Activities of Hermann TERTSCH

d) highlight the importance of India as a partner in the global fight against climate change and biodiversity degradation; consolidate shared plans for the full implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and its nationally determined contributions, and for joint climate diplomacy;eleted

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

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

f a) Propose enhanced cooperation at the level of urban development networks and chambers of commerce;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

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

g a) examine the possibilities of India's participation concerning state-of-the-art technology projects of the Permanent Structured Cooperation;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

h) emphasise the need for closer thematic coordination of international security policies and for action in areas such as nuclear security and the non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, mitigation of chemical, biological and radiological weapons, the promotion of regional conflict prevention and peacebuilding, counter-piracy, maritime security, countering violent extremism, ~~as well as~~Islamist terrorism, cybersecurity, hybrid threats and outer space;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

k) coordinate positions and initiatives in multilateral fora, notably the UN, by pushing for joint objectives, increasing dialogue and effectively aligning positions; support India’s bid for permanent membership of ~~a reformed~~the UN Security Council;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

o) ~~take note of~~promote joint actions to address India’s security concerns as regards the expansive policy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); support the resolution of disputes and the upholding of international law on the India-PRC border; and reaffirm the natural alliance between the EU and the world's largest democracy in the face of growing hostility from the world's largest dictatorship, the communist regime of the People's Republic of China;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

r) place human rights at the heart of the EU’s engagement with India, thereby enabling an open and calm dialogue; develop a strategy to address human rights issues in collaboration with India and to integrate human rights considerations across the wider EU-India partnership, aiming to promote our common values throughout the Indian sub-continent;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s

s) ~~encourage~~recognise the progress and the will of India, as a member of UN Human Rights Council, to ~~accept and~~cooperate bilaterally in order to facilitate the visits of UN special rapporteurs for the monitoring of developments in civic space and fundamental rights and freedoms, as part of its pledge to foster the genuine participation and effective involvement of civil society in the promotion of human rights;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

t) address the human rights situation and challenges faced by civil society in its dialogue with the Indian authorities, including at summit level; encourage India, as the world’s largest democracy, to demonstrate its commitment to respecting and protecting the freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, to end attacks against - and to release arbitrarily detained - human rights defenders and journalists, including in the Indian- administered part of Kashmir, to repeal laws that may be used to silence dissent, and to ensure accountability for human rights violations and support the normalisation of the full application of the Indian Constitution to the State of Kashmir, while observing human rights and religious freedom;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

t) address the human rights situation and challenges faced by civil society in its dialogue with the Indian authorities, including at summit level; encourage India, as the world’s largest democracy, to continue demonstrateing its commitment ~~to respecting and~~ protecting the freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, to ~~end attacks against - and to release arbitrarily detained - human rights defenders and journalists, including in the Indian- administe~~strengthen its institutions so to ensure that the fundamental rights as enshrined in the Indian Constitution ared p~~art of Kashmir, to repeal laws that may be used to silence dissen~~rotected in the letter and spirit, and to ensure accountability for human rights violations;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x

x) evaluate to what extent the Commission’s negotiating mandate needs to be updated if the aim is to conclude a trade and cooperation agreement that would include ambitious provisions on an enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapter ~~aligned with the Paris Agreement~~, as well as appropriate provisions regarding investors’ rights and duties; ensure constructive negotiations while remaining mindful of the different levels of ambition between the two sides; draw in this regard on the encouraging evolution of the Indian authorities’ stance regarding their readiness to include provisions on trade and sustainable development in a future agreement;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a ter

~~ab) continue common global leadership in support of the Paris Agreement and focus on implementing the clean and renewable energy agenda;~~deleted

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a quater

~~ac) promote an ambitious common agenda and global action on biodiversity, including in the run-up to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) in May 2021;~~deleted

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a quinquies

ad) strive for co-leadership in setting and advancing ~~international standards in the~~a digital economy grounded in ~~sustainable and~~ responsible digitalisation and a rule of law-based ICT environment, while addressing cybersecurity threats and protecting fundamental rights and freedoms, including the protection of personal data;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

