1966 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG
Amendment 1 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Parliament already stressed in its resolution of 29 April 2015 on Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 201611 that the Parliament’s budget should be set on a realistic basis and should be in line with the principles of budgetary discipline and sound financial management; notes that lump sums are a useful and widely recognised tool to add flexibility and transparency; _________________ 11 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0172.
Amendment 43 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recommends that the annual budget planning for all buildings shall earmark an allocation for maintenance and renovation costs corresponding to 3% of the total new building costs, as part of a regular and anticipatory building policy; underlines the need for a building strategy that ensures cost-effectiveness and highlights potential benefits resulting from the proximity of buildings such as synergies through the sharing of back office functions, office space and room allocations;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the decision on Members´ trainees taken by the Bureau on 10 December 2018; requests that the discussion on the technical aspects of that decision be finalised in order for it to enter into force on 2 July 2019; stresses that remunerations of trainees should, at least, cover their living expenses; notes that this amount should be added to the secretariat allowance;
Amendment 78 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Requestsiterates its call for an examination of the voluntary Members´ Pension Fund by the European Court of Auditors, while ensuring full transparency; recalls that Article 27(2) of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament provides that “[a]cquired rights and future entitlements shall be maintained in full”; calls upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau to fully respect the Statute for Members and to urgently establish with the pension Fund a clear plan for the Parliament assuming and taking over its obligations and responsibilities for its Members' voluntary pension scheme;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Is of the opinion that appropriations are needed to cover the cost of mediators and other experts in budget line number 1650 competent to prevent and manage the harassment cases within the Parliament together with the network of confidential counsellors and current structures;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2003(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Asks to maintain adequate funding of the European Science Media-Hub, for a cooperation with television stations, social media and further partners in order to establish training purposes for young journalists, especially in relation to new scientific and technological developments and to fact-based, peer-reviewed news;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that the 2020 budget must contribute to tackling environmental challenges and climate change; recalls the Union’s pledge to make the transition to a low-carbon circular economy, but regrets that the Union might fall short of its climate goals; requests increased financial resources for LIFE and other programmes to support projects with European added value contributing to a clean energy transition, the promotion of green and blue economy and resource efficiency, as well as nature conservation, with a focus on biodiversity, habitats and endangered species;
Amendment 100 #
2019/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recalls that the implementation of the SDGs has to govern EU´s internal and external policies, whereas a special focus should be given to the provision of sufficient good-quality food, clean water and the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities in order to deliver on SDG 2 and 6; furthermore, draws the attention to the scale and implications of energy poverty in developing countries and demands additional action to reduce energy poverty in line with SDG 7, in particular in remote rural areas in off- grid energy regions;
Amendment 46 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to at least update the SME definition to take account of the rise in inflation and labour productivity since 2003; strongly supports anwelcomes an assessment of a possible adjustment beyond the index-linking of inflation and labour productivity, in order to take account of future inflation, provide certainty and obviate the need for a rapid further adjustment in the next few years;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the employee numbers is not a criterion which can be used to draw upstand alone for accurate EU-wide comparisons, as labour productivity varies from one Member State to another; welcomes, therefore, a shift towardscomprehensive approach including the criteria of turnover and balance sheet totals;
Amendment 101 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Is concerned that, despite the considerable contribution they make to employment and growth by virtue of their productivity, MidCaps (enterprises that have outgrown the SME definition but still have typically medium-sized structures) are being neglected by policy-makers; calls, therefore, for a definition to be establishedn assessment of the feasibility of establishing a definition for these companies based on the criteria that they are family-run, have high equity ratio and employ up to 3000 people;
Amendment 115 #
2018/2545(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, in addition to the priority EU measures for SMEs, to launch aexplore options for new MidCaps-oriented funding initiative using new fundings, which wcould cover collaborative research access, digitalisation strategies, export market development and an easing of the Basel specifications and data protection rules;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists, given the important role played by the United Kingdom in development, that close ties are retained between the Union and the United Kingdom after its departure in order to minimise ensuing losses;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to better define and clearly assess the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanism concerning recipient State´s conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; expresses deep concern about the potential use of budget support in countries lacking democratic oversight, either due to the lack of functioning parliamentary democracy or freedoms for civil society and the media, or due to a lack of capacity of oversight bodies;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Underlines the high importance of supporting micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises and calls in particular for the establishment of local solutions for a better access to finance with a further strengthening of micro-finance loan and guarantee system;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls for an enlargement of the “Erasmus for Young Entrepreneuers” programme beyond Europe in particular developing countries while providing the necessary financial mean;
Amendment 17 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Welcomes the European Court of Auditors recommendations for improving the transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs published in the special report 2018/ 35, where it, amongst other things, recommends that the Commission improve the reliability of the information on NGOs in its accounting system, and that the Commission improve the information collected on funds implemented by NGOs; calls therefore on the Commission to implement these proposals before the end of the current mandate;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Calls for an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbouring Policy; believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms in relation to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the Union;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5h. Recognise that no country has ever developed without engaging in further trade relations with their neighbours and the rest of the world; further encourages the financing of aid for trade activities, in order to allow developing countries to participate to a much greater degree in global value chains in the future; stresses in this context the increasing importance of digital connectivity in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of the globalisation benefits in favour if developing countries;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Underlines the importance of increasing the attribution of funds aiming at supporting good governance, democracy and the rule of law in developing countries in order to promote accountable and transparent institutions, support capacity building and foster a participatory decision-making and public access to information;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2177(DEC)
5j. Emphasises the importance of the provision of clean water and of the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2177(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 k (new)
Paragraph 5 k (new)
5k. Draws attention to the scale and implication of energy poverty in developing countries and to the Union´s strong involvement in efforts to reduce such poverty; underlines the need for strong and concerted efforts by governments and stakeholders in affected countries to reduce energy poverty;
Amendment 4 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that promoting peace, security and justice in developing countries is of paramount importance for the Union in order to address the root causes of migration; recognizes that expenditure relating to security is particulary relevant in the current efforts to comprehensively address the security- development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 6 #
2018/2166(DEC)
5. Recalls that the EU is collectively committed to provide 0.7 % of Gross National Income as Official Development Assistance (‘ODA’); regrets that the EUcalls on the Commission and its Member States, in 2017, have not made progress towards reaching this goal, with the overall EU ODA decreasing from 0.51% to 0.50% and several countries decreasing their ODA. to prepare and present a plausible timeline for such a gradual increase towards this level, affirms that Union development assistance should be spent more effectively and that ODA should be targeted to sectors where it is needed the most, namely capacity building, good governance, health, education, agriculture, water supply and sanitation, as well as energy; emphasises the need for maintenance support with sufficient access locally-trained technical experts;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for an enlargement of the “Erasmus for Young Entrepreneuers” programme beyond Europe, in particular to developing countries, while providing the necessary financial means;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Welcomes the European Court of Auditors’ recommendations for improving the transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs published in the special report 2018/ 35, where it, amongst other things, recommends that the Commission improve the reliability of the information on NGOs in its accounting system, and that the Commission improve the information collected on funds implemented by NGOs; calls therefore on the Commission to implement these proposals before the end of the current mandate;
Amendment 10 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Fully recognizes the complex nature of many challenges and the need for multifaceted and complementary response actions, but insists on the need for clarity in funding arrangements and respect for international commitments;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Calls for an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbourhood Policy; believes that the more and the faster a country progress in its internal reforms in relation to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the Union;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5f. Recognise that no country has ever developed without engaging in further trade relations with their neighbours and the rest of the world; further encourages the financing of aid for trade activities in order to allow developing countries to participate to a much greater degree in global value chains in the future; stresses in this context the increasing importance of digital connectivity in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of the globalisation benefits in favour of developing countries;
Amendment 13 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)
Paragraph 5 g (new)
5g. Underlines the high importance of supporting micro-, small and medium- sized enterprises and calls in particular for the establishment of local solutions for a better access to finance with a further strengthening of micro-finance loans and guarantee system;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)
Paragraph 5 h (new)
5 h. Underlines the importance of increasing the attribution of funds aiming at supporting good governance, democracy and the rule of law in developing countries in order to promote accountable and transparent institutions, support capacity building and foster a participatory decision-making and public access to information;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)
Paragraph 5 i (new)
5i. Emphasises the importance of the provision of clean water and of the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)
Paragraph 5 j (new)
5j. Draws attention to the scale and implication of energy poverty in developing countries and to the Union’s strong involvement in efforts to reduce such poverty; underlines the need for strong and concerted efforts by governments and stakeholders in affected countries to reduce energy poverty;
Amendment 17 #
2018/2166(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 k (new)
Paragraph 5 k (new)
5k. Welcomes the European Court of Auditors’ recommendations for improving the transparency of EU funds implemented by NGOs published in the special report 2018/ 35, where it , amongst other things, recommends that the Commission improve the reliability of the information on NGOs in its accounting system, and that the Commission improve the information collected on funds implemented by NGOs; calls therefore on the Commission to implement these proposals before the end of the current mandate;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recallognises that trade liberalisation is not positive, per se, in terms of reducing poverty and inequalities, and that it can even have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not properly regulateda dramatic increase in developing country participation in trade has coincided with an equally sharp decline in extreme poverty worldwide; welcomes that fact that developing countries now constitute about half of world trade, up from 33 percent in 2000, and that the number of people living in extreme poverty has been cut in half since 1990, to just under one million people; underlines, in this context, the potential of the WTO as an efficient rules-based multilateral negotiating forum which provides a platform for open discussion on global trade-related issues; insists that the EU should continue to promote the democratisation of the WTO;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a trade agenda based on fair trade for the benefit of all, which puts development and social, environmental and human rights at the centre of the process and has a special focus on the needs of low-income developing countries and least-developed countries; takes the view that, since the Doha Round was launched in 2001, the world has changed dramatically in economic, political and technological terms, and that the digital transformation offers unique opportunities to developing countries to escape the poverty trap; thus encourages to combine the challenges of the Doha Development Agenda with new challenges, such as e-commerce, digital trade, investment transparency, subsidies and overcapacity, global value chains, public procurement, domestic regulation for services, micro, small and medium- sized enterprises; demands increased support for Aid for Trade projects in the framework of development aid in order to turn digital opportunities into trade realities for developing countries;
Amendment 33 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that the WTO should clearly recognise the role that trade can play in contributing to the achievement of the SDGs and the fight against climate change,with a particular focus on climate governance using the Paris Climate Agreement commitments as a minimum benchmarkas a benchmark for further commitments; emphasises the importance of the provision of sufficient good-quality food, clean water and the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities in order to deliver on SDG 2 and 6; furthermore, draws the attention to the scale and implications of energy poverty in developing countries and demands additional action to reduce energy poverty in line with SDG 7, in particular in remote rural areas in off-grid energy regions;
Amendment 51 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned, in the above context, that bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements could lead to the fragmentation of international trade policy and thus undermine the role of the WTOvinced that multilateral trade solutions should be preferred to bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements; calls, therefore, for the EU and its Member States to make additional efforts to once again place the WTO at the centre of global trade governance;
Amendment 57 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses its utmost concern that the US is blockingseveral vacant posts on the aAppointment of several vacant posts on the Appellate Body of the WTOellate Body of the WTO remain vacant and that this circumstance hinders the proper functioning of the dispute settlement mechanism; thus invites the European Commission to come forward with concrete proposals to resolve this unfortunate deadlock;
Amendment 63 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to continue to make the case for increasing the importance of the parliamentary dimension of the WTO, in particular by an increased financial and personal support to the responsible secretariat; calls on WTO members to ensure democratic legitimacy and transparency by strengthening the parliamentary dimension of the WTO; stresses, in this connection, the need to ensure that parliamentarians have better access to trade negotiations and are involved in the formulation and implementation of WTO decisions.
Amendment 1 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the SDGs 2030 must be reflected in the budget for 2019, while focusing on long-term efforts to eradicate poverty, as stipulated in Article 208 TFEU; recalls that its implementation has to cut across the Union’s internal and external policies, as well as integrate in a balanced and coherent manner the three dimensions of sustainable development, addressing the interlinkages between the different SDGs;
Amendment 9 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its rejection of the use of development funds for non- development objectives such as border management or military capacity building and underlines that funding that does not fulfil official developFully recognizes the complex nature of many challenges and the need for multifaceted and complementary response actions, but insists on the need for clarity in funding arrangements assistance (ODA) criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the DCI and/or EDFnd respect for international commitments;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the Union and its Member States must honour their collective commitment, confirmed in 2015, to raise their ODA to 0,7 % of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to present bindingpare and present a plausible timelines for progressivesuch a gradual increases towards this level; calls the Member States to exclude the in donor costs out of the ODA calculationaffirms that Union development assistance should be spent more effectively and that ODA should be targeted to sectors where it is needed the most, namely capacity building, good governance, health, education, agriculture, water supply and sanitation, as well as energy; emphasises on the need for maintenance support with sufficient access to spare parts and locally-trained technical experts;
Amendment 17 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls for an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbouring Policy; believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms in relation to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the Union;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises that no country has ever developed without engaging in further trade relations with their neighbours and the rest of the world; further encourages the financing of aid for trade activities, in order to allow developing countries to participate to a much greater degree in global value chains in the future; stresses in this context the increasing importance of digital connectivity in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of the globalisation benefits in favour of developing countries;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines the high importance of supporting micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises and calls in particular for the establishment of local solutions for a better access to finance with a further strengthening of micro-finance loan and guarantee systems;
Amendment 21 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for an enlargement of the “Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs” programme beyond Europe in particular to developing countries while providing the necessary financial means;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Encourages the establishment of vocational dual training institutions in which young people, while undergoing a professional apprenticeship programme with an emphasis on practical aspects of a profession, will have theoretical lectures at specialised professional schools;
Amendment 28 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Given the dramatic situation in the field of humanitarian aid, insists to mobilise more funds from the emergency aid reserve; reiterates that education plays a key role in preventing man-made humanitarian crises by avoiding conflicts and welcomes that already a significant amount of humanitarian aid is spent on education in emergencies; calls, however, for a steadyn appropriate increase of this share;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that promoting peace, security and justice in developing countries is of paramount importance for the Union in order to address the root causes of migration; recognises that expenditure relating to security is particularly relevant in the current efforts to comprehensively address the security- development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Agenda;
Amendment 31 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines the importance of increasing the attribution of funds aiming at supporting good governance, democracy and the rule of law in developing countries in order to promote accountable and transparent institutions, support capacity building and foster a participatory decision-making and public access to information;
Amendment 34 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Emphasizes the importance of the provision of clean water and of the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Draws attention to the scale and implications of energy poverty in developing countries and to the Union’s strong involvement in efforts to reduce such poverty; underlines the need for strong and concerted efforts by governments and stakeholders in affected countries to reduce energy poverty and attain SDG 7, especially with regard to remote rural areas in off-grid energy regions;
Amendment 46 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the effects of climate change have a tangible impact on several aspects of human life and are increasingly being felt in the development countries; calls for an increased allocationfurther resources from other instruments than the DCI and/or EDF in climate action, which better reflects the strong commitment to and increased engagement in climate diplomacy in order to tackle climate change.
Amendment 93 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses the value of Creative Europe in supporting the Union’s audio- visual and cultural sectors and insists that funding levels should match the ambitions of the programme; calls for an increase in committee appropriations for the MEDIA and the Culture sub-programmes, inter alia to tackle low application success rates; also increases appropriations for multimedia actions and for strengthening the financial capacity of SMEs in the European cultural and creative sectors; highlights the importance of audio-visuals in the fight against fake news, especially in the context of upcoming European elections.
Amendment 94 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 40 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Recalls that the implementation of the SDGs has to cut the EU´s internal and external policies, whereas a special focus should be given to the provision of sufficient good-quality food, clean water and the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities in order to deliver on SDG 2 and 6; furthermore, draws the attention to the scale and implications of energy poverty in developing countries and demands additional action to reduce energy poverty in line with SDG 7, in particular in remote rural areas in off- grid energy regions;
Amendment 97 #
2018/2046(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 42 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for- more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbouring Policy; believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms in relation to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the EU;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a budget of EUR 2 0216 8644 000 has been proposed by the Secretary-General for Parliament's preliminary draft estimates for 2019, representing an overall increase of 3,9038 % on the 2018 budget (including EUR 37,3 million for the change of parliamentary term and EUR 34,3 million for other extraordinary expenditure) and an increase of 18,79 % on heading V of the 2014-2020 MFF;
Amendment 5 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas almost two thirds of the budget is index-bound expenditure which relates mainly to remunerations and allowances for, pensions, medical expenses and allowances for serving and retired Members (23 %) and staff (34 %), as well as to buildings (13 %), which is adjusted according to the Staff Regulations and Statute for Members, to sector-specific indexation, or to the inflation rate;
Amendment 26 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Observes that on 8 December 2017, Union and UK negotiators reached an agreement in principle on the financial settlement relating to withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, which includes a provision that the UK will participate in the Union’s annual budgets for 2019 and 2020 as though it was still a Member State of the Union and will contribute its share of the financing of the Union's liabilities incurred before 31 December 2020; notes that the voluntary pension scheme for Members is included as a liability on the EU balance sheet and a contribution to the outstanding liabilities needed to cover the pension liabilities incurred before but stretching beyond 2020 will be part of the negotiations;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs confirmed with the vote in plenary in February 2018 an own- initiative report on Parliament’s composition, and notably the reduction to 705 Members after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union; notes that following the informal meeting of the 27 heads of state or government on 23February 2018 President Tusk signalled a broad support for this proposal; notes that in the event that the United Kingdom is still a Member State at the beginning of the 2019-2024 parliamentary term, the number of Members shall be 751, until the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union becomes legally effective; points out, however, that the procedure requires a unanimous decision by the European Council after having obtained the consent of Parliament; underlines that Parliament’s estimates, for the moment, reflect a status- quo situation with a Parliament composed of 751678 Members from 27 Member States between 30 March 2019 and the end of the 8th legislative period, and a Parliament composed of 705 Members from 287 Member States from the start of the 9th legislative period till the end of the 2019 financial year;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that Parliament alone lacks the resources necessary to reach out to 400 million eligible voters and must therefore make the best use of its own multiplier networks to do that; points out that at European level, a series of citizens and stakeholders conferences will be organised in 2018 and that at national level, the role of the Liaison Offices will be crucial; will continue to include the European Committee of the Regions and its local and regional representatives in the networking approach; considers that as in the final run-up to the elections, the European political parties and the national parties will play an essential role alongside, in particular in the framework of the “Spitzenkandidaten” process; proposes, therefore, to enable them to carry out this mission with funding specifically increased for 2019;
Amendment 55 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Takes note of the updated mission statement for the Information Offices, which are now to be known as “Liaison Offices”, in accordance with the the Bureau Decision of November 2017; notes that the main function of the Liaison Offices is to inform and communicate locally on behalf of Parliament, in order to provide information about the Union and its policies through the activities of external stakeholders on local, regional and national levels; including the members of the European Committee of the Regions;
Amendment 101 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Asks the Secretary-General to build on the existing cooperation agreements between the Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee, for which the EPRS is the very positive example; requests to identify otherareas within the current agreaements, such as IT services or security, in which synergies between the back office functions could be shared in order to increase synergies and to use the leadincreased using the experience of the Parliament and the two Committees;
Amendment 111 #
2018/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Calls upon the Secretary-General and the Bureau to instil a culture of performance-based budgeting across Parliament's administration, in line with the lean management approach in order to enhance efficiency, reduce paperwork and diminish bureaucracy in the institution's internal work; recalls in this regard the principle of the independence of the mandate; notes that missions are often of an unreasonable large size, proposes to replace the current regulation (regarding the composition of the delegation) with a new one allowing each delegation member to nominate one person accompanying him or her on the mission as part of the delegation, be it a political advisor, an accredited parliamentary assistant or a translator;
Amendment 125 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The enhancement of dual use application of cybersecurity technologies for cybersecurity purposes is without prejudice to the civilian nature of this Regulation and should therefore reflect specificities of Member States in cases when cybersecurity policy is pursued by civil-military or military authorities, and ensure complementarity but not overlap to the cyber defence related funding instruments.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum computing, blockchain and concepts such as secure digital identities create at the same time new challenges for cybersecurity as well as offer solutions. Assessing and validating the robustness of existing or future ICT systems will require testing security solutions against attacks run on HPC and quantum machines. The Competence Centre, the Network and the Cybersecurity Competence Community should help advance and disseminate the latest cybersecurity solutions including dual use. At the same time the Competence Centre and the Network should be at the service of developers and operators in critical sectors such as transport, energy, health, financial, government, telecom, manufacturing, defence, and space to help them solve their cybersecurity challenges.
Amendment 148 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Whereas the Competence Centre and the Network should strive to achieve synergies and coordination between the cybersecurity civilian and defence spheres, projects financed by the Horizon Europe Programme will be implemented in line with Regulation XXX [Horizon Europe Regulation], which provides that research and innovation activities carried out under Horizon Europe shall have a focus on civil applications.
Amendment 151 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The implementation of deployment projects, in particular those relating to infrastructures and capabilities deployed at European level or in joint procurement, can be divided into different phases of implementation, such as separate tenders for the architecture of hard- and software, their production and their operation and maintenance, whereas companies may only participate in one of the phases each and requiring that the beneficiaries in one or several of those phases meet certain conditions in terms of European ownership or control.
Amendment 156 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) Member State co funding to ESIF or any other Union programme other than the Horizon Europe or the Digital Europe programme could be considered part of Member State contribution to the Competence Centre insofar as such funding in allocated to activities within the remit of the Competence Centre missions and tasks.
Amendment 161 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The weight of the Commission vote in the decisions of the Governing Board should be in line with the contribution of the EU budget to the Competence Centre, according to the Commission responsibility to ensure proper management of the Union budget in the Union interest, as set in the Treaties.
Amendment 170 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The seat of the Competence Centre shall be located in [Brussels, Belgium.]determined by means of a tender procedure, taking into account:
Amendment 171 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point 1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point 1 (new)
(1) the accessibility and duration of travel from the Member States;
Amendment 172 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point 2 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point 2 (new)
(2) the competence of the applicant Member State in terms of a sound European security policy
Amendment 201 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) the mapping and evaluation of algorithms relevant regarding to cybersecurity
Amendment 210 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) assisting implementing of future Security Ethical Research Guidelines.
Amendment 211 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b b (new)
(bb) gathering of Vulnerability Disclosures reported by the Cybersecurity Competence Community, coordination of the development of patches, fixes and solutions and the distribution of those.
Amendment 225 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – introductory part
7. enhance cooperation between the civil and defence spheres with regard to dual use technologiprojects, services, competences and applications in cybersecurity, by carrying out the following tasks:
Amendment 228 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – introductory part
8. enhance synergies between the civil and defence dimensions of cybersecurity in relation to the European Defence Fund including by carrying out the following tasks:
Amendment 230 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where the Competence Centre provides funding for infrastructures, capabilities, products or solutions pursuant to Article 4(3) and (4) in the form of a procurement, grant or a prize, the work plan of the Competence Centre may specify in particular:
Amendment 231 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) rules governing different phases of implementation.
Amendment 267 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point i (new)
i) as reporting Vulnerability Disclosures to the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre, helping to fix them and providing advise on how to reduce such vulnerabilities.
Amendment 269 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. To ensure the coherence and complementarity the Competence Centre shall cooperate with relevant Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies including the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security, the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU), the European External Action Service, the Joint Research Centre of the Commission, the Research Executive Agency, Innovation and Networks Executive Agency, European Cybercrime Centre at Europol as well as the European Defence Agency.
Amendment 327 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board shall consist of no more than 1625 members. The members shall be appointed by the Governing Board by means of an open and transparent procedure from among the representatives of the entities of the Cybersecurity Competence Community including organisations mentioned in Article 10 of this Regulation. The membership of the Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board shall ensure a broad representation of all relevant industries, particularly from SMEs, academia and relevant civil society.
Amendment 355 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Contributions from Union programmes other than those referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above that are part of a Union co-financing to a programme implemented by one of the Member States shall not be accounted for in the calculation of the Union maximum financial contribution referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) above.
Amendment 357 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The participating Member States shall make a total contribution to the operational and administrative costs of the Competence Centre of at least the same amounts as thoseat in Article 21(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 358 #
2018/0328(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The participating Member States shall make a total contribution to the operational costs of the Competence Centre which is commensurate to the amount in Article 21(1) of this Regulation.
Amendment 67 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. By way of further derogation from Article 209(3) of the Financial Regulation, repayments and revenues generated by investments under the existing endowments of the ACP Investment Facility shall be considered as revolving assets intended for investment in the sectors and regions covered by the ACP Investment Facility and shall continue to be managed by the EIB. If at any point the Commission or the Council propose for all such assets and liabilities to be transferred to the Union in accordance with Article 25 of the Financial Regulation, the legislative acts concerning the future functioning of the ACP Investment Facility shall be prepared in close dialogue with the EIB, in particular taking into account the ElB's contractual obligations to lend that might be existing at that time.
Amendment 72 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The financial envelope referred to in Article (6)(2)(a) shall finance the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+)EFSD+, ELM+ and the External Action Guarantee.
Amendment 73 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The purpose of the EFSD+ as an integrated financial package supplying financial capacity drawing on the methods of implementation set up in Article 23(1)(a), (e), (f) and (g), shall be to support investments and increase access to financing, in order to foster sustainable and inclusive economic and social development and promote the socio-economic resilience in partner countries with a particular focus on the, eradication of poverty, sustainable and inclusive growth, the creation of decent jobs, economic opportunities, skills and entrepreneurship, socioeconomic sectors, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as well as addressing specific socioeconomic root causes of irregular migration, in accordance with the relevant indicative programming documents. Special attention shall be given to countries identified as experiencing fragility or conflict, Least Developed Countries and heavily indebted poor countries. The ELM+ is established as a budgetary guarantee managed indirectly by the EIB, providing commercial and political risk cover for financially sustainable projects in the public sector and political risk cover for financially sustainable projects in the private sector, each worldwide outside the Union. The support of the ELM+ shall not be extended to sovereign investment operations that involve on- lending to the private sector or lending to, or for the benefit of, sub-sovereign entities that can access sub-sovereign financing without sovereign guarantees.
Amendment 79 #
2018/0243(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a The EIB shall, under chapter IV of this regulation, Inter alia: a. indirectly manage and implement the ELM+; b. provide all strategic banking and risk management competences required by the Commission, including those related to the operational management of the EFSD+ guarantee, c. provide a written opinion on banking related matters to accompany each Commission proposal for investment windows under the EFSD+ guarantee; d. be an eligible counterpart for managing and implementing activities under EFSD+. Notwithstanding the above, the Commission and the EIB may agree on any other role of the EIB as part of the implementation of the External Investment Framework in line with the Statute of the relevant EIB entity and role under the Treaty.
Amendment 18 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) EUR 188 000 0002 400 000 in 2018 prices (EUR 205 484 748 incurrent prices) to the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(d)(i);
Amendment 20 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) EUR 1 680 000 000585 300 000 in 2018 prices (EUR 1 785 937 339 incurrent prices) to the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(e);
Amendment 121 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Recognising that the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020 has been extremely successful for entrepreneurs through both phase1 and phase2 grants in advancing and their new business idea and testing and developing a prototype. While the selection process is already very rigorous, still many very good projects cannot be financed because of limited financial resources. The implementation in the frame of the SME Agency EASME has been working very efficiently. While the focus of that program is on high-tech projects, this program should extend the methodology to any type of scale-up SMEs.
Amendment 162 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) improving the competitiveness of enterprises with special emphasis on SMEs and achieving additionality through the provision of measures that provide various forms of support to SMEs, access to markets including the internationalisation of SMEs, favourable business environment for SMEs, the competitiveness of sectors, the modernisation of industry and the promotion of entrepreneurship;, notably:
Amendment 163 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i (new)
(i) by supporting and expanding advisory services (the Enterprise Europe Network) to provide integrated business support services to Union SMEs that seek to explore opportunities in the internal market and in third countries, and by monitoring that a comparable level of quality of service is provided by the latter throughout all the Member States;
Amendment 164 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii (new)
(ii) by supporting and expanding mobility programmes for new entrepreneurs (“Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs”) to improve their ability to develop their entrepreneurial know-how, skills and attitudes and to improve their technological capacity and enterprise management
Amendment 165 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii (new)
(iii) by supporting the scale-up of SMEs through significant business extension projects based on market-driven opportunities (SME Scale-up instrument)
Amendment 172 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021 to 2027 shall be EUR 4 088 585 514 000 000 in 2018 prices (EUR 6 211 000 000 in current prices).
