ‘enriched’ or ‘functional’ products, made by the multinational food companies using transformation processes involving assembly and handling activities that make these foods artificial products far removed from nature, with a greater environmental impact than traditional agricultural production methods;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Emphasises that biofuel production negatively affects food security; denounces, moreover, the focus on short-term policy measures for example, on fertilisers;~~deleted

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that it is necessary to raise the limits for the use of nitrogen fertilisers derived from animal manure, such as RENURE1 a, digestate and any other useful and verified alternatives, in line with the limits currently applicable to fertilisers; calls, further, on the Commission to consider a temporary exemption to bring down the cost of fertilisers and to review the Nitrates Directive and its limit of 170 kg/ha nitrogen per year; __________________ 1 a REcovered Nitrogen from manURE (RENURE).

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its position on new genomic breeding techniques1; ~~regrets the biased nature~~points out that new genetic improvement targets can promote sustainability; calls, therefore, on the EU and the Member States to speed up research ofn the ~~current impact assessment and calls~~use of new cultivation techniques in order to increase yields and make crops more resilient to climate change and new pathogens, particularly in view onf the ~~Commission to restart the process~~ droughts and water shortages that are afflicting an inc~~lusive manner~~reasing number of EU Member States; __________________ 1 Resolution of 20 October 2021 on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system. OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 2.

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines the importance of ensuring the security and diversity of seed and plant propagating material to provide stable yields and plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, and varieties suitable for organic production and low input farming systems, while ensuring transparency and freedom of choice for farmers and access to genetic resources and innovative plant breeding techniques in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases and to help farmers tackle the growing risks caused by climate change, ensuring an incentive for open innovation through plant variation;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that the ~~resumption of Ukrainian grain exports mainly benefits Western feed and livestock industries instead of alleviating pressures in the Global South2~~COVID-19 crisis and the current war in Ukraine have highlighted the risk to EU food security; reiterates the need to strengthen EU food security and sovereignty, to reduce dependence on third-country imports and to increase essential agricultural infrastructure, in particular transport and storage infrastructure to ensure the movement and supply of food and feed within the Union; stresses, further, the need to ensure that farmland is used primarily for the production of food and feed; __________________ 2 https://ruralsociologywageningen.nl/2022/ 11/11/crisis-and-capitalism-a-deep-dive- into-the-black-sea-grain-initiative-and- the-global-politics-of-food/

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines that the food safety of imported products requires observance of conditions of reciprocity in trade agreements with third countries, and that the same safety guarantees should be demanded as for EU products;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a strategy to regionalise the supply chain of the most important commodities and to ensure the supply of local and sustainable animal and plant proteins;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Underscores the need for independent policymaking based on facts and values, and on the various impact studies conducted;

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2183(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Gianna GANCIA, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Considers ~~it irresponsible that the EU continues to support environmentally harmful and cruel practices under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy~~that the EU should take the necessary measures to provide farmers and fishers with planning security, adequate financial resources and guarantees, also under the common agricultural policy and common fisheries policy, in order to maintain and, where necessary, increase food production in the EU.

2023/01/24
Committee: ENVI

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 a (new)

A. Whereas supporting a vibrant and dynamic textile sector is strategic for the value chains and the competitiveness of the European Industry;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 b (new)

b. Whereas the long tradition and experience of European textile companies has a priceless value for the European historical heritage and technological development;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Subheading 1 c (new)

C. Whereas the European SMEs are in the frontline of production, research and active development of business models and practices that are increasingly compatible with environmental ambitions;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that more than 99 % of the EU textiles ecosystem consists of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); underlines that EU textiles companies face intense competition from Asia, mainly China1 , where environmental ~~regulations are less strict or non-existent~~and labour standards are less strict or non-existent; the usually low prices of these goods often affects the competitiveness of the European productions, while their low quality can be harmful for the consumers; therefore, calls for better controls by customs and by national market surveillance authorities to avoid the import of counterfeit, unsafe and uncompliant textile products. Better market surveillance shall not hamper free trade and responsible business practices; _________________ 1 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, ‘Data on the EU Textile Ecosystem and its Competitiveness: final report’.

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Susanna CECCARDI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Angelo CIOCCA, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that more than 99 % of the EU textiles ecosystem consists of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); underlines that EU textiles companies face intense competition from Asia, mainly China1, where environmental regulations are less strict or non-existent; calls on the Commission to step up customs controls in order to ensure that imported products comply with the regulations governing EU companies; _________________ 1 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, ‘Data on the EU Textile Ecosystem and its Competitiveness: final report’'.

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Susanna CECCARDI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Angelo CIOCCA, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Acknowledges the importance of recovering materials and, to this end, stresses the need for non-technical parameters to be included among the criteria for assessing end-product performance, so as to avoid unequal comparisons between products manufactured from recycled components and those manufactured from new materials;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. calls on the European Commission to stop unsustainable fast fashion practices and boost better consumption and production models which enhance the strategic value of the supply chain, promote sustainability, foster creativity based on quality;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Encourages the use of recycled materials, especially fiber-to-fiber, and support the conversion of textile waste from a costly disposal matter into new raw material generating value;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ever-increasing regulation, which directly and indirectly affects the EU textiles industry, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, is seriously threatening the competitiveness of EU businesses; calls on the Commission and the Member States to only implement additional regulations if they facilitate sustainable business models, as many obligations drastically increase costs, especially for SME, the increase prices of commodities and energy, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, unfair trade behaviours of Extra-EU countries, is seriously threatening the competitiveness of EU businesses; calls for adequately weight extended producer responsibility obligations to safeguard subcontractors and intermediate processors;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls for a revision of the criteria for awarding the Ecolabel to associate this label with products for which at least three economically significant processes have taken place in accordance with clear sustainability criteria defined at EU level; underlines the need of organising and implementing a better and harmonised surveillance of the internal market. Customs and other market surveillance authorities need to be empowered to prevent the import of counterfeit and/or unsafe textile products lacking the requirements expressly demanded of those who produce and operate within the EU, in order to safeguard the consumer and the environment;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Emphasises that any action that could increase red tape for producers should be avoided and calls for stronger support for SMEs in this sector;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Acknowledges the challenges to achieving a fully circular business model for textile companies, in particular owing to current technological and physical constraints on production and recycling, such as the use of chemicals, the lack of circular design, digitalisation gaps and the workforce’s up- and reskilling needs; stresses the need to introduce incentives for products that meet ecological standards, thus enabling producers to support environmentally sustainable production processes while maintaining competitive price levels and supporting the value chain by promoting the reshoring of delocalised production in the EU;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Recalls the need to support an open approach to circular economy, especially concerning open loop recycling, in order to avoid a “silos approach” and to favour research, innovation and cross- fertilization between different industrial sectors;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Susanna CECCARDI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Angelo CIOCCA, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights the need to specify parameters for recycled materials regarding the presence of chemicals;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Underlines the importance of improving transparency and traceability in the textile industry to increase its ability to manage the value chains more effectively, identify and address labour and human rights violations and environmental impacts, combat counterfeits, while embracing more sustainable production and consumption patterns; at the same time, traceability shall not become a barrier to trade, an unacceptable cost or burden, especially for the SMEs;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Underlines that a circular economy for textiles and apparel is the one that creates better products and services for customers, contributes to a resilient industry, and benefits the environment. Recycling of textiles, a crucial part of the circular economy for textiles and apparel, has the potential to reduce GHG emissions and freeing precious land for other uses. To this end, the European Union should support companies, associations, and initiatives like the ReHubs which are implementing plans to increase recycling and reduce textile waste;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Reaffirms the importance of traceability and transparency as a tool also to support customers’ informed choices about textile products;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3 e. Recalls the need to support the EU textile value chain, which actively contributes to the EU competitiveness, while at the same time defending it from external unfair practices, which are also distortive of the internal market;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that a business- supportive environment that promotes research and innovation is key to maintaining the EU textiles industry’s leading position in innovation2 , especially in sustainable fibres such as bio-based fibres, in inventing and scaling up circular production and recycling technologies, and in harnessing the opportunities offered by digitalisation, e.g. with the Digital Product Passport or smart textiles, provided that such an initiative does not lead to more bureaucracy for producers, enabling micro and SMEs to better communicate their sustainability; _________________ 2 Ibid.

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Underlines the importance of supporting the reshoring of textile production in the European Union as a way to promote reindustrialization of the continent and, as well, as a way to shorten the usually very stretched supply chains involved in the production and distribution of textiles;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Susanna CECCARDI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Angelo CIOCCA, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Emphasises the importance of a traceability system that takes adequate account of the various processing stages so as to provide the market with a guarantee of uniform assessment throughout the production process;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Susanna CECCARDI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Angelo CIOCCA, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Urges the Commission to encourage development of the market for products made from recovered textile material, also outside the clothing sector, so as to ensure more widespread recycling;

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that several EU funding opportunities exist, such as via Cluster 2 of Horizon Europe or the European Innovation Council; calls for the creation of an EU research and innovation agenda aligned with the transition pathway for the textiles ecosystem; underlines the leading role the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) on Culture & Creativity3 and Manufacturing4 should play in this process; calls for the development at European level of 'Textile Hubs', i.e. innovative textile regeneration poles, made up of research centres and disposal plants, for the sorting and recovery of pre- and postconsumer waste, turning waste into value and creating new jobs in textile manufacturing districts. _________________ 3 https://eit.europa.eu/eit-community/eit- culture-creativity. 4 https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/.

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2171(INI)

Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Angelo CIOCCA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Susanna CECCARDI, Marie DAUCHY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Invites the European Commission to publish, as soon as possible, a regulation containing harmonised European criteria for the End of Waste of textiles, to ensure an efficient and smoother marketing of products obtained from the recovery of textile waste, encouraging the use of recycled products and the dissemination of innovative research poles for textile regeneration.

2023/01/27
Committee: ITRE

2022/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Kindly invites the EIB to join investment programmes targeting the RepowerEU strategic infrastructure projects, especially in nuclear energy domain; reminds that nuclear activities were included into the EU Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act, which will enter into force on 1 January 2023;

2022/11/16
Committee: CONT

2022/2153(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Notes that the EIB, the Commission and the ECA renewed the Tripartite Agreement on 11 November 2021; regrets the fact that the revised agreement does not offer the extensive solution which Parliament has called for; welcomes, however, that the new agreement allows for greater access to and improved streamlining of audited EIB documents; reiterates that the ECA is expected to have full access to all information related to EIB operations, in~~tended solely for the implementation of EU policies~~cluding the activities related to green bonds CABs ("Climate Awareness Bond") and SABs ("Sustainability Awareness Bond"), independently issued by the EIB since 2007 and 2018;

2022/11/16
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that timely cooperation between national law enforcement authorities is a key component of an effective response to transnational crime to protect the EU’s financial interests, alongside advancing common policies to fight mafia related criminality and as well taking example from the virtuous and most experienced countries in this area;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Remarks that China remained the major country of origin of goods affected by irregularities; is concerned by the recurrence of cases of absorption and circumvention of trade defence measures and by the difficulty of detecting them; calls on the Commission to adopt countermeasures and deploy them intensively to address unfair trade and furthermore decreasing European dependence on non-EU production;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls the EU and the Member States to join forces in tackling the MTIC ("Missing Trader Intra Community") VAT fraud, costing, according to Europol, 50 billion EUR annually in tax losses or up to 27% of an annual EU budget; this measure would significantly improve the situation of the available ressources for EU policies and reduce the annual contributions of the Member States into the EU Budget;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2152(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. ~~Welcomes~~Take notes of the decision adopted by the Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention (COCOLAF) to set up an expert group dedicated to the use of IT tools to protect RRF resources, and requires great vigilance in identifying and combating fraud related to the Recovery and Resilience as long as the funded projects proceed;

2022/11/17
Committee: CONT

2022/2130(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Notes that Joint Undertaking also ensures the implementation of the research community’s common anti-fraud strategy; notes that the main actions derived from the strategy include the organisation of awareness-raising sessions within the Joint Undertaking and cooperation with OLAF (in the case of risk-based audits conducted by the Common Audit Service or outsourced contractors)., stresses that resources should not be subject to any fraud, especially since hydrogen is crucial in EU energy procurement;

2023/02/02
Committee: CONT

2022/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Notes that the Anti-Fraud (OLAF) and Ethics Officer promoted and coordinated the implementation of the Joint Undertaking Anti-Fraud Strategy and the accompanying Anti-Fraud Action Plan covering the period 2020 through 2023, stresses that resources should not be subject to any fraud, especially since nuclear energy is crucial in EU energy procurement;

2023/02/02
Committee: CONT

2022/2129(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes that, in response to the situation, the Joint Undertaking launched several actions to improve the working environment and wellbeing of staff. Those actions were integrated into a Change Agenda, targeting excessive workload, bad working atmosphere, and a lack of communication by the management on the planned organisational changes; and it is expected that they will be effective, given the reported events.

2023/02/02
Committee: CONT

2022/2098(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Deplores that the Office together with the EEAS did not arrange the reception of Afghan refugees in the neighboring countries of the region, such as Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan;

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2098(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights with great concern that on 14 September 2022, the discharge authority received an anonymous complaint containing allegations on staff- related irregularities caused by the Office’s entire senior management team; is deeply concerned about the seriousness of the aforementioned allegations that include claims of unlawful, opaque or partial recruitment and promotion of senior management members, allegations of harassment or mismanagement of funds relating to missions of Office staff; notes that, as a result of those allegations, OLAF has launched an investigation; calls on the Office senior management and on all concerned staff to ensure full and sincere cooperation with OLAF throughout all stages of the investigation; calls on the Office to inform the discharge authority about the progress and stages of the investigation, which will determine final discharge decision;

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2098(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Welcomes the progress made by the Agency towards~~Notes that the Agency did not finalise yet the updat~~ing~~e of its policy for the management and prevention of conflict of interests; notes that this policy will be based on three pillars: a decision of the management board that will apply to board members and members organisations of the Consultative Forum, a decision of the ED that will include guidance on post- employment activities and ethical guidance and will apply to staff, contracted experts and tenderers and beneficiaries of grant, and another decision of the ED that will integrate the Ombudsman’s European Code of Good Administrative Behaviour and public service principles; welcomes the Office’s commitment to also take into account the recommendations from the Court’s report on the ‘revolving door’ issue; calls on the Agency to keep the discharge authority informed on the adoption of those decisions; further notes that no cases of conflict of interests were reported, investigated or concluded in 2021;

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2092(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes growing criticism over last years towards the performance and the design of electricity market in the EU, aggravated price volatility, massive and unnecessary electricity price rises for EU citizens happened in 2022; points out, therefore, that the Agency has failed its mission to ensure transparency standards given market manipulations1a; _________________ 1a https://www.euractiv.com/section/electricit y/news/auditors-highlight-failures-in-eu- bid-to-integrate-electricity-markets/

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2092(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Finds astonishing the tender ACER/OP/CS/03/2a amounting to 1000 000 EUR and aiming provision of consultancy services in the area of business continuity of the Agency among other things; urges to stop the practices of external consulting and to grow internal expertise; _________________ 2a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=11992

2023/02/21
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. 'Notes that the surplus generated by the COVID-19 pandemic was, via C and P budgetary transfers in 2021, mainly allocated to finance Parliament’s building policy, namely ‘lease payments’ was reinforced with EUR 33 559 035 to continue the investment in the Adenauer II building project while "acquisition of immovable property" was reinforced with EUR 22 007 230, allowing the acquisition of the TREVES II building, which together made up 52,1% of the C transfers in 2021; notes that other important transfers addressed unanticipated needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, e.g. for health and prevention measures, technical equipment and expenditure on interpretation to support teleworking and hybrid meetings; notes that further transfers to DG LINC of at least EUR 5 250 000 were related to the logistics of the Conference on the Future of Europe and to investments in various aspects of IT services; considers erroneous the Bureau Decision of April 2021 to commit EUR 10 644 359 and to pay EUR 5 227 276 in relation to the Conference on the Future of Europe;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62

62. Calls for a thorough overhaul of Parliament’s ethical framework that integrates lessons learned and strengthens the current rules to ensure that there are stronger deterrents to address effectively current and future threats and interferences from external agents, whether they affect Members or staff; stresses that illegal activities funded by paid lobbying or NGOs constitutes a profound attack on democracy and should be met with zero tolerance and heightened vigilance; calls in particular for a revision of the Rules of Procedure and the Members’ Code of Conduct, as well as for an urgent upgrade of the current European Parliament’s Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members, in order to ensure that Members act without any undue influence from interest representatives by means of a strict regulation of paid activities during the mandate, gifts or travel invitations, future employment expectations, and of undue use of information or contacts;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 a (new)

75a. Reminds that in 2021 budget of the DG COMM amounted to 6%1a of the total budget of the European Parliament or at least 123.8 million EUR; points out that DG COMM disposed of 610 staffers in 2021; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about- parliament/en/organisation-and- rules/parliaments-budget

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75 b (new)

75b. Points out that DG COMM has allocated 4 830 000 EUR for tenders2a on monitoring and analysis of Dutch, Romanian, Slovenian, Latvian, Maltese, Swedish, Cypus, Austrian, Luxembourg, German, French, Danish, Lithuaninan, Estonian, Spanish media in 2021; _________________ 2a https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- search.html?_caList=1&_procedureType Forthcoming=1&_procedureTypeOngoin g=1&caList=55&closingDateFrom=&clos ingDateTo=&confirm=Search≺ocedureT ypeForthcoming=≺ocedureTypeOngoing =☆tDateFrom=01/01/2021☆tDateTo=31/ 12/2021&status=&text=&maxResults=50

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79

79. Notes that the presence of Parliament’s officials in Union delegations or other bodies aims to strengthen inter- parliamentary relations with regional organisation; reiterates, however, the concern regarding the Bureau decision of 11 February 2019 regarding parliamentary support to the European Union Mission to ASEAN in Jakarta, the Delegation of the European Union to the African Union in Addis Ababa and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in New York; notes that no staff were deployed in 2020, while two officials were seconded to New York and one to Addis Ababa in 2022; reminds Parliament’s administration of its commitment to establish measurable indicators to assess their annual performance and not to waste resources undermining the reputation of the Parliament; draws attention to the fact that Parliament’s administration has set up a unit in charge of relations with ASEAN and has proposed most of its staff to be deployed in Jakarta, while for the other two destinations the administration has simply selected senior members of staff; reiterates its call for transparent appointment processes of the staff involved and for the Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control to be kept informed;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses how important it is to have digital systems that can cope with the remote and office activities of MEPs and staff; notes that the connection quality in older buildings (such as SDM in Strasbourg) does not always guarantee basic activities; also calls for parliamentary devices to give access to the now essential virtual meeting applications;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87

87. Notes that ‘Parliament’s Buildings Strategy beyond 2019’ is intended to provide a framework for future decisions and to contribute to consolidate Parliament’s real estate portfolio while adapting facilities to the evolution of meeting patterns, going local and closer to citizens through Europa Experience facilities, enhancing security for Parliament’s buildings, and achieving the interconnection of central buildings; notes that Parliament’s administration is currently working on a comprehensive approach to define Parliament’s long-term building policy taking account of the impact of the energy crisis, environmental obligations and new working methods introduced in Parliament; calls on Parliament’s administration to reflect on the need to acquire or construct new buildings in the future and on the huge cost of the building strategy on European taxpayers; notes the adoption on 8 March 2021 of an integrated facility management strategy focusing on a life cycle management of Parliament’s building portfolio;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90 a (new)

90a. Finds scandalous the publication of tender 2019/S 210-512181 "Belgium- Brussels: Design competition pertaining to the renewal of the Paul-Henri SPAAK building in Brussels "3a without an indication of the estimated total value of the final constructions; calls on Buro to disclose the figures as soon as possible; _________________ 3a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:512181-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2082(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93

93. Notes that in 2021 the total number of reported thefts in Members’ offices and staff offices was 83, a 58,2% decrease compared to 2020, with a total value of stolen items of EUR 190 791.,99; welcomes the fact that Parliament’s responsible services identified the perpetrator of two important thefts, one related to 101 hybrid computers and 26 iPads and the other related to 15 hybrid computers, and that the case is pending in the Belgian judicial proceedings and calls that attention is not lowered on a phenomenon that has tainted the institution of parliament;

2023/02/07
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the increasing need to ensure the transparency of NGOs and of their funding, as they are important actors in the implementation of the Union budget, especially in the area of external action; demands the Commission to re-evaluate its identification of entities as NGOs, improving the reliability of information (making sure to have them registered as lobbyists, having clearly established whether they stand for the topics they claim they represent, and having insight into their financing); demands the disclosure of their financing be it private (e.g. NGOs financed by the industrial actors) or public; recalls that the European Court of Auditors has warned as early as 2018 that "the European Commission does not have sufficiently detailed information on how [EU] money is spent" 1a;recalls that as regards public funding, the Union basic acts regulate how transparency and visibility in this regard need to be handled, therefore reminds the Commission about the responsibility it has to check the compliance with rules and procedures, especially rules and procedures on sub- granting to NGOs; moreover, demands that the Commission provides the discharge authority with clear information about the total amount of Union funds implemented by NGOs; calls on the Commission and the co-legislators to finally end the exemption of NGOs from EU anti-money laundering rules as non- obliged entities and to extend the definition of politically exposed persons to former politicians who gain management positions in NGOs receiving EU funding; believes that these are important steps towards more financial scrutiny of such organisations; regrets that, even in the aftermath of Qatargate, the European Parliament has rejected such proposals; _________________ 1a European Court of Auditors Special Report No 35/2018.

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Welcomes~~Eagerly awaits proof that the RRF's contribution tois preventing a strong economic downturn following the COVID- 19 pandemic; notes that the RRF has been instrumental in making progress with the implementation of the Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) stemming from the European Semester in almost all Member States; notes however that several CSRs remain unaddressed, despite the financial incentives stemming from the RRF;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Expresses concern about~~Takes note of the limited number of cross-border projects under the RRF, which calls into question the Union added value of this instrument;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 102 a (new)

102a. Finds alarming that the EU aid to Afghanistan in years of 2021 and 2022 amounted to 524 million EUR regardless the Taliban's government took over the country; finds unacceptable that the general budget support-related aid in these years amounted to 77.5 million EUR, meaning that there is no traceability of these funds once they are merged with the others;

2023/03/08
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 138 a (new)

138 a. Highlights that the European Commission spent EUR 36 540 on four annual events, to foster transparency and engagement with relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the plans4a; regrets that the auditors did not assess the amount of transparency of engagement resulting from this events; calls on the auditing authorities to do so, and to audit Annual Events and INFORM EU clinics; _________________ 4a Answer given by Executive Vice- President Dombrovskis on behalf of the European Commission, E- 002758/2022(ASW), 12 December 2022.

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 146 a (new)

146 a. Notes that in line with Article 21 of the RRF regulation, once a Council Implementing Decision on a given plan has been adopted, only in specific cases may Member States request a modification of that plan5a; recalls that in order to amend its plan, a Member State would have to demonstrate that it can no longer implement (part of) its plan due to objective circumstances; regrets that the Commission has interpreted this rule in a way that a change of government in and of itself is not an objective circumstance within the meening of the RRF regulation5b; deeply regrets that this rule and interpretation by the Comission excessively bind new governing coalitions to the political priorities of the previous administration, and hollow out and undermine the national democratic process; _________________ 5a The ‘Commission Notice: Guidance on Recovery and Resilience Plans in the context of REPowerEU’ outlines the possible grounds for modification of a RRP on page 10-19. See https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/commission -notice-guidance-recovery-and-resilience- plans-context-repowereu_en 5b Answer given by Mr Gentiloni on behalf of the European Commission, P- 002707/2022(ASW), 14 September 2022.

