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247 Amendments of László TRÓCSÁNYI

Amendment 196 #

2024/2000(REG)

Parliament’s Rules of Procedure
Rule 71 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
If no such request is received by the expiry of the deadline laid down in the first subparagraph, the President shall inform Parliament that this is the case. If a request is made, the President may, immediately prior to the vote, give the floor to one speaker in favour offrom each political group and non-attached Members to speak on the committee’s decision to enter into negotiations and to one speaker against that decision. Each speaker may make a statement lasting no more than twoone minutes.
2024/02/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 241 #

2024/2000(REG)

Parliament’s Rules of Procedure
Rule 171 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) the non-attached Members shall be allocated an overall speaking time based on the fractions allocated to each political group under points (a) and (b), in proportion to the total number of non- attached Members;
2024/02/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 6 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2
2. Calls therefEmphasises, however, that the frameworek for the revisformulation of the TFEU, in particular its Title II, to ensure that the UnEU’s budgetary policy, its institution is able to react agilely and effectively to challenges and to achieve better democratic accountability of the Union budget, notably by reinforcing Parliament’s role in budgetary decision-making and scrutinynd its instruments should be aligned with the framework provided by the current Treaties;
2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 12 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for respecting the Treaties and strengthening the adherence to the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality;
2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 13 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the disclosure of all costs incurred to date in organising the Conference on the Future of Europe, the EU budget lines from which the funds were drawn and the way in which they were distributed among the institutions concerned, as well as all costs related to the follow-up to the Conference, including the feedback event;
2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 3
3. Article 122 TFEU shall be amended to lay down a single procedure whereby the Council, acting by qualified majority after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament, may adopt temporary measures to address severe or exceptional economic situations, without prejudice to other procedures provided for in the Treaties;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 23 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 4
4. Article 311 TFEU shall be amended so that the decision laying down the provisions relating to the system of own resources of the Union and the implementing measures for that system are adopted by the Council acting by qualified majority after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 34 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 5
5. Article 312(2) TFEU shall be amended so that the regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework is adopted by the European Parliament and the Council acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure;deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 39 #

2022/2051(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 6
6. Article 312(3) TFEU shall be amended to clarify that commitment appropriations are to be included into categories of expenditure, and hence subject to annual ceilings, only if they relate to Union policies or the corresponding administrative expenditure, while other financial means to allow the Union to fulfil its legal obligations in respect of third parties are not to be included into categories or subject to ceilings.deleted
2023/01/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 400 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europ Union based on a common legal order inspired by the Member States’ constitutional heritage, in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 400 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 1 – paragraph 2
This Treaty marks a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europ Union based on a common legal order inspired by the Member States’ constitutional heritage, in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the citizen in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 402 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 2
The Union, including Member States and the Union’s institutions within the meaning of Article 13 TEU, is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non- discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail. These values define the very identity of the European Union as a common legal order inspired by the Member States’ constitutional heritage.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 402 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 2
The Union, including Member States and the Union’s institutions within the meaning of Article 13 TEU, is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non- discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail. These values define the very identity of the European Union as a common legal order inspired by the Member States’ constitutional heritage.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 406 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
National Parliaments, as representatives of national sovereignty have the right to exercise control over the operation of the Union as laid down in the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, taking particular account of the principle of subsidiarity.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 406 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
National Parliaments, as representatives of national sovereignty have the right to exercise control over the operation of the Union as laid down in the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, taking particular account of the principle of subsidiarity.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 456 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall request the opinion of the constitutional court or high court of a Member State, if that Member State refers to the protection of constitutional identity in an ongoing case.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 456 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 19 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Court of Justice of the European Union shall request the opinion of the constitutional court or high court of a Member State, if that Member State refers to the protection of constitutional identity in an ongoing case.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 457 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 19 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. With regard to the principle of sincere cooperation referred to in Article 4(3), the Court of Justice of the European Union shall respect the constitutional identity of the Member States, in accordance with the dialogue with national high courts and constitutional courts.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 457 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on European Union – Article 19 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. With regard to the principle of sincere cooperation referred to in Article 4(3), the Court of Justice of the European Union shall respect the constitutional identity of the Member States, in accordance with the dialogue with national high courts and constitutional courts.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 545 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Article 255 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The representative of the government of the Judge candidate or Advocate-General candidate must be invited to the meeting of the panel. The panel’s opinion must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and it constitutes a legal act pursuant to Article 288.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 545 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Article 255 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The representative of the government of the Judge candidate or Advocate-General candidate must be invited to the meeting of the panel. The panel’s opinion must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and it constitutes a legal act pursuant to Article 288.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 547 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Article 258 – paragraph 2 a (new)
During the procedure, the Commission shall fully respect the principle of equality of Member States according to Article 4(2) of the TEU.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 547 #

2022/2051(INL)


Annex to the motion for a resolution Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Article 258 – paragraph 2 a (new)
During the procedure, the Commission shall fully respect the principle of equality of Member States according to Article 4(2) of the TEU.
2023/10/02
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 9 #

2022/0906(COD)

Draft Regulation
Recital 4
(4) For reasons of legal certainty, the areas in which jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings is conferred on the General Court must be clearly defined and sufficiently separable from other areas. Furthermore, those areas must have given rise to a substantial body of case-law of the Court of Justice which is capable of guiding the General Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction to give preliminary rulingsIn the interests of the principle of the rule of law and legal certainty, the areas that come within the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice must be clearly separated from those of the General Court, and their assignment must not be based on discretionary decisions. In so far as a given area falls within the jurisdiction of both the Court of Justice and the General Court, the Court of Justice shall deal with it.
2023/06/29
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 14 #

2022/0906(COD)

Draft Regulation
Recital 8
(8) Having regard to the substantive criterion applicable to the distribution between the Court of Justice and the General Court of jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings, it is necessary, for reasons of legal certainty and expedition, for the referring courts not themselves to decide the question as to which of the Courts of the Union has jurisdiction to hear and determine a request for a preliminary ruling. Every request for a preliminary ruling must therefore be submitted to a single court, namely the Court of Justice, which will determine, in accordance with detailed rules to be set out in its Rules of Procedure, whether the request falls exclusively within one or several specific defined areas laid down in the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and, accordingly, whether that request must be dealt with by the General Court. The Court of Justice will continue to have jurisdiction to adjudicate on requests for a preliminary ruling that, notwithstanding that they may be connected to those specific areas, also concern other areas, since the first subparagraph ofThe principle of legal certainty and speed demands that there is a clear division of jurisdiction between the Court of Justice and the General Court. In accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of this Regulation, the areas defined in Article 256(3)50b of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union does not provide any possibility of transferring to the General Court jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings in areas other than the specific areasStatute shall be handled by the Court of Justice.
2023/06/29
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 36 #

2022/0906(COD)

Draft Regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Article 50b(1)
(1) The General Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine requests for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union that come exclusively within one or several of the following specific areas:
2023/06/29
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 43 #

2022/0906(COD)

Draft Regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Article 50b(2)
(2) Every request for a preliminary ruling made under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shall be submitted to the Court of Justice. After verifying, in accordance with the detailed rules set out in its Rules of Procedure, that the request for a preliminary ruling comes exclusively within one or within several of the areas to which paragraph 1 refers, the Court of Justice shall transmit that request to the General Courtcourt that has jurisdiction.
2023/06/29
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1 #

2021/2229(INL)


Citation 5
— having regard to its legislative resolution of 3 May 2022 on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that Decision3 (‘resolution of 3 May 2022 on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union’), _________________ 3 OJ C 465, 6.12.2022, p. 171.deleted
2023/03/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 8 #

2021/2229(INL)


Recital C
C. whereas its resolution of 3 May 2022 on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union proposes the establishment of a Union-wide constituency;deleted
2023/03/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 11 #

2021/2229(INL)


Recital D
D. whereas a modification of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage is required to provide the legal basis for the establishment of such a Union-wide constituency;deleted
2023/03/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 15 #

2021/2229(INL)


Recital E
E. whereas the determination of the number of seats of a potential Union-wide constituency falls within the remit of the European Council decision on the composition of the European Parliament based on Article 14(2) TEU, while the provisions necessary for its establishment are based on Article 223(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;deleted
2023/03/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 28 #

2021/2229(INL)


Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the proposed allocation of seats should include a reserve of 28 additional seats for members elected in an Union-wide constituency in line with Parliament’s proposal on the Electoral Law as adopted on 3 May 2022; points out that, in line with that proposal, those seats can only be taken up after the elections following the entry into force of a revised Electoral Law including the necessary provisions for the Union-wide constituency;deleted
2023/03/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 43 #

2021/2229(INL)


Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution

Recital 4
(4) The adoption of the legal basis for a Union-wide constituency should be complemented by laying down an appropriate number of representatives in the European Parliament to be resolution delected in that constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union,
2023/03/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 58 #

2021/2229(INL)


Annex to the motion for a legislative resolution

Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. In addition, subject to the entry into force of Council Regulation (xx/yy) on the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, repealing Council Decision (76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom) and the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage annexed to that Decision, in the first elections following that event, 28 representatives in the European Parliament are elected in a Union-wide constituency, as provided for in that Regulation.resolution deleted
2023/03/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 15 #