Amendment 175 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) EUR 12772 000 000 000in 2018 prices (EUR 3 122 000 000 in current prices) to the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(b);
Amendment 216 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Work programmes implementing the specific objective referred to in Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iii (new) “SME Scale-up instrument” shall be implemented following the working methods and experiences of the SME Instrument. It shall be further refined in its methodology to specifically assess excellence in commercialisation in an SME business development environment. The SME Scale-up Instrument will have to support all kinds of scale-up in the specific context of SME & Entrepreneurship development and will be complementary to the new EIC with its specific focus on break-through innovation. Specific measures should be taken so that the SME Scale-up Instrument will better help to close gap in SME Entrepreneurship between EU-14 and EU-13 country groups. 25% of the budget is to be allocated to business projects supporting low carbon and carbon free products and services. A certain share of the SME Financial Instruments is to be set aside to provide appropriate financial support to the further development of successful SME Scale-up companies.
Amendment 238 #
2018/0231(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – column INDICATOR – box 2
Annex IV – column INDICATOR – box 2
Amendment 61 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The InvestEU Fund should contribute to improving the competitiveness of the Union, including in the field of innovation and digitisation, the sustainability of the Union's economic growth, the social resilience and inclusiveness and the integration of the Union capital markets, including solutions addressing their fragmentation and diversifying sources of financing for the Union enterprises. To that end, it should support projects that are technically and economically viable by providing a framework for the use of debt, risk sharing and equity instruments underpinned by a guarantee from the Union's budget and by contributions from implementing partners. It should be demand-driven while support under the InvestEU Fund should at the same time focus on contributing to meeting policy objectives of the Union and have a particularly strong focus on greatly enhancing access to finance for SMEs.
Amendment 63 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Access to finance remains an essential issue for companies in the cultural and creative sector. To further develop this highly innovation sector, the dedicated guarantee facility created in Creative Europe will be continued under InvestEU as it has showed to successfully strengthen the financial capacity and competitiveness of cultural and creative sectors companies.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The contribution of the InvestEU Fund to the achievement of the climate target will be tracked through an EU climate tracking system developed by the Commission in cooperation with implementing partners and using in an appropriate way the criteria established by [Regulation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment14 ] for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable. _________________ 14The InvestEU Programme will also contribute to implementing other dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in line with the Communication on the next steps for a sustainable European future which aims to mainstream the SDGs into EU policies and initiatives, with sustainable development as an essential guiding principle for all its policies. _________________ 14 COM(2018)353. COM(2018)353.
Amendment 134 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The budget of €3.105 million (in constant prices) for Research and Innovation under the Invest EU should not be taken from the Horizon Europe Programme's overall budget of 120 billion (in constant prices), but instead will be additional to that budget.
Amendment 227 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) research, innovation and digitisation policy window: comprises research and innovation activities, transfer of research results to the market, demonstration and deployment of innovative solutions and support to scaling up of innovative companies other than SMEs as well as digitisation of Union industry;
Amendment 237 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) social investment and skills policy window: comprises microfinance, social enterprise finance and social economy; skills, education, training and related services, including student loans; social infrastructure (including social and student housing); social innovation; health and long-term care; inclusion and accessibility; cultural activities with a social goal; integration of vulnerable people, including third country nationals.
Amendment 245 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The EU guarantee of EUR 38 000 040 817 500 000 (current prices) at Union level is expected to mobilise more than EUR 650 000 000 000 of additional investment across the Union and should be indicatively allocated between the policy windows.
Amendment 253 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The SMEs policy window shall further develop the different EU guarantee facilities merged under InvestEU, in particular the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility from the Creative Europe Programme.
Amendment 301 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the EU compartment, the eligible counterparts shall have expressed their interest and shall be able to cover financing and investment operations in at least three Member States. The implementing partners may also cover together financing and investment operations in at least three Member States by forming a group. This criteria is also fulfilled when the implementing partners identify a common market failure in their respective markets and address this market failure or suboptimal investment situation with locally adapted, but similar instruments.
Amendment 357 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) supporting actions and leveraging local knowledge to facilitate the use of the InvestEU Fund support across the Union, particularly in terms of assisting SMEs and advising on the opportunities available, and contributing actively where possible to the objective of sectorial and geographical diversification of the InvestEU Fund by supporting the implementing partners in originating and developing potential financing and investment operations;
Amendment 372 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. In addition, each implementing partner shall submit every six months a report to the Commission on the financing and investment operations covered by this Regulation, broken down by the EU compartment and the Member State compartment by Member State, as appropriate. The report shall include an assessment of compliance with the requirements on the use of the EU guarantee and with the key performance indicators laid down in Annex III to this Regulation. The report shall also, where appropriate and proportional, include operational, statistical, financial and accounting data on each financing and investment operation and at the compartment, policy window and the InvestEU Fund level. One of those reports shall contain the information the implementing partners shall provide in accordance with [Article 155(1)(a)] of the [Financial Regulation]. Wherever possible, those reports should be identical to reports already required at national or regional level. The Commission shall compile and assess implementing partners’ reports and submit a summary in the form of public annual reports, providing information on the level of implementation of the programme against its objectives and performance indicators, indicating risks and opportunities for the financing and investment operations supported by the InvestEU programme.
Amendment 387 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The EU guarantee for the purposes of the EU compartment referred to in point (a) of Article 8(1) shall be EUR 38 000 040 817 500 000 (current prices). It shall be provisioned at the rate of 40 %.
Amendment 452 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 8
8. Cultural and creative sectors; media, augaming industry; fashion industry; medioa-visual sector and journalism; European Cultural Heritage Cloud.
Amendment 457 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d – point i
Annex II – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d – point i
(i) education and training, including early childhood education and care, educational facilities, student housing and digital equipment, and student loans;
Amendment 484 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.2
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.2
4.2 Energy: Number of households, number of public and commercial premises with improved energy consumption classification, including the degree of improvement in the classification, or equivalent figures (e.g. housing units refurbished with individual measures or reaching efficiency standards, total real or calculated energy and CO2 emissions savings)
Amendment 486 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.3
Annex III – point 4 – point 4.3
4.3 Digital: Additional households, commercial and/or public buildings with broadband access of at least 100 Mbps upgradable to Gigabit speed, or number of Wi-Fi-hotspots created
Amendment 759 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) up to EUR 11 250 000 0002 708 333 334 for objectives referred to in point (c) of Article 3(2);
Amendment 763 #
2018/0229(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) up to EUR 4 000 000 000729 166 665 for objectives referred to in point (d) of Article 3(2).
Amendment 481 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) In the digital sector, to contribute to the deployment of very high capacity digital networks, based on the fastest data transmission technologies available (i.e. optical fibre technology), and 5G systems, to the increased resilience and capacity of digital backbone networks on EU territories by linking them to neighbouring territories, as well to the digitalisation of transport and energy networks.
Amendment 547 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) up to EUR 36,000,000,000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(c).
Amendment 708 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) Actions relating to smart, connected, sustainable, inclusive, safe and secure mobility:
Amendment 739 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iv a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point iv a (new)
(iva) actions supporting connected mobility through the coverage of higher land transport routes (rail and road) with 5G systems.
Amendment 807 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The measures referred to in points (c) to (f) shall be prioritized for financial support, as they add specific value to the continuous development of trans- European ICT infrastructures. An indicative list of eligible projects in the digital sector is provided for in Part V of the Annex.
Amendment 11 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) Blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies can significantly enhance access to distributed datasets across the Union, facilitate notarisation of documents, and enable traceability of transactions or movement of products in a way that is secure and compliant with the EU acquis. They reinforce trust in applications involving multiple stakeholders, enhance collaborative models and enable the defragmentation of distributed datasets. This will lead to quality and efficiency gains, reducing administrative burden, in particular for regulatory reporting and auditing, combating and limiting fraud, incentivising the adoption of best practices and ethical behaviours. Moreover strengthening capacities in Europe to develop and exploit Blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies will reinforce digital innovation ecosystems in Europe and help position European actors amongst the leaders of a new internet economy.
Amendment 12 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 b (new)
Recital 39 b (new)
(39b) At the European Council meeting on 19 October 2017 Member States concluded the Union needs a sense of urgency to address emerging trends: including blockchain technologies, while at the same time ensuring a high level of data protection, digital rights and ethical standards. The European Parliament resolution on "Distributed ledger technologies and blockchains: building trust with disintermediation" (2017/2772(RSP)) passed on 16 May2018, recognises the role of blockchain in enhancing innovation in Europe and around the world.
Amendment 13 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 c (new)
Recital 39 c (new)
(39c) At the second Digital Day on 10 April, 2018, European counties committed to working together in the development of advanced trusted solutions for public services (e.g. through the development of a European blockchain infrastructure for services) and invited the European Commission to support the development and deployment of blockchain and distributed ledger technology through its digital programmes.
Amendment 17 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Programme will have fivesix specific objectives:
Amendment 18 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies
Amendment 21 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8a Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies The financial intervention by the Union under Specific Objective 6: Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, shall pursue the following operational objectives: (a) Build up and strengthen core Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies capacities in the Union, connecting national / regional blockchain infrastructures and establishing a governance model that can support the development and deployment of new digital services enabled by Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies in accordance with the Union's legal framework; (b) Make those capacities accessible to businesses, [in particular SMEs], public administrations or other organisations in order to support development of innovative cross-border applications of those technologies that will benefit European citizens and the digital economy [in Europe]; (c) Further develop, deploy, coordinate and operate at the Union level a European Blockchain Services Infrastructure meeting the highest global standards of cybersecurity, energy efficiency, privacy-compliance and accessible on a non-commercial basis to public and private users to support the delivery of services of public interest; (d) Support the deployment of ready to use/operational technology resulting from research and innovation strengthening an integrated Union innovation ecosystem on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, offering testing and experimentation facilities in Member States.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The motion for resolution on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries(2016/2072(INI))states that digitisation and media convergence create new opportunities for access, distribution and promotion of European works, highlights the important role of cultural and creative industries with regards to reindustrialization of Europe and emphasises the importance of guaranteeing funding for the digitisation, preservation and online availability of European cultural heritage
Amendment 112 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Programme's actions should be used to reinforce and extend the Union's digital base, tackle major societal challenges, further raise the Union's digital industrial competences, as well as address market failures or sub- optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner, without duplicating or crowding out private financing and have a clear European added value.
Amendment 123 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Developing capacity related to artificial intelligence is a crucial driver for the digital transformation of industry and also of the public sector . Ever more autonomous robots are used in factories, deep sea application, homes, cities and hospitals. Commercial artificial intelligence platforms have moved from testing to real applications in health and environment; all major car manufacturers are developing self-driving cars, and machine learning techniques are at the heart of all main web platforms and big data applications. In order to create the best framework conditions for these new technologies to foster in Europe, the Union needs to add the innovation principle to its policy-making process.
Amendment 142 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The advanced digital technologies supported by this Programme, such as high performance computing, cybersecurity, data protection and information governance and artificial intelligence are now sufficiently mature to move beyond the research arena and be deployed, implemented and scaled- up at Union level. Just as the deployment of these technologies require a Union response so does the skills dimension. Training opportunities in advanced digital skills need to be scaled up, increased and made accessible throughout the EU. Failing this could impede the smooth deployment of advanced digital technologies and hamper the overall competitiveness of Union's economy. The actions supported by this programme are complementary to those supported by the ESF, ERDF and Horizon Europe programmes.
Amendment 160 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ' European Digital Innovation Hub' means legal entityexisting or new legal entity designated or a consortium of legal entities designated or selected in an open and competitive procedure in order to fulfil the tasks under the Programme, in particular providing access to technological expertise and experimentation facilities, such as equipment and software tools to enable the digital transformation of the industry.open to business of all forms and sizes, industry, SMEs, scale-ups, and public administrations across the EU, such as equipment and software tools to enable the digital transformation of the industry, as well as facilitating access to finance. The Hubs shall act as one-stop-shops where companies of all sizes - including SMEs, start-ups and mid-caps – can get help to improve their business, production processes, products and services by means of digital technology. The Hubs shall offer support to companies to make sure that their employees’ skills match the expertise required to handle the available digital technology; they should also coordinate with education institutions and companies to support on-the-job training for students;
Amendment 185 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) deploy, coordinate at the Union level and operate an integrated world-class exascale77 supercomputing and data infrastructure in the Union that shall be accessible on a non-commercial basis to public and private users and for publicly and privately funded research purposes; _________________ 77 Billions of billions of floating operations per second
Amendment 227 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The financial intervention by the Union under Specific Objective 4. Advanced Digital skills shall support the development of advanced digital skills in areas supported by this programme, thus contributing to increase Europe's talent pool, fostering greater professionalism, especially with regard to high performance computing, big data analytics, cybersecurity, data protection and information governance, distributed ledger technologies, robotics and artificial intelligence. The financial intervention shall pursue the following operational objectives:
Amendment 263 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) support the uptake of advanced digital and related technologies, including in particular high performance computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data protection and information governance and future emerging technologies by the Union industry, notably SMEs;
Amendment 298 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. During the first year of the implementation of the Programme, an initial network of European Digital Innovation Hubs shall be established building on existing infrastructure, if applicable.
Amendment 305 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) appropriate competences related to the functions of the Digital Innovation Hubs, including capacity of validating technologies;
Amendment 306 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) appropriate management capacity, staff and, infrastructure and skillset to carry out research, technological development and innovation;
Amendment 315 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The Commission shall adopt a decision on the selection of entities forming the initial network. These entities shall be selected and labelled by the Commission from candidate entities designated by Member States on the basis of the criteria mentioned in paragraph 2 and the following additional criteria:
Amendment 360 #
2018/0227(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 5 – subpart I – point 5
Annex I – part 5 – subpart I – point 5
5. Education and culture: Provide creators and creative industry in Europe with access to latest digital technologies from AI to advanced computing. Exploit the European cultural heritage as a vector to promote cultural diversity, social cohesion and European citizenship. Support the uptake of digital technologies in education. , including the set-up of digital collaboration spaces, in particular a European Cultural Heritage Cloud.
Amendment 310 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) fostering open science and ensuring visibility to the public and open access to results in an appropriate manner only;
Amendment 328 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point k
(k) involving citizens, relevant stakeholders from R&I organisations, industry and businesses and end-users in co-design and co-creation processes;
Amendment 414 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. In accordance with Article 9(1)of Regulation … FP/RfP Regulation, the financial envelope for the implementation of the Specific Programme for the period 2021 to 2027 shall be EUR 94 1160 000 000 000 in current prices.
Amendment 450 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Missions will have their emphasis either on acceleration technological change (“Accelerator missions”) or aim to transform entire systems (“Transformator missions”). Transformator missions may contain a number of accelerator missions.
Amendment 690 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2
The overall aim is to endow Europeimprove Europe's endowment with world-class sustainable research infrastructures open and accessible to all researchers in Europe and beyond, which fully exploit their potential for scientific advance and innovation. Key objectives are to reduce the fragmentation of the research and innovation ecosystem, ensure continuous modernisation, avoiding duplication of effort, and better coordinate the development and use of, use and accessibility of research infrastructures. It is crucial to support open access to research infrastructures in all Member States. It is crucial to support open access to research infrastructures for all European researchers as well as, through the European Open Science Cloud (hereafter 'EOSC'), increased access to digital research resources, specifically tackling the currently sub-optimal embracement of open science and open data practises. Equally, the EU needs to tackle the rapid increase of global competition for talent by attracting third country researchers to work with European world-class research infrastructures. Increasing the competitiveness of European industry is also a major objective, supporting key technologies and services relevant for research infrastructures and their users, thus improving the conditions for supply of innovative solutions.
Amendment 739 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – paragraph 5
Annex I – part II – paragraph 5
Research and innovation under this pillar of Horizon Europe is grouped into integrated clusters of activities. Rather than addressing sectors, the investments aim at systemic changes for our society and economy along a sustainability vector. These will only be achieved if all actors, both private and public, engage in co- designing and co-creating research and innovation; bringing together end-users, researchers, scientists, technologists, producers, innovators, businesses, industry, educators, citizens and civil society organisations. Therefore, none of the thematic clusters is intended for only one set of actors.
Amendment 879 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 2 a (new)
- Personalised, digital health approaches based on "Digital Twins", accurate data-driven computer models of key biological processes of the human body, allowing identification of the best therapy per individuum, health prevention and maintenance measures;
Amendment 980 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.2 – point 2.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 6 a (new)
- Establish a “European Cultural Heritage Cloud”:A museum collaboration space will be created in order to grant accessibility of cultural heritage through new technologies as well as to encourage and to facilitate transmission of know- how and skills, such as restoring art works.The cloud will be closely linked to the current Europeana platform. The European Cultural Heritage Cloud will: - Create a research and project based collaboration space between museums, sciences organisations, cultural professionals and the public - Make research and knowledge accessible to the public - Provide the opportunity to set up individual workgroups and project structures -Provide and integrate links to existing platforms such as Europeana -Be a European cultural counterpart to commercially driven cloud services
Amendment 1166 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.3 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.3 – paragraph 1
The EU is a global leader in advanced materials and associated processes, which make up 20% of its industry base and form the root of nearly all value chains through the transformation of raw materials. To remain competitive and meet citizens’ needs for sustainable, safe and advanced materials, the EU must improve the recyclability of materials, introduce new and adapt existing feedstock, reduce the carbon and environmental footprint, and drive cross-sectoral industrial innovation by supporting new applications in all industry sectors.
Amendment 1169 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Materials (including plastic, bio-, nano-, two-dimensional, smart and multi- materials and related new and modified feedstock) designed with new properties and functionalisation and meeting regulatory requirements (while not leading to increased environmental pressures during their production, use or end-of-life);
Amendment 1210 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.7 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.7 – paragraph 2
Primary raw materials will continue to play an important role in the circular economy and attention must be paid to their sustainable production and security of their supply. In addition, entirely new materials, products and processes should be designed for circularity. Building a circular industry will have several advantages for Europe: It will lead to a secure, sustainable and affordable supply of raw materials, which will in turn protect the industry against scarcity of resources and price volatility. It will also create new business opportunities and innovative, more efficient ways of producing.
Amendment 1235 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 2
Breakthrough technologies to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gases and pollutants, including technologies of energy supply, energy systems, energy grids and energy storage, often combined with the technologies for circular industry above and the introduction of new and modified feedstock, will lead to strong industrial value chains, revolutionisze manufacturing capacities and improve the global competitiveness of industry; and at the same time make key contributions to our targets for climate action and environmental quality.
Amendment 1241 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 1
– Process technologies, including heating and cooling, digital tools andprocess agents (like hydrogen), new and modified feedstock and digital tools, especially in the form of large-scale demonstrations for process performance and efficiency; substantial reductions or avoidance of industrial emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants, including particulate matter;
Amendment 1250 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
– Industrial CO2arbon (CO2, CO,...) valorisation;
Amendment 1254 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 3
– Electrification and, use of unconventional energy sources, energy based on renewable sources as well as of waste heat and gases within industrial plants, and energy and resource exchanges between industrial plants (for instance via industrial symbiosis);
Amendment 1261 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 4
Annex I – part II – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.8 – paragraph 3 – indent 4
– Industrial products that require low or zero carbon emissions production processes through the life cycle. Activities under this area of intervention may be implemented through Union partnerships with industry.
Amendment 1344 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – introductory part
4.2.2. Energy Supply and Decarbonisation pathways
Amendment 1354 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 1
The EU aims to be world leader in affordable, secure and sustainable energy technologies improving its competitiveness in global value chains and its position in growth markets. Diverse climatic, geographical, environmental and socio- economic conditions in the EU as well as the need to ensure energy security, supply of energy and access to raw materials (especially critical ones), dictate a broad portfolio of energy solutions, including of non-technical nature. As regards renewable energy technologies, costs need to decrease further, performance must improve, integration into the energy system must be improved and breakthrough technologies need to be developed and implemented. As regards fossil fuels, decarbonising theirand improving their efficiency of usage will be essential to meet the climate objectives.
Amendment 1361 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Renewable energy technologies and solutions for power generation, hydrogen production, heating and cooling, sustainable transport fuels and intermediate carriers, at various scales and development stages, adapted to geographic conditions and markets, both within the EU and worldwide;
Amendment 1369 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
– Disruptive renewable energy technologies for new and highly enhanced applications and breakthrough solutions;
Amendment 1377 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– Technologies and solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-based power generationconventional thermal power generation via a progressive replacement of fossil fuels by renewable fuels (hydrogen, biogas, synthetic natural gas, sustainable biomass..) and via CO2 capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).
Amendment 1393 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 – paragraph 1
The expected growth of variable electricity production and shift towards more electric heating, cooling, production of hydrogen and transport dictates the need for new approaches to manage energy grids. Next to decarbonisation, the goal is to ensure energy affordability, security and stability of supply, achieved through investments in innovative network infrastructure technologies, increased flexibility of dispatchable power generation and innovative system management. Energy storage in different forms will play a key role in providing services to the grid, also improving and reinforcing network capacities. Exploiting synergies between different networks (e.g. electricity grids, heating and cooling networks, gas networks, transport recharging and refuelling infrastructure, hydrogen, and telecom networks) and actors (e.g. industrial sites, data centres, self- producers) will be crucial for enabling the smart, integrated operation of the relevant infrastructures.
Amendment 1400 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Technologies and tools for electricity networks to integrate renewables and new loads such as electro-mobility, industrial hydrolysis, hydrogen based electricity storage and heat pumps;
Amendment 1412 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
– Network and generation flexibility and synergies between the different energy sources, networks, infrastructures and actors;
Amendment 1425 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.4 – paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.4 – paragraph 4 – indent 1 a (new)
- Flexibility and efficiency of electricity, feedstock and heat in industrial plants and the energy system;
Amendment 1466 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.7 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.7 – paragraph 1
For the EU to reach its air quality, climate, and energy goals, including a 60% reduction in green-house gas emissions by 2050 as well as noise reduction, will require rethinking the whole mobility system including users, vehicles, fuels and infrastructures. It will also require the deployment of low-emission alternative energies and market uptake of zero- emission vehicles/vessels/aircrafts. In addition to the harmful effects of greenhouse gas emissions, transport contributes significantly to poor air quality and noise in Europe with negative consequences for the health of citizens18 . Building on progress with electrification and the use of fuel cell, hydrogen technologies, biofuels and biogas, the use of fuel cells, the improvement of combustion engines and their adaptation to renewable fuels and other sustainable powertrain technologies for cars, buses and light duty vehicles it is essential to accelerate research and innovation solutions for other sectors such as aviation, maritime and inland navigation and lorries. _________________ 18 Around one-third of EU citizens live in urban areas with concentration levels of pollutants above legal thresholds
Amendment 1505 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.9 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 4 – point 4.2 – point 4.2.9 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– Low zero-carbon hydrogen includingStorage and related infrastructure of low carbon hydrogen and other substances and materials enabling the storage of energy, including, but not limited to the technology for fuel cells, and the EU value chain from design to end use across various applications.
Amendment 1561 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- Root cause analysis on the decline in biodiversity
Amendment 1583 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
- reduction of emissions in agriculture through development of actions and technology of ammonia reduction, low emission and efficient livestock housing systems, efficient fertilizer management, measures and techniques for methane and nitrous oxide reduction;
Amendment 1584 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 b (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 b (new)
- Adaptation of agriculture and forestry to Climate Change (Genetic Issues, Climate Resistance ...)
Amendment 1593 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 10
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 10
– Digital innovations in farming (like "Big Data for small farms"), forestry and across value chains and rural areas through the use of data and development of infrastructures, technologies and governance models including the development of demonstration farms; Development of "Smart agriculture and forestry" by usage of artificial intelligence, machine learning algorithms and robotics;
Amendment 1596 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11
– Agricultural knowledge and innovation systems and their interconnection at various scales; advice, building skills and information sharing (like deployment of Smart-Farming and Big Data Platforms).
Amendment 1651 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 4
– Modern food safety and authenticity systems, development of scientific methods for verification of regional origin, enhancing consumer confidence in the food system;
Amendment 1653 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.5 – paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)
- Identification of protein sources and further development of protein plants and their processing for use as food and feed
Amendment 1669 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– Bio-based value chains, materials, including bio-inspired materials, products and processes with novel qualities, functionalities and improved sustainability (including reducing greenhouse gases emissions), cascading use of biomass (including usage paths and recycling possibilities for by-products of agricultural production), fostering the development of advanced biorefineries using a wider range of biomass, further development of existing and new biogenic fuels;
Amendment 1819 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.1 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part III – point 1 – point 1.1 – point 1.1.1 – paragraph 5
The Pathfinder will be open to all types of high-potential innovators, from individuals to universities, research and technology organisations and companies, in particular startups and SMEs, and from single beneficiaries to multi-disciplinary consortia. In the case of single beneficiary projects, larger companies will not be permitted. Torder to ensure synergies and avoid duplications, the Pathfinder will be implemented in close coordination with other parts of Horizon Europe, in particular with the European Research Council (ERC), the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), and the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) activities. The Pathfinder should also encourage the generation and growth of start-ups based on innovation supported by Horizon Europe. It will also be implemented in close coordination with Member States programmes and activities.
Amendment 372 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Commission should support and measure SME participation in Pillar 2. A target of 25 % of the total budget of the Pillar 2 should target SMEs, out of which, one-third should be distributed in a fully bottom-up monobeneficiary manner, with open calls dedicated to SMEs performing incremental innovation, following the model of the SME Instrument in Horizon 2020. In addition, diffusion oriented measures will be implemented to support quicker adoption of innovative solutions among SMEs.
Amendment 902 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Framework Programme for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 94 1160 000 000 000 in curreonstant prices for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(a) and, in addition, the amount for the specific programme referred to in Article 1(3)(b), as laid down in Regulation…. establishing the European Defence Fund.
Amendment 921 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) EUR 25 800 000 00028.20% for Pillar I 'Open Science' for the period 2021-2027, of which
Amendment 928 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 1
(1) EUR 16 600 000 00017.00% for the European Research Council;
Amendment 935 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 2
(2) EUR 6 800 000 0008.10% for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions;
Amendment 942 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a – point 3
(3) EUR 2 400 000 0003.10% for research infrastructures;
Amendment 953 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) EUR 52 700 000 00056.10% for Pillar II 'Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness' for the period 2021-2027, of which
Amendment 961 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 1
(1) EUR 7 700 000 0008.35% for cluster 'Health';
Amendment 966 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 2
(2) EUR 2 800 000 0001.50% for cluster 'Inclusive and SecurCreative Society';
Amendment 973 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 2 a (new)
(2a) 1.92% for cluster 'Secure Society';
Amendment 983 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 3
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 3
(3) EUR 15 000 000 00017.20% for cluster 'Digital and Industry';
Amendment 986 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 3 a (new)
(3a) including at least 2.50% for continuing 'FET Flagships';
Amendment 996 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 4
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 4
(4) EUR 15 000 000 00017.35% for cluster 'Climate, Energy and Mobility';
Amendment 1005 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 5
(5) EUR 10 000 000 0007.39% for cluster 'Food and Natural Resources';
Amendment 1010 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 6
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b – point 6
(6) EUR 2 200 000 0002.25% for the non- nuclear direct actions of the Joint Research Centre (JRC);
Amendment 1018 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – introductory part
(c) EUR 13 500 000 00011.51% for Pillar III 'Open Innovation' for the period 2021- 2027, of which
Amendment 1025 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – point 1
(1) EUR 10 500 000 0007.51% for the European Innovation Council, including up to EUR 500 000 0000.42% for European Innovation Ecosystems;
Amendment 1030 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – point 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – point 1 a (new)
(1a) 0.67% for incremental innovation;
Amendment 1036 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c – point 2
(2) EUR 3 000 000 0003.32% for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT);
Amendment 1039 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – introductory part
(d) EUR 2 100 000 000 for P4.33% for the crosscutting part 'Strengthening the European Research Area' for the period 2021-2027, of which
Amendment 1045 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 1
(1) EUR 1 700 000 03.00% for 'sharpreading excellence and widening participation across the European Union';
Amendment 1051 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 1 a (new)
(1a) 0.58% for 'boosting the attractiveness of the European Union for researchers and innovators and for international R&I investments'
Amendment 1058 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point d – point 2
(2) EUR 400 000 0000.75% for 'reforming and enhancing the European Union’s R&I System'.