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point b

b. make the list of all final beneficiaries and projects of RRF funding available to auditors and the discharge authority, Members of the European Parliament, and the general public via the Commission´s website, for all payments (in 2021 and throughout the implementation of the RRF);

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

d. apply ~~additional~~miticulous vigilance to signals of organised crime targeting the funds available under the RRF together with EUROPOL, the EPPO, OLAF and other relevant actors;

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2081(DEC)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point i

i. publish bi-annually on the RRF scoreboard the amounts borrowed to fund the RRF, and to whom, and the interest incurred to pay for the borrowed amounts; also publish on the RRF the amounts of interest paid by the Member States to the Commission on the loans made available to them under the RRF; also publish the list of primary dealers (PDs) to whom the bonds were sold; calls therefore on the Commission to require the national competent authorities to submit all relevant information and, if needed, to immediately propose amending MIFID II, MIFIR and the Market Abuse Regulation, in order to enable the request of this information; calls on the Commission to publish the notified proceedings of PDs initiated by a competent autority of a Member State in relation to their activity and of any conviction of a criminal charge, according to Article 5 of Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/625, and the list of suspended PDs;

2023/02/28
Committee: CONT

2022/2059(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the Mediterranean is a semi-enclosed sea with a very slow exchange of its waters, a rich biodiversity and a high proportion of endemic species; whereas there have been changes in water temperatures in recent years, with these increasing significantly in the Mediterranean, which is impacting strongly on fish stocks and on the health of the seas;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the density of waste has more than doubled in thirty years; whereas the improper management and treatment of waste from rivers and urban areas, primarily in third countries, make the Mediterranean the area with the sixth largest accumulation of marine litter in the world;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas Mediterranean marine mammal numbers have declined by 41 % over the last 50 years and variou~~nd 80 % of~~s fish stocks are su~~ffering from overfishing~~bject to management and reconstitution plans; whereas the objective of sustainable fishing is achievable, provided that Member States have the political will;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the Mediterranean basin is warming 20 % faster than the global average; whereas global warming will cause severe consequences that must be anticipated; whereas meeting the Paris Agreement limit of 1.5 °C of warming calls for a halving of the EU’s energy demand by 2050 compared to 2015 levels and requires the other countries of the Mediterranean area to contribute through increased cooperationasures must be taken to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the Union is responsible for half of the Mediterranean basin and cannot remain passive in the face of the multiple political, social, economic and environmental challenges confronting the area, starting with relations with the countries bordering the Mediterranean, which should adopt joint measures to protect ecosystems;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the continuous degradation of the environment in the entire Mediterranean basin, the loss of biodiversity and the increasing air and marine pollution, which has been caused by multiple factors;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that the European shores of the Mediterranean suffer from degraded environmental standards compared to the shores of Northern Europe (especially in port cities that do not benefit from the protection of emission control areas to reduce airborne emissare naturally interconnected with the shores of non-EU countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea and must contribute to its protections);

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that environmental problems are cross-cutting and complex, such that each entity, region or state acting alone can only provide partial solutions, and that it is necessary to broaden the common approach, including by involving third countries, to embrace the whole Mediterranean area;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Draws attention to the water temperature increases in the Mediterranean Sea and to the need to take steps to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls that ~~over~~IUU fishing is still a threat to the survival of many species; is convinced that the development of a blue economy can support sustainable and inclusive development and quality jobs;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Draws attention to the impacts caused by tourism ~~due to its seasonality and its uncontrolled development (such as cruises, new polluting leisure activities)~~when this is not managed sustainably and there is uncontrolled development;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2059(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the ~~WestMed sea basin strategy in the Western Mediterranean and~~ Interreg programmes such as MARITTIMO, as good examples of direct and diversified cooperation, including at regional level, with shared objectives;

2022/12/15
Committee: AGRI

2022/2046(INI)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reiterates its concern as regards the significant delay in the implementation of cohesion policy for the 2021-2027 period, as well as its call for the Commission and the Member States to speed up the adoption of the partnership agreements and programmes, without undermining their quality and while respecting the EU’s political priorities and the ~~applicable principle~~priorities and concerns of EU citizens; reiterates the need for special consideration to be given to less-developed regions ~~and islands~~ in this context, and also to those that find themselves in the 'middle-income trap' in view of the challenging economic situation and the inflation they face;

2022/07/27
Committee: REGI

2022/2046(INI)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the necessity of providing the regions with appropriate financial means in order to deal with the waves of migration caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its multifaceted consequences; emphasises the need to address the grave difficulties that the current rise in energy costs is causing for the regions, and to identify suitable financial instruments to deal with them at a regional level and to support all energy diversification efforts, as well as investments encouraging Member States' energy independence;

2022/07/27
Committee: REGI

2022/2046(INI)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for a significant increase in the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) budget, which would help regions to anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change, and for the scope of the EUSF to be broadened~~, so that it can also support more climate-resilient restoration or construction of public and private infrastructure~~;

2022/07/27
Committee: REGI

2022/2046(INI)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Alessandro PANZA, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The approach to synergies in the EU budget should be more centred around the real complementarity of policies. At regional level, special consideration should be paid to new policy areas, such as strategic interdependence and European industrial alliances, in which cohesion policy could prove particularly relevant. The 'do no harm to cohesion' principle should be developed further and factored into policy-making;

2022/07/27
Committee: REGI

2022/2008(INI)

Joëlle MÉLIN, Matteo ADINOLFI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy; stresses also that this industrial policy must place SMEs at the centre of all measures and objectives;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

2022/2008(INI)

Joëlle MÉLIN, Matteo ADINOLFI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Regrets that the same update was neither carried out in 2021 nor planned for 2022 for the SME strategy; expresses its concern for European micro- enterprises, strongly affected by the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic and now by the increase in raw materials and energy costs caused by the current international crisis; stresses that there can be no real European growth without an industrial policy that takes account of the European manufacturing entrepreneurship, 99% composed of SMEs;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

2022/2008(INI)

Joëlle MÉLIN, Matteo ADINOLFI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, with the transparent involvement of stakeholders representing the entire supply chain, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that will support industry through the transitions; calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the competitiveness and resilience of our industrial ecosystems and on the progress made on the transition pathways, so that instruments can be adapted swiftly when needed;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

2022/2008(INI)

Joëlle MÉLIN, Matteo ADINOLFI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that investment in R&D is geared towards the participation of micro enterprises;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

2022/2008(INI)

Joëlle MÉLIN, Matteo ADINOLFI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed; calls for an increasing of SMEs share in public procurement contracts by safeguarding SME access and combating procurement criteria that set requirements or qualifications beyond the core elements of the service or goods purchased;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

2022/2008(INI)

Joëlle MÉLIN, Matteo ADINOLFI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in the transition pathways; emphasises that training is essential for improving the skills of SME staff in areas such as blockchain, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

2022/2008(INI)

Joëlle MÉLIN, Matteo ADINOLFI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing; digital SMEs, in particular in traditional sectors where digitisation is not developed;

2022/04/25
Committee: ITRE

2022/0432(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Gianna GANCIA, Maria Veronica ROSSI, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) From a toxicological point of view, ~~substances with more than one constituent (‘multi-constituent substances’) are no different from mixtures composed of two or more substances. I~~and in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council39, aimed to limit animal testing, data on ~~multi-constituent~~substances is to be generated under the same conditions as data on any other substance with more than one costituent, while data on individual constituents of a substance is normally not to be generated, except where individual constituents are also substances registered on their own. Where data on ~~individual~~the substance with more than one constituents is not available~~, multi- constituent~~ and where relevant data onindividual constituents is available, thesesubstances should be evaluated and classified following the same classification rules as mixtures, unless Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 provides for a specific provision for those ~~multi-constituent~~substances. _________________ 39 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI

2022/0432(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Gianna GANCIA, Maria Veronica ROSSI, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) ~~It is normally not possible to sufficiently assess the~~For the assessment of endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment and the persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties of a mixture or of a multi-constituent substance on the basis of data on that mixture or substance. The data for the individual substances of the mixture or for the individual constituents of the multi- constituent substance should therefore normally be used as the basis for hazard identification of those multi-constituent substances or mixtures. However, in certain cases, data on those multi- constituent substances themselves may also be relevant. This is the case in particular where that data demonstrates endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment, as well as persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties, or where it supports data on the individual constituents. Therefore, it is appropriate that data on multi-constituent substances are used in those casboth whole substance data and data for the individual constituents of the substance with more than one constituent, impurity or additive should be used as the basis for hazard classification of those substances.

2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI

2022/0432(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Gianna GANCIA, Maria Veronica ROSSI, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 only allows for the use of fold-out labels if the general rules for the application of labels cannot be met due to the shape or form of the packaging or its small size~~, whilst it does not provide for a minimum font size of labels that would ensure readability~~. As a result of advancements in labelling technologies, more flexibility should be given to suppliers by providing for a broader use of fold-out labels, while readability of labels should be ensured by ~~lay~~adding ~~down minimum font size and formatting requirements~~more examples of label in the Guidance on Labelling and Packaging.

2023/05/16
Committee: ENVI

(b) 10 % for contact sensitive plastic packaging made from plastic materials other than PET, except single use plastic beverage bottles;

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

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

Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. From 1 January 2040, ~~the~~ plastic ~~part in~~ packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste~~, per unit of packaging~~:

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Marco CAMPOMENOSI, Maria Veronica ROSSI, Paola GHIDONI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Alessandra BASSO, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Gianna GANCIA, Rosanna CONTE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Valentino GRANT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) ~~contact sensitive plastic~~ packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745;

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c

(c) ~~contact sensitive plastic~~ packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746;

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4

4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compostable plastic packaging. as well as to inks, adhesives, varnishes and coatings used on packaging. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. By 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation, compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to innovative packaging as defined at article 3 para 37.

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

Silvia SARDONE, Marco CAMPOMENOSI, Maria Veronica ROSSI, Paola GHIDONI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Alessandra BASSO, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Gianna GANCIA, Rosanna CONTE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Valentino GRANT

Silvia SARDONE, Marco CAMPOMENOSI, Maria Veronica ROSSI, Paola GHIDONI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Alessandra BASSO, Antonio Maria RINALDI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend Annex V in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress with the objective to reducing packaging waste and improving the overall environmental outcomes in line with paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall consider the potential of the restrictions on the use of specific non-recyclable packaging formats to reduce the packaging waste generated while ensuring an overall positive environmental impact, and shall take into account the availability of alternative packaging solutions that meet requirements set out in legislation applicable to contact sensitive packaging, as well as their capability to prevent microbiological contamination of the packaged product.

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26

~~[...]~~deleted

2023/05/12
Committee: ENVI

2022/0396(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27

~~[...]~~deleted

2023/05/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

~~1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt~~ delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 in order to take into account technical progress to amend the following: (a) Annex III, as regards the test conditions for M2, M3, N2, N3 vehicles, based on data collected when testing Euro 7 vehicles; (b) Annex III, as regards the test conditions, based on data collected when testing Euro 7 brakes or tyres; (c) Annex V, as regards the application of test requirements and declarations, based on technical progress; (d) Article 5 by introducing options and designations based on innovative technologies for manufacturers.

2023/07/04
Committee: ENVI

Maria Veronica ROSSI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI, Rosanna CONTE, Elisabetta DE BLASIS, Gianna GANCIA, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

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

‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate effect-based method.’;deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

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

Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a) – point iv)

(iv) Member States shall implement the necessary measures to progressively reduce pollution from priority substances and river basin specific pollutants, and to cease or phase out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances., with the exception of those no longer used or produced in Europe;

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7 Directive 2008/105/EC

The watch list shall contain a maximum of 10 substances or groups of substances at any one time, and shall indicate the monitoring matrices and the possible methods of analysis for each substance. Those monitoring matrices and methods shall not entail excessive costs for the competent authorities. For these investigations, an in-depth assessment will nevertheless be required to estimate the costs associated with monitoring, the analytical methods, equipment upgrades and dedicated staff. The substances to be included in the watch list shall be selected from amongst the substances for which the information available indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to, or via, the aquatic environment and for which monitoring data are insufficient. The watch list shall include substances of emerging concern.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

As soon as suitable ~~monitoring~~, precise and EU-wide analytical methods for monitoring micro- plastics (including the types that will need to be sought) and selected antimicrobial resistance genes have been identified, those substances shall be included in the watch list.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part

ECHA shall prepare scientific reports to assist the Commission in selecting the substances for the watch list, taking into account key scientific knowledge and the following information:

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point e

(e) research projects and scientific publications, including information on trends and predictions based on modelling or other predictive assessments and data and information from remote sensing technologies, earth observation (Copernicus services), in-situ sensors and devices, ~~or citizen science data, leveraging the opportunities offe~~provided that the models or other predictive assessments, sensors and devices ared b~~y artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis and processing~~roadly accepted by the scientific community as approaches with sound scientific foundations.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0344(COD)

Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8

Directive 2008/105/EC
Article 8d

(8) the following Article 8d is inserted: ‘Article 8d River Basin Specific Pollutants 1. Member States shall set and apply EQS for the river basin specific pollutants covered by the categories listed in Part A of Annex II to this Directive, where those pollutants pose a risk to water bodies in one or more of their river basin districts based on the analyses and reviews under Article 5 of Directive 2000/60/EU, in accordance with the procedure set out in Part B of Annex II to this Directive. Member States shall, by [OP please insert the date = the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], inform ECHA of the EQS referred to in the first subparagraph. ECHA shall make that information publicly available. 2. Where EQS for river basin specific pollutants have been set at Union level and listed in Part C of Annex II, in accordance with Article 8, those EQS shall take precedence over EQS for river basin specific pollutants established at national level in accordance with paragraph 1. Those EQS set at Union level shall also be applied by the Member States to establish whether the river basin specific pollutants listed in Part C of Annex II pose a risk. Compliance with the applicable national EQS or EQS set at Union level, where relevant, is required for a water body to be in good chemical status, in accordance with the definition set out in Article 2(24) of Directive 2000/60/EC.;’deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Matteo ADINOLFI, Matteo GAZZINI, Valentino GRANT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 159 – paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. In case of pillar-assessed organisations pursuant to article 158.3 and 158.4, the EU should fully rely on the rules and procedures already in place in those organisations operating under direct, indirect and shared management modes.

2023/02/20
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d – number

~~Article 27~~deleted

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)

Article 3 a Transitional provisions 1. In relation to installations carrying out activities referred to in Annex I, points 1.1, to 1.3, point 1.4 (except pyrolysis), point 2.1, point 2.2, point 2.3(a), point 2.3(b), point 2.3(c), points 2.4 to 2.6, points 3.1 to 3.5, points 4.1 to 4.6, point 5.1 to 5.6, point 5.3 (except anaerobic digestion), points 5.4 to 5.6, point 6.1, point 6.2 (except finishing of textile fibres), point 6.3, point 6.4, point 6.5 (except animal by products), point 6.7 which are in operation and hold a permit before [the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive] or the operators of which have submitted a complete application for a permit before that date, provided that those installations are put into operation no later than [one year after the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States shall apply the laws, regulations and administrative laws, regulations and administrative provisions adopted in accordance with Article 3(1) of the recast of Directive 2010/75/EU from [one year after the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive]. 2. In relation to installations carrying out activities referred to in Annex I, point 1.4 for activities concerning pyrolysis, points 2.3(aa), point 2.3(ab), point 2.3 (bb), point 2.7, point 3.6, point 5.3 for activities concerning anaerobic digestion, point 6.2 for activities concerning finishing of textile fibres and point 6.5 for activities concerning animal by-products which are in operation before [the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], Member States shall apply the laws, regulations and administrative provisions adopted in accordance with this Directive from [two years after the first day of the month following 18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive].

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point h

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6 – point 6.2

6.2. Pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation), dyeing or dyeing with integrated finishing of textile fibres or textiles where the treatment capacity exceeds 10 tonnes per day.;

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Proposal for a directive
Annex II

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia – paragraph 1

~~1. Rearing of cattle, pigs or poultry in installations of 150 livestock units (LSU) or more.~~deleted

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elisabetta DE BLASIS

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

(1 e) "diagnostic data" means data that is the product of diagnostics functions or algorithms which provide information on the correct functioning and performance of the product and potential malfunctions;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

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

(1 b) ‘raw data’ means data in the form and format in which they are generated or collected directly from a source and not processed in any way;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

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

(1 c) "falsified data" are data that have been edited, added, removed or whose results and / or data sets have been altered in order to make them artfully available to the media, States or communities of people to induce them to behave or act in an erroneous manner. In this context, also the partial exposure of data, deliberately carried out with the aim of providing a misleading picture of reality, is configured as falsified data.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

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

(3) ‘related service’ means a digital service, including software, ~~which is incorporated in or~~but excluding electronic communication services (ECS), which is at the time of the purchase, rental or leasing agreement, inter- connected with a product in such a way that its absence would prevent the product from performing one of its core functions;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

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

(5) ‘user’ means a natural or legal person that owns, rents or leases a product or receives a ~~services~~related service from the data holder;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6

(6) ‘data holder’ means a legal or natural person who de facto holds, controls and is able to grant access to the data, and who has the right or obligation, in accordance with this Regulation, applicable Union law or national legislation implementing Union law, or in the case of non-personal data and through control of the technical design of the product and related services, the ability, to make available certain data;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

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

(10) ‘public emergency’ means an exceptional situation ~~negative~~such as major public health emergencies, emergencies resulting from major natural disasters, negatively and suddenly affecting the population of the Union, a Member State or a major part of it, with a risk of serious and lasting repercussions on living conditions or economic stability, or the substantial and immediate degradation of economic assets in the Union or the relevant Member State(s), and as determined according to the respective procedures in the Member States or of relevant international organisations;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)

(c a) The user may grant or withdraw at any time consent for the data holder to the use of their data or to the third party nominated by the data holder (opt out).

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. The manufacturer shall have the right to access easily and securely the data generated by the use of the products it sells, rents or leases to users that are legal persons.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Where data cannot be directly accessed by the user from the product, the data holder shall make available to the user the raw data generated by its use of a product or related service without undue delay, free of charge and, where applicable, continuously and in real-time. This shall be done on the basis of a simple request through electronic means where technically feasible.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. T~~rade secrets shall only be disclosed provided that all specific necessary measures are taken to preserve~~he data holder shall be under no obligation to share data theat con~~fidentiality of trade secrets in particular with respect to third parties. The data holder and th~~stitute, or allow conclusions about trade use~~r can agree measures to preserve the confidentiality of the shared data, in particular in relation to~~crets of the data holder or third parties.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Upon request by a user, or by a party acting on behalf of a user, the data holder shall make available the data generated by the use of a product or related service to a third party, that has a registered seat in the European Union, without undue delay, free of charge to the user, of the same quality as is available to the data holder and, where applicable and technically feasible, continuously and in real-time.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) make the data available it receives to another third party, in raw, aggregated or derived form, unless this is necessary to provide the service requested by the user; the third party should have a registered seat in the European Union.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. Upon request, a data holder shall make data available to a public sector body or to a Union institution, agency or body demonstrating an exceptional need and a public emergency to use the data requested.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) where the data requested is necessary to respond to a public emergency;, meaning a public health crisis, a major natural disaster or a man- made disaster.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) ~~specify what data are required;~~a. establish that it is acting as the single public sector body in charge of requesting data, authorized to this end by Union or Member State law as per Article 14(1) of this Regulation; b. specify what data are required; c. demonstrate the exceptional need for which the data are requested; d. explain the purpose of the request, the intended use of the data requested, and the duration of that use; e. specify the deadline by which the data are to be made available or within which the data holder may request the public sector body, Union institution, agency or body to modify or withdraw the request; f. submit a declaration on the lawful and secure handling of the data received; g. specify the names of the third parties it intends to share the obtained data with pursuant to paragraph 4.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b

~~(b) demonstrate the exceptional need for which the data are reques~~deleted;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c

~~(c) explain the purpose of the request, the intended use of the data requested, and the duration of that use;~~deleted

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d

~~(d) state the legal basis for requesting the data;~~deleted

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) specify the deadline by which the data are to be made available or within which the data holder may request the public sector body, Union institution, agency or body to modify or withdraw the request.deleted

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Where a public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body requests, transmits or makes data available ~~under this paragraph~~, it shall notify the data holder from whom the data was received.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. The data request cannot concern data already available within the public sector domain.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. A data holder receiving a request for access to data under this Chapter shall make the data available to the requesting public sector body or a Union institution, agency or body where possible without undue delay, taking into account provision of time for the necessary technical, organizational, and legal measures.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2

2. Disclosure of trade secrets or alleged trade secrets to a public sector body or to a Union institution, agency or body shall only be required to the extent that it is strictly necessary to achieve the purpose of the request. In such a case, the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body shall take appropriate measures to preserve the confidentiality of those trade secrets. and issue a statement declaring: a. the purpose for which trade secrets would be used b. the way the trade secrets would contribute to the achievement of such purpose c. the detailed measures that would be taken to protect them.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1

1. Data made available to respond to a public emergency pursuant to Article 15, point (a), shall be provided ~~free of charge.~~in exchange for compensation not exceeding the technical and organisational costs incurred related to making the data available to the public sector body including, where applicable, the costs of anonymisation and pseudonymization and of other necessary technical adaptations;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2

2. Where the data holder claims compensation for making data available in compliance with a request made pursuant to Article 15, points (b) or (c), such compensation ~~shall not exceed~~must ensure fair compensation on investments made and cover the technical and organisational costs incurred to comply with the request including, where necessary, the costs of anonymisation and pseudonymization of technical adaptation, plus a reasonable margin. Upon request of the public sector body or the Union institution, agency or body requesting the data, the data holder shall provide information on the basis for the calculation of the costs and the reasonable margin.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2

2. The data holder shall make available the data used for the production of European Statistics included in the European Statistical Programme in order to meet the timely information needs of European citizens. 3. Individuals or organisations receiving the data pursuant to paragraph 1 and 2 shall act on a not-for-profit basis or in the context of a public-interest mission recognised in Union or Member State law. They shall not include organisations upon which commercial undertakings have a decisive influence or which could result in preferential access to the results of the research.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3

3. 4. Individuals or organisations receiving the data pursuant to paragraph 1 shall comply with the provisions of Article 17(3) and Article 19.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) terminating, after a maximum notice period of 30 calendar days, the contractual agreement of the service, unless the contracting parties explicitly agree on a different notice period on a contractual basis and provided that both parties are able to influence its content;

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. Providers of data processing services shall take all reasonable technical, legal and organisational measures, including contractual arrangements, in order to prevent international transfer or governmental access to non-personal data held in the Union where such transfer or access would create a conflict with Union law or the national law of the relevant Member State; when such transfer or access poses a concrete risk to the fundamental rights of individuals, the national security or defence interests of Member States, the protection of commercially sensitive data, including trade secrets, intellectual property rights and contractual undertakings regarding confidentiality, without prejudice to paragraph 2 or 3.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4

4. If the conditions in paragraph 2 or 3 are met, the provider of data processing services shall provide the minimum amount of data permissible in response to a request, based on a ~~reasonable~~n interpretation thereof by the relevant competent body or authority.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission may, in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, request one or more European standardisation organisations to draft harmonised standards that satisfy the essential requirements under paragraph 1 of this Article. When drafting the European standards, such organizations should, whenever possible, take into account the standards, good practices, norms, technical specifications and relevant opensource norms which already exist.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall develop and recommend non-binding model contractual terms on data access and use to assist parties in drafting and negotiating contracts with balanced contractual rights and obligations. Such contractual terms shall be in line with Fair, Reasonable and Non- Discriminatory (FRAND) principles.

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0047(COD)

Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2

It shall apply from [124 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

2022/11/14
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) Semiconductors are at the core of any digital device: from smartphones and cars, through critical applications and infrastructures in health, energy, communications and automation to most other industry sectors. While semiconductors are essential to the functioning of our modern economy and society, the Union has witnessed unprecedented disruptions in their supply. The current supply shortage in high range but also in mid-low range of chips, is a symptom of permanent and serious structural deficiencies in the Union’s semiconductor value and supply chain. The disruptions have exposed long-lasting vulnerabilities in this respect, notably a strong third-country dependency in manufacturing and design of chips.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) This framework pursues two objectives. The first objective is to ensure the conditions necessary for the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union and to ensure the adjustment of the industry to structural changes due to fast innovation cycles and the need for sustainability as well as to ensure supply of chips to core sectors for the Union's economy. The second objective, separate and complementary to the first one, is to improve the functioning of the internal market by laying down a uniform Union legal framework for increasing the Union’s resilience and security of supply in the field of semiconductor technologies.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) It is necessary to take measures to build capacity and strengthen the Union’s semiconductor sector in line with Article 173(3) of the Treaty. These measures do not entail the harmonisation of national laws and regulations. In this regard, the Union should reinforce the competitiveness and resilience of the semiconductor technological and industrial base, whilst strengthening the innovation and manufacturing capacityies of its semiconductor sector, reducing dependence on a limited number of third country companies and geographies, and strengthening its capacity to design and produce advanced components. The Chips for Europe Initiative (the ‘Initiative’) should support these aims by bridging the gap between Europe’s advanced research and innovation capabilities and their sustainable industrial exploitation in terms of manufacturing. It should promote capacity building to enable design, production and systems integration in next generation semiconductor technologies, enhance collaboration among key players across the Union, strengthening Europe's semiconductor supply and value chains, serving key industrial sectors and creating new markets.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The semiconductor sector is characterised by very high development and innovation costs and very high costs for building state of the art testing and experimentation facilities to support the industrial production. This has direct impact on the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union industry, as well as on the security and resilience of the supply. In light of the lessons learnt from recent shortages in the Union and worldwide and the rapid evolution of technology challenges and innovation cycles affecting the semiconductor value chain, it is necessary to strengthen the Union’s competitiveness, resilience ~~and~~, innovation capacity and manufacturing by setting up the Initiative.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In order to achieve its general objective, and address both the supply and demand side challenges of the current semiconductor ecosystem, the Initiative should include five main components. First, to reinforce Europe’s design capacity, the Initiative should support actions to build a virtual platform that is available across the Union. The platform should connect the communities of design houses, SMEs and start-ups, intellectual property and tool suppliers, with research and technology organisations to provide virtual prototype solutions based on co- development of technology. Second, in order to strengthen the security and resilience of supply and reducing the Union’s dependency on third country production, the Initiative should support development and access to pilot lines. The pilot lines should provide for the industry a facility to test, experiment and validate semiconductor technologies and system design concepts at the higher technology readiness levels beyond level 3 but under level 8 while reducing environmental impacts as much as possible. Union investments along Member States investment and with the private sector in pilot lines is necessary to address the existing structural challenge and market failure where such facilities are not available in the Union hindering innovation potential and global competitiveness of the Union. Third, in order to enable investments in alternative technologies, such as quantum technologies, conducive to the development of the semiconductors sector, the Initiative should support actions including on design libraries for quantum chips, pilot lines for building quantum chips and testing and experimentation facilities for quantum components. Fourth, in order to promote the use of the semiconductor technologies, to provide access to design and pilot line facilities, and to address skills gaps across the Union, the Initiative should support establishment of the competence centres on semiconductors in each Member State. Access to publicly funded infrastructure, such as pilot and testing facilities, and to the competence network, should be open to a wide range of users and must be granted on a transparent and non-discriminatory basis and on market terms (or cost plus reasonable margin basis) for large undertakings, while SMEs and academic research centers can benefit from preferential access or reduced prices. Such access, including for international research and commercial partners, can lead to broader cross-fertilisation and gains in know-how and excellence, while contributing to cost recovery. Fifth, The Commission should set-up a dedicated semiconductor investment facility support (as part of the investment facilitation activities described collectively as the ‘Chips Fund’) proposing both equity and debt solutions, including a blending facility under the InvestEU Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and Council53 , in close cooperation with the European Investment Bank Group and together with other implementing partners such as national promotional banks and institutions. The ‘Chips Fund’ activities should support the development of a dynamic and resilient semiconductor ecosystem by providing opportunities for increased availability of funds to support the growth of start-ups and SMEs as well as investments across the value chain, including for other companies in the semiconductor value chains. In this context, the European Innovation Council will provide further dedicated support through grants and equity investments to high risk, market creating innovators. _________________ 53 Regulation (EU) 2021/523 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 (OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 30).

