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Activities of Dominik TARCZYŃSKI

Plenary speeches (21)

The deteriorating situation of human rights in Egypt, in particular the case of the activists of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
2020/12/17
Dossiers: 2020/2912(RSP)
Application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, the rule of law conditionality mechanism (continuation of debate)
2021/03/11
Foreign interference in democratic processes (debate)
2021/07/06
Dossiers: 2021/2662(RSP)
The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) (debate)
2021/11/11
Equality between women and men in the European Union in 2018-2020 (debate)
2021/12/13
Dossiers: 2021/2020(INI)
Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)
2022/03/08
Dossiers: 2020/2268(INI)
Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)
2022/05/04
Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)
2022/05/18
Dossiers: 2021/2180(INI)
The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF) (debate)
2022/06/07
Security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of the common security and defence policy (debate)
2022/06/07
Dossiers: 2021/2199(INI)
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Czech Presidency (continuation of debate)
2022/07/06
Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)
2022/10/05
Amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 - Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as regards the establishment of a diversified funding strategy as a general borrowing method - 'Macro-Financial Assistance+' instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (debate)
2022/11/23
90 years after Holodomor: Recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide (debate)
2022/12/15
The humanitarian situation in Ukraine due to Russia’s attacks against critical infrastructure and civilian areas (debate)
2022/12/15
New developments in allegations of corruption and foreign interference, including those related to Morocco, and the need to increase transparency, integrity and accountability in the European institutions (debate)
2023/01/17
This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel (debate)
2023/04/19
Ukrainian cereals on the European market (debate)
2023/05/10
Threat to democracy and the rule of law in Poland, in particular through the creation of an investigative committee (debate)
2023/05/31
Investigation of the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware - Investigation of the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (draft recommendation) (debate)
2023/06/14
Dossiers: 2022/2077(INI)
Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy (debate)
2023/09/14
Dossiers: 2023/2017(INI)

Shadow reports (5)

REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Honduras on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union
2021/03/24
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2020/0157M(NLE)
Documents: PDF(177 KB) DOC(73 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karin KARLSBRO', 'mepid': 197401}]
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Honduras on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union
2021/03/24
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2020/0157(NLE)
Documents: PDF(176 KB) DOC(61 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karin KARLSBRO', 'mepid': 197401}]
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union
2023/01/25
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2022/0142(NLE)
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(52 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karin KARLSBRO', 'mepid': 197401}]
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union
2023/02/01
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2022/0142M(NLE)
Documents: PDF(179 KB) DOC(66 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karin KARLSBRO', 'mepid': 197401}]
REPORT of the investigation of alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware
2023/05/23
Committee: PEGA
Dossiers: 2022/2077(INI)
Documents: PDF(847 KB) DOC(333 KB)
Authors: [{'name': "Sophia IN 'T VELD", 'mepid': 28266}]

Shadow opinions (5)

OPINION on artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector
2020/07/06
Committee: IMCO
Dossiers: 2020/2017(INI)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(73 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Kim VAN SPARRENTAK', 'mepid': 197870}]
OPINION on artificial intelligence: questions of interpretation and application of international law in so far as the EU is affected in the areas of civil and military uses and of state authority outside the scope of criminal justice
2020/07/07
Committee: IMCO
Dossiers: 2020/2013(INI)
Documents: PDF(129 KB) DOC(66 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Andreas SCHWAB', 'mepid': 28223}]
OPINION on Sustainable Corporate Governance
2020/10/28
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2020/2137(INI)
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(71 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Heidi HAUTALA', 'mepid': 2054}]
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010
2022/06/03
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2021/0366(COD)
Documents: PDF(267 KB) DOC(161 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karin KARLSBRO', 'mepid': 197401}]
OPINION on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) 816/2006
2023/12/04
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2023/0129(COD)
Documents: PDF(204 KB) DOC(165 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Helmut SCHOLZ', 'mepid': 96646}]

Institutional motions (62)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on abortion in Poland
2020/11/20
Dossiers: 2020/2876(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality
2020/12/09
Dossiers: 2020/2896(RSP)
Documents: PDF(133 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, the rule-of-law conditionality mechanism
2021/03/17
Dossiers: 2021/2582(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law situation in the European Union and the application of the Conditionality Regulation 2020/2092
2021/06/04
Dossiers: 2021/2711(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the legal changes adopted by the Hungarian Parliament
2021/07/06
Dossiers: 2021/2780(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on media freedom and further deterioration of the rule of law in Poland
2021/09/14
Dossiers: 2021/2880(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law
2021/10/19
Dossiers: 2021/2935(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the climate, energy and environmental State aid guidelines (CEEAG)
2021/10/19
Dossiers: 2021/2923(RSP)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland
2021/11/03
Dossiers: 2021/2925(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(44 KB)
on the Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling
2022/03/02
Dossiers: 2022/2535(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the EU Protection of children and young people fleeing because of the war in Ukraine
2022/04/05
Dossiers: 2022/2618(RSP)
Documents: PDF(173 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war in Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia
2022/04/05
Dossiers: 2022/2560(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2571(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2560(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(56 KB)
on the Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny
2022/04/06
Dossiers: 2022/2622(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of play of the EU-Moldova cooperation
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2022/2651(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Ongoing hearing under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary
2022/05/03
Dossiers: 2022/2647(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
2022/05/13
Dossiers: 2022/2655(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine – reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act
2022/05/13
Dossiers: 2022/2653(RSP)
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus
2022/05/13
Dossiers: 2022/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
2022/05/17
Dossiers: 2022/2655(RSP)
Documents: PDF(183 KB) DOC(56 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus
2022/05/17
Dossiers: 2022/2664(RSP)
Documents: PDF(193 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on violations of media freedom and safety of journalists in Georgia
2022/06/06
Dossiers: 2022/2702(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
2022/06/20
Dossiers: 2022/2716(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the 612 relief fund in Hong Kong
2022/07/04
Dossiers: 2022/2751(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(46 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on human rights violations in the context of the forced deportation of Ukrainian civilians to and the forced adoption of Ukrainian children in Russia
2022/09/14
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2849(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2851(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death of Mahsa Jina Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia
2022/10/14
Dossiers: 2022/2866(RSP)
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism
2022/11/16
Dossiers: 2022/2896(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism
2022/11/21
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continuing repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus
2022/11/23
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Military Junta crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Chad
2022/12/12
Dossiers: 2022/2993(RSP)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 90 years after the Holodomor: recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide
2022/12/12
Dossiers: 2022/3001(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions
2022/12/13
Dossiers: 2022/3012(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the military junta crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Chad
2022/12/14
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU response to the protests and executions in Iran
2023/01/16
Dossiers: 2023/2511(RSP)
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine
2023/01/16
Dossiers: 2022/3017(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(48 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine
2023/01/18
Documents: PDF(165 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit
2023/01/25
Dossiers: 2023/2509(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili
2023/02/08
Dossiers: 2023/2543(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili
2023/02/13
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine
2023/02/13
Dossiers: 2023/2558(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(51 KB)
on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine
2023/02/15
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine
2023/02/15
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(54 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on further repression against the people of Belarus, in particular the cases of Andrzej Poczobut and Ales Bialiatski
2023/03/13
Documents: PDF(176 KB) DOC(58 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the risk of death penalty and execution of singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria
2023/04/17
Dossiers: 2023/2650(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Repression in Russia, in particular the cases of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Aleksei Navalny
2023/04/18
Dossiers: 2023/2657(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on repression in Russia, in particular the cases of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Aleksei Navalny
2023/04/19
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the risk of the death penalty and the execution of singer Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria
2023/04/19
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
2023/04/19
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Belarus: the inhumane treatment and hospitalisation of prominent opposition leader Viktar Babaryka
2023/05/08
Dossiers: 2023/2693(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Belarus: the inhumane treatment and hospitalisation of prominent opposition leader Viktar Babaryka
2023/05/10
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular the death of children trapped by fighting
2023/06/12
Dossiers: 2023/2736(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(43 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The torture and criminal prosecution of Ukrainian minors Tihran Ohannisian and Mykyta Khanhanov by the Russian Federation
2023/06/12
Dossiers: 2023/2735(RSP)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community
2023/06/12
Dossiers: 2023/2739(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community
2023/06/14
Documents: PDF(177 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION India, the situation in Manipur
2023/07/10
Dossiers: 2023/2781(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(43 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on India, the situation in Manipur
2023/07/12
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the lack of legislative follow-up by the Commission to the PEGA resolution
2023/11/20
Dossiers: 2023/2988(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(48 KB)