2021/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Welcomes the parliamentary elections held on 15 May in Lebanon, which impetus for the new government to restore political and economic stability in the country and to fight corruption, and ensure the independence of the judiciary;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2021/2198(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Expresses hope that the recommendations of the European Union’s election observation mission will be fully taken into account and implemented by the newly elected government;
2022/05/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations wishing to obtain recognition as such at Union level by virtue of European legal status and to receive public funding from the general budget of the European Union should respect certain principles and fulfil certain conditions. In particular, it is necessary for European political parties, and their affiliated European political foundations and their respective members in the Union to observe the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU. European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should also ensure that their member parties and member organisations observe such values.
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 16 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) For the purpose of its decisions to register, in order to ascertain that a European political party or a European political foundation complies with its obligations to observe the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU, and that it ensures that its members observe such values, the Authority should rely on a written declaration to be issued by the European political party or European political foundation by using a template attached to this Regulation. The power of the Authority, upon request from the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, to verify the compliance with such values should however not extend to possible breaches of those values by member parties or member organisations.
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 17 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) European political parties and their member parties should lead by example in closing the gender gap in the political domain. If they wish to benefit from EU funding, European political parties should have internal rules promoting gender balance and they should be transparent about the gender balance of their member parties. European political parties should provide evidence on their internal policy on gender balance and on their member parties’ gender representation as regards candidates to and Member of the European Parliament. The European political parties are also encouraged to provide information in relation to their member parties’ on inclusiveness and representation of minorities.deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 24 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) In order to reach out to their members and constituencies across the Union, European political parties should have the right to use their funding for cross-border political campaigns. The funding and limitation of election expenses for parties and candidates in those campaigns should be governed by the rules applicable in each Member State.
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 26 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) European political parties should not fund, directly or indirectly, other political parties and, in particular, national parties or candidates. European political foundations should not fund, directly or indirectly, European or national political parties or candidates. The prohibition of indirect funding should however not prevent European political parties from publicly supporting and engaging with their member parties in the Union on issues of relevance for the Union, or to support political activities in the common interest, to be able to fulfil their mission under Article 10(4) TEU. Moreover, European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should onlynot finance activities in the context of national referendum campaigns when they concern the implementation of the TEU and the TFEU. These principles reflect Declaration No 11 on Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty of Nice.
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 42 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) it also ensures that its member parties having their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member parties having their seat outside the Union observe equivalent values. It provides a written declaration using the template in Annex I;deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 43 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) it also ensures that its member organisations having their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member organisations having their seat outside the Union observe equivalent values. It provides a written declaration using the template in Annex I;deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 44 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) its internal rules regarding gender balance.deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 47 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. A European political party shall include in its application evidence demonstrating its compliance with Article 4(1), point (j), and that its member parties have continuously published on their websites, during 12 months preceding the moment at which the application is made, information on the gender representation among the candidates at the last elections to the European Parliament and on the evolution of gender representation among their Members of the European Parliament.deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 51 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. For all donations the value of which exceeds EUR 3 01 500, European political parties and European political foundations shall request donors to provide the necessary information for their proper identification. European political parties and European political foundations shall transmit the information received to the Authority upon its request.
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 63 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. The funding of European political parties and European political foundations from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source may be used to finance referendum campaigns when those campaigns concern the implementation of the Treaties of the Union.deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 65 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. Expenditure linked to the campaigns referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be clearly identified as such by the European political parties in their annual financial statements.
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 69 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) in the event of non-compliance with the commitments entered into and the information provided by a European political party or European political foundation in accordance with Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (i) and (ji) and with Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (d) and (e);
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 70 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ix
(ix) in the event of failure to provide evidence on gender representation in accordance with Article 21(4).deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 78 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
[name of the European political party or European political foundation] and its members having their seat inside the European Union areis committed to comply with the conditions for registration laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), or Article 3(2), points (c) and (d), of [this Regulation], i.e. to observe, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 79 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
[Name of the European political party or European political foundation] is also committed to ensure that the same applies to its member parties or member organisations having their seat in the Union and that its member parties or member organisations having their seat outside the Union observe equivalent values.deleted
2022/03/18
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 80 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations wishing to obtain recognition as such at Union level by virtue of European legal status and to receive public funding from the general budget of the European Union should respect certain principles and fulfil certain conditions. In particular, it is necessary for European political parties, and their affiliated European political foundations and their respective members in the Union to observe the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU. European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should also ensure that their member parties and member organisations observe such values.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 86 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) For the purpose of its decisions to register, in order to ascertain that a European political party or a European political foundation complies with its obligations to observe the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 TEU, and that it ensures that its members observe such values, the Authority should rely on a written declaration to be issued by the European political party or European political foundation by using a template attached to this Regulation. The power of the Authority, upon request from the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission, to verify the compliance with such values should however not extend to possible breaches of those values by member parties or member organisations.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 88 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to protect the financial interests of the Union, and to align this Regulation with Article 297 TFEU, the decisions to de-register should take effect upon notification.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 97 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) European political parties and their member parties should lead by example in closing the gender gap in the political domain. If they wish to benefit from EU funding, European political parties should have internal rules promoting gender balance and they should be transparent about the gender balance of their member parties. European political parties should provide evidence on their internal policy on gender balance and on their member parties’ gender representation as regards candidates to and Member of the European Parliament. The European political parties are also encouraged to provide information in relation to their member parties’ on inclusiveness and representation of minorities.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 102 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) The co-financing rate should be lowered to 0% in the year of the elections to the European Parliament. Eliminating the co-financing obligation in the year of the elections to the European Parliament should help European political parties increase the number and intensity of their campaign activities and, therefore, also increase their visibility at national level.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 106 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) In order to enhance cooperation with long-standing members sharing EU values, contributions from member parties having their seat in a country outside the Union but in the Council of Europe, should be allowed. However, such contributions should be subject to a cap in relation to total contribution, to limit the risk of foreign interference.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 118 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) In order to reach out to their members and constituencies across the Union, European political parties should have the right to use their funding for cross-border political campaigns. The funding and limitation of election expenses for parties and candidates in those campaigns should be governed by the rules applicable in each Member State.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 122 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) European political parties should not fund, directly or indirectly, other political parties and, in particular, national parties or candidates. European political foundations should not fund, directly or indirectly, European or national political parties or candidates. The prohibition of indirect funding should however not prevent European political parties from publicly supporting and engaging with their member parties in the Union on issues of relevance for the Union, or to support political activities in the common interest, to be able to fulfil their mission under Article 10(4) TEU. Moreover, European political parties and their affiliated European political foundations should onlynot finance activities in the context of national referendum campaigns when they concern the implementation of the TEU and the TFEU. These principles reflect Declaration No 11 on Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty of Nice.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 127 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
(46) Political advertising plays an important role for political parties to communicate to citizens and interact with them on political issues. It can take many forms and be disseminated through many media, from television and radio, to print and online social media. It is an important part of the electoral process and represents an important part of the amounts spent by political parties and candidates. While it brings important benefits, it also entails potential risks to electoral processes and democracy. Those risks can arise from opaque practices and the use of political advertising as a vector for disinformation including when the advertising does not disclose its political nature, and where it is funded and targeted covertly.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 128 #

2021/0375(COD)