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) In light of the structural deficiencies of the semiconductor supply chain and the resulting risk of future shortages, this Regulation provides instruments for a coordinated approach to monitoring and effectively tackling possible market disruptions and related impact on the competitiveness of European industry.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Due to the complex, quickly evolving and interlinked semiconductor value chains with various actors, a coordinated approach to regular monitoring is necessary to increase the ability to mitigate risks that may negatively affect the supply of semiconductors. Member States should monitor the semiconductor value chain focusing on early warning indicators and the availability and integrity of the services and goods provided by key market actors and European industrial end-users, in such a way that it would not represent an excessive administrative burden for undertakings.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) In order to facilitate effective monitoring, in-depth assessment of the risks associated with different stages of the semiconductor value chain is needed, including on the origins and sources of supplies beyond the Union. Such risks may be related to critical inputs (raw materials, intermediate product) and equipment for the industry, including digital products that may be vulnerable, possible impact of counterfeit semiconductors, manufacturing capacities and other risks that may disrupt, compromise or negatively affect the supply chain. Those risks could include supply chains with a single point of failure or which are otherwise highly concentrated. Other relevant factors could include the availability of substitutes or alternative sources for critical inputs and resilient and sustainable transport. The Commission should, assisted by the European Semiconductor Board and taking also into account information received from the main user categories, develop a Union level risk assessment.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46

(46) A number of sectors are critical for the proper functioning of the internal market and to preserve the competitiveness of European industries. Those critical sectors are the sectors listed in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities61 . For the purposes of this Regulation, defence, automotive and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security as well as economic wellness of Europe should be additionally considered as a critical sector. Certain measures should only be enacted fur the purpose of securing supply to critical sectors. The Commission may limit the emergency measures to certain of these sectors or to certain parts of them when the semiconductor crisis has disturbed or is threatening to disturb their operation. _________________ 61 COM(2020) 829. 16.12.2020.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47

(47) The purpose of requests for information from undertakings along the semiconductor supply chain established in the Union in the crisis stage is an in-depth assessment of the semiconductor crisis in order to identify potential mitigation or emergency measures at Union or national level and to support, in perspective, the independence from third country suppliers. Such information may include production capability, production capacity and current primary disruptions and bottlenecks. These aspects could include the typical and current actual stock of crisis-relevant products in its production facilities located in the Union and third country facilities which it operates or contracts or purchases supply from; the typical and current actual average lead time for the most common products produced; the expected production output for the following three months for each Union production facility; reasons that prevent the filling of production capacity; or other existing data necessary to assess the nature of the semiconductor crisis or potential mitigation or emergency measures at national or Union level. Any request should be proportionate, have regard for the legitimate aims of the undertaking and the cost and effort required to make the data available, as well as set out appropriate time limits for providing the requested information. Undertakings should be obliged to comply with the request and may be subject to penalties if they fail to comply or provide incorrect information. Any information acquired should be subject to confidentiality rules. Should an undertaking be subject to a request for information related to its semiconductor activities from a third country, it should inform the Commission so to enable an assessment whether an information request by the Commission is warranted.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48

(48) In order to ensure that critical sectors can continue to operate in a time of crisis and when necessary and proportionate for this purpose, Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries could be obliged by the Commission to accept and prioritise orders of crisis-relevant products. This obligation may also be extended to semiconductor manufacturing facilities which have accepted such possibility in the context of receiving public support to create or enlarge manufacturing capacity. The decision on a priority rated order should be taken in accordance with all applicable Union legal obligations, having regard to the circumstances of the case. The priority rating obligation should take precedence over any performance obligation under private or public law while it should have regard for the legitimate aims of the undertakings and the cost and effort required for any change in production sequence. Undertakings may be subject to penalties if they fail to comply with the obligation for priority rated orders.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53

(53) When the crisis stage is activated, two or more Member States could mandate the Commission to aggregate demand and act on their behalf for their public procurement in the public interest, in accordance with existing Union rules and procedures, leveraging its purchasing power. The mandate could authorise the Commission to enter into agreements concerning the purchase of crisis-relevant products (raw material, intermediate products) for certain critical sectors. The Commission should assess for each request the utility, necessity and proportionality in consultation with the Board. Where it intends to not follow the request, it should inform the concerned Member States and the Board and give its reasons. Furthermore, the participating Member States should be entitled to appoint representatives to provide guidance and advice during the procurement procedures and in the negotiation of the purchasing agreements. The deployment and use of purchased products should remain within the remit of the participating Member States.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

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

(4) ‘semiconductor supply chain’ means the system of activities, organisations, actors, technology, information, resources and services involved in the production of semiconductors, including raw materials, intermediate product, manufacturing equipment, design, fabrication, assembly, testing and packaging;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

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

(5) ‘semiconductor value chain’ means the set of activities in relation to a semiconductor product from its conception to its end use, including raw materials, intermediate product, manufacturing equipment, research, design, fabrication, testing, assembly and packaging to embedding and validation in end products;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

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

(10) ‘first-of-a-kind facility’ means: (i) an industrial facility capable of semiconductor manufacturing, including front-end or back-end, or both, that is not substantively already present or committed to be built within the Union, for instance with regard to the technology node, substrate material, such as silicon carbide and gallium nitride, and other product innovation that can offer better performance, process innovation or energy and environmental performance; or (ii) investments in the production of mature technology microchips, in the event of a structural lack of investments on the European market;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16

(16) ‘critical sector’ means any sector referred to in the Annex of the Commission proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities, the defence sector, the mobility/automotive sector and other activities that are relevant for public safety and security;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 2

(2) address the skills shortage and mismatch, nurturing, attracting and mobilising new talent and supporting the emergence of a suitably skilled workforce for strengthening the semiconductor sector, including ~~via~~students orientation, reskilling and upskilling of workers.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) advanced technology and engineering capacities for quantum chips and multilevel chips;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point b

(b) the draft Statutes of the ECIC that shall include at least the provisions on: the procedure for setting-up, membership, budget, legal seat, applicable law and jurisdiction, ownership of the results, governance, including decision making procedure and specific role and if applicable voting rights of Member States ~~and the Commission~~, winding-up, reporting and liability.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) developing and managing specific training actions on semiconductor technologies and on their applications to support the development of the talent pool in the Union.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) its establishment and operation have a clear positive impact on the Union’s semiconductor value chain with regard to ensuring the security of supply and increasing qualified workforce, taking into account in particular the strengthen of its production capacity to meet the rising demand the extent to which it offers front- end or back-end, or both, production capacity to undertakings not related to the facility, if there is sufficient demand;

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2022/0032(COD)

Marie DAUCHY, Thierry MARIANI, Paolo BORCHIA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Markus BUCHHEIT, Isabella TOVAGLIERI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 4

4. The rights of defence of the undertaking or representative organisations of undertakings concerned shall be fully respected in any proceedings. The undertaking or representative organisations of undertakings concerned shall be entitled to have access to the Commission's file under the terms of a negotiated disclosure, subject to the legitimate interest of undertakings in the protection of their business secrets. The right of access to the file shall not extend to confidential information and internal documents of the Commission or the authorities of the Member States. In particular, the right of access shall not extend to correspondence between the Commission and the authorities of the Member States. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Commission from disclosing and using information necessary to prove an infringement, respecting however undertakings business secrets.

2022/10/19
Committee: ITRE

2021/2255(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, which is intended to round off the European Green Deal with a cultural and creative dimension, and complement strategies for territorial, social and economic cohesion with its values of ~~beautiful, sustainable and inclusive solutions, thereby~~solutions aimed at improving the quality of ~~life for people in the EU~~EU citizens' daily life;

2022/04/28
Committee: REGI

2021/2255(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the fact that NEB projects should contribute to the affordability and accessibility of the green and digital transitions in urban and spatial planning, housing, resilient and sustainable renovation, building conversions, and the recreation of public space as the centre of community life, particularly for those groups and areas that need it the most, while always respecting the local traditions and needs of different EU territories;

2022/04/28
Committee: REGI

2021/2255(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls to mind that responsibility for housing and regional planning policies is a Member State competence, emphasises that the new Bauhaus initiative may not lead to the development of a common architectural style throughout the European Union that does not take account of national and local specificities nor of the cultural and historical context;

2022/04/28
Committee: REGI

2021/2255(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that the specific objectives of the new Bauhaus initiative need to include the creation of new jobs and new business opportunities, especially in economically and socially depressed regions, with particular reference to peripheral urban areas and rural, mountainous, coastal, island and sparsely populated areas;

2022/04/28
Committee: REGI

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Europe ~~finds itself in a moment~~is going through a period of ecological, digital and social transition, which is being accelerated by the economic and social impact of COVID- 19 and geopolitical tensions linked to the war on Ukraine in a context of rincreasing po~~pulism and anti-European sentiment~~litical apathy and a decreasing spirit of analysis;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU ~~has been responding~~is trying to respond effectively to the challenges of environmental degradation, climate change and the increasing scarcity of natural resources with far-reaching and ambitious political endeavours such as the European Green Deal, which is ~~driving the~~about to start on its quest for renewal and innovation;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas culture is a strategic sector for the EU which helps to bolster its economy, to enable us to live better together among ourselves and with other peoples and to build democratic and free societies, and yet unfortunately has been one of the areas hardest hit by the measures put in place to address the pandemic;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises that the realisation of such an ambitious initiative as the New European Bauhaus requires a massive amount of financing which neither the Member States nor the regions are in a position to take on at present, with the many calls already being made on them in regard to tackling the Ukrainian crisis. Furthermore, the Commission will have to invest considerable effort on this initiative to make it more real and fruitful for EU citizens;

2022/04/28
Committee: REGI

2021/2255(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls in particular on the Commission to provide clear information on the source of financing for existing EU programmes such as Horizon Europe, Life and the European Regional Development Fund, bearing in mind that around EUR 85 million from said programmes will be assigned to the New Bauhaus project in the 2021-2022 period;

2022/04/28
Committee: REGI

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas architecture, urban and territorial planning, design, the arts, sociology and engineering ~~are complementary and instrumental for building an inclusive society~~can work effectively to become complementary and possibly also important for building an inclusive society with a higher rate of widespread well-being;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building a ~~better future~~future in the medium and long term that enables all citizens to live a life of greater well-being starts with quality basic education and continues with affordable and effective ongoing professional training; whereas access to quality education is a fundamental right for all citizens;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas cultural heritage is increasingly impacted by climate and social change, and environmental and cultural degradation;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the historic Bauhaus movement c~~reated~~ontributed to creating a paradigm shift in design, architecture and the arts which ~~delivered radical innovation~~incorporated elements of radical innovation into the context of the moment and reflected ~~true~~significant cultural and social changes in a ~~progressive~~n artistic and educational context that aimed to achieve socio-economic progress;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative and emphasises that it must primarily focus on improving the quality of people’s lives by ~~transforming~~rationalising, where added value can be achieved and where there are no factors preventing its implementation, the spaces, buildings, cities and territories in which they live;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises the ~~NEB as a creative~~need for the NEB to be a creative, efficient and interdisciplinary initiative which brings together architecture, design, the arts and science at the forefront of EU policies ~~for the first time~~, making the European Green Deal a ~~tangible, positive and inclusive experience for all~~n experience that is tangible, positive from all points of view and inclusive for citizens and businesses;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Re~~affirm~~calls that the NEB has the potential to rebetter shape the way policies are conceived and to define a range of scenarios for the environment of the future by meeting the need for spaces also adapted to new ways of life;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises that the NEB must be accessible, affordable and profitable, socially fair and inclusive and must make it possible to actively involve EU citizens and community-based organisations in a bottom-up way – from project design to roll-out and evaluation – ~~while avoiding any elitist approache~~thus ensuring the active participation of local authorities and small territories while avoiding any elitist approaches and inefficiency across the entire process;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that this innovative cultural movement has the ~~potential~~ambition to position Europe a~~s a~~mong the global frontrunners in the area of architecture, design, culture, technology and energy efficiency by promoting ways of living better together with sustainable costs both in the purchase phase and over the life cycle of the dwelling, which can also be applied beyond the EU;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to ~~raise awarenes~~study these opportunities more and more in order to improve their effective application, spread information and raise awareness among citizens and businesses about this initiative and to improve the coordination between all levels of governance, which should have equitable access to opportunities and funding;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the Commission to develop and implement specific initiatives aimed at providing technical assistance to small municipalities that do not have the necessary capacity or expertise to implement their own projects related to the new Bauhaus initiative;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part

8. Requests that the Commission clarify the general criteria for the selection and ongoing evaluation of the projects that will be on the list of NEB projects and for the allocation of funds, in particular:

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 3

- creating new jobs and business opportunities, which are both stable and of significant economic value;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 4

- securing accessibility, medium to long-term sustainability and affordability;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 6

- involving the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI), particularly small and medium-sized cultural enterprises, including cultural creators;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 7

- linking the NEB to the indicators of the 2030 Agenda and core ~~European values~~values of our society;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)

- the creation of net economic value within the local areas where the project is implemented:

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to make the principles of the NEB an integral part of ~~all~~the relevant future legislation that it considers will benefit from these principles;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls, in addition, for specific criteria to be developed for the relevant sectors, in particular construction and architecture, energy, mobility, design, tourism, education and skills, crafts, and the arts, and calls for these criteria to be reviewed regularly to ensure the continued effectiveness they are required to provide through their application in the sectors identified;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Regrets the lack of clarity on funding for the NEB from 2023 onwards; calls for the Horizon Europe Regulation to be ~~amended~~discussed again during the mid-term revision of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF) ~~in ord~~to determine whether to create an NEB mission ~~funded with EUR 500 million; underlines that~~and, where necessary, how it should be funded; asks the Commission to analyse whether the programme ~~should~~must also be supported by other relevant programmes in ~~order~~case it is necessary to generate additional impact;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to table a proposal ~~as soon as possible to make the NEB~~, within a scale of priorities redefined also by factors external to the planned project, to determine whether the NEB should be an EU programme by the next MFF; insists that, if it is necessary, this will require f~~resh~~inancial resources with a dedicated ~~and stable~~ budget line; underlines that this new programme must not reduce funding for other programmes nor divert focus from their agreed political priorities and those that emerge along the way as a result of external factors;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to develop a clear, effective and efficient plan for attracting public and private investment; encourages the Member States to allocate what they consider to be adequate funding to the NEB through their recovery and resilience plans and the European structural and investment funds;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

14. Calls on the Commission to set up an evidence-based monitoring and evaluation mechanism that is constantly updated, including at the request of citizens, which should continuously review all NEB activities and report regularly to Parliament and the Council; expects to receive the first monitoring report in 2022;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that the NEB movement should pr~~omote more~~esent more financially sustainable, socially inclusive and ~~innovative~~efficient ways of life based on ~~new~~ models of planning, constructing and inhabiting our built environment in order to suit ~~emerging~~current needs and help to ensure ~~decent~~comfortable housing for all;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Member States to draw up innovative ~~educational~~training curricula for the development of spatial skills and to integrate green and digital skills within higher education and lifelong learning, which will also help to ~~deliver~~round off the European Skills Agenda; calls for the EU to pr~~omote~~esent the effectiveness and efficiency of such endeavours; calls on the Commission to ~~make~~present mobility opportunities a~~n integr~~s an additional part of the NEB;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Member States and the Commission to integrate all aspects of the knowledge triangle – innovation, research and education – by promoting partnerships between universities, scientific secondary schools, research organisations and industry, including ~~the relevant~~ small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), in close cooperation with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the Joint Research Centre;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Highlights that the NEB could support energy security and efficiency by encouraging investment and incentivising ~~low-tech, low-energy solu~~solutions that reflect an efficient use of raw materials and efficient energy consumptions and could ~~facilitate~~support the digital transition by improving connectivity to mitigate the digital divide; underlines the importance of effectively implementing in design practice the principles of the NEB in fighting energy poverty through ~~innovative~~effective and efficient solutions for the building, construction, industrial and materials sectors;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to usinclude the NEB in programmes to better pr~~otect~~eserve Europe’s rich and historic cultural heritage from the impact of various external factors, such as climate change;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to effectively connect the NEB to the Renovation Wave, taking advantage of the ~~innovative~~best solutions that the project offers in the comprehensive renovation of our building stock, including with regard to energy efficiency;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to consider the NEB as an opportunity for the re-use, development and safeguarding of buildings, villages and historic centres;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Supports the possible creation of an NEB label based on clear criteria applied in an inclusive and effective way in order to recognise projects and products for achieving key NEB goals and help them get access to funding; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU funding schemes create incentives to apply for the label; calls for ~~market uptake of the label to be explore~~a careful exploration, including presentation of the figures to all stakeholders, of the scenarios to which uptake of the label in the different markets inside and outside the Union could lead;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Highlights that the NEB shcould ~~embrace~~also draw on the potential of the CCSI, particularly small and medium-sized cultural enterprises, including cultural creators, as ~~drive~~possible contributors tof economic growth and innovative, high- quality services and products;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the future NEB lab to ~~make innovative recommendations~~issue effective and efficient guidance, to collaborate with other institutions, national and regional governments, with local bodies and stakeholders and to establish clear operating and reporting rules in line with the initiative and rules on possible responses if projects are not in line with the comprehensive sustainability principles laid down;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to create a publicly accessible database of NEB projects, that is regularly updated, with clear data demonstrating the impact of the initiatives on the regions, to make the results of the initiative more visible and to further develop the NEB based on best practices;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2255(INI)

Elena LIZZI, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Gianna GANCIA, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls for the communication efforts of the NEB to be enhanced in order to ~~stimulate EU citizens’ knowledge of and interest~~ provide opportunities to EU citizens and businesses concerning the initiative, in particular through participatory public and private-sector outreach activities and a platform providing information, best practices and ~~educational~~training content;

2022/05/02
Committee: ITRE CULT

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission’'s presentation of its long-term vision for rural areas;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is disappointed that the Commission has not taken advantage of the opportunities presented in the post- pandemic period to expand its vision. The COVID-19 crisis has shown EU citizens to have a 'desire for the countryside' as they realise that rural areas provide some of the answers to the current crisis, which has highlighted the opportunities such areas can offer, including via teleworking;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that rural regions in the EU face a number of challenges, such as an ageing population, which has led to a decline in the number of people of working age, a weak labour market, a lack of infrastructure and services, a poorly diversified economy, low incomes coupled with a relatively high risk of poverty and social exclusion, the abandonment of farmland, a lack of educational facilities, a high school drop- out rate and the digital divide;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Also points out that the demographic challenge faced by the rural population is particularly acute among the EU's farming population. The majority of farmers are over 55 years old, while there are fewer and fewer young farmers, which has created a problem of generational renewal in agriculture. Calls on the Commission, since farmers play a vital role not only in producing food for EU citizens but also in keeping rural areas alive, to develop strategies in their regard;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses that despite these problems, rural areas offer good opportunities and their diversity is a major resource for the EU. They provide food and environmental resources and can contribute to the fight against climate change, providing alternatives to fossil fuels and developing the circular economy. In addition, these areas could play a key role in ensuring a balanced distribution of the population, thus preventing the overcrowding of cities;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that EU cohesion policy, which seeks to promote the economic, social and territorial cohesion of the Union, is vitally important to rural areas, and especially those which are economically and socially depressed, acknowledges the important role of agriculture and involves all levels of governance;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for a strong rural dimension to be included in future cohesion policy regulations, which should ~~include~~provide for dedicated funding to that end~~; suggests that 30 % of the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund should be earmarked for rural areas~~, in addition to other beneficial investments for rural areas, particularly those encompassing more than one region;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the fact that the main objective of the long-term vision ~~should~~must be to fight depopulation, ageing and rural abandonment, including through investment in infrastructure and the provision of services, economic diversification, job creation and innovative mobility solutions;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Underlines the importance of smart specialisation strategies for the future of rural areas, with particular regard to young people and to innovation, knowledge sharing and cooperation, including the Start-up Village Forum, with the aim of bridging the digital divide between the regions of the EU;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses also the importance of the concept of ‘smart villages’, which is gaining ground as part of the rural development agenda. Smart villages are communities located in rural areas that harness innovative solutions based around the strengths of these areas and the opportunities they offer. They focus on a participatory approach when developing and implementing a strategy to improve their economic, social and environmental conditions, in particular by mobilising solutions offered by digital technologies;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the opportunities that the green transition and green economy can provide in increasing rural resilience to natural disasters, climate change and economic crises, while constantly bearing in mind specific local conditions and requirements;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that connections between rural and urban areas must be addressed in a complementary manner in order to implement rural strategies and action plans accordingly; underlines the importance of partnerships across rural areas and remote areas in particular; emphasises the importance of fighting the digital divide between urban and rural areas, especially as regards high-speed broadband connectivity and the promotion of digital skills, especially between young people and the productive sectors of the economy and society in remote areas;

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the diversity of rural areas and the crucial importance of tailor- made territorial approaches in implementing the long-term vision, primarily in less developed, remote, mountain, island, coastal and outermost regions.

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2254(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Considers that programmes financed and coordinated by the European Union to promote and develop rural areas must in no way obstruct the growth of those areas themselves or detract from the diverse local characteristics of such areas across the Union.

2022/04/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2235(INI)

Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Takes note of the EIB’s development of a counterparty-level assessment methodology known as the ‘Climate Risk Screening Tool’, which has been in use since July 2020 to assess and monitor climate risk across the EIB Group’s portfolio and to report to the EIB Group’s governing bodies, emphasises, however, that climate ambitions should not call into question the need to achieve an adequate level of energy security, at this time more important than ever for being able to achieve a fast and stable independence of European countries from the Russian Federation;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Regret~~Take notes that the Trans- Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline and Trans Adriatic Pipeline ~~are~~even if is not aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement; takes note of the EIB’s explanation that they were appraised under the previous EIB energy lending criteria (2013); points out that infrastructure projects of this kind and scale typically have a planned operational life of several decades, yet the EIB’s carbon footprint assessment neither considered the projects’ full lifetimes, nor accounted for emissions resulting from the planned increase in volume of gas pumped through the Southern Gas Corridor is strategical for the energy supply, especially in the strategy of diversification of suppliers;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the EIB to develop a specific human rights strategy and an action plan for its implementation, taking into account child and forced labor, in order to avoid in the future the already experienced cases of financing work in countries that use these practices;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2235(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Questions an ethical component in co- financing of the projects in Belarus such as "Belarus Utility Services Modernization"1a amounting to EUR 66 million; questions as well the co- financing of the projects in Gaza such as "Gaza Central Desalination Plant - GCDP"2a and amounting to EUR 395 million; _________________ 1a https://www.eib.org/en/projects/all/201800 14 2a https://www.eib.org/en/projects/pipelines/ all/20180171

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2235(INI)

Jean-François JALKH, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39 a. Is astonished by the tender call 2020/S 153-3737781a opened by the EIB in 2020 aiming to "procure office furniture and associated services in Luxembourg (Lot 1) and abroad (Lot 2)" and amounting to 10 400 000.00 EUR; requests a written explanation as well as an access to the supportive documentation of this tender as soon as possible; _________________ 1a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:373778-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes note of the fact that all 26 2. Member States bound by the PIF Directive have notified full transposition of its main provisions into national law; notes, however, that the Commission report on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2017/1371 highlights outstanding conformity issues to be addressed~~, including some to enable effective investigations and prosecutions by the EPPO~~; calls on the Commission to monitor the situation and encourage Member States to resolve these issues, and to report to the discharge authority in that regard;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Is of the opinion that EU institutions and bodies should put more emphasis on the funds spent in non-EU countries in order to verify that those funds are spent in accordance with the rules and without the involvement of fraud or corruption, and to confirm whether they contribute to the goals of the Union’s development and external policy; reminds that the budgetary support to other countries is financed from the general EU budget and the ECA audit cannot trace what happens beyond the moment the Commission pays aid to the recipient country, since these funds then merge with that country’s own budget resources;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Welcomes the joint efforts of OLAF and Europol to assess the threats and vulnerabilities of the RRF instrument, and requires great vigilance in identifying and combating fraud related to the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Jean-François JALKH, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. ~~Welcom~~Notes the adoption of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget; reiterates that it entered into force on 1 January 2021 and that it has therefore been applicable since then;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2234(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Notes the need for a specific annual Commission report on the analysis and state of play of the overall anti-fraud infrastructure, assessing, among other things, the level of interoperability of EU actors in the fight against fraud, ~~and~~ addressing possible links with the European Semesters ~~and~~, country reports, and the anti- corruption report~~, and the application of the Rule of Law Conditionality mechanism~~;

2022/04/08
Committee: CONT

2021/2180(INI)

Jean-François JALKH, Joachim KUHS, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines thate importance of corruption prevention policies covering many fields, typically including ethical rules, awareness-raising measures, rules on asset disclosures, incompatibilities and conflicts of interest, public procurement, internal control mechanisms, rules on lobbying, and revolving doors;, reiterates the important role of national measures in preventing fraud and corruption as well as calls for a strong focus on those cases related to the EU institutions; revolving doors cases and conflict of interest problems undermine the credibility of the EU institutions and therefore calls for a good example to be set by the EU towards citizens and nation states;

2022/02/16
Committee: CONT

2021/2180(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that transparency, access to public information, the protection of whistleblowers and an overall culture of integrity in public life are key to preventing and detecting corruption; expresses its concern about deteriorating developments in these areas in several Member States; calls on the Commission to act against the breaches it has identified in its previous annual rule of law reports;

2022/02/16
Committee: CONT

2021/2179(INI)

Stefania ZAMBELLI, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights th~~e vital importance of the approximately 2.8 million social and solidarity-based enterprises in the EU~~at the social economy is one of the EU's main socioeconomic drivers, there are 2.8 million agencies and enterprises in the social economy, accounting for 10% of all EU enterprises, which employ ~~more than~~ 13.6 million people, and their contribution to cohesion, social care, quality job creation, the circular economy, the fight against poverty and inequality, the reintegration of disadvantaged people, the inclusion of migrants and refugees in society, gender equality, improvements in health and the environment, biodiversity and the fight against climate changei.e. 6.3 % of the EU's labour force; notes that these enterprises play an important role in job creation, integrated work and inclusive and sustainable growth, and operate in many different economic sectors: social care and protection, healthcare, care for persons with disabilities, the circular economy, social housing, business, tourism;

2022/02/25
Committee: REGI

2021/2179(INI)

Stefania ZAMBELLI, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that the territorial and regional dimension is one of the characteristics marking out organisations in the social economy, and associations and foundations in particular, and stresses furthermore the important role they play in implementing the subsidiarity principle; considers it vital therefore that local bodies create an environment in which all the forms of associations and similar bodies able to contribute to the development of the territory concerned can be formed and expand;

2022/02/25
Committee: REGI

2021/2179(INI)

Stefania ZAMBELLI, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that the action plan should aim at strengthening the rights of all workers in the social economy, guaranteeing all labour rights, decent working conditions and fair wages, and safeguarding the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, where provided for under national law, as recognised in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; also recalls the importance of public services in supporting the social economy and that the Member States and the EU need to invest in their administrations and public services;

2022/02/25
Committee: REGI

2021/2179(INI)

Stefania ZAMBELLI, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that a link to NextGenerationEU and the RRP needs to be included in the action plan and that organisations in the social economy need to be involved in the planning and actual implementation, at EU and national level, of national recovery and resilience plans;

2022/02/25
Committee: REGI

2021/2179(INI)

Stefania ZAMBELLI, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the action plan should be accompanied by impact assessment tools and ~~monitoring mechanisms and~~ that the Member States should set targets and objectives and organise a consultation process with relevant social economy actors and local and regional authorities, in accordance with the partnership principle;

2022/02/25
Committee: REGI

2021/2179(INI)

Stefania ZAMBELLI, Alessandro PANZA, Elena LIZZI, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to make a 5. quick and real improvement to the General Block Exemption Regulation in order to increase the de minimis threshold and ease the rules in relation to aid for social enter-prises, access to finance, training and capacity building; ~~defends a real revision of public procurement with the inclusion of social and environmental conditionality.~~

2022/02/25
Committee: REGI

2021/2124(DEC)

Charlie WEIMERS, Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Regrets the excessive dependence on WHO data and analysis with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic; considers that the Centre should have a greater added- value given its budget;

2022/03/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes with grave concern that the total financial impact of all reservations by Directors-General to declarations of assurance amounted to EUR 1219 million for 2020, 16% higher than in 20191a; _________________ 1aAnnual Management and Performance Report 2020

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Charlie WEIMERS, Joachim KUHS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Notes with grave concern that the financial impact of the reservations for the policy area 'External relations' increased from EUR 16 million in 2019 to EUR 21 million in 2020; calls for immediate action to be taken by the Commission to address this issue;

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Charlie WEIMERS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Finds scandalous the EEAS publication of the tender1aaiming to organise EU Study Tours of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States during the year 2020 in full pandemic and amounting to 400 000.00 EUR; stresses that, according to the tender, the EEAS has requested accommodation arrangements and related services three times a year for an average of 15 participants visiting Brussels and other EU Member States cities; _________________ 1aEEAS/DELUSAW/2020/OP/0007 - https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft- display.html?cftId=5854

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2115(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Charlie WEIMERS, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)

57 a. Seriously questions the purchase projects envisaged in D.R. Congo (offices), Afghanistan (plot of land), Mali (offices) and in the UK (Residence)1a; requires a justification note from the EEAS regarding the eventual guarantee of its private property over the planned purchase of the land in Afghanistan given the Taliban practices to seize public and private estate; _________________ 1a Working document on the real estate policy of the European external action service in 2020(article 266.11 of the financial regulation)

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2108(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Seriously questions the need of the Council to hire a sports physiotherapist- coach for the GSC's sports centre and fitness room right before the second lockdown in Europe during which all gyms and sport activities were prohibited for the citizens of Europe; underlines that according to the tender1a the main mission of the sports physiotherapist- coach consisted in the supervision of all users of the fitness room, including the proposal of individual programmes tailored to specific requests and needs, as well as the provision of advice; _________________ 1a https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTI CE:473412-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

2022/02/03
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Welcomes the fact that the number of thefts has dropped, which is also linked to the fact that attendance in Parliament has dropped, and calls that attention is not lowered on a phenomenon that has tainted the institution of parliament;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72

72. Calls on Parliament to monitor if several cases of long-term sick leave are requested by members of staff in the same unit or APAs working for the same Member and actively reach out to the concerned persons to inform them of the support provided by Parliament and the possibility to make a formal complaint in the case of harassment at work; further calls on Parliament to ensure that reimbursement procedures for psychological treatment in this regard are not overly bureaucratic and are processed quickly along with controls to avoid abuse and unjustified absences linked to long- term sick leave;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79

79. Calls for a debate on the space needs of Parliament in light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, current and future increase in teleworking and, if appropriate, for the adaptation of its long- term building strategy; requests, in particular, that the building policy be reviewed to ensure a dedicated office space for each staff member, as this policy would result in significant office space being unused during large parts of the working week; consider~~s that e.g. two staff members teleworking for 3 days a week should be able to shar~~ing this asks to specify how this can be reconciled with the planned refurbishment of the Paul-Henri Spaak building with open space with the one ~~work station~~w health and security required adjustment;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85