af) call for a deeper partnership in education, research and cultural exchange declaring 2022 as a year of EU-Indian friendship; call on the EU Member States and India to invest especially in young people’s capacities and leadership and to ensure their meaningful inclusion in political and economic life;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission’s Strategic Agenda for Medical Ionising Applications(SAMIRA) Action Plan of 5 February 2021 in support of the European Beating Cancer Plan;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas health is fundamental to the well-being of Europeans and equitable access to healthcare is a pillar of the EU Member States’ national health policies; whereas safe, effective and affordable medicines are needed to combat all diseases; whereas p~~atients~~ublic interest and patient safety and well-being should be at the centre of all health policies, alongside investment and research;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas COVID-19 has had an impact on people’s health and on the economy; whereas it has highlighted both the EU’s strengths and weaknesses; whereas in order to strengthen the resilience and integrity of our national health systems to cross-border health threats, more European ~~integ~~cooperation is necessary; whereas a European Health Union~~, which contributes to an increasingly social Union, is key~~ plays an important role in this process;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the pharmaceutical strategy covers the full cycle of medicines, including research, testing, authorisation, consumption and disposal, ~~and contributes to meeting the objectives of the European Green Deal,~~ the digital transformation and climate neutrality;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that ~~investment in research has not been sufficient to meet the therapeutic needs of patients with rare diseases,~~research and scientific progress have so far not resulted in developing successful therapies for patients with rare diseases, chronic diseases including cancer and paediatric cancers, and neurodegenerative diseases, or in means to deal with the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), concerning all AMR pathogens, or to prevent infectious diseases outbreaks; calls for the introduction of new targeted measures to effectively address these areas;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers it imperative that a common EU therapeutic guide for antimicrobials be drafted in close cooperation with all relevant authorities; recommends that this guidance document be introduced and that communication campaigns on AMR be coordinated ~~through a single calendar~~more closely at EU level;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to incorporate new criteria into the system of incentives for research into and the development of new medicines for unmet therapeutic needs, prioritising public interests and patient safety when assessing projects promoted by the pharmaceutical industry to combat~~ing~~ rare diseases, cancer, including paediatric cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and AMR, with the aim of finding more therapeutic options and meeting the needs of patients and health systems; calls on the Commission to ~~promote the creation of an EU framework to~~actively promote awareness and provide for guidance and ~~regularly evaluate~~support with the implementation of national plans to fight these diseases;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to actively promote dialogue with the Member States and stakeholders to ~~assess~~provide for more guidance with existing and potentially new criteria for national pric~~ing~~es, such as whether a product is ‘Made in Europe’ represents a more effective and affordable treatment alternative, whether the EU has invested in the product to support research, or whether prices should be adapted to the costs as well as to the value of the therapeutic benefit of the medicine, and the primary and broader needs of the population;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to work with Member States to review the incentive system, increase price transparency when it comes to the costs calculated in the prices, highlight the causes for limiting affordability and patient access to medicinal products, and propose sustainable solutions that also promote competition;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that generic and biosimilar medicines are accessible and affordable treatments and contribute greatly to ~~the budgetary sustainability of healthcare system~~broadly increasing patient access to treatments as well as to the budgetary sustainability of healthcare systems by generating cost savings while maintaining equal quality of care, as well as freeing up resources for the development of new treatments; calls on the Commission to introduce the necessary and appropriate measures to support a greater market presence of these medicines and to harmonise and enlarge at EU level the interpretation of the so-called Bolar provision concerning possible exemptions from the legal framework for the Unitary Patent system for generic drug manufacturers; further calls on the Commission to design rules for the industry that promote research, development and the production of generic and biosimilar medicines in the EU and to propose ~~EU protocols for the inter~~common European guidelines for the implementation of physician-led switchaing~~eability of biosimilar medicine~~ of biologic medicine, including biosimilar medicines as defined by EMA; underlines that for the purposes of these guidelines, “physician” must signify exclusively medical doctors authorised to prescribe medical products;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the importance of new joint EU public procurement contracts by the Commission and the Member States, especially for ~~emergency medicines and unmet therapeutic needs~~medicines during health crises, as well as unmet therapeutic needs, while taking into account the need for a better balance between public and private interests, including clear rules on liability for manufacturers, as well as the need for sufficient flexibility for Member States, as well as respect for the principle of subsidiarity, due to national specificities or divergent financial capacities across the EU;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is concerned that the affordability of medicines remains a challenge for national health systems, and that innovative medicines are expensive; welcomes the Commission’s intention to review pharmaceutical legislation to promote robust competition ~~and to~~in order to support Member States in stabiliseing and balanceing national drug pricing systems;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Recalls the importance of close collaboration between the Commission and Member States to reduce fragmentation in the application of the General Data Protection Regulation, which substantially increases the complexity and burden of conducting clinical research in Europe;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Supports the adaptation of existing frameworks for the acceptability in decision making and adoption of AI technologies to provide a pathway through which AI can be developed, adopted and implemented in healthcare systems through inclusivity, capacity and trust, while adhering to the high EU standards for personal data protection; reiterates that with all AI-based technologies, human oversight must at all times be guaranteed;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the importance of creating quality jobs in the EU along the entire pharmaceutical value chain, with the support of the NextGenerationEU instrument; calls on the Commission to propose measures to promote employment in the pharmaceutical sector~~, facilitating talent retention and mobility at EU level~~ in all EU Member States, facilitating geographical balance, talent retention and employment opportunities across the whole EU;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights the fact that gene and cell therapies, personalised medicine, radionuclide therapy, nanotechnology, next-generation vaccines, e-health and the ‘Million plus genomes’ initiative can bring ~~enormous~~significant benefits in relation to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and post- treatment of all diseases; ~~urges the Commission to develop appropriate regulatory frameworks, to guide new business model~~stresses the transformative potential of these novel therapies and technologies for patients as well as societies at large, for example by enabling a shift from expensive chronic management and care to one-time treatment, thereby reducing costs for health systems, and strengthening their efficacy, sustainability and resilience; urges the Commission, in close cooperation with Member States, to develop appropriate regulatory frameworks, to guide new business models without compromising the high level of safety, quality and effectiveness of medicines, and to run information campaigns to raise awareness and encourage the use of these innovations;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Commission, based on the experience with the authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines, to work in close cooperation with the EMA to consider extending the application of rolling reviews to other emergency medicines, while safeguarding high level of safety, quality and effectiveness; further calls on the Commission to work with the EMA to ~~develop~~further accelerate the use of electronic product information for all medicines in the EU;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to reassess the system which leads from conditional marketing authorisation to standard marketing authorisation or to the exceptional renewal of the authorisation, based on robust clinical data; calls on the EMA to thoroughly carry out the final evaluation and ensure the strict compliance by producers with all of the requirements for each medicine under conditional marketing authorisation in order to ensure the efficacy and safety of such medicine; asks for the time before the final evaluation to be reduced from five to three years, where sufficient data are available;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Welcomes the Commission’s SAMIRA Action Plan and calls on the Commission to evaluate whether the current pharmaceutical legislation remains appropriately aligned with scientific progress in the development of therapeutic applications of nuclear medicine, recognising that the current legislative framework is largely tailored to diagnostic applications of radiopharmaceuticals;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the role and capacities of EMA with regards to novel medicines; recalls that new treatment modalities, such as radionuclide therapies and nanotechnologies, may require the development of specific clinical development guidelines to support manufacturers with the development of new medicines in innovative fields; reiterates that ensuring sufficient experience and capacity in relation to new treatment modalities is fundamental for the EMA to efficiently guide companies and assess new medicines;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Supports the Commission in its efforts to conduct a structured dialogue with ~~playe~~relevant actors in the pharmaceutical value chain, public authorities, non- governmental patient and health organisations and the research community to address weaknesses in the global medicines manufacturing and supply chain;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to facilitate agreements between the EMA and non-EU regulatory agencies on preventing emergencies and coordinating responses to them, while adhering to the high EU standards for personal data protection; encourages the Commission to work with World Trade Organization members to facilitate trade in health products, increase resilience in global supply chains through stable access to raw materials, and to ensure the creation of minimum necessary stocks for both raw materials and medical equipment, and contribute to an effective response in the event of a health emergency;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Insists that the quality of raw material imports for the pharmaceutical industry from outside the EU must be ensured at all times; calls on the Commission and on Member States to improve quality control and introduce penalties for repeat offenders;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses the need for the pharmaceutical industry to be environmentally friendly and climate- neutral throughout the life cycles of medicinal products; calls on the Commission to strengthen inspection and auditing throughout the production chain, including outside the EU; urges the Commission to ensure quality environmental sustainability standards for active pharmaceutical ingredients imported from non-EU countries; calls on the Commission to address the problem of domestic pharmaceutical waste, with measures specifically aimed ato reduceing packaging and the size of containers to ensure they are not larger ~~than necessary~~or more intricately layered than necessary, thus helping to reduce price and waste, and to bring medical prescriptions into line with real therapeutic needs;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Welcomes the fact that the strategy recognises that better use of the electronic product information (ePI) will support the better delivery of the information for patients and support a wider availability of medicines; calls on the Commission to release an EU Implementation Roadmap for ePI with a defined timeline and suggested measures at EU and Member State level; urges the Commission to review the requirement of the pharmaceutical legislation(Article 58 of Directive 2001/83/EC1) to include a package leaflet (PL) in the packaging of all medicines or directly convey all information required (by Articles 59 and 62 of the Directive) on the outer or immediate packaging with a goal to completely replace PL with ePI;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Highlights the fact that currently 40% of medicines marketed in the EU originate in non-EU countries, while 60 - 80% of active pharmaceutical ingredients are produced in China and India; stresses the urgent need to bring the pharmaceutical industry back to Europe and to stimulate new job growth inside the EU by establishing a minimal required percentage of the value chain to remain within the EU;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Joanna KOPCIŃSKA, Pietro FIOCCHI, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to further facilitate access to global markets for the EU pharmaceutical industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises, through a level playing field and a robust and clear regulatory framework facilitating trade agreements that prize innovation- based competitiveness, in order to make the pharmaceutical sector a strategic pillar of the EU;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Andrey SLABAKOV, Pietro FIOCCHI, Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Highlights that according to the WHO, an increasing number of counterfeit drugs are also being sold in developing countries in connection with COVID-19, and continue to be distributed in Europe as well; calls on the Commission and on Member States to improve control of medical products and equipment entering the EU; calls further for the introduction of more stringent penalties for producers and distributors of counterfeit medicines;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas biogas and biomethane play a key role in the energy transition;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas climate targets should take account of impact analyses that support the setting of targets and strategies on the basis of science;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to consider legislation on venting and flaring in the energy sector covering, if feasible, the full supply chain; considers that the subsidiarity principle and existing national legislation addressing routine venting and flaring, taking into account complex safety and environmental aspects, must be taken into consideration when developing EU legislation;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Welcomes the progress and improvements made by farmers to mitigate methane gas emissions; calls on the Commission to incentivise and support the transformation of our livestock farms, ensuring that they are both competitive and sustainable;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls for a detailed examination of the socio-economic impact of the methane-reduction targets proposed by the Commission and for an assessment of their potential impact on the size of the European livestock population;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Points out that new technologies and continuous innovation in plant breeding have made it possible to develop low-methane rice varieties; highlights the remarkable efforts made by the European livestock sector to introduce new feeding and nutrition patterns for cows;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Points out that EU trade policy needs to be applied consistently if it is to prevent unfair competition from third countries with no strategies or policies to reduce emissions from greenhouse gases such as methane;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Member States to develop effective systems for the selective collection and recovery of bio-waste;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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. These political guidelines could lead to a significant increase in global emissions if the issue of substitutions with non EU/EEA products in global trade flows remains unaddressed.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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. A weaker price signal also reduces the incentives for end-users to switch to alternatives with a lower carbon footprint.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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 ~~weake~~if not well allocated may weaken in particular situations 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.~~do not address the import of carbon intensive products into the EU