Amendment 1076 #
2018/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. A target of 25% of the total budget of the Pillar 2 should target SMEs, out of which, one-third should be distributed to SMEs performing incremental innovation via a mono-beneficiary scheme, with open calls, following the model and selection criteria of the SME Instrument under Horizon 2020. In case this is not achieved, the Commission should examine the reasons and propose adequate measures for allowing SMEs to increase their participation.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
Recital 40 a (new)
(40 a) The quantity of marine plastic litter may outweigh fish by 2050 and represents a serious concern for environmental, economic, safety, health and cultural issues. Scientific knowledge is still scarce. There are evidences that remote sensing may be capable of providing monitoring on a global scale in complement to coastal monitoring sites and boat expeditions.
Amendment 54 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF may support actions for the protection and restoration of marine and coastal biodiversity and ecosystems, including in inland waters. For this purpose the cooperation with the European Space Agency and European satellite programmes should be fostered to gather more data on the situation of maritime pollution and especially plastic waste in the waters.
Amendment 55 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) investments in the analysis and observation of marine pollution, especially plastics, to increase data on the situation;
Amendment 56 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) investments in the cleaning of waters with a focus on blue economy and the re-use of plastic waste and waste water;
Amendment 58 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
increasing knowledge about marine plastic litter and its concentrations.
Amendment 59 #
2018/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) international cooperation on and development of ocean research and data, notably on marine plastic litter, obtained through appropriate sensors on satellites, notably from the Copernicus component of the EU Space programme, autonomous aircraft and in-situ observing systems, capable of monitoring larger items of floating litter as well as concentrations of smaller items.
Amendment 163 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall, within 18 months from the adaption of this Directive, adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article [XXX] to define the key elements of EPR schemes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article on a product-by-product basis. Key elements include methods for apportioning responsibility, the calculation of costs and defining other specific elements in accordance with the minimum requirements established by Directive 2008/98/EC. Where relevant, the requirements of Directive 94//62/EEC should also be taken into account.
Amendment 165 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Member States shall adopt the EPR schemes falling under paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article within [18 months] from the adoption of the Commission delegated act mentioned in paragraph 2a of this Article.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a Exercise of delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles [XXX] shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of [five years] from the date of entry into force of this Directive. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. 3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles [XXX] may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles [XXX] shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 207 #
2018/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall adopt the EPR schemes necessary to comply with paragraphs 1 and two of Article 8 in accordance with the provisions of that Article.
Amendment 29 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the Commission proposal regarding the global level of the next MFF set at 1,11 % of the EU-27 GNI (1,08% after deducting the European Development Fund), represents, in terms of GNI percentage, a reduction in real terms compared to the current MFF; considers that this proposal will not allow the Union to deliver on its political commitments and respond to important challenges ahead and, therefore, cannot be accepted as suchrecommends the Commission to reconsider its position;
Amendment 53 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Whereby a special focus should be given to the provision of sufficient good- quality food, clean water and the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities in order to deliver on SDG 2and 6; furthermore, draws the attention to the scale and implementations of energy poverty in developing countries and demands additional action to reduce energy poverty in line with SDG 7, in particular in remote rural areas in off- grid energy regions;
Amendment 124 #
2018/0166R(APP)
Paragraph 14 – point xviii a (new)
xviii a. Secure at least the proposed level of funding of the Digital Europe programme;
Amendment 111 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) It is equally important that online intermediation service providers do not engage in unfair commercial practices (including commercial behaviour or the inclusion of unfair contractual terms) which violates good faith or good commercial conduct, creates an imbalance in the relationship with the transfer of costs incurred or the shift of entrepreneurial risk to the weaker party and is unilaterally imposed. It is not proportionate to apply this prohibition to small enterprises (within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC).
Amendment 112 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
(20 b) Certain practices can be conclusively treated as unfair in all circumstances. The Platform Observatory should continuously review this list of practices and recommend updates to the Commission.
Amendment 186 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Providers of online intermediation services shall notify to the business users concerned any envisaged modification of their terms and conditions that negatively affect them.
Amendment 193 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Providers of online intermediation services might in certain cases restrict in the terms and conditions the ability of business users to offer goods or services to consumers under more favourable conditions through other means than through those online intermediation services. In those cases, the providers concerned should set out the grounds for doing so, in particular with reference to the main economic, commercial or legal considerations for the restrictions. This transparency obligation should however not be understood as affecting the assessment of the legality of such restrictionSuch restrictions should not be admissible, as they deprive business users from exercising their entrepreneurial freedom to set the conditions and means of sale of their own products uander other acts of Union law or the law of Member States in accordance with Union law, includ services, and may also harm consumers by preventing in them areas of competition and unfair commercial practices, and the application of such lawsccess to a wider choice.
Amendment 246 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Providers of online intermediation services and providers of online search engines shall, when complying with the requirements of this Article, not be required to disclose any trade secrets as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/943 nor any information which threatens consumer protection from unfair online practices by business users or corporate business users.
Amendment 250 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Providers of online intermediation services and providers of online search engines shall designate at least one spokesperson, who is responsible for the policy related to rankings within the provider including development, review and oversight. Online intermediation services shall make the contact details of this spokesperson available to business users.
Amendment 253 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) they allow business users to offer goods or services to consumers, with a view to facilitating the initiating of direct transactions between those business users and consumers, irrespective of where those transactions are ultimately concludedon the online intermediation service’s website or by direct link to the website of the business user;
Amendment 265 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. An online intermediation service shall not engage in an unfair commercial practice. A practice shall constitute an unfair commercial practice if it grossly deviates from good commercial conduct and is contrary to good faith and fair dealing, having regard to any situation of imbalance between the online intermediary and a business user. In relation to the inclusion of contractual terms, account shall be taken of the extent to which a business user was able to individually negotiate terms of access to the online intermediation service, and the extent to which those terms excessively shape the business relationship to favour exclusively the online intermediation service’s own economic interests.
Amendment 530 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Where, in the provision of their services, pProviders of online intermediation services shall not restrict the ability of business users to offer the same goods and services to consumers under different conditions through other means than through those services, they shall include grounds for that restriction different conditions to consumers for obtaining their terms and conditions and make those grounds easily available to the public. Those grounds shall include the main economic, commercial or legal considerations for those restriction goods and services at issue through other means than those services.
Amendment 546 #
2018/0112(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The obligation set out in paragraph 1 shall not affect any prohibitions or limitations in respect of the imposition of such restrictions that result from the apperms and conditions, or specific provisions therein, imposing oblicgation of other Union rules or from national rules that are in accordance with Union law and to whichs on business users to act in violation of the providersions of the online intermediation services are subjectparagraph (1) shall be null and void.
Amendment 169 #
2018/0111(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) documents held by public undertakings having industrial or commercial character and documents held by public undertakings active in utility markets exempted from procurement rules under Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU whose publication would result in discrimination against their owners in competition with private companies, ;
Amendment 2 #
2017/2146(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define and clearly assess the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient States’ conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; expresses deep concern about the potential use of budget support in countries lacking democratic oversight, either due to the lack of a functioning parliamentary democracy or freedoms for civil society and the media, or due to a lack of capacity of oversight bodies; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub- Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission’s ex- ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2146(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the European Court of Auditors’ special report 11/2017 on the Bêkou EU trust fund for the Central African Republic; recognises that despite some shortcomings the trust fund was a hopeful beginning and observes that setting up a trust fund was a rapid response to the need to link relief, rehabilitation and development; calls on the Commission to follow the Court’s recommendations to prepare guidance on the choice of aid vehicle (trust fund or other); this guidance must reflect the considerapossible risks and disadvantage with trust funds and the mixed experience of their use so far; regrets that the fund has not significantly improved general donor coordination;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2146(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more- for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbourhood Policy; believes that the more and the faster a Country progresses in its internal reforms to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the eradication of corruption, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the Union; stresses that this “positive conditionality” approach, accompanied by a strong focus on financing small-scale projects for rural communities, can bring real change and guarantee that Union tax payers’ money is spent in a more sustainable manner; on the other hand, strongly condemns any attempt to make aid conditional on border control;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is encouraged by the positive findings in the Court’s Special Report 11/2017 on the Bêkou Trust Fund for the Central African Republic, which responds to relief and rehabilitation needs and links this response to development; notes the fundamental difference between trust funds of this kind and the Africa Trust Fund; supports the recommendation to prepare guidance on the choice of aid vehicle and underlines that this guidance must reflect the considerapossible risks and disadvantages with trust funds and the mixed experience of their use so far; calls on the Commission to guarantee, through detailed and regular reporting, effective mechanisms for parliamentary scrutiny as to how the Fund is being implemented;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define and clearly assess the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient states' conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; expresses deep concern about the potential use of budget support in countries lacking democratic oversight, either due to the lack of a functioning parliamentary democracy, freedoms for civil society and the media, or due to a lack of capacity of oversight bodies; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub- Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission's ex-ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more- for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbourhood Policy;believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the eradication of corruption, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the Union;stresses that this “positive conditionality” approach, accompanied by a strong focus on financing small-scale projects for rural communities, can bring real change and guarantee that Union tax payers’ money is spent in a more sustainable manner;on the other hand, strongly condemns any attempt to make aid conditional on border control;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2053(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the proposal made by the President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, for the creation of a specific line dedicated to the euro area within the EU budget, included in his ‘state of the union’ speech to the European Parliament and further developed in the Commission communication of 6 December 2017 on new budgetary instruments for a stable euro area within the Union framework;11 11 calls, to this end, for a budgetary capacity within the EU budget above the current ceiling to safeguard investments in times of crisis, accompany the enforcement of structural reforms, assist with the convergence of non-Euro member states, help stabilise Member States’ economies in difficult times and provide a short-term investment protection function to soften the social costs of necessary reforms; _________________ 11 COM(2017)0822
Amendment 84 #
2017/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that losses of funds for EU development cooperation caused by Brexit must be compensated for; supports the integrareiterates its long-standing position ofthat the European Development Fund (EDF), alongside other instruments outside the MFF, should be integrated into the EUnion budget in the context of an overall increase the total of EU-managed ODA; stresses that such integration should entail the financial envelope being added on top of the current MFF ceiling, in order not to jeopardise the financing of other EU policies and programmes;
Amendment 138 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that the future framework is expected to integrate two new types of financial support featuring prominently on the Union’s economic agenda, namely the continuation of the investment support schemes, such as the European Fund for Strategic Investment, and the development of a fiscal capacity with a specific budgetary capacity for the euro area and of financial stabilisation functions, possibly through the proposed European Monetary Fund;
Amendment 326 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
65. Believes, therefore, that the current presentation of the headings requires some improvements, but is against any unjustified radical changes; proposes, as a result, the following structure for the MFF post-2020; Heading 1: A stronger and sustainable economy Including programmes and instruments supporting: under direct management: - research and innovation - industry, entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises - large-infrastructure projects - transport, digitalisation, energy - environment and climate change adaptation - agriculture and rural development - maritime affairs and fisheries - horizontal (financial) instruments supporting investments in Europe (possible umbrella financial instrument at EU level, incl. EFSI) Heading 2: Stronger cohesion and solidarity in Europe Including programmes and instruments supporting: - economic, social and territorial cohesion (under shared management): investments in innovation, digitalisation, reindustrialisation, SMEs, transport, climate change adaptation employment, social affairs and social inclusion - education and life-long learning - culture, citizenship and communication - health and food safety - asylum, migration and integration, justice and consumers - support to and coordination with national administrations Heading 3: Stronger responsibility in the world Including programmes and instruments supporting: - international cooperation and development - neighbourhood - enlargement - humanitarian aid - trade - contribution to EU trust funds and external relations facilities Heading 4: Security, peace and stability for all Including programmes and instruments supporting: - security - crisis response and stability - common foreign and security policy - defence research and innovation Heading 5: An efficient administration at the service of Europeans - financing EU staff - financing the buildings and equipment of EU institutions
Amendment 346 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69
Paragraph 69
69. Calls, therefore, for a substantial increase in the overall budget earmarked for the FP9 programme in the next MFF that should be set at a level of at least EUR 120 billiondoubled at least; considers this level to be appropriate for securing Europe’s global competitiveness, scientific and industrial leadership, for responding to societal challenges, and for helping to achieve the EU’s climate goals;
Amendment 352 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
69a. Provide regulatory, non-regulatory framework and funding to harness the competitiveness and growth of the medical and digital health technologies European market by supporting the industry (large and small companies), to compete at international level;
Amendment 361 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 a (new)
Paragraph 70 a (new)
70a. Ensures coherence between the EU’ industrial and digital agenda as industry 4.0, the 'industrial internet', it is essential to re-launching industrial investment and it is equally appropriate to create a win-win situation with environmental policy objectives;
Amendment 363 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70 b (new)
Paragraph 70 b (new)
70b. Highlights the need to focus R&D financing instruments on connected care to industrialise care through standards and evidence-based practices, while enabling precision medicine and personalised treatment, and technologies to support definitive diagnosis, preventions, biomedical modelling and treatment optimisation;
Amendment 390 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)
Paragraph 73 a (new)
73a. Calls on the European Commission to urgently promote investment in developing the next generation technologies and promoting their deployment. European structural funds and the funding for broadband and Trans-European Telecommunication Networks must be based on the criteria of tomorrow;
Amendment 394 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Underlines the importance of ensuring financing for completing the digital single market by making full use of the spectrum, upgrade of fixed and densification of mobile networks, 5G deployment and gigabit connectivity until 2025, and by making further progress on the harmonisation of EU telecom rules to create the right regulatory framework for the improvement of internet connectivity throughout the Union; stresses that CEF Telecom should continue to support the Digital Service Infrastructures and the broadband networks by enabling their accessibility, including in remote regions and rural areas, and by improving digital literacy, interconnectivity and interoperability;
Amendment 397 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Calls on the Commission to ensure, maintain and develop financing for the 5G Action Plan at the appropriate level within the horizon of the next Multiannual Financial Framework 2020- 2027;
Amendment 412 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Underlines the strategic importance of large-scale infrastructure projects such as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay (EGNOS), the Global Satellite Navigation System (Galileo) and the Earth Observation Programme (Copernicus) for the EU’s future competitiveness; highlights the significant contribution that the European GNSS Agency (GSA) makes to bolstering competitiveness and technological innovation; underlines the need for sufficient funding for the GSA in the next MFF, in order to ensure that European GNS programmes operate smoothly with adequate security and that full use is made of them; considers that the financing of these large-scale projects should be secured in the EU budget but, at the same time, ring-fenced, so as to ensure that possible cost overruns do not threaten the funding and successful implementation of other Union policies, as was the case in the previous MFF; recalls that, for this purpose, the maximum amount for these projects is currently fixed in the MFF Regulation, and calls for similar provisions in the new regulation;
Amendment 492 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81
Paragraph 81
81. Stresses that cohesion policy post- 2020 should remain the main investment policy of the European Union covering all EU regions while concentrating the majority of the resources on the most vulnerable ones; believes that, beyond the goal of reducing the disparities between levels of development and enhancing convergence as enshrined in the Treaty, it should focus on the achievement of the broad EU political objectives and proposes, therefore, that under the next MFF, the three cohesion policy funds – the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund – should concentrate mainly on providing support for research and innovation, digitalisation, reindustrialisation, SMEs, transport, climate change adaptation, employment and social inclusion; calls, moreover, for a reinforced territorial cooperation component and an urban dimension for the policy;
Amendment 551 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
84. Emphasises in particular the continuous need to fight unemployment, especially among young people, and calls, therefore, for a doubling of the Youth Employment Initiative envelope in the next programming period; considers that investment to boost education and training, especially the development of digital skills, digital literacy, coding remains one of the top priorities of the EU;
Amendment 600 #
2017/2052(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Stresses that the world is confronted with multiple challenges including conflicts, cyber-attacks, terrorism, disinformation, natural disasters, climate change, human rights violations and protracted crises; believes that the Union has a particular political and financial responsibility which is founded on rules-based foreign policy, cooperation with partner countries, poverty eradication and crisis response; takes the view that the EU’s commitment to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must form the basis on which to prepare for the next multiannual financial framework (MFF), and stresses the need, in this context, to focus on the SDGs concerning health, food, education, water and sanitation, energy, industry, innovation and infrastructure, and governance;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the development assistance from the EU budget needs to be kept at least at the level foreseen in the MFF and maintain its focus on long-term efforts to eradicate poverty; welcomes the phasing out of ODA for middle incomecalls for there to be a special focus on least developed countries;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for an incentive-based approach to development by introducing the more-for-more principle, taking as an example the European Neighbourhood Policy;believes that the more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms in relation to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it should receive from the EU;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises that no country has ever developed without engaging in further trade relations with their neighbours and the rest of the world;further encourages the financing of aid for trade activities, in order to allow developing countries to participate to a much greater degree in global value chains in the future;stresses in this context the increasing importance of digital connectivity in order to achieve a more balanced distribution of the globalisation benefits in favour of developing countries;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Emphasises the need for the EU budget to adequately contribute to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);recalls that its implementation has to cut across the EU’s internal and external policies, as well as integrate in a balanced and coherent manner the three dimensions of sustainable development, addressing the interlinkages between the different SDGs;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that an increase in the investment in access to reproductive health care is necessary to help counter the negative impact of the reinstatement of the Global Gag Ruleto fight against epidemic diseases; in this context emphasises the importance of the provision of clean water and of the building of additional wastewater disposal facilities;
Amendment 14 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the high importance of supporting micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises and calls in particular for a further strengthening of micro- finance loan and guarantee systems;
Amendment 15 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Encourages the establishment of vocational dual training institutions in developing countries in which young people, while undergoing a professional apprenticeship programme with an emphasis on practical aspects of a profession will have theoretical lectures at specialised professional schools;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls for an enlargement of the "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs" programme beyond Europe in particular to developing countries while providing the necessary financial means;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU budget is not the adequate tool for financing migration policies, as most Member States remainBelieves that promoting peace, security and justice in developing countries is of paramount importance for the EU in order to address the root causes of migration; recognises that expenditure relating to security is particularly reluctevant to launch a common policy in this fieldin the current efforts to comprehensively address the security-development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Agenda;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its rejection of the use of development funds for non- development objectives and underlines that funding that does not fulfil ODA criteria must be sourced from other instruments than the DCI and the EDFFully recognises the complex nature of many challenges and the need for multifaceted and complementary response actions, but insists on the need for clarity in funding arrangements and respect for international commitments;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the EU and its Member States must honour their collective commitment, confirmed in 2015, to raise their ODA to 0.7% of their GNI by 2030; calls on the Commission and the Member States to prepare a common timelines for progressive increases towards this levelgradual increases towards this level; affirms that EU development assistance should be spent more effectively and that ODA should be targeted to sectors where it is needed the most, namely capacity building, good governance, health, education, agriculture, water supply and sanitation, as well as energy.
Amendment 31 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of increasing the attribution of funds aiming at supporting good governance, democracy and the rule of law in developing counties in order to promote accountable and transparent institutions, support capacity building and foster participatory decision-making and public access to information;
Amendment 166 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62
Paragraph 62
62. Reiterates Parliament’s priorities for the forthcoming financial year, namely, consolidating the security measures already taken and improving Parliament’s resilience to cyber-attacks; improving the transparency of the Parliament’s own internal budgetary procedure; and focusing the Parliament’s budget on its core functions of legislating, acting as one arm of the budgetary authority, representing citizens and scrutinising the work of other institutions;
Amendment 182 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Increases two lines above the DB in relation to the work of Domestic Advisory Groups in trade agreements;
Amendment 186 #
2017/2044(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74
Paragraph 74
74. Welcomes the excellent work done by the Ombudsman in finding efficiency savings in her own budget when compared with the previous year;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the credibility of the Parliament depends to a large extent on its ability to develop democracy at Union level;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the amount set aside for extraordinary investment and expenditure in 2018 is EUR 47,6 million, the same level as in 2017; considers that the 2019 communication campaign ought to not be considered as extraordinary expenditure;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 72 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the communication campaign as a helpful effort to explain the purpose of the Union and the Parliament to the citizens; underlines, however, that this campaign should be limited toaim, among other things, at explaining the role of the European Union and, the power of the Parliament, its functions, including the election of the President of the Commission, and its impact on the lives of citizens;
Amendment 78 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that in advance of the forthcoming 2019 European elections, preparatory work on the communication campaign is already due to begin this year; welcomes a shorter two year pre-election period for the communication campaign compared to the three year pre-election period for the 2014 Europeanthat communication activities in 2018 will focus on the impact on the lives of citizens of Parliament’s work and that the first months of 2019 will see the development of those actions linked to the elections itself;
Amendment 85 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers the totalHighlights the fact that the amount proposed for the communication campaign for the 2019 elections to be too high, withis EUR 25 million of expenditure in 2018 and EUR 8,33 million in 2019; notes that a higher amountthe bulk of financial commitments are required in 2018, nevertheless considers that the distribution of appropriations could be adjusted by lowering spending in 2018occur in 2018 in order to conclude necessary contracts and focus on the campaign's implementation in the year of the election;
Amendment 90 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Calls for an increase in Article 325 ‘Expenditure relating to information offices’ and Item 3245 ‘Organisation of seminar symposia and cultural activities’ in order to also provide information about the Union and Union-policies through the activities of external stakeholders on local, regional and national level;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the work of the Parliament’s Secretariat, the Secretariats of the political groups and the offices of Members aimed at empowering Members in their mandates; encourages the continued development of those services which enhance Members’ ability to scrutinise the work of the Commission and Council and represent citizens;
Amendment 103 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Recalls Parliament’s resolutions of 29 April 2015 on Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2016 and of 28 October 20151a on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 20161b; reiterates the appeal for greater transparency regarding the general expenditure allowance for Members; calls on Parliament's Bureau to work on more precise guidance regarding the accountability of the expenditure authorised under this allowance, without generating additional costs to Parliament; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0172 1b Texts adopted, P8_TA(2015)0376
Amendment 109 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. In preparation for the ninth legislature, calls on the Secretary-General to submit to the Bureau a more precise list of expenses defrayable under the General Expenditure Allowance (GEA), as well as suggesting measures to improve the accountability of this expenditure, using best practice cases from national delegations in the Parliament and Member St; recalls the principle of the independence of the mandates; believes that Members should also be able to provide links on the Parliament website to places where they currently publish their spending recordunderlines that it is possible for Members who wish to do so to publish their spending record of the GEA on their personal webpages; reiterates that the improved transparency of the GEA should not require additional staff in Parliament's administration;
Amendment 117 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that the current envelope of EUR 24 164 per month for parliamentary assistance per Member is more than adequate and should not be increasedit appropriate to keep the increase in budget line 422 ‘Expenditure related to parliamentary assistance’ to a minimum;
Amendment 147 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Believes that, in a period in which the financial and personnel resources available to the Union institutions are likely to be increasingly constrained, it is important that the institutions themselves are able to recruit and retain the most able staff to meet the complex challenges ahead in a way consistent with the principles of performance based budgeting;
Amendment 169 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Considers that recent controversies surrounding the funding of some European political parties and some political foundations have exposed weaknesses in existing management and control systems;
Amendment 180 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Believes that European political parties and foundations should become more reliant on own resources and reduce their dependency on the Parliament’s budget; considers thatincreasing the 85% upper limit of contributions or grants should be progressively lowered; maintains that an increasing reliance on own resources would lower the risk to the Parliament’s budget in recovering amounts erroneouslyfor European political parties and foundations will allow an increased accountability of European political parties towards the Parliament; considers that 95 % should be the upper limit of contributions or fgraudulently spents;
Amendment 192 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
Amendment 198 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43 a. Recalls Parliament's resolution of 14 April 20161a on Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2017; asks the implementation of a cooperation with television stations, social media and further partners in order to establish a European media-hub for training purposes for young journalists; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA- PROV(2016)0132.
Amendment 199 #
2017/2022(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43 b. Therefore allocates EUR 800 000 on the Article 326 European Science Media Hub;
Amendment 34 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The directive should take into account the results of the stakeholder consultation and impact assessment conducted by the European Commission as well as scrutiny by the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in accordance with the requirements of the Better Regulation Guidelines of the European Commission [SWD (2017) 350].
Amendment 111 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
In respect of gas pipelines to and from third countries completed before [PO: date of entry into force of this Directive] or for which on [PO: date of entry into force of this Directive] construction works relating to the investment have started, or the first legally binding commitment to order equipment for the construction of the pipeline has been made, Member States may decide to derogate from Articles 9, 10, 11 and 32 and Article 41(6), (8) and (10) for the sections of such pipelines between the border of Union jurisdiction and the first physical interconnection point, provided that the derogation would not be detrimental to competition on or the effective functioning of the internal market in natural gas in the Union, or the security of supply in the Union.
Amendment 119 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 128 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2009/73/EC
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
Article 49 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
Where the gas pipeline in question is located in the jurisdiction of more than one Member State, the Member State in the jurisdiction of which the first physical interconnection point is located shall decide on a derogation for the pipeline.
Amendment 131 #
2017/0294(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a The rules established by this Directive shall come into force subject to a positive opinion of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board on an impact assessment in accordance with the Better Regulation Guidelines of the European Commission [SWD (2017)350].
Amendment 32 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The coordination of economic policies within the Union and the euro area and the provision of information to economic agents within the single market requires comparable data on labour market developments including statistics on labour costs, earnings and on the number of occupied and vacant posts. In addition, lifelong learning is a key element in developing and promoting a skilled, trained and adapted workforce, and particular attention should be given to vocational training in enterprises as a crucial contributor to lifelong learning. Such data are mainly collected from businesses and should in the future be legislated and better integrated with other business statistics. Data on the level and composition of labour costs and on the structure and distribution of earninglabour costs are needed to assess medium-term developments of Union economies. Data on labour cost developments and job vacancies are needed for the short–term monitoring of Union economies, including for monetary policy purposes. Data on enterprises' investment in continuing vocational training, the characteristics and volume of such training as well as information on enterprises' strategies for vocational training are needed to monitor the implementation of the Union's strategy for enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training.
Amendment 49 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Scientifically based and well documented statistical estimation and imputation methods
Amendment 50 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 125 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 4
Annex II – Subject area 1. Short term business statistics – line 4
Amendment 130 #
2017/0048(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Subject area 2. Statistics on international activities – line 8
Annex II – Subject area 2. Statistics on international activities – line 8
Topics Periodicity ICT usage and e- ABiennuially commerce
Amendment 25 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the exchange of information between the EU agencies involved in EU space policy and all other EU agencies should be intensified in order to achieve synergy effects; points out that the fields of activity are increasingly converging; calls on the Commission to publish an annual report on the nature and extent of cooperation among the EU agencies;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2325(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the success of the space sector is highly dependent on research and innovation and that the next Framework Programme should put an emphasis on space-related research, whilst ensuring efficiency through full cooperation between the EU, the ESA and the Member States in areas such as launcher research; also maintains that the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) should be closely involved in space-related research and innovation;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2323(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers that SMEs are the main source of job creation and therefore need an appropriate access to finance as well as a strong support when it comes to the implementation of European legislation in terms of structural capacity building on European level;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2323(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses the importance of strengthening the COSME programme in the new MFF, in order to provide SMEs with a more substantial support from the EU by upholding the programme's priorities access to financing, access to (export-)markets and a better environment for the competitiveness or promotion of entrepreneurship; believes that establishing synergies with other financial instruments would allow to focus on a reduced number of measurements in order to achieve greater effects for programmes;
Amendment 267 #
2016/2323(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Believes that in a period in which the financial and personnel resources available to the EU institutions are likely to be increasingly constrained, it is important that the institutions themselves are able to recruit and retain the most able staff to meet the complex challenges ahead in a way consistent with the principles of performance based budgeting.