Oral questions (1)

Poor sanitary conditions, low levels of security and lack of parking places in rest areas for truck drivers
2023/06/07
Documents: PDF(52 KB) DOC(11 KB)

Written explanations (10)

Industrial Emissions Directive (A9-0216/2023 - Radan Kanev)

Wstrzymałem się od głosu w sprawie dyrektywy IED, która ma na celu kontrolę emisji oraz zanieczyszczeń z największych instalacji przemysłowych. W swojej propozycji rewizji Komisja Europejska zaproponowała rozszerzenie zakresu dyrektywy oraz objęcie jej zapisami dodatkowych ferm trzody chlewnej oraz drobiu, a także włączenie po raz pierwszy w zakres dyrektywy hodowli bydła. Objęcie dyrektywą hodowli bydła oraz mniejszych ferm drobiu i trzody chlewnej wiązałoby się z dodatkowymi obowiązkami rolników związanymi z redukcją emisji oraz zanieczyszczeń z ich działalności. Mogłoby to zagrozić ciągłości produkcji żywności oraz znacząco podnieść koszty finansowe i administracyjne dla rolników. Przegłosowany został kompromis Komisji AGRI, czyli wyłączenie hodowli bydła z zakresu dyrektywy oraz utrzymanie w zakresie dyrektywy jedynie największych ferm trzody i drobiu. Europarlament opowiedział się również za przyjęciem poprawek komisji ITRE, które mają na celu ułatwienie działalności instalacjom przemysłowym objętym dyrektywą. Przyjęte zostały poprawki umożliwiające państwom członkowskim nienakładanie dodatkowych obowiązków związanych z efektywnością energetyczną na jednostki podlegające pod system EU ETS oraz zmieniono obowiązkowe plany transformacji klimatycznej na poziomie każdej instalacji na dobrowolne plany klimatyczne na poziomie całego przedsiębiorstwa. Przyjęte zmiany zapewnią iż sektory objęte dyrektywą IED, takie jak sektor energetyczny, stalowy czy gazowo-paliwowy, nie będą dodatkowo obciążone nowymi wymogami związanymi z polityką energetyczną i klimatyczną.
2023/07/11
Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (A9-0234/2022 - Petar Vitanov)

Projekt AFIR zakłada budowę stacji ładowania dużych mocy dla pojazdów osobowych i ciężarowych wzdłuż głównych dróg krajowych i autostrad (sieć TEN-T). Do 2025 r. dla pojazdów osobowych mają powstać huby ładowania o mocy 400 kW w odległości maks. 60 km, natomiast dla pojazdów ciężarowych należy pokryć 15% sieci TEN-T hubami ładowania o mocy 1,4 MW rozmieszczonymi max. co 120 km. Docelowo do 2030 roku huby ładowania mają być rozmieszczone maksymalnie co 60 km, a oferowana na nich moc ładowania ma wynieść 4,2 MW na lokalizację (MOP). Pojedyncze punkty ładowania mają mieć moc 150 kW dla pojazdów lekkich i 350 kW dla pojazdów ciężarowych. W związku ze wzrostem ambicji wszystkich elementów pakietu „Fit for 55”, w tym projektu AFIR, nie poparłem wyniku negocjacji trójstronnych. Obecnie MOP-y mają nieduże potrzeby w zakresie mocy (obsługa stacji benzynowej). Doprowadzenie do nich mocy na potrzeby stacji ładowania wymaga realizacji nowych przyłączy i rozbudowy sieci dystrybucyjnej. Średni czas realizacji takiej inwestycji po złożeniu wniosku o warunki przyłączeniowe to ok. 2–3 lata. W chwili obecnej w Polsce na sieci TEN-T są 64 stacje ładowania o mocy 150 kW. Biorąc pod uwagę powyższe kwestie zagłosowałem przeciw.
2023/07/11
Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) (A9-0233/2022 - Jörgen Warborn)

Moje głosowanie przeciw przyjęciu rozporządzenia FuelEU Maritime wynikało z intencji zachowania spójności stanowiska Polski na poziomie unijnym w odniesieniu do całego pakietu „Fit for 55”, którego jest ono częścią. Projekt rozporządzenia w sprawie stosowania paliw odnawialnych i niskoemisyjnych w transporcie morskim oraz zmieniającego dyrektywę 2009/16/WE (FuelEU Maritime) wprowadza regulacje dążące do zmniejszenia intensywności emisji gazów cieplarnianych z energii zużywanej na statkach pływających z/do portów Unii Europejskiej, co w konsekwencji ma się przyczynić do rozwoju odnawialnych i niskowęglowych paliw. W kwestii m.in. celów redukcyjnych (art. 4) uzgodniono ich zachowanie zgodnie z podejściem ogólnym w latach 2025 i 2030 na poziomie 2% redukcji intensywności emisji od 2025 r., 6% od 2030 r., oraz nieznaczną modyfikację dla kolejnych lat: 14,5% w 2035 r., 31% w 2040 r., 62% w 2045 r. i 80% w 2050 r. Kary za nieprzestrzeganie FuelEU Maritime będą alokowane do budżetów państw członkowskich (art. 20).
2023/07/11
Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption (A9-0215/2023 - Vladimír Bilčík, Nathalie Loiseau)