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The CBAM seeks to ~~replace~~improve and complement these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk of carbon leakage in a different way, namely by ensuring equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transition fr~~om the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased in while free allowanc~~ee allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM should only be gradually phased out once the CBAM shows its effectiveness in ~~sectors covered by the CBAM are phased out~~reaching the objective of providing a level playing field between domestic and imported products. 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)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) While the objective of the CBAM is to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, this Regulation wshould ~~also~~ encourage the use of more GHG emissions-efficient technologies by producers from third countries, so that less emissions per unit of output are generated. This scheme aims at boosting the export of more sustainable products manufactured in the EU and avoid substitutes at a global level less sustainable and with higher carbon footprint.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) CBAM is unlikely to provide a profound incentive for other countries to introduce their own systems of carbon pricing, once they realise that the global economy is gradually shifting away from the Union towards emerging and middle- income countries and that such a system would damage their total export and domestic consumption.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)

(12b) A full exemption of carbon costs is possible on goods exported or on inputs used to manufacture exported goods. Such exemptions fully safeguard the competitiveness of EU exports on the global market, both for goods under CBAM and for exports derived from those goods. Under the WTO agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures- ASCM- the export exemptions related to duties and levies on goods are allowed.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS~~. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility~~ to guarantee an equal treatment to domestic and imported products. The CBAM is a climate measure impacting the competitiveness of EU industries which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and support the Union’s climate goals, while ensuring WTO compatibility and representing a step towards levelling the competitive playing field for sectors under CBAM without neglecting export competitiveness of EU industries. It is necessary to have a pragmatic and in depth assessment of trade implications before continuing the political process of CBAM and the extension of its scope.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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 only granted to those goods subject to carbon costs equal to the ones incurred by EU producers under EU ETS.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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 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. The Commission will monitor and address the potential circumvention practices in third countries.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) If CBAM is not properly implemented, there is a risk that CBAM might lead to severe restrictions on key commodities whilst increasing the Union's geopolitical vulnerability and dependency from third countries.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18a) In order to prevent carbon leakage, it is imperative to preserve the competitiveness of European industry at global level. The CBAM will only be effective if appropriate measures are taken to not undermine the capacity of European industries to compete in third countries markets. A review mechanism will guarantee that the CBAM phase in takes into consideration eventual distortions in its implementation.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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, 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 progressively applied to ~~certain~~ goods imported into the customs territory of the Union. An extension of the scope will follow the legislative ordinary procedure to provide legal certainty to economic operators.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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 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. The CBAM should provide a better carbon leakage protection than the existing regulatory framework.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Whilst the ultimate objective of the CBAM is a broad product coverage, it would be prudent to start with a selected number of sectors with relatively homogeneous products where there is a risk of carbon leakage or circumvention practices . Union sectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage are listed in Commission Delegated Decision 2019/70842 . __________________ 42Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/708 of 15 February 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the determination of sectors and subsectors deemed at risk of carbon leakage for the period 2021 to 2030 (OJ L 120, 8.5.2019, p. 2).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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. Commission shall develop during the transition period a fair methodology to calculate the embedded emissions from refining products.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) Conversely, this Regulation should not apply at a first stage to certain products whose production does not entail meaningful emissions like ferrous scrap (under CN code 7204), ferro-alloys (CN code 7202) and certain fertilisers (under CN code 3105 60 00).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)

(46a) This regulation prohibits practices of circumvention where a change in the pattern of trade between third countries and the Union 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 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 payment of the levy.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 b (new)

(46b) Reporting, verification, traceability and monitoring are key aspects for a proper functioning of the CBAM. A clear and quick procedure will be set up to ensure that when a possible circumvention or a lack of CBAM compliance occurs, that they are solved in a reduced time to avoid both circumvention but also trade disruptions.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50

(50) A transitional period should apply during the period 2023 until 20256. 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)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50 a (new)

(50a) If after the initial transitional period the data collected by the European Commission shows that the CBAM cannot effectively protect against carbon leakage addressing the reduction of global emissions, further phase in of CBAM and phase out of free allocation of emission allowances should be suspended until an effective solution can be implemented through a new legislative proposal.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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 its impact on competitiveness of EU industry. 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~~sectors, goods and downstream products of the goods listed in Annex I and services at risk of carbon leakage, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . __________________ 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)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58

(58) ~~In order to remedy circumvention of the provisions of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU~~For CBAM to achieve its objectives, circumvention in all its forms, including slight modification of products, transhipments and resource shuffling, should be ~~delegat~~addressed toby th~~e Commission in respect of supplementing the list of goods in Annex I~~is Regulation. Commission should take any necessary action to remedy circumvention.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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 the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage and to establish a level playing field between domestic and imported products.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3

3. The mechanism ~~will~~should progressively become an ~~alternative~~effective complement 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, once has fully demonstrated its effectiveness in equalising CO2 costs between imported and domestic products as part of the evaluation scheduled in Article 30, paragraph 4.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 4

4. Imported goods shall be considered as originating in third countries in accordance with non-preferential rules of origin as defined in Article 59 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. Default values applicable under Article 7(2) and Annex III of this Regulation shall be applied based on the country where emissions took place, regardless of the origin of goods.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 11

11. The Commission is empowered to ~~adopt delegated acts~~table a legislative proposal in accordance with Article 28 to amend the lists in Annex II, Sections A or B, depending on whether the conditions in paragraphs 5, 7 or 9 are satisfied.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28 a (new)

(28a) Verifier is a legal person accredited either according to the criteria of this Regulation or of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)

(ha) the name and contact details of the third country competent authority in charge of collecting the carbon price paid by the operator in that third country, when relevant

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)

Article 5a Export refund 1. For products consumed within the EU, the allowances obligation applicable to domestically produced products would correspond to the greenhouse emissions in excess of the product-specific benchmark, with the equivalent obligation imposed on imports consumed within the EU through the application of the CBAM. This equivalent allowance would be refunded when products are exported. 2. Any declarant wishing to obtain refund 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 refund to be granted to calibrate the regulatory obligation. 3. The domestic producer shall provide evidence that the goods have been exported.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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, as well as the methodology and supporting data and documents, are verified by a verifier accredited pursuant to Article 18, based on the verification principles set out in Annex V.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. For embedded emissions in goods produced in registered installations in a third country in accordance with Article 10, the authorised declarant ~~may choose to~~ shall use verified information disclosed to it in accordance with Article 10(7) to fulfil the obligation referred to in paragraph 1.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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. Such implementing acts shall be equivalent to the provisions set in Regulation 2018/2067

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2

2. The authorised declarant shall keep records of the documentation, certified by an ~~independent person~~accredited verifier, required to demonstrate that the declared embedded emissions were subject to a carbon price in the country of origin of the goods and keep evidence of the proof of the actual payment for that carbon price which should not have been subject to an export rebate or any other form of compensation ~~on exportation~~.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for calculating the reduction in the number of CBAM certificates to be surrendered, regarding the conversion of the carbon price paid in foreign currency into euro at yearly average exchange rate in accordance with paragraph 1, and regarding the qualifications of the ~~independent person~~accredited verifier certifying the information as well as elements of proof of the carbon price paid and the absence of export rebates or other forms of compensation ~~on exportation~~ being applied as referred to in paragraph 2. 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)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall~~, upon request by a~~ register the information on operators of an installations located in a third countr~~y, register the information on that operator and on its~~ies and on those installations in a central database referred to in Article 14(4).

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3

3. The information in the database referred to in paragraph 2 shall be ~~confidential~~public and accessible unless considered as confidential business information.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) The declarant has not infringed CBAM obligations and has not been involved in practices of circumvention in accordance with Article 27.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1

1. Any legal person accredited pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/2067 shall be regarded as an accredited verifier under this Regulation.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2

2. In addition to paragraph 1, a national accreditation body may on request accredit a person as a verifier under this Regulation after checking the documentation attesting its capacity to apply the verification principles referred to Annex V to perform the obligations of control of the embedded emissions established in Articles 8, 10 and 38.deleted

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

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

The revenues generated by the sale of CBAM certificates shall constitute internal assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21 (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council. They shall be assigned to cover the costs of the operation and maintenance of the CBAM scheme and to support European industries through the creations of sectoral funds to tackle competitive disadvantages triggered by CBAM.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. 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 or inaccurate 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 who has certified the accuracy of the information in the CBAM declaration has its certification withdrawn by the issuing national authority.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2

2. Practices of circumvention include a wide range of situations where a change in the pattern of trade in relation to goods included in the scope of this Regulation has insufficient due cause or economic justification other than avoiding obligations 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 i~~. This regulation prohibits practices of circumvention where a change in the pattern of trade between third countries and the Union 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 othe ~~scope of~~r than avoiding obligations as laid down in this Rregulation.