Amendment 185 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Encourages the Secretary-General to propose detailed arrangements for the fullmore sharing of back office functions and services between Parliament, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee;
Amendment 195 #
2016/2047(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
Amendment 234 #
2016/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that renewable electricity production from variable renewables should be better integrated with the electric distribution and transmission systems, considering the changes towards a more decentralised model for energy; notes that non variable forms of renewables production, such as hydro power, can support the integration of variable renewables in the market;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU budget should further facilitate SME access to funding and markets; and promote a sufficiently diversified range of equity instruments across the Union, which is needed along the growth path of a company;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2032(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that bank lending still is one of the most important source of financing for European SMEs and therefore urges a healthy and stable banking sector in order to strengthen SMEs' access to finance; backs in this context the SME supporting factor which should be implemented as a permanent basis, ensuring that regulations follow the proportionality principle and acknowledge the specific role small local banks play for SME finance;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasizes that the largest part of the budget of the Parliament and its annual indexation is fixed by statutory or contractual obligations, which cannot be influenced by the Parliament in the budgetary procedure;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Therefore stresses, that some savings compared to the proposal of the Secretary-General are needed in other areas, such as contingency reserve, efficiency gains in interpretation and translation without endangering the quality of the service, energy consumption or further efficiency gains;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for precision and transparency in the evolution of the budget from one year to the other; considerhighlights, in this light, that EUR 15 million of extraordinary expenditure for security in 2016 ishould not be included in the basis for the calculation of the percentage increase for 2017, just like the extraordinary expenditure for 2017 should be deducte in the official tables of the Commission and European Parliament and wthen calculating the percentage increas Council, just like the extraordinary expenditure for 20187;
Amendment 47 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 55 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that mobile workspaces for Members and support in constituencies should be based on needs and use assessment; insists that no hardware should be provided as the GEA provides sufficient resources for the purchase of state-of-the-art devices; questions the need for developing a private mobile work space for Members as this does not seem to correspond to the way Members and their offices organise themselves;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the possibility of signing internal documents digitally should be made commonplace, across all instances, such as signing forms, written declarations etc., while ensuring reliability and security; asks to prove the possibility to introduce a TAN verification system on the MEP's mobile; believes, moreover, that the use of fax machines should be discouraged and gradually phased out;
Amendment 62 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Requests that the possibility of signing internal documents digitally should be made commonplace, across all instances, such as signing forms, written declarations etc., while ensuring reliability and security; believes, moreover, that the use of fax machines should be discouraged and gradually phased out;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the current depiction of Members' parliamentary activities on Parliament's website is not accurate and transparent enough; suggests that a more detailed and accurate system of weighing and categorising of parliamentary activities is necessary in order to give a better and more detailed overview of Members' activities which in turn would contribute to a better communication and liaison with citizensunderlines that an ad- hoc working group of the bureau of the Parliament is currently working on possible solutions to this issue; expects the relevant Bureau working group to present its agenda and findings to the Committee on Budgets as soon as it is available;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its call to the Bureau on the defConfirms its position on the general expenditure allowance taken in its budgetary resolutions of more precise rules regarding the accountability of the expenditure authorised under the general expenditure allowance, which could include cost effective measures such as Members publishing their spending records, as already practiced by a growing number of Members, and could be accompanied by a simplified system for re-paying the unu29 April 2015 and 28 October 2015; reiterates the appeal for greater transparency regarding the general expenditure allowance for the Members; calls on the Bureau to work on a definition of more precise rules regarding the accountability of the expenditure authorised funds; reiterates that this should not requireer this allowance, without generating additional staff forcosts to Parliament's administration;
Amendment 81 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. DeplorNotes that the Bureau has not concluded yet its deliberations on Parliament's mid-term strategy for buildings; reiterates, therefore, once again its call for the new mid-term building strategy to be presented to the Committee on Budgets in time for the preparation of Parliament's reading on the 2017 budget;
Amendment 84 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Deems that the authorisCalls for more information ofn the study on the renovation of the Paul Henri Spaak (PHS) building should be conditional upon further clarifications, including concerning what different renovation and use options are to be studiedatus quo of the project to renovate the PHS building; requests that the a study on the renovation is launched and examined by the Bureau; expects the Bureau to take into consideration the need for healthy and safe working conditions when setting up the renovation timeframe; asks that the Bureau informs the Committee on Budgets on all steps as soon as available; invites, in this context, the Bureau to lay the groundwork for transforming the PHS building into an exemplary state-of- the-art building in terms of energy efficiency and to promptly proceed with the modernization of the building;
Amendment 122 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Requests to evaluate the possibility for a closer cooperation with ARTE in Strasbourg in order to establish a European media-hub for training purposes for young journalists;
Amendment 131 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Ask the Secretary-General to fully implement the spirit and the letter of the new Financial Regulation with regard to green and economically efficient public procurement by reinforcing Parliament's procurement strategy in this respect;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 141 #
2016/2019(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 43 #
2016/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes, additionally, the Commission’s Annual Growth Survey for 2016; strongly believes that boosting investment, including a coordinated increase in public and private investment with a focus on the Europe 2020 targets, is a proper policy response with a view to a more balanced economic policy; believes that those two elements should be taken into consideration in the preparation of the draft budget for 2017 insofar as this should help identify priorities within an economic context; calls, consequently, for more synergies between the Union dimension of the European semester for economic policy coordination and the Union budget;
Amendment 96 #
2016/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers the European Youth Initiative (YEI), in particular, to be a fundamental contribution to the Union’s priority objective for jobs and growth, and therefore reiterates its commitment to continued funding for this programme with a view to scaling it up and thereby offering a greater number of young people, including young migrants coming to the European Union, the prospect of effectively entering the labour market by receiving a good quality offer of employment, continued education or apprenticeship; recalls the commitment made by the three institutions to ‘ensure appropriate funding via an Amending Budget in 2016, by making use of all available means provided for in the MFF, and primarily of the Global Margin for Commitments’; notes that the figures for implementation indicate full success in terms of absorption capacity; calls on the Commission to present its evaluation of the YEI at the latest by the end of April 2016, and at all events in time for the inclusion of a prolongation of the programme in the EU budget 2017, while also laying the groundwork for the search for a permanent source of funding for the YEI as part of the revision of the MFF;
Amendment 105 #
2016/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls the important role of small and medium sized enterprises as the backbone of the European economy and wealth; considers that SMEs are the main source of job creation and therefore need an appropriate access to finance as well as a strong support when it comes to the implementation of European legislation in terms of structural capacity building on European level;
Amendment 114 #
2016/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls the importance of European agencies ensuring the implementation of European legislation and thereby accomplishing EU policy objectives related to competitiveness, growth and employment on the one hand and in managing the current migration crisis on the other hand; therefore urges the need of attributing adequate budgetary resources to them.
Amendment 358 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) ‘ambient heat’ means heat energy at a useful temperature level which is extracted or captured by means of heat pumps that need electricity or other auxiliary energy to function, and which can be stored in the ambient air, beneath the surface of solid earth or, in surface water, sewage water, or the structure of buildings. The reported values shall be established on the basis of the same methodology used for the reporting of heat energy extracted or captured by heat pumps;
Amendment 394 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point y
(y) 'waste heat or cold' means heat or cold which is generated as by-product in industrial or power generation installations andtertiary sector which would be dissipated unused in air or water without access to a district heating or cooling system;
Amendment 412 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a a
(aa) ‘renewable self-consumer’ means an active customer as defined in Directive [MDI Directive] who consumes and may store and sell renewable electricity which is generated within his or its premises or close by, including a multi-apartment block, a commercial or shared services site or a closed distribution system, provided that, for non-household renewable self- consumers, those activities do not constitute their primary commercial or professional activity;
Amendment 434 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e e
(ee) ‘advanced biofuels’ means biofuels that are produced from feedstocks listed in part A of Annex IX;
Amendment 503 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall support the high ambition of Member States through an enabling framework comprising the enhanced use of Union funds, in particular financial instruments, especially in view of reducing the cost of capital for renewable energy projects. In addition, the enabling framework shall ensure to steer investments to those regions that have significant cost-effective potentials for the expansion of renewable energies.
Amendment 513 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Subject to State aid rules, in order to reach the Union target set in Article 3(1), Member States may apply temporarily support schemes for immature technologies. Support schemes for electricity from renewable sources shall be designed so as to avoid unnecessary distortions of electricity markets andmarkets. To further avoid that undertakings particularly affected by the financing costs of renewable energy support schemes are put at a significant competitive disadvantage it must be ensured that producers take into account the supply and demand of electricity as well as possible grid constraints and among others through measures concerning storage of electricity from renewable sources..
Amendment 534 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Support for electricity from renewable sources shall be technology neutral and designed so as to integrate electricity from renewable sources in the electricity market and ensure that renewable energy producers are responding to market price signals and maximise their market revenu overall cost-efficiency of the electricity supply. In order to limit market distortions, Member States shall phase out support for electricity from those renewable sources that have reached technical maturity and gradually expose them to market prices.
Amendment 566 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that support for renewable electricity is granted temporarily in an open, transparent, competitive, non- discriminatory and cost- effective manner.
Amendment 584 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall assess the effectiveness of their support for electricity from renewable sources at least every four years. Decisions on the continuation or prolongation of support and design of new support shall be based on the results of the assessments. Subject to state aid rules, Member States shall take appropriate measures to limit the impact of such support schemes on the competitiveness of the energy intensive industries exposed to international competition.
Amendment 628 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that support for at leastround 10% of the newly- supported capaelectricity in each year between 2021 and 2025 and at leastround 15% of the newly-supported capaelectricity in each year between 2026 and 2030 is open to installations located in other Member States. Member States benefitting from the opening of a support scheme in another Member State shall endeavour to open their own support schemes to cross- border participation.
Amendment 637 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Support schemes shall be technology neutral and may be opened to cross-border participation through, inter alia, opened tenders, joint tenders, opened certificate schemes or joint support schemes. The allocation of renewable electricity benefiting from support under opened tenders, joint tenders or opened certificate schemes towards Member States respective contributions shall be subject to a cooperation agreement setting out detailed rules for the cross-border disbursement of funding taking into account different taxes and fees, following the principle that energy should be counted towards the Member State funding the installation. The cooperation agreement shall aim to harmonize the administrative framework conditions in the cooperation countries to ensure a level-playing field.
Amendment 648 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall assess by 2025 the benefits on the cost-effective deployment of renewable electricity in the Union of provisions set out in this Article. On the basis of this assessment, the Commission may propose to increasealter the percentages set out in paragraph 2.
Amendment 667 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), gross final consumption of electricity from renewable energy sources shall be calculated as the quantity of electricity produced in a Member State from renewable energy sources, including the production of electricity from renewable self-consumers and energy communities and excluding the production of electricity in pumped storage units from water that has previously been pumped uphill.
Amendment 744 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 5 – indent 1 (new)
– Member States shall endeavour the development and use of new technologies (notably storage technologies).
Amendment 754 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall carry out an assessment of their potential of renewable energy sources and of the use of waste heat and cold for heating and cooling. That assessment shall be included in the second comprehensive assessment required pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU for the first time by 31 December 2020 and in the updates of the comprehensive assessments thereafter. Member States that already carried out the assessment before this directive came into force can make use of existing data.
Amendment 910 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. Subject to their assessment included in the integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Annex I of Regulation [Governance], on the necessity to build new infrastructure for district heating and cooling produced from renewable energy sources in order to achieve the Union target referred to in Article 3(1) of this Directive, Member States shall, where relevant, take steps with a view to developing a district heating infrastructure to accommodate the development of heating and cooling production from large biomass, solar and geothermal facilities and waste heat or cold.
Amendment 913 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 a (new)
Article 20 a (new)
Amendment 928 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) are entitled to carry out self- consumption, store and sell, including through power purchase agreements, their excess production of renewable electricity without being subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost- reflective;
Amendment 980 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that renewable energy communities are entitled to generate, consume, store and sell renewable energy, including through power purchase agreements, without being subject to disproportionate procedures and charges that are not cost-reflective. Detailed rules for renewable energy communities must be determined, taking into account that these communities are not disproportionately privileged in comparison to energy suppliers.
Amendment 1017 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to State aid rules, when designing support schemes, Member States shall take into account the specificities of renewable energy communities while ensuring that a level playing field between all generators of electricity from renewable energy sources exists.
Amendment 1044 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the penetration of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector, each Member State shall endeavour to increase the share of renewable energy supplied for heating and cooling by at least 1 percentage point (pp) every year, expressed in terms of national share of final energy consumption and calculated according to the methodologimplementing incentives taking into account technical and economic feasibility as well as the different level of renewables already usetd out in Article 7f the Member States.
Amendment 1048 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may designate and make public, on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory criteria, a list of measures and the implementing entities, such as fuel suppliers, which shall contribute to the increase set out in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1052 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1073 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1075 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1093 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 6
Article 23 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1126 #
2016/0382(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to ensure non- discriminatory access to district heating or cooling systems for heat or cold produced from renewable energy sources and for waste heat or cold. This non-discriminatory access shall enable direct supply, on a negotiated basis, direct injection of heating or cooling from such sources to customers connected to the district heating or cooling system by suppliers other than the operator of the district heating or cooling system, when technically or economically feasible.
Amendment 67 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union is committed to a sustainable, competitive, secure and decarbonised energy system. The Energy Union and the Energy and Climate Policy Framework for 2030 establish ambitious Union commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions further (by at least 40 % by 2030, as compared with 1990), to increase the proportion of renewable energy consumed (by at least 27 %) and to make energy savings of at least 27 %, reviewing this level having in mind an Union level of 30 %10 , and to improve Europe’s energy security, competitiveness, affordability and sustainability. __________________ 10 EUCO 169/14, CO EUR 13, CONCL 5, Brussels 24 October 2014.
Amendment 123 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to adapt this Directive to the technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to supplement it by defining the smartness indicator and enabling its implementation. The smartness indicator should be used to measure buildings’ capacity to use ICT and electronic systems to optimise operation, the energy distribution, and interact with the grid. The smartness indicator will raise awareness amongst building owners and occupants of the value behind building automation and electronic monitoring of technical building systems and will give confidence to the occupant about the actual savings of these new enhanced- functionalities.
Amendment 130 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Innovation and new technology also make it possible for buildings to support the overall decarbonisation of the economy. For example, buildings can leverage the development of the infrastructure necessary for the smart charging of electric vehicles also provide a basis for Member States, if they choose to, to use car batteries as a source of power. Water can equally be a source of energy in buildings. Heat recovery systems can for instance allow the production of heat on the basis of wastewater. To reflect this aim, the definition of technical building systems should be extended.
Amendment 205 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
3. ‘technical building system’ means technical equipment for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water, built-in lighting, building automation and control, on-site electricity generation, on-site infrastructure for electro-mobilityrecharging of electric vehicles in the meaning of Directive 2014/94/EU, on-site vertical mobility such as lifts, elevators or escalators, on-site energy storage systems, or a combination of such systems, including those using energy from renewable sources, of a building or building unit;;
Amendment 210 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
3. ‘technical building system’ means technical equipment, as well as systems and processes related to such equipment, for energy distribution, for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, domestic hot water, built-in lighting, building automation and control, on-site electricity generation, on-site infrastructure for electro-mobility, or a combination of such systems, including those using energy from renewable sources, of a building or building unit;;
Amendment 249 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
(a) the firstollowing paragraph consists of Article 4 of the Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency16 , other than its last subparagraph; __________________ 16 OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 13is inserted: ‘1. Member States shall establish a long-term strategy for mobilising investment in the renovation of the national stock of residential and commercial buildings, both public and private. This strategy shall encompass: (a) an overview of the national building stock based, as appropriate, on statistical sampling; (b) identification of cost-effective approaches and actions to stimulate technology neutral renovations relevant to the building type and climatic zone, considering relevant trigger points in the life-cycle of the building (c) policies and actions to stimulate cost-effective deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations; (d) policies and actions to target the worst performing segments of the national building stock, households subject to energy poverty and households subject to split-incentive dilemmas for renovations; (e) policies and actions to target all public buildings, including social housing; (f) an overview of national initiatives to promote skills and education in the construction and energy efficiency sectors; (g) a forward-looking perspective to guide investment decisions of individuals, the construction industry, public institutions including municipalities, and financial institutions.’
Amendment 328 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
(a) in paragraph 1, the second subparagraph is deleted; replaced by the following: ‘For new buildings, Member States should ensure that, before construction starts, the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of high-efficiency alternative systems such as those listed below, if available, is considered and taken into account: (a) decentralised energy supply systems based on energy from renewable sources or waste heat; (b) cogeneration; (c) district or block heating or cooling, particularly where it is based entirely or partially on energy from renewable sources; (d) heat pumps.’
Amendment 331 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 6 – paragraphs 2 and 3
Article 6 – paragraphs 2 and 3
(b) paragraphs 2 and 3 are deleted;is replaced by the following: ‘2. Member States should ensure that the analysis of alternative systems referred to in paragraph 1 is documented and available for verification purposes.’
Amendment 336 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 7 – subparagraph 5
Article 7 – subparagraph 5
(4) in Article 7, the fifth subparagraph is deleted;replaced by the following; ‘Member States should encourage, in relation to buildings undergoing major renovation, the consideration and taking into account of high-efficiency alternative systems, as referred to in Article 6(1), in so far as this is technically, functionally and economically feasible.’
Amendment 349 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
‘2. Member States shall ensure that in all new non-residential buildings and in all existing non-residential buildings undergoing major renovation with more than ten parking spaces, at least one of every ten is equipped with a recharging point within the meaning of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure17 , which is capable of starting and stopping charging in reaction to price signals. This requirement shall apply to all non- residential buildings, with more than ten parking spaces, as of 1 January 2025. __________________ 17, insofar as the renovation measures includes electric infrastructure of the car parks, with more than ten parking spaces inside or physically adjacent to the building, at least ten percent of the parking lots are ducted to enable the installation of recharging points for electric vehicles within the meaning of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. __________________ 17 OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1 OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1
Amendment 404 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may decide notshall ensure to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 to public buildings which are already covered by Directive 2014/94/EU.;
Amendment 419 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that, when a central technical building system is installed, replaced or upgraded, the overall energy performance of the complete altered system is assessed, documented it and passed on to the building owner, so that it remains available for the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements set pursuant to paragraph 1 and the issue of energy performance certificates. Member States shall ensure that this information is included in the national energy performance certificate database referred to in Article 18(3).
Amendment 428 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 supplementing this Directive with a definition of ‘smartness indicator’ and with the conditions under which the ‘smartness indicator’ would be provided as additional information to prospective new tenants or buyers is defined in Annex [Y].
Amendment 457 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
‘6. Member States shall link their financial measures for energy efficiency improvements in the renovation of buildings to the energy savings achieved due to such renovation. These savings shall be determined by comparing energy performance certificates issued before and after renovation.’;’
Amendment 471 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 6a
Article 10 – paragraph 6a
‘6a. When Member States put in place a database for registering EPCs it shall allow tracking the actual energy consumptiondemand of the buildings covered, regardless of their size and category. The database shall contain the actual energy consumption data of buildings frequently visited by the public with useful floor area of over 250 m² which shall be regularly updated.
Amendment 593 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 1 – subparagraph 1
Annex 1 – point 1 – subparagraph 1
‘1. The energy performance of a building shall be determined on the basis of the calculated or actual energy use and reflect its typical energy use for heating, cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation and lighting.
Amendment 596 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 1 – subparagraph 2
Annex 1 – point 1 – subparagraph 2
The energy performance of a building shall be expressed by a numeric indicator of primary energy use in kWh/(m².y), harmonised for the purpose of both energy performance certification and compliance with minimum energy performance requirements. The energy performance and the methodology applied for its determination shall be transparent and open to innovation.
Amendment 606 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 1
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 1
‘2. The energy needs for space heating, space cooling, domestic hot water and adequate ventilation shall be calculated in order to be able to ensure minimum health and comfort levels defined by Member States.
Amendment 608 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 2
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 2
The calculation of primary energy shall be based on primary energy or weighting factors per energy carrier, which may be based on national or regional annualor local annual, seasonal or monthly weighted averages or on more specific information made available for individual district system.
Amendment 616 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 3
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 3
Primary energy factors shall discount the share of renewable energy in energy carriers so that calculations equally treat: (a) the energy from renewable sourceor weighting factors shall be defined by Member States. They shall equally take into account the share of renewable energy both with regard to the energy that is generated and used on-site (behind the individual meter, i.e. not accounted as supplied), and (b) the energy from renewable energy sources), and with regard to the energy supplied through the energy carrier.’;
Amendment 157 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. 'local energy community' means: an association, a cooperative, a partnership, a non-profit organisation or other legal entity which is effectively controlled by local shareholders or members, generally value rather than profit-driven, involved in distributed generation and in performing activities of a distribution system operator, supplier or aggregator at local level, including across borders and competes on a level-playing field;
Amendment 173 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
14. ‘aggregator’ means a market participant that combines multiple customer loads or generated electricity for sale, for purchase or auction in any organised energy market and competes on a level-playing field;
Amendment 244 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a Ensuring fair and undistorted competition In order to ensure fair and undistorted competition, implementing the polluter- pays principle and avoiding imposing excessive burdens on future generations, Member States shall ensure that, by [OP: two years after implementation], operators of nuclear energy installations participating in the internal market meet the following requirements: (a) set up a segregated fund with appropriate external control and transparent management, financed by contributions from the revenues obtained from their nuclear activities during the designed lifetime, in order to assume full financial responsibility for the decommissioning of the nuclear energy installations they operate as well as for the organisation of final storage of spent fuel and radioactive waste generated by the operation of their nuclear energy installations; operators of nuclear energy installations shall not be allowed to evade their liability through company restructuring; (b) comply with the obligations set out in Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom of 19 July 2011, with particular regard to making corresponding contributions to national financing schemes for spent fuel and radioactive waste; (c) be covered by a full insurance obligation and bear responsibility to society for nuclear damages caused by the nuclear energy installations operated by the operators concerned.
Amendment 248 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 b (new)
Article 3 b (new)
Amendment 314 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Without prejudice to Union rules on consumer protection and proportionality, in particular Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council42 and Council Directive 93/13/EEC (43 ), Member States shall ensure that customers: __________________ 42 OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64–88 43 OJ L 95, 21.4.1993, p. 29–34
Amendment 349 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) are given adequate notice of any intention to modify contractual conditions and are informed about their right to dissolve the contract when the notice is given. Suppliers shall notify their customers directly of any adjustment in the supply price as well as of the reasons and preconditions for the adjustment and its scope, at an appropriate time no later than one normal billing period before the adjustment comes into effect in a transparent and comprehensible manner. Member States shall ensure that customers are free to withdraw from contracts if they do not accept the new contractual conditions or adjustments in the energy supply price notified to them by their electricity supplier ;
Amendment 403 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that every final customer is entitled, on request, tothere are no barriers for suppliers to offer a dynamic electricity price contract by his supplito final customers.
Amendment 465 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Any market distortions which have arisen as a result of the incomplete implementation of the Recommendation of 24 October 2006 on the management of financial resources for the decommissioning of nuclear installations, spent fuel and radioactive waste, and of Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom, must be removed as quickly as possible; the involvement of commercial nuclear installations in the internal energy market should be subordinated to the internalising of external costs, which is linked to the operation of the installations.
Amendment 588 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) benefit from a non-discriminatory treatment with regard to their activities, rights and obligations as final customers, generators, distribution system operators, suppliers or aggregators;
Amendment 651 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a Member States shall ensure that local energy communities are acting on equal footing with other market participants.
Amendment 689 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point d
Amendment 732 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that billsing and billing information fulfil the minimum requirements for billing and billing information as set out in Annex II. The information contained in bills shall be correct, clear, concise and presented in a manner that facilitates comparison by consumers.
Amendment 753 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. Where final customers have meters that allow remote reading by the operator, accurate billing information based on actual consumption shall be provided at least once a month electronically upon request.
Amendment 761 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 923 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1054 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 47 – paragraph 3
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. TSubsidiaries of the vertically integrated undertaking and its subsidiaries performing functions of generation or supply shall not have any direct or indirect shareholding in the transmission system operator. The transmission system operator shall neither have any direct or indirect shareholding in any subsidiary of the vertically integrated undertaking performing functions of generation or supply, nor receive dividends or any other financial benefit from that subsidiary.
Amendment 1196 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 59 – paragraph new8
Article 59 – paragraph new8
Amendment 1254 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) set out clear, objective criteria on which the comparison will be based displaying included services;
Amendment 1327 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Suppliers shall specify in bills or billing information:
Amendment 1333 #
2016/0380(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Annex II – point 4 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the country of origin of the electricity purchased
Amendment 138 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The decarbonisation of the electricity sector, with renewable energy becoming a major part of the market, is a core objective of the Energy Union. As the Union moves towards the decarbonisation of the electricity sector and increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, it is crucial that the market removes existing barriers to cross-border trade and encourages investments into supporting infrastructure, for example, more flexible generation, interconnection, demand response and storage. In order to facilitate the roll-out of energy storage solutions, the Member States should take steps to remove out-dated taxation provisions that lead to double-taxation. To support this shift to variable and distributed generation, and to ensure that energy market principles are the basis for the Union's electricity markets of the future, a renewed focus on short- term markets and scarcity pricing is essential.
Amendment 143 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Short-term markets will improve liquidity and competition by enabling more resources to participate fully in the market, especially those that are more flexible. Effective scarcity pricing will encourage market participants to be available when the market most needs it and ensures that they can recover their costs in the wholesale market. It is therefore critical to ensure that, as far as possible, administrative and implicit price caps are removed to allow scarcity prices to increase up to the value of lost load. When fully embedded in the market structure, short-term markets and scarcity pricing will contribute to the removal of other measures, such as capacity mechanisms, to ensure security of supply. At the same time, scarcity pricing without price caps on the wholesale market should not jeopardize the possibility for reliable and stable prices for final customers, in particular households and SMEs, SMEs and industry.
Amendment 150 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) To efficiently steer necessary investments, prices also need to provide signals where electricity is most needed. In a zonal electricity system, correct locational signals require a coherent, objective and reliable determination of bidding zones via a transparent process. In order to ensure efficient operation and planning of the Union electricity network and to provide effective price signals for new generation capacity, demand response, energy storage or transmission infrastructure, bidding zones should reflect structural congestion. In particular, cross- zonal capacity should not be reduced in order to resolve internal congestion.
Amendment 204 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) setting fundamental principles for well-functioning, integrated electricity markets, which allow non-discriminatory market access for all resource providers and electricity customers, empower consumers, enable demand response and energy efficiency, facilitate aggregation of distributed demand and supply, and contribute to the decarbonisation of therecognizing energy storage as a separate asset class besides generation, distribution/ transmission and consumption as well as contribute to the achievement of a cost-efficient low- carbon economy by enabling market integration and market-based remuneration of electricity generated from renewable sources;
Amendment 266 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) market participation of consumers and small businesses shall be enabled by aggregation of generation or energy storage from multiple generation and energy storage facilities or load from multiple demand facilities, energy storage capacity from multiple facilities, to provide joint offers on theorganised electricity markets and be jointly operated in the electricity system, subject to compliance with EU treaty rules on competition;
Amendment 273 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) market rules shall support the decarbonisation of the economy by enabling the integration of electricity from renewable energy sources including energy storage and providing incentives for energy efficiency;
Amendment 290 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) all generation, storage and demand resources shall participate on equal footing in the market, while being allowed to bid towards different services;
Amendment 295 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) market rules shall enable the efficient dispatch of generation assets, energy storage and demand response;
Amendment 303 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) market rules shall allow for entry and exit of electricity generation, energy storage and electricity supply undertakings based on their assessment of the economic and financial viability of their operations;
Amendment 369 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Balancing markets shall be organised in such a way as to ensure effective non-discrimination between market participants taking account of the different technical capability of generation from variable renewable sources and demand side response and storage. All generation, storage and demand resources shall participate on equal footing in the market.
Amendment 388 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The sizing of reserve capacity shall be performed at regional level in accordance with point 7 of Annex I. Regional operational centres shall support transmission system operators in determining the amount of balancing capacity including energy storage that needs to be procured in accordance with point 8 of Annex I.
Amendment 395 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. The procurement of balancing capacity including energy storage shall be facilitated on a regional level in accordance with point 8 of Annex I. The procurement shall be based on a primary market and organised in such a way as to be non- discriminatory between market participants in the prequalification process individually or through aggregation.
Amendment 424 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Market operators shall be free to develop products and trading opportunities that suit market participants' demand and needs and ensure that all market participants are able to access the market individually or through aggregation. They shall respect the need to accommodate increasing shares of variable generation including energy storage as well as increased demand and energy storage responsiveness and the advent of new technologies.