(47) A high level of transparency should therefore be provided by European political parties in their political advertising to support a fair political debate and free and elections including to combat disinformation. It should support citizens’ understanding of the nature, source and context of political advertising, including its funding and the amounts spent, and regarding whether and how it was targeted to them. It should also promote accountability and contribute to reducing the incidence of the misuse of political advertising, including connected to disinformation and other types of interference in the democratic debate. The transparency requirements should support the European dimension of elections to the European Parliament including the cross border dimension.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 129 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) Member States should ensure adequate enforcement of the transparency obligations applicable to political advertising laid down in this Regulation. Member States should entrust competent authorities with the necessary powers to supervise compliance with those transparency obligations. In order to avoid undue interferences, such national regulatory authorities or bodies should exercise their powers impartially and transparently and be legally distinct from the government and functionally independent of their respective governments and of any other public or private body. Citizens and other interested parties should be able to know which regulatory authorities are competent in each Member State, which should be achieved by providing an obligation for the Authority to publish on its website and keep updated a list of Member States’ national regulatory authorities. Decisions of national regulatory authorities should be subject to effective legal remedies, in full compliance with Article 47 of the Charter. This should include ensuring that appropriate redress can be sought and obtained in due time, upon request of any interested party, requiring the European Political Party to put an end to any violation of the transparency requirements laid down in this Regulation.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 130 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
(49) European political parties often rely on external service providers, including advertising publishers, for the preparation, placement, publication and dissemination of their political advertisements. Such service providers are bound by Regulation 2022/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transparency and targeting of political advertising28. Where entering into a contractual relationship on the provision of services related to political advertisements, European political parties should ensure that the providers of political advertising services, including advertising publishers, comply with their obligations under Regulation 2022/XX [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising]. They should ensure that the contractual arrangements specify how the relevant provisions of this Regulation are taken into account. Where appropriate, the political advertisement may include the European political party’s political logo. _________________ 28 Regulation 2022/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council of on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (OJ L...).deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 131 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
(50) It is necessary to establish a common repository for the disclosures of European political parties. Given its specific role in the implementation of this Regulation, the Authority should establish and manage such repository as a part of the Registry for European political parties. The information contained in the repository should be transmitted by European Political Parties to the Authority using a standard format and may be automated. European political parties should make available in the Authority’s repository information to enable the wider context of the political advertisement and its aims to be understood. The information on the amount allocated to political advertising in the context of a specific campaign to be included in the repository may be based on an estimated allocation of funding. The amounts to be mentioned in the repository include donations for specific purposes or benefits in kind.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 132 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
(51) European political parties should implement and regularly update their policy on their use of political advertising. This policy and an annual report on its implementation should be available on the European Political Party’s website.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 133 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
(52) Regulation (EU) 2022/XX [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising] establishes obligations for data controllers using targeting or amplification techniques in the context of political advertising. When using targeting or amplification techniques for political advertising, European political parties should ensure compliance with Article 12 of that Regulation. Supervisory authorities within the meaning of Article 4, point (21) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council29 should be competent to monitor compliance with this Regulation. _________________ 29 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 134 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
(53) Information concerning compliance by European political parties with the transparency requirements established in this Regulation should be available at Union level. In order to facilitate this, the Authority should prepare and publish a factual and descriptive report on any decisions of national regulatory authorities or supervisory authorities pursuant to this Regulation.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 135 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
(54) In view of the need to protect the integrity of the European democratic process, European political parties should prove compliance with transparency rules applicable to political advertising in order to be eligible for funds coming from the budget of the European Union.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 137 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) In order to facilitating the monitoring of the implementation of this Regulation, single points of contact in charge of coordination with the European level should be designated by each Member Sate. Such contact points should be adequately resourced to be able to ensure effective coordination, including on issues related to the monitoring of political advertising.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 138 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
(66) To further align the evaluation of this Regulation with the elections to the European Parliament cycle, the dates of the proposed comprehensive review should be adapted. Moreover, to avoid duplication, the provisions on transparency and targeting of political advertising should be evaluated as part of the Commission’s report following the elections to the European Parliament.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 148 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
16. ‘political advertising’ means advertising within the meaning of Article 2, point (2), of Regulation 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising];deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 149 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
17. ‘political advertisement’ means advertisement within the meaning of Article 2, point (3) of Regulation 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising];deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 150 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
18. ‘political advertising services’ means services within the meaning of Article 2, point (5) of Regulation (EU) 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising].deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 154 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) it also ensures that its member parties having their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member parties having their seat outside the Union observe equivalent values. It provides a written declaration using the template in Annex I;deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 159 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) it also ensures that its member organisations having their seat in the Union observe the values expressed in Article 2 TEU and that its member organisations having their seat outside the Union observe equivalent values. It provides a written declaration using the template in Annex I;deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 163 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) its internal rules governing the use of political advertising;deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 165 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) its internal rules regarding gender balance.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 169 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
[...]deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 193 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
(5) A decision of the Authority to de- register a European political party or a European political foundation, to which no objections have been raised under the procedure laid down in paragraph 4, together with the detailed grounds for de- registration, shall be notified to the European political party or foundation concerned and published in the Official Journal of the European Union. T, and the decision shall take effect upon notification in accordance with Article 297 TFEUthree months after the date of its publication.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 195 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
The Authority shall annually prepare and publish a report on the political advertising activity of European political parties. This report shall include the reports for the relevant reporting year published by European political parties according to Article 5(4), as well as any decisions of the national regulatory authorities designated under Article 5(6) or of the supervisory authorities referred to in Article 5(7) finding that a European political party has violated Article 5 of this Regulation.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 202 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
(1) A European political party or a European political foundation shall lose its European legal personality upon the notification of a decision pursuant to Article 11(5)entry into force of a decision of the Authority to remove it from the Register as published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision shall enter into force three months after such publication unless the European political party or the European political foundation concerned requests a shorter period.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 209 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
(4) Financial contributions or grants from the general budget of the European Union shall not exceed 95 % of the annual reimbursable expenditure indicated in the budget of a European political party and 95 % of the eligible costs incurred by a European political foundation. European political parties may use any unused part of the Union contribution awarded to cover reimbursable expenditure within the financial year following its award. Amounts unused after that financial year shall be recovered in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 . Financial contributions in the year of elections to the European Parliament may cover 100% of the reimbursable expenditure incurred by a European political party.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 215 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
(4) A European political party shall include in its application evidence demonstrating its compliance with Article 4(1), point (j), and that its member parties have continuously published on their websites, during 12 months preceding the moment at which the application is made, information on the gender representation among the candidates at the last elections to the European Parliament and on the evolution of gender representation among their Members of the European Parliament.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 219 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
(5) A European political party shall include in its application evidence demonstrating its compliance with Article 5, that it maintains an up to date policy for the use of political advertising and that it has implemented it throughout the 12 months preceding the final date for submission of applications.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 229 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
(5) For all donations the value of which exceeds EUR 301500, European political parties and European political foundations shall request donors to provide the necessary information for their proper identification. European political parties and European political foundations shall transmit the information received to the Authority upon its request.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 235 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 9
(9) Contributions from members ofto a European political party that have their seat in, or are citizens of, a Member State or from member parties that have their seat in a country belonging to the Council of Europe shall be permitted. The total value of contributions from members shall not exceed 40 % of the annual budget of a European political party. The value of contributions from member parties that have their seat in a country outside the Union shall not exceed 10% of the total contributions from membersfrom its members shall be permitted. The total value of contributions from members shall not exceed 40 % of the annual budget of a European political party.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 243 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
(10) Contributions from members ofto a European political foundation that have their seat in, or are citizens of, a Member State or from member organisations that have their seat in a country belonging to the Council of Europefrom its members, and from the European political party with which it is affiliated, shall be permitted. The total value of contributions from members shall not exceed 40 % of the annual budget of a European political foundation and shall not derive from funds received by a European political party pursuant to this Regulation from the general budget of the European Union. The value of contributions from member organisations that have their seat in a country outside the Union shall not exceed 10% of the total contributions from members.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 251 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
(2) The funding of European political parties and European political foundations from the general budget of the European Union or from any other source may be used to finance referendum campaigns when those campaigns concern the implementation of the Treaties of the Union.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 257 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
(3) Expenditure linked to the campaigns referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be clearly identified as such by the European political parties in their annual financial statements.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 265 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) in the event of non-compliance with the commitments entered into and the information provided by a European political party or European political foundation in accordance with Article 4(1), points (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (i) and (ji) and with Article 6(1), points (a), (b), (d) and (e);
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 267 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ix
(ix) in the event of failure to provide evidence on gender representation in accordance with Article 21(4).deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 284 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2
No more than one year after the publication of the report by the European Parliament, the Commission shall present a report on the application of this Regulation accompanied, if appropriate, by a proposal to amend this Regulation. The Commission’s report shall pay particular attention to the implications of this Regulation for the position of small European political parties and European political foundations. However, the Commission’s report shall not cover the evaluation of the requirements for political advertising set out in this Regulation, which shall be part of the report referred to in Article 19 of Regulation 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising].
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 285 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
(1) By way of derogation from Article 5(4), until [five years after the entry into force of this Regulation], the report on the implementation of the policy for the use of political advertising shall cover the political advertisements published by the European political party from [the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The first report shall be prepared by [one year after the entry into force of this Regulation].deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 290 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
[name of the European political party or European political foundation] and its members having their seat inside the European Union areis committed to comply with the conditions for registration laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), or Article 3(2), points (c) and (d), of [this Regulation] , i.e. to observe, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the values on which the Union is founded, as expressed in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, namely respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 291 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
[Name of the European political party or European political foundation] is also committed to ensure that the same applies to its member parties or member organisations having their seat in the Union and that its member parties or member organisations having their seat outside the Union observe equivalent values.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 292 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II
(1) – links to the advertisement as published or where necessary, examples of other audio or visual advertising campaign materials; – provisional statement of the amounts spent or allocated by the European political party for the preparation, placement, publication and dissemination of the political advertisement as well as the actual amounts once known; – the source of the funds being used for the specific advertisement campaign including for the preparation, placement, publication and dissemination of a political advertisement. – in case targeting techniques are used, meaningful information on the techniques used, including the points provided under Annex II to Regulation 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising]. (2) – annually aggregated information on its use of targeted political advertising; – a list of the specific campaigns with which political advertising was used; – the amounts yearly spent on political advertising during the last 5 years; – the distribution channels used; – a link to the information made available in the repository for disclosure by European political parties.] _____________deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 293 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1
(1) – links to the advertisement as published or where necessary, examples of other audio or visual advertising campaign materials; – provisional statement of the amounts spent or allocated by the European political party for the preparation, placement, publication and dissemination of the political advertisement as well as the actual amounts once known; – the source of the funds being used for the specific advertisement campaign including for the preparation, placement, publication and dissemination of a political advertisement. – in case targeting techniques are used, meaningful information on the techniques used, including the points provided under Annex II to Regulation 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising].deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 294 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – indent 1
– links to the advertisement as published or where necessary, examples of other audio or visual advertising campaign materials;deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 295 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – indent 2
– provisional statement of the amounts spent or allocated by the European political party for the preparation, placement, publication and dissemination of the political advertisement as well as the actual amounts once known;deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 298 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – indent 3
– the source of the funds being used for the specific advertisement campaign including for the preparation, placement, publication and dissemination of a political advertisement.deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 299 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1 – indent 4
– in case targeting techniques are used, meaningful information on the techniques used, including the points provided under Annex II to Regulation 2022/xx [on the transparency and targeting of political advertising].deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 301 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2
(2) – annually aggregated information on its use of targeted political advertising; – a list of the specific campaigns with which political advertising was used; – the amounts yearly spent on political advertising during the last 5 years; – the distribution channels used; – a link to the information made available in the repository for disclosure by European political parties.] _____________deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 302 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – indent 1
– annually aggregated information on its use of targeted political advertising;deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 303 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – indent 2
– a list of the specific campaigns with which political advertising was usdeleted;
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 304 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – indent 3
– the amounts yearly spent on political advertising during the last 5 years;deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 305 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – indent 4
– the distribution channels usdeleted;
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 306 #

2021/0375(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – indent 5
– a link to the information made available in the repository for disclosure by European political parties.]deleted
2022/04/19
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 77 #