2022/02/15
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3

3. A Member State or any party affected or benefitted by the situations described in paragraph 2 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 goodsFollowing a complaint from a Member State or an interested party the Commission may decide, after investigation, to take the appropriate measures, included ing 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~~withdrawal of import authorisation, to avoid the circumvention of the mechanism. The Commission shall continually monitor any significant change of pattern of trade of goods and slightly modified products at Union level as well as other potential circumvention practices.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Circumvention practices include 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 payment of the levy. The Commission shall pay special attention to control the following non exhaustive list of circumvention practices: a) Substitution of products b) Slightly modified products c) Absorption of the CBAM levy d) Changes in the value chain e) Resource shuffling

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5

5. Where the Commission, taking into account the relevant data, reports and statistics, including when provided by the customs authorities of Member States, has sufficient reasons to believe that the circumstances referred to in paragraph 3 are occurring in one or more Member States, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 28 to supplement the scope of this Regulation in order to include ~~slightly modified product~~products and practices for anti-circumvention purposes.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Investigations shall be carried out by the Commission with the support of custom authorities and Member States. These investigations shall be concluded within nine months.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. The Commission shall make public all cases of circumvention, the results of the investigation and the potential penalties. The Commission shall present an annual report including all relevant information on circumvention cases.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall collect in cooperation with relevant stakeholders the information necessary ~~with a view~~ to extend~~ing~~ the scope of this Regulation without further delay to indirect emissions and sectors and goods other than those listed in Annex I, ~~and~~such as downstream products using goods covered by this Regulation and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on environmental footprint methods.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The Commission shall monitor and evaluate the CBAM effectiveness with regard to the risk of carbon leakage before phasing out free allocation to sectors at risk of carbon leakage covered by this regulation. To this end, the Commission shall, after consultation of the downstream sectors, present a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and the Council.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2

2. Before the ~~end~~start of the ~~transitional period~~removal of free allowances under ETS, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the transitional application of this Regulation~~. The report shall contain, in particular, the assessment of the possibilities~~ and assess if the conditions are in place for the effective implementation of a CBAM before phasing out free allocations. The report by the European Commission shall 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 remain necessary to prevent the risk of carbon leakage after 2030 The report shall contain, in particular, the assessment to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other sectors and goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, such as 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)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3

3. The report by the Commission shall~~, if appropriate, be accompani~~ be accompanied by a legislative proposal. Impacted sectors addressed by athe legislative proposal. shall be informed at least two years ahead of its publication and fully involved in the consultation process by the European Commission.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. A legislative proposal shall be presented at least one year before the start of removal of free allowances in ETS, to prevent distortion of competition in the EU and on global markets, that will occur as an indirect effect from the removal of free allocations of ETS, between products containing goods as listed under Annex I produced in the EU and those produced in third countries. The legislative proposal shall take into account Article 2.5to prevent carbon leakage and be in line with WTO rules.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1

1. The CBAM certificates to be surrendered in accordance with Article 22 shall be adjusted to reflect the extent to which EU ETS allowances are allocated free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC to installations producing, within the Union, the goods listed in Annex I.deleted

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The authorised declarant shall surrender additional certificates equal to the number of certificates describe in paragrah1. However, in 2026 only 10% of this number are to be surrendered, increasing each year by 10%, and reaching the full number in 2035.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. The obligation in paragraph 1a applies to products imported as of 1 January 2027.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6

6. The Commission ~~is empowered~~shall to adopt implementing acts concerning the information to be reported, the procedures for communicating the information referred to in paragraph 3 and the conversion of the carbon price paid in foreign currency into euro at yearly average exchange rate. The Commission ~~is also empowered to~~shall adopt implementing acts to further define the necessary elements of the calculation method set out in Annex III, including determining system boundaries of production processes, emission factors, installation-specific values of actual emissions and their respective application to individual goods as well as laying down methods to ensure the reliability of data, including the level of detail and the verification of this data. The Commission ~~is further empowered to~~shall adopt implementing acts to develop a calculation method for indirect emissions embedded in imported goods.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

‘Attributed emissions’ mean the part of the installation’s direct emissions during the reporting period that are caused by the production process resulting in goods g when applying the system boundaries of the process defined by the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 7(6). No later than 1st January 2025, The Commission shall develop a calculation methodology to include indirect emissions in goods, and update Annex III accordingly. The attributed emissions shall be calculated using the following equation:

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 3 – introductory part

3. Determination of actual ~~direct~~ embedded emissions for complex goods

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0214(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1

When actual emissions cannot be adequately determined by the authorised declarant, default values shall be used. These values shall be set at the average emission intensity of each exporting country and for each of the goods listed in Annex I other than electricity, increased by a mark-up, the latter to be determined in the implementing acts of this Regulation. When reliable data for the exporting country cannot be applied for a type of goods, the default values shall be based on the average emission intensity of the 10 per cent worst performing EU installations for that type of goods. Under no circumstances default values shall be lower than the likely embedded emissions and the exporter shall not benefit from the failure to provide reliable data on actual emissions so that default values are used.

2022/03/16
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(12) thereof,

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) The European Green Deal combines a comprehensive set of mutually reinforcing measures and initiatives aimed at achieving 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, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where economic growth is de~~coupled from~~pendent on sustainable and responsible 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. Simultaneously, the intent is to create conditions for a dignified life for Europeans with access to affordable sustainable energy to meet their necessities for life. 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 behind.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) All sectors of the economy need to contribute to achieving those emission reductions. Therefore, the ambition of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council41 to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner, should be increased in a manner commensurate with this economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2030 and at the same time, constantly to assess the impacts of the EU ETS on the development of production and energy sectors in order to provide a tool to support the transition, not to attenuate the economic activity. _________________ 41 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) Greenhouse gases that are not directly released into the atmosphere should be considered emissions under the EU ETS and allowances should be surrendered for those emissions unless they are stored in a storage site in accordance with Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , or they are permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use, or they are captured and used to produce recycled carbon fuels and renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin. The Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing acts specifying the conditions where greenhouse gases are to be considered as permanently chemically bound in a product so that they do not enter the atmosphere under normal use, including obtaining a carbon removal certificate, where appropriate, in view of regulatory developments with regard to the certification of carbon removals. _________________ 46Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114).

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14

(14) International maritime transport activity, consisting of voyages between ports under the jurisdiction of two different Member States or between a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and a port outside the jurisdiction of any Member State, has been the only means of transportation not included in the Union's past commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions from fuel sold in the Union for journeys that depart in one Member State and arrive in a different Member State or a third country have grown by around 36 % since 1990. Those emissions represent close to 90 % of all Union navigation emissions as emissions from fuel sold in the Union for journeys departing and arriving in the same Member State have been reduced by 26 % since 1990. In a business-as-usual scenario, emissions from international maritime transport activities are projected to grow by around 14 % between 2015 and 2030 and 34 % between 2015 and 2050. ~~If the climate change impact of maritime transp~~However, this legislation would only affect 12 % of the sector’s emissions and morte a~~ctivities grows as projected, it would significantly undermine reductions made by other sectors to combat climate change~~mbitious multilateral agreements are required that will ensure the proper functioning of a global market such as that of maritime transport.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)

(14a) The inclusion of the maritime sector must not promote carbon leakage or the delocalisation of certain activities to the ports of states bordering Europe and/or prior stops in non-European ports. The Commission shall ensure that the gradual integration of the sector does not affect activities such as fuel supply or the transshipment of containers.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)

(15a) Despite the targets imposed by the Green Deal, there is currently no technically and commercially viable non- carbon fuel alternative for maritime transport.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20 a (new)

(20a) A proportionate share of the money raised from penalties and allowances shall be allocated to a specific sectoral fund with the aim of reducing the existing price differential between conventional and alternative fuels and promoting the offering through greater investment in R&D (the ‘Sectoral Competitiveness Fund’).