Amendment 465 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. There shall be no maximum limit of the wholesale electricity price unless it is set at the value of lost load as determined in accordance with Article 10. There shall be no minimum limit of the wholesale electricity price unless it is set at a value of minus 2000 € or less and, in the event that iIn case of markets being strongly interconnected, the level of technical price limits should be the same across all markets and bidding zones in order to avoid market dis tor anticipated to be reached, set at a lower value for the following daytions. There shall be no minimum limit of the wholesale electricity price. This provision shall apply, inter alia, to bidding and clearing in all timeframes and include balancing energy and imbalance prices.
Amendment 484 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Dispatching of power generation facilities, energy storage facilities and demand response shall be non- discriminatory and market based unless otherwise provided under paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 501 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When dispatching electricity generating or energy storage installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating or energy storage installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration from small generating installations or generating installations using emerging technologies to the following extent:
Amendment 512 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) generating or energy storage installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration with an installed electricity capacity of less than 500 kW; or
Amendment 535 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the total capacity of generating or energy storage installations subject to priority dispatch under paragraph 2 is higher than 15 % of the total installed generating capacity in a Member State, point (a) of paragraph 2 shall apply only to additional generating installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration with an installed electricity capacity of less than 250 kW.
Amendment 536 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Where the total capacity of generating or energy storage installations subject to priority dispatch under paragraph 2 is higher than 15 % of the total installed generating capacity in a Member State, point (a) of paragraph 2 shall apply only to additional generating installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration with an installed electricity capacity of less than 250 kW.
Amendment 550 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Generating or energy storage installations using renewable energy sources or high- efficiency cogeneration which have been commissioned prior to [OP: entry into force] and have, when commissioned, been subject to priority dispatch under Article 15(5) of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or Article 16(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council35 shall remain subject to priority dispatch. Priority dispatch shall no longer be applicable from the date where the generating or energy storage installation is subject to significant modifications, which shall be the case at least where a new connection agreement is required or the generation or storage capacity is increased. _________________ 35 Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16).
Amendment 566 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The resources curtailed or redispatched shall be selected amongst generation , energy storage, and/or demand response facilities submitting offers for curtailment or redispatching using market- based mechanisms and be financially compensated. Non-market- based curtailment or redispatching of generation or redispatching of energy storage and/or demand response shall only be used where no market-based alternative is available, where all available market-based resources have been used, or where the number of generation, energy storage or demand facilities available in the area where suitable generation, energy storage or demand facilities for the provision of the service are located is too low to ensure effective competition. The provision of market-based resources shall be open to all generation technologies, storage and demand response, including operators located in other Member States unless technically not feasible.
Amendment 580 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The responsible system operators shall report at least once per year to the competent regulatory authority on curtailment or downward redispatching of generating, energy storage or demand- response installations using renewable energy sources or high-efficiency cogeneration and on measures taken to reduce the need for such curtailment or downward redispatching in the future. Curtailment or redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand- response or high-efficiency cogeneration shall be subject to compensation pursuant to paragraph 6.
Amendment 584 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) guarantee the capability of transmission and distribution networks to transmit electricity produced from renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high- efficiency cogeneration with minimum possible curtailment or redispatching. That shall not prevent network planning from taking into account limited curtailment or redispatching where this is shown to be more economically efficient and does not exceed 5 % of installed capacities using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high- efficiency cogeneration in their area;
Amendment 588 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) take appropriate grid and market- related operational measures in order to minimise the curtailment or downward redispatching of electricity produced from renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand-response or high- efficiency cogeneration.
Amendment 600 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) generating installations using renewable energy sources as well as energy storage facilities shall only be subject to downward redispatching or curtailment if no other alternative exists or if other solutions would result in disproportionate costs or risks to network security;
Amendment 607 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) generating installations using high- efficiency cogeneration as well as energy storage facilities shall only be subject to downward redispatching or curtailment if, other than curtailment or downward redispatching of generating installations using renewable energy sources, no other alternative exists or if other solutions would result in disproportionate costs or risks to network security;
Amendment 619 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) self-generated electricity from generating installations using renewable energy sources, energy storage, demand- response or high-efficiency cogeneration which is not fed into the transmission or distribution network shall not be curtailed unless no other solution would resolve network security issues;
Amendment 630 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Where non-market based curtailment or redispatching is used, it shall be subject to financial compensation by the system operator requesting the curtailment or redispatching to the owner of the curtailed or redispatched generation, energy storage or demand facility. Financial compensation shall at least be equal to the highest of the following elements:
Amendment 641 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) 90 % of the net revenues from the sale of electricity on the day-ahead market that the generating, energy storage or demand facility would have generated without the curtailment or redispatching request. Where financial support is granted to generating or demand facilities based on the electricity volume generated, stored or consumed, lost financial support shall be deemed part of the net revenues.
Amendment 673 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The transmission system operators participating in the bidding zone review shall submit a proposal to the Commission and Member States of the capacity calculation region regarding whether to amend or maintain the bidding zone configuration. Based on that proposal, in case there is no agreement between Member States in the capacity calculation region, the Commission shall adopt a decision whether to amend or maintain the bidding zone configuration, by clearly highlighting the issue at stake combined with an assessment of all available solutions on an equal basis, [no later than 6 months after entry into force of this Regulation, specific date to be inserted by OP] or by six months after the conclusion of the bidding zone configuration launched in accordance with points (a), (b) or (c) of Article 32(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/1222, whichever comes later.
Amendment 735 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Charges applied by network operators for access to networks , including charges for connection to the networks, charges for use of networks, and, where applicable, charges for related network reinforcements, shall be transparent, take into account the need for network security and flexibility and reflect actual costs incurred insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable network operator and are applied in a non-discriminatory manner. In particular, they shall be applied in a way which does not discriminate between production connectedGrid tariffs should not include unrelated costs supporting other policy objectives, such as taxes and levies, ats the distribution level andis would cause distortions in decision on production, connected at the transmission level, either positively or negatively. They shall not discriminate againstsumption and investment. They shall not discriminate against energy storage, particularly not double charging energy storage and shall not create disincentives for participation in demand response. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, those charges shall not be distance- related.
Amendment 760 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7. Distribution tariffs shall reflect the cost of use of the distribution network by system users including active customers, and may be differentiated based on system users’ consumption, energy storage or generation profiles. Where Member States have implemented the deployment of smart metering systems, regulatory authorities may introduce time differentiated network tariffs, reflecting the use of the network, in a transparent and foreseeable way for the consumer.
Amendment 775 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 9
Article 16 – paragraph 9
Amendment 792 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 10
Article 16 – paragraph 10
Amendment 798 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 11
Article 16 – paragraph 11
Amendment 854 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Where the European resource adequacy assessment identifies a resource adequacy concern Member States shall identify any market failures and/or regulatory distortions that caused or contributed to the emergence of the concern.
Amendment 954 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. MAll capacity mechanisms other than strategic reserves shall be open to direct participation of capacity providers located in another Member State provided there is a network connection between that Member State and the bidding zone applying the mechanism.
Amendment 978 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 4
Article 21 – paragraph 4
4. Cross-border participation in market-wide capacity mechanisms shall not change, alter or otherwise impact cross- zonal schedules and physical flows between Member States which shall be determined solely by the outcome of capacity allocation pursuant to Article 14.
Amendment 985 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 5
Article 21 – paragraph 5
5. Capacity providers shall be able to participate in more than one mechanism for the same delivery period. They shall be subject to non-availability payments in case of non-availability, and subject to two or more non-availability payments where there is concurrent scarcity in two or more bidding zones where the capacity provider is contracted. Capacity providers are allowed to participate with no more than their available maximum capacity.
Amendment 1044 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 3
Article 23 – paragraph 3
3. Capacity mechanisms shall not create unnecessarydue market distortions and not limit cross-border trade. The amount of capacity committed in the mechanism shall not go beyond what is necessary to address the concern.
Amendment 1070 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 4
Article 23 – paragraph 4
4. Generation capacity for which a final investment decision has been made after [OP: entry into force] shall only be eligible to participate in a capacity mechanism if its emissions are below 550 gr CO2/kWh. If combined heat and power is used, both, the heat and power output have to be considered in the calculation of the specific emissions. Generation capacity emitting 550 gr CO2/kWh or more shall not be committed in capacity mechanisms 5 years after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 1120 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In performing its functions under EU law, the ENTSO for Electricity shall act for the European good and independent from individual national interests or the national interests of transmission system operators, and shall contribute to the efficient and sustainable achievement of the objectives set out in the policy framework for climate and energy covering the period from 2020 to 2030, in particular by contributing to the efficient integration of electricity generated from renewable energy sources combined with demand response and energy storage and to increases in energy efficiency.
Amendment 1144 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of achieving the goals set in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the geographical area covered by each regional cooperation structure may be defined by the Commission, taking into account existing regional cooperation structures. Each Member State shall be allowed to promote cooperation in more than one geographical area. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 63 concerning the geographical area covered by each regional cooperation structure. For that purpose, the Commission shall consult the Agency and the ENTSO for Electricity.
Amendment 1269 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. Regional opercoordinational centres shall adopt bindinghave the competence to adopt decisions addressed to the transmission system operators in respect of the functions referred to in points (a), (b), (g) and (qb) of Article 34(1). Transmission system operators shall implement the binding decisions issued by the regional operational centres except in cases when the safety of the system will be negatively affected.
Amendment 1356 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1359 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 6
Article 47 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1415 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) development of demand response and energy storage;
Amendment 1487 #
2016/0379(COD)
(p a) Energy storage
Amendment 131 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) There are no binding targets at national level in the 2030 perspective. The need for the Union to achieve its energy efficiency targets at EU level, expressed in primary and final energy consumption, in 2020 and 2030 should be clearly set out in the form of an binding 30cative 27 % target. This clarification at Union level should not restrict Member States as their freedom is kept to set their national contributions based on either primary or final energy consumption, primary or final energy savings, or energy intensity. Member States should set their national indicative energy efficiency contributions taking into account that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy. This means that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 23 % and final energy consumption should be reduced by 17 % in the Union compared to 2005 levels. A regular evaluation of progress towards the achievement of the Union 2030 target is necessary and is provided for in the legislative proposal on Energy Union Governance.
Amendment 154 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Member States are required to achieve a cumulative end-use savings requirement for the entire obligation period, equivalent to 'new' savings of 1.5 % of annual energy sales. This requirement could be met by new policy measures that are adopted during the new obligation period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 or by new individual actions as a result of policy measures adopted during or before the previous period, but in respect of which the individual actions that trigger energy savings are actually introduced during the new period.
Amendment 168 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Long term energy efficiency measures will continue delivering energy savings after 2020 but in order to contribute to the next Union 2030 energy efficiency target, those measures should deliver new savings after 2020. On the other hand, e. Energy savings achieved after 31 December 2020 may not count towards the cumulative savings amount required for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020.
Amendment 176 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Energy savings which result from the implementation of Union legislation may not be claimed unless the measure in question goes beyond the minimum required by the Union legislation in question, whether by setting more ambitious energy efficiency requirements at national level or increasing the take up of the measure. Recognising that renovation of buildings is an essential and long term element in increasing energy savings, it is necessary to clarify that all energy savings stemming from measures promoting the renovation of existing buildings can be claimed if they are additional to developments that would have happened in the absence of the policy measure and if the Member State demonstrates that the obligated, participating or entrusted party has actually contributed to the achievement of the savings claimed from the measure in question.
Amendment 211 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Energy generated on or in buildings from renewable energy technologies reduces the supplied fossil energy. The reduction of energy consumption and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector are important measures to reduce the Union’s energy dependency and greenhouse gas emissions, especially in view of ambitious climate and energy objectives set for 2030 as well as the global commitment made in the Conference of the Parties of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) held in Paris in December 2015. For the purposes of the energy savings obligation in Article 7 Member States should therefore be able to take into account a certain amount ofenergy savings from renewable energy generated on or in buildings for own use into account to satisfy their energy savings requirements. For this purpose Member States should be allowed to use calculation methodologies established under Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 236 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Reflecting technological progress and the growing share of renewable energy sources in the electricity generation sector, the default coefficient for savings in kWh electricity should be reviewed in order to reflect changes in the primary energy factor (PEF) for electricity. Calculations of the PEF for electricity are based on annual average values. The Physical energy content accounting method is used for nuclear electricity and heat generation and the Technical conversion efficiency method is used for electricity and heat generation from fossil fuels and biomass. For non-combustible renewable energy, the method is the direct equivalent based on the Total primary energy approach. To calculate the primary energy share for electricity in CHP the method set out in Annex II of Directive 2012/27/EU is applied. An average market position is used rather than a marginal one. Conversion efficiencies are assumed to be 100 % for non-combustible renewables, 10 % for geothermal power stations and 33 % for nuclear power stations. Total efficiency for cogeneration is calculated based on the most recent data from Eurostat. As for system boundaries the PEF is 1 for all energy sources. Calculations are based on the most recent version of the PRIMES Reference Scenario. The PEF value is based on the projection for 2020. The analysis covers the EU Member States and Norway. The dataset for Norway is based on ENTSO-E data.
Amendment 259 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a common framework of measures to promote energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure that the Union’s 2020 20 % headline targets and its 2030 3027 % bindingcative headline targets on energy efficiency are met and paves the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond those dates. It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy, and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets and contributions for 2020 and 2030.;
Amendment 298 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) that the Union’s 2020 energy consumption has to be no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy;
Amendment 309 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – point d
(d) development of all sources of renewable energies, nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage, and energy-efficient energy generation such as high-efficiency cogeneration; and
Amendment 313 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 325 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) compare the results under points (a) to (c) with the quantity of energy consumption that would be needed to achieve energy consumption of no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020.
Amendment 334 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall set indicative national energy efficiency contributions towards the Union's 2030 target referred to in Article 1 paragraph 1 in accordance with Articles [4] and [6] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union]. When setting and reviewing those contributions, Member States shall take into account, both on equal footing, the most representative energy consumption projections, and that the Union’s 2030 energy consumption has toshould be no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy. Member States shall notify those contributions to the Commission as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with the procedure pursuant to Articles [3] and [7] to [11] of Regulation (EU) XX/20XX [Governance of the Energy Union].;
Amendment 351 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 7 Energy savingsefficiency obligation schemes
Amendment 367 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) new savings each year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 of 1.5 % of annual energy sales to final customers by volume, averaged over the most recent three-year period prior to 1 January 2019.
Amendment 385 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 413 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of point (b), and without prejudice to paragraphs 2 and 3, Member States may count only those energy savings that stem from new policy measures as well as individual actions introduced after 31 December 2020 orand policy measures as well as individual actions introduced during the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020 provided it can be demonstrated that those measures result in individual actions that are undertakensavings after 31 December 2020 and deliver savings.
Amendment 446 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 455 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. AConsidering all the options chosen under paragraph 2 taken together must amount to no more than 25 % of the amount of energy savings referred to in paragraph 1. Member States shall apply and calculate the effect of the options chosen for the periods referred to in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 separately:
Amendment 497 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 518 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point ca (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point ca (new)
(ca) shall provide that obligated parties, which do not deliver energy to private households, do not need to implement energy efficiency measures in private households.
Amendment 519 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c b (new)
Article 7a – paragraph 5 – point c b (new)
(cb) shall assess and take measures to minimise the impact of the direct and indirect costs of such schemes on the competitiveness of energy-intensive industries exposed to international competition;
Amendment 534 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 7b – paragraph 3
Article 7b – paragraph 3
Amendment 554 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1
Article 9a – paragraph 1– subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that final customers for district heating, district cooling and domestic hot water are provided with competitively priced meters that accurately reflect the final customer’s actual energy consumption.
Amendment 581 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 9a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
In new residential buildings of the kind referred to in the first sub-paragraph or when such a building undergoes major renovation, as set out in Directive 2010/31/EU, individual meters shall always be provided, where it is technically feasible, cost-efficient and proportionate in relation to the potential energy savings.
Amendment 589 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 9a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of this Article, as of 1 January 2020 meters and cost allocators installed shall be remotely readable devices.
Amendment 599 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that billing and consumption information is accurate and based on actual or proportionate consumption, in accordance with points 1 and 2 of Annex VIIa for all final users where meters or heat cost allocators are installed.
Amendment 602 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 623 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Directive 2012/27/EU
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 22 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 4 December 2017. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.;
Amendment 649 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b
Annex – point 1 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point a
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the savings must be shown to be additional to those that would have occurred in any event without the activity of the obligated, participating or entrusted parties and/or implementing authorities. To determine what savings can be claimed as additional Member States shall establish a baseline that describes how energy consumption would evolve in the absence of the policy measure in question. The baseline shall reflectby considering at least the following factors: energy consumption trends, changes in consumer behaviour, technological progress and changes caused by other measures implemented at national and EU level;
Amendment 667 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b (new)
Annex – point 1 – point b (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point h
Annex V – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the calculation of energy savings shall take into account the lifetime of measures. This may be done by counting the savings each individual action will achieve between its implementation date and 31 December 2020 or 31 December 2030 as appropriate. Alternatively, Member States may adopt another method that is estimated to achieve at least the same total quantity of savings. When using other methods, Member States shall ensure that the total amount of energy savings calculated using these other methods does not exceed the amount of energy savings that would have been the result of their calculation when counting the savings each individual action will achieve between its implementation date and 31 December 2020 or 31 December 2030 as appropriate. Member States shall describe in detail in their Integrated National Energy and Climate plans under the Energy Union Governance the other methods they have used and which provisions have been made to ensure they meet this binding calculation requirement.
Amendment 673 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b
Annex – point 1 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 3 – point g
Annex V – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) the savings from an individual action may not be claimed by more than one party, while avoiding double counting;
Amendment 677 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex – point 1 – point b (new)
Annex – point 1 – point b (new)
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex V – paragraph 5 – point g
Annex V – paragraph 5 – point g
(g) the calculation methodology, including how additionality and causmateriality have been determined and which methodologies and benchmarks are used for deemed and scaled savings;
Amendment 684 #
2016/0376(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – point b
Annex I – point 2 – point b
Directive 2012/27/EU
Annex VII a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Annex VII a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
As of [Please insert here ….the entry into forcedate of transposition] where remotely readable meters or cost allocators have been installed, billing or consumption information based on actual consumption shall be made available at least quarterly upon request or where final customers have opted to receive electronic billing, or else twice yearly.
Amendment 508 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 9
(9) 'the Union’s 2030 targets for energy and climate' means the Union-wide binding target of at least 40% domestic reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions as compared to 1990 to be achieved by 2030, the Union-level binding target of at least 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the Union in 2030, the Union-level indicative target of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030, to be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an EU level of 30%, and the 15% electricity interconnection target for 2030 or any subsequent targets in this regard agreed by the European Council or Council and Parliament for the year 2030.
Amendment 522 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 201912 months after entry into force according to the provisions set out in Article 52 of this Regulation and every ten years thereafter, each Member State shall notify to the Commission an integrated national energy and climate plan. The plans shall contain the elements set out in paragraph 2 and Annex I. The first plan shall cover the period from 2021 to 2030. The following plans shall cover the ten- year period immediately following the end of the period covered by the previous plan.
Amendment 625 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point i
i. with a view to achieving the Union's binding target of at least 27% renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC as proposed by COM(2016) 767], a contribution to this target in terms of the Member State's share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2030, with a linear tran objectoryive for that contribution from 2021 onwards;
Amendment 634 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point ii
ii. trajectorieargets for the sectorial share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in the heating and cooling, electricity, and transport sectors;
Amendment 640 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2 – point iii
iii. strajectortegies byfor renewable energy technology that the Member State plans to use to achieve the overall and sectorial trajectorieargets for renewable energy from 2021 to 2030 including total expected gross final energy consumption per technology and sector in Mtoe and total planned installed capacity per technology and sector in MW;
Amendment 688 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 1
(1) national objectives with regard to increasing the diversification of energy sources and supply from third countries;
Amendment 692 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 2
(2) national objectives with regard to reducing energy import dependency from third countries;
Amendment 694 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 3
(3) national objectives with regard to the readiness to cope with constrained or interrupted supply of an energy source, in coherence with the plans to be established under Regulation [as proposed by COM(2016) 52 concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010] as well as under Regulation [as proposed by COM(2016) 862 on risk-preparedness in the electricity sector and repealing Directive 2005/89/EC] including a timeframe for when the objectives should be met;
Amendment 700 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c – point 4
(4) national objectives with regard to deployment of domestic energy sources (notably renewable energy);
Amendment 747 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e – point 3
(3) national objectives with regard to competitiveness of the individual supply chains across Europe as a whole and the according European economic activities on which they are based.
Amendment 781 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the Union’s 2020 energy consumption is no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1 086 Mtoe of final energy, the Union’s 2030 energy consumption is no more than 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 987 Mtoe of final energy for the first ten- year period;
Amendment 808 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall describe, in accordance with the structure and format specified in Annex I, the current situation for each of the five dimensions of the Energy Union including of the energy system and greenhouse gas emissions and removals at the time of submission of the national plan or on the basis of the latest available information. Member States shall also set out and describe projections for each of the five dimensions of the Energy Union for the first ten-year period at least until 2040 (including for the yearuntil 2030) expected to result from existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures.
Amendment 820 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the macroeconomic, environmental, production related, skills and social impact of the planned policies and measures referred to in Article 7 and further specified in Annex I, for the first ten-year period at least until the year 2030 including a comparison with the projections based on existing (implemented and adopted) policies and measures referred to in paragraph 1;
Amendment 834 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 201812 months after entry into force according to the provisions set out in Article 52 of this Regulation and every ten years thereafter Member States shall prepare and submit to the Commission a draft of the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3(1).
Amendment 878 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to any other Union law requirements, Member States shall ensure that the public is given early and effective opportunities to participate in the preparation of draft plans referred to in Article 9 and attach to the submission of their draft integrated national energy and climate plan to the Commission a summary of the public’s views. In so far as the provisions of Directive 2001/42/EC are applicable, consultations undertaken in accordance with that Directive shall be deemed to satisfy also the obligations to consult the public under this Regulation. As general principle, excessive administrative and financial burden shall be avoided.
Amendment 964 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall only modify the targets, objectives and contributions set out in the update referred to in paragraph 2 to reflect an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan.
Amendment 970 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point i (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point i (new)
(i) to reflect an increased ambition as compared to the ones set in the latest notified integrated national energy and climate plan, or
Amendment 971 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point ii (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point ii (new)
(ii) to react on national emergencies, or
Amendment 972 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point iii (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point iii (new)
(iii) to implement collaborative developments across Member States with overall beneficial net effects, or
Amendment 973 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point iv (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point iv (new)
(iv) to take into account trade-offs in cases of conflicts between GHG emissions objectives and energy objectives.
Amendment 1001 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) achieving long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions and enhancements of removals by sinks in all sectors including `grey emissions´ related to imports in line with the Union’s objective, in the context of necessary reductions according to the IPCC by developed countries as a group, to reduce emissions by 80 to 95 % by 2050 compared to 1990 levels in a cost-effective manner.
Amendment 1037 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. The Member States shall make available to the public forthwith their respective long-term low emission strategies and any updates thereof.
Amendment 1041 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. To strengthen further Europe's leading role in climate protection in line with other EU-targets, appropriate framework requirements have to be adopted by the Member States to ensure economic wealth and climate protection at the same time. This requires appropriate measures to protect energy intensive industry from carbon-leakage on the one hand. On the other hand it requires attractive framework requirements to enhance low carbon technology.
Amendment 1085 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) on the implementation of the following trajectories and objectives:
Amendment 1086 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) national traobjectoryives for the overall share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030;
Amendment 1087 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 2
(2) national traobjectorives for the sectorial share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in the electricity, heating and cooling and transport sector;
Amendment 1089 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 3
(3) traobjectorives by renewable energy technology to use to achieve the overall and sectorial trajectories for renewable energy from 2021 to 2030 including total expected gross final energy consumption per technology and sector in Mtoe and total planned installed capacity per technology and sector in MW;
Amendment 1091 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 4
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 4
(4) traobjectorives on bioenergy demand, disaggregated between heat, electricity and transport, and on biomass supply, by feedstock and origin (distinguishing between domestic production and imports) for material utilization in the forest-based bioeconomy and industries and for bioenergy production, by feedstock and origin. For forest biomass, an assessment of its source and impact on the LULUCF sink;
Amendment 1098 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 5
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 5
(5) if applicable, other national traobjectorives and objectives including long- term and sectorial ones (such as share of biofuels, share of advanced biofuels, share of biofuel produced from main crops produced on agricultural land, share of electricity produced from biomass without the utilisation of heat, share of renewable energy in district heating, renewable energy use in buildings, renewable energy produced by cities, energy communities and self-consumers);
Amendment 1112 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a – point 1
(1) the traobjectoryives for primary andor final energy consumption from 2020 to 2030 as the national energy savings contribution to achieving the Union-level 2030 target including underlying methodology;
Amendment 1131 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) national objectives for the diversification of energy sources and supply countries, storage, demand response;
Amendment 1133 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) national objectives with regard to reducing energy import dependency from third countries;
Amendment 1135 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) national objectives for the development of the ability to cope with constrained or interrupted supply of an energy source, including gas and electricity;
Amendment 1138 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) national objectives for the deployment of domestic energy sources, notablyincluding renewable energy;
Amendment 1139 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) implemented, adopted and planned policies and measures to achieve the objectives referred to in points (a) to (d) (new);
Amendment 1232 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. In the area of renewable energy, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess the progress made in the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption on the basis of a linear trajectory starting from 20% in 2020 and reaching at least 27% in 2030 as referred to in Article 4(a)(2)(i).
Amendment 1248 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
In the area of energy efficiency, as part of its assessment referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall assess progress towards collectively achieving a maximum energy consumption at Union level of 1 321 Mtoe of primary energy consumption andor 987 Mtoe of final energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in Article 6(1)(a).
Amendment 1254 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) consider whether the Union's milestone of no more than 1483 Mtoe of primary energy andor no more than 1086 Mtoe of final energy in 2020 is achieved;
Amendment 1308 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. If, on the basis of its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1)(b), the Commission concludes that insufficient progress is made by a Member State towards meeting the targets, objectives and contributions or implementing the policies and measures set out in its integrated national climate and energy plan, it shall issue recommendations to the Member State concerned pursuant to Article 28. In issuing such recommendations, the Commission shall take into consideration ambitious early effortll efforts and early actions by Member States to contribute to the Union's 2030 target for renewable energy.
Amendment 1330 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, in the area of renewable energy, without prejudice to the measures at Union level set out in paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (2) in the year 2023, that the linear Union traobjectoryive referred to in Article 25(2) is not collectively met, Member States shall ensure by the year 2024 that any emerging gap is covered by additional measures, such as:cost-effective measures.
Amendment 1342 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1346 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1363 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1374 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 1386 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 1393 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 1399 #
2016/0375(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. If, in the area of energy efficiency, without prejudice to other measures at Union level pursuant to paragraph 3, the Commission concludes, based on its assessment pursuant to Article 25(1) and (3), in the year 2023 that progress towards collectively achieving the Union’s energy efficiency target mentioned in the first subparagraph of Article 25(3) is insufficient, it shall take measures by the year 2024 in addition to those set out in Directive 2010/31/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016) 765] and Directive 2012/27/EU [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016) 761] to ensure that the Union's bindingcative 2030 energy efficiency targets are met. SWith due regard to existing legislation in the respective fields, such additional measures may in particular improve the energy efficiency of:
Amendment 55 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point a
(a) In case it is determined, when applying this provision or any other relevant provision of this Regulation, that it is not appropriate to use domestic prices and costs in the exporting country due to the existence of significant distortions, the normal value shall be constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks. For this purpose, the sources that the Commission may be used include undistorted international prices, costs, or benchmarks, or corresponding costs of production and sale in an appropriate representative country with a similar level of economic development as the exporting country, provided the relevant cost data are readily available. Where the Commission determines certain domestic costs to be undistorted, in particular where exporters and producers show this conclusively including in the framework of the provisions on interested parties in point (c), it shall use such costs. The constructed normal value shall include a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits.