2021/0373(CNS)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Within three years of the entry into force of this Directive and every four years thereafter, the Member States shall report to the Commission on the application of this Directive in their territory, including on the application of Article 5(3) and (4). The report shallmay contain statistical data on the participation in municipal elections of voters and candidates pursuant to Article 3 and a summary of measures taken in that regard.
2022/07/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 124 #

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. In order to handle the possible implications of the CBAM on EU industry, the Commission should explore additional elements which could ensure the competitiveness of EU industry. 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.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 133 #

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. This should be regularly monitored by the Commission.
2021/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2020/2272(ACI)

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the status of the Council of the European Union has changed from that of an observer to that of a formal party to the Agreement; considers nevertheless that its participation is limited to meetings with the most senior officials, and, under voluntary schemes only, meetings of the Permanent Representatives and Deputy Permanent Representatives during their presidency and six months before; insists that for the credibility of the scheme all Permanent Representations should take an active part in that voluntary scheme, continue to apply it after their presidency has ended and extend, it insofar as this is possible, to other officials;
2021/02/25
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 1 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular Articles 9 and 10, 15(3)3, 14, 15,16 and 17(3) thereof,
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 2 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the special report 13/2019 of the European Court of Auditors on the ethical frameworks of the audited EU institutions
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 5 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
— having regard to the recommendations of Transparency Intthe Organisation for Economic Co-Opernational and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe´s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)various NGO´s,
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 7 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the TEU stipulates that ‘the Union shall observe the principle of the equality of its citizens, who shall receive equal attention from its institutions, bodies and agencies’; whereas this implies that public decisions are taken in the interest of the common good and notthat conflicts of interests - which occur, according to the definancial power of individual actors; ition of the OECD "when an individual or a corporation (either private or governmental) is in a position to exploit his or their own profession or official capacity in some way for personal or corporate benefit" - should be avoided in the legislative process and whereas any definition of conflict of interest has a contextual and evolving nature and full transparency does not necessarily guarantee the absence of any conflict of interest, nor does it guarantee that public trust will be won or decreased;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 10 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Treaties have established a system of division of powers between the institutions of the Union that assigns to each institution its own role within the institutional structure of the Union and in the performance of the tasks entrusted to it;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 15 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the European Court of Auditors has stated in its special report 13/2019 1a on the ethical framework of the EU that Parliament, Council and Commission "have to a large extent adequate ethical frameworks in place for both staff and Members". _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR19_13/SR_ethical_frameworks _EN.pdf
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 18 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas nevertheless the enforcement of the ethical framework could be improved;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 22 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the shortcomings of the current EU ethics framework derive largely from the fact that it relies on a self-regulatory approach and lacks adequate human and financial resources and competences to verify informany further evolution of the EU ethics framework must have a clear legal basis while respecting the separation of powers as laid down in the Treationes;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 24 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, as a consequence, multiple cases of unethical conduct and their inadequate handling by the EU institutions have harmed the trust which European citizens place in the EU institutions;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 27 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas, as a consequence, multiple cases of unethical conduct and their inadequate handling by the EU institutions have harmed every incidence of unethical behaviour can endanger the trust which European citizens place in the EU institutions;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 32 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the current ethics standards frameworks appearse to be highly fragmented, with different rules in different institutions, creating a complex system which is difficult for both EU citizens and for those who have to respect the rules to understandailored according to the specificities of each European institutions;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 35 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the balance of powers assigned to the institutions is a fundamental guarantee afforded by the Treaty to European citizens;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 36 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the Meroni doctrine developed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) allows for the delegation of EU institutions’ competences to external bodies; under strict conditions; whereas according to the court any delegation of competences must be limited and can only relate to clearly defined executive powers, the use of which must be entirely subject to the supervision of the high authority and cannot concern discretionary powers involving any political judgement in order not to jeopardise the balance of powers between the institutions;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 39 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas, following the preceding considerations, the legal margin for overarching rules applied to individual institutions with a common application is very narrow;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 40 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas all lead candidates in the 2019 European elections committed to the creation of an independent ethics body common to all EU institutions; whereas the President of the Commission committed to it in her political guidelines and whereas Parliament has already supported this view;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 43 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
G a. Underlines that all EU institutions have to meet the highest standards of independence and impartiality while stressing each institution´s right of organisational sovereignty;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 44 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
G b. Recalls that Members of Parliament´s freedom of the mandate is in the interest of the citizens they represent;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 45 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
G c. Further highlights that the existing strict ethics framework for commissioners needs to be further developed in order to fill in existing legislative gaps such as the non-existence of a commissioner´s statue, underlines that this process is closely linked with parliamentary scrutiny and oversight and is of the opinion that a commissioner's statute needs to be elaborated in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 46 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
G d. Points out that all staff in the institutions is covered by the EU staff regulations of officials of the European Union (EUSR) and conditions of employment of other servants of the European Union (CEOS);
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 47 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
G e. Recalls that the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union set out a European governance framework based on the separation of powers, laying down distinct rights and obligations for each institution;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 48 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
G f. Points out that based on the principle of conferral, institutions cannot delegate by means of an interinstitutional agreement, powers which they themselves do not have, for instance where such powers are conferred by the Treaties on the Court of Auditors or have remained with the Member States;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 49 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
G g. Recalls furthermore that one of Parliament´s primary functions as laid down in the Treaty on European Union is to exercise political control;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 50 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that a single independent EU ethics body is necessary to ensure the consistent and full implementation of ethics standards across the EU institutions; proposes the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement (IIA) to set up an EU Ethics Body for Parliament and the Commission open to the participation of all EU institutions, agencies and bodies; recommends that the IIA contain the following provisions:deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 57 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Principles Considers that any option under discussion for improving transparency and integrity in the EU institutions must be respectful of the following principles: - the principle of sound financial management, ensuring the efficient and effective management of Union ressources - the principles of conferral and separation of powers - the freedom to choose an occupation and the right to engage in work as stipulated by article 15 of the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union - rule of law and fundamental European principles such as the presumption of innocence, the right to be heard, the principles of legality and proportionality - Freedom of the mandate of Members of European Parliament
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 58 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Further stresses that any option under discussion requires a solid legal base for the constitution and for any competences to be assigned;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 59 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Insists that any option under discussion requires a clear definition of the mandate, composition and competences none of which must duplicate or interfere with the work of OLAF, the European Ombudsman, the European Court of Auditors or the European Court of Justice;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 60 #
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 61 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Underlines that the principle of separation of powers is the foundation pillar of modern democracy; considers it imperative for the legislative to control the executive, as any reversal of the roles and powers of the legislative and executive would otherwise endanger the independence of the free mandate of elected Members of Parliament;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 62 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 b (new)
Stresses that any option under discussion for improving transparency and integrity in the EU institutions can neither, based on primary law, issue any decision on whether a criminal offense has been committed, nor impose any sanctions, nor impose any administrative measures intended to avoid or clean up accidental or negligent non-compliance with the rules;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 63 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 c (new)
Highlights that any option under discussion for improving transparency and integrity in the EU institutions which is to regulate the grey area in between can only have an advisory function for the institutions concerned;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 64 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 d (new)
Insists that any decisions on measures to be taken or sanctions to be imposed can only be taken by the competent bodies of the institutions themselves;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 65 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 e (new)
Recalls that distinction must be made between a conflict of interest arising during or after the exercise of a function and the importance to distinguish between the two and recalls furthermore to distinguish between acts that authorised if declared and acts that are not authorised at all.
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 66 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 f (new)
Suggests that each institution concludes agreements on exchange of information with the Member States respecting the framework of the separation of powers;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 70 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Considers that the new EU Ethics Body should be delegated a list of competences to implement ethics rules for Members and staff; takes the view that this list should include by way of a minimum the competences provided for in:any options under discussion for improving transparency and integrity in the EU institutions should only have advisory competences for the members of the institutions;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 72 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1
- the Statute for Members of the European Parliament: Articles 2 and 3,deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 73 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 2
- Parliament’s Rules of Procedure: Rules 2, 10 and 11, 176(1), Annex I, Articles 1 to 3, 4(6), 5 and 6 and Annex II,deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 76 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 3
- the Commission’s Rules of Procedure: Article 9, its Code of Conduct, Article 2 and Articles 5-11, and Annex II, and its Decision of 25 November 2014 on the publication of information on meetings held between Members of the Commission and organisations or self- employed individuals, and the same decision for Directors-General,deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 79 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 4
- the Staff Regulation’s Articles 11, 11(a), 12, 12(a), 12(b), 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21(a), 22(a), 22(c), 24, 27 and 40,deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 82 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5
- The IIA on a mandatory Transparency Register;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 87 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the Members and staff of the participating institutions should be covered by the agreement before, during and after the term of office or service in line with the applicable rules; considers that this should apply to Members of Parliament, Commissioners and all EU staff falling under the scope of the Staff Regulation;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 94 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that the IIAany cooperation agreement between the institutions should be open to the participation of allother EU institutions and bodies; believes that the IIA should allow the Ethics Body to conclude agreements with national authorities with a view to ensuring the exchange of information necessary for the performance of its task in order to agree on common measures which can be implemented in respect of the division of powers;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 100 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the participating institutions should entrust the EU Ethics Body with monitoring powers over ethics standards, as well as advisory, investigative and enforcement powers;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 101 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the participating institutions should entrust the EU Ethics Body with monitoring powers over ethics standards, as well as advisory, investigative and enforcement powersany options under discussion for improving transparency and integrity in the EU institutions has to be respectful of the balance between the institutions as established by the treaties, underlines that it must not replace, substitute or interfere with the responsibilities and prerogatives of each institution and points out that given these considerations, the decision-making powers must remain within the respective institutions, hence only a body with advisory function able to issue non- binding recommendations is conceivable;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 109 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that this monitoring capacity should include the verification of the veracity of the declaration of financial interests, the handling of conflicts of interest, checks on transparency obligations and the verification of compliance with revolving doors rules;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 120 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that the EU Ethics Body could also be given authority over the obligations imposed by the Transparency Register;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 126 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the EU Ethics Body should have the power to initiate procedures and to conduct investigations based on the information it has collected or that it has received from third parties;deleted
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 130 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that requesting tax documents and bank records are interventions in private law, for which there must be serious allegations that enter in competence of OLAF;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 134 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that in relation to its enforcement powers, the body could take over from the Appointing Authority in dealing with staff ethics obligations, and that in relation to Members of Parliament or Commissioners, the body couldannot be granted enforcement powers within the limits of the provisionssince this transferral of powers would countained in the Treaties, and without prejudice to any additional mechanisms provided for in Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, in particular concerner the separation of powers laid down ing termination of officehe Treaties;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 142 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that thesuch an EU Ethics Body should be entrusted with advisory tasks in order to provideto improve the enforcement of existing provisions in the EU institutions in order to provide reliable and trustworthy advice to any individual possibly covered by its scope who wishes to request interpretation of an ethical standard in relation to appropriate conduct in a specific case;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 150 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. BelievUnderlines that the decision on the absence of conflicts of interest of designated Commissioners-designate should remain a competence of Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affair remains a political and institutional competence of the European Parliament and its bodies, while thesuch an EU Ethics Body shcould support the process with the publication of itsits non-binding analysis of each individual case and make its investigative capacities available;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 153 #
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 154 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Recalls that the competent bodies in the institutions are regulated by law and that the composition of the competent body in the European Parliament could be made up of MEPs and former MEPs, such an EU Ethics Body may be composed of Members or former Members of the institutions;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 155 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 b (new)
Underlines that with the creation of a new advisory ethics body duplication of work and overlapping competences must be avoided, its decisions should take the form of non-binding recommendations to the President, who must remain in charge of the final decision-making power; calls for clear provisions giving the person concerned a right of appeal against any such decision taken by the President in full respect of the basic principles of rule of law;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 159 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the Ethics Body should be composed of nine Members, three selected by the Commission, three elecappointed by Parliament, and three asdesignated de jure from among the former Presidents of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Court of Auditors and former EU Ombudsmen;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 164 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that its members must be independent, chosen on the basis of their competence, experience and professional qualities, as well as their personal integrity, have an impeccable record of ethical behaviour and provide a declaration of the absence of conflicts of interest; is of the opinion that the composition of the body should be gender-balanced; underlines that all member shall be independent in the performance of their duties;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 176 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. InsistsRecommend that the college be supported by a secretariat with the human, material and financial resources commensurate with its mandate and tasks in accordance with the principles of sound financial budget management;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 181 #
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 182 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Proposes a two-stepn approach whereby, in the event that thesuch an EU Ethics Body becomes aware of a breachdeals with a breach of conduct or possible breach of ethics rules, it first recommends actions to put an end to the breach; considers that ithis first preventive step should ensure confidentiality and the right of the person to be heard; suggests that in the event that the individual concerned refuses to take the appropriate actions, the EU Ethics Body should make relevant information about the case publicly available and decide, if appropriate, on sanctions; considers that this two-step approach should apply provided that there are no reasonable grounds to believe that the individual acted in bad faith and recommends that intentional breach, gross negligence, the concealment of evidence and non- compliance with the obligation to cooperate should be, as such, subject to sanctions, even when the breach itself has ceaseto be heard;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 192 #
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 193 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 a (new)
Underlines that any interinstitutional body should have an advisory function only in ethical matters and that in cases of corruption, OLAF is the competent authority;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 194 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5 b (new)
Insists that the procedures laid down in the Treaties must be applied, such as the transfer of investigations by the European Court of Auditors to OLAF and to the European Court of Justice;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 197 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Is of the opinion that the EU Ethics Body should publish an annual report containing both information about the fulfilment of its tasks and, where appropriate, recommendations for improving ethics standardsto be presented to the European Parliament;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 204 #