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21 a (new)

(21a) The Commission shall ensure that the administrative burden is reduced, especially for SMEs, with the aim of minimising possible distortions of competition that could have a negative impact on smaller enterprises.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)

(24a) The Commission shall produce a detailed impact study that addresses the implications of the expansion of the European Emissions Trading System to the maritime sector in terms of the economic and environmental impact of certain evasive practices that might develop through non-European ports of countries neighbouring the Union; with the aim of preventing delocalisation and carbon leakage, the Commission shall, if appropriate, submit specific proposals to extend the scope of the Directive to non- European ports bordering Union territories.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26

(26) Achieving the Union’s emissions reduction target for 2030 will require a reduction in the emissions of the sectors covered by the EU ETS of 61 % compared to 2005. ~~The Union-wide quantity of allowances of the EU ETS needs to be reduced to create the necessary long-term carbon price signal and drive for this degree of decarbonisation.~~ To this end, the linear reduction factor should be increased, also taking into account the inclusion of emissions from maritime transport. The latter should be derived from the emissions from maritime transport activities reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/757 for 2018 and 2019 in the Union, adjusted, from year 2021, by the linear reduction factor.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27

(27) Bearing in mind that this Directive amends Directive 2003/87/EC in respect of a period of implementation that has already started on 1 January 2021, for reasons of predictability, environmental effectiveness and simplicity, the steeper linear reduction pathway of the EU ETS should be a straight line from 2021 to 2030, such as to achieve emission reductions in the EU ETS of 61 % by 2030, as the appropriate intermediate step towards Union economy-wide climate neutrality in 2050. As the increased linear reduction factor can only apply from the year following the entry into force of this Directive, a one-off reduction of the quantity of allowances should reduce the total quantity of allowances so that it is in line with this level of annual reduction having been made from 2021 onwards.deleted

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27

~~(27)~~ Bearing in mind that this Directive amends Directive 2003/87/EC in respect of a period of implementation that has already started on 1 January 2021, for reasons of predictability, environmental effectiveness and simplicity, the steeper linear reduction pathway of the EU ETS should be a straight line from 2021 to 20305, such as to achieve emission reductions in the EU ETS of 61 % by 20305, as the appropriate intermediate step towards Union economy- wide climate neutrality in 2050. As the increased linear reduction factor can only apply from the year following the entry into force of this Directive, a one-off reduction of the quantity of allowances should reduce the total quantity of allowances so that it is in line with this level of annual reduction having been made from 2021 onwards.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28

(28) Achieving the increased climate ambition will require substantial public resources in the EU as well as national budgets to be dedicated to the climate transition. To complement and reinforce the substantial climate-related spending in the EU budget, all auction revenues that are not attributed to the Union budget should be used for climate-related purposes and for mitigation transformation risks. This includes the use for financial support to address social aspects in lower- and middle-income households by reducing distortive taxes. Further, to address distributional and social effects of the transition in low-income Member States, an additional amount of 23,5 % of the Union-wide quantity of allowances from ~~[year of entry into force of the Directive]~~2021 to 2030 should be used to fund the energy transition of the Member States with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita below 65 % of the Union average in 2016-2018, through the Modernisation Fund referred to in Article 10d of Directive 2003/87/EC.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30

(30) The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), established under Regulation (EU) […./..] of the European Parliament and of the Council51, is a~~n alternative to~~ measure that complements free allocation to address the risk of carbon leakage. ~~To the extent that sectors and subsectors are covered by that measure, they should not receive free allocation.~~ However, a transitional phasing-out of free allowances is needed to allow producers, importers and traders to adjust to the new regime. The reduction of free allocation should be implemented by applying a factor to free allocation for CBAM sectors, while the CBAM is phased in. This percentage (CBAM factor) should be equal to 100 % during the transitional period between the entry into force of [CBAM Regulation] and 2025, 90 % in 2026 and should be reduced by 10 percentage points each year to reach 0 % and thereby eliminate free allocation by the tenth yeargradually applying it once the CBAM has proved its effectiveness. The relevant delegated acts on free allocation should be adjusted accordingly for the sectors and subsectors covered by the CBAM. The free allocation no longer provided to the CBAM sectors based on this calculation (CBAM demand) must be auctioned and the revenues will accrue to the Innovation Fund, so as to support innovation in low carbon technologies, carbon capture and utilisation (‘CCU’), carbon capture and geological storage (‘CCS’), renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change. Special attention should be given to projects in CBAM sectors. To respect the proportion of the free allocation available for the non- CBAM sectors, the final amount to deduct from the free allocation and to be auctioned should be calculated based on the proportion that the CBAM demand represents in respect of the free allocation needs of all sectors receiving free allocation. 51 [please insert full OJ reference] 51

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38

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

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 43

(43) The Communication of the Commission on Stepping up Europe’s 2030 climate ambition57 , underlined the particular challenge to reduce the emissions in the sectors of road transport and buildings. Therefore, the Commission announced that a further expansion of emissions trading could include emissions from road transport and buildings. Emissions trading for these two new sectors would be established through separate but adjacent emissions trading. This would avoid any disturbance of the well-functioning emissions trading in the sectors of stationary installations and aviation. The new system is accompanied by complementary policies and measures safeguarding against undue price impacts, shaping expectations of market participants and aiming for a carbon price signal for the whole economy. Previous experience has shown that the development of the new market requires setting up an efficient monitoring, reporting and verification system. In view of ensuring synergies and coherence with the existing Union infrastructure for the EU ETS covering the emissions from stationary installations and aviation, it is appropriate to set up emissions trading for the road transport and buildings sectors via an amendment to Directive 2003/87/ЕC. _________________ 57 COM(2020)562 final.deleted

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 43 a (new)

(43a) The Commission shall produce annual reports on the impact of the expansion of the European emissions trading system to European households and consumers; if necessary, the Commission shall present the actions required to prevent the new obligations on emissions trading ending up being passed on as indirect taxes and additional costs for European citizens.

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45

(45) Due to the very large number of small emitters in the sectors of buildings and road transport, it is not possible to establish the point of regulation at the level of entities directly emitting greenhouse gases, as is the case for stationary installations and aviation. Therefore, for reasons of technical feasibility and administrative efficiency, it is more appropriate to establish the point of regulation further upstream in the supply chain. The act that triggers the compliance obligation under the new emissions trading should be the release for consumption of fuels which are used for combustion in the sectors of buildings and road transport, including for combustion in road transport of greenhouse gases for geological storage. To avoid double coverage, the release for consumption of fuels which are used in other activities under Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC should not be covered.deleted

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 46

(46) The regulated entities in the two new sectors and the point of regulation should be defined in line with the system of excise duty established by Council Directive (EU) 2020/26258 , with the necessary adaptations, as that Directive already sets a robust control system for all quantities of fuels released for consumption for the purposes of paying excise duties. End-users of fuels in those sectors should not be subject to obligations under Directive 2003/87/EC. _________________ 58Council Directive (EU) 2020/262 of 19 December 2019 laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (OJ L 58 27.2.2020, p. 4).deleted

2022/02/22
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 47

(47) The regulated entities falling within the scope of the emissions trading in the sectors of buildings and road transport should be subject to similar greenhouse gas emissions permit requirements as the operators of stationary installations. It is necessary to establish rules on permit applications, conditions for permit issuance, content, and review, and any changes related to the regulated entity. In order for the new system to start in an orderly manner, Member States should ensure that regulated entities falling within the scope of the new emissions trading have a valid permit as of the start of the system in 2025.deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48