Amendment 75 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point b
(b) Significant distortions for the product concerned within the meaning of point (a) may be deemed to exist, inter alia,are those distortions which arise when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials, are not the result of free market forces as they are affected substantially by government intervention. In considering whether or not significant distortions exist regard mayshall be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: the market in question is to a significant extent served by enterprises which operate under the ownership, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country; state presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs; public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces; and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 6a – point c
(c) When appropriate, tThe Commission services mayshall issue a report describing the specific situation concerning the criteria listed in point (b) in a certain country or a certain sector, when it has access to well-founded information about the possible existence of significant distortions. For those countries for which a substantial number of anti-dumping cases have been opened and significant distortions are presumed, the report shall be completed and adopted before the entry into force of this Regulation. The Union industry shall be consulted during the report drafting process. Such report and the evidence on which it is based may be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector. Interested parties shall have ample opportunity to supplement, comment, rebut or rely on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. The determinations made shall take into account all of the relevant evidence on the file. The Commission shall periodically update the report, in any event the review shall be carried out every two years.
Amendment 112 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) cyber-surveillance technology which can be used for the commission of serious and systematic violations of humanthe rights or international humanitarian law, or can pose a threat to international security or the essential security interests of the Union and its Member States to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and privacy in countries where, according to a statement in a Commission report, internal repression occurs and the rule of law does not prevail.
Amendment 123 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘broker’ shall mean any natural or legal person or partnership resident or established in a Member State of the Union, or a legal person or partnership owned or controlled by such person, or another person that carries out brokering services from the Union into the territory of a third country;
Amendment 125 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. ‘supplier of technical assistance’ means any natural or legal person or partnership resident or established in a Member State of the Union, or a legal person or partnership owned or controlled by such person, or another person which supplies technical assistance from the Union into the territory of a third country;
Amendment 137 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Amendment 166 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 175 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 181 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. If an exporter, under his obligation to exercise due diligence, is aware that dual-use items which he proposes to export, not listed in Annex I, are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in paragraph 1, he must notify the competent authority, which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make the export concerned subject to authorisation.
Amendment 193 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
A Member State which imposes an authorisation requirement, in application of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 on the export of a dual- use item not listed in Annex I, shall immediately inform the other Member States and the Commission and provide them with the relevant information, in particular concerning the items and end- users concerned. The other Member States shall give all due consideration to this information and shall make known within 10 working days any objections they may have to the imposition of such an authorisation requirement. In exceptional cases, any Member State consulted may request an extension of the 10-day period. However, the extension may not exceed 30 working daysnform its customs administration and, where relevant, other Member States. A Member State which, after an authorisation requirement has been imposed under Article 4 of this Regulation, refuses to issue an authorisation for export shall immediately inform the other Member States about the fact and forward to them the relevant details, particularly regarding the goods and end users concerned.
Amendment 196 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 200 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 202 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 216 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. An authorisation shall be required for the provision, directly or indirectlyoutside the Union, of technical assistance related to dual-use items, or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of dual- use items, if the supplier of technical assistance has been informed by the competent authority that the items in question are or may be intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in Article 4(1)(a) to (c).
Amendment 219 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
If a supplier of technical assistance is aware that the dual-use items for which he proposes to supply technical assistance outside the Union are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in Article 4(1)(a) to (c), he must notify the competent authority which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make such technical assistance subject to authorisation.
Amendment 235 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Individual export authorisations and gshall be valid for two years, and may be extended by the competent authority. Global export authorisations shall be valid for onthree years, and may be renewextended by the competent authority. Global export authorisations for large projects shall be valid for a duration to be determined by the competent authority.
Amendment 260 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authorities of the Member States shall process requests for individual or global authorisations within a period of time to be determined by national law or practice. T30 days of valid submission of the application. If the competent authorities shall provide to the Commission all information on the average times for processing applications for authorisations relevant for the preparation of the annual report referred to in Article 24(2)y, for good reasons, requires more time to process the application, it shall inform the applicant accordingly within 30 days. The competent authority shall at all events decide on applications for individual or global export authorisations, at the latest, within 60 days of valid submission of the application.
Amendment 263 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the broker or the supplier of technical assistance is not resident or established on the territory of the Union, authorisations for brokering services and technical assistance under this Regulation shall be granted, alternatively, by the competent authority of the Member State where the parent company of the broker or supplier of technical assistance is established, or from where the brokering services or technical assistance will be supplied.
Amendment 291 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If an export authorisation which has already been granted is annulled, suspended, modified or revoked, Member States shall make provision for compensation. In accordance with the principle of legitimate expectations, an exporter may receive compensation if his confidence in the validity of the authorisation deserves protection. If necessary, the competent authorities of a Member State shall modify or revoke an export authorisation which has been granted or annul or suspend it, which they shall do within one year of facts coming to light which justify annulment, suspension, modification or revocation.
Amendment 292 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities of Member States shall review denials of authorisations notified under paragraph 1 within three years of their notification and revoke them, amend them or renew them. The competent authorities of the Member States will notify the results of the review to the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission as soon as possible. Denials which are not revoked shall remain valid and shall be reviewed within three years of their renewalIf a denial is not confirmed or modified within three years, the notification of denial shall automatically lapse after three years.
Amendment 297 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to amend the lists of dual-use items set out in Section A of Annex I and Section B of Annex IV, as follows:
Amendment 299 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 365 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section B
Annex I – Section B
Amendment 537 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 538 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 697 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In order to coordinate the use of harmonised radio spectrum in the Union and taking due account of the different national market situations, the Commission mayshall, by way of an implementing measure:
Amendment 700 #
2016/0288(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) establish a common award procedure on the basis of EU-wide principles for the selection process including parameters of spectrum economic valuation measures,
Amendment 31 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Due to the limited reach of any single local wireless access point and the small value of individual projects covered, access points benefitting from financial assistance under this Regulation are not expected to challenge commercial offers. Projects should be funded by means of public procurement. In order to further ensure that such financial assistance does not unduly distort competition, crowd out private investments or create disincentives for private operators to invest, the intervention should be limited to projects that do not duplicate already existing private or public offers of similar characteristics in the same area. This should not exclude additional support to deployments under this initiative from public or private sources of funding.
Amendment 36 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Given Internet connectivity needs within the Union and the urgency of promoting access networks that can deliver, throughout the EU, an Internet experience of high quality offering a download speed of at least 100 Mbps based on very high-speed broadband services, financial assistance should seek to attain a geographically balanced distribution.
Amendment 43 #
2016/0287(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
2) build on very high-speed broadband connectivity enabling delivery of high quality Internet experience offering a download speed of at least 100 Mbps to users that:
Amendment 58 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Operators of retransmission services offered on satellite, digital terrestrial, closed circuit IP-based, mobile and similar networks, provide services which are equivalent to those provided by operators of cable retransmission services when they retransmit simultaneously, in an unaltered and unabridged manner, for reception by the public, an initial transmission from another Member State of television or radio programmes, where this initial transmission is by wire or over the air, including by satellite but excluding online transmissions, and intended for reception by the public. They should therefore be within the scope of this Regulation and benefit from the mechanism introducing mandatory collective management of rights. RFor retransmission services which are offered on the open internet should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation as those services have different characteristics. They are not linked to any particular infrastructure and their ability to ensure a controlled environment is limited when compared for example to cable or closed circuit IP-based networkthis Regulation should apply, when they can ensure a controlled environment like a defined group of subscribers or registered users.
Amendment 98 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) "retransmission" means any simultaneous, unaltered and unabridged retransmission, other than cable retransmission or for as defined in Direcperiod of tivme 93/83/EEC and other than retransmission provided over an internet access service as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council19 after the initial retransmission, unaltered and unabridged retransmission, intended for reception by the public of an initial transmission from another Member State, by wire or over the air, including that by satellite but excluding online transmission, of television or radio programmes intended for the reception by the public, provided that such retransmission is made by a party other than the broadcasting organisation which made the initial transmission or under whose control and responsibility such transmission was made. _________________ 19Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rightRetransmission includes online-transmissions, when there is a defined group of recipients. This regulating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union, OJ L 310, 26.11.2015, p. 1on should apply to online transmissions when it is bound to a certain infrastructure or can assure a controlled, clear defined circle of users.
Amendment 134 #
2016/0284(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(1) Holders of copyright and related rights other than broadcasting organisations may exercise their rights to grant or refuse the authorisation for a retransmission only through a collective management organisationand acts of reproduction, which are necessary for the provision of Art 1 point b only through a collective management organisation in a single agreement and tariff. Art 2 Par 2 shall apply correspondingly.
Amendment 114 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Actions under the EFSD Regulation should be designed, so as to fulfil the criteria for development finance established by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD taking into account the specificities of private sector development.
Amendment 117 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) Technical assistance to partner countries should constitute the second pillar of the EIP. In this context, the Commission should step up assistance in order to help partner countries to attract investment by better preparing and promoting projects, developing a higher number of bankable projects and making them known to the international investor community. A project web-portal should be established, which shall constitute a publicly accessible and user-friendly project database, providing relevant information for each project.
Amendment 118 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) Improving the investment climate and overall policy environment in partner countries should constitute the third pillar of the EIP. In the context of the Union's existing political relations with partner countries, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (High Representative) should maintain policy dialogues aimed at developing legal frameworks, policies and institutions that promote economic stability, sustainable investment and inclusive growth. These policy dialogues should cover, among other issues, the fight against corruption and organised crime and illicit financial flows, good governance, the inclusion of local markets, the boosting of entrepreneurship as well as local business settings, the respect for human rights and the rule of law as well as gender- responsive policies.
Amendment 129 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The Commission and EIB should conclude an agreement specifying the conditions of their cooperation in the management of the EFSD guarantee and should present the agreement to the strategic board.
Amendment 137 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The EFSD should address bottlenecks to private investment and deploy innovative instruments to facilitate access to finance from domestic and foreign investors, in particular for local and European companies as well as for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 138 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The EFSD Guarantee should be granted to eligible counterparts for financing and investment operations or guarantee instruments for an initial investment period up to 31 December 2020. Implementation of the EFSD Guarantee shall be, whenever possible, under the lead of a European eligible counterpart.
Amendment 140 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The Commission should encourage the European eligible counterparts to support EIB in the management of the EFSD guarantee through respective participation in a technical working group.
Amendment 149 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to increase the impact of the EFSD Guarantee in view of the needs in the regions concerned, Member States and EFTA countries should have the possibility of providing contributions in the form of a guarantee or cash. Those contributions could be earmarked by countries, region, sector or investment window.
Amendment 153 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) As the funds of the European Neighbourhood Instrument, established by Regulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, are to be used, a minimum of EUR 200 000 000 of EFSD Guarantee coverage should be allocated for investments in Neighbourhood partner countries throughout the implementation period of the EFSD Guarantee. __________________ 1aRegulation (EU) No 232/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument (OJ L 77, 15.3.2014, p. 27).
Amendment 164 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The Commission should ensure the accountability of the EFSD. The EIB and other eligible counterparts could be invited to participate in hearings organised by the European Parliament on the implementation of the EFSD.
Amendment 203 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The management of the EFSD shall be ensured by the Commission. The Commission shall work in close cooperation with EIB supported by European eligible counterparts as regards the operational management of the EFSD Guarantee.
Amendment 210 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The strategic board shall lay down its rules of procedure during the first meeting, which will include details on the number of meetings to be held by year, voting rights of board members and progress reports to be issued by the Commission.
Amendment 213 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The strategic board shall be composed of representatives of the Commission and of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (High Representative), of the contributing Member States and of the EIB. The Commission may invite other contributors to become members of the strategic board having regard where appropriate to the view of the board. Partner CThe European Parliament shall have observer status. Observers designated by Parliament shall have the right to contribute to the deliberations without the right to vote. Partner countries and relevant regional organisations, and the eligible counterparts and the European Parliament may be given observer status, where appropriate. The strategic board shall be co-chaired by the Commission and the High Representative.
Amendment 222 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Regional operational boards 1. Each regional investment platform shall have an operational board. 2. Those operational boards shall support the Commission in defining regional and sectoral investment goals and regional, sectoral and thematic investment windows and shall formulate opinions on blending operations and on the use of the EFSD Guarantee. They shall, in particular, provide guidance on future financing proposals, monitor and review the pipeline of projects, examine project-related results and monitor the portfolio of approved projects. 3. The operational boards shall be chaired by the Commission and be composed of representatives of the Commission, of the High Representative and of the Member States as voting members, and, when appropriate, of the eligible counterparts as observers. The European Parliament shall be granted observer status. 4. The Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security (High Representative) shall ensure the intensive involvement of the European Union Delegations and of the eligible counterparts in preparing the work of the operational boards.
Amendment 261 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) provide finance in favour of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises with a particular focus on private sector developmentsupport private sector development, with a particular focus on local and European companies as well as micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 270 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) maximise private sector leverage, with a particular focus on micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises by addressing bottlenecks to investment.
Amendment 281 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) respect the principle of development effectiveness as endorsed in the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation and reaffirmed in Nairobi in December 2016.
Amendment 285 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
(eb) fulfil the criteria for development finance as established by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD and adequately support the private sector development in targeted countries
Amendment 288 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e c (new)
(ec) contribute to the implementation of the Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development Goals
Amendment 300 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. TAfter consultation with the strategic board, the Commission mayshall define investment windows for specific regions or partner countries or for both, for specific sectors, for specific projects or for specific categories of final beneficiaries or for both to be funded by instruments referred to in Article 9 to be covered by the EFSD Guarantee up to a fixed amount. All requests for financial support within investment windows shall be made to the Commission.
Amendment 311 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Guarantee shall be implemented with full respect of the principles of development effectiveness to which the Union has committed, including ownership, focus on results, partnerships for development, transparency and shared responsibility.
Amendment 313 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall select the eligible counterparts pursuant to Article 61 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.The EFSD Guarantee shall be implemented, whenever possible, under the lead of a European eligible counterpart.
Amendment 317 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States and EFTA countries may contribute to the EFSD Guarantee Fund in the form of guarantees or cash. Subject to Commission approval, other contributors may contribute, in the form of cash.
Amendment 323 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. At least EUR 200 000 000 of EFSD Guarantee coverage shall be allocated for investments in the partner countries from the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 232/2014.
Amendment 338 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) possible contributions from Member States, EFTA-countries and other contributors;
Amendment 352 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an assessment of the additionality and added value, the mobilisation of private sector resources, the estimated and actual outputs and the outcomes and impact of the financing and investment operations covered by the EFSD Guarantee on an aggregated basis, including the impact on employment creationdecent job creation, climate change, the eradication of poverty and on the way in which the root causes of migration are addressed;
Amendment 354 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) an assessment of the additionality and added value of financing and investment operations of the eligible counterparts, and of the aggregate risk associated with those operations;
Amendment 356 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) an assessment of the actions developed under the second and third pillar of the EIP and the synergies between them and the operations covered by the EFSD Guarantee, with particular regard to progress made in the fight against corruption and organised crime and illicit financial flows, good governance, the inclusion of local markets, the boosting of entrepreneurship as well as local business settings, respect for human rights and the rule of law as well as gender-responsive policies.
Amendment 362 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 202019, the Commission shall evaluate the functioning of the EFSD and its effective contribution to the purpose and objectives of this Regulation. The Commission shall submit its evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council, containing an independentexternal evaluation of the application of this Regulation. This report shall be submitted without delay by the Commission in the event that , accompanied by a reasoned proposal with a view to reviewing or amending this Regulation, as appropriate, in particular withe approved financing and view to extending the initial investment operations absorb in full the amount of the EFSD Guarantee available before 30 June 2020iod referred to in Article 7(2).
Amendment 371 #
2016/0281(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
In accordance with its transparency policies and general Union principUnion rules on access to documents and information and data protection, the eligible counterparts shall proactively and systematically make publicly available on their websites information relating to all financing and investment operations covered by the EFSD Guarantee under this Regulation, relating in particular to the manner in which those operations contribute to the objectives and requirements of this Regulation.
Amendment 28 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The international community faces an unprecedented migration and refugee crisis which requires solidarity, efficient mobilisation of financial resources and the need to confront and surmount the existing challenges in a concerted manner. All actors need to work together to apply sustained, medium and long-term policies and an efficient use of existing processes and programmes in order to support initiatives which contribute to addressing root causes of migration and achieving sustainable development.
Amendment 33 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) The more and the faster a country progresses in its internal reforms to the building and consolidation of democratic institutions, the respect for human rights and the rule of law, the more support it shall receive from the Union. Such a "positive conditionality" approach can bring real change and would guarantee that Union tax payers' money is spent in a more sustainable manner;
Amendment 36 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to allow the ELM to respond to potential upcoming challenges and Union priorities, as well as to provide a strategic response addressing root causes of migration, the maximum ceiling for the EIB financing operations under the EU guarantee should be increased to EUR 32 308 470 000 000 by releasing the optional additional amount of EUR 3 000 000 000. Under the general mandate, the amount of EUR 1 400 000 000 should be earmarked for projects in the public sector directed to refugees and host communities in crisis affected areas.
Amendment 40 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) EIB financing operations shall seek to strongly support small-scale investment projects run by MSMEs, especially in remote rural areas and in particular in the field of drinking water treatment, wastewater disposal, garbage collection and disposal as well as renewable energy. The EIB shall therefore take into consideration not only the construction costs but also the expenditures for maintenance of the respective infrastructures.
Amendment 57 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The list of eligible regions and countries and potentially eligible regions and countries should be modified in order to exclude high income countries with high credit rating (Brunei, Iceland, Israel, Singapore, Chile and South Korea). In addition, Iran is to be added to the list of potentially eligible regions and countries.
Amendment 58 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The maximum ceiling of the EIB financing operations under EU guarantee throughout the period 2014-20 shall not exceed EUR 32 308 470 000 000. Amounts initially earmarked for financing operations but subsequently cancelled shall not count against the ceiling.
Amendment 7 #
2016/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 12 #
2016/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 14 #
2016/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Amendment 15 #
2016/0274(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 11 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 provides for the possibility for an operator to apply a ‘fair use policy’ in accordance with the relevant implementing act. An adequate fair use policy has a crucial role to play in order to guarantee a financially sustainable model of the wholesale and retail roaming markets. A generous fair use policy for consumers needs to be accompanied by wholesale caps which reflect the real costs of providing roaming services and that will enable as many operators as possible to provide ‘roam- like-at-home’ offers without incurring huge cost increases, damaging competitive domestic markets or increasing prices for domestic customers.
Amendment 20 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In particular, the current functioning of wholesale roaming markets could affect competition and investments in home operators’ domestic markets due to excessive wholesale roaming charges compared to the domestic retail prices applied to end-users. This applies in particular for smaller or net out-bound operators, thus making RLAH structurally unsustainable. Therefore it is crucial to ensure that the Union telecom framework legislation provides clear and consistent long term incentives for private investment in telecommunication infrastructure.
Amendment 41 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Therefore, the existing maximum wholesale roaming charges for voice calls, SMS and data services should be lowered to levels much closer to the actual cost of those service.
Amendment 53 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point s a (new)
(-1) In Article 2(2), the following point is added: “(sa) 'Mobile Virtual Service Operator´ or `MVNO´ means a mobile service provider offering publicly available mobile communications services in a virtual network or as resale, which does not own a mobile network;”
Amendment 59 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 9 a (new)
(1a) In Article 3, the following paragraph is added: "9a. Without prejudice to paragraph 4, the maximum wholesale charges for regulated roaming services that apply to Mobile Virtual Network Operators shall be limited to the national wholesale charges for mobile communications services as set by the respective domestic host mobile network operator."
Amendment 65 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. TWith effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of a regulated roaming call originating on that visited network, inclusive, among others, of origination, transit and termination costs, shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.0435 per minute as. The safeguard limit shall, ofn 15 June 2017 and shall, without prejudice to Article 19,ly 2018, decrease to EUR 0.03 per minute, on 1 July 2019, to EUR 0.02 per minute, and, without prejudice to Article 19, on 1 July 2020, to EUR 0.014 per minute. It shall remain at EUR 0.0414 per minute until 30 June 2022
Amendment 87 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. With effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.0085 per me3 per gigabyte of data transmitted. The safeguard limit shall, on 1 July 2018, decrease to EUR 2 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and, on July 2019 to EUR 1 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.00851 per megigabyte of data transmitted until 30 June 2022.
Amendment 92 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
1. With effect from 15 June 2017, the average wholesale charge that the visited network operator may levy on the roaming provider for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall not exceed a safeguard limit of EUR 0.0085 per me5 per gigabyte of data transmitted. The safeguard limit shall, on 1 July 2018, decrease to EUR 4 per gigabyte of data transmitted, on 1 July 2019 to EUR 3 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and, on 1 July 2020, to EUR 2 per gigabyte of data transmitted, and on 1 July 2021, to EUR 1 per gigabyte of data transmitted. It shall, without prejudice to Article 19, remain at EUR 0.00851 per megigabyte of data transmitted until 30 June 2022.
Amendment 108 #
2016/0185(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – point 6 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – sentence 1
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – sentence 1
In addition, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council every two years after 15 June 2017by 15 June 2018 and every two years thereafter, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal to amend the wholesale caps for regulated roaming services laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 41 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) In order to assist developing countries in improving the capacity of their tax administrations, Member States should assist them by sharing know-how and best practices.
Amendment 42 #
2016/0107(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9 b) When supporting developing countries in capacity building, special emphasis should be given to efficient online platform solutions that avoid bureaucratic hurdles, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 185 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In a spirit of solidarity, regional cooperation, involving both public authorities and natural gas undertakings, should be the guiding principle of this Regulation, to identify the relevant risks in each regionegional risks and optimise the benefits of coordinated measures to mitigate them and to implement the most cost-effective measures for Union consumers.
Amendment 216 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
Amendment 223 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 236 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) In order to make the regional cooperation feasible, Member States directly connected, or in certain cases indirectly via a non-EU Member State, should establish a cooperation mechanism within each region. Such mechanism or mechanisms should be developed sufficiently in time to allow for conducting the risk assessment and drawing up meaningful plans at regional level. Member States are free to agree on a cooperation mechanism best suited for a given region. The Commission should have a facilitating role in the overall process and share best practises for arranging regional cooperation such as a rotating coordination role within the region for the preparation of the different documents or establishing dedicated bodies. In absence of an agreement on the cooperation mechanism, the Commission may propose a suitable cooperation mechanism for a given regionconnected Member States.
Amendment 351 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) 'protected customer’ means a household customer connected to a gas distribution network and, in addition, where the Member State concerned so decides, may also mean one or more of the following:
Amendment 353 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – introductory part
(1) 'protected customer’ means a household customer connected to a gas distribution network and, in addition, where the Member State concerned so decides, may also mean one or more of the following:
Amendment 362 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 – point b
Amendment 370 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 2
Article 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 2
Amendment 391 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Amendment 393 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Amendment 421 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6
Article 4 – paragraph 6
6. In so far as an investment for enabling or enhancing permanent bi- directional capacity is not required by the market and where that investment incurs costs in more than one Member State or in one Member State for the benefit of another Member State, the national regulatory authorities of all Member States concerned shall jointly decide on cost allocation as laid down in Article 12 of Regulation 347/2013 before any investment decision is taken. The cost allocation shall in particular take into account the proportion of the benefits of the infrastructure investments for the increase of security of supply of the Member States concerned as well as investments already made in the infrastructure in question.
Amendment 437 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
No later than 31 March 2017 Member States shall notify the Commission their definition of protected customers, the annual gas consumption volumes of the protected customers and the percentage they represent of the total annual final gas consumption in that Member State. Where a Member State includes in its definition of protected customers the categories referred to in point (a) or (b) of Article 2 (1) it shall specify in the notification to the Commission the gas consumption volumes corresponding to consumers belonging to those categories and the percentage that each of those groups of consumers represents in terms of the annual final use of gas.
Amendment 440 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 469 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. TheEach competent authorities of each region as listed in Annex I shall jointly make an assessment at regional levely shall make an assessment of all risks affecting the security of gas supply. The assessment shall take into account all relevant risks such as natural disasters, technological, commercial, social, political and other risks. The risk assessment shall be carried out by:
Amendment 494 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 496 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The competent authorities within each region shall agree on a cooperation mechanism to conduct the risk assessment within the deadline provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article. Competent authorities shall report to the Gas Coordination Group on the agreed cooperation mechanism for conducting the risk assessment 18 months before the deadline for the adoption of the risk assessment and the updates of the risk assessment. The Commission may have a facilitating role overall in the preparation of the risk assessment, in particular for the establishment of the cooperation mechanism. If competent authorities within a region do not agree on a cooperation mechanismof connected Member States do not agree on the content of the regional aspects of the risk assessment, the Commission may propose a cooperation mechanism for that regionthe Member States concerned.
Amendment 506 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The risk assessment once agreed by all Member States in the region shall be notified to the Commission for the first time no later than on 1 September 2018. The risk assessment shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. The risk assessment shall take account of progress made in investments needed to cope with the infrastructure standard defined in Article 4 and of country-specific difficulties encountered in the implementation of new alternative solutions. It shall also build on the experience acquired through the simulation of the emergency plans contained in Article 9 (2).
Amendment 507 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The risk assessmentegional chapter once agreed by all connected Member States in the region shall be notified to the Commission for the first time no later than on 1 September 2018. The risk assessment shall be updated every four years unless circumstances warrant more frequent updates. The risk assessment shall take account of progress made in investments needed to cope with the infrastructure standard defined in Article 4 and of country-specific difficulties encountered in the implementation of new alternative solutions. It shall also build on the experience acquired through the simulation of the emergency plans contained in Article 9 (2).
Amendment 521 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex I, after consulting the natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, and the national regulatory authorities, where they are not the competent authorities, shall establish jointly:
Amendment 522 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The competent authorities of the Member States of each region as listed in Annex Iy, after consulting the natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial gas customers, including electricity producers, and the national regulatory authoritiesy, where they areit is not the competent authoritiesy, shall establish jointlywithout prejudice of paragraph 2 establish at national level:
Amendment 527 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a preventive action plan containing the measures to be adoptneeded to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely national dimensionat national or broader level, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
Amendment 528 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a preventive action plan containing the measures to be adopted to remove or mitigate the risks identified in the region, including risks of purely natregional dimension, in accordance with the risk assessment undertaken pursuant to Article 6 and in accordance with Article 8; and
Amendment 533 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an emergency plan containing the measures to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption in the region, including events of purely national dimension, in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 534 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) an emergency plan containing the measures to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption in the region, including events of purely national dimension, in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 536 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The competent authorities within each region shall agree on a cooperation mechanism sufficiently in time to establish the plans and allow for their notification and for the notification of the updated plans.
Amendment 539 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The measures necessary to remove and mitigate risks of a purely natregional dimension as well as the measures to be taken to remove or mitigate the impact of events which, due to their limited size, are to be addressed at natregional level only, shall be developed by eachwith the competent authorityies of the regionconnected Member States and included in the plans developed at regnational level. Such nNational measures shall not hamper in any way the effectiveness of measures at regional level. Each competent authority shall also identify areas for regional cooperation and possible joint measures. The national measures together with the proposals for regional cooperation shall be shared with other competent authorities in the regionof connected Member States one year before the deadline for the notification of the plans.
Amendment 541 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Competent authorities shall regularly report to the Gas Coordination Group on the progress achieved on the preparation and adoption of the preventive action plans and the emergency plans. In particular competent authorities shall report to the Gas Coordination Group on the agreed cooperation mechanism 18 months before the deadline for the adoption of the plans and the updates of the plans. The Commission may have a facilitating role overall in the preparation of the plans, in particular for the establishment of the cooperation mechanism. If competent authorities within a region do not agree on a cooperation mechanismof connected Member States do not agree on the content of the regional aspects of the preventive action plan, the Commission may propose a regional cooperation mechanism for that region. They shall ensure the regular monitoring of the implementation of such plans.
Amendment 544 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The preventive action plan and the emergency plan shall be developed in accordance withbased on the templates contained in Annex V. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend those templates. Before adopting a preventive action plan and emergency plan at national level, the Competent authorities which have carried out a joint risk analysis and Competent authorities of neighbouring countries shall consult each other with a view to ensuring that their plans are consistent.
Amendment 547 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The preventive action plans and emergency plans shall be adopted by all Member States in the region, made public and notified to the Commission no later than on 1 March 2019. Such notification shall take place once the plans have been adopted by all Member States in the region. The Commission shall inform the Gas Coordination Group about the notification of the plans and publish them on the Commission website. If requested by a Member state, the Commission should made available a courtesy translation in a European working language.