Poparłem sprawozdanie, które jest odpowiedzią na aferę Qatargate i zawiera szereg rekomendacji mających na celu zmniejszenie możliwości odziaływania państw trzecich za pośrednictwem ambasad, grup lobbingowych oraz organizacji pozarządowych na prace Parlamentu Europejskiego.Zaleca się też w nim ostrzejsze przepisy jeżeli chodzi o konieczność składania sprawozdań z kontaktów eurodeputowanych oraz pracowników PE z takimi organizacjami, tworzenia i funkcjonowania nieformalnych grup przyjaźni z państwami trzecimi oraz pracy byłych eurodeputowanych w charakterze lobbystów oraz ich dostępu do Parlamentu Europejskiego.
2023/07/13
Renewable Energy Directive (A9-0208/2022 - Markus Pieper)

W głosowaniu nad tym porozumieniem trilogowym oddałem głos przeciwko z uwagi na zbyt wysokie podniesienie celu OZE z 32% do 2030 roku do 42,5%, z dodatkowym orientacyjnym uzupełnieniem w wysokości 2,5%. Uważam ten cel - który ma przełożenie na kilka celów sektorowych dla transportu, przemysłu, budynków oraz systemów ciepłowniczych i chłodniczych - za mało realistyczny w osiągnięciu i zbyt kosztowny w implementacji. Ponadto sprzeciwiam się głosowaniu w Radzie dokumentów w ramach pakietu „Fit for 55” przy zastosowaniu procedury większości kwalifikowalnej a nie jednomyślności.
2023/09/12
Composition of the European Parliament (A9-0265/2023 - Loránt Vincze, Sandro Gozi)

Poparłem projekt decyzji Rady Europejskiej ustanawiającej skład Parlamentu Europejskiego. Zgodnie z Traktatami klucz podziału mandatów opiera się na zasadzie degresywnej proporcjonalności, którą określa się jako stosunek liczby ludności poszczególnych państw członkowskich do liczby posiadanych miejsc, tak aby każdy poseł z kraju o większej liczbie ludności reprezentował większą liczbę obywateli niż poseł z kraju o mniejszej liczbie ludności oraz aby zagwarantować, że im większa liczba ludności, do tym większej liczby miejsc w PE jest dane państwo uprawnione.Podział mandatów w składzie PE pomiędzy państwa członkowskie każdorazowo powinien opierać się na kryteriach sprawiedliwości, przejrzystości i obiektywizmu, z poszanowaniem interesów zarówno dużych, jak i średnich oraz małych krajów. W przedstawionym projekcie decyzji uwzględniono powyższe warunki i dodatkowo dodano istotne elementy, które uzasadniały stanowisko delegacji PL, w szczególności: 1) Polska otrzymała dodatkowe miejsce w PE (łącznie 53 mandaty), 2) odstąpiono od propozycji ustanowienia ogólnounijnego okręgu wyborczego (lista transnarodowa), 3) zobowiązano PE do przedstawienia, do końca 2026 r., jasnej metody alokacji mandatów, 4) nakazano PE przedstawienie propozycji składu na kolejną kadencję z odpowiednim wyprzedzeniem.
2023/09/13
Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy (A9-0249/2023 - Alin Mituța, Niklas Nienass)

Raport w sprawie parlamentaryzmu, obywatelstwa europejskiego i demokracji krytykuje Radę i wzywa do zreformowania systemu rotacyjnej prezydencji. Ponadto wzywa do obalenia mechanizmu jednomyślnego podejmowania decyzji na rzecz głosowania większością kwalifikowaną. Raport krytykuje też brak ogólnounijnego referendum. Zaleca się w nim zwiększenie roli PE, zwłaszcza poprzez przyznanie mu bezpośredniej inicjatywy ustawodawczej i wzmocnienie jego funkcji kontroli politycznej. Raport wskazuje na konieczność przeprowadzenia zmian traktatowych w celu osiągnięcia swoich celów. W związku z tym zagłosowałem przeciwko raportowi.
2023/09/14
Sustainable use of plant protection products (A9-0339/2023 - Sarah Wiener)

Zagłosowałem przeciwko stanowisku komisji środowiska Parlamentu Europejskiego w sprawie zrównoważonego użycia środków ochrony roślin (COM 2022/0305) i sprzeciwiłem się dalszym pracom nad tym projektem, co oznacza zakończenie procedury pierwszego czytania bez stanowiska Parlamentu. Projekt wg mnie pozostawał w sprzeczności z zasadami dobrego stanowienia prawa oraz interesem naszych rolników.Najbardziej kontrowersyjnymi propozycjami projektu były obowiązkowe krajowe cele redukcyjne oraz zakaz stosowania środków ochrony roślin na tzw. obszarach wrażliwych, które zostały zdefiniowane tak, że w przypadku niektórych państw członkowskich objęłyby one większość terenów rolniczych. Również metodologia wyznaczania celów redukcyjnych zamiast przykładowo ustalić stały bezwzględny limit wykorzystania środków ochrony roślin na hektar, nakazywała stałą procentową redukcję użycia. Byłoby to pogwałcenie zasady „zanieczyszczający płaci”, o której wprost mówi Art. 191 ust. 2 Traktatu o funkcjonowaniu UE oraz dyskryminowała jedne kraje kosztem innych. Metodologia redukcji nie była również dostosowana do realiów krajowych. Przykładowo w Polsce, według ostrożnych szacunków, krajowy potencjał do redukcji środków ochrony roślin bez istotnego ryzyka dla produkcji rolnej wynosi między 15 a 25 procent. Parlament proponował nie mniej niż 35 proc., bez żadnej podpowiedzi, jak przy takiej redukcji zapewnić rentowność naszych gospodarstw i utrzymać wolumen produkcji w naszym kraju, a w dalszej perspektywie – jak utrzymać pozycję UE jako światowego lidera eksportu żywności.
2023/11/22
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (A9-0337/2023 - Guy Verhofstadt, Sven Simon, Gabriele Bischoff, Daniel Freund, Helmut Scholz)