(48) The total quantity of allowances for the new emissions trading should follow a linear trajectory to reach the 2030 emissions reduction target, taking into account the cost-efficient contribution of buildings and road transport of 43 % emission reductions by 2030 compared to 2005. The total quantity of allowances should be established for the first time in 2026, to follow a trajectory starting in 2024 from the value of the 2024 emissions limits (1 109 304 000 CO2t), calculated in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council59 on the basis of the reference emissions for these sectors for the period from 2016 to 2018. Accordingly, the linear reduction factor should be set at 5,15 %. From 2028, the total quantity of allowances should be set on the basis of the average reported emissions for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026, and should decrease by the same absolute annual reduction as set from 2024, which corresponds to a 5,43 % linear reduction factor compared to the comparable 2025 value of the above defined trajectory. If those emissions are significantly higher than this trajectory value and if this divergence is not due to small-scale differences in emission measurement methodologies, the linear reduction factor should be adjusted to reach the required emissions reduction in 2030. _________________ 59Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 52

(52) The introduction of the carbon price in road transport and buildings should be accompanied by effective social compensation, especially in view of the already existing levels of energy poverty. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6,9 % of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey60 . To achieve an effective social and distributional compensation, Member States should be required to spend the auction revenues on the climate and energy-related purposes already specified for the existing emissions trading, but also for measures added specifically to address related concerns for the new sectors of road transport and buildings, including related policy measures under Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council61 . Auction revenues should be used to address social aspects of the emission trading for the new sectors with a specific emphasis in vulnerable households, micro-enterprises and transport users. In this spirit, a new Social Climate Fund will provide dedicated funding to Member States to support the European citizens most affected or at risk of energy or mobility poverty. This Fund will promote fairness and solidarity between and within Member States while mitigating the risk of energy and mobility poverty during the transition. It will build on and complement existing solidarity mechanisms. The resources of the new Fund will in principle correspond to 25 % of the expected revenues from new emission trading in the period 2026-2032, and will be implemented on the basis of the Social Climate Plans that Member States should put forward under Regulation (EU) 20…/nn of the European Parliament and the Council62 . In addition, each Member State should use their auction revenues inter alia to finance a part of the costs of their Social Climate Plans. _________________ 60 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]. 61Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1–56). 62[Add ref to the Regulation establishing the Social Climate Fund].deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 54

(54) Innovation and development of new low-carbon technologies in the sectors of buildings and road transport are crucial for ensuring the cost-efficient contribution of these sectors to the expected emission reductions. Therefore, 150 million allowances from emissions trading in the buildings and road transport sectors should also be made available to the Innovation Fund to stimulate the cost-efficient emission reductions.deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 55

(55) Regulated entities covered by the buildings and road transport emissions trading should surrender allowances for their verified emissions corresponding to the quantities of fuels they have released for consumption. They should surrender allowances for the first time for their verified emissions in 2026. In order to minimise the administrative burden, a number of rules applicable to the existing emissions trading system for stationary installations and aviation should be made applicable to emissions trading for buildings and road transport, with the necessary adaptations. This includes, in particular, rules on transfer, surrender and cancellation of allowances, as well as the rules on the validity of allowances, penalties, competent authorities and reporting obligations of Member States.deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 56

(56) For emissions trading in the buildings and road transport sectors to be effective, it should be possible to monitor emissions with high certainty and at reasonable cost. Emissions should be attributed to regulated entities on the basis of fuel quantities released for consumption and combined with an emission factor. Regulated entities should be able to reliably and accurately identify and differentiate the sectors in which the fuels are released for consumption, as well as the final users of the fuels, in order to avoid undesirable effects, such as double burden. To have sufficient data to establish the total number of allowances for the period from 2028 to 2030, the regulated entities holding a permit at the start of the system in 2025 should report their associated historical emissions for 2024.deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 57

(57) It is appropriate to introduce measures to address the potential risk of excessive price increases, which, if particularly high at the start of the buildings and road transport emissions trading, may undermine the readiness of households and individuals to invest in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. These measures should complement the safeguards provided by the Market Stability Reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council64 and that became operational in 2019. While the market will continue to determine the carbon price, safeguard measures will be triggered by rules-based automatism, whereby allowances will be released from the Market Stability Reserve only if concrete triggering conditions based on the increase in the average allowance price are met. This additional mechanism should also be highly reactive, in order to address excessive volatility due to factors other than changed market fundamentals. The measures should be adapted to different levels of excessive price increase, which will result in different degrees of the intervention. The triggering conditions should be closely monitored by the Commission and the measures should be adopted by the Commission as a matter of urgency when the conditions are met. This is without prejudice to any accompanying measures that Member States may adopt to address adverse social impacts. _________________ 64Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and amending Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L 264, 9.10.2015, p. 1).deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH, Nicola PROCACCINI, Pietro FIOCCHI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 58

(58) The application of emissions trading in the buildings and road transport sectors should be monitored by the Commission, including the degree of price convergence with the existing ETS, and, if necessary, a review should be proposed to the European Parliament and the Council to improve the effectiveness, administration and practical application of emissions trading for those sectors on the basis of acquired knowledge as well as increased price convergence. The Commission should be required to submit the first report on those matters by 1 January 2028.deleted

2022/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH

Proposal for a directive
Recital 59

(59) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Articles 3gd(3), 12(3b) and 14(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. To ensure synergies with the existing regulatory framework~~, the conferral of implementing powers in Articles 14 and 15 of that Directive should be extended to cover the sectors of road transport and buildings~~. Those implementing powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 . _________________ 65Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.02.2011, p. 13).

Decision (EU) 2015/1814
Article 1 – paragraph 7

(ca) paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: "7. In any year, if paragraph 6 of this Article is not applicable and measures are adopted under Article 29a of Directive 2003/87/EC, ~~100 million~~the corresponding number of allowances shall be released from the reserve and added to the volume of allowances to be auctioned by the Member States under Article 10(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Where Article 29a paragraph 2 of Directive 2003/87/EC is applicable and fewer than 100 million allowances are in the reserve, all allowances in the reserve shall be released under this paragraph. ”; Or. en (Decision 2015/1814)

2022/03/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Alexandr VONDRA, Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI, Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Hermann TERTSCH

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Articles 1 and 2 of this Directive by ~~31 December 2023~~[12 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive], at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

2022/03/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0211(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c – point vii

Directive 2003/87/EU
Annex I – table – last row – column 1

“Maritime transport Maritime transport activities of ships covered by Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council performing voyages with the purpose of transporting passengers or cargo for commercial purposes. Maritime transport activity by ships shall not include: (a) journeys carried out under a public service contract or subject to public service obligations under Regulation (EEC) No 3557/92 (b) journeys to and/or from the Union’s outermost regions, (c) journeys which, but for this point, would fall within this activity, being performed by a ship with total annual emissions lower than 10 000 tonnes.

2022/03/02
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e a (new) Regulation (EU) 2019/631

(ea)point 6.3.1 of Annex I part B is replaced by the following: ‘6.3.1 Specific emissions targets for 2025 to 2029Specific emissions target = (specific emissions reference target – EU fleet-wide target2025correction). ZLEV factor where: Specific emissions reference target is the specific emissions reference target for the manufacturer determined in accordance with point 6.2.1 EU fleet-wide target2025correction = (øtarget – EU fleet-wide target2021)· (1- reduction factor2025) øtarget is the average, weighted on the number of new light commercial vehicles of each individual manufacturer, of all the specific emissions reference targets determined in accordance with point 6.2.1, by 31 October 2024 and every second year thereafter, the figures Øtarget for new light commercial vehicles in the preceding two calendar years starting with 2022 and 2023.The new respective Ø target shall apply from 1 January of the calendar year following the date of the adjustment; ZLEV factor is (1 + y – x), unless this sum is larger than 1,05 or lower than 1,0 in which case the ZLEV factor shall be set to 1,05 or 1,0, as the case may be; where : y is the share of zero- and low-emission vehicles in the manufacturer's fleet of new passenger cars calculated as the total number of new zero- and low-emission vehicles, where each of them is counted as ZLEV specific in accordance with the following formula, divided by the total number of new passenger cars registered in the relevant calendar year: ZLEV specific= 1 – ( specific emissions of CO2/ 50) x is 15%’

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point f

Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Annex I – Part B – point 6.3.2

6.3.2. Specific emissions targets for 2030 ~~to 2034~~onwards

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Hermann TERTSCH, Mazaly AGUILAR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to incentivise the development of precision farming and all those technological tools such as 5G that could help farmers in their transition to a more sustainable model; calls, further, on the Commission to amend the current legislation to take full advantage of the potential of drones in the aerial spraying of plant protection products;