85. Expects more transparent and detailed planning and decision making~~, including the provision of early information, having due regard to Article 266 of the Financial Regulation, in relation to Parliament’s building policy~~ and in view of these disproportionate costs, calls for a reconsideration of Parliament's building policy, which with these purchases, runs totally counter to the Commission's building policy, which wants to halve the number of buildings it manages in Brussels by 2030, as reported by medias;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88

88. ~~Welcomes that the strategic approach related to~~Notes the implementation of Europa Experiences in all Member States by the end of 2024, as decided by the Bureau in November 2019, ~~was~~ reinforced in November 2020 with the adoption by the Bureau of a timeline for the deployment of the facilities in all Member States, pointing out that it will be a huge cost on European taxpayers;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2107(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 a (new)

88 a. Stresses how important it is to have digital systems that can cope with the remote and office activities of Members and staff; notes that the connection quality in older buildings (such as Salvador de Madariaga in Strasbourg) does not always guarantee basic activities; also calls for parliamentary devices to give access to the now essential virtual meeting applications;

2022/02/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. NIs pleased to notes that, the estimated level of error in spending on ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ decreased from 4,4% in 2019 to 3,5% in 2020; ~~welcomes the continuous improvement, but~~ is disappointed, however, that it has not proven possible to decrease the error rate below 2%, a target that would have meant better financial management and, above all, a more efficient use of the funding sourced from European taxpayers;

2021/12/13
Committee: REGI

2021/2106(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets that the absorption rate of European Structural and Investment Funds , which increased from 12% in 2019 to 15% in 2020 , is slower than expected with 45 % (EUR 209 billion) remaining to be absorbed; recommends streamlining procedures to improve the absorption rate of funding, so as to provide concrete support to the economic recovery;

2021/12/13
Committee: REGI

2021/2106(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI, Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Takes note that the EU will be able to spend significantly more than in the previous programming period, with an overall allocation of EUR 1 824 billion from NextGenerationEU and the MFF; urges the Commission, however, to limit the risk of delayed start to the implementation of shared managed funds and ensure the sound financial management in the use of funds, incl that such delays would prejudingce the ~~respect for the rule of law and the fundamental rights.~~post- pandemic economic recovery and render fruitless the efforts being made by Europeans;

2021/12/13
Committee: REGI

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Notes that the MFF subheading 1a ‘Competitiveness for growth and jobs’ accounts for 13,9 % or EUR 24,1 billion of the Union budget: of this amount, EUR 13,6 billion (56,4 %) is spent on research, EUR 3,1 billion (12,8 %) on education, training, youth and sport, EUR 2,4 billion (10,2 %) on transport and energy, EUR 1,6 billion (6,5 %) on space, and the rest on other actions and programmes; recalls the total planned expenditure under this sub- heading of the 2014-2020 MFF is EUR 142 billion, of which EUR 104,6 billion had been paid out by the end of 2020; points out that 37,4 billion EUR of non disbursed funds represent 26 % out of total planned expenditure; questions the budgetary efficiency and ambitiousness of the budgetary planning for this heading;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106 a (new)

106 a. Is alarmed by doubling of the budgetary support to other countries from 824 million EUR in 2019 to 1.7 billion EUR in 2020; reminds that the budgetary support is financed from the general EU budget and the ECA audit cannot trace what happens beyond the moment the Commission pays aid to the recipient country, since these funds then merge with that country’s own budget resources;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2106(DEC)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106 b (new)

106 b. Is deeply concerned about the complications experienced by the ECA in auditing the payments to international organisations from the EU general budget; stresses that these payments amounted to €3.2 billion in 2020; reminds that the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU establishes the ECA’s right to be forwarded any document or information necessary to carry out its task; calls to establish a special protocol of the information exchange between the Court and all international organisations in which the European Union has a paid membership;

2022/03/04
Committee: CONT

2021/2101(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

~~— having regard to its resolution of 25 March 2021 on cohesion policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change11, _________________ 11 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0097.~~deleted

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 30

~~— having regard to the combined teleworking and climate plan of the City of Brussels,~~deleted

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 34

~~— having regard to Ireland’s rural development policy for 2021-2025 entitled ‘Our Rural Future’ and its focus on telework in rural areas,~~deleted

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas territorial competitiveness and business productivity cannot fail to take into account the spread of digital communications and technologies, and in particular the quality, accessibility and efficiency of public and private digital services, in which some EU Member States are significantly lagging behind;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas there are genuine disparities between territories, and investment in broadband infrastructure, and its roll-out, need to be stepped up;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas there is still a digital divide in the EU in terms of geography, age, gender, educational attainment, socio- economic status and income, which prevents some individuals and businesses from reaping the benefits of the digital transformation; whereas the digital divide, moreover, is often a reason for depopulation, and therefore also has negative economic and social impacts on remote, mountainous and rural areas.

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas remote, mountainous and rural areas should be more connected to cities and metropolitan areas;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, in spite of the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a massive expansion of telework and ICT- based mobile work (TICTM)14, jobs tend to be more concentrated in cities and urban centres than in smaller towns, suburbs and rural ~~areas; whereas there are marked differences in the ability to telework between high- and low-paid workers, whi~~, mountainous and remote- a~~nd blue-collar workers and between genders15~~reas; whereas TICTM and the digitalisation of services can facilitate a more balanced geographical distribution of employment and the population; _________________ 14Draft Council conclusions on telework in the context of remote work, paragraph 17. ~~15Commission working paper of May 2020 entitled ‘Teleworkability and the COVID-19 crisis: a new digital divide?’.~~

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has made the need to invest in digital technology even more evident, on the basis of clear strategic lines, with the aim of developing the EU's potential on several fronts, including: 5G networks, artificial intelligence (AI), super computers, digital skills and big data;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas with the necessary investment, rural, mountainous and remote areas could become more attractive regionally owing to the increase in digital capacity, thereby enabling companies to invest more in those areas, including in teleworking;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that cohesion policy promotes accessibility to digital networks for citizens and businesses as a key factor in the competitiveness of production systems, market efficiency and digital inclusion;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses, moreover, that in order best to support the EU's digital transition, cohesion policy for 2021-2027 must be highly complementary to other European programmes, in particular Horizon Europe, CEF, Invest EU, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and Creative Europe;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that there is a critical digital skills divide between adults in rural, mountainous and remote areas and those living in cities, which especially affects those with low incomes, women and the elderly; notes that this divide is particularly marked in certain Member States and exacerbates the existing difficulty of finding a job in rural, mountainous and remote areas; highlights that these gaps are directly linked to a lack of access to high- capacity networks;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Member States to use cohesion policy resources to roll out smart villages post-2020, which will contribute to the digitalisation of rural areas, thereby increasing the availability and accessibility of services for citizens, especially the more vulnerable ones;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges the Member States concerned to incentivise the development of smart villages in mountainous, rural and remote areas;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with concern that the expanded use of digital solutions and TICTM as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the pre-existing inequalities caused by digital divides across population groups; stresses, however, that digitalisation has the potential to benefit vulnerable groups and remote territories, thereby reducing the economic and social gap;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch increasingly specific and large-scale digital literacy projects;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the crucial role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in creating decent jobs, sustainable growth and rural development and believes that public investments through cohesion policy and other instruments will contribute to better social, economic and territorial cohesion in all EU regions; highlights that different types of SMEs require different types of support and incentives at the EU, national, regional and local levels, depending on their circumstances and level of technology adoption; takes the view that there should be a special focus also on SMEs and micro-enterprises in rural and mountainous areas;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Notes that in remote, rural and mountainous areas the level of digital literacy among young people is, in many cases, high, but that, because of the gaps suffered by those areas, the young people are forced to move to large towns or cities in order to pursue a career;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes a critical digital skills divide between adults residing in rural areas and those living in cities, also owing to the different types of jobs available in cities and rural, remote or mountainous areas; notes, furthermore, the disproportionate prevalence of TICTM among city-based, well-educated, service sector employees with strong digital skills;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2101(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Highlights the role that regions and cities, with their businesses, start-ups and universities, can play in accelerating the digital transformation in the EU by significantly increasing public and private investment in infrastructure and human capital; takes the view that the digitalisation process needs to be stepped up both by strengthening local and European cooperation and partnerships and by enhancing synergies between the various programmes, funding instruments and smart specialisation strategies put in place by the EU;

2021/10/26
Committee: REGI

2021/2100(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

— having regard to Special Report No 7/2019 of the European Court of Auditors, entitled ‘EU actions for cross- border healthcare: significant ambitions but improved management required’,

2021/10/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2100(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the lack of basic infrastructure in certain less-developed regions, upland areas, and rural and remote areas, which hampers equity of access to healthcare, is the main reason health infrastructure remains a priority for many national governments;

2021/10/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2100(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas cooperation between non- EU bordering states is important in creating state-of-the-art transnational health centres so as to be able to provide health care and treatment for remote border areas;

2021/10/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2100(INI)

Alessandro PANZA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the inhabitants of upland, remote and rural areas, who are often in border areas, are frequently forced to travel many kilometres, sometimes even to other countries, to obtain basic healthcare and undergo treatment plans;

2021/10/29
Committee: REGI

2021/2100(INI)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Member States may set requirements related to the greenhouse gas emissions ~~of, or to the type of fuel~~ used by heat generators provided that such requirements do not constitute an unjustifiable market barrier.

2022/07/06
Committee: ITRE

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

3. Venting and flaring under point (b) of paragraph 2 shall include the following specific situations where venting or flaring, as applicable, cannot be completely eliminated:

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

(a) during normal operations of certain components including but not limited to pneumatic controllers, sampling for measurement devices and dry gas seals, provided that the equipment meets all the specified equipment standards and it is properly maintained and regularly inspected to minimise methane losses;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) during loading out liquids from a storage tank or other low-pressure vessel to a transport vehicle in compliance with applicable standards and storage tank breathers;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point e

(e) during repair ~~and~~, maintenance, test procedures including blowing down, purging and depressurizing equipment to perform repair and maintenance;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point i

(i) (i) where methane does not meet the gathering pipeline specifications, provided the operator analyses methane samples twice per week to determine whether the specifications have been achieved and routes the methane into a gathering pipeline as soon as the pipeline specifications are metn a mixture is vented that is off specifications, as a result of the gas processing;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point j

(j) during (re)commissioning of pipelines, facility equipment or ~~facilitie~~gas storage wells, only for as long as necessary to purge introduced impurities from the pipeline or equipment;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. (m) vents from isolation valves used for segmentation of pipelines or compressor station isolation and emergency shutdown system;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. vents for elimination of blockage by gas hydrates in storage facilities.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4

4. Where venting is allowed pursuant to paragraphs 2 (b) and 3, operators shall vent only in the following cases: (a) where flaring is not technically feasible or; (b) where risks endangering safety of operations or personnel.; (c) when flaring is not allowed by other legal obligations; In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 16, operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for venting instead of flaring.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5

5. Flaring shall only be allowed where either re-injection or utilisation on- site or dispatch of the methane are not technically feasible or risks endangering safety of operations or personnel or security of supply. In specific case of routine flaring in production sites, it shall only be allowed where either re-injection, utilisation on-site or dispatch of the methane to a market are not feasible for reasons other than economic considerations. In such a situations, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 16.2, operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for flaring instead of either re-injection, utilisation on-site or dispatch of the methane to a market.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Where implementing venting or flaring provisions leads to an abatement efficiency lower than the reference values set by ACER as per Article34 of this Regulation, the operators must minimize the vented emissions by available efficient means and include the justification in the report according to Article 17.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Where implementing venting or flaring provisions requires an approval of relevant authorities, permitting, procuring, sufficient availability of appropriate equipment on the market and installing new equipment, operators shall proceed at the fastest possible schedule. The competent authorities may request the details of the schedule and request modifications. For venting and flaring events that happen during the implementation period the competent authorities shall waive the penalties arising from Article 30.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Where a site is built, replaced in whole or in part or refurbished, the new or renovated equipment or components should be installed to avoid/minimise venting and flaring according to relevant technology European Standards.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

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

(a) of more than [5,000 kg] of methane caused by an incident, emergency or a malfunction;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

~~(b) lasting a total of 8 hours or more within a 24 hour period from a single event.~~deleted

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The notification referred to in the first subparagraph shall be made without any unnecessary delay after the event ~~and at the latest within 48 hours from the start of the event~~. The requirements applicable for this notification will be in accordance to national or local legislation regarding notification of incidents, emergencies or othe ~~moment the operator became aware of it~~r unusual occurrences, when already existing.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2

2. Operators shall submit to the competent authorities ~~quarterly reports of all~~information on venting and flaring events referred to in paragraph 1 and in Article 15 in accordance with the elements set out in Annex II, as part of each report referred to in Article 12.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1

1. Venting and flaring with a destruction and removal efficiency below 98% of methane from drainage stations shall be prohibited from [1 January 2025], except in the case of an emergency, risks to safety, a malfunction or where unavoidable and strictly necessary for maintenance. In such cases, drainage station operators shall vent only if flaring is not technically feasible or risks endangering safety of operations or personnel. In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 23, drainage station operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for venting instead of flaring.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2

2. Venting of methane through a mine ventilation shaft~~s in coal mines emitting~~ of more than ~~0.5~~8 tonnes of methane/kilotonne of coal mined, other than coking coal mines, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2027.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3

3. ~~By … [t~~Three years from the date ~~of entry into force of this Regulation]~~when coking coal is not classified as a critical raw material, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation by setting out restrictions on venting methane from ventilation shafts for coking coal mines.

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point i

(i) where exporters or producers can be clearly identified, the name and address of exporter and, if different from exporter, name and address of producer;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point ii

(ii) country and regions corresponding to the Union nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) level 1 where the energy was produced and, only for imports by pipelines, countries and corresponding to the Union nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) level 1 through which the energy was transported until it was placed on the Union market;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point iii

(iii) as regards oil and fossil gas, and if the importer has access to this information, whether the exporter is undertaking measurement and reporting of its methane emissions, either independently or as part of commitments to report national GHG inventories in line with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requirements, and whether it is in compliance with UNFCCC reporting requirements or in compliance with Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 standards. This must be accompanied by a copy of the latest report on methane emissions, ~~including,~~ where available, including the information referred to in Article 12(6), where provided in such report. The method of quantification (such as UNFCCC tiers or OGMP levels) employed in the report~~ing must~~ should be specified for each type of emissions;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0423(COD)

Silvia SARDONE, Angelo CIOCCA, Paolo BORCHIA, Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Simona BALDASSARRE, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – paragraph 2 – point iv

(iv) as regards oil and gas, and if the importer has access to this information, whether the exporter applies regulatory or voluntary measures to control its methane emissions, including measures such as leak detection and repair surveys or measures to control and restrict venting and flaring of methane. This must be accompanied by a description of such measures, including, where available, relevant reports from leak detection and repair surveys and from venting and flaring events with respect to the last available ~~calendar~~ year;

2022/10/24
Committee: ENVI ITRE

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

(2a) ‘Natural ecosystem degradation’ means changes within a natural ecosystem that significantly and negatively affect species composition, structure and/or function and reduce the ecosystem’s capacity to supply products, support biodiversity and/or provide ecosystem services.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) The ongoing climate crisis should be considered on a global scale and measures to improve the sustainability of production around the world should be a global objective. The application of this Regulation is likely to trigger worldwide distortive effects which could outweigh the, in any case, minor effects that the impact assessment predicts the Regulation will have. In that connection, the role of the World Trade Organization is crucial both to preventing distortion of that kind and to the coordination of efforts in every region in the world so that EU action can deliver the desired results.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)

(47a) With a view to ensuring that the Regulation’s objectives are achieved, the impact on individual companies, particularly SMEs, should be minimised. The proposal for a regulation should provide for a derogation from its application for operators producing raw materials and the products concerned in those countries classified as ‘negligible risk’ and where forest area has gradually increased or remained unchanged over the years.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

The Regulation shall not apply to relevant commodities and products placed on the Union market that were produced before the date established in Article 36(1) and.

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

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

(a) operators participating in certification schemes that ensure compliance with the sustainability and legality objectives set out in this Regulation, including voluntary schemes recognised by the Commission under Article 30(5) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

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

(1) ‘deforestation’ means the conversion of forest to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not or for another use;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6

(6) ‘forest degradation’ means management and harvesting operations that are not sustainable and cause a reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of forest ecosystems, resulting in the long- term reduction of the overall supply of benefits from forest, which includes wood, biodiversity and other products or services;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)

(ba) that the relevant goods and products, including those used or contained in relevant products, were produced on land whose ecosystem has not naturally degraded since 31 December 2020;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16

(16) ‘negligible risk’ means a full assessment of both the product-specific and the general information on compliance with Articles 3(a) and 3(b) by relevant commodities or products showing no cause for concern, particularly where forest area has gradually increased or remained unchanged over the years;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. When placing relevant commodities or products on the Union market or exporting them from it, operators are not required to fulfil the obligations under Article 10 where they can ascertain that all relevant commodities and products have been produced in countries or parts thereof that were identified as low risk in accordance with Article 27 or where forest area has gradually increased or remained unchanged over the years.

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. No later than ~~five~~two years after the entry into force and at least every five years thereafter, the Commission shall carry out a general review of this Regulation, and shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal. The first of the reports shall include in particular, based on specific studies, an evaluation of:

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 2

2. Articles 3 to 12, 14 to 22, 24, 29 and 30 shall apply 124 months from the entry into force of this Regulation.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Simona BALDASSARRE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Marco DREOSTO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Silvia SARDONE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3

3. Articles referred to paragraph 2 shall apply 2436 months from the entry into force of this Regulation for operators that are microenterprises53 established by December 31, 2020, except for products covered in the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 995/2010. __________________ 53 As defined in Article 3(1) of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1

(1) The European Green Deal5 establishes the objective of the Union becoming climate neutral in 2050 in a manner that contributes to the European economy, growth and job creation. That objective, and the objective of a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 as set out in the 2030 Climate Target Plan6 that was endorsed both by the European Parliament7 and by the European Council8, requires an energy transition and significantly higher shares of renewable energy sources in an integrated energy system. Those objectives can only be confirmed once an impact assessment has been carried out. _________________ 5Communication from the Commission COM(2019) 640 final of 11.12.2019, The European Green Deal. 6 Communication from the Commission COM(2020) 562 final of 17.9.2020, Stepping up Europeʼs 2030 climate ambition Investing in a climate-neutral future for the benefit of our people 7 European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)) 8European Council conclusions of 11 December 2020, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/47 296/1011-12-20-euco-conclusions-en.pdf

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) Renewable energy plays a fundamental role in delivering the European Green Deal and for achieving climate neutrality by 2050, given that the energy sector contributes over 75% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the Union. By reducing those greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy also contributes to tackling environmental-related challenges such as biodiversity loss. Member States must, however, be permitted to maintain the energy mix.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) There is a growing recognition of the need for alignment of bioenergy policies with the cascading principle of biomass use11, with a view to ensuring fair access to the biomass raw material market for the development of innovative, high value-added bio-based solutions and a sustainable circular bioeconomy. When developing support schemes for bioenergy, Member States should therefore take into consideration the available sustainable supply of biomass for energy and non- energy uses and the maintenance of the national forest carbon sinks and ecosystems as well as the principles of the circular economy and the biomass cascading use, and the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council12. For this, they should grant no support to the production of energy from saw logs, veneer logs, stumps and roots and avoid promoting the use of quality roundwood for energy except in well-defined circumstances. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood- based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bioenergy and 6) disposal. Where no other use for woody biomass is economically viable or environmentally appropriate, energy recovery helps to reduce energy generation from non-renewable sources. Member States’ support schemes for bioenergy should therefore be directed to such feedstocks for which little market competition exists with the material sectors, and whose sourcing is considered positive for both climate and biodiversity, in order to avoid negative incentives for unsustainable bioenergy pathways, as identified in the JRC report ‘The use of woody biomass for energy production in the EU’13. On the other hand, in defining the further implications of the cascading principle, it is necessary to recognise the national specificities which guide Member States in the design of their support schemes Waste prevention, reuse and recycling of waste should be the priority option. Member States should avoid creating support schemes which would be counter to targets on treatment of waste and which would lead to the inefficient use of recyclable waste. Moreover, in order to ensure a more efficient use of bioenergy, from 2026 on Member States should not give support anymore to electricity-only plants , unless the installations are in regions with a specific use status as regards their transition away from fossil fuels or if the installations use carbon capture and storage. _________________ 11The cascading principle aims to achieve resource efficiency of biomass use through prioritising biomass material use to energy use wherever possible, increasing thus the amount of biomass available within the system. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood-based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bioenergy and 6) disposal. 12 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). ~~13 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reposit ory/handle/JRC122719~~

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) There is a growing recognition of the need for alignment of bioenergy policies with the cascading principle of biomass use11, with a view to ensuring fair access to the biomass raw material market for the development of innovative, high value-added bio-based solutions and a sustainable circular bioeconomy. When developing support schemes for bioenergy, Member States should therefore take into consideration the available sustainable supply of biomass for energy and non- energy uses and the maintenance of the national forest carbon sinks and ecosystems as well as the principles of the circular economy and the biomass cascading use, and the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council12. For this, they should grant no support to the production of energy from saw logs, veneer logs, stumps and roots and avoid promoting the use of quality roundwood for energy except in well-defined circumstances. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood- based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bioenergy and 6) disposal. Where no other use for woody biomass is economically viable or environmentally appropriate, energy recovery helps to reduce energy generation from non-renewable sources. Member States’ support schemes for bioenergy should therefore be directed to such feedstocks for which little market competition exists with the material sectors, and whose sourcing is considered positive for both climate and biodiversity, in order to avoid negative incentives for unsustainable bioenergy pathways, as identified in the JRC report ‘The use of woody biomass for energy production in the EU’13. On the other hand, in defining the further implications of the cascading principle, it is necessary to recognise the national specificities which guide Member States in the design of their support schemes Waste prevention, reuse and recycling of waste should be the priority option. Member States should avoid creating support schemes which would be counter to targets on treatment of waste and which would lead to the inefficient use of recyclable waste. Moreover, in order to ensure a more efficient use of bioenergy, from 2026 on Member States should not give support anymore to electricity-only plants , unless the installations are in regions with a specific use status as regards their transition away from fossil fuels or if the installations use carbon capture and storage. _________________ 11The cascading principle aims to achieve resource efficiency of biomass use through prioritising biomass material use to energy use wherever possible, increasing thus the amount of biomass available within the system. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood-based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bioenergy and 6) disposal. 12 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). ~~13 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reposit ory/handle/JRC122719~~

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) Member States are starting from different places in terms of renewable energy use. Therefore, European targets should not be imposed, but instead objectives should be suggested that take account of what has already been done by different countries in this area. Member States’ cooperation to promote renewable energy can take the form of statistical transfers, support schemes or joint projects. It allows for a cost-efficient deployment of renewable energy across Europe and contributes to market integration. Despite its potential, cooperation has been very limited, thus leading to suboptimal results in terms of efficiency in increasing renewable energy. Member States should therefore be obliged to test cooperation through implementing a pilot project. Projects financed by national contributions under the Union renewable energy financing mechanism established by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/129414 would meet this obligation for the Member States involved. _________________ 14Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1294 of 15 September 2020 on the Union renewable energy financing mechanism (OJ L 303, 17.9.2020, p. 1).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) There is a growing recognition of the need for alignment of bioenergy policies with the cascading principle of biomass use11, with a view to ensuring fair access to the biomass raw material market for the development of innovative, high value-added bio-based solutions and a sustainable circular bioeconomy. When developing support schemes for bioenergy, Member States should therefore take into consideration the available sustainable supply of biomass for energy and non- energy uses and the maintenance of the national forest carbon sinks and ecosystems as well as the principles of the circular economy and the biomass cascading use, and the waste hierarchy established in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council12 . For this, they should grant no support to the production of energy from saw logs, veener logs, stumps and roots and avoid promoting the use of quality roundwood for energy except in well-defined circumstances. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood-based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bio-energy and 6) disposal. Where no other use for woody biomass is economically viable or environmentally appropriate, energy recovery helps to reduce energy generation from non- renewable sources. Member States’ support schemes for bioenergy should therefore be directed to such feedstocks for which little market competition exists with the material sectors, and whose sourcing is considered positive for both climate and biodiversity, in order to avoid negative incentives for unsustainable bioenergy pathways, as identified in the JRC report ‘The use of woody biomass for energy production in the EU’13. On the other hand, in defining the further implications of the cascading principle, it is necessary to recognise the national specificities which guide Member States in the design of their support schemes. Waste prevention, reuse and recycling of waste should be the priority option. Member States should avoid creating support schemes which would be counter to targets on treatment of waste and which would lead to the inefficient use of recyclable waste. Moreover, in order to ensure a more efficient use of bioenergy, from 2026 on Member States ~~should not give~~may grant support ~~anymore~~ to electricity~~-only~~ plants , ~~unless the installations are in regions with a specific use status as regards their transition away from fossil fuels or if the installations use carbon capture and storage~~provided that specific sustainability and energy efficiency criteria are applied (at least 50% cogeneration, fuel from sustainable forest management at territorial level, installations with electrical capacity no higher than10 MW equipped with appropriate filtering systems). __________________ 11 The cascading principle aims to achieve resource efficiency of biomass use through prioritising biomass material use to energy use wherever possible, increasing thus the amount of biomass available within the system. In line with the cascading principle, woody biomass should be used according to its highest economic and environmental added value in the following order of priorities: 1) wood-based products, 2) extending their service life, 3) re-use, 4) recycling, 5) bio-energy and 6) disposal. 12 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3). 13 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/reposit ory/handle/JRC122719

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) The rapid growth and increasing cost-competitiveness of renewable electricity production can be used to satisfy a growing share of energy demand, for instance using heat pumps for space heating or low-temperature industrial processes, electric vehicles for transport, or electric furnaces in certain industries. Renewable electricity can also be used to produce ~~synthetic fuels~~renewable fuels of non-biological origin for consumption in hard-to- decarbonise transport sectors such as heavy duty transport including aviation ~~and~~, maritime transport~~. A framework for electrification~~ and electricity generation as well as industries that need high temperature heat. A framework for achieving climate neutrality needs to enable robust and efficient coordination and expand market mechanisms to match both supply and demand in space and time, stimulate investments in flexibility and storage, and help integrate large shares of variable renewable generation. Member States should therefore ensure that the deployment of renewable electricity continues to increase at an adequate pace to meet growing demand. For this, Member States should establish a framework that includes market-compatible mechanisms to tackle remaining barriers to have secure and adequate e~~lectricit~~nergy systems fit for a high level of renewable energy, as well as storage facilities, fully integrated into the e~~lectricit~~nergy system. In particular, this framework shall tackle remaining barriers~~, including non-financial ones such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to process a growing number of permitting applications.~~ for the full integration of non- programmable RES into the electricity system and for the decarbonisation process of the generation fleet by ensuring the availability of market instruments which provide long term price signals for investment decisions, including investments in system adequacy, stability and flexibility through competitive, transparent and non-discriminatory bidding process, which provide for a remuneration of the awarded recipients based on market prices. The framework shall also tackle non-financial barriers such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to process a growing number of permitting applications. In view of the above, and given that the target of 40% of energy from renewable sources to be achieved by 2030 is a very challenging and ambitious one, no effort should be spared to ensure that all renewable sources and all the technologies that use them to produce energy can be fully exploited and developed, including biomass in the heating and cooling sector and biofuels in the transport sector, provided that the limits and criteria laid down are met provided that the limits and criteria laid down in this Directive are respected.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) The rapid growth and increasing cost-competitiveness of renewable electricity production can be used to satisfy a growing share of energy demand, for instance using heat pumps for space heating or low-temperature industrial processes, electric vehicles for transport, or electric furnaces in certain industries. Renewable electricity can also be used to produce synthetic fuels for consumption in hard-to-decarbonise transport sectors such as aviation and maritime transport. A framework for electrification needs to enable robust and efficient coordination and expand market mechanisms to match both supply and demand in space and time, stimulate investments in flexibility, and help integrate large shares of variable renewable generation. Member States should therefore ensure that the deployment of renewable electricity continues to increase at an adequate pace to meet growing demand. For this, Member States should establish a framework that includes market-compatible mechanisms to tackle remaining barriers to have secure and adequate electricity systems fit for a high level of renewable energy, as well as storage facilities, fully integrated into the electricity system. In particular, this framework shall tackle remaining barriers, including non-financial ones such as insufficient digital and human resources of authorities to process a growing number of permitting applications. In the light of the above, and considering that the target of 40% of energy from renewable sources by 2030 is very challenging and ambitious, no effort should be spared to ensure that all renewable sources and all the technologies that use them to produce energy can be fully exploited and developed, including biomass in the heating and cooling sector and biofuels in the transport sector, provided that the limits and criteria set out in this Directive are met.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35