2020/2133(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Insists that the decisions of thean EU Ethics Body should bcannot issue legally binding, reviewable before the CJEU and subject to possible complaints to the EU Ombudsma decisions, since no institution can delegate decision- making authority to another institution;
2021/02/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 32 #

2020/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the proper application of European Union law and the fulfilment of the obligations arising therefrom are the responsibility of the institutions and bodies of the European Union, with regard to obligations stemming from the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
2020/11/09
Committee: PETI
Amendment 7 #

2020/2098(REG)

Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to Parliament's roles, functions and competences laid down in the Treaties,
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 8 #

2020/2098(REG)

Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 a (new)
-1a having regard to the primary obligation of the institutions of the European Union to safeguard the rule of law also in their own functioning,
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 9 #

2020/2098(REG)

Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 b (new)
-1b having regard to the rights of persons with disabilities and to the European Parliament resolution of 7 July 2016 on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee1a ; _________________ 1a OJ C 101, 16.3.2018, p. 138.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 12 #

2020/2098(REG)

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the temporary measures adopted by its President and its governing bodies in order to cope with such extraordinary circumstances; underlines that those measures were needed to guarantee the continuity of Parliament’s business, which is required by the Treaties, allowing Parliament to carry out its legislative, budgetary and political control functions during the crisis;
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 14 #

2020/2098(REG)

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that those temporary measures were fully justified and ensured the validity of all votes taken during their period of applicatione motive and necessity of those temporary measures were tackling the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 15 #

2020/2098(REG)

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses its desire to restore Parliament's full operation in compliance with its own rules, as laid down in the Treaties;
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 16 #

2020/2098(REG)

Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the European Union is a community of values that cherishes and holds the principle of the rule of law in high esteem and therefore instructs its President to initiate a review procedure in accordance with Article 263 of the TFEU to ensure the legality of those amendments to the Rules of Procedure within two months of their adoption;
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 22 #

2020/2098(REG)


Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 a (new)
Rule 237a Extraordinary measures 1. This Rule applies to situations in which the European Parliament, due to exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond its control, is hindered from carrying out its duties and exercising its prerogatives under the, and according to the Treaties and a temporary derogation from Parliament’s usual procedures set out elsewhere in these Rules is necessary in order to adopt extraordinary measures to enable it to continue to carry out those duties and to exercise those prerogatives. Such extraordinary circumstances shall be considered to exist where the President comes to the conclusion, on the basis of reliable evidence confirmed, where appropriate, by the services responsible for security and safety, the Legal Service of the European Parliament and after consultation with the President of the European Commission and the President of the Council of the European Union, that for reasons of security or safety or as a result of the non-availability of technical means it is or will be impossible or dangerous for Parliament to convene in accordance with its usual procedures as set out elsewhere in these Rules and its adopted calendar. 2. Where the conditions set out in paragraph 1 are fulfilled, the President may decide, with the agreement of the Conference of Presidents and after consultation with the Quaestors, to apply one or more of the measures referred to in paragraph 3. If it is impossible, due to reasons of imperative urgency, for the Conference of Presidents to convene, the President may decide to apply one or more of the measures set out in paragraph 3, points (a), (b) and (c). Such a decision shall lapse five days after its adoption unless approved by the Conference of Presidents within that deadline. The Conference of Presidents shall consult with the Quaestors before its decision. Following a decision by the President, approved by the Conference of Presidents, a political group or Members whose rights stemming from their parliamentary mandate are affected by the decision may, at any time, request that some or all of the measures addressed by that decision be submitted individually to Parliament for approval without debate. The vote in plenary shall be placed on the agenda of the first sitting following the day on which the request was tabled. If a measure fails to obtain a majority of the votes cast, it shall lapse after the announcement of the result of the vote. A measure approved by the plenary may not be the subject of a further vote during the same part-session. 3. The decisions referred to in paragraph 2 shall include the following, exhaustive list of measures: (a) postponement of a scheduled part- session, sitting or meeting of a committee to a later date and/or cancellation or limitation of meetings of inter- parliamentary delegations and other bodies; (b) displacement of the part-session, sitting or meeting of a committee from Parliament’s seat to one of its working places or to an external place or from one of its working places to Parliament’s seat, to one of Parliament’s other working places or to an external place; (c) holding of the part-session or the sitting on the premises of Parliament but fully or partially in separate meeting rooms allowing for appropriate physical distancing; (d) holding of the part session, sitting or meeting of bodies of Parliament under the remote participation regime laid down in Rule 237c; (e) in the event that the ad hoc replacement mechanism laid down in Rule 209(7) fails to provide sufficient remedies to the extraordinary circumstances under consideration, temporary replacement by political groups of Members in a committee unless the Member concerned opposes; (f) the definition of presence in the Chamber and its legal consequences such as rules related to the establishment of quorum and threshold. 4. A decision referred to in paragraph 2 shall be limited in time and scope, shall state the reasons on which it is based and might be subject to the procedure laid down in Article 263 of the TFEU. It shall enter into force upon its publication on Parliament’s website or, if circumstances prevent such publication, by the best available means. All Members shall also be informed individually of the decision without delay. The decision may be renewed by the President in accordance with the procedure under paragraph 2 once or more for a limited time. A decision to renew shall state the reasons on which it is based and might be subject to the procedure laid down in Article 263 of the TFEU. The President shall revoke a decision adopted under this Rule as soon as the extraordinary circumstances referred to in paragraph 1 that gave rise to its adoption have disappeared. 5. This Rule shall be applied only as a last resort, and only measures that are strictly necessary to address the extraordinary circumstances under consideration shall be selected and applied. When applying this Rule, due account shall be taken, in particular, of the principle of representative democracy and of the rule of law, the principle of equal treatment of Members, the right of Members to exercise their parliamentary mandate without impairment, providing proportional and balanced political representation, their right to speak in one of the official languages of the European Union and to vote freely, individually and in person. Compliance with Protocol No 6 to the Treaties needs to be ensured, and, if derogation is necessary with regards to the extraordinary circumstances referred to in this Rule, the formal agreement of the Member States shall be required, in accordance with the Treaties.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 29 #