Zagłosowałem przeciwko sprawozdaniu Parlamentu Europejskiego w sprawie zmiany traktatów. Wg mnie reformy tego rodzaju spowodują odebranie suwerenności państwom członkowskim i przypisanie roli suwerena UE - w konsekwencji państwa członkowskie zostałyby de facto zredukowane do pozycji regionów.Celem sprawozdania było formalne rozpoczęcie procedury zmiany traktatów określonej w art. 48 TUE. Proponowane zmiany w traktatach stanowią rewolucyjny i radykalny plan reform mający na celu nieodwracalne przekształcenie UE ze wspólnoty suwerennych państw narodowych w scentralizowane, hegemoniczne superpaństwo, zarządzane przez oligarchię głównego nurtu i wymykające się demokratycznej kontroli. Sprawozdanie postuluje całkowitą restrukturyzację systemu instytucjonalnego UE, masowe przeniesienie kompetencji państw członkowskich na poziom unijny, zmiany w mechanizmach decyzyjnych, a także zmiany o charakterze ideologicznym.
2023/11/22
The lack of legislative follow-up by the Commission to the PEGA resolution (B9-0464/2023, B9-0467/2023)

Wspólna rezolucja EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens i Left ma służyć ponagleniu Komisji do podjęcia inicjatyw legislacyjnych w odpowiedzi na rekomendacje komisji śledczej PEGA (przyjęte przez Parlament w czerwcu tego roku). Rekomendacje te zalecają odgórne uregulowanie przez UE kwestii związanych z procedurami, sposobem użycia i „stopniem inwazyjności” oprogramowania szpiegującego - a docelowo zmierzają do uregulowania przez UE sfery bezpieczeństwa narodowego, należącej dotąd - zgodnie z Traktatami - do wyłącznej kompetencji państw członkowskich.Wspólna rezolucja zawiera utyskiwania na brak reakcji Komisji, ostrzega przed lekceważeniem zagrożeń wynikających z nadużywania oprogramowania szpiegującego, wzywa Komisję do pilnego przedstawienia środków mających na celu zapobieganie takim nadużyciom oraz - co szczególnie bulwersujące - by Komisja oceniła do 30 listopada, czy Polska, Węgry, Hiszpania, Grecja i Cypr spełniają szczegółowe, określone w Rekomendacjach warunki, które miałyby „uprawniać” je do dalszego używania oprogramowania szpiegującego. Stanowczo odrzucam takie podejście, stojąc na stanowisku, że UE nie powinna w żaden sposób ingerować w sprawy bezpieczeństwa narodowego państw członkowskich. Dlatego zagłosowałem przeciw, a wraz z grupą EKR zdecydowałem się na złożenie alternatywnej rezolucji, będącej wyrazem tych przekonań.
2023/11/23

Written questions (12)

Freedom of worship
2021/04/26
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JSIS system
2021/04/26
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Freedom of religion and double standards
2021/05/31
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Erasmus4Ukraine
2022/04/09
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Russian propaganda on an EU national TV channel
2022/05/10
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Gazprom cuts off the gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria
2022/05/16
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Change in the Commission’s position on Russia’s ultimatum on gas payments in roubles
2022/05/18
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Deterrent effect of third-country asylum processing and reception
2022/05/31
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Decision on the removal of Russian interest representatives from the Transparency Register
2022/06/15
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Improving and enforcing the EU Air Passengers Rights Regulation
2022/07/15
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The role of Russian-funded environmental organisations in shaping the EU’s climate policy – follow-up question
2022/09/12
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Policies to support families
2023/06/08
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Individual motions (1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on an EU Cardiovascular Action Plan
2023/08/04
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Amendments (100)

Amendment 3 #

2023/0222R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 c (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010,
2024/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2023/0222R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas from 1 January 2025, the supply of, among other things, cocoa and timber from Côte d’Ivoire to Union markets will be subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2011 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation;
2024/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 10 #

2023/0222R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the particular challenges arising from the requirements of the Deforestation Regulation for Côte d’Ivoire’s authorities, administration and commercial operators, in particular those set out in Articles 8 to 11 of the Regulation, i.e. the provision of so-called due diligence declarations; encourages the Commission and the Union’s customs and administrative authorities to provide additional legal and administrative support, in particular with regard to requirements such as the compulsory geolocation of land from which goods and products covered by the Regulation are sourced; stresses, at the same time, that the obligations under the Regulation must be fully met in order for the relevant products and goods originating in Côte d’Ivoire to be placed on the EU market;
2024/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2023/0222R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the recent actions taken by Côte d’Ivoire to reverse the trend of deforestation including: the adoption of the national reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) strategy, including the ‘zero deforestation agriculture’ strategic option, in 2017; the signing of the Joint Action Framework of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative; the adoption of the policy for the preservation, rehabilitation and expansion of forests; and the promulgation of the new Forest Code on 23 July 2019; appreciates in particular the plans to convert heavily degraded forests to agroforestry areas and to accelerate reforestation in order to achieve the goal of doubling forest cover from the current 10% to 20%;
2024/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2023/0222R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of protecting human rights, in particular the rights of workers, when sourcing goods and products for the EU market; calls, in this context, on local authorities to extend special protection to children;
2024/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2023/0222R(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the commitment from the Ministry of Water and Forests to take measures to effectively integrate women into the management of the country’s forest resources; further stresses the importance of the inclusion of women in forest management in future VPA negotiations; cCalls for gender analysis to be mainstreamed into allthe role of women to be taken more fully into account in activities and projects linked to the implementation of the FLEGT VPA;
2024/02/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2023/0222M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 c (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010,
2023/12/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #

2023/0222M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas from 1 January 2025, the supply of, among other things, cocoa and timber from Côte d’Ivoire to Union markets will be subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2011 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation;
2023/12/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 10 #

2023/0222M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the particular challenges arising from the requirements of the Deforestation Regulation for Côte d’Ivoire’s authorities, administration and commercial operators, in particular those set out in Articles 8 to 11 of the Regulation, i.e. the provision of so-called due diligence declarations; encourages the Commission and the Union’s customs and administrative authorities to provide additional legal and administrative support, in particular with regard to requirements such as the compulsory geolocation of land from which goods and products covered by the Regulation are sourced; stresses, at the same time, that the obligations under the Regulation must be fully met in order for the relevant products and goods originating in Côte d’Ivoire to be placed on the EU market;
2023/12/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #

2023/0222M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the recent actions taken by Côte d’Ivoire to reverse the trend of deforestation including: the adoption of the national reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) strategy, including the ‘zero deforestation agriculture’ strategic option, in 2017; the signing of the Joint Action Framework of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative; the adoption of the policy for the preservation, rehabilitation and expansion of forests; and the promulgation of the new Forest Code on 23 July 2019; appreciates in particular the plans to convert heavily degraded forests to agroforestry areas and to accelerate reforestation in order to achieve the goal of doubling forest cover from the current 10% to 20%;
2023/12/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #

2023/0222M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of protecting human rights, in particular the rights of workers, when sourcing goods and products for the EU market; calls, in this context, on local authorities to extend special protection to children;
2023/12/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #

2023/0222M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the commitment from the Ministry of Water and Forests to take measures to effectively integrate women into the management of the country’s forest resources; further stresses the importance of the inclusion of women in forest management in future VPA negotiations; cCalls for gender analysis to be mainstreamed into allthe role of women to be taken more fully into account in activities and projects linked to the implementation of the FLEGT VPA;
2023/12/05
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Union imports 76% of its oil and 68% of its gas from non-OECD countries and, for 11 of the 30 critical raw materials necessary for the energy transition, the Union's dependence on imports exceeds 85%, and securing the supply of precisely these raw materials will be a major challenge for the EU;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 67 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war inRussian aggression against Ukraine have highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s dependence on imports from a small number of countries, especially in the case of wheat and ammonium, which is essential for fertilisers; recalls that the EU should be autonomous in primary sector products in order to guarantee its security and avoid dependence on third parties; stresses that the EU's agricultural sector should aim to strengthen the resilience of food supply chains and to protect farmers;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 79 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the war in, due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions on Russia have increased the, difficulty ofies in sourcing raw materials have increased; takes note of the announcement of the forthcoming publication of the Critical Raw Materials Act during the 2022 State of the Union address;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 97 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that, in global semiconductor supply chains, the EU and its Member States must strike a balance between open strategic autonomy and the promotion of technological sovereignty, a strategy that must not veer towards protectionism;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 142 #

2022/2040(INI)

10. Recalls that in cooperation with the Member States and international partners, the EU must guarantee freedom of the sea and trade routes and thus ensure access to raw materials, energy and export markets; stresses that the EU must also increase seaport capacity and secure critical energy transmission infrastructure;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 145 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Welcomes the EU's Solidarity Lanes initiative, which has delivered 10 million tonnes of food, and which, together with the UN Grain Initiative, has played a part in helping to alleviate the global food crisis; stresses that alternative land routes cannot replace sea routes and therefore calls on the Commission to take action focusing on unblocking Ukraine's Black Sea ports in order to support Ukraine's export capabilities and re- establish grain supply chains to the most needy countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 153 #

2022/2040(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that the supply chain of critical raw materials, mainly from 4 key ecosystems: electronics, health, energy- intensive industries and renewable energy sources, must become more secure, and that EU action in these areas should focus on diversifying and reshoring supply chains;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 159 #

2022/2040(INI)

13 a. Recalls that, due to their significant dependence on imports, Member States face various problems relating to dependence on non-EU suppliers as well as raw material prices; calls for enhanced cooperation at EU level, which should reduce the vulnerability not only of the EU itself, but also of each Member State, to external suppliers;
2022/10/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 7 #

2022/0142M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the volume of timber traded between Guyana and the EU is modest, with just 8 % of timber exports from Guyana going to Europe in 2018 and only around half of those going to the EU; whereas the VPA would open up more opportunities for Guyana to export to the EU and new markets, which would increase its development opportunities;
2022/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 8 #

2022/0142M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Guyana employs more than 20 000 people in the forestry sector, mainly in rural areas; whereas the VPA would increase the potential of the forestry sector by creating new jobs and contribute to the country’s economic growth;
2022/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 13 #

2022/0142M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the conclusion of negotiations on the VPA between the EU and Guyana, which will ensure that only legally logged timber will be imported into the EU from Guyana, promote sustainable forest management practices and sustainable trade in legally produced timber, and improve forest governance, law enforcement (including labour and occupational, health and safety obligations), human rights, transparency, accountability and institutional resilience in Guyana, and at the same time help to improve trade relations between Guyana and the EU;
2022/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 24 #

2022/0142M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for gender analysis to be mainstreamed into all activities and projects linked to the implementation of the VPA; calls for quantitative and qualitative gender-disaggregated analysis of land tenure, ownership of assets and financial inclusion in sectors impacted by trade; calls on the Commission to support these endeavours with technical and human resources;
2022/10/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 162 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘plantation forest’ means an artificially planted forest that is intensively managed and meets, at planting and stand maturity, all the following criteria: - one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing. It includes; - short rotation plantations for wood, fibre and energy, and excludes forests planted for protection or ecosystem restoration, as well as forests established through planting or seeding which at stand maturity resemble or will resemble naturally regenerating forests;
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 168 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘forest degradation’ means harvesting operations that are not sustainable and cause a long-term reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of forest ecosystems, resulting in the long-term reduction of the overall supply of benefits from forest, which includes wood, biodiversity and other products or services;
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 258 #