(35) To ensure higher environmental effectiveness of the Union sustainability and greenhouse emissions saving criteria for solid biomass fuels in installations producing heating, electricity and cooling, the minimum threshold for the applicability of such criteria should be lowered from the current 20 MW to 510 MW, starting in 2027.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) Overly complex and excessively long administrative procedures constitute a major barrier for the deployment of renewable energy. Further streamlining of administrative and permitting procedures is needed to ease the administrative burden for both renewable energy projects and the related grid infrastructure projects. Member States shall define a minimum set of clear and general rules at EU level to ease and accelerate the national transposition processes, facilitate a homogeneous application throughout the EU of permitting procedures and ease the ex-post monitoring of the measures adopted by Member States from the Commission. These rules shall foresee an integrated or coordinated process for renewable energy plants and the transmission grid infrastructures which are essential for their integration in the energy system and simplified permitting procedures for projects which respect clearly defined criteria. On the basis of the measures to improve administrative procedures for renewable energy installations that Member States are to report on by 15 March 2023 in their first integrated national energy and climate progress reports pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , the Commission should further assess whether the provisions included in this Directive to streamline these procedures have resulted in smooth and proportionate procedures. If that assessment reveals significant scope for improvement, the Commission should take appropriate measures to ensure Member States have streamlined and efficient administrative procedures in place. __________________ 15 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Buildings have a large untapped potential to contribute effectively to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the Union. The decarbonisation of heating and cooling in this sector through an increased share in production and use of renewable energy will be needed to meet the ambition set in the Climate Target Plan to achieve the Union objective of climate neutrality. However, progress on the use of renewables for heating and cooling has been stagnant in the last decade, largely relying on increased use of biomass. Without the establishment of targets to increase the production and use of renewable energy in buildings, there will be no ability to track progress and identify bottlenecks in the uptake of renewables. Furthermore, the creation of targets will provide a long-term signal to investors, including for the period immediately after 2030. This will complement obligations related to energy efficiency and the energy performance of buildings. Therefore, indicative targets for the use of renewable energy in buildings should be set to guide and incentivise Member States’ efforts to exploit the potential of using and producing renewable energy in buildings through the most efficient technologies, encourage the development of and integration of technologies which produce renewable energy while providing certainty for investors and local level engagement. In defining this path, it is necessary to start from the analysis of the national real estate stock and its plant characteristics, in order to effectively define the roadmap towards the technological switch required by the integration of renewable energy. Any mandatory requirement must be reviewed against the background that emissions trading for buildings already guarantees the achievement of savings targets. ETS deliberately causes higher energy costs and leads to market-driven energy saving investments or switching to renewables. Double burdens for consumers through ETS and European regulatory law must be avoided.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 36

(36) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 strengthened the bioenergy sustainability and greenhouse gas savings framework by setting criteria for all end-use sectors. It set out specific rules for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from forest biomass, requiring the sustainability of harvesting operations and the accounting of land-use change emissions. To achieve an enhanced protection of especially biodiverse and carbon-rich habitats, such as primary forests, highly biodiverse forests, grasslands and peat lands, exclusions and limitations to source forest biomass from those areas should be introduced, in line with the approach for biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from agricultural biomass. In addition, the greenhouse gas emission saving criteria should also apply to existing biomass-based installations to ensure that bioenergy production in all such installations leads to greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to energy produced from fossil fuels.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) Buildings have a large untapped potential to contribute effectively to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in the Union. The decarbonisation of heating and cooling in this sector through an increased share in production and use of renewable energy will be needed to meet the ambition set in the Climate Target Plan to achieve the Union objective of climate neutrality. ~~However, progress on the use of renewables for heating and cooling has been stagnant in the last decade, largely relying on increased use of biomass.~~ Without the establishment of targets to increase the production and use of renewable energy in buildings, there will be no ability to track progress and identify bottlenecks in the uptake of renewables. Furthermore, the creation of targets will provide a long-term signal to investors, including for the period immediately after 2030. This will complement obligations related to energy efficiency and the energy performance of buildings. Therefore, indicative targets for the use of renewable energy in buildings should be set to guide and incentivise Member States’ efforts to exploit the potential of using and producing renewable energy in buildings, encourage the development of and integration of technologies which produce renewable energy while providing certainty for investors and local level engagement.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Marco DREOSTO, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37

(37) In order to reduce the administrative burden for producers of renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels and for Member States, where voluntary or national schemes have been recognised by the Commission through an implementing act as giving evidence or providing accurate data regarding the compliance with sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria as well as other requirements set in this Directive, Member States should accept the results of the certification issued by such schemes within the scope of the Commission’s recognition. In order to reduce the burden on small installations, Member States should establish a simplified verification mechanism, starting from 2027, for installations of between 510 and 120MW.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(c) the following points are added: (1b) 'energy from low-carbon sources' means energy from non-renewable sources including low-carbon gases, which contribute to the climate mitigation and adaption. (1c) 'energy from low-carbon gases' means energy from non-renewable gases with a greenhouse gas footprint of less than 36.4 gCO2eq/MJ calculated by the moment of placing the energy on the market / or value provided in the delegated act supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate mitigation or climate change adaptation.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(1a) point (1) is amended as follows: (1) 'energy from renewable sources' or 'renewable energy' means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar (solar thermal and solar photovoltaic) and geothermal energy, waste heat, ambient energy, tide, wave and other ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, and biogas;

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(1b) 36 b [new] "Renewable Hydrogen": is hydrogen produced through the electrolysis of water (in an electrolyser, powered by electricity), and with the electricity produced from renewables and waste heat. The full life- cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the production of renewable hydrogen are close to zero. Renewable hydrogen may also be produced through the reforming of biogas (instead of natural gas) or biochemical conversion of biomass, if in compliance with sustainability requirements.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(1c) A new definition is added: "co-located energy storage project" means a project encompassing an energy storage facility and a facility producing renewable energy connected behind the same grid access point.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(2a) Article 3a (new) Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable gases in the Union expressed as a percentage share of natural gas consumed is at least [11]% by 2030.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(2b) Article 4 is amended as follows: in paragraph 4, a) the first subparagraph is amended as follows: Member States shall ensure that support for electricity from renewable sources, including from co-located energy storage projects, is granted in an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory and cost-effective manner. b) the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the efficient system integration of the renewable electricity plants. In particular, support schemes shall be designed so as to integrate locational price signals which incentive the geographical development of RES plants, including offshore RES, compatibly with the electricity grid potentialities. paragraph 7 is amended as follows: In order to increase the generation of energy from renewable sources in the outermost regions and small islands, Member States may adapt financial support schemes for renewable, co-located and standalone storage projects located in those regions in order to take into account the production costs associated with their specific conditions of isolation and external dependence.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 9

7a. Member States bordering a sea basin shall cooperate to jointly define the amount of offshore renewable energy they plan to produce in that sea basin by 2050, with intermediate steps in 2030 and 2040. They shall take into account the specificities and development in each region including the technical and economic feasibility of transmission grid infrastructure, the offshore renewable potential of the sea basin and the importance of ensuring the associated integrated grid planning. Member States shall notify that amount in the updated integrated national energy and climate plans submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.;

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(6a) Article 16, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: Member States shall set up or designate one or more contact points. Those contact points shall, upon request by the applicant, guide through and facilitate the entire administrative permit application and granting process. The applicant shall not be required to contact more that one contact point for the entire process. The permit-granting process shall cover the relevant administrative permits to build, repower and operate plants for the production of energy from renewable sources, including co-located energy storage projects, energy storage of a new renewable energy facility, and assets necessary for their connection to the grid. The permit-granting process shall comprise all procedures from the acknowledgment of the receipt of the application to the transmission of the outcome of the procedure referred to in paragraph 2.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(6b) Article 16, paragraph 4 is amended as follows: 4. Without prejudice to paragraph 7, the permit-granting process referred to in paragraph 1 for power plants and assets necessary for their connection and integration in the grid shall not exceed two years, including all relevant procedures of competent authorities. Where duly justified on the grounds of extraordinary circumstances, that two- year period may be extended by up to one year.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

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

(6c) Article 16, paragraph 6 is amended as follows: 6. Member States shall facilitate the repowering of existing renewable energy plants by ensuring a simplified and swift permit-granting process. The length of that process shall not exceed one year. Where duly justified on the grounds of extraordinary circumstances, such as on grounds of overriding safety reasons where the repowering projects impacts substantially on the grid or the original capacity, size or performance of the installation, that one-year period may be extended by up to one year. In the event the repowering project determines an increase in the capacity of the installation and the need for further network developments without increasing the occupied area, the repowering project and the grid development projects associated to the repowering are authorized through the same simplified procedure pursuant to the first subparagraph,

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii – introductory part

(iii) in the fifth subparagraph, ~~the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:~~including its points a) and b), is deleted

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii

Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27

However, electricity that has been taken from the grid, reinjected from an energy storage facility or obtained from direct connection to an installation generating renewable electricity may be fully counted as fully renewable ~~electricity where it is used for the production of renewable fuels of non-biological~~provided that it is produced exclusively from renewable sources and the renewable properties have been demonstrated through cancellation of guarantees of origin, ~~provided~~ensuring that the ~~installation:;~~renewable properties of that electricity are claimed only once and only in one end- use sector.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii

Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27

Article 27, paragraph 3, subparagraph 5, point a) is deleted

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii

Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6

(iiia) the sixth subparagraph is replaced by the following: Electricity that has been taken from the grid may be counted as fully renewable provided that it is produced exclusively from renewable sources and the renewable properties have been demonstrated through the cancellation of guarantees of origin, ensuring that the renewable properties of that electricity are claimed only once and only in one end- use sector. This can be achieved by either following any of the following: (a) to demonstrate the renewable properties, producers of renewable fuels of non-biological origin should be required to conclude one or more renewable power purchase agreements generating electricity for an amount that is at least equivalent to the amount of electricity that is claimed as fully renewable. The balance between the renewable electricity purchased through one or several power purchase agreements and the amount of electricity taken from the grid to produce renewable fuels of non-biological origin shall be achieved on a quarterly basis. A power purchase agreement can be signed with an existing installation producing renewable electricity provided that the installation does not receive support in form of operating aid or investment aid at the date the contract enters into force, or such support has ended. (b) a granular guarantee of origin pursuant to Article 19(2) may be used in order to demonstrate the renewable properties of the electricity used for the production of renewable fuels of non- biological origin and to ensure that the renewable properties of that electricity are claimed only once and only in one end- use sector.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii a (new)

(iiia) Article 27 the seventh and last subparagraph is deleted

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e – point iii b (new)

(iii b) Recital (90) is amended as follows: Renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin are important to increase the share of renewable energy in sectors that are expected to rely on liquid fuels in the long term. To ensure that renewable fuels of non-biological origin contribute to greenhouse gas reduction, the electricity used for the fuel production should be of renewable origin.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18 – point a – point i a (new)

(ia) Article 29, paragraph 1, sub- paragraph 3 is amended as follows: Electricity, heating and cooling produced from municipal solid waste and own biomass residues from biomass processing shall not be subject to the greenhouse gas emissions saving criterial laid down in paragraph 10.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a – introductory part

(a) in paragraph 1~~, first subparagraph, the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:~~ is amended as follows: (a) allows consignments of raw material or fuels with differing sustainability anda greenhouse gas emissions saving characteristics to be mixed for instance in a container, processing or logistical facility, transmission and distribution infrastructure or site, including European interconnected system for gas consisting of transmission networks, distribution networks, LNG facilities and/or storage facilities and considered as a single logistical facility for this purpose where only physical entry to and exit from the system based on the respective transactions shall be tracked;

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a

Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30. paragraph 1a

1a. Where renewable fuels ~~and~~, recycled carbon fuels and biogas are to be counted towards the targets referred to in Articles 3(1), 15a(1), 22a(1), 23(1), 24(4) and 25(1), Member States shall require economic operators to show that the sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2) for renewable fuels ~~and~~, recycled- carbon fuels and biogas have been fulfilled. For that purpose, they ~~shall~~may require economic operators to use a book and claim system through the means of Guarantees of Origin combined with a mass balance system ~~which:;~~.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point a

Directive (EU) 2018/2001
Article 30. paragraph 1b

1b. The mass balance system for biogas purified to natural gas quality and injected in the European network for gas shall ensure tracking from the point of raw material procurement and production until the point of injection in the gas pipeline system as well as the network of bottles, containers and tankers for distribution in off-grid areas.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 20 – point b – introductory part

(b) inArticle 30 paragraph 3~~, the first and second subparagraphs are replaced by the following:~~ is amended as follows: 3. Member States shall take measure to ensure that economic operators submit reliable information regarding the compliance with the greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria laid down in Articles 29(2) to (7) and (10) and 29a(1) and (2), and that economic operators make available to the relevant Member States shall enable the recording of such information on the guarantees of origin issued according to Article 19 of this Directive after it has been verified by relevant voluntary or national schemes setting standards for the production of renewable fuels and recycled carbon fuels.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c

Wastes and residues including all wastes and residues included in Annex IX shall be considered to have zero life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions up to the process of collection of those materials irrespectively of whether they are processed to interim products before being transformed into the final product. Residues that are not included in Annex IX and fit for use in the food or feed market shall be considered to have the same amount of emissions from the extraction, harvesting or cultivation of raw materials, eec as their closest substitute in the food and feed market that is included in the table in part D of Annex V.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point c a (new)

c a) (d) footnote (3) is replaced by the following (3) Close storage means that the digestate resulting from the digestion process is stored in a gas-tight tank and that the additional biogas released during storage is considered to be recovered for production of additional electricity or biomethane. In the case of biowaste, close storage means that the digestate resulting from the digestion process is directly composted. No greenhouse gas emissions are included in that process.

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0218(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Marco DREOSTO, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianna GANCIA

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)

(8 a) A new Annex IX Part C should be created: Part C. Biomass fuel feedstocks for use in stationary installations outside the transport sector, including the following ponts: 1. Biomass fraction of residues and waste in the primary food processing industry: a) beet pulp (only self-use internal to sector) b) oilseed hulls (only self-use internal to sector) c) potato pulp (only self-use internal to sector) d) sticks from oilseed preparation and leaves from beet washing or oilseed preparation e) cereal husks and fruit shells f) cocoa husks and shells g) biomass fraction of industrial waste not fit for use in the food and feed chain h) the fibrous fraction of sugar beet after extraction of the diffusion juice, leaves and tails and other liquors obtained after sugar extraction 2. Biomass fraction of sludge from waste water treatment in the primary food processing industry;

2022/03/17
Committee: ITRE

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) The European Green Deal with its ambitious objectives has brought to the increase of cost for European producers, thus it is necessary to have an instrument to ensure a level playing field with third countries, which do not have the same ambitious climate policies as the EU has.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) The initiative for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘CBAM’) is a part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’. That mechanism is to serve as an essential element of the EU toolbox to meet the objective of a climate-neutral Union by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement by addressing risks of carbon leakage resulting from the increased Union climate ambition, while at the same time ensuring a level playing field in order to preserve the competitiveness of EU industries.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, free allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissions.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The CBAM seeks to stre~~place these existing mechanisms by addressi~~ng the ~~risk of~~n carbon leakage in a different way, namely by ensuring equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transition from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased in while free allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM are phased out. The combined and transitional application of EU ETS allowances allocated freeprotection in view of higher EU climate ambition by 2030 and thereafter replace progressively these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk of char~~ge and of the CBAM should in no case result in more favourable treatment for Union goods compared to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union~~bon leakage in a different way.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) First, under the import provisions, the CBAM seeks to ensure equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transition from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased in while free allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM are progressively phased out as of 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proved to be effective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage both for imports and exports. The combined and transitional application of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge and of the CBAM should in no case result in more favourable treatment for Union goods compared to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)

(11b) Second, under the export provisions, the CBAM seeks to limit the risk of replacement of European low- carbon exports with carbon intense products on third-country markets which would undermine the objective of reducing global emissions. It is necessary to continue addressing the risks of carbon leakage associated with European exports to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU, by introducing allowance adjustments for exports as of the start of the progressive phasing out of free allowances. Those allowance adjustments for exports are established as a component of the EU ETS and are introduced as part of the CBAM to prevent carbon leakage associated with European exports. To this end, the allowance adjustments for export would remain in force independently from the reduction commitments of free allowances under the EU ETS until other countries take equivalent and effective steps to impose carbon costs on competing production.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 c (new)

(11c) Given the unique characteristics of price formation on the EU electricity market, that are not existing in third countries, the mechanism in Article 10a(6) shall remain outside the scope of CBAM until the CBAM can accurately mirror the indirect costs that are actually passed on in electricity prices in Europe.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) This Regulation should apply to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union from third countries, except where their production has already been subject to the EU ETS, whereby it applies to third countries or territories, or to a carbon pricing system fully linked with the EU ETS. Exceptions will be granted only to those goods imported into the customs territory of the Union which are subject to carbon cost burden equivalent to that incurred under the EU ETS.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)

(14a) This Regulation should also apply to goods produced in EU installations subject to the EU ETS and exported from the customs territory of the Union to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) In order to exclude from the CBAM third countries or territories fully integrated into, or linked, to the EU ETS and where the carbon cost burden is equivalent to that under the EU ETS, in the event of future agreements, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the list of countries in Annex II. Conversely, those third countries or territories should be excluded from the list in Annex II and be subject to CBAM whereby they do not effectively charge the ETS price on goods exported to the Union.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The GHG emissions to be regulated by the CBAM should correspond to those GHG emissions covered by Annex I to the EU ETS in Directive 2003/87/EC, namely carbon dioxide (‘CO2’) as well as, where relevant, nitrous oxide (‘N2O’) and perfluorocarbons (‘PFCs’). The CBAM should initially apply to direct emissions of those GHG from the production of goods up to the time of import into the customs territory of the Union, and after the end of a transition period and upon further assessment, as well to indirect emissions, mirroring the scope of the EU ETS. Including indirect emissions and pricing them in the CBAM should be done only once the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions has been reduced to a minimum, as the European electricity grid decarbonises.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) However, while the EU ETS sets an absolute cap on the GHG emissions from the activities under its scope and allows tradability of allowances (so called ‘cap and trade system’), the CBAM should not establish quantitative limits to import or export, so as to ensure that trade flows are not restricted. Moreover, while the EU ETS applies to installations based in the Union, the CBAM should be applied to certain goods imported into or exported from the customs territory of the Union.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) In order to preserve its effectiveness as a carbon leakage measure, the CBAM needs to reflect closely the EU ETS price. While on the EU ETS market the price of allowances is determined through auctions, the price of CBAM certificates for imports should reasonably reflect the price of such auctions through averages calculated on a weekly basis. Such weekly average prices reflect closely the price fluctuations of the EU ETS and allow a reasonable margin for importers to take advantage of the price changes of the EU ETS while at the same ensuring that the system remains manageable for the administrative authorities.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) Under the EU ETS, the total number of allowances issued (the ‘cap’) determines the supply of emission allowances and provides certainty about the maximum emissions of GHG. The carbon price is determined by the balance of this supply against the demand of the market. Scarcity is necessary for there to be a price incentive. As it is not possible to impose a cap on the number of CBAM import certificates available to importers, if importers had the possibility to carry forward and trade CBAM import certificates, this could result in situations where the price for CBAM certificates would no longer reflect the evolution of the price in the EU ETS. That would weaken the incentive for decarbonisation between domestic and imported goods, favouring carbon leakage and impairing the overarching climate objective of the CBAM import. It could also result in different prices for operators of different countries. Therefore, the limits to the possibilities to trade CBAM import certificates and to carry them forward is justified by the need to avoid undermining the effectiveness and climate objective of the CBAM and to ensure even handed treatment to operators from different countries. However, in order to preserve the possibility for importers to optimise their costs, this Regulation should foresee a system where authorities can re-purchase a certain amount of excess certificates from the importers. Such amount is set at a level which allows a reasonable margin for importers to leverage their costs over the period of validity of the import certificates whilst preserving the overall price transmission effect, ensuring that the environmental objective of the measure is preserved.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) Given that the CBAM, under the import provisions, applies to imports of goods into the customs territory of the Union rather than to installations, certain adaptations and simplifications would also need to apply in the CBAM regime. One of those simplifications should consist in a declarative system where importers should report the total verified GHG emissions embedded in goods imported in a given calendar year. A different timing compared to the compliance cycle of the EU ETS should also be applied to avoid any potential bottleneck resulting from obligations for accredited verifiers under this Regulation and the EU ETS.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)

(23a) Under the export provisions of the CBAM, given that the installations concerned can be easily identified, the CBAM would apply to EU installations. The adjustment allowances provided for exported products will calibrate the regulatory obligation and the net regulatory burden imposed under the CBAM regime when those goods are exported from the customs territory of the Union to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) While the EU ETS applies to certain production processes and activities, the CBAM should target the corresponding imports or exports of goods. That requires clearly identifying imported or exported goods by way of their classification in the Combined nomenclature41 (‘CN’) and linking them to embedded GHG emissions. __________________ 41Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) The goods under this Regulation should be selected after a careful analysis of their relevance in terms of cumulated GHG emissions and risk of carbon leakage in the corresponding EU ETS sectors while limiting complexity and administrative burden. In particular, the actual selection should take into account basic materials and basic products covered by the EU ETS with the objective of ensuring that imports of energy intensive products into the Union are on equal footing with EU products in terms of EU ETS carbon pricing, and to mitigate risks of carbon leakage. Other relevant criteria to narrow the selection should be: firstly, relevance of sectors in terms of emissions, namely whether the sector is one of the largest aggregate emitters of GHG emissions; secondly, sector’s exposure to significant risk of carbon leakage, as defined pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; thirdly, the need to balance broad coverage in terms of GHG emissions while limiting complexity and administrative effort fourthly, the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chain disruption and the increasing of prices in raw materials and other strategic sectors.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) Similar technical constraints apply to refinery products, for which it is not possible to unambiguously assign GHG emissions to individual output products. At the same time, the relevant benchmark in the EU ETS does not directly relate to specific products, such as gasoline, diesel or kerosene, but to all refinery output. Due to these constraints, refinery products should be eligible to be included in the scope only if an unambiguous, verifiable and effective methodology is developed in close cooperation with the refining industry.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) However, aluminium products should be included in the CBAM as they are highly exposed to carbon leakage. Moreover, in several industrial applications they are in direct competition with steel products because of characteristics closely resembling those of steel products. Inclusion of aluminium is also relevant as the scope of the CBAM may be extended to cover also indirect emissions in the future. However, including indirect emissions and pricing them in the CBAM could be considered only once the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions has been reduced to a minimum. If after the initial transitional period, the data collected by the Commission shows that the CBAM cannot effectively protect against carbon leakage and incentivise the reduction of global emissions, further phase-in of CBAM and phase-out of free allocation of emission allowances should be paused until an effective solution can be found.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)

(35a) In case European industries producing goods subject to the CBAM face serious difficulties as a result of its implementation, an in-depth assessment developed in close cooperation with the industrial sectors should be made as promptly as possible to examine whether a CBAM is effective and practicable.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)

(36a) Before widening the scope of the CBAM to new sectors, including downstream products using goods covered by the CBAM, a prior assessment should be made by the European Commission in consultation with the industrial sectors in order to check its practicability and effectiveness.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 b (new)

(36b) Circumvention practices must be prohibited, where a change in the pattern of trade between third countries and the Union or between third countries, or between individual companies or within the same undertaking in relation with products included in the scope of this regulation, whether slightly modified or not, stems from a practice, process or work that have insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations as laid down in this Regulation. Those practices should include all types of circumvention practices, including resource shuffling, cost absorption, manipulation of emissions data, wrongful labelling of goods and slight modifications of the product so as to import a product under a different customs code thereby avoiding the present Regulation.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43

(43) CBAM certificates for imports differ from EU ETS allowances for which daily auctioning is an essential feature. The need to set a clear price for CBAM import certificates makes a daily publication excessively burdensome and confusing for operators, as daily prices risk becoming obsolete upon publication. Thus, the publication of CBAM import prices on a weekly basis would accurately reflect the pricing trend of EU ETS allowances and pursue the same climate objective. The calculation of the price of CBAM certificates should therefore be set on the basis of a longer timeframe (on a weekly basis) than in the timeframe established by the EU ETS (on a daily basis). The Commission should be tasked to calculate and publish that average price.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44

(44) In order to give the authorised declarants flexibility in complying with their CBAM obligations and allow them to benefit from fluctuations in the price of EU ETS allowances, the CBAM import certificates should be valid for a period of two years from the date of purchase. The authorised declarant should be allowed to re-sell to the national authority a portion of the certificates bought in excess. The authorised declarant should build up during the year the amount of certificates required at the time of surrendering, with thresholds set at the end of each quarter.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50

(50) A transitional period should apply during the period 2023 until 2025. AUnder the import provisions, a CBAM without financial adjustment should apply, with the objective to facilitate a smooth roll out of the mechanism hence reducing the risk of disruptive impacts on trade. Declarants should have to report on a quarterly basis the actual embedded emissions in goods imported during the transitional period, detailing direct and indirect emissions as well as any carbon price paid abroad.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50 a (new)

(50a) Under the export provisions of the CBAM, the allowance adjustments for exports would be implemented as of the start of the phasing out of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge. A transitional period of two years before the implementation of allowance adjustments for exports is needed to ensure a swift implementation of the mechanism. Particular attention should be paid to the arrangements for the calculation of corresponding allowance adjustments, the operation of registries, the application of the monitoring and reporting guidelines and verification.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050 and possibilities to improve carbon leakage measures to ensure a level playing field between the EU and third countries. The Commission sh~~ould~~all, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, including downstream products using goods covered by the CBAM, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . With regard to indirect emissions, the evaluation shall take into account the mismatch between indirect carbon costs and indirect carbon emissions and that EU producers are exposed to carbon costs passed on in electricity prices due to the functioning of the EU energy market (indirect carbon costs). __________________ 47Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59

(59) It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert and industry level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201651 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 51Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into or exportation from the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. The CBAM complements the system established for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union by Directive 2003/87/EC by applying an equivalent set of rules to imports into or export from the customs territory of the Union of goods referred to in Article 2.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3

3. The mechanism ~~will~~shall, if effective, progressively become an alternative to the mechanisms established under Directive 2003/87/EC to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, notably the allocation of allowances free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of that Directive, without prejudice to the maintenance of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge until 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proven to be effective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage both for imports into or exports from the customs territory of the Union.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