2020/2098(REG)


Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 b (new)
Rule 237b Disturbance of the political balance in Parliament 1. The President may, with the agreement of the Conference of Presidents, adopt the necessary measures in order to facilitate participation of Members or a political group concerned if, on the basis of reliable evidence, the President comes to the conclusion that the political balance in Parliament resulting from the election is severely impaired because a significant number of Members or a political group cannot take part in Parliament’s proceedings in accordance with its usual procedures as set out elsewhere in these Rules, for reasons of security or safety or as a result of the non- availability of technical means. The sole aim of such measures shall be to allow the remote participation of Members concerned by the application of selected technical means under Rule 237c(1) or by other appropriate means serving the same purpose. 2. Measures under paragraph 1 may be adopted for the benefit of a significant number of Members if exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond their control occurring in a regional context lead to their non-participation. Measures under paragraph 1 may also be adopted for the benefit of members of a political group if that group has requested them where the non-participation of a group results from exceptional and unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of that group. 3. Rule 237a(2), second and third subparagraphs, and the rules and principles laid down in Rule 237a(4) and (5) shall apply accordingly.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 35 #

2020/2098(REG)


Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 c (new)
Rule 237c Remote participation regime 1. Where the President decides under Rule 237a(2), to apply the remote participation regime by adopting a measure under Rule 237a(3), point (d), Parliament may conduct its proceedings remotely inter alia by permitting all Members to exercise certain of their parliamentary rights by electronic means. Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237b that selected technical means under the remote participation regime are to be used, this Rule shall apply only to the necessary extent and only to the Members concerned. 2. The remote participation regime shall ensure that : – Members are able to exercise their parliamentary mandate, including, in particular, their right to speak in plenary and in the committees, to vote and to table texts, without impairment; – all votes are cast by Members individually and in person; – the remote voting system enables Members to cast ordinary votes, roll call votes and secret ballots; – a uniform voting system is applied for all Members, whether present or not on Parliament’s premises; – translation and interpretation services are provided to the greatest possible extent; – the information technology solutions made available to Members and their staff are ‘technology neutral’; – participation of Members in parliamentary debates and votes takes place using secure electronic means that are managed and supervised by Parliament’s services. At the same time, this amendment derogates from Rule 178 and explicitly allows the remote voting system to be used to check the quorum; 3. When taking the decision referred to in paragraph 1, the President shall determine whether that regime applies to the exercise of Members’ rights in plenary only, or also to the exercise of Members’ rights in Parliament’s committees and/or other bodies. The President shall also determine in his or her decision how rights and practices which cannot be exercised appropriately without the Members’ physical presence are adapted for the duration of the regime. These rights and practices concern, inter alia: – the manner in which attendance at a sitting or meeting is counted; – the conditions under which a request for a check of the quorum is made, – the tabling of texts; – the presentation of, and the objection to, oral amendments; – the order of votes; – the deadlines and time limits for the setting of the agenda and for procedural motions. 4. For the purposes of the application of the provisions of the Rules relating to quorum and voting in the Chamber, Members who are participating remotely shall be deemed to be physically present in the Chamber. By way of derogation from Rule 171(11), Members who have not spoken in a debate may, three times per sitting, hand in a written statement, which shall be appended to the verbatim report of the debate. The President shall, where necessary, determine the manner in which the Chamber may be used by Members during the application of the remote participation regime, and in particular the maximum number of Members who can be physically present. 5. Where the President decides in accordance with paragraph 3, first subparagraph, to apply the remote participation regime to committees or other bodies, paragraph 4, first subparagraph, shall apply, mutatis mutandis. 6. The Bureau shall adopt measures concerning the operation and security of the electronic means used under this Rule, in accordance with the requirements and standards laid down in paragraph 2 and after consultation with the Quaestors. 7. Parliament’s competent bodies shall take all measures, including financial measures, necessary to ensure the availability of state-of-the-art technology and optimal conditions for the effective implementation of Rules 237a to 237d.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 38 #

2020/2098(REG)


Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 d (new)
Rule 237d Holding of the plenary session in separate meeting rooms Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237a(3), point (c), to allow a plenary session of Parliament to be held in whole or in part in more than one meeting room, including, where appropriate, the hemicycle, the following rules shall apply: – the meeting rooms used in this context shall be considered to collectively constitute the Chamber; – the President may, if necessary, determine the manner in which the respective meeting rooms can be used, in order to ensure that physical distancing requirements are respected.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 40 #

2020/2098(REG)


Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 e (new)
Rule 237e Parliamentary business during a period of extraordinary circumstances 1. Without delay after the adoption of a decision by the President under Rule 237a(2), the Conference of Presidents shall identify those activities which are essential and urgent for Parliament during the period of extraordinary circumstances referred to in Rule 237a(1), taking into account the opinion of the Conference of Committee Chairs. Those activities shall include measures that need to be taken with regard to the extraordinary circumstances, to budgetary matters, to urgent legislative procedures, or to major political events. 2. During the period of validity of a decision adopted under Rule 237a(2), the parliamentary business conducted in part- sessions and committee meetings shall be limited to the consideration and adoption of measures identified as essential and urgent by the Conference of Presidents taking into account the opinion of the Conference of Committee Chairs in accordance with paragraph 1. 3. Within two months after the adoption or modification of the rules regarding extraordinary circumstances under Title XIIIa, the President of the European Parliament shall initiate the procedure of Article 263 TFEU to review the legality of the modification of the Rules of Procedure and ensure that the modification is in line with the principle of the rule of law and democracy.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 42 #

2020/2098(REG)


Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 f (new)
Rule 237f Members with disabilities The European Parliament, to the best of its capabilities, shall ensure reasonable accommodation for Members with disabilities and their staff in the course of operating under extraordinary circumstances described in this Title.
2020/09/24
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 32 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the higher turnout is also a sign that EU citizens want the EU to act swiftly and effectively on important matters such as climate change, migration, protection of fundamental rights and democratisation;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 35 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. Whereas we need to be more efficient and proactive in taking advantage of all means of communication, including digital technology, to foster a strong link between European political decisions and constituents’ sense of connection to EU institutions;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 56 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the amendedParliament should pursue its proposals for amendments to the Electoral Act, still pending ratification by some Member States, already requires further improvements (i.e. regarding parental leave for MEPs)with renewed vigour and to push for unified European electoral rules;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 70 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the 2019 elections failed to culminate in the choice of a Commission President from among the various Spitzenkandidaten, resulting in a backward step from the process which was established in 2014;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 84 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas the Spitzenkandidaten system needs to be improved and formalised in the EU’s primary law after an in-depth institutional reflectionaddressed and reflected upon in the Conference for the Future of Europe; whereas this reflection should also include the de facto political role of the Commission and its President and any related changes to the decision-making process of the Union;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 88 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas institutional improvements such as transnational lists, as acknowledged by Parliament in its resolution of 7 February 2018 on the composition of the European Parliament, or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union, as proposed in its resolution of 16 February 2017 on possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union, would radically transform the European elections into one true European election,are needed in order to achieve a true European political sphere as opposed to the collection of 27 separate national electiondebates that it is today;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 94 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
M a. Whereas proposal such as the "transnational lists" or the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber are still under discussion; whereas none of them count currently with a majority support; Whereas the upcoming Conference on the Future of Europe provides a true opportunity to discuss these issues and other institutional reforms; Whereas the success of the Conference will crucially depend on the agenda, the involvement of the citizens and the European Council's willingness to implement results;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 109 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Q. whereas European political parties and foundations are the primary facilitators of a successful European political debate, both during and beyond European elections and should be rendered more visible;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 125 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the higher turnout in the 2019 European elections; considers that this shows that an increasing proportion of citizens consider the EU to be the appropriate level at which to address the challenges of our time such as climate change and environmental concerns, social and gender inequalities, sustainable growth, and geopolitical concerns such as migration and foreign policyas economy and sustainable growth, public health, climate change and environmental protection, digital revolution, the promotion of freedom, human rights and democracy, social and gender inequalities, migration and demography, security and the role of the EU in the world; urges all the European institutions, therefore, to take responsibility and to act upon the mandate they have been given, directly or indirectly, by the citizens; regrets both the lack of decisiveness by the Council and the lack of clear intent to achieve solutions based on a common approach;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 165 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the up-comingCalls for the swift adoption of the joint declaration of the three European institutions on the Conference on the Future of Europe, recalls the commitment by the Commission President to address the issue of transnational lists and the Spitzenkandidaten process as the priority institutional issues during the Conference;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 173 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the election of the Commission President depends on a majority of Parliament’s members, which de facto requires the formation of a coalition; recommends that the election procedure be reversed so that Parliament proposes and elects the President of the Commission, after obtaining the consent of the European CouncilRecalls the commitment by the Commission President to address the issue of the Spitzenkandidaten process and transnational lists in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe; Stresses that the election of the Commission President depends on a majority of Parliament’s members, which de facto requires the formation of a coalition, as shown in the election of July 2019 of the von der Leyen Commission;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 186 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the outcome of the European elections has reinforced the political dimension of the election of the European Commission, and therefore the need for more accurate and objective scrutiny of the declarations of interests of the Commissioners-designate; calls for the creation of an independent body, endowed with the appropriate means, to have this scrutiny included in its responsibilitiesstrengthening of this scrutiny before, during and after the mandate of the Commissioners-designate by reinforcing the role of the already existing Independent Ethical Committee;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 190 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets that the attribution of portfolios in the Commission follows solely a logic where national interests take priority over the European common interest;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 206 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that granting European voters a second vote for transnational lists in a joint European constituency, drawn up by European political parties and movements, would elevate the European elections above purely national campaigns based on national interests, particularly if such lists were headed by the respective Spitzenkandidaten;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 213 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Points out that the proposed changes to the EU’s primary law within this report, which reflect the increased political role of the Commission within the EU framework, should also include the individual and collective responsibility of the Commission towards Parliament and the Council, as well as the transformation of the Council into a second legislative chamber of the Union;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 221 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Acknowledges that despite the fact that the agreed reform of the Electoral Law has not yet been ratified by some Member States, further improvements are required, such as provisions for remote voting operations in defined or exceptional circumstances, as well as on the elections in the joint European constituencyshould be addressed at the Conference on the Future of Europe;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 235 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes note ofCommends the efforts by the 14. Commission and other institutions to tackle foreign interference during the electoral campaign; points out, nevertheless, that the financial and human resources needed to counter these attacks on European democracy, including at national level, are many times superior to the combined designated European resources; urges the Commission and the Member States to raise significantly the financing they make available for the fight against foreign interference;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 243 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Commission and the Council to consider, in accordancfully engage with the work of Parliament’s new Special Committee on Foreign interference and Disinformation, the urge and take into creation of a European organisation dedicated to the fight against foreign interferenceonsideration the outcome of its work; encourages the Commission and the Council to work much more closely with Parliament on these matters, as the protection of our democratic institutions is a core competence of the European Parliament;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 249 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers European political parties' manifestos should be known before the elections, which requires clear and transparent rules on campaigning; underlines the European election rules shall promote European party democracy, including by making obligatory for parties running in European elections and the European party logo appear (next to the national one) on the ballot sheet;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 256 #