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. However, if the operator obtains or is made aware of anysubstantiated information that would point to a risk that the relevant commodities and products may not fulfil the requirements of this Regulation, all obligations of Article 9 and 10 have to be fulfilled.
2022/03/31
Committee: INTA
Amendment 3 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that competition policy is vital to strengthening and ultimately completing the single market by providing a fair and level playing field for all market participants, enabling the growth of innovative businesses, ensuring competitiveness of EU companies at global level and guaranteeing a high level of consumer protection and choice; Stresses that consumer welfare must remain the ultimate goal of the competition policy;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 18 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the changes both businesses and consumers are facing due to the digital transformation and welcomes the Commission’s focus on modernising its competition policy to adequately tackle serious problems and market failures in the digital sector;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 21 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that regulatory intervention or imposition of remedies in the competition area not supported by evidence demonstrating proven market failures, infringement of existing rules or significant consumer harm hampers innovation, growth, consumer welfare and investments in the market and may bring other unexpected consequences;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 27 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that efficient regulating digital markets constitutes a core responsibility of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection; in this context, highlights the adoption of the P2B Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/11501 ) and notes that ex ante regulatory intervention willshould address the identified gaps in ex post competition law enforcement, which cannot be addressed by revised competition policy or by full enforcement of existing rules; __________________ 1 OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 57.
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 32 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the need to prepare any legislative proposal based on data, in- depth impact assessments, best practices and analyses in order to promote consumer welfare and to avoid unnecessary administrative or regulatory burden;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 35 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of a fewmajor online operators acting as gatekeeperintermediaries to the digital economy, including access to e- commerce markets and the positive and negative consequences on freedom of choice for consumers and access to markets for companies; underlines, therefore, the need for an internal market ex ante regulatory instrument to ensure that impacted markets remain fair and competitive; looks forward to seeingstresses that successful growth strategies, even leading to market dominance, scale and scope efficiencies, should not automatically trigger remedies as they can generate economic and consumer benefits and it may prevent companies from growing; underlines, therefore, the need to assess their potential gatekeepers´ role and the need for an internal market ex ante regulatory instrument to ensure consumer welfare and fair and competitive markets; acknowledges thise instrument in the forthcoming Digital Markets Act proposal;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 40 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that profit-seeking behaviour should be accepted and should not be suspected of being anti-competitive without objective and facts-based reason, reminds that unlawful behaviour is often hypercompetitive rather than anti- competitive; reminds that particular offering attracting many consumers because of its convenience is not in itself sufficient ground for concern; calls on the Commission to distinguish those behaviours for antitrust enforcement;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 43 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reminds that if market failures occur, EU State aid rules support the Competition policy objective of rendering European companies more innovative and competitive internationally;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 44 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes the Commission’s White paper on levelling the playing field as regards foreign subsidies; supports the intention to minimize the mirroring retaliation measures at the global level;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 50 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of clear measures, predictable, future-proof and comprehensive EU framework to ensure effective enforcement and supervision of competition law at the EU level; underlines that the compliance of provisions must be reinforced with effective and proportionate penalties and that EU law should be equally enforced in all Member States; asks the Commission for establishing the clear guidance and best practices on enforcement in order to avoid legal uncertainty, arbitrary decisions and to prevent from the gaps between the Member States in terms of implementation and oversight of the ex- ante tool;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 64 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure fair and secure access to data for all market participants; notes that it should empower consumers to control their data and provide them with additionalequate rights in terms of data portability and interoperabilitys laid down in Union law in order to ensure that the single market for data is based on European values and fair competition.;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 68 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to fully consider the recommendations of the Court of Auditors, including improving performance reporting of its enforcement decisions, in order to enhance transparency and accountability to the European Parliament and citizens;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 71 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks the Commission to include the summaries and statistics of antitrust cases opened and closed in the Member States, including where relevant identified best practices and the total amount of imposed and paid fines for cartels in the Commission´s Annual Report on Competition Policy;
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 73 #

2020/2223(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Highlights that State aid in the form of a financial injection for selective market competitors, including the financing of activities with environmental objectives, distorts competition; Recalls that these objectives can also be achieved, for example, by increasing fees for negative externalities.
2021/01/08
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 17 #

2020/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that sustainable corporate governance can help the EU to build a more resilient and sustainable economy, improve the level playing field and protect EU businessenotes that all this cand citizens, and is therefore hugely beneficial to EU trade policy; be achieved only through effective protection from unfair competition from third countries and the full implementation of the principles of reciprocity.
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 53 #

2020/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that directors’ duties should be encompass an obligationuraged to develop, disclose and implement a corporate sustainability strategy for all aspects of the company’s operations, including its supply chains;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 60 #

2020/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the requiremente importance to disclose information on how companies' sustainability issues affect the company and how the company affects society and the environment should include the sharing of all relevant information on all actors throughout the entire supply chain;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 71 #

2020/2137(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sustainable corporate governance cannot reach its full potential without due diligence legislation that requirencourages companies to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for human rights abuses and environmental damage in their global value chains.
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 17 #

2020/2129(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. stresses multiple voluntary initiatives and actions by EU businesses in the area of responsible business conduct; emphasizes that companies will need to be further supported and accompanied in this process;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 18 #

2020/2129(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. underlines that corporate due diligence has been increasingly introduced into legal standards in the Member States;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 30 #

2020/2129(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. is convinced that mandatory due diligence is necessary to create a level playing field and avoid unfair competitive advantages arising in international trade;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 98 #

2020/2129(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. stresses that the capacity constraints, administrative costs and burdens of SMEs need to be duly taken into account in the, analysed and assessed before any future due diligence legislation is adopted; notes that certified industry schemes are not a replacement for legislation;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 101 #

2020/2129(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. is concerned with mandatory due diligence’s impact as regards competitiveness of EU business, calls for detailed analysis of additional costs and obligations;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 107 #

2020/2129(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. emphasises that engagement with trade partners, in a spirit of reciprocity, is crucial to ensure due diligence undertakings effect change; requests that financial instruments such as Aid for Trade are used to support responsible business conduct;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 132 #