2021/02/22
Committee: ENVI

3a. Recognises the latest developments in plant protection technology with the consequent reduction in the quantities applied and in toxic compounds such as mycotoxins; notes that harmonised risk indicators are needed to effectively reduce pesticide use in conventional and organic farming; stresses that any pesticide initiatives must take into account the different climatic and agronomic conditions in the EU;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

2020/2260(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls for alternatives and tools to enable farmers to deal with new pests and diseases; invites the Commission to speed up and simplify the biopesticide authorisation process and, in the planned measures to promote digitisation and precision farming, to consider the use of drones for aerial spraying of plant protection products together with initiatives to reduce nitrogen levels in the soil;

2021/02/18
Committee: ENVI AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that, since Parliament’s last report, the situation, far from improving, has deteriorated even further; firmly insists, therefore, on the formal suspension of accession negotiations with Turkey, the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, the current and planned multiannual financial framework, and the EU-Turkey Action Plan on migration, and on the end of all EIB loans to Turkey, in order for both sides to review in a realistic manner the appropriateness of the current framework and its ability to function, orand, if necessary, to explore possible new models for future relations;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

6. Regrets the current lack of understanding between the EU and Turkey, but reaffirms its firm conviction that Turkey is a strategic neighbour and ally with which the EU wishes to have the best possible relations, and reiterates that one of the guiding principles of EU action is to ensure the defence of the national sovereignty and external borders of the Member States, and, therefore, to protect the common European interests, values and objectives;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses its will to strengthen and deepen mutual knowledge and understanding between Turkish and European societies~~, combating all manifestations of social, religious or cultural prejudice~~; expresses its full commitment to continue supporting Turkey’s independent civil society in whatever circumstances and framework of relations that the future may bring; believes, nevertheless, that the accession process would still be the most powerful tool to exercise normative pressure on the Turkish government and the best framework to sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; stresses that a purely transactional relationship will hardly contribute to the advancement of TurkeyTurkey should reconsider its actions and sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society, and advance towards a more democratic model;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Regrets the current situation of fundamental rights and freedoms in Turkey, especially religious freedom, particularly that of the Christian minorities who are increasingly suffering attacks, discrimination and marginalisation, including through the conversion of Christian temples into mosques, as in the case of the Hagia Sophia, which is a clear affront to Christianity in an attempt to confront religions within and outside its borders, using Islam as a political weapon, which poses a serious threat to the peace and well-being of both Europe and Turkey itself;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes with deep concern that, despite the formal lifting of the state of emergency in July 2018, ~~its~~the adverse impacts on democracy and fundamental rights continues to be strongly felt;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes with great concern the way that the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) has been specifically and continuously targeted by the Turkish authorities; strongly condemns the continued detention of former HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaș and calls for his immediate release;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Is alarmed by the consolidation of an authoritarian interpretation of the presidential system; is deeply concerned about the development of a consti~~nued~~tutional architecture that is hyper-centralis~~ation of power~~ed in the Presidency, which does not ensure a sound and effective separation of powers between the executive and the legislative branches and the judiciary;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Is concerned about the ever more frequent use of a hyper-nationalist narrative among the ruling elite that increasingly gives rise to antagonistic approaches towards the EU orand its Member States; is concerned about the increasing clout of religious conservatism in political life;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Is concerned about the ever more frequent use of a hyper-nationalist narrative among the ruling elite that increasingly gives rise to antagonistic approaches towards the EU orand its Member States; is concerned about the ~~inc~~progreassi~~ng clout of religious conservatism in~~ve Islamisation of political life;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. EU-Turkey relations and Turkish foreign policy

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Recalls the ~~laudable role played~~significant commitment made by Turkey to the EU in respon~~ding~~se to the migration crisies ~~resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that the EU should continue to give~~and the reciprocal financial assistance that it is receiving, and regrets the ndec~~essary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment of the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’~~ision made in March by Ankara to encourage migrants and refugees to enter EU territory via the border with Greece; supports the suspension of European funding until there are clear signs of Turkey’s compliance with ~~their respective~~its commitments;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Stresses that a modernisation of the Customs Union could be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstances; recalls that the current Customs Unionit seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union, which would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; recalls that the current Customs Union, which entered into force on 1 January 1996, will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol in relation to all Member States, and proposes that it be suspended for a renewable period of six months;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation; condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, which violate both the sovereign rights of EU Member States and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat, and calls on the European Council to take measures and impose severe sanctions in response to Turkey’s illegal activities;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Urges the Commission to express strong support for Greece and Cyprus, which are alone in facing Turkey’s attacks; invites all Member States to provide support to those countries, even military aid, and to help to strengthen control of the Union’s external borders in these areas, with respect for the sovereignty of the Member States in the field of foreign and security policy;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Requires Turkey to withdraw its army and stop drilling in the maritime areas of Cyprus and Greece, and urges the Commission to take firm steps to end this attack on the sovereignty of Member States;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)

27c. Urges Turkey to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Condemns the partial reopening of Varosha beach, which undermines mutual trust and therefore the prospect of the resumption of direct talks on the comprehensive resolution of the Cyprus issue; calls on Turkey to reverse this action; ~~reiterates its support for a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement on the basis of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality;~~

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Urges the EU to take steps with regard to Turkey to ensure the defence of the sovereignty not only of Cyprus and Greece, but also of all EU Member States, their external borders and, therefore, common European interests;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28b. Calls on the EU, at the same time as taking the appropriate steps, to strongly urge Turkey to immediately stop its provocative, illegal and unconstructive attitude towards Greece, Cyprus and the EU as a whole;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)

28c. Recalls that the borders of Greece, Cyprus and Spain, among others, are European borders; urges the EU to provide the necessary support to Member States that suffer systematic violations of their sovereignty and borders and that have the same concerns about these problems, which are common and not isolated;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on Turkey to remain committed to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Libya under the auspices of the UN, ~~and~~ to fully adhere to the arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council and to cease its harassment, as in the case of France due to Turkey’s military aggression against the Courbet frigate when the vessel was helping to apply the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations on Libya;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that, given the constant violations of European and international law, it is high time to review the EU’s relations with Turkey and to define a comprehensive, unified and coherent strategy for the medium to long term, among all EU institutions and Member States;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2176(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Takes the view that both the EU and Turkey are aware that it is necessary and vital to develop a constructive, friendly and respectful attitude in their relations and that enhancing communication and dialogue at all levels are key to restoring a relationship of mutual trust between the EU and Turkey that can form a solid and lasting foundation for further constructive development, constant improvement of people’s lives and the maintenance of peace; deplores the continuous and unjustified refusal of the Turkish side to reinstate the normal functioning of the EU- Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee;

2020/12/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D j (new)

Dj. whereas joining NATO in 2020 marks a clear step towards greater stability, interoperability and defence integration into the Euro-Atlantic community, advancing their potential for eventual EU accession;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D l (new)

Dl. whereas the Conference on the Future of Europe and the participation of all Member States can assist the EU accession aspirations of the Western Balkans countries;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Urges ~~the authori~~all political parties to sustain consensual efforts to strengthen democratic consolidation and the transformation process, fight against corruption, and restore the rule of law, while improving the climate for media and civil society;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)

9e. Takes into consideration the further actions North Macedonia has adopted relating to security as stated in the Commission report on North Macedonia 2020; stresses that one of the most important problems the EU faces is the fight against terrorism; stresses the importance of continue to take measures against terrorism;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)

9e. Urges North Macedonia to continue its efforts in addressing the concern of returning foreign fighters along with the concern of foreign direct investment from third countries promoting radicalisation in various communities throughout North Macedonia;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Stresses the need to ensure that all minorities that live in North Macedonia are provided adequate support and live free from intimidation or any kind of discrimination;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the country’s efforts in improving cooperation on managing migration and addressing the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants; recalls the need to establish a viable mechanism for managing irregular migratory flows, as migration is one of the main problems in the EU and North Macedonia is one of the main transit routes for irregular movements, ensuring international protection and combating people smuggling networks;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Welcomes North Macedonia’s political, operational and logistical support to Frontex and the Border and Coast Guard services of Member States, urges North Macedonia to fully implement its bilateral treaties so it can further its joint exercises in this area of cooperation;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Welcomes the investigations taken against prolific smuggling rings; stresses that there is a considerable need for further action by local officials and intelligence sharing with EU law enforcement agencies;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)