2020/2088(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Is of the opinion that the introduction of an annual European Week taking place simultaneously in all national parliaments, with debates between MPs, European Commissioners, MEPs and representatives of civil society on the Commission Work Programme would support the emergence of connected inter-parliamentary public spheres as well as improving the communication of European actions at national level;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 5 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the situation with regard of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights has substantially deteriorated in a number of Member Statesthe European Union; recalls in particular the importance of upholding the rule of law and the obligation of all Member States equally to ensure effective judicial protection, which is a and of the institutions of the European Union to respect the rule of law, without prejudice to Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU), to Article 4 TEU, and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, which are core values of the Union as a community based on law;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 19 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the Union institutions are to practise mutual sincere cooperation in line with Article 13(2) TEU and therefore should all pay special respect to comply with it during their functioning and contribute to the defence of the Union values in accordance with the procedures set out in the Treaties; calls for such activities to be governed by and with respect to Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union and interinstitutional agreement and for existing mechanisms to be consolidated, while setting out detailed assessments of the situations in all Member States, determining preventive and corrective action respect of Article 4 TEU, with special regard to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, while setting out detailed assessments of the situations in all Member States equally, based on sincere dialogue between Member States, while respecting the principles enshrined in the Treaties;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 25 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Points out that the principle of rule of law is not only biding for the Member States, but for the institutions of the European Union as well as stated in Article 263 TFEU and in the preamble of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, legal certainty, access to justice together with non-discrimination and equality before the law are indispensable cornerstones of rule of law,
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 27 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines that the system of requirements laid down in the context of the rule of law and based on the principle of democracy was originally created and incorporated into the Treaties in order to improve the democratic and efficient functioning of the EU institutions and thus enable them to perform their tasks within a single institutional framework.
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 28 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Emphasises that the European Union should fulfil its role of examining its institutions to see whether their functioning is in compliance with the principle of democracy and the rule of law;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 30 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that for effective implementation, in accordance with Article 295 TFEU and their power of self- organisation, the three institutions should establish a joint body responsible for coordinating their cooper is necessary in all Member States, the three institutions should assess possibilities for better cooperation and coordination in this field;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 43 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that the Annual Monitoring Cycleany monitoring of rule of law should be governed by the principles of transparency, impartiality, and equality between all Member States, be based on objective evidence and lead to effective and realistic measures;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 45 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that any monitoring of rule of law should respect the national identity and constitutional structure of the Member States as endorsed by the Treaties (Article 4 (2) TEU);
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 48 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that, both in the process of establishment of the Interinstitutional Agreement and in the operation of the Annual Monitoring Cycle, the institutions should, in accordance with Article 11 TEU, maintain an open dialogue with representative stakeholders; the Annual Monitoring Cycle should therefore provide for compulsory consultations with organised civil society, and their views and contributions should be made public in that proces the institutions should, in accordance with Article 11 TEU, maintain an open dialogue with representative stakeholders;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 60 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that in the Annual Monitoring Cycle, the Member States should be given an opportunity to present their positions in full, with regard to the equality of all Member States, while not hampering the efficiency of the procedure;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 62 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the Member States are the Masters of the Treaties, any debate regarding the reform of the monitoring mechanisms should only be conducted during the Conference on the Future of Europe, monitoring of rule of law should be negotiated with the Member States accordingly, takes the view that the Article 7 TEU procedure is the only procedure available under the Treaties to safeguard the rule of law and no complementary and preventive Union mechanism can be put forward by the EU institutions; underlines that any monitoring of rule of law shall respect the principles of objectivity, non- discrimination, equal treatment, with a non-partisan and evidence-based approach;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 65 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that the Annual Monitoring Cycle be fully integrated with the Regulation on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States1 , linking budget transfers to the results of the monitoring process, while protecting the legitimate interests of the final recipients and beneficiaries of Union funds; _________________ 1Proposal for a Regulation on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States COM/2018/324 finaldeleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 69 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the assessment carried out in the context of the Annual Monitoring Cycle should inform Commission decisions about whether to launch systemic infringement procedures;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 73 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Insist that, regardless of the annual cycle, while considering the gravity of the possible consequences of rule of law violations and the scale of its effects, a special procedure for urgent cases of violation of Union values should be considered;deleted
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 89 #

2020/2072(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights that the Conference on the Future of Europe provides a momentum for better understanding the need to protect Union values in this context; therefore, in the event of Treaty changes being made in the future, the effectiveness of the Article 7 procedure should be enhanced by removing the requirement for unanimity and reinforcing the sanction mechanismvaluated;
2020/07/20
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 63 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii
(ii) protection of the full integrity and proper functioning of the single market and customs union, the indivisibility of the four freedoms; in particular, the degree of cooperation in the economic pillar should be commensurate with the freedom of movement of people;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 71 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point vi
(vi) a level playing field, ensuring equivalentappropriately high standards in social, labour, environmental, competition and State aid policies, including through a robust and comprehensive framework on competition and State aid control;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 191 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point iii
(iii) while striving for the widest possible trade in goodto establish a duty and quota free trade agreement covering all sectors, the Commission should evaluate possible quotas and tariffs for the most sensitive sectors as well as the need for safeguard clauses to protect the integrity of the EU single market; reiterates, moreover, that for instance with respect to food and agricultural products, access to the single market is conditional on strict compliance with all EU laws and standards, particularly in the fields of food safety, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pesticides, geographical indications, animal welfare, labelling and traceability, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards, and human, animal and plant health;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 243 #

2020/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates that given the UK’s geographic proximity and economic interdependence with the EU, the breadth and depth of the agreement on a level playing field will be essential in determining the extent of the overall future EU-UK relationship; considers, therefore, that a level playing field must be ensured and EU standards safeguarded in order to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’, with a view to dynamic alignment regarding state aid; stresses the need to ensure that the UK does not gain an unfair competitive advantage through the undercutting of levels of protection and to prevent regulatory arbitrage by market operators;
2020/05/28
Committee: AFETINTA
Amendment 14 #