Amendment 548 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The preventive action plans and emergency plans shall be adopted by all Member States in the region, made public and notified to the Commission no later than on 1 March 2019. Such notification shall take place once the plans have been adopted by all Member States in the region. The Commission shall inform the Gas Coordination Group about the notification of the plans and publish them on the Commission website.
Amendment 575 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the definition of protected customers in each Member State of the region and the information described in the second subparagraph of Article 5(1);
Amendment 577 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the definition of protected customers in each Member State of the region and the information described in the second subparagraph of Article 5(1);
Amendment 580 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the measures, volumes and capacities needed to fulfil the infrastructure and supply standards in each Member State of the region, as laid down in Articles 4 and 5, including where applicable, the extent to which demand-side measures can sufficiently compensate, in a timely manner, for a supply disruption as referred to in Article 4(2), the identification of the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest in the case of application of Article 4(3), the necessary gas volumes per category of protected customers and per scenario as referred to in Article 5(1) and any increased supply standard under Article 5(2), including a justification of the compliance with the conditions set in Article 5(2) and a description of a mechanism to temporarily reduce any increased supply standard or additional obligation in accordance with Article 12;
Amendment 583 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the measures, volumes and capacities needed to fulfil the infrastructure and supply standards in each Member State of the region, as laid down in Articles 4 and 5, including where applicable, the extent to which demand- side measures can sufficiently compensate, in a timely manner, for a supply disruption as referred to in Article 4(2), the identification of the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest in the case of application of Article 4(3), the necessary gas volumes per category of protected customers and per scenario as referred to in Article 5(1) and any increased supply standard under Article 5(2), including a justification of the compliance with the conditions set in Article 5(2) and a description of a mechanism to temporarily reduce any increased supply standard or additional obligation in accordance with Article 12;
Amendment 608 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The Member States shall carry out an impact assessment on all preventive non-market based measures to be adopted after the entry into force of this Regulation, including the measures to comply with the supply standard set out in Article 5(1) and the measures for the increased supply standard set out in Article 5(2). Such impact assessment shall cover at least the following:
Amendment 617 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 671 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 678 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
As long as the supply to households, essential social services and district heating installationprotected customers in the Member State having declared the emergency is not satisfied, despite the application of the measure in paragraph 1, the gas supply to customers other than households, essential social services and district heating installationand the purchase of gas is no longer an option, the gas supply to customers other than protected customers in any other Member State, directly connected to the Member State which declared the emergency, shall not continue to the extent necessary to supply the households, essential social services and district heating installationprotected customers in the Member States having declared the emergency.
Amendment 691 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 694 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The first subparagraph shall apply to essential social servicapplicability of Article 12 (2) shall be subject to the condition that a Member State calling for solidarity meets all his duties aund district heating installations to the extent they are coverer this Regulation, in particular that the Member State makes use of all measures described byin the definition of protected customrespective emergency plan and that the commercial and technical terms inof the respectivagreement in the Member Stategency plan are met.
Amendment 800 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 803 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 816 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 1
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 1
The calculated area referred to in point 3 shall be extended to the appropriate regional level for connected Member States. The regions listed in Annex I shall apply. For the calculation of the N – 1 formula at regional level, the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest shall be used. The single largest gas infrastructure of common interest to a region shall be the largest gas infrastructure in the region that directly or indirectly contributes to the supply of gas to theconnected Member States of that region and shall be defined in the risk assessment.
Amendment 817 #
2016/0030(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 3
Annex II – point 5 – subparagraph 3
For the calculations referred to in Article 6(1), the single largest gas infrastructure of common interest to the regions as listed in Annex Iof connected Member States shall be used.
Amendment 5 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the massive scale of the global needs for humanitarian aid and for disaster risk reduction, disaster and epidemic preparedness and the building of resilience in developing countries; also notes the upward pressure on these needs stemming from effects of conflicts and wars, human rights violations, bad governance and corruption, as well as climate change and competition for scarce resources, lack of universal health coverage and investments into health innovation; insists that the EU’s financial means for responding to humanitarian and development issues require strengthening, and is convinced that this is also essential for the defence of the EU’s own interests, including its security in a broad sense;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need for sufficient health-related expenditure in view of emerging epidemics; recalls the necessity for effective and comprehensive health systems with affordable medicines in order to deliver on SDG3; encourages the better use of all MFF programmes such as Horizon 2020, the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the European Development Fund (EDF) or the health for growth programme, to tackle global health challenges that can easily affect Europe itself.
Amendment 27 #
2015/2353(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for mid-term evaluation of the MFF programmes on the basis of their performance against stipulated targets and objectives, absorption capacity and EU added value, taking into account the late implementation of the current framework, and commitments made in the meantime such as the Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 7 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that NGOs are vital change agents and human rights defenders with a central role in implementing Agenda 2030; given current humanitarian crises, underlines NGOs’ importance to humanitarian aid; condemns efforts to control NGOs through public funds;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Emphasises that development assistance and humanitarian aid are financed through European taxpayers’ money and thus need to be used in the most efficient and accountable way in order to support their intended purposes;
Amendment 13 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. underlines the role of impartial NGOs in a democratic society and thus their need to adhere to democratic values and standards such as accountability, responsible use of ressources and transparency;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomstresses the fact that the EU has a fprinciple of sound financial management and proportionality and the importance of openness, transparency, efficiency and accountability; underlines the importance of the established EU Financial tTransparency sSystem; emphasises, however, that it does not concern only NGOscalls on the European Commission to make information more easily accessible by improving the Transparency System by disclosing detailed information on the funds allocated and disbursed as well as respective projects and results achieved; takes the view, therefore, that the information available about NGOs could, their affiliated associations and sub-contractors shall be made clearer, in order to improve public understanding of their role;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. underlines the role of the European Court of Auditors in the continuous audit of NGOs and their funds received.
Amendment 24 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to build a central database outlining NGO funding and results, and to make any data secure that might endanger NGO actors, including detailed and thorough information about respective projects, grants and results, and to make any data secure that might endanger NGO actors; insists that this database should be made publicly available through the Internet;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that a public register of EU-funded NGOs should be set up and that it should also give details of the amount and purpose of the subsidies paid out as well as the final beneficiary;
Amendment 43 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that NGOs differ in terms of size and activities; urges that a range of grants be offered; asks the Commission to make administrative burdens proportional to grant size;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Given the unpredictable environment in which NGOs nowoften operate, stresses that NGOs should be permitted to adjust projects based on real-time re- evaluation;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. calls on the Commission to urgently establish a common and consistent definition of Non Governmental Organisation to ensure uniform accounting and traceability of funds and the aforementioned interoperability between directorates general;
Amendment 57 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. calls for the establishment of a single standardized, highly recognisable "EU funded" logo and the obligation for every direct and indirect beneficiary of EU funds to display it in a highly visible manner on their public presentation (such as webpages, promotional material);
Amendment 58 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to audit regularly all NGOs that receive public grants from the European Union in order to guarantee transparency and accountability in the use of these funds; insists that these audits should examine in particular whether such grants - directly or indirectly - are not ultimately transferred to tax havens or offshore financial centres;
Amendment 62 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Emphasises the need to avoid of conflicts of interests when deciding on public grants for NGO activities; insists that NGOs with politicians or public officials on their boards, or working as associates, should not be eligible for EU funding;
Amendment 65 #
2015/2345(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to promote proactive engagement with NGOs in orderfurther support the work of NGOs and civil society in general, and to focus on priorities such as simplification and better implementation.;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – point d
Paragraph 3 – point d
d. protect consumers from abusive, uncompetitive and unfair practices by suppliemarket operators and enable them to fully exercise their rights;
Amendment 85 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the aim of the Third Energy Package to provide a truly competitive and consumer-friendly retail energy market has not yet been realised, as evidenced by low levels of consumer switching and satisfaction across the EU, persistent high levels of market concentration, and the failure to reflect falling wholesale costs in retail pricesfully realised everywhere;
Amendment 116 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
a. Recommends improving the transparency and clarity of bills, which should include information on the final price, with an explanation of the different taxes, levies and tariffs, together with information on the different energy sources and complaint handling, clear indication of contact points, and information on switching and energy efficiency measures; insists that clear language must be used, with technical terms either avoided or clearly explained; requests the Commission to identify minimum standards in this respect;
Amendment 138 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 160 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
Paragraph 6 – point d
d. Recommends that there should be a limited range of standardised tariffs, in order to facilitate comparison between different suppliers and tariffs and avoid a confusing array of different tariffs for the same product;eleted
Amendment 171 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point e
Paragraph 6 – point e
e. Recommends that consideration be given to requiring energy suppliers to automatically place customers on the most advantageous tariff, based on historic consumption patterns; nNotes, given that switching rates are low throughout Europe, that many households, especially the most vulnerable, are not engaged in the energy market and are stuck on outdated expensive tariffs;
Amendment 214 #
2015/2323(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. BelievEmphasises that collective switching schemes and campaigns should be promoted in order to help consumers find a better deal; emphasises that suchupplier schemes must be independent, trustworthy, comprehensive and inclusive, reaching those who are less engaged; suggests that local authorities, regulators and consumer organisations and other not-for-profit organisations are well placed to fulfil this role, and that support from European funds for such activities should be considered;
Amendment 374 #
2015/2323(INI)
Amendment 32 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the integration of the electricity markets and multilateral cooperation must also respect the right of the Member States to determine the national energy mix, the conditions for using their energy resources, the composition of their energy mix and the overall structure of their energy supply;
Amendment 179 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that it makes sense to step up cooperation between regions under the leadership of ACER, particularly as regards evaluating cross-border impacts, though without the Member States abandoning responsibility for security of supply; advocates more far-reaching transparency provisions concerning ACER activities;
Amendment 240 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the closer linkage of differing priorities in the national energy mix, such as wind energy with nuclear or with water reservoirs;
Amendment 273 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that rapid network expansion and the removal of structural network bottlenecks are also essential if uniform price zimportant conditiones are to be retained, and that the splitting of bidding zones could be a sensible market economy approach to reflect actual electricity shortages in certain regions; takes the view that in closely integrated electricity networks the allocation of price zones should be decided together with all neighbours concernedfor realising the internal market in energy; takes the view that a configuration of price zones should be decided solely within the framework of the 'Bidding Zone Review' as part of ENTSO-E with the participation of all the relevant stakeholders in order to prevent both the inefficient use of networks and the reduction of cross-border capacities, which is incompatible with the internal market; views a common European price zone as the objective;
Amendment 316 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for national capacity mechanisms only to be authorised where a detailed analysis of the production and supply situation at regional level has been carried out in advance and a bottleneck has been identified which cannot be eliminated by less stringent measures such as a strategic reserve; states that, should the establishment of capacity markets/mechanisms be sought, there must be coordination across all EU regions, together with Europe-wide public tendering, so that there is no cross-border cross-subsidisation or discrimination against industry or other customers and no individual/national capacity mechanisms are established;
Amendment 401 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the expectation of future price surges can create incentives for producers and investors to invest in production capacity, particularly in high- efficiency modern gas-fired power stations and climate-neutral pumped-storage power stations, urges politicians not to intervene in the market even in the event of large price surges and calls, in the medium term, for the complete abolition of regulated final consumer prices;
Amendment 519 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that, for a medium-term transitional period, national responsibility for the energy mix cannot be questioned and therefore that both nuclear power, which is largely CO2-neutralthe use of sustainable, largely CO2-neutral, technologies and national energy reserves such as hydroelectric power and pumped storage in particular, and the use of national energy reserves together with high-efficiency gas-fired power stations and coal-fired electricity generation using the latest technology, can make vital contributions to the integration of renewables;
Amendment 537 #
2015/2322(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses that renewables should in most cases be fed in at distribution systems level, and therefore calls for distribution system operators to have a greater role overall and to be more closely involved in the European regulatory bodies; advocates improved cooperation between distribution system operators and transmission system operators.
Amendment 3 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the European Union committed itself to the strengthening of its industrial base, by setting a target of at least 20% in industrial production as part of the European GDP until 2020, which should be increased to 30% until 2030; considers that this is an essential prerequisite for effectively improving the employment situation in Europe;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that both public and private support to young people – that channels investment into education and skills, helps young people acquire entrepreneurshipial and financial skills and matches SMEs’ demand for skilled workers – should be strengthened; notes that it needs further incentives especially for females and migrants to become entrepreneurs in order to boost the creation of employment;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes in the huge potential offered by the Digital Single Market towards job creation and thinks that EU policies should respond to new labour market demands spurred by the digitalization of industry;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to regional disparities and imbalances in SMEs’ access to funding from national promotional banks, EU funded programmes and other private and public funding institutions; calls for a correction mechanism at EU level to ensureestablishing a level playing field for all SMEs – with special focus on poorer regions and on countries that have been under financial and economic constraints – in accessing funding from EU-supported financial instruments while using intermediaries;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EIB and the European Commission to keep Parliament informed of the concrete measures taken so far to enhance the access to funding of cooperatives, which, together with SMEs, can play an important role in creating more sustainable and decent quality jobs;
Amendment 24 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 25 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that an investment of EUR 75bn is expected to be triggered under the SME Window of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI); welcomes the successful implementation of SME financing under the EFSI among the approved projects so far;
Amendment 28 #
2015/2320(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas access to finance is still one of the main barriers to the creation and growth of SMEs; , given inter alia the lack of a sufficiently diversified range of equity instruments and risk capital across the Union, which is needed along the growth path of a company;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Criticises the 2 000 or so energy reporting obligations imposed on energy producers, businesses, consumers and public authorities; regrets that it is ultimately electricity consumers who bear the consequences of an overly complex reporting system;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that national legislation (exit from coal, payment schemes for renewable energy, capacity markets) restricts the scope for European solutions that provide the best possible results in terms of cost and supply and cancels out the price advantages obtained through energy saving; calls for increased possibilities for binding coordinthe Commission to be given greater scope and issued with guidelines to help it monitor implementation byin the CommissionMember States more effectively;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2203(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the growth of unrealistic expectations on the EU's development policy that it should help solve the refugee crisis and by efforts to divert substantial EDF and DCI funds to migration related activities of unclear or doubtful development value, as well as to military activities and to climate actionBelieves that promoting peace, security and justice in developing countries is of paramount importance for the EU in order to address the root causes of the migratory and refugee crisis; fully recognises the complex nature of many challenges and the need for multifaceted and complementary response actions, but insists on the need for clarity in funding arrangements and respect for international commitments, as well as for existing internal legal provisions;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2203(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that much of the EU's development assistance is provided as budget support; welcomes the evidence in the Court's Annual Report that overall, the conditions for the choice of this implementation modality are well respected by the Commission, but recalls that the effectiveness of budget support tends to be extremely difficult to assess; asks the Commission to avoid budget support in countries where risks are high and other modalities are better suited; is particularly concerned that of all External Assistance projects which are either delayed or not achieving their targeted goals, 18.5 % were financed via budget supports and therefore calls for more performance-based budgeting;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that expenditure relating to security can be importantis particularly relevant in the current efforts to comprehensively address the security-development nexus and deliver on Goal 16 of the Development Agenda, but emphasises that such funding which does not constitute ODA must come from the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace and other appropriate new or existing sources, not from the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) or the European Development Fund (EDF);
Amendment 12 #
2015/2154(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Trusts that DG DEVCO will address the various weaknesses in its evaluation and monitoring systems pointed to in the Court's Special Report 18/2014; is deeply concerned that only 71 % of EU delegations assess the quality of their evaluation report and only 37 % fill the foreseen assessment grid;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the targets for the introduction of broadband by 2020 set as part of the Digital Agenda will probably not be met, and whereas internet connections with a speed of more than 100 Mb/s are still available for only 2.7 out of every 100 people, or 6% of all households (end of 2014); whereas, moreover, this figure conceals major geographical disparities; whereas the digital agenda targets state that 50% of households are to be provided with 100 Mb/s internet by 2020, which calls for additional investment totalling some EUR 90 billion;
Amendment 226 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that users’ trust in digital public and commercial services is vital to innovation, in particular open innovation and growth in the digital economy and that reinforcing that trust, also by promoting best practices, i.e. in the area of e- governance, should be at the basis of both public policy and digital business models;
Amendment 348 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a defragmentation of the telecommunications market and for an economic assessment of the implications for the digital single market as a whole of mergers and takeovers, in order to clear the way for the necessary consolidation of the market;
Amendment 695 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes that the development of new services such as the Internet of Things requires new flexible, future focused policies that allow the Internet of Things to develop its potential for economic and social development in all countries;
Amendment 730 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for a European strategy on termination rates and for the consistent implementation of the relevant Commission Recommendation 2009/396/EC; takes the view that asymmetric termination rates within the EU lead to major inequalities of treatment and distortions of competition, thus conflicting with the EU’s requirement to establish a digital single market and with the recent decision to abolish retail roaming charges (cost recovery clause);
Amendment 744 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls as afor spectrum allocation to be one of the priorityies for a harmonised framework for spectrum allocation to boost long-term infrastructure investmentsEuropean framework, and in particular for increased coordination on award criteria, the timing of auctions, licensing conditions and spectrum use; in this way, and potentially also with the involvement of EFSI, it should be possible to boost long-term investments in wireless network infrastructure;
Amendment 797 #
2015/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Takes the view that the forthcoming amendment to the telecommunications legal framework should seek to consolidate and simplify the plethora of directives and recommendations and/or adapt sector-specific rules to new market realities (e.g. new communications services such as Viber, FB Messenger etc.); to that end, the key themes should be the creation of a European single market with fair conditions of competition; the legal framework should seek to make Europe-wide investments attractive and render innovations possible;
Amendment 40 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Decides to increases above the DB the three supervisory agencies (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) and ACER to provide them with adequate resources to face their increasing tasks; further asks for an assessment of the activities of different Union agencies in view of identifying potential synergies and horizontal integration opportunities in order to realize efficiency gains;
Amendment 89 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the future vision of the Energy Union must be one in which Member States recognise that they depend on each other to deliver secureclosely cooperate with each other to maintain a secure supply of energy to their citizens, based on true solidarity and trust, and in which the Energy Union speaks with one voice in global affairs;
Amendment 101 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas EU energy and climate policies of the EU and its member states must complement each another, and their objectives must reinforce rather than undermine one another; the Energy Union should therefore complement European reindustrialisation targets, boost the transition to a low-emission economy, ensure security of energy systems and supply and enhance the global competitiveness of the European economy, while effectively avoiding any threat of carbon leakage;
Amendment 202 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas betadequater interconnection levels forcapacities in electricity and gas transmission grids will increase energy security while balancing supply and demand between the Member States;
Amendment 324 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in the context of the future Energy Union, quantitative (i.a. disposability of system relevant power plants, capacities of power lines) and qualitative (i.a. stable frequency) security of energy supply is the most pressing issue and that Member States must coordinate and cooperate in this respect with their neighbours when developing their energy policies; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to examine how the current architecture of national and cross-regional preventive and emergency response measures could be streamlined at both regional and EU level;
Amendment 442 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the Union can reduce its dependency on particular suppliers and fuels by maximising its use of sustainable indigenous sources of energy, including conventional and unconventional low- emission fossil fuels and renewables, and therefore stresses that no fuel or technology contributing to energy securityby taking into consideration the cost effectiveness and climate goals should be discriminated againstfe-cycle costs of different technologies;
Amendment 535 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that the backbone of the future Energy Union must be a fully functioning internal energy market that delivers secure, competitive and sustainable energy over fully functioning, secure and resilient transmission grids, to enable EU companies and consumers to access gas and electricity in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible; considers, therefore, the further expansion of (existing) market areas should be intended;
Amendment 554 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that larger price zones promote the implementation of the internal energy market, increase market efficiency and improve the situation with regard to liquidity and competition; believes that larger price zones have the requisite characteristics to improve the method of functioning and liquidity in electricity markets to such an extent that the rising proportion of renewable energy can more easily be incorporated into the energy mix; stresses that greater liquidity reduces trading costs, allows price signals for investment decisions to operate more immediately and elastically, permits hedging by plant operators and increases competition, which can enable energy prices to be reduced;
Amendment 564 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes that the Commission rightly defines affordable energy prices for consumers, SME and industry as a main goal of the energy union and that energy price developments in member states shall be monitored on a regular basis; takes note that industry in Europe continues to face strikingly higher costs for electricity and gas than industries in other industrialized regions, which to a large extend are due to the design of European and national energy policies; calls on the Commission to conduct studies on factors of high energy costs in Europe on an annual basis and give concrete policy recommendations to member states on how to limit politically induced elements of cumulative energy costs;
Amendment 608 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that a properly designed future model of the electricity market in the EU must aim at a more market-based and better optimalized, from the point of view of network security, integration of renewable energy sources;
Amendment 650 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to concentrate their efforts on driving projects of common interest (PCIs) forward, with a view to achieving a pan- European ‘superelectricity/ gas transmission grid' with thesufficient capacity to transmit power across EU countries from multiple sources and therefore capable of diverting energy from surplus to deficit areas, thereby allowing the market to instantly respond to interruptions of supply wherever they occurintegrating renewables, ensuring security of supply and fostering an European energy market; paying attention to eliminating existing obstacles in the process of approving and permitting projects (like e.g. individual technical standards, EMF, noise emission) and fostering innovation (i.e. upgrade of existing lines);
Amendment 698 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that in order to successfully balance the internal market, investment is needed not only in interconnectors but also in, inter alia, storage capacity, such as hydro pump storage plants, LNG terminals and smart grids, in order to cope with enhanced renewable and distributed generation;
Amendment 844 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Acknowledges that local authorities of European cities undoubtedly make an important contribution to energy independence by increasing energy- efficiency through cogeneration, modernising district heating systems, increasing the use of cleaner public transport, encouraging more active travel models and renovating buildings; emphasises the creation of appropriate actions to ensure the operation and installation of cogeneration of heat and power to generate the economic and environmental profit of this urban technology;
Amendment 917 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses, however, that the EU must employ a technology-neutral approach to decarbonising our energy systems, adopting strategies for using and promoting not onlysafe, renewable energy sources but also other low-emission sources of energy; calls on the Commission, in this respect, to revise its Energy and Environmental State Aid Guidelines in a way which will provide for an equitable treatment of energy production from different energy source, sustainable and indigenous energy sources with quantifiable life-cycle costs;
Amendment 938 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Underlines that Europe faces investment leakage of energy intensive sectors in Europe, most notably reflected by declining average annual investments by energy intensive industries in Europe yet rising investments in the same sectors in other parts of the world; takes note that cumulative costs of energy and climate policies play a key role in this development; therefore emphasizes the necessity for continuing carbon leakage protection under the EU ETS for the respective sectors post 2020 with free allocation based on actual production levels, covering both direct and indirect carbon costs, while removing the application of the ETS correction factor in order for sectors at risk of carbon leakage not to face undue carbon costs.
Amendment 941 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)
Paragraph 38 b (new)
38b. Stresses that water power is a major, indigenous, renewable and safe energy source which accounts for 11% of all European electricity production; stresses that water power will therefore continue to play an important role in electricity production and storage and will make a major contribution to de-carbonising the European economy and reducing the EU's dependence on external energy sources;
Amendment 964 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Recognises that indigenous energy sources such as nucleahydro power, clean coal technologies and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage (CCS) would make a fundamental contribution to EU energy security and decarbonisation, with shale gas facilitating the transition to a low- emission economy; believes, in this respect, that the Energy Union must reflect the need for the EU to use all low and lower emission sources at Member States' disposal;
Amendment 1061 #
2015/2113(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls on the Commission to intensify its research efforts regarding the better use of Europe's indigenous resources, both conventional and unconventional; as well as to stimulate the founding of regional research and development clusters for energy storage and energy transmission.
Amendment 160 #
2015/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 20 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is concerned by the complexity of the regulation which is often multi-layered with diverging and contradicting outcomes; calls on the Commission to carry out an in-depth assessment of the compliance costs of the financial regulation, in particular for SMEs and start-ups, with a view at reducing these costs where appropriate;
Amendment 21 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the aim of EU Financial Regulation should be to serve the real economy; believes, for this reason, that regulation should be coherent and proportionate;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the lack of information on the financial situation of SMEs is one of the major barriers to investment in this type of companies; calls on the Commission for an in-depth reflection on the ways and means to improve investors' access to transparent and comparable data on SMEs; believes that the development of a dedicated database to collect, on a voluntary basis, financial information on SMEs and start-ups could be a useful tool to provide information to investors;
Amendment 50 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that access to finance, in particular for SMEs, is key for economic growth and job creation; points out that profitable banks as well as efficient capital markets are a precondition for access to finance;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to take into account the different economic and cultural structures of SMEs among Member States in its policy initiatives for the implementation of a Capital Markets Union;
Amendment 66 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that private equity and venture capital offer interesting alternatives for financing, in particular for start-ups; calls on the Commission to develop additional instruments building on the experience done with the European Venture Capital Funds and the European Social Entrepreneurship Funds;
Amendment 70 #
2015/2106(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that legislation is not always the most appropriate policy response and that non-legislative and market-based approaches should be duly taken into account;
Amendment 23 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the advances made at the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, in particular in the area of agriculture (e.g. the elimination of trade-distorting agriculture export subsidies, and progress on market access for the least developed countries (LDCs)); underlines the necessity of enriching the WTO negotiations by taking into account the latest technological possibilities especially in view of e-commerce and digital trade; discussing other issues that go beyond the Doha list of issues should be seen a chance to share technological advances much faster and more equally with developing countries while helping to get around the lack of infrastructures especially in remote rural areas;
Amendment 55 #
2015/2105(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. SEmphasises that in line with Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals it is of utmost importance to foster good governance structures throughout the world in order to create fair access to justice for all and to build effective and accountable institutions at all levels; underlines that trade agreements and foreign direct investments could be a decisive tool to set the right incentives to ensure the realisation of this goal; in this context stresses that corruption is a major non- tariff barrier in developed and developing countries; welcomes the Commission’s intention to include ambitious anti- corruption provisions in all future trade agreements.