2020/2129(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. requests that trade instruments and EU Delegations be linked to the monitoring of the application of the due diligence regulation; calls for specific technical assistance to our companies, especially SMEs, in order to be able to comply with due diligence requirements;
2020/09/24
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R (new)
R. whereas Trade policy must play its full roll in the recovery from theCOVID19 pandemic and towards more dynamic, innovative and competitive Europe in the world;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 22 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S (new)
S. whereas international trade in goods and services is to increase by 8.4%in 2022 according to estimations by International Monetary Fund1a ; __________________ 1a World Economic Outlook, April 2021: Managing Divergent Recoveries(imf.org)
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the mainstreaming of the European Green Deal into the communication on the Trade Policy Review (TPR) and calls for a concrete action plan to make this ambition a reality;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 51 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present its review of the 15-point action plan on TSD chapters without delay; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy, namely the ability to tackle any non-compliance by partners through unilateral sanctions, including thesuch as an introduction of tariffs or quotas on certain products or the cross- suspension of other parts of an agreement; __________________ 11Non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development, accessed at ‘the Netherlands at International Organisations (permanentrepresentations.nl)’.
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 78 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end harmful subsidies by advocating transparency and strict regulation and disciplines in trade agreements and at the World Trade Organization (WTO); stresses the importance of drawing up sustainability impact assessments on an ex-ante, intermediate and ex-post basis; stresses the need to develop a comprehensive framework with concrete targets to advance the SDGs, the Green Deal and the ILO Decent Work Agenda in trade and investment agreements; emphasises that new agreements should only be concluded once these targets have been fulfilledwhen tangible commitments are made by our trading partners and that existing agreements should be revised accordingly;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 100 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of fair value chains that respect human rights, labour rights and environmental standards; recalls that mandatory due diligence throughout the entire supply chain is a necessary instrument to achieve this; stresses that more attention should be paid to the vulnerable position of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially in developing countries, whereas large companies are more likely to overcome a sudden drop in demand;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 117 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of trade defence instruments and calls on the Commission to swiftly complete the EU’s trade defence toolbox through legislative proposals, supported by impact assessments in 2021, giving priority to an instrument to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and state-owned enterprises and to the conclusion of negotiations on the International Procurement Instrument12 ; __________________ 12Amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 January 2016 on the access of third- country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries (COM(2016)0034).
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 124 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward- looking industrial policy in line with the Green Deal and digital strategy, boosting economic recovery, increasing competitiveness of our businesses, creating quality jobs and ensuring that Europe plays a crucial role in the production of innovative goods and future services;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 137 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirablexcessive dependencies via a mix of policies to incentivise companies to stockpile, diversify sourcing strategies and promote nearshoring, which could create new trading opportunities for partners in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and shall be accompanied by regulatory approximation in strategic sectors; underlines that our priority should be further diversification of sources and constant private sector adaptation to shocks;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 179 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by the EU and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity, disrupts production chains and could lead to retaliations; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 211 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Commission to set out concrete and specificmap vulnerable supply chains and identify possible actions and a roadmap to implement the concept of open strategic autonomy; stresses that the EU’s market strength, values and adherence to cooperation, fairness and rule-based trade should be the basis of such openness; strongly recommends that the EU seeks out partnerships with like-minded partners; stresses, however, that where cooperation is not possible, the EU should pursue its interests through autonomous measures to protect its values and fight unfair trading practices;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 225 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO; shares the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to bear all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade and climate, technology and climate and make progress on plurilateral negotiations on e-commerce and investment facilitation;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 235 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Shares the suggestion made in the TPR that the G20 should cooperate and take a leading role in achieving carbon neutrality worldwide; stresses, however, that in order for this approach to be effective, some members will need to raise their emission reduction commitmentshowever stresses that reintroducing new trade tariffs would have implications for trade and global economy at a time when we want to maximise the strength of the post-Covid recovery;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 243 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and, shared values and goals; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in orderto find a solution to ongoing transatlantic trade disputes such as Boeing-Airbus conflict, digital taxes or tariffs on steel and aluminium, to cooperate in the framework of Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council and to work together on a new ambitious and comprehensive trade agreement; in order to increase market access to EU companies, to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently; calls for joint efforts to overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problwith regard to the WTO’s dispute settlement systems;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 251 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China which has become in 2020 the most important trading partner of the EU in trade of goods; firmly believes that EU- China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach; stresses that the ratification process of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment making it beneficial for both sides; stresses that the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) aims at increasing market access for investors and establishing rules that are to improve the level playing field for European companies in China; underlines that the ratification process of the CAI cannot be separated from the evolving dynamics of the wider EU-China relationship and can only begin once the EU has the requisite autonomous measures in place, including a ban on products made using forced labour, an upgraded trade defence toolbox and a working sanctions mechanism on human rights; demands that the Commission move forward with the Investment Agreement with Taiwan;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 267 #

2020/2117(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the TPR’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps to deepen the EU’s relations with these partners; emphasizes that far more focus shall be placed on the Asia Pacific region - the most important part of the world in terms of economic growths for the foreseeable future and calls for comprehensive and ambitious Indo-Pacific strategy; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with Southeast Asia, India and Latin America;
2021/04/20
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Commission has proposed to support public procurement in intelligent digital services, to encourage public authorities to rapidly deploy products and services that rely on AI in areas of public interest and the public sector; emphasises that in the education sector, this deployment should involve educators, learners and wider society and take their needs and the expected benefits into account in order to ensure that AI is used purposefully and ethically and delivers real improvements for those concerned, at an affordable cost to the taxpayer;
2020/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 29 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to includeexamine whether parts of the education sector should fall in the regulatory framework for high-risk AI applications, given the importance of ensuring that education continues to contribute to the public good and given the high sensitivity of data on pupils, students and other learners; underlinnotes that data sets used to train AI should be reviewed to avoid reinforcing gender stereotypes and othemay contain inherent biases and encourages efforts to mitigate those, while the output of AI applications should be reviewed to avoid unfair biases;
2020/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 55 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern that schools and other public education providers are becoming increasingly dependent on educational technology servmay face a reduced choices, including AI applications, provided by just a few technology companies; stresses that this may lead to unequal access to data and limit competition by restricting consumer choic; encourages public authorities to take an innovative approach towards public procurement, including through partnerships with other public authorities, so as to broaden the range of offers that are made to public education providers across Europe; calls for this data to be shared with the relevant public authorities so it can be used in the development of curricula and pedagogical practices (in particular since these services are purchased with public money or offered to public education providers for free, and because education is a common good);
2020/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 71 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of putting in place a properdeveloping the framework for the public procurement of such services for the public sector, including for education providers, to ensure consumer choice and the respect of fundamental righto deepen the market by offering SMEs the opportunity to participate in the procurement of AI applications; stresses the need for public buyers to take into account specific criteria, such as non- discrimination and data privacy, and, specifically when purchasing services for public education providers, the involvement of educators and learners;
2020/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 83 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the unreliability of the current automated means of removing illegal content from online platforms on which audiovisual content is shared; calls for a ban on generalised moderation and automated content, which may lead to inadvertent removal of legitimate content; notes that unless such systems incorporate satisfactory methods of transparency and fully accessible systems of accountability, automated systems will failter to adequately protect users' rights;
2020/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 101 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for recommendation algorithms and personalised marketing on audiovisual platforms, including video streaming platforms and news platforms, to be transparent, in order to give consumers insight into these processes and ensure that personalised services are not discriminatory; stresses the need to guarantee and properly implement the right of users to opt out from recommended and personalised services, in line with the adopted Platform to Business Regulation and the New Deal for Consumers Omnibus Directive.
2020/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 112 #

2020/2017(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the deployment of AI in customs screening procedures may support efforts to prevent the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage, in particular to supplement systems which allow customs authorities to target their efforts and resources to those items presenting the highest risk.
2020/04/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 16 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in the COVID-19 health crisis, several Member States have launched the development of mobile apps to protect public health by alerting citizens to past contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus; calls for a common EU approach to AI-enabled mobile apps, including publication of the underlying source code and ensuring that the development of which mustsuch apps remain under state control;
2020/06/05
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 20 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the principle of proportionality needs to be respected and that questions of causality and liability need to be clarified to determine the extent to which theif, or to what extent, a State as an actor in public international law, but also in exercising its own authority, can actually transfer thatinitial authority to systems based on AI, which have a certain autonomy;
2020/06/05
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 38 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that Member States and the Commission should promote AI technologies that work for people; calls on the Member States, in close cooperation with the Commission, to develop AI applications aimed at automating and facilitating e-government services, for example in the area of tax administration or the notification and approval of cross- border business activities; underlines that explainable algorithms are important to ensure that businesses and consumers benefit from better, non- discriminatory and reliable public services at a lower cost.
2020/06/05
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 43 #