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

2a. This Regulation also applies to goods listed in Annex I when those goods are produced in EU installations subject to the EU ETS and exported from the Customs territory of the European Union to third countries, which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same levels as the EU.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3

3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a, this Regulation does not apply to goods originating in or exported to countries and territories listed in Annex II, Section A.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

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

5a. The regulatory obligation and the net regulatory burden imposed in the country where the goods are originating in are equivalent to those imposed under the EU ETS.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 6

6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts in order to determine the conditions for applying the CBAM to goods referred to in paragraph 2 and 2a. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 29(2).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)

(4a) ‘exportation’ means the release for export of goods produced in EU installations subject to the EUETS as provided in Article 269 of regulation (EU) N° 952/2013;

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13

(13) ‘declarant’ means a person lodging a customs declaration, either for release for free circulation in its own name or for export, or the person in whose name such a declaration is lodged in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

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

(19) ‘surrender’ means offsetting of CBAM certificates against the declared embedded emissions in imported or exported goods;

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)

(28a) ‘indirect emissions costs’ mean EUA costs passed on in electricity prices. These are not an indication of the physical indirect emissions in the production.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title

Importation and exportation of goods

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

Goods shall only be imported into or exported from the customs territory of the Union by a declarant that is authorised by the competent authority in accordance with Article 17 (‘authorised declarant’).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title

Application for an import authorisation

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)

Article 5a Notification and registration of exports Any declarant wishing to obtain adjustments to their emission allowances corresponding to the embedded emissions of the goods produced in the EU and exported outside the territory of the customs union shall be registered as a declarant according to Article 4 and shall notify the competent authorities of its intention at the time of lodging the pre- departure declaration. On release of the goods, the customs office of export will transmit the necessary particulars of the export movement to the competent authority, which shall issue a certificate establishing the allowance adjustments to be granted to calibrate the regulatory obligation.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title

CBAM import declaration

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6

6. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts concerning detailed rules regarding the elements of the calculation methods set out in Annex III, including determining system boundaries of production processes, emission factors, installation-specific values of actual emissions and default values and their respective application to individual goods as well as laying down methods to ensure the reliability of data on the basis of which the default values shall be determined, including the level of detail and the verification of the data. Where necessary, those acts shall provide that the default values can be adapted to particular areas, regions or countries to take into account specific objective factors such as geography, natural resources, market conditions, prevailing energy sources, or industrial processes. The implementing acts shall build upon existing legislation for the verification of emissions and activity data for installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC, in particular Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. The authorised declarant shall ensure that the total embedded emissions declared in the CBAM declaration submitted pursuant to Article 6 are verified by a verifier accredited pursuant to Article 18, based on the verification principles set out in Annex V. The competent authority is authorised to verify the accuracy of the information in the CBAM declaration.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts concerning the principles of verification referred to in paragraph 1 as regards the possibility to waive the obligation for the verifier to visit the installation where relevant goods are produced and the obligation to set thresholds for deciding whether misstatements or non-conformities are material and concerning the supporting documentation needed for the verification report. Provisions laid down in such implementing acts shall be equivalent to the provisions set in Regulation 2018/2067.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6

6. The records referred to in paragraph 5, point (c), shall be sufficiently detailed to enable the verification in accordance with paragraph 5, point (b), and to enable any competent authority to verify and to review, in accordance with Article 19(1), the CBAM declaration made by an authorised declarant to whom the relevant information was disclosed in accordance with paragraph 8.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. The central data base should, insofar as possible, mirror the information provided in the ETS database.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The Commission shall make available to the Member States a list of all competent national authorities and publish this information in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2

2. Where a CBAM declaration in accordance with Article 6 has not been submitted, the competent authority of the Member State of establishment of the authorised declarant shall assess the CBAM obligations of that declarant on the basis of the information at its disposal and calculate the total number of CBAM certificates due at the latest by the 31 December of the fourth year following that when the CBAM declaration should have been submitted. This information shall be submitted to the competent authority.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)

(1) 1. Part of the revenues generated by CBAM needs to be used to support research and innovation in carbon- reducing technologies such as renewable hydrogen uptake, storage, and other types of zero carbon industrial innovation, as well as to spur decarbonisation effort in CBAM sectors through financing to companies operating in exporting both developing and least developed countries. 2. The revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, shall be used to help European industries in decarbonising their production and in deploying low-carbon technologies, since they are facing higher production costs due to the ambitious objectives set by the European Green Deal, as well as to cover the cost of administration of the CBAM. 3. To ensure transparency of the use of revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates the Commission shall, on a yearly basis, report to the European Parliament and the Council on how the revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates, or the equivalent in financial value of these revenues, from the previous year has been used.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 a (new)

Article 20a CBAM Export certificates 1. Member States may apply administrative or criminal sanctions for failure to comply with the CBAM legislation in accordance with their national rules in addition to penalties referred to in paragraphs2 and 4a. Such sanctions shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. 2. For those export of goods listed in Annex I, the competent authority shall grant adjustment allowances certificates for goods produced in EU installations subject to the EU ETS and exported from the customs territory of the Union to third countries which have not yet limited or priced GHG emissions at the same level as the EU to calibrate the regulatory obligation and the net regulatory burden imposed under the CBAM. The adjustment allowances for the emissions embedded in the good exported mentioned in the certificate shall be deducted in accordance with Article 5 from the annual amount of allowances above the benchmark, or by default, the amount of allowances not covered by the fallback benchmarks to be surrendered to the competent authority.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – title

Price of CBAM import certificates

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – title

Surrender of CBAM import certificates

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – title

Re-purchase of CBAM import certificates

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – title

Cancellation of CBAM import certificates

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title

Penalties in relation to imports of goods

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)

(aa) In case of repeated failure to surrender a number of CBAM certificates corresponding to the emissions embedded in goods imported during the previous year, or in case of submission of false information in the CBAM declaration, an authorized declarant, and any of its related parties, may be automatically excluded from the register for a period of 3 years from the date of exclusion. The respective verifier – and any of its related parties - who has certified the accuracy of the information in the CBAM declaration has its certification withdrawn by the competent authority.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5

5. Member States may apply administrative or criminal sanctions for failure to comply with the CBAM legislation in accordance with their national rules in addition to penalties referred to in paragraph 2s2 and 4a. Such sanctions shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2

2. Practices of circumvention include situations where a change in the pattern of trade ~~in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulation~~between third countries and the Union or between third countries themselves or between individual companies or within the same undertaking in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulation , whether slightly modified or not, stems from a practice, process or work that has insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations or seeking benefits as laid down in this Regulation ~~and consist in replacing those goods with slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I but belong to a sector included in the scope of this Regulation~~or undermining their effects, including on overall GHG emissions and on prices of the goods concerned.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The practice, process or work referred to in paragraph 2 include, inter alia: (a) the slight modification of the goods included in the scope of this Regulation to make it fall under customs codes which are normally not subject to the obligations of this Regulation, provided that the modification does not alter its essential characteristics; (b) false declarations as to the identity of the producer of the goods or of the nature of the goods or the production process involved to product these goods; (c) the consignment of the goods via third countries to which more favourable obligations apply; (d) the reorganisation by exporters or producers of their patterns and channels of sales in order to avoid obligations as laid down in this Regulation, or undermine their effects, including on overall GHG emissions and on prices of the goods, for instance via practices of resource shuffling. (e) the assembly of parts by an assembly operation in the Union or a third country to avoid obligations as laid down in this Regulation.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3

3. A Member State or any party affected or benefitted by the situations described in paragraphs 2 to 2f may notify the Commission if it is confronted, over a two- month period compared with the same period in the preceding year with a significant decrease in the volume of imported goods included in the scope of this Regulation and an increase of volume of imports of slightly modified products, which are not included in the list of goods in Annex I. The Commission shall continually monitor any significant change of pattern of trade of goods and slightly modified products at Union level.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 a (new)

Article 27 a Absorption 1. Where any party submits sufficient information showing that, after the entry into force of this Regulation, an Authorised Declarant has been absorbing the cost of the CBAM Certificates, such that there has been no movement, or insufficient movement, in the resale prices or subsequent selling prices of the imported product in the Union, and that such situation has insufficient due cause or economic justification other than undermining the effects of the obligations as laid down in this Regulation, the Commission shall open an investigation. The Commission shall provide information to the Member States once a party has submitted sufficient information justifying the opening of the investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis thereof. 2. The investigation may also be opened, under the conditions set out in the first subparagraph, on the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a Member State. 3. During an investigation pursuant to this Article, any interested party shall be provided with an opportunity to clarify the situation with regard to resale prices and subsequent selling prices. 4.Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission. The Commission may be assisted by customs authorities and the investigation shall be concluded within nine months. 5. If it is concluded that the obligations as laid down in this Regulation should have led to movements in such prices, the Commission shall take appropriate measures to re-establish the effectiveness of the obligations as set out in this Regulations. Such measures imposed pursuant to this Article shall not exceed the amount of the penalties as set out in Article 26.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 b (new)

Article 27 b Following a complaint made by any party, or at the request of Member States or on its own initiative, the Commission may decide, following an investigation, to extend obligations laid down in this regulation, in whatever way is necessary to prevent future circumvention of the present Regulation, when circumvention of the measures in force is taking place. This includes the possibility for the Commission to impose a penalty on an authorised Declarant involved in the circumvention, if this is proportionate, from the date of registration of imports. Given the circumstances of the individual case, the Commission may also decide to ban those imports from entering the Union territory during a certain period or to prevent the authorized Declarant and any of its related parties to import goods subject to the present Regulation into the Union for a certain period.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 c (new)

Article 27 c Decisions referred to in paragraph 2b shall be subject to an appeal procedure.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 d (new)

Article 27 d Investigations shall be initiated pursuant to this Article on the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a Member State or of any interested party on the basis of sufficient evidence regarding possible circumvention practices as defined in paragraphs 2 and 2a. Initiations shall be made by means of a Commission regulation which shall also instruct customs authorities of Member States to subject imports to registration in accordance with Article 27(5). The Commission shall provide information to the Member States once a party or a Member State has submitted a request to initiate an investigation and the Commission has completed its analysis thereof, or where the Commission has itself determined that there is a need to initiate an investigation.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 e (new)

Article 27 e Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission. The Commission may be assisted by customs authorities and the investigation shall be concluded within 4 months.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 f (new)

Article 27 f Where the facts as finally ascertained justify the extension of obligations, this shall be done by the Commission adopting delegated acts.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall collect the information necessary with a view to extending the scope of this Regulation to indirect emissions and goods other than those listed in Annex I, including downstream products using goods covered by this Regulation, and develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2

2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, an in-depthe assessment - developed in close cooperation with the industrial sectors - of the rules to be applied during the trial period established pursuing to article 30a and of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, including downstream products using goods covered by this Regulation, as well as an assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 a (new)

Article 30 a Further review and reporting by the Commission of the import provisions of the CBAM 1. Following the transitional period, the Commission shall introduce a two-year testing period during which it shall collect and verify data on the surrendering obligations set in Article22 in order to assess the effectiveness of the CBAM in addressing the risk of carbon leakage. 2. In 2029, the European Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council regarding the effectiveness of the CBAM based on the data collected according to paragraph 1. The report by the European Commission may be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend the scope of this Regulation, including if the assessment of the effectiveness of the CBAM in tackling carbon leakage shows that EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC remain necessary to prevent the risk of carbon leakage after 2030.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 b (new)

Article 30 b Emergency clause In case European industries producing goods subject to the CBAM face serious difficulties in relation to its implementation during the transitional period or the trial period, an individual assessment should be made as promptly as possible to examine whether a CBAM is still effective and practicable for the sector concerned.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

During the transitional period of this Regulation, the import provision of the CBAM mechanism shall apply as a reporting obligation as set out in Articles 33 to 35.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1

1. Each declarant shall, for each quarter of a calendar year, submit a report (‘CBAM report’) containing information on the goods imported or exported during that quarter, to the competent authority of the Member State of importation or exportation or, if goods have been imported or exported to more than one Member State, to the competent authority of the Member State at the declarant’s choice, no later than one month after the end of each quarter.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The CBAM report shall include the following information for imports and where relevant for exports:

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Elena LIZZI, Catherine GRISET, Rosanna CONTE, Silvia SARDONE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Gianantonio DA RE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 6 – row 1 (new)

Inclusion of a new Combined Nomenclature (‘CN’) code: 2804 10 00 – Hydrogen

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) The outcomes of the Glasgow Climate Pact (12 November 2021) highlight three key points which have yet to be addressed: 1) a system for trading emissions between countries, whereby those emitting less offset those exceeding limits or in need of support so as to not do so; 2) the reporting format according to which governments must report on their decarbonisation progress in application of the transparency principle; 3) the Paris Rulebook, which sets out the rules for implementing the Paris Agreement. The Pact also sets a new objective to initiate a dialogue on a future fund to cover damages and losses resulting from climate change.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The increase in ~~the price for fossil fuels ma~~energy prices is already disproportionally affecting vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable SMEs. The situation is also worrying for vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, particularly in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive, ~~leaving no one~~taking account of the particularities of individual territories and the challenges they face, leaving no one and no territory behind.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)

(11a) whereas the Member States should be encouraged to take action to minimise the territorial disadvantage – which often also translates into an economic and social disadvantage – faced by some areas in Europe, such as mountainous, rural and remote areas.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)

(11b) whereas the price increases in the energy sector will hit mainly families and SMEs.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) A proposal to establish a Social Climate (‘the Fund’) ~~should~~has therefore be ~~establishe~~en put forward to provide funds to the Member States and regions of Europe to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low- emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport users.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) For that purpose, each Member State should, with the involvement of the regional and local authorities, submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehicles and mobility. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in ~~the cost of fossil fue~~energy prices, particularly the increase in energy bills, on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transport poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should have an investment component promoting the long-term solution of reduce fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) Member States, in consultation with regional and local level authorities, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national and local traditions, can best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transport.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) Women are particularly affected by carbon pricing as they represent 85% of single parent families. Single parent families have a particularly high risk of child poverty. Gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives, as well as questions of accessibility for persons with disabilities should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of Plans to ensure no one is left behind. Economic and social action plans should be drawn up for families living below the poverty line, families with people with disabilities and single-parent families to address the social and economic hardship they face.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)

(21a) It is crucial to ensure that the Fund is consistent both with national energy and climate plans and with cohesion policy programmes with similar priorities, in order to prevent any overlap or duplication of efforts. Furthermore, there is a need for effective coordination and strategic programming in the Member States between the Fund, 2021- 2027 cohesion policy and other EU funds, particularly the Just Transition Fund and the European Social Fund Plus.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31

(31) The Commission, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the Court of Auditors ~~and, where applicable, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)~~ should be able to use the information and monitoring system within their competences and rights.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3

The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall benefit households, micro-enterprises, SMEs and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas).

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4

The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to the transition towards climate neutrality by addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration and storage of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

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

(1) ‘'building renovation~~’ means~~': all kinds of energy-related building renovation, including the insulation of the building envelope, that is to say walls, roof, floor, the replacement of windows, the replacement of heating, cooling and cooking appliances, and the installation of on-site production of energy from renewable sources, including its storage;

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

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

(c) an estimate of the likely effects of that increase in prices on households, and in particular on incidence of energy poverty, on micro-enterprises, on SMEs and on transport users, comprising in particular an estimate and the identification of vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users; these impacts are to be analysed with a sufficient level of regional disaggregation, taking into account elements such as access to public transport and basic services and identifying the areas mostly affected, particularly territories which are remote and rural;

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

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

(d) where the Plan provides for measures referred to in Article 3(2), the criteria for the identification of eligible final recipients, the indication of the envisaged time limit for the measures in question and their justification on the basis of a quantitative estimate and a qualitative explanation of how the measures in the Plan are expected to reduce energy and transport poverty and the vulnerability of households, micro-enterprises, SMEs and transport users to an increase of road transport and heating fuel prices;

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

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

(i) the arrangements for the effective monitoring and implementation of the Plan by the Member State concerned, to be carried out in constant cooperation with the regional and local authorities, in particular of the proposed milestones and targets, including indicators for the implementation of measures and investments, which, where relevant, shall be those available with the Statistical office of the European Union European Statistical Office and the European Energy Poverty Observatory as identified by Commission Recommendation 2020/156354 on energy poverty; _________________ 54 OJ L 357, 27.10.2020, p. 35.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especially households in energy poverty, of vulnerable micro-enterprises, of vulnerable SMEs and of vulnerable transport users, including in rural ~~and remote~~, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas, or in less developed territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and investments in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs or vulnerable transport users and intend to:

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point e

(e) grant free access to public transport or adapted tariffs for access to public transport, as well as fostering sustainable mobility on demand and shared mobility services, including in rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or in less developed territories, including less developed peri-urban areas;

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

The Fund shall be implemented by the Commission in ~~direct~~shared management in accordance with the relevant rules adopted pursuant to Article 322 TFEU, in particular Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council59. _________________ 59 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 1).

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i

~~(i)~~i. whether the Plan represents a response to the social impact on and challenges faced by vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users in the Member State concerned from establishing the emission trading system for buildings and road transport established pursuant to Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty, duly taking into account the challenges identified in the assessments of the Commission of the update of the concerned Member State’s integrated national energy and climate plan and of its progress pursuant to Article 9(3), and Articles 13 and 29 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, as well as in the Commission recommendations to Member States issued pursuant to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in view of the long-term objective of climate neutrality in the Union by 2050. This shall take into account the specific challenges and the financial allocation of the Member State concerned;

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) detailed quantitative information on the number of households in energy poverty;, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users.

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0206(COD)

Alessandro PANZA, Rosanna CONTE, Stefania ZAMBELLI, Elena LIZZI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) ~~when applicable, detailed~~ information on progress towards the national iand~~icative~~ regional objectives to reduce the number of households in energy poverty, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users;

2022/02/28
Committee: REGI

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) This Directive takes a step forward towards climate neutrality by 2050 , under which energy efficiency is to be treated as an energy source in its own right. The energy efficiency first principle is an overarching principle that should be taken into account across all sectors, going beyond the energy system, at all levels, including in the financial sector. Energy efficiency solutions should be considered as the first option in policy, planning and investment decisions, when setting new rules for the supply side and other policy areas. While the energy efficiency first principle should be applied without prejudice to other legal obligations, objectives and principles, they should also not hamper its application or exempt from applying the principle. The Commission should ensure that energy efficiency and demand-side response can compete on equal terms with generation capacity. Energy efficiency improvements need to be made whenever they are more cost- effective than equivalent supply-side solutions. Demand-side response including consumer load participation - based upon consumers' consent and compensation - shall be considered. That should help exploit the multiple benefits of energy efficiency for the Union, in particular for citizens and businesses. Implementing energy efficiency improvement measures should also be a priority in alleviating energy poverty.

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) In order to have an impact, the energy efficiency first principle needs to be consistently applied by decision makers in all relevant policy, planning and major investment decisions – that is to say large- scale investments with a value of more than 50 euro million each or 75 euro million for transport infrastructure projects – affecting energy consumption or supply. The proper application of the principle requires using the right cost-benefit analysis methodology, setting enabling conditions for energy efficient solutions and proper monitoring. Demand side flexibility can bring significant benefits to consumers and to society at large, and can increase the efficiency of the energy system and decrease the energy costs, for example by reducing system operation costs resulting in lower tariffs for all consumers. Member States should take into account potential benefits from demand side flexibility in applying the energy efficiency first principle and where relevant consider demand response, energy storage, both at centralised and decentralised level and smart solutions as part of their efforts to increase efficiency of the integrated energy system.

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 49

(49) Where using an obligation scheme, Member States should designate obligated parties among ~~transmission system operators,~~ energy distributors, retail energy sales companies and transport fuel distributors or retailers on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The designation or exemption from designation of certain categories of such distributors or retailers should not be understood to be incompatible with the principle of non-discrimination. Member States are therefore able to choose whether such ~~transmission system operators,~~ distributors or retailers or only certain categories thereof are designated as obligated parties. To empower and protect vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing, and to implement policy measures as a priority among those people, Member States can require obligated parties to achieve energy savings among vulnerable customers, people affected by energy poverty and people living in social housing. For that purpose, Member States can also establish energy cost reduction targets. Obligated parties could achieve these targets by promoting the installation of measures that lead to energy savings and financial savings on energy bills, such as the installation of insulation and heating measuresMember States should implement specific policy measures as a priority for those people.

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

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

1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ~~ensure that the Union's target on energy efficiency is met and~~ enables further energy efficiency improvements .

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

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

(5) ‘final energy consumption’ means all energy supplied to industry, transport (including energy consumption in international aviation) , households, public and private services, agriculture , forestry and fishing and other end-users (final consumers of energy) . It excludes energy consumption in international maritime bunkers, ambient heat and deliveries of primary energy to the transformation sector, and the energy sector ~~and losses due to transmission and distribution (definitions in Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 apply) ;~~ (excluding activities listed as industry under group C of the NACE Rev.2. Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community) and losses due to transmission and distribution.

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)

(13a) 'industry' means companies and products that fall under sections B, C, F and J, division (63) of the statistical classification of economic activities (NACE REV.2);

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall collectively ensure a reduction of energy consumption of at least 9 % in 2030 compared to the projections of the 2020 Reference Scenario so that the Union’s final energy consumption amounts to no more than 787 Mtoe and the Union’s primary energy consumption amounts to no more than 1023 Mtoe in 2030.91 _________________ 91 The Union’s energy efficiency target was initially set and calculated using the 2007 Reference Scenario projections for 2030 as a baseline. The change in the Eurostat energy balance calculation methodology and improvements in subsequent modelling projections call for a change of the baseline. Thus, using the same approach to define the target, that is to say comparing it to the future baseline projections, the ambition of the Union’s 2030 energy efficiency target is set compared to the 2020 Reference Scenario projections for 2030 reflecting national contributions from the NECPs. With that updated baseline, the Union will need to further increase its energy efficiency ambition by at least 9 % in 2030 compared to the level of efforts under the 2020 Reference Scenario. The new way of expressing the level of ambition for the Union’s targets does not affect the actual level of efforts neededintensity.

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Each Member State shall set national energy efficiency contributions for final and primary energy consumption to meet, collectively, the binding Union target set in paragraph 1 . Member States shall notify those contributions together with an indicative trajectory for those contributions to the Commission as part of the updates of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans as referred to in, and in accordance with, the procedure set out in Article 3 and Articles 7 to 12 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 . When doing so, Member States shall use the formula defined in Annex I of this Directive and explain how, and on the basis of which data, the contributions have been calculated. Member States shall also provide the shares of energy consumption of energy end-use sectors, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics, including industry, residential, services and transport, in their national energy efficiency contributions. Projections for energy consumption in information and communications technology (ICT) shall also be indicated. In setting those contributions , Member States shall take into account: (a) that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 787 Mtoe of final energy or no more than 1023 Mtoe of primary energy consumption ; (b) the measures provided for in this Directive; (c) other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level; (d) any relevant factors affecting efficiency efforts, such as: (i) the collective level of ambition necessary to reach climate objectives; (ii) the equitable distribution of efforts across the Union; (iii) the energy intensity of the economy; (iv) the remaining cost-effective energy- saving potential; (e) other national circumstances affecting energy consumption, in particular: (i) GDP evolution and forecast; (ii) changes of energy imports and exports , developments in energy mix and deployment of new sustainable fuels ; (iii) development of all sources of renewable energies, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage; (iv) decarbonisation of energy intensive industries.deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. Where the Commission concludes, on the basis of its assessment pursuant to Article 29(1) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, that insufficient progress has been made towards meeting the energy efficiency contributions, Member States that are above their indicative trajectories referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall ensure that additional measures are implemented within one year following the date of reception of the Commission's assessment in order to ensure getting back on track to reach their energy efficiency contributions. Those additional measures shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following measures: a. national measures delivering additional energy savings, including stronger project development assistance for the implementation of energy efficiency investment measures; b. increasing the energy savings obligation set out in Article 8; c. adjusting the obligation for public sector; d. making a voluntary financial contribution to the National Energy Efficiency Fund referred to in Article 28 or another financing instrument dedicated to energy efficiency, where the annual financial contributions shall be equal to the investments required to reach the indicative trajectory. Where a Member State is above its indicative trajectory referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, it shall include in its integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, an explanation of how it will cover the gap to ensure reaching its national energy efficiency contributions. The Commission shall assess whether the national measures referred to in this paragraph are sufficient to achieve the Union's energy efficiency targets. Where national measures are deemed to be insufficient, the Commission shall, as appropriate, propose measures and exercise its power at Union level in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 targets for energy efficiency.deleted

2022/03/21
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall designate, on the basis of objective and non- discriminatory criteria, obligated parties among ~~transmission system operators,~~ energy distributors, retail energy sales companies and transport fuel distributors or transport fuel retailers operating in their territory. The amount of energy savings needed to fulfil the obligation shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers, designated by the Member State, independently of the calculation made pursuant to Article 8(1) or, if Member States so decide, through certified savings stemming from other parties as described in point (a) of paragraph 10 of this Article.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that enterprises with an average annual consumption higher than 100TJ of energy over the previous three years and taking all energy carriers together, implement an energy management system. When this obligation is applied to a company group, the measure shall not be extended to those enterprises that are part of a group not 100% controlled. The energy management system shall be certified by an independent body according to the relevant European or International Standards.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises with an average annual consumption higher than 10TJ of energy over the previous three years and taking all energy carriers together that do not implement an energy management system are subject to an energy audit. When this obligation is applied to a company group, the measure shall not be extended to those enterprises that are part of a group not 100% controlled. Energy audits shall be carried out in an independent and cost- effective manner by qualified or accredited experts in accordance with requirements provided in Article 26 or implemented and supervised by independent authorities under national legislation. Energy audits shall be carried out at least every four years from the date of the previous energy audit.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 10

10. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 to 9, Member States shall require, by 15 March 2024 and every year thereafter, owners and operators of every data centre in their territory with a significant energy consumption to make publicly available the information set out in Annex VI (`Minimum requirements for monitoring and publishing the energy performance of data centres´), which Member States shall subsequently report to the Commission. Threshold values for the classification of data centres with significant energy consumption shall be defined to target primarily the ICT sector.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall ensure that gas and electricity transmission and distribution system operators apply the energy efficiency first principle in accordance with Article 3 of this Directive in their network planning, network development and investment decisions. While taking security of supply and market integration into account, Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators do not invest in stranded assets to contribute to climate change mitigation. National regulatory authorities ~~shall~~may provide methodologies ~~and~~or guidance on how to assess alternatives in the cost- benefit analysis in close cooperation with the TSOs, which can share key technical expertise, taking into account wider benefits, and verify the implementation of the energy efficiency first principle by the transmission system operators or distribution system operators when approving, verifying or monitoring the projects submitted by the transmission system operators or distribution system operators.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that transmission and distribution system operators map network losses and take cost-effective measures to ~~reduce network losse~~optimise them, while taking into account the overall effective operation of the network and the infrastructure development needs. Transmission and distribution system operators shall report those measures and expected energy savings through the reduction of network losses to the national energy regulatory authority. National energy regulatory authorities shall limit the possibility for transmission and distribution system operators to recover avoidable network losses from tariffs paid by consumers. Member States shall ensure that transmission and distribution system operators assess energy efficiency improvement measures with regard to their existing gas or electricity transmission or distribution systems and improve energy efficiency in infrastructure design and operation. Member States shall encourage transmission and distribution system operators to develop innovative solutions to improve the energy efficiency of existing systems through incentive based regulations.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7

7. National regulatory authorities shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that are detrimental to the ~~energy~~overall efficiency of the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and gas .