2019/2199(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly supports a swift resumption of the negotiations on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights, further to Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 18 December 20141 and with regards to the respect and preservation of the autonomy of the EU legal order; reiterates the importance of speeding up the accession process, so as to strengthen fundamental rights protection in the Union and reinforce its position in discussions on the rule of law, and of keeping Parliament constantly informed in accordance with Article 218(10) TFEU; _________________ 1 ECLI:EU:C:2014:2454 1
2020/02/27
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 3 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to continuously improve the mechanisms designed to ensure that rule-making is in full compliance with the Treaties, notably the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality, as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and with the principle of sincere cooperation as set out in Article 13 of the Treaty on the European Union (TEU);
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 7 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that the norms of the European Union need to be formulated in a clear, understandable way, respecting the principle of legal clarity, transparency and the principle of legal certainty, stresses that European Union law needs to clearly define the rights and obligations that the addressees of the norms, especially the European Union institutions and the Member States need to follow;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 13 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the crucial role of national parliaments in the pre-legislative scrutiny of draft EU laws and in their correct implementation by the Member States; notes that the existing forms of cooperation with national parliaments - like inter-parliamentary delegations, or procedures involving national parliaments in information-exchange regarding law- making and application - could be improved, calls for discussing possibilities for enhancing cooperation in the field of the application of the principles of subsidiarity and in defining the role of the principle of proportionality during decision-making and the application of norms during the Conference on the Future of Europe;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 17 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes the importance of avoiding unnecessary complexity and reducing administrative burdens for citizens and businesses alike, calls for the need to provide all necessary help to avoid over- regulation when transposing and applying European Union law;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 18 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Recognizes that after the number of infringement procedures decreased between 2016-2018 the number of procedures increased again from 2018 to 2019, emphasizes the importance of proper dialogues between the European Commission and Member States at the pre-litigation stage; underlines that Member States need to be able to properly transpose European Union law into their own legal system, calls for appropriate timing in legislative procedures to provide sufficient time needed for transposition;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 19 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Stresses that the proper application of European Union law and the fulfilment of the obligations arising therefrom are the joint responsibility of the Member States and the institutions and bodies of the European Union, with regard to obligations stemming from the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 21 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for improvements to the EU law-making process, which relies on transparency and accountability in legislative drafting, together with civil society participation, where appropriate; echoes that the effectiveness of the EU’s legal acts –which hinges on the correctness and timeliness of their implementation – forms the cornerstone of legal certainty and better application;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 22 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Deplores inconsistencies in the application and interpretation of EU law which can be attributed to incorrect translations of legal texts; calls therefore on the European Commission to increase efforts to ensure that adopted EU legislation is correctly translated;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 23 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that proper transposition and implementation of EUuropean Union law, on the basis of Article 197 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), is of the utmost importance; calls for appropriate ex post impact assessment of EU law, including sustainability impact assessments; and for appropriate ex ante assessment beforehand during legislative procedures, in line with the pledge of the European Parliament and the Council to carry out impact assessments in relation to their substantial amendments to the Commission's proposal when they consider this to be appropriate and necessary for the legislative process;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 27 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recognizes that for the proper functioning of the internal market citizens and entrepreneurs need to be informed regarding questions arising from everyday application of EU law, calls for strengthening cooperation through SOLVIT and other means necessary in this field;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 32 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to enhance public debate on its annual report on the monitoring of the application of EU law and to further support Member States in transposing and implementing EU legislation through institutional and administrative capacity-building initiatives; suggests to examine the role of non legally binding guidance documents that aim to assist the Member States in the implementation process;
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 41 #

2019/2132(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the need to fully safeguard the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to ensure the uniform interpretation and application of EU law in the context of Brexit andimplementation of the Withdrawal Agreement and with regards to the future relationship with the UK.
2020/10/16
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 189 #

2012/0060(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) If the investigation confirms the existence of the restrictive measures or practices and the consultations with the country concerned do not lead to sufficientatisfactory corrective actions that result in improvements to the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services within a reasonable timeframe, the Commission should be able to adopt, where appropriate, price adjustment measure applying to tenders submitted by economic operators origin, where appropriate, should be able to adopt measures under this Regulationg in that country and/or including goods and services originating in that countrye form of a score adjustment or of exclusion of tenders ("IPI measures").
2021/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 196 #

2012/0060(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) SuchA score adjustment measures should be applied only for the purpose of the evaluation of tenders comprising goods or servicesubmitted by economic operators originating in the country concerned. To avoid circumvention of those measures, it may also be necessary to target certain foreign-controlled or owned legal persons that, although established in the European Union, are not engaged in substantive business operations that have a direct and effective link withIt should not affect the price actually due to be paid under the economy of at least one Member State . Appropriate measures should not be disproportionate to the restrictive procurement practices to which they respondtract to be concluded with the successful tenderer.
2021/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 273 #

2012/0060(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘score adjustment measure’ means the relative diminution by a given percentage of the score of a tender resulting from its evaluation by a contracting authority or a contracting entity on the basis of the contract award criteria defined in the procurement documents. In cases where price or cost is the only contract award criterion, the score adjustment measure means the relative increase, for the purpose of the evaluation of tenders, by a given percentage of the price offered by a tenderer.
2021/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 335 #

2012/0060(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Exemption for goods and services originating in least-developed and certain Tenders shall be exempted from this Regulation where more than 50% of the total value of the tender is made up of goods and/or services originating in least- developed countries listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/201227 , and in developing countries considered to be vulnerable due to a lack of diversification and insufficient integration within the international trading system as defined in Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012. _________________ 27Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 (OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1).Article 4 deleted developing countries
2021/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 430 #

2012/0060(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a IPI measures 1. Where the Commission finds, following an investigation and consultations pursuant to Article 6, that a third-country measure or practice exists, it may, if it considers it to be in the interest of the Union, impose an IPI measure by means of an implementing act. An IPI measure shall only apply if the main object of the procurement procedure falls within the scope of the implementing act, as specified in accordance with paragraph 7 (a). The procurement procedure shall not be designed with the intention of excluding it from the scope of this Regulation. 2. The IPI measure shall be determined on the basis of the following criteria, in light of available information and the Union’s interest: (a) the proportionality of the IPI measure regarding the third-country measure or practice; (b) the availability of alternative sources of supply for the goods and services concerned, in order to avoid or minimise a significant negative impact on contracting authorities or contracting entities. 3. The IPI measure shall only apply to procurement procedures with an estimated value of at least EUR 15 000 000 net of value-added tax for works and concessions, and of at least EUR 5 000 000 net of value-added tax for goods and services. 4. The IPI measure shall also apply in the case of specific contracts awarded under a dynamic purchasing system, when those dynamic purchasing systems were subject to the IPI measure, with the exception of specific contracts the estimated value of which is below the respective values set out in Article 8 of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 4 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 15 of Directive 2014/25/EU. The IPI measure shall not apply to procedures for the award of contracts based on a framework agreement. The IPI measure shall also not apply to individual lots to be awarded according to Article 5 (10) of Directive 2014/24/EU or Article16 (10) of Directive 2014/25/EU. 5. In its implementing act, the Commission may decide, within the scope defined in paragraph 6 of this Article, to restrict the access of operators, goods or services from third countries to procurement procedures by requiring contracting authorities or contracting entities to: (a) impose a score adjustment measure on tenders submitted by economic operators originating in the that third country; or (b) exclude tenders submitted by economic operators originating in that third country; or (c) impose a combination of (a) and (b), if different sectors or categories of goods and services are subject to IPI measures.; 6. The score adjustment measure referred to in paragraph 5(a) shall apply only for the purpose of the evaluation and ranking of the tenders. It shall not affect the price due to be paid under the contract to be concluded with the successful tenderer. 7. The implementing act, adopted in accordance with Article 14(2), shall specify the scope of application of the IPI measure, including: (a) the sectors or the categories of goods, services and concessions based on the Common Procurement Vocabulary set out in Regulation (EC) No 2195/20021a as well as any applicable exceptions, (b) specific categories of contracting authorities or contracting entities; (c) specific categories of economic operators; (d) specific thresholds equal or above those set out in paragraph 3; (e) as regards the score adjustment measure referred to in paragraph 5(a), the percentage value of the adjustment shall be set up to 40% of the evaluation score of the tender depending on the third country and sector of goods, services, works or concessions envisaged. 8. The Commission shall impose an IPI measure in form of exclusion, according to paragraph 5(b), only when the third-country measure or practice is sufficiently severe and the potential negative impact due to the limited availability of alternative sources, as provided for in paragraph 2(b), is comparatively small. 9. The Commission may withdraw the IPI measure or suspend its application if the third country takes satisfactory corrective actions or undertakes commitments to end the measure or practice in question. If the Commission considers that the corrective actions or commitments undertaken have been rescinded, suspended or improperly implemented, it shall make its findings publicly available and may reinstate the application of the IPI measure at any time. The Commission may withdraw, suspend or reinstate an IPI measure in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2) and followed by the publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. 10. An IPI measure shall expire five years from its entry into force or its extension, unless a review shows a need for its continued application. Such a review shall be initiated by a publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, at the initiative of the Commission nine months before the date of expiry, and shall be concluded within six months. Following the review, the Commission may extend the duration of an IPI measure for a period of five years in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2). _________________ 1aRegulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) (OJ L 340, 16.12.2002, p. 1).
2021/10/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 440 #

2012/0060(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9a Additional contractual obligations upon the successful tenderer 1. In the case of procurement procedures to which an IPI measure is applicable, as well as in the case of contracts awarded based on a framework agreement where the estimated value of those contracts is equal or above the values set out in Article 8 of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 4 of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 15 of Directive 2014/25/EU, respectively, and where those framework agreements were subject to the IPI measure, contracting authorities and contracting entities shall also include, among the conditions of the contract with the successful tenderer: (a) a commitment not to subcontract more than 50% of the total value of the contract to economic operators originating in a third country which is subject to an IPI measure; (b) for contracts whose subject matter covers the supply of goods, a commitment that, for the duration of the contract, goods supplied and/or services provided in the execution of the contract and originating in a third country which is subject to the IPI measure represent no more than 50% of the total value of the contract, whether such goods and/or services are supplied or provided directly by the tenderer or by a subcontractor; (c) an obligation to provide, upon request, adequate evidence corresponding to points (a) and/or (b) to the contracting authority or the contracting entity at the latest upon completion of the execution of the contract; (d) a proportionate charge, in case of non-observance of the commitments referred in points (a) or (b) between 10% and 30% of the total value of the contract. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 point (c), it is sufficient to provide evidence that more than 50% of the total value of the contract originates in countries other than the third country subject to the IPI measure. The contracting authority or contracting entity shall request evidence in case of reasonable indications of non-compliance with points (a) or (b) of paragraph 1 or if the contract is awarded to a group of economic operators comprising a legal person originating in a third country subject to an IPI measure. 3. Contracting authorities and contracting entities shall include a reference to the additional conditions laid down in this Article in the documents for procurement procedures to which an IPI measure is applicable.
2021/10/18
Committee: INTA