2020/2013(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that public procurement programmes supporting joint procurement of defence products exclude the procurement of defence products which are prohibited by applicable international law; further notes that the Parliament’s position concerning the future European Defence Fund specifies this exclusion, as regards autonomous weapons systems, without prejudice to the possibility to procure early warning or countermeasure systems which are used for defensive purposes.
2020/06/05
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 6 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Professional Card enhances safe professional mobility and creates a framework for a simpler, faster and more transparent recognition of the qualifications;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 17 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that, in the present health crisis, free movement of workers in the field of health services clearly demonstrates the benefits of the PQD;, especially given its digital elements and proven effectiveness in facilitating labour mobility1a; calls to further expand the list of professions that could be governed within the framework of the EPC to offer swift and less burdensome way of recognising qualifications for European workers; __________________ 1aKoumenta, M. and Pagliero, M., Measuring Prevalence and Labour Market Impacts of Occupational Regulation in the EU, 2016, p. 88.
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 24 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines, that uninterrupted mobility of health professionals and carers should be ensured where possible, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as future demographic challenges;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 30 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that insufficient national implementation of existing legislation continues to seriously hamper the free mobility of workers within the EU to the detriment of workers and the European economy as a whole; urges the Members States to refrain from gold-plating the legislation in order to safeguard their markets from fair competition; points at lack of harmonised interpretation of EU law by the Member States such as the recently revised Posting of Workers Directive 2018/957/EU, which leads to lack of legal clarity and bureaucratic burdens for companies providing services in various Member States;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 35 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets insufficient access to information with regards to mobility of services; underlines that information available on single official national websites is often provided in few languages only and limited in scope; underlines, that access to information on domestic collective agreements is especially difficult; calls on the relevant European and national authorities to take appropriate steps aimed at establishing a single template for single official national websites and to make them compatible with SDG to ease access to relevant information between different Members States;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 54 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Services Directive and the PQD builds on the principle of mutual recognition to facilitate free movement of services and recommends to extend this principle to the Services Directive; believes that the continuous updating of the Annex V of the PDQ, which lists all the qualifications that comply with the minimum requirements could further benefit professionals in Europe; calls on the Member States to extend mutual recognition to more levels of education and to improve or introduce the necessary procedures as soon as possible;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 63 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Commission to fully enforce existing rules and to make quick decisions on complaints to ensure that relevant issues from an end-user perspective are promptly handled and efficiently settled; calls for alternative resolution mechanisms to be assessed and for infringement procedures to be applied swiftly and rigorously whenever breaches of relevant legislation are identified or disproportionate burdens introduced;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 67 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that mobility of labour and services complexity increased in the recent years due to number of new European and national rules; calls on the Commission to regularly screen the Internal Market for administrative burdens and to lift them; asks the Commission and the Members States to devote additional resources to improve the functioning of the SOLVIT system as a way for a swift resolution of administrative problems in the Member States;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 76 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to improve tools such as the Points of Single Contact and the Single Digital Gateway and on the Member States to use such tools to provide workers, consumers and businesses with accurate and easily accessible information regarding their rights and obligations related to free movement within the single market.; recalls the need to accelerate the modernisation of the public administration so that it can process communication with citizens and businesses in a digital way;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 80 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that due to the growing volume of labour and services’ mobility, digitalisation is a must; is of the opinion that the digital tools designed to facilitate mobility of labour and services as well as an exchange of the information between the different social security systems, such as digital A1Portable Document form, will improve workers’ protection, reduce administrative burdens and improve Member States cooperation;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 85 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Supports the Commission's Communication on "Long term action plan for better implementation and enforcement of Single Market rules" especially the proposals to: reinforce SOLVIT as a tool for Single Market dispute resolution, increase the Commission activity and support to the Member States as they transpose the EU law to ensure correct and harmonised interpretation across the Internal Market, create a Single Market obstacles tool under the Single Digital Gateway, allowing citizens and businesses to report anonymously on regulatory obstacles encountered by them while exercising their internal market rights; highlights further that the Commission should act decisively to mitigate discovered obstacles, as in the past identifying issues itself frequently led to little few achievements;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 86 #

2020/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Member States, to implement the updated Commission Guidelines concerning the exercise of the free movement of workers during COVID- 19 outbreak in order to allow workers, in particular transport, frontier, posted and seasonal workers, and service providers to cross borders and have access to their place of work, unless imposed restrictions are dully justified; calls on the Commission to actively collect and present in a comprehensive way all relevant information including sanitary obligations and restrictions present in various Member States;
2020/10/30
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 10 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the volume of timber traded between Honduras and the EU is currently modest and accounts for less than 2% of Honduras’ timber exports, with the US being the biggest trading partner and with increasing exports to neighbouring countries El Salvador and Nicaragua; whereas the VPA could open up more opportunities for Honduras to export to the EU and new markets;
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 21 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas the purpose and expected benefits of FLEGT VPAs go beyond the facilitation of trade in legal timber, as they are also designed to bring about systemic changes in forest governance, law enforcement, transparency andin the inclusion of various stakeholders in the political decision-making process, support for economic integration and respect for international sustainable development goals;
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that sustainable, inclusive forest management and governance are crucial for the achievement of the sustainable development goals set out in the 2030 Agenda;
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 37 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the full implementation of the VPA at national and regional level will be a long- term process which will require the adoption of a whole set of legislation and adequate administrative capacity and expertise for its implementation and enforcement; recalls that FLEGT licencsing can only begin once Honduras has demonstrated the readiness of its TLAS;
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that Honduras has made substantial efforts to solve the problem of illegal logging, adopted a new forestry law that entered into force in 2007, and in 2010 also adopted a national strategy to monitor the illegal felling and transport of forest products; recognises the commitments the Honduran timber industry has made to eliminate illegal timber from supply chains and raise awareness of the issue; emphasises, however, that it is vital that attitudes in the industry change, and that there is strong enforcement;
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 43 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the EU to ensure that the VPA is consistent with all its policies, including in the fields of trade, development, agriculture and the environment;
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 54 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Is aware of the fact that the crucial land tenure rights in Honduras need future clarification and that concrete safeguards for local and indigenous communities on land tenure are needed;deleted
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 59 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Government of Honduras to strengthen vigilance and forest fire protection zones on privately-owned lands; calls for supply chain management to be rolled out in the animal husbandry, coffee and palm oil sectors, as this is essential to address the root causes of deforestation;
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA
Amendment 62 #

2020/0157M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for gender analysis to be mainstreamed into all activities and projects linked to the implementation of the FLEGT VPA;deleted
2021/02/11
Committee: INTA