22c. Welcomes the advance in investigations since 2018 taken against organised crime, especially regarding smuggling and human trafficking;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Acknowledges that the ~~generally favourable~~ environment for freedom of expression and media independence must be enhanced through improved self- regulation, transparency of ownership and advertising market, while increasing financial sustainability and impartiality of public and private media outlets;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Welcomes the recent announcement of North Macedonia in joining the Alexandroupolis Energy Project and encourages greater cooperation with Member States in improving energy security across the region;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Regrets that Bulgaria and North Macedonia have yet to find a compromise on issues related to history and language, trusts that they will soon be settled in order not to jeopardise the integration momentum, and looks forward to holding of the first intergovernmental conference, kick-starting the accession talks without a further delayakes into consideration that for the accession of a 3rd country to be part of the European Union, it must be in line with all Member States;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)

39b. Whereas to be part of the EU, North Macedonia has to fully implement their bilateral treaties;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 c(new)

39c. Welcomes North Macedonia’s commitment to the ‘Clean Network’ initiative alongside Bulgaria and Kosovo in eliminating long term threats to data privacy and security by using only ‘trusted vendors’ in the development of its 5G technology and urges its neighbours to follow this example;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. ICommends the continued and standing contributions of North Macedonia to ongoing CSDP operations and Euro-Atlantic security. Recognises the professional conduct of the Army of North Macedonia and invites North Macedonia to continue contributing to the EU crisis management operations and increasing its alignment with the Common Foreign and Security Policy;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Acknowledges the government’s political, cultural, economic and energy ties with Russia and expresses concern regarding the tremendous growth of Russian investment channelled to North Macedonia via third countries that have obscured the true extent of Russia’s economic footprint and have created an energy dependency by controlling the single gas route to the country via the Trans-Balkan Pipeline;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Commends the continued and standing contributions of North Macedonia to ongoing CSDP operations and Euro-Atlantic security. Recognises the professional conduct of the Army of North Macedonia and welcomes continued cooperation in this field;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Notes the growing risk of increasing influence of China and Russia throughout the region; expresses concern that North Macedonia could become increasingly vulnerable to investment from Russia and China, risking a backslide in development in the rule of law;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2174(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 b (new)

42b. Welcomes the negotiations that are taking place regarding VISA’s with Russia and Azerbaijan; notes that North Macedonia’s VISA policy must be in line with EU VISA policy to aid accession efforts;

2020/12/22
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22

— having regard to the EU-Western Balkans summits in the framework of the Berlin Process of 5 July 2019 in Poznań and of 10 November 2020 in Sofia,

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas each enlargement country is judged individually on its own merits, and it is the speed and quality of reforms that determine the timetable for accession; whereas pursuant to Article 49 TEU, any European country may apply to become a member of the Union provided that it adheres to all of the Copenhagen criteria and the principles of democracy, respects fundamental freedoms, human and minority rights, and upholds the rule of law;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas Montenegro has continued to build a good track record in implementing the obligations of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA);

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the EU mobilised EUR 38 million in immediate support for the Western Balkans to tackle the health emergency caused by coronavirus; whereas up to EUR 3 million from that sum was allocated to Montenegro to support its supply of medical devices and personal equipment, such as ventilators, laboratory kits, masks, goggles, gowns, and safety suits;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the EU agreed on the reallocation of EUR 374 million from the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance to help mitigate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in the region; whereas EUR 50 million from that sum was allocated to Montenegro;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the Commission adopted a package of EUR 70 million under the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA II) to help fund the access of Western Balkans countries toCOVID-19 vaccines procured by EU Member States;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the active engagement and appropriate inclusion of the Western Balkans countries in the Conference on the Future of Europe; is of the opinion that their contribution should be taken into account as they are committed to become Member States of the Union in the future;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Expresses deep concern over the Judicial Council’s interpretation of the Constitution, which condones the unlawful reappointment of court presidents for more than two terms;~~deleted

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. WAlthough welcomes the fact that some progress has been made in the fight against organised crime, in particular as regards stronger capacity and professionalism of the police, encourages Montenegro to continue its efforts in this area, in particular through combating mafia, involved notably in cigarette smuggling, drug and arms trafficking as well as illegal gambling, and tracking its links to local politicians and police officers; underlines that systemic deficiencies in the criminal justice system remain and need to be addressed as a matter of priority;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Underlines that media literacy and media freedom are key to combating disinformation; calls for the strengthening of European cooperation with Montenegro on addressing disinformation, and cyber and hybrid threats; underlines that Montenegro is under strong and unwavering hostile propaganda pressure exerted by Russia, aiming - among other goals - to reduce the support of the population for the NATO Membership;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Welcomes ~~progress on the protection of LGBTI rights and the adoption of the law on same-sex partnerships~~Montenegro’s efforts to strengthen minorities’ rights protection;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Commend~~Welcomes Montenegro ~~for it~~'s commitment to inclusive regional cooperation, and the constructive role it plays in the Western Balkans region, and ~~welcomes~~ its active participation in numerous regional initiatives;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Underlines the strategic importance of Montenegro's NATO Membership and calls on the government to work towards strengthening cooperation with the Alliance and increasing support for it among the population;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO, Charlie WEIMERS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. ~~Commend~~Welcomes Montenegro’s full alignment with the EU’s common foreign and security policy and its active participation in civilian missions under the common security and defence policy (CSDP); in particular, welcomes its ability to overcome foreign provocations, including disinformation campaigns orchestrated by Russia and China; encourages it to cooperate in the field of resilience to foreign interference and cybersecurity with both the EU and NATO;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Commend~~Welcomes Montenegro’s progress on and renewed commitment to international police cooperation, and encourages it to continue its efforts to cope with the migratory pressure, by further developing its international cooperation on readmission and raising its capacity to prosecute migrant-smuggling networks;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls on the Commission to support Montenegro’s efforts to reduce unemployment, seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular in the tourism sector, that accounts, directly and indirectly, for more than 20% of Montenegro’s GDP; notes with concern that in the first eight months of 2020, the number of tourist arrivals to Montenegro decreased by almost 80% year-to-year due to travel restrictions and virus-related concerns;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes the Commission ~~and the Council~~'s decision to include Montenegro in joint EU procurement for vaccinations~~, and to allocate a sufficient amount of COVID-19 vaccines to the citizens of all Western Balkan countrie~~; calls on the Commission for a fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines among the Western Balkan countries, taking into consideration each country’s pandemic situation and its individual needs;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2173(INI)

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI, Raffaele FITTO, Witold Jan WASZCZYKOWSKI, Angel DZHAMBAZKI, Adam BIELAN, Hermann TERTSCH, Assita KANKO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 c (new)

36c. Encourages Montenegro to precede its much needed investments in infrastructural projects by robust feasibility studies so that they can be economically viable; warns Montenegro of a clear risk that the realisation of road and energy infrastructure projects in cooperation with unreliable foreign investment partners may represent to the country’s sovereignty and strategic interests;

2021/03/15
Committee: AFET

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Reminds the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the need to audit fully and present accounts for aid granted by the EU to third countries, given that the aim of the EU’s external action is to promote democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and peace, and reiterates the requirement approved by this House in March 2019 that EU aid be suspended immediately in the event of a decline in democratic standards or a breach of human rights or the rule of law;

2019/10/28
Committee: AFET

2019/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Stresses the urgent need to tackle the root causes of migration flows such as totalitarian regimes, dictatorships, tyrannies, wars, conflicts, persecution, networks of illegal migration, trafficking, and smuggling ~~and climate change~~; calls for the external dimension of the refugee crisis to be addressed, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts through building cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concerned; insists that the implementation of the Global Compacts on migration and refugees must therefore go hand in hand with the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda as set out in the Strategic Development Goals, as well as with increased investment in developing countries;

2019/10/28
Committee: AFET

2019/0017(COD)