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 3

— direct emissions of the carbon dioxide from cogeneration production that is fuelled with fossil fuels, are less than ~~270 gCO2 per 1 kWh of energy output from the combined generation (including heating/cooling, power and mechanical energy)~~the threshold resulting the analysis of the best technological solutions available. The emission threshold shall apply only to production in high-efficiency cogeneration arrangement and does not include production in thermoelectric mode only. The calculation of direct carbon dioxide emissions shall be reduced by the emission savings associated with the guarantees of origin from renewable gases that may be available in the plant.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 4

— When a cogeneration unit is built or substantially refurbished, Member States shall ensure that there is no increase in the use of fossil fuels other than natural gas in existing heat sources compared to the annual consumption averaged over the previous three calendar years of full operation before refurbishment, and that any new heat sources in that system do not use fossil fuels other than natural gas.

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point e

(e) Member States cannot count reduced energy use in sectors, including the transport and building sector, that would have occurred in any event as a result of emission trading pursuant to the EU ETS Directive towards the fulfilment of the energy savings obligation pursuant to Article 8(1). If an entity is an obligated party under a national energy efficiency obligation scheme under Article 9 of this Directive and under the EU Emissions Trading System for buildings and road transport [COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211 (COD)], the monitoring and verification system shall ensure that the carbon price passed through when releasing fuel for consumption [according Article 1(21) of COM(2021) 551 final,2021/0211 (COD)] is taken into account when calculating and reporting the energy savings of its energy saving measures;deleted

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point g

(g) policies with the purpose of encouraging higher levels of energy efficiency of products, equipment, transport systems, vehicles and fuels, buildings and building elements, processes or markets shall be permitted , except those policy measures regarding the use of direct combustion of fossil fuel technologies that are implemented as from 1 January 2024 , unless more sustainable solutions are not technically or economically feasible;

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point h

(h) Energy savings as a result of policy measures regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion in products, equipment, transport systems, vehicles, buildings or works shall not count towards the fulfilment of energy savings obligation as from 1 January 2024, unless more sustainable solutions are not technically or economically feasible;

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0203(COD)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point k

(k) for policies that accelerate the uptake of more efficient products and vehicles, except those regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion unless more sustainable solutions are not technically or economically feasible, full credit may be claimed, provided that it is shown that such uptake takes place before expiry of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle, or before the product or vehicle would usually be replaced, and the savings are claimed only for the period until end of the average expected lifetime of the product or vehicle to be replaced;

2022/03/22
Committee: ITRE

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission’s proposal.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)

(1a) In terms of methodology, EU legislation in recent years has increasingly involved a scientifically unacceptable merging of the topics of environmental protection and climate change. While environmental protection is concrete and measurable and, as a rule, it is possible to assign responsibilities for environmental pollution directly, climate change inevitably entails working with future-oriented modelling, which cannot take every relevant factor into account. For this reason, both questions of responsibility and issues relating to future scenarios have to remain vague. In contrast to the very concrete impacts of the measures for supposed climate protection, which jeopardise our prosperity and our way of life and thus our society, the impacts of assumed anthropogenic temperature increases are the subject of scientific dispute and therefore their extent must be discussed. As important as the discussion of climate issues is alongside environmental protection, it is therefore just as clear that the attempt to bring about a total societal and economic transformation in the name of the climate, at the expense of prosperity, freedom, jobs and social cohesion, must be stopped.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)

(1b) The terms ‘zero-emission’ and ‘zero-emission vehicles’ are defined inadequately in current EU legislation as, contrary to valid physical laws, they imply zero-emission mobility, which does not exist.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)

(1c) Emissions from cars and light commercial vehicles must cover all aspects of pollutant emission, which means emissions during the manufacture of motor vehicles, the effort required to provide propulsion energy from primary energy generation to provision for the vehicle (‘well-to-wheel’ approach), the chain of effects from absorbed energy to conversion into kinetic energy (‘wheel-to- tank’ approach), further emissions during driving (especially wear and tear to tyres and brakes) and emissions during the disposal of a motor vehicle. This approach of including the entire supply chain is taken into account as a matter of course in all other sectors of EU legislation with regard to sustainability. Not to pursue this approach specifically for electric cars is quite simply a politically motivated decision.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 d (new)

(1d) Owing to the currently unscientific definitions of ‘zero-emission’ and ‘zero- emission vehicles’, which therefore cannot be used for either environmental protection policy or climate policy justifications, the fines for manufacturers referred to as an ‘excess emissions premium’ should be suspended until the Commission has submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council, as laid down in Article 7(10) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, a system for measuring emissions in cars and light commercial vehicles that is viable as it is comprehensive, verifiable and compliant with physical laws.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 e (new)

(1e) In the context of the Green Deal, the requirement to ‘leave no one behind’ should not mean that, as is euphemistically stated in recital 12 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, entire industries and the jobs associated with them are first destroyed and the resulting social upheaval is subsequently dealt with by taking the scattergun approach and using taxpayers’ money to pay out money to millions of affected people and to organise retraining for sham jobs that do not exist. Instead, politicians must strive to keep these people in work so that they can earn a living for their families.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 f (new)

(1f) In accordance with the Treaty of Lisbon (Article 3(3) TEU), the EU works for the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. Scientific and technical progress should be promoted.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 g (new)

(1g) The requirements of the Treaty of Lisbon should apply to all branches of the economy and industry. Any attempt to carry out a covert paradigm shift towards a socialist planned economy at the subordinate EU legislative level, however noble the motives behind this may be (all the way up to ‘saving the planet’), in which market diversity, the interplay between supply and demand, entrepreneurial freedom and customer wishes are curtailed and unduly restricted must be resolutely opposed. This is especially true where the cost-benefit ratio is just like it is for electric cars. There is a risk that entire branches of the economy will be relocated, which will involve job losses and, at the same time, higher CO2 emissions since any additional power consumption must increase the share of fossil fuels as there will be insufficient storage technology available.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 h (new)

(1h) Politicians, or rather national and supranational institutions, should set the framework for market economy activity but should not intervene in market economy processes themselves as a rule.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 i (new)

(1i) In accordance with Article 3 TEU, companies should themselves advance scientific and technical progress, for which free enterprise and an openness to different technological ideas are absolutely essential. A one-sided focus on one technology, such as on cars with electric drives should be rejected, especially since it is already evident that this technology is not marketable without political regulations and laws.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 j (new)

(1j) In a free market economy, consumer sovereignty, which is to say the maximum possible consideration for customer wishes, and entrepreneurial freedom must be very highly valued.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 k (new)

(1k) With regard to mobility with passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, corresponding customer wishes such as range, comfort, reliability, performance, safety and aesthetics must be taken into account.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 l (new)

(1l) In recent decades, manufacturers have made considerable progress in developing environmentally friendly technologies that have improved air quality in a verifiable and measurable way, while exercising their entrepreneurial freedom.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 m (new)

(1m) In the future too, the urge to innovate that manufacturers have with the development of vehicles that particularly take into account economy, environmental protection, safety, comfort, range, availability of raw materials and the preservation of jobs should not be prevented by unilateral and excessive EU legislation.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 n (new)

(1n) The vehicle manufacturer and related supplier industries in the EU Member States are currently directly responsible for 2.6 million jobs, 915 000 of them in Germany alone, and indirectly responsible for a total of 12.6 million jobs throughout the EU1a with significant value creation, which should not be jeopardised recklessly. An analysis by the German Government in April 20201b revealed that up to 440 000 jobs in Germany alone will be at risk from the prescribed ‘structural change’ by 2030. _________________ 1aSee https://www.acea.auto/files/ACEA_Pocket _Guide_2021-2022.pdf#page=6, p. 7 1bReply by the German Government of 3 April 2020 to a parliamentary question put by the FDP, document 19/18027, p. 9, https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/19/185/19 18518.pdf

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 o (new)

(1o) There must be no hidden agenda to eliminate individual mobility, for example by banning existing cars and light commercial vehicles while, at the same time, making it impossible to replace entire fleets with cars and light commercial vehicles that have alternative drive systems due to a lack of infrastructure, inadequate energy supply or exorbitant prices for a large number of citizens and consumers.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 p (new)

(1p) Individual mobility brings freedom and prosperity and preserves the lifestyle of many Europeans.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 q (new)

(1q) Roads, like other transport links, are the arteries of our industry, carrying the people and goods that keep our economy moving and thriving. Therefore, restrictions on individual mobility always entail a loss of prosperity, which must be avoided.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 r (new)

(1r) It cannot be a good idea to massively restrict individual mobility by banning and placing undue restrictions on existing technologies and, at the same time, promoting immature technologies that currently do not have an adequate infrastructure or corresponding energy supply, when this also cannot be compensated for by models such as car sharing or car pooling and, what is more, must be rated as an infringement of ownership rights.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 s (new)

(1s) As long as there are no suitable alternatives that, instead of increasing CO2 emissions and shifting the place of emission, meet the criteria of economic efficiency, cost effectiveness, competitiveness and customer wishes, it serves no purpose to place a massive restriction or even ban on existing technologies such as the current internal combustion engine, a technology that has so far contributed to air pollution control with astonishing innovation. Rather, the focus should be on providing the framework for improving the existing drive technology and, where appropriate, furnishing this with alternative or synthetic fuels and giving companies the opportunity to invest in completely new technologies.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 t (new)

(1t) The individual mobility of all citizens can only be ensured through adequate provision of a transport infrastructure that does not overload the energy supply, be this for cars and light commercial vehicles with internal combustion engines or for corresponding vehicles with other drive technologies.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 u (new)

(1u) In the transport sector, a one-sided technology preference that restricts individual mobility, jeopardises millions of jobs in the EU, entails a loss of prosperity and prevents potential innovations in the future must not become law.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) Tackling ~~climate and~~ environmental and climate-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the Communication on the “European Green Deal”23, adopted by the Commission on 11 December 2019. Th~~e necessity and value of the European Green Deal have only grown in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well-being of the Union’s citizens~~is largely ideology-driven European Green Deal has nothing to do with the COVID crisis. Any attempt to link environmental protection and climate directly to the COVID crisis is unscientific, misleading and dishonest. _________________ 23 Commission Communication - The European Green Deal, COM(2019) 640 final of 11 December 2019.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The European Green Deal combines a comprehensive set of mutually reinforcing measures and initiatives aimed at ~~achieving~~the assumed achievement of climate neutrality in the EU by 2050, and sets out a ~~new growth~~ strategy that ~~aims to transform the Union into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern~~largely runs counter to the goals of growth, prosperity, competitiveness, resource- efficientcy and ~~competi~~social justivce economy, where economic growth is decoupled from resource use. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union’s natural capital, and protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition affects women and men differently and has a particular impact on some disadvantaged groups, such as older people, persons with disabilities and persons with a minority racial or ethnic background. It must therefore be ensured that the transition is just and inclusive, leaving no one behas it consistently disregards fundamental laws of a free market economy. A ‘transition’ to a supposedly better society is a moral valuation of politics and legislation over the head of the sovereign state, so this terminology should be rejected. In the context of the Green Deal, the requirement to ‘leave no one behind’ should not mean that, as stated euphemistically in recital 12 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, entire industries and the jobs associated with them are first destroyed and the resulting social upheaval is subsequently dealt with by taking a scattergun approach and using taxpayers’ money to pay out money to millions of affected people and to organise retraining for jobs that do not exist. Instead, these people should be kept in work so that they can earn a livindg.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The Union has placed itself and its citizens under pressure, with no regard for external factors and therefore recklessly and unnecessarily, by committeding to reducing the Union’s economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 below 1990 levels in the updated ‘nationally’ determined contribution submitted to the UNFCCC Secretariat on 17 December 2020.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) In Regulation (EU) [--] of the European Parliament and of the Council24 the Union ~~has~~subsequently enshrined the target of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050 in legislation. That Regulation also establishes a binding Union domestic reduction commitment of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) of at least 55% below 1990 levels by 2030. _________________ 24Regulation (EU) […/…] of […] 2021 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law), [OJ L, …/… .].

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) AConsequently, all sectors of the economy are expected to contribute to achieving those emission reductions, including the road transport sector.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The measures set out in this Regulation are the consequence of this ideology-based politics, according to which the measures are necessary as part of a coherent and consistent framework that is indispensable for achieving the overall objective of the Union to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) ~~In order to achieve a~~A reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55 % by 2030 compared to 1990, ~~it is necessary to strengthen~~which has been self- imposed without regard for scientifically verifiable factors, also raises questions in relation to the reduction requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 for both passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. A clear pathway also needs to be set for further reductions beyond 2030 to contribute to achieving the climate neutrality objective by 2050. Without ambitious action on greenhouse gas emission reductions in road transport, higher emission reductions would be needed in other sectors, including sectors where decarbonisation is more challenging. _________________ 25Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 443/2009 and (EU) No 510/2011 (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 13).

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) ~~The strengthened CO2 emission reduction requirements should incentivise an increasing share of zero-emission vehicles being deployed on the Union market whilst providing~~Regulation (EU) 2019/631 lays down CO2 emission reductions for cars and light commercial vehicles. Low- emission vehicles should deliver benefits to consumers and citizens in terms of air quality and energy savings~~, as well as~~. It should be ensur~~ing~~ed that innovation in the automotive value chain can be maintained. ~~Within the global context, also the EU automotive chain must be a leading actor~~ CO2 emission reduction standards are technology neutral in reaching the ~~on- going transition towards zero-emission mobility. The strengthened CO2 emission reduction standards are technology neutral in reaching the~~fleet- wide targets that they set. Describing a technology that merely relocates CO2 emissions as ‘zero-emission’ makes every effort to reduce CO2 absurd. Different technologies are and remain available to reach fleet- wide targets ~~that they set. Different technologies are and remain available to reach the zero-emission fleet wide target. Zero-emission vehicle~~. In accordance with Article 7(10) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, low-emission vehicles must be defined independently of their drive system based on a comprehensive vehicle emission measurement system to be developed by the Commission as soon as possible and no later than 2023. This system must include the entire supply chain and thus take full and comprehensive account of all emissions created in the manufacture of the vehicle, the emissions cdur~~rently include batt~~ing driving including the emissions of the energy ~~electric vehicles, fuel-cell~~this requires and the energy source, and other hydrogen powered vehicles, and technological innovations are continuing. Zero and low-emission vehicles, which also include well performing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, can continue to play a role in the transition pathway emissions resulting from disposal. It must also highlight the corresponding changes that are to be made to other EU legal texts such as Regulation (EU) 2018/842. As things stand today, if total emissions are measured taking all factors into account, low-emission vehicles can include conventional internal combustion engines with low consumption, which are able to use synthetic or alternative fuels in addition to classic petrol and diesel, battery electric vehicles, fuel-cell or hydrogen powered vehicles and plug-in hybrids, though the Commission has yet to devise a scientifically based system for recording all of a vehicle’s emissions.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) ~~Against that background, new strengthened CO2 emission~~ In the interests of preduiction targets should be set for both new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for the period 2030 onwards. Those targets should be set at a level that will deliver a strong signal to accelerate the uptake of zero-emission vehicles on the Union market and to stimulate innovation in zero-emission technologies in a cost-efficient wayability and planning security, as set out in recital 15 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, and with a view to ensuring reliability and a scientific basis, the Commission, with reference to Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, must thoroughly review the effectiveness of this Regulation and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council with the result of the review no later than 2023. The added value of the measures taken so far in terms of competitiveness, innovation, employment and other factors in the automotive industry and related supplier industry, as stated in recitals 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, must also be presented in a comprehensible and evidence-based manner.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The targets in the revised CO2 performance standards should be accompanied by a European strategy to address the challenges posed by the scale- up of the manufacturing of zero-emission vehicles and associatRegulation (EU) 2019/631, either in its current form or as revised, must not lead to the introduction of planned techonologies, as well as the need for up- and re-skilling of workers in the sector and the economic diversification and reconversion of activities. Where appropriate, financial support should be considered at the level of the EU and Member States to crowd in private investment, including via the European Social Fund Plus, the Just Transition Fund, the Innovation Fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other instruments of the Multiannual Financial Framework and the Next Generation EU, in line with State aid rules. The revised environmental and energy state aid rules will enable Member States to support business to decarbonize their production processes and adopt greener technologies in the context of the New Industrial Strategymy measures that contravene the Treaty of Lisbon, more precisely Article 3(3) TEU and Articles 119, 120 and 127 TFEU. The insistence on apparently any kind of manufacturing of ‘zero-emission’ vehicles contradicts valid physical laws. Promising technologies for the future and the further improvement of existing technologies should not be prevented by unilateral and excessive EU legislation.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) The updated New Industrial Strategy26 foresees the co-creation of green and digital transition pathways in partnership with industry, public authorities, social partners and other stakeholders. In this context, a transition pathway should be developed for the mobility ecosystem to accompany the transition of the automotive value chain. The pathway should take particular heed of SMEs in the automotive supply chain, of the consultation of social partners including bySince neither the EU Member States nor the European Union have undergone a change of system since the adoption of the currently valid Treaty of Lisbon, and the Treaty of Lisbon, which has applied to both the EU Member States, and ~~also build~~the institutions onf the European Skills Agenda with initiatives like the Pact for Skills to mobilise the private sector and other stakeholders to up-skill and re-skill Europe’s workforce in view of the green and digital transitions. The appropriate actions and incentives at European and national level to boost the affordability of zero emission vehicles should also be addressed in the pathway. The progress made on this comprehensive Union since 2009, has not been amended, it is not permissible to contradict the principle of the rule of law, which would be downright dangerous, by speaking of a supposedly necessary ‘transition’ or a ‘transition pathway’ for the mobility ecosystem should be monitored every two years as part of a progress report to be submitted by the Commission, looking inter alia at the progress in the deployment of zero- emission vehicles, their price developments, deployment of alternative fuels development and infrastructure roll- out as required under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, the potential of innovative technologies to reach climate neutral mobility, international competitiveness, investments in the automotive value chain, up-skilling and re-skilling of workers and reconversion of activities. The progress report will also build on the two-year progress reports that Member States submit under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation. The Commission should consult social partners in the preparation of the progress report, including the results in the social dialogueeven of ‘economic and societal transformations required’ (for the latter, see recital 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631). The Commission is obliged under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 to submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council with the result of the review of the effectiveness of this Regulation in 2023. In this report, the Commission can make proposals for its adaptation and present the current state of innovation. Innovations in the automotive supply chain are continuing. Innovative technologies such as the production of electro-fuels with air capture, if further developed, could offer prospects for affordable ~~climate neutral~~low-emission mobility. The Commission should therefore keep track of progress in the state of innovation in the sector as part of its ~~progress report. _________________ 26Commission Communication - Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery, COM(2021) 350 final of 5 May 2021~~2023 evaluation report and future progress reports.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Those EU fleet-wide targets are to be complemented by the necessary roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure as set out in Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council27. If, within the framework of the existing market economy as referred to in Article 3(3) TEU and in Articles 119, 120 and 127 TFEU, the demand for vehicles with alternative drive systems, whatever type of technology these may be, happens to grow due to legal requirements that reflect the political will and due to changing customer wishes and business decisions, the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure and the corresponding security of supply must be ensured. Otherwise, political and legislative support for technologies that have not yet reached appropriate market maturity will lead to a forced reduction of vehicles due to a lack of infrastructure and/or a lack of energy supply. Corresponding EU legal texts such as Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council27 or Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council27a should be adapted accordingly. _________________ 27 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307 28.10.2014, p. 1). 27aDirective (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328 21.12.2018, p. 82).

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Manufacturers should be provided with sufficient flexibility in adapting their fleets ~~over time in order to manage the transition towards zero-emission vehicles in a cost-efficient manner~~with low-emission vehicles over time, and it is therefore appropriate to maintain the approach of decreasing target levels in five-year steps.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) With the stricter EU fleet-wide targets from 2030 onwards, manufacturers will have to deploy significantly more zero-emission vehicles on the Union market. In that context, the incentive mechanism for zero- and low- emission vehicles (‘ZLEV’) would no longer serve its original purpose and would risk undermining the effectiveness of Regulation (EU) 2019/631. The ZLEV incentive mechanism should therefore be removed as of 2030. Before that date and therefore throughout this decade, the incentive mechanism for ZLEV will continue to support the deployment of vehicles with emissions from zero up to 50 g CO2/km, including battery electric vehicles, fuel-cell electric vehicles using hydrogen and well performing plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. After that date, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles continue to count against the fleet-wide targets that vehicle manufacturers must meet.deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The emission reduction effort required to achieve the EU fleet-wide targets is distributed amongst manufacturers by using a limit value curve based on the average mass of the EU fleet of new vehicles and of the manufacturer’s new vehicle fleet. While it is appropriate to maintain this mechanism, it is necessary to prevent that with the stricter EU fleet-wide targets, the specific emission target for a manufacturer would become negative. For that reason, it is necessary to clarify that where such a result occurs, the specific emission target should be set to 0 g CO2/kmThe fleet-wide targets laid down in Regulation (EU) 2019/631 and the associated system of comprehensive vehicle emission measurement must be reviewed by the Commission by 2023, in accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) In order to ensure a fair distribution of the reduction effort, the two limit value curves for lighter and heavier light commercial vehicles should be adjusted to reflect the strengthened CO2 reduction targets.deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to ensure legal clarity and consistency with current practice, it is appropriate to clarify that the adjustments of the M0 and TM0 values should be done by way of amendments to Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 instead of providing for an act supplementing that Regulation.deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) The progress made under Regulation (EU) 2019/631 towards achieving the reduction objectives set for 2030 ~~and beyond~~ should be reviewed in 202~~6. For this review, all aspects considered in the two yearly reporting should be considered~~3, in accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) The possibility to assign the revenue from the excess emission premiums to a specific fund or relevant programme has been evaluated as required pursuant to Article 15(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, with the conclusion that this would significantly increase the administrative burden, while not directly benefit the automotive sector in its transition. Revenue from the excess emission premiums is therefore to continue to be considered as revenue for the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 8(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631.deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Marco DREOSTO, Simona BALDASSARRE, Silvia SARDONE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

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

(6) in Article 10(2), the first sentence is replaced by the following: ‘‘A derogation applied for under paragraph 1 may be granted from the specific emission targets applicable until and including calendar year 2029.’;’deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Marco DREOSTO, Simona BALDASSARRE, Silvia SARDONE, Annalisa TARDINO, Rosanna CONTE, Gianantonio DA RE, Matteo ADINOLFI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

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

Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 10 – paragraph 2

(6) in Article 10(2), the first sentence is replaced by the following: ‘A derogation applied for under paragraph 1 may be granted from the specific emission targets applicable until and including calendar year 2029.’;deleted

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

(6a) in Article 11(1), the third sentence is replaced by the following: The total contribution of those technologies to reducing the average specific emissions of CO2 of a manufacturer may be up to 720 g CO2/km. ~~(https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02019R0631-20211202)~~’ Or. de

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Sylvia LIMMER, Laura HUHTASAARI, Matteo ADINOLFI, Danilo Oscar LANCINI, Silvia SARDONE, Rosanna CONTE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 12 – paragraph 1

~~1. T~~(6a) Article 12(1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. In accordance with Article 7(10) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 and Article 1(3)(a), low-emission vehicles shall be defined independently of their drive systems. Correspondingly, by 2023 at the latest the Commission must develop a comprehensive vehicle emission measurement system which covers the entire supply chain and which encompasses all aspects of pollutant emission, or in other words emissions during the manufacture of vehicles, effort required to provide drive energy from primary energy production through to supply to the vehicle (‘well-to-wheel’ approach), the causal loop of energy absorbed up to conversion into kinetic energy (‘wheel-to-tank’ approach), additional emissions during driving (including tyre abrasion, brake dust) and emissions during the disposal of a vehicle. All fuels must be treated equally in this connection, including synthetic and alternative fuels. Where appropriate, the Commission may at the same time put forward proposals for an offsetting system. Until the introduction of a new system, the Commission shall monitor and assess the real-world representativeness of the CO2 emissions and fuel or energy consumption values determined pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 715/2007. Furthermore, the Commission shall regularly collect data on the real-world CO2 emissions and fuel or energy consumption of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles using on-board fuel and/or energy consumption monitoring devices, starting with new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles registered in 2021. The Commission shall ensure that the public is informed of how that real-world representativeness evolves over time. ~~20211202&lang1=EN&from=EN&lang3=choose&lang2=choose&_csrf=4b5531ea-b401-~~’ Or. de (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02019R0631- 40d2-a098-8a500c53295d)

Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Annex I – Part B – point 6.2.2

a𝑎20~~30,L is a2030,H is average emissions2021 is as defined in point 6.2.1 TM is as defined in point 6.2.1 TM0 is as defined in point 6.2.1~~21 ∙ 𝐸𝑈 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑡 ― 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡2030 deleted 𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠2021 𝑎2021.𝐸𝑈 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑡 ― 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡2030 𝐸𝑈 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑡 ― 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡2025

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) Technologies based on artificial intelligence are having a rapid and disruptive impact on the world of work. They have the potential to create new opportunities for gender equality, but at the same time they can reinforce stereotypes, sexism and gender discrimination in the labour market. It is becoming clearer and clearer that automating some tasks will have a greater impact on the female workforce, because a higher number of women are employed in routine work. At the same time, AI can represent a major opportunity for reducing gender inequalities, but only if steps are taken to change regulations and policies to promote the equal representation of men and women in decision-making. Support by European institutions and Member States of an approach designed to encourage women to study STEM subjects will also be vital in combating gender stereotyping.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The notion of AI system ~~should~~must be clearly defined to ensure legal certainty, while providing the flexibility to accommodate future technological developments. The definition should be based on the key functional characteristics of ~~the software, i~~AI software, distinguishing it from more traditional software systems and modelling approaches such as logistic regression and other techniques that are similarly transparent and capable of being explained and interpreted. In particular, for the ~~ability, for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate outputs~~ purposes of this Regulation, AI systems should be understood as having the ability, on the basis of machine and/or human-based data and inputs, to deduce how to achieve a given set of human- defined objectives through learning, reasoning or modelling for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate specific outputs in the form of content, for generative AI systems (such as ~~con~~tenxt, video or images), and predictions, recommendations, or decisions which influence the environment with which the system interacts, ~~be it in~~in both a physical orand digital dimension. ~~AI systems can be designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and~~For the purposes of this AI Regulation, AI systems can be designed that must follow an approach with limited explanations and operate with varying levels a very high level of autonomy. These systems may be used on a ~~stand-alone~~n autonomous basis or as a component of a product, irrespective of whether the system is physically integrated into the product (embedded) or serves the functionality of the product without being integrated therein (non-embedded). The definition of AI system should be accomp~~lement~~anied by a list of specific techniques and approaches used for its development, which should be kept up-to–date in the light of ~~market and~~ technological developments and developments in the market through the adoption of delegated acts by the Commission to amend that list.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) In order to ensure a consistent and high level of protection of public interests as regards health, safety and fundamental rights, common normative standards for all high-risk AI systems should be established. Those standards should be consistent with the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union (the Charter) and should be non-discriminatory and in line with the Union’s international trade commitments. However, with regard to the risk management system for AI systems considered to be high-risk, the EU’s harmonisation legislation should focus on the essential requirements and leave their technical implementation to be governed by voluntary product-specific and cutting- edge standards, developed by the stakeholders. It is therefore desirable for European legislation to focus on the desired outcome of the risk management and evaluation systems, and to expressly leave industry the task of designing its systems and tailoring them to its internal operations and structures, particularly by developing cutting-edge standardisation systems.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29

(29) As regards high-risk AI systems that are safety components of products or systems, or which are themselves products or systems falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 , Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council40, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 , Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council42 , Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council43, Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council44, Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council45, and Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council46, it is appropriate to amend those acts to ensure that the Commission takes into account, on the basis of the technical and regulatory specificities of each sector, and without interfering with existing governance, conformity assessment and enforcement mechanisms and authorities established therein, the mandatory requirements for high-risk AI systems laid down in this Regulation when adopting any relevant future delegated or implementing acts on the basis of those acts. In addition, effective standardisation rules are needed to make the requirements of this Regulation operational. The European institutions, and first and foremost the Commission, should, together with enterprises, identify the AI sectors where there is the greatest need for standardisation, to avoid fragmentation of the market and maintain and further strengthen the integration of our European Standardisation System (ESS) within the International Standardisation System (ISO, IEC). _________________ 39 Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 on common rules in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 (OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 72). 40 Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1). 41 Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52). 42 Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146). 43Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44). 44 Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing Directive 2007/46/EC (OJ L 151, 14.6.2018, p. 1). 45 Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (OJ L 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1). 46 Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulations (EC) No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 631/2009, (EU) No 406/2010, (EU) No 672/2010, (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 1005/2010, (EU) No 1008/2010, (EU) No 1009/2010, (EU) No 19/2011, (EU) No 109/2011, (EU) No 458/2011, (EU) No 65/2012, (EU) No 130/2012, (EU) No 347/2012, (EU) No 351/2012, (EU) No 1230/2012 and (EU) 2015/166 (OJ L 325, 16.12.2019, p. 1).

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)

(29a) To demonstrate that the characteristics of a high-risk AI system conform to the requirements set out in Chapter 2 of Title III, it must be possible to conduct internal controls and use harmonised standards based on agreement. It is desirable for the European institutions, and first and foremost the Commission, to do more to promote alignment with existing international standardisation activities and with the certifications issued as part of the EU information security scheme. However, unlike the procedure to assess product conformity, where assessment infrastructure is in place, the relevant competence for auditing autonomous AI systems is still being developed. Moreover, because of the specific technological features of AI, it is possible that the competent authorities may encounter difficulties in verifying the conformity of some AI systems with existing legislation. It is therefore necessary for conformity assessment mechanisms to be developed with flexibility, so that due account may be taken of the infrastructure gaps, and disparities in application may be avoided in the single market.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) Technical inaccuracies of AI systems intended for the remote biometric identification of natural persons can lead to biased results and entail discriminatory effects. This is particularly relevant when it comes to age, ethnicity, sex or disabilities. Therefore, ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems should be classified as high-risk. In view of the risks that they pose, both types of remote biometric identification systems should be subject to specific requirements on logging capabilities and human ~~oversight~~supervision.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43

(43) Requirements should apply to high- risk AI systems as regards the quality of data sets used, technical documentation and record-keeping, transparency and the provision of information to users, human ~~oversight~~supervision, and robustness, accuracy and cybersecurity. Those requirements are necessary to effectively mitigate the risks for health, safety and fundamental rights, as applicable in the light of the intended purpose of the system, and no other less trade restrictive measures are reasonably available, thus avoiding unjustified restrictions to trade.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48

(48) Human supervision must remain the basic ethical principle for the development and distribution of high-risk AI, since it guarantees transparency, confidentiality and protection of data and safeguarding against discrimination. However, it is vital to maintain a balance between meaningful human supervision and the efficiency of the system, in order not to compromise the benefits offered by these systems in sectors such as information security analysis, threat analysis and incident response processes. High-risk AI systems should be designed and developed in such a way that natural persons can oversee their functioning. For this purpose, appropriate human ~~oversight~~supervision measures should be identified by the provider of the system before its placing on the market or putting into service. In particular, where appropriate, such measures should guarantee that the system is subject to in- built operational constraints that cannot be overridden by the system itself and is responsive to the human operator, and that the natural persons to whom human ~~oversight~~supervision has been assigned have the necessary competence, training and authority to carry out that role.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71

(71) Artificial intelligence is a rapidly developing family of technologies that requires novel forms of regulatory ~~oversight~~supervision and a safe space for experimentation, while ensuring responsible innovation and integration of appropriate safeguards and risk mitigation measures. To ensure a legal framework that is innovation-friendly, future-proof and resilient to disruption, national competent authorities from one or more Member States should be encouraged to establish artificial intelligence regulatory sandboxes to facilitate the development and testing of innovative AI systems under strict regulatory ~~oversight~~supervision before these systems are placed on the market or otherwise put into service.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72

(72) The objectives of the regulatory sandboxes should be to foster AI innovation by establishing a controlled experimentation and testing environment in the development and pre-marketing phase with a view to ensuring compliance of the innovative AI systems with this Regulation and other relevant Union and Member States legislation; to enhance legal certainty for innovators and the competent authorities’ ~~oversight~~supervision and understanding of the opportunities, emerging risks and the impacts of AI use, and to accelerate access to markets, including by removing barriers for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. To permit effective participation by these categories in regulatory sandboxes, compliance costs must be kept to an absolute minimum. To ensure uniform implementation across the Union and economies of scale, it is appropriate to establish common rules for the regulatory sandboxes’ implementation and a framework for cooperation between the relevant authorities involved in the supervision of the sandboxes. This Regulation should provide the legal basis for the use of personal data collected for other purposes for developing certain AI systems in the public interest within the AI regulatory sandbox, in line with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, and without prejudice to Article 4(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/680. Participants in the sandbox should ensure appropriate safeguards and cooperate with the competent authorities, including by following their guidance and acting expeditiously and in good faith to mitigate any high-risks to safety and fundamental rights that may arise during the development and experimentation in the sandbox. The conduct of the participants in the sandbox should be taken into account when competent authorities decide whether to impose an administrative fine under Article 83(2) of Regulation 2016/679 and Article 57 of Directive 2016/680.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72

(72) The objectives of the regulatory sandboxes should be to foster AI innovation by establishing a controlled experimentation and testing environment in the development and pre-marketing phase with a view to ensuring compliance of the innovative AI systems with this Regulation and other relevant Union and Member States legislation; to enhance legal certainty for innovators and the competent authorities’ ~~oversight~~supervision and understanding of the opportunities, emerging risks and the impacts of AI use, and to accelerate access to markets, including by removing barriers for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups. To ensure uniform implementation across the Union and economies of scale, it is appropriate to establish common rules for the regulatory sandboxes’ implementation and a framework for cooperation between the relevant authorities involved in the supervision of the sandboxes. This Regulation should provide the legal basis for the use of personal data collected for other purposes for developing certain AI systems in the public interest within the AI regulatory sandbox, in line with Article 6(4) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, and without prejudice to Article 4(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/680. Participants in the sandbox should ensure appropriate safeguards and cooperate with the competent authorities, including by following their guidance and acting expeditiously and in good faith to mitigate any high-risks to safety and fundamental rights that may arise during the development and experimentation in the sandbox. The conduct of the participants in the sandbox should be taken into account when competent authorities decide whether to impose an administrative fine under Article 83(2) of Regulation 2016/679 and Article 57 of Directive 2016/680.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72 a (new)

(72a) It is desirable for the establishment of regulatory sandboxes, which is currently left to the discretion of Member States, to be made obligatory, with properly established criteria, to ensure both the effectiveness of the system and easier access for enterprises, particularly SMEs. It is also necessary for research enterprises and institutions to be involved in developing the conditions for the creation of regulatory sandboxes.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 74

(74) In order to minimise the risks to implementation resulting from lack of knowledge and expertise in the market as well as to facilitate compliance of providers and notified bodies with their obligations under this Regulation, the AI- on demand platform, the European Digital Innovation Hubs and the Testing and Experimentation Facilities established by the Commission and the Member States at national or EU level and the national cybersecurity agencies should possibly contribute to the implementation of this Regulation. Within their respective mission and fields of competence, they may provide in particular technical and scientific support to providers and notified bodies.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89 a (new)

(89a) As things currently stand, the AI sector has a strategic international dimension. In order to achieve the objectives and ambitions set out in this Regulation and strengthen the European approach to AI internationally, it is a matter of urgency that thinking in this area, including as a result of of this legislation, should not remain solely within the European Union. If the EU wishes to be at the forefront of creating democratic and inclusive regulation that respects the rights of individuals, including those outside Europe’s borders, it should seek to be a benchmark in this sphere for non-EU countries too. That would serve to safeguard the competitiveness of the principal actors of the market and spread practices similar to those in this Regulation on a global scale. This Regulation’s effectiveness would be strengthened if the European Union were able to play a key role at international level too.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

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

(1) ‘artificial intelligence system ’ (AI ~~system) means software that is developed with one or more of~~system) means a system that (i) receives machine-based and/or human- based data and inputs (ii) adopts an approach with limited explanations that infers how to achieve a given set of human-defined objectives through learning, reasoning or modelling implemented using the techniques and approaches listed in Annex I, and ~~can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, generate outputs such as content~~(iii) generates outputs with a very high level of autonomy in the form of content (generative AI systems), predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing the environments it~~hey~~ interacts with;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

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

(a) ‘AI system used in an advisory capacity’ means an AI system in which the final decision is taken by a human.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

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

(b) ‘AI system with decision-making capacity’ means an AI system with the capacity to model decisions in a repeatable manner, without human supervision.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)

(44a) ‘Systems for identifying and categorising behaviour and cognitive distortions of natural persons’ means AI systems designed to be used for emotional calculation and psychographic analysis applications, Machine Learning and Affective Computing applications that use sensitive data from different sources, such as wearable smart devices, sensors, cameras or a person’s interactions on the internet, and that are able to evaluate and use emotions, psychological conditions and behavioural characteristics such as values and beliefs with the aim of assessing and using the cognitive distortions of natural persons. This includes, among other things, the application of Sentiment Analysis techniques and AI Nudging and Sludging.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2

2. In addition to the high-risk AI systems referred to in paragraph 1, AI systems referred to in Annex III shall also be considered high-risk. In the event of uncertainty regarding the classification of the AI system, the supplier must deem the AI system to be high-risk if its use or application poses a risk of physical or non-physical harm to health and safety or a risk of an adverse impact to the fundamental rights of natural persons, groups of individuals or society as a whole, as set out in Article 7(2).

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

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

(e) the extent to which potentially harmed or adversely impacted persons are dependent on the outcome produced with an AI system, with no distinctions between AI systems with an advisory or decision- making purpose, in particular because for practical or legal reasons it is not reasonably possible to opt-out from that outcome;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The training, validation and testing of data sets and the AI applications based on them shall be subject to appropriate data governance and management practices. Those practices shall concern in particular,

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

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

(f) examination in view of possible biases that are likely to affect health and safety of persons, lead to discrimination prohibited by Union law or have some other impact on fundamental rights;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3

3. Training, validation and testing data sets shall be relevant, representative~~, free of errors and compl~~ and complete, taking into account the degree of variability within data setes. They shall have the appropriate statistical properties, including, where applicable, as regards the persons or groups of persons on which the high-risk AI system is intended to be used. These characteristics of the data sets may be met at the level of individual data sets or a combination thereof.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5

5. To the extent that it is strictly necessary for the purposes of ensuring bias monitoring, detection and correction in relation to the high-risk AI systems, the providers of such systems may also process special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 and Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, ensuring compliance with the highest security and privacy protection standards for data management. Such processing shall also be subject to appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, including technical limitations on the re-use and use of state-of-the-art security and privacy- preserving measures, such as pseudonymisation, or encryption where anonymisation may significantly affect the purpose pursued.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

The retention period must not exceed 10 years at most, unless specific regulations establish otherwise.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point d

(d) the human ~~oversight~~supervision measures referred to in Article 14, including the technical measures put in place to facilitate the interpretation of the outputs of AI systems by the users;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title

Human ~~oversight~~supervision

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1

1. High-risk AI systems shall be designed and developed in such a way, including with appropriate human-machine interface tools, that they can be effectively overseen by natural persons during the period in which the AI system is in use. Human supervision should be proportionate to the task carried out by the system and should not compromise its efficiency or effectiveness.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2

2. Human ~~oversight~~supervision shall aim at pr~~even~~otecting ~~or minimising the risks to health, safety or fundamental right~~safety and fundamental human rights, preventing or minimising the risks that may emerge when a high-risk AI system is used in accordance with its intended purpose or under conditions of reasonably foreseeable misuse, in particular when such risks persist notwithstanding the application of other requirements set out in this Chapter.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

3. Human ~~oversight~~supervision shall be ensured through either one or all of the following measures:

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. The measures referred to in paragraph 3 shall enable the individuals to whom human ~~oversight~~supervision is assigned to do the following, as appropriate to the circumstances:

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. High-risk AI systems shall be 1. designed and developed in such a way that they achieve, in the light of their intended purpose, an appropriate level of accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity, and perform consistently in those respects throughout their lifecycle. Compliance with these requirements shall include implementation of state-of-the-art measures, according to the specific market segment or scope of application.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2

2. The obligations in paragraph 1 are without prejudice to other user obligations under Union or national law and to the user’s discretion in organising its own resources and activities for the purpose of implementing the human ~~oversight~~supervision measures indicated by the provider.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 4

4. The Board ~~may~~shall invite external experts and observers, including providers with appropriate skills and proven experience in supporting Member State authorities in the preparation and management of experimentation and test facilities, to attend its meetings and may hold exchanges with interested third parties to inform its activities to an appropriate extent. To that end the Commission may facilitate exchanges between the Board and other Union bodies, offices, agencies and advisory groups.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Since the sensitive nature of some high-risk AI systems, especially systems used by public authorities, agencies and institutions to prevent, investigate, detect or prosecute crimes, could result in significant restrictions on the collection and sharing of data between the end user and the provider, end users must involve the provider in the definition of aspects such as the nature of data made available for post-marketing monitoring and the degree of anonymisation of data. This should take place as early as the system design stage, in order to allow the provider to perform activities under the Regulation with a complete data set that has already been validated by the final user before the activity, and with a level of security that is proportionate to the task carried out by the system. The end user must remain responsible for the disclosure of data contained in such groups of data.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point b

~~(b) Logic- and knowledge-based approaches, including knowledge representation, inductive (logic) programming, knowledge bases, inference and deductive engines, (symbolic) reasoning and expert systems;~~deleted

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point c

~~(c) Statistical approaches, Bayesian estimation, search and optimization methods.~~deleted

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point c a (new)

(ca) Approaches based on the assessment of behavioural and psychological characteristics of individuals, including activities, interests, opinions, attitudes, values and lifestyles, recognised through automatic means;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – introductory part

High-risk AI systems pursuant to Article 6(2) are the AI systems listed in any of the following areas, whose use or application poses a risk of harm to health and safety or a negative impact on the fundamental rights of natural persons, groups or society in general.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b

(b) Following the adoption of common specifications under Article 41 of this Regulation, AI systems intended to be used to evaluate the credit~~worthiness~~ rating of natural persons or establish their credit score~~, with the exception of AI systems put into service by small scale providers for their own use~~ when granting access to credit or other essential services, with the exception of AI systems put into service by providers on a small scale for their own use and AI systems based on autonomous use under human supervision of linear regression, logistic regression, decision trees and other equally transparent, explicable and interpretable techniques;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)

8a. Identification and categorisation of behaviour and cognitive bias of natural persons.

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

(b) in so far as this is without prejudice to professional secrecy, and only when the request is proportionate to the scale of the interest being preserved, the design specifications of the system, namely the general logic of the AI system and of the algorithms; the key design choices including the rationale and assumptions made, also with regard to persons or groups of persons on which the system is intended to be used; the main classification choices; what the system is designed to optimise for and the relevance of the different parameters; the decisions about any possible trade-off made regarding the technical solutions adopted to comply with the requirements set out in Title III, Chapter 2;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e

(e) assessment of the human ~~oversight~~supervision measures needed in accordance with Article 14, including an assessment of the technical measures needed to facilitate the interpretation of the outputs of AI systems by the users, in accordance with Articles 13(3)(d);

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2021/0106(COD)

Gianna GANCIA, Matteo ADINOLFI, Elena LIZZI, Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Angelo CIOCCA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point 3

3. Detailed information about the monitoring, functioning and control of the AI system, in particular with regard to: its capabilities and limitations in performance, including the degrees of accuracy for specific persons or groups of persons on which the system is intended to be used and the overall expected level of accuracy in relation to its intended purpose; the foreseeable unintended outcomes and sources of risks to health and safety, fundamental rights and discrimination in view of the intended purpose of the AI system; the human ~~oversight~~supervision measures needed in accordance with Article 14, including the technical measures put in place to facilitate the interpretation of the outputs of AI systems by the users; specifications on input data, as appropriate;

2022/03/31
Committee: ITRE

2020/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

~~5. Welcomes~~notes that the adoption in 2019 of 5. the new Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) to provide a systematic assessment of the physical climate risk in direct lending allowing EIB and its client to understand how climate change may affect the financed project and to identify remedial measures, therefore stresses the risk that this will increase the costs borne by european taxpayers;

2021/05/31
Committee: CONT

2020/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that in November 2019, in line with the political ambition behind the European Green Deal, the EIB Board of Directors decided to increase the level of climate and environment commitment for the EIB Group with the aim to transform the EIB from ‘an EU bank supporting climate’ into ‘the EU climate bank’ and pledged to gradually increase the share of its financing dedicated to climate action and environmental sustainability to reach 50% of its operations in 2025 and to align all financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement from the end of 2020; welcomes the adoption of the Climate Roadmap; calls on the EIB ensure that projects already in the pipeline before November 2020 are consistent with the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 despite the transition period foreseen until the end of 2022, however, it is very concerned that this will lead to additional costs for EU taxpayers;

2021/05/31
Committee: CONT

2020/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reminds the EIB of Parliament’s call to explain how the Trans Anatolia Natural Gas Pipeline and Trans-Adriatic Pipeline will be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement by the end of 2020; notes that the project is subject to an enquiry by the European Ombudsman5 concerning the failure of the EIB to ensure proper climate impact assessment for both the projects]; urges the EIB to address any shortcomings to the environmental impact assessment and address negative environmental, climate and social impacts as a matter of priority, emphasises that climate ambitions must not sabotage european geopolitical stability; _________________ 5Filed by environmental NGOs CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance, Re:Common and Friends of the Earth Europe.

2021/05/31
Committee: CONT

2020/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Reiterates its call to enhance its due diligence at project level to identify and address human rights related risks in all its activities and throughout the lifespan of its projects including by allowing for the suspension of disbursements in the case of serious violations of human rights or environmental and social standards, and to ensure that complaints mechanisms are easily accessible timely and effective; asks to report to the Parliament and the Board of Governors about this by the end of 2021, special care must be taken to ensure that funded projects and the countries where they operate do not use forced labour and slavery;

2021/05/31
Committee: CONT

2020/2245(INI)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Points out that the Union has increasingly made use of financial instruments and budgetary guarantees provided to the EIB Group; recalls that, at present, the EIB Group operations not financed by the Union budget, but which still serve the same Union objectives, do not come under the Court’s audit mandate; points out that this results in the Court being unable to provide a complete overview of the links between the EIB Group operations and the Union budget; asks for a Memorandum of Understanding between the EIB Group and the Parliament to improve Parliament’s access to EIB documents and data related to strategic orientation and financing policies in order to strengthen the Bank’s accountability; asks for the revision of the current Tripartite Agreement between the Commission, EIB and the Court with a view to ~~define rules of engagement which enhance the role of the Court and further strengthen its auditing powers regarding EIB operations financed with EIB’s share capital~~strengthen the Court's mandate and capacity to audit the EIB operations and activities;

2021/05/31
Committee: CONT

2020/2174(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Notes the inquiry of the Ombudsman following the Authority’s decision not to forbid its former executive director from taking up a role in a financial industry lobby and the inquiry’s conclusion that there was maladministration by the Authority in not immediately withdrawing its executive director’s access to confidential information; notes the recommendations made by the Ombudsman and the Authority’s reply that the new staff policyRecalls its resolution of 13 January 2020 on institutions and bodies of the EMU: preventing post-public employment conflicts of interest and the decision of the European Ombudsman in case 2168/2019/KR of 7 May 2020; strongly agrees with the Ombudsman that the Authority should have forbidden the job move and that the measures it put in place to prevent conflicts of interest are not sufficient to addresses the r~~ecommendations~~isks involved;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2174(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Welcomes the adoption by the Authority`s Board of Supervisors of its Policy on Independence and Decision Making Processes for avoiding Conflicts of Interests; calls on the European Court of Auditors to specifically scrutinize in its future audits of the Authority (i) if senior staff members have taken up certain positions in the financial industry after their term in office, (ii) the timely manner in which access to confidential information for staff members is withdrawn, once it became known that they are moving to another job;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2149(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the Court’s general observations on the increase in the number of contract staff and the related budget appropriations from 2012 to 2018; ~~observes that for the EEAS, such an increase was due to new tasks reflecting the placing of new operational and political responsibilities on the EEAS, in particular in~~condemns an overall increase in the EEAS contract staff from 322 to 444 (i.e. a growth of 38 %) given the adoption in 2014 of the are~~as of the common security and defence policy, the implementation of the action plan against disinformation as well as the urgent priority to reinforce physic~~vised Staff Regulations accompanied by a commitment of the institutions and bodies to gradually reduce the number of posts (officials and ~~IT security in EU Delegations; observes for the EEAS an overall increase in contract staff from 322 to 444 (i.e. a growth of 38 %)~~temporary staff) in their establishment plans by 5 % before 2018 compared with the situation in 2012;

2021/02/08
Committee: CONT

2020/2145(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37 a. Finds it worrying that the Committee has not carried out a comprehensive risk assessment since 2014 with only one directorate having identified the risks to the achievement of its objectives, but without yet proposing mitigating controls that would reduce those risks to an acceptable level;

2021/02/15
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Is ~~aware~~worried that on 11 March 2019, the Bureau endorsed a new approach to future property market propositions for European Parliament liaison offices and Europa Experience spaces in several Member States since it will be a burden on the Union budget;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Recalls that in 2020, Parliament launched an international architectural competition with two options, a comprehensive environmental renovation or reconstruction of the Spaak building; expects a detailed evaluation of the cost on the basis of the summary pre-project, which is to be developed by the winning architect in the course of 2021; ~~demand~~stresses that the renovation/reconstruction take also into account ~~Parliament’s current needs as described in the updated building strategy beyond 2019~~Members and Staff current needs related with recent restrictions and the new health and security required adjustment;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. ~~Notes~~Is worried about the Bureau's decision of 25 November 2019 to set up a Europa Experience visitors’ facilities in all Member States by the end of the current legislature (2024) and the current implementation of this decision; considers it will be a huge cost on european taxpayers;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

55. Welcomes the fact that no major security incident has taken place inside Parliament’s premises since 2015; however, is deeply concerned by the total number of Members, secretariats of political groups and the accredited parliamentary assistants reported as victims of thefts within Parliament’s premises; ~~notes~~is deeply concerned that the estimated global value of items, which amounts to approximatively EUR 60 000 per year, has been stable for the last three years; expects continuous strengthening at the security level; deplores the ongoing series of thefts and, above all, the failure to take action against those responsible for the thefts in Parliament:

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)

72 a. Stresses the importance of having digital systems that can cope with the remote and office activities of Members and staff;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2141(DEC)

Joachim KUHS, Gunnar BECK, Jean-François JALKH, Matteo ADINOLFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80

80. Is deeply worried about the number of members of staff on long-term sick leave; is concerned that some of those cases may relate to exhaustion and disturbed work-life balance; calls on the administration to be proactive towards the concerned staff, to carefully evaluate the staff workload and to ensure a balanced distribution of tasks; welcomes the ‘Mind Matters’ campaign launch in 2018 by DG PERS to raise awareness and combat stigma related to mental health; urges Parliament to conduct a psychological risk assessment to detect psychological risks in the work environment and to develop targeted action plans to either eliminate them, or mitigate their negative impact; urges Parliament to monitor the long terms sick live to avoid abuse and unjustified absence, calls for reassessment of the applicable rules to enable quicker hiring of substitutes in cases of long-term sick leave;

2021/02/09
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Deplores the answer of the Commission to parliamentary question E- 005156/2020, which was given on18 February 2021, five months after it was tabled, which in itself already took weeks to table, given the reluctance of the European Parliament´s internal services; rejects the Commission´s qualification of the Commission´s president expenses as confidential under Regulation No 2018/1725, since the question merely inquires whether the apartment of the Commission President in the Berlaymont building has separate counters for gas, electricity and water from the counters of the rest of the building; urges the Commission to answer this question without further delay;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Regrets~~Takes note of the adoption of three amending budgets in 2019, adding EUR 0,4 billion to commitment appropriations and EUR 0,3 billion to payment appropriations;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Notes that the current agreement between the Commission, the EIB and the Court concerning audits of operations which are financed or backed by the Union budget expires in 2020; views this an opportunity to ensure that the Court is enabled to have access to information necessary to audit the regularity and also the performance of the EIB activities, which ~~do not~~ fall under ~~a specific Union~~its mandate;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2140(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112

112. Is of the opinion that, as stated in the Court’s audit on TFIs, there is a risk that traffic forecasts were usually overoptimistic, not well coordinated for half of the projects, not based on sound economic assessments and sometimes very simplistic, and in particular cost-benefit analyses had not been properly used as a tool for policy-making;

2021/03/04
Committee: CONT

2020/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that as part of the EU coordinated package responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the scope of the EUSF was extended by a modifying regulation adopted on 1 April 2020; appreciates that public health crises are now within the scope of the EUSF, allowing for its mobilisation, if needed, to support the hardest hit Member States and accession countries; welcomes the increase of the rate of advance payments to affected countries from 10 % of the anticipated aid amount (limited to a maximum amount of EUR 30 million) to 25 % (limited to a maximum EUR 100 million) in the course of this revision; encourages the Member States to make use of this possibility, believes that the rate of advanced payments and the global amount should be further increased, in order to guarantee a prompt and effective intervention;

2021/07/16
Committee: CONT

2020/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the important role of ~~NGOs and civil society~~civil protections departments, trade associations and stakeholders in supplying field data to the local and national authorities; highlights, therefore, that effective cooperation with ~~NGO~~relevant organisations can also enhance the quality of applications; calls on the Member States to develop effective coordination mechanisms to make full use of these contribution ~~of NGO~~s;

2021/07/16
Committee: CONT

2020/2127(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes with concern that the length of time between a disaster and the full payment of aid, as reported by the Commission in its annual reports on the EUSF, remains one of the central challenges of the EUSF; emphasises that this is of special importance in the current situation, as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change will likely trigger the number of applications to increase substantially, which could lead to further delays; ~~tak~~does not~~e of~~ share the Commission’s view that the scope for accelerating the decision-making process for EUSF mobilisation has been fully exploited through the changes introduced in the 2014 EUSF revision and ~~that scope for further accelerating mobilisation of the EUSF is limit~~believes that further developments is this direction are needed; recalls that a rapid response to emergency situations can be crucial to guaranteeing the effective functioning of the EUSF; emphasises that this is especially relevant in regions with limited alternative funding sources; calls on the Commission to exhaust all possible avenues to accelerate the mobilisation of the EUSF under the new MFF arrangements;

2021/07/16
Committee: CONT

2020/2045(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Susanna CECCARDI, Gianna GANCIA, Valentino GRANT, Marco ZANNI, Alessandra BASSO, Matteo ADINOLFI, Annalisa TARDINO, Harald VILIMSKY, Hélène LAPORTE, Dominique BILDE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas, the EUTFs, on the one hand, are not always more efficient than traditional development aid and, on the other, are less transparent;

2021/05/05
Committee: AFET DEVE BUDG

2020/2045(INI)