Amendment 10 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the migration crisis can be addressed only within the context of a European approach and not by bilateral meetings among Members States; calls for a new European agenda on migration under the leadership of the Commission and the European Council, underpinned by solidarity among the Member States. This agenda might include the replacement of the Dublin regulation with a centralised European asylum system that necessarily includes an effective control of the common external border with hotspots at this border supported by EU structures;
Amendment 19 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists on an immediate improvement in the terrible living conditions for the millions of people living in refugee camps in particular in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2095(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to maximise the positive contribution of migration and human mobility in global development, as recognised for the first time in the post- 2015 development agenda and the proposed Sustainable Development Goals and their migration targets; encourages the EU and Member State authorities to improve the recognition of academic and professional qualifications of migrants in view of a swifter and better integration into the labour market;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the EU Member States’ collective and individual commitments to raise, by 2015, the level of their Official Development Assistance (ODA) to 0.7 % of Gross National Income (GNI), including at least 0.20 % of GNI to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), or, in the case of states which joined the EU in 2004 or later, to strive to increase their ODA to 0.33 % of GNI; notes that EU development assistance counts towards these targets and therefore helps reduce the big ODA deficits of most Member Statcollective ODA currently amounts to 0,42% of its GNI and that EU development assistance counts towards these; calls for allocation of at least 50 % of EU ODA to LDCs;
Amendment 4 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls the commitment of developed countries to provide new and additional climate finance from different sources to developing countries, reaching USD 100 billion per year by 2020; emphasises that the additionality requirement should be respected and points out that the increasing use of EU development assistance for the pursuit of closely climate-related objectives implies that the total volume of the development assistance must increase at least as much; affirms that the room for climate-unrelated health, education anEU development assistance should be spent more effectively and that ODA should be targeted to sectors where it is needed other action to reduce poverty cannot be allowed to shrink, but must grow most, namely capacity building, good governance, health, education, agriculture, water supply and energy;
Amendment 5 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for more coherence of the EDF with the general budget of the European Union; considers that the EDF should be submitted to parliamentary scrutiny and common budget rules;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Draws attention to the humanitarian emergencies in Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and Ukraine, and to the situations in the countries worst affected by the Ebola virus; underlines that the complexity of crises has increased the challenges faced by the EU as a global actor; warns of the political consequences of far-reaching budgetary cuts and insists that the extraordinary scale of the current global humanitarian needs must be reflected in the funding for the Directorate- General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO);
Amendment 14 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is concerned about the various estimates on outstanding payments in the humanitarian aid field, while commitments keep growing; stresses the need for an appropriate budget allowing the EU to pursue its humanitarian aid actions; therefore urges for an increase of the financial means for humanitarian aid and disaster risk reduction; firmly objects any reallocation of money allocated for development and humanitarian aid;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2074(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasises that it is important that the Council honour its commitment to allocate and earmark money for each measure it undertakes; insists that the money that has not been spent in the 2014 and 2015 budgets should be automatically transferred to the financial year 2016;
Amendment 22 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas taxation can be a reliable and sustainable source of development financerevenue in developing countries if there is a pgrogressivewth- oriented and well-balanced taxation regime, an effective and efficient tax administration to promote tax compliance, and transparent, and a transparent, responsible and accountable use of public revenue;
Amendment 25 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas fairgrowth-oriented and well- balanced tax regimes provide vital finance to governments to cover citizens’ rights toneeds for basic services, such as healthcare and education for all, and whereas effective redistributive fiscal policies are essential in decreasing the effect of growing inequalities;
Amendment 29 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas tax regimes in developing countries should encourage the creation of jobs by attracting necessary foreign investments as well as by supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 30 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas effective fiscal policies are essential in strengthening the social contract between government and citizens, in order to increase low taxpayer morale and to create a reciprocal link between tax, public and social services;
Amendment 33 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the potential benefits of taxation go beyond the increase in available resources to foster development, but have a direct positive side-effect on good governance and state-building by strengthening the rule of law and democratic institutions, promoting long- term independence from foreign assistance and allowing developing countries to assume ownership of their policy choices;
Amendment 36 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas developing countries face major political and administrative constraints in raising tax revenues as a result of insufficient human and financial resources to collect taxes, weak administrative capacity to deal with the complexity of imposcollecting taxes on certain activities of transnational companies, lack of tax collection infrastructurecapacities, a drain of skilled personnel away from tax administrations, corruption, lack of legitimacy of the political system, an uneveninadequate distribution of revenues and poor tax governance;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the gradual removal of trade barriers over the past decades has increased the amount of cross-border- traded goods and services, and hence has led to a widening of the tax base in developing countries;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, comparatively speaking, developing countries raise substantially less revenue than advanced economies and are characterised by extremely narrow tax bases, and there is considerable potential for increasing the tax-to-GDP ratioamount of tax revenues in order to provide the necessary means for essential governmental responsibilities, especially in the least industrialised countries (LICs);
Amendment 49 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas developing countries have been offering various tax incentives and exemptions, leading to harmful tax competition and a ‘race to the bottom’ that brings greater benefit to multinational corporations (MNCs) than to developing countrieunsatisfactory outcomes in terms of effective and efficient tax systems;
Amendment 64 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas many developing countries cannot attain even the minimum tax level necessary to finance their basic functioning, their public services and their efforts to reduce povertyoften do not collect sufficient means to finance necessary governmental responsibilities;
Amendment 71 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas developing countries are heavily underrepresenshould be better supported in the existing structures and procedures of international tax cooperation, and do notin order to participate on an equal footing in the current global processes seeking to redefinfurther improve international tax rules, such as the OECD base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) process;
Amendment 75 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas revenue raising can have an important role to play in rebalancing gender inequalitiecollecting sufficient levels of public finances can have an important role to play in having more equitable societies without discrimination between men and women and special support in particular for children and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 80 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to put forward an action plan, in the form of a communication, on supporting developing countries in fighting tax dodgingillicit capital flows and setting up fairerbetter-balanced tax systems, taking into account the work undertaken by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD in advance of the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to be held from 13 to 16 July 2015, and the impact of international tax treaties on developing countries;
Amendment 90 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the necessity of having a well-balanced tax mixture with a significant share of the tax revenue in developing countries originating from value added tax (VAT); recalls that in contrary to income taxes, VAT equally puts the burden on imported goods and hence supports domestic economic activities in developing countries; however, takes into account the need for reduced rates for basic and necessary goods of daily consumption as well as the possibility of additional sin taxes in particular on tobacco or alcohol products;
Amendment 92 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the importance of efficient and growth-oriented tax regimes in developing countries in order to attract necessary foreign investments as well as to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 93 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to support developing countries and regional tax administration frameworks in the fight against tax dodgingillegal capital flows, in developing fairerbetter-balanced tax policies, in promoting administrative reforms and in order to increase the share, in terms of aid and development, of financial and technical assistance to the national tax administrations of developing countries;
Amendment 98 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that only an estimated 0.1 percent (USD 118.4 million) of ODA was dedicated to capacity building in tax matters in 2012; calls for a significant increase of respective technical assistance programmes to 0.5 percent of provided ODA in order to strengthen tax administration and statistical capacities in developing countries;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the development of Twinning initiatives, beyond countries in enlargement negotiations or in the framework of the EU Neighbourhood Policy; calls for bringing together public sector expertise from EU Member States and beneficiary countries, aiming to enhance cooperative activities while yielding at preliminarily agreed and concrete operational results for beneficiary countries; supports workshops, training sessions, expert missions, study visits and counselling in order to bring about changes both in the structure of beneficiary institutions, as well as in the respective regulatory tax frameworks in developing countries;
Amendment 100 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to give good governance in tax matters and faireffective tax collection a high place on the agenda in its policy dialogue (political, development and trade) and in all development cooperation agreements with partner countries;
Amendment 107 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges that information on beneficial ownership of companies, trusts and other institutions be made publicly available in open-data formats, in order to prevent anonymous shell companies and similar legal structurcomparable legal entities from being used to finance illegal activities;
Amendment 113 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU and the Member States to enforce the principle that multinational companies must adopt country-by-country reporting (CBCR) as standard, requiring them to publish as part of their annual reportadopt country-by-country reporting (CBCR) as a common practice, requiring large multinational companies onf all country-by-country basis for each territory in which they operate the names of all subsidiaries, their financial performance, relevant taxies and sectors to publish required information, assets and number of employees, and to ensure that this information is publicly available part of their annual report on a country-by-country basis;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the adoption of an Automatic Exchange of Information mechanism, a fundamental tool for enhancing global transparency and cooperation in the fight against tax avoidance and tax evasion; acknowledges, however, that support in terms of expertise and time is needed for developing countries to build the required capacity to send and process information;
Amendment 132 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and all the Member States, following the example of some Member States and in conformity with Art. 5 (3) TEU, to conduct impact assessments of European tax policies on developing countries, in order to strengthen policy coherence for development and remove practices that have negative spilloverimprove current practices to take better into account the special needs onf developing countries;
Amendment 139 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses than when negotiating tax treaties with developing countries, source- country taxation rights should be preserved, and the UN Model Tax Conventionincome or profits resulting from cross-border activities should be preferrtaxed toin the OECD Model Tax Conventionsource country, in order to avoid a bias towards developed countries’ interests and to ensure a fair distribun effective collection of taxing right revenues;
Amendment 141 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the EU and the Member States to ensure that the UN taxation committee is transformed into a genuine intergovernmental body equipped with additional resourcesbetter equipped with additional resources inside the framework of the UN Economic and Social Council, ensuring that developing countries can participate equally in the global reformmore effectively in the further global development of existing international tax rules;
Amendment 146 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that gender analysis should be made central to tax justicesufficient levels of public finance can contribute to an environment with less discrimination between men and women and with better support in particular for children and vulnerable groups in society;
Amendment 152 #
2015/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the EIB to ensure that companies or other legal entities that receive EIB support do not participate in tax evasion via offshore centres and tax haveninteract with financial intermediaries established in offshore centres and tax havens in terms of illicit capital flows;
Amendment 1 #
2015/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Points out that the EU is the world's leading donor in development aid, representing almost 60% of the world official development aid; nevertheless requests the Commission to provide clear and transparent data on the share of the overall budget in EU development aid in order to assess the follow-up of the Monterrey Consensus by all European donors; also expresses its regret that the level of EU financial contributions to developing countries lacks visibility and invites the Commission to develop appropriate and targeted communication and information tools to increase the visibility of EU development aid;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a joint international effort of developed and emerging countries to find new and additional climate financing for developing countries – though not at the expense of the development budget – in the agreement on Global Climate Action to be concluded at the Paris Conference of December 2015;
Amendment 6 #
2015/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the importance of a clear priority-setting on the expenditure side with a special focus on measures in the area of health, education, energy and water supply, as well as infrastructure; underlines the necessity of further efforts and improvements in the area of aid effectiveness through a higher degree of coordination between the different aid mechanisms and donors;
Amendment 7 #
2015/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the firm stance of the EU on the efforts to be concentrated on both the quantity and the quality of development aid; calls on the Commission to use its expertise and authority to convince other public and private donors around the world to honour their financial promises;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of 12 December 2014 on a stronger role of the private sector in development cooperation,
Amendment 8 #
2015/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Underlines the absolute need for the EU to aim for the highest level of coordination in order to achieve coherence with other policy areas (environment, migration, international trade, Human Rights, agriculture, etc.) and avoid duplication of work and inconsistency of activities;
Amendment 9 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors' Special Report No. 16/2014 on "The effectiveness of blending regional investment facility grants with financial institution loans to support EU external policies",
Amendment 9 #
2015/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that official development assistance remains the key instrument for financing development and urges the EU and its Member States to re-commit to the 0.7 GNI (Gross National Income) target; highlights, furthermore, the huge potential of private investment and the relevance of innovative financial instruments for leveraging such additional resources; also calls for approrecalls that public aid alone is far from sufficient to cover all investment needs in developing countries; therefore insists on the leverage role of blending and public- private partnerships (PPP) as a means to enhance the impact of development assistance, to attract private finance and to support local businesses; however stresses that blended finance must not replace state responsibility for delivering on social needs and should be guided by development effectiveness principles; encourages public-private partnerships, in particular in the field of research related to the Innovative Medicines Initiative such as the Ebola+ programme;
Amendment 15 #
2015/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 (new)
Paragraph 9 (new)
9. Underlines the high importance of supporting micro, small and medium enterprises and calls in particular for further strengthening micro-finance-loan and guarantee systems; insists on the necessity of further developing local and regional banks and credit unions in order to significantly decrease excessive interest rates for market loans in order to better support community development at a local level1.
Amendment 31 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the magnitude of the SDGs financing challenge demands a strong and global partnership and the use of all forms - including innovative sources - of financing (domestic, international, public and private);
Amendment 34 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas domestic resource mobilisation and Official Development Assistance (ODA) are non-substitutable anchors of development finance which must be strengthened in order that developing countries can reach their full potential;
Amendment 37 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas three-quarters of the world's poorest people - an estimated 960 million - currently live in middle-income countries; whereas developing countries’ potentials for domestic resource mobilisation are significant, but there are limits to what countries can accomplish on their own;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the nature and impacts of private capital flows affects developing countries in many different ways, positive as well as negative; whereas financial flows to developing countries from private sources are significant but unevenly distributed and are often associated with outflows such as profit repatriation;
Amendment 73 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the EU and its Member States, as the largest donors of development aid, must lead the FfD process and help bring about a credible response to the development finance challenges; whereas other developed and emerging countries should follow its example;
Amendment 86 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s Synthesis Report and its transformative, holistic and integrated approach to an ambitious global partnershipas a negotiation basis for achieving an ambitious global partnership on new development goals and the associated financial framework;
Amendment 88 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the EU to leadaffirm its political leadership all throughout the preparatory process towards the definition of a sustainable development framework and its means of implementation along the commitments and values stated in its founding Treaties;
Amendment 95 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the recent Commission communication entitled ‘A Global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015’, for its comprehensiveness, for its policy coherence focus and for confirming that the EU is committed to playing its full part in this global partnership; however, regrets a certain lack ofencourages further commitments as regarding the timeline fors future financial targets;
Amendment 99 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the EU and its Member States to re-commit without delay or negotiationgradually increase their level of ODA and re-commit to the 0.7 % of GNI target, with at least 0.2 % of GNI reserved for LDCs, and to present multiannual budget timetables for the scale-up to thes; these efforts should be done in a joint effort and in close cooperation with all other donor countries around the world in order to ensure the best possible outcome in view of the implementation of the Sustainable lDevels by 2020opment Goals;
Amendment 104 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the EU and other developed countries must honour their commitment to provide scaled-up, new and additional climate finance to developing countries reaching USD 100 billion per year by 2020reach the goal of mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion annually, from a wide variety of sources, public and private, bilateral and multilateral, including alternative sources by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries; calls on countries with emerging economies to increasingly follow this example by financially contributing to these goals;
Amendment 110 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports innovative sources of additional development and climate finance, including financial transaction taxes and carbon taxes on international aviation and maritime transport; welcomes further European and international efforts to identify other additional sources;
Amendment 123 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that ODA should remain the standard measure of financial efforts made; supports the inclusion of concessional loans based on calculation of their grant equivalents, despite due consideration of total official support for development; stresses the role of ODA as a catalyst to attract private investment;
Amendment 133 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the EU and its Member States to promote an aid effectiveness agenda building on the commitments in the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, in particular by reducing aid fragmentation through greater coordination between different aid delivery mechanisms and donostakeholders;
Amendment 137 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of a clear priority-setting in the spending of aid with a special focus on sectorial areas such as health, education, energy and water supply, agriculture as well as infrastructure;
Amendment 142 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls that development efforts need to be undertaken in a joint effort following the principles of shared responsibility and mutual accountability between local, regional and national authorities on the one side and donors on the other side;
Amendment 144 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. SFully encourages developing countries' efforts to increasingly finance their own development; to this end, stresses that domestic resource mobilisation must be a key source of financing for all developed and developing countries; emphasises the need for robust, far and progressiveeffective and well-balanced tax systems;
Amendment 151 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Commission to further help strengthening the areas oftax collection capacity of developing countries by improving tax administration, financial governance and public financial management through enhanced cooperation and capacity building in developing countries;
Amendment 162 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the EU and its Member States to actively crack down on tax havens, tax evasion and illicit financial flows; supports the setting-up ofidea of having an intergovernmental body for tax cooperation under the auspices of the UN, in particular with the Economic and Social Council of the UN and UNCTAD being in charge; recalls that illicit capital flows coming out of developing countries amount to USD 1 trillion and correspond ten times the total ODA;
Amendment 170 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the decisive importance of good governance, the rule of law and democracy, institutional framework and regulatory instruments in particular of public registers such as land and commercial registers; especially supports investment in capacity-building, education, health, public services, social protection, the protection of human rights and the fight against poverty and inequality, including in terms ofwith regard to gender; recognises the need for infrastructures and selective public investments, as well as the sustainable use and management of natural resources, including by the extractive industries;
Amendment 186 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for greater financing of research and development in science, technology and innovation in developing countries in order to improve their position in global value chains and to support the domestic production of sophisticated goods and services; emphasises in this context the important role of micro, small and medium enterprises;
Amendment 199 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of favourable conditions for private enterprise and entrepreneurship in developing countries; calls for alignmentthe active participation of the private sector with the aim of contributing to the sustainable development goals through appropriate partnerships, financial instruments, incentives and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); such efforts should be accompanied by a commitment to strengthening domestic legal frameworks;
Amendment 216 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the EU’s support and cooperation with the private sector can and must contribute to reducing poverty and inequality and promote human rights, environmental standards and social dialogue; recalls that the private sector generates 90 percent of jobs in developing countries and therefore insists on its fundamental role as engine of job creation and inclusive growth;
Amendment 217 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the EU to setupport developing countries in setting up a regulatory business framework that stimulates responsible, transparent and accountable investment which contributes to the development of the private sector in developing countries;
Amendment 220 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the Cotonou Agreement Investment Facility as a tool for increasing developing countries’ ownership while promoting the private sector, in particular in fragile states or least developed countries, where the development impact is potentially greater;
Amendment 223 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to support increased access to finance for micro, small and medium enterprises in developing countries as this constitutes an effective path out of poverty for the local communities; underlines the importance of micro-finance loan systems and guarantees in particular for the creation phase of such companies;
Amendment 227 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Insists on the necessity of further developing local and regional banks and credit unions in order to significantly decrease excessive interest rates for market loans in order to better support community development at a local level 1 a ; stresses in this context the specific needs of micro, small and medium enterprises as well as NGOs and calls for the development of targeted programmes and instruments in order to address their respective situations; __________________ 1a http://www.eib.org/attachments/dalberg_s me-briefing-paper.pdf
Amendment 229 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. CRecalls for the adoption of an ‘SDG partner’ framework forthat public aid alone is far from sufficient to cover all investment needs in developing countries; therefore, insists on the leverage role of blending projects and public-private partnerships (PPPs) that will ensure that such projects respect the best international practices and the internationally agreedas means to enhance the impact of development assistance, to attract private finance and to support local businesses; however, stresses that blended finance must not replace state responsibility for delivering on social needs and should be guided by development effectiveness principles;
Amendment 236 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports increased market access for developing countries, especially LDCs, as it can strengthen the private sector and create incentives for reform; urges the Commission to ensure that trade and investment agreements, especially with developing countries, LDCs and fragile states, are aligned with the SDGs; emphasises that such agreements should be subjected to SDG impact assessmentson measures that strengthen competition authorities in the respective countries, bring more transparency into public procurement procedures and focus on trade facilitation; supports the Commission’s suggestion of updating its Aid for Trade Strategy in light of the outcomes of the post-2015 negotiations;
Amendment 243 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls the role of local authorities and civil society, including NGOs, as an essential development partner; calls for an increasedphilanthropic foundations and the private sector, as an essential development partner; supports an effective participation of the representatives of civil society voice in the discussions of development priorities and the set-up of operations on the ground; underlines the role of EU delegations in the respective countries as a facilitator of such dialogues;
Amendment 253 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls the UN’s central role, in complementarity with other existing institutions and forums such as the OECD, in global economic governance and development; supports efforts to further enhance the voice and representation of developing countries in multilateral institutions and other norm- and standard- setting bodies;
Amendment 255 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that sustainable debt solutions must be facilitated through a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes with a view to alleviating the debt burden; takes in particular into consideration the recent contributions of the IMF as well as of the Paris Club on this matter; urges the EU to push for the implementation of the UNCTAD principles of responsible sovereign debt transactions for both borrowers and lenders;
Amendment 261 #
2015/2044(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for a review of international organisations’ programmes and instruments of financial assistance for development in order to align them with the new SDGs; urges, and to allow notably, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to increase low- income countries’ levels of access to their concessional facilities and to gear their resources more closely to the needs of developing countries, including through mutually effective pro-poor lending facilities;
Amendment 8 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, since the entry in force of the Treaty of Lisbon, significant additional expenditure has been borne by the Parliament's budget, as a result of the following developments: the establishment of the European Parliament as a true co- legislator and the enhanced building policy (2010-2012), the accession of Croatia and the House of European History (2013), additional expenditure resulting from the changeover to the next parliamentary term, third offices for Members, establishment of the Parliament's research service (2014- 2015); welcomes that Parliament was able to offset a major part of this expenditure through savings stemming from structural and organisational reforms, thus leading to only moderate budgetary increases around the inflation rate;
Amendment 11 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, during the past legislature, the Parliament agreed on a number of political priorities, which gave rise either to moderate budgetary increases or to budgetary savings; considers that the newly elected Parliament should scrutinise in depth the implementation of these multiannual projects and decide, on this basis, on its own political priorities, including, if necessary, the negative ones;
Amendment 34 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 10 – point ii a (new)
ii a) savings should be found by means of the above mentioned new structural and organisational reforms and/or by reducing the contingency reserve;
Amendment 41 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that in order to consolidate the role of the Parliament, the administrative capacity of the secretariats of the specialised parliamentary committees should, where it has not yet been done, be reinforced accordingly, essentiallywhere appropriate by means of redeployment;
Amendment 46 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that, in order to ensure adequate support to the Members for the accomplishment of their parliamentary activities, adequate resources should be made available to employ Members' assistants; considers that a new balance needs to be found between accredited parliamentary assistants and local assistants, while taking account of the level of duties of the Members and ensuring that their work is strictly related to the exercise of the Members' mandate; requests the Secretary-General to present a proposal for a decision to the Bureau to this end as soon as possible; expects that the final decision shall enter into force as of January 2016;
Amendment 61 #
2015/2012(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recalls that, due to the construction of the KAD building, total payments per year will in the future be much lower than the rental expenses of comparable property; stresses that the costs for the financing could be even further reduced by avoiding future interest rate payments though pre-financing; considers that this could be achieved, as in previous years, by a transfer at the year-end 2015, as well as by a pre-financing in the Parliament's budget for 2016;
Amendment 49 #
2015/2008(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that a number European agencies play an important role in ensuring the functioning of the internal market and thereby contribute to the accomplishment of EU policy objectives related to competitiveness, growth and employment; stresses the necessity of attributing a sufficient amount of budgetary resources to these agencies in order to enable them to fulfil their statutory mandates fully and effectively;
Amendment 200 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point f a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point f a (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 3 – point 20 a (new)
Article 3 – point 20 a (new)
(fa) The following point is added: '20a. "energy recovery” shall mean waste recovery in line with the “R1” recovery operation indicated in Annex 2, as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with energy recovery.'
Amendment 288 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 8a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1a (new)
In accordance with paragraph 2, any costs related to any forms of littering shall not be covered by producers or importers.
Amendment 406 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 5
Article 11a – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of calculating whether the targets laid down in Article 11(2)(c) and (d) and Article 11(3) have been achieved Member States may take into account the recycling of metals that takes place in conjunction with incineration and of minerals that takes place in conjunction with co-incineration in proportion to the share of the municipal waste incinerated or co-incinerated provided that the recycled metaterials meet certain quality requirements.
Amendment 407 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 5
Article 11 a – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of calculating whether the targets laid down in Article 11(2)(c) and (d) and Article 11(3) have been achieved Member States may take into account the recycling of metalsaterials, in particular metals and glass, that takes place in conjunction with incineration in proportion to the share of the municipal waste incinerated provided that the recycled metaterials meet certain quality requirements.
Amendment 411 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 6
Article 11a – paragraph 6
6. In order to ensure harmonised conditions for the application of paragraph 5, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38a9 (2) establishing a common methodology for the calculation of the weight of metals that have been recycled in conjunction with incineration and of minerals that have been recycled in conjunction with co- incineration, including, the quality criteria for the recycled metaterials.
Amendment 414 #
2015/0275(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 6
Article 11 a – paragraph 6
6. In order to ensure harmonised conditions for the application of paragraph 5, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38a establishing a common methodology for the calculation of the weight of metaterials that have been recycled in conjunction with incineration, including, the quality criteria for the recycled metaterials.
Amendment 114 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Certain persons have a legitimate interest in accessing firearms classified in category A, although exceptions to the rules must be granted on a strictly limited basis. Beneficiaries of exceptions could include, inter alia, cultural and historical bodies, armourers, proof houses, manufacturers, forensic scientists and, in certain cases, those involved in film production and individuals needing firearms for self-defence purposes.
Amendment 145 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weaponIt should be possible for Member States to choose to authorise natural and legal persons with an interest in the collection, study and conservation of firearms and associated artefacts for historical, cultural, traditional, scientific, technical, educational, aesthetic or heritage purposes and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and holdingto keep in their possession and acquire firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivated. , provided that those persons demonstrate, prior to being granted authorisation, that they have taken the necessary measures to address any risks to public security or safety, including by way of secure storage. Authorisations of this kind should take into account the specific situation, including the nature of the collection and its purposes.
Amendment 189 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The acquisition and possession of firearms should only be permitted if, inter alia, there is good cause. Member States should have the option of stipulating that the acquisition and possession of firearms for the purpose, for example, of hunting, target shooting, use by associations which cultivate customs and traditions and by cultural and historical bodies, the conduct of various scientific and technical activities, testing procedures and the re- enactment of historical events, filmmaking or historical study constitutes good cause. They should not be required to do so, however.
Amendment 201 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) In the context of the cultivation of traditions, no restrictions may be imposed on the way in which customs are honoured or on the work of associations which ensure the continuity of popular culture.
Amendment 228 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Some semi-automatic firearms can be easily converted to automatic firearms, thus posing a threat to security. Even in the absence of conversion to category "A", certain semi-automatic firearms may be very dangerous wheThere is a risk that any firearms converted to firing blanks, irritants, other active substances or pyrotechnic ammunition can be converted back in such a way as to make them capable of firing live ammunition. Such firearms should therefore remain in their capacity regarding the number of rounds is high. Such semi-automatic weapons should therefore be banned for civiliantegories to which they were assigned prior to their conversion, except where cultural and historical devices are used.
Amendment 404 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forces, the police, the public authoritiesnational defence forces, i.e. all troops and persons under their command, including the military, the police, or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of war.
Amendment 560 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical testestablish a monitoring system including the possibility of appropriate medical checks, which may be on a continuous for issuing or renewing authorperiodic basis, for the acquisaitions as referred to in paragraph 1nd possession of firearms, and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it was granted isthe acquisition or possession was allowed are no longer met.
Amendment 601 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise bodieschoose to grant strictly limited authorisations to legal or natural persons dedicated to the gathering, study and concserned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired beforvation of firearms and associated artefacts for historical, cultural, tradition-related, scientific, technical, educational, aesthetic or heritage purposes and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established for firearms and ammunition classified in category A, provided that such persons demonstrate [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b). at measures are in place to address any risks to public security or public order and that the firearm or firearms concerned are stored with a level of security proportionate to the risks associated with unauthorised access to such firearms.
Amendment 243 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Manufacturers respond to the energy label by creating ever more efficient products. This technological development leads to products populating mainly the highest classes of the energy label. Further product differentiation may be necessary to allow customers a proper comparison, leading to the need to rescale labels. For the frequency of such rescaling a timescale of approximately ten years would be appropriate, taking into account the need to avoid over burdening manufacturers. This Regulation should therefore lay down detailed arrangements for rescaling in order to maximise legal certainty for suppliers and dealers. A newly rescaled label should have empty top classes to encourage technological progress and enable ever more efficient products to be developed and recognised. When a label is rescaled, confusion to customers should be avoided by replacing all energy labels within a short timeframindicating the label´s production date on the newly introduced label and making it clearly distinguishable from the old label by its visual appearance.
Amendment 250 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 267 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 299 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 394 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 419 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Amendment 600 #
Amendment 606 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall establish and maintain a productn energy labelling database including the information referred to in Annex I. The information listed under point 1 of Annex I shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 615 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The establishment of the database shall follow criteria the allow for minimising the administrative burden for suppliers and other database users, user- friendliness and cost-effectiveness, as well as appropriate security arrangements and access rights based on the need-to-know principle.
Amendment 616 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
As part of the database setup process, the Commission shall, in an open and transparent manner consult all relevant stakeholders, including economic operators, distributors, market surveillance authorities and end users.
Amendment 666 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 678 #
2015/0149(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I
Annex I
Amendment 65 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires that Union policy is based on the principle that the polluter should pay and, on this basis, Directive 2003/87/EC provides for a transition to full auctioning over time. Avoiding carbon and investment leakage is a justification to postpone full transition, and targeted free allocation of allowances to industry is justified in order to address genuine risks of increases in global greenhouse gas emissions inand diversion of investments to third countries where industry is not subject to comparable carbon constraints as long as comparable climate policy measures are not undertaken by other major economies. Additional achievements in sectors not falling under the scope of the ETS and not subject to a risk of carbon leakage, such as is the case in the building sector, would lessen the efforts needed from Union industry.
Amendment 75 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The auctioning of allowances remains the general rule, with free allocation as the exception. Consequently, and as confirmed by the European Council, the share of allowances to be auctioned, which was 572% over the period 2013-2020, should not be reduced. The Commission's Impact Assessment18 provides details on the auction share and specifies that this 57% share is made up of allowances auctioned on behalf of Member States, . Allowances originally covered by the transitional Community- wide rules for harmonized free allocation (including allowances set aside for new entrants but not allocated, allowances for modernising electricity generation in some Member States and allowances which are to be auctioned at a later point in time because of their placement in the Market Stability Reserve established by Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council19 nd unallocated allowances due to closures and partial cessations) should not be considered to be auctioned allowances for the purposes of the calculation of the auction share. __________________ 19 Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme and amending Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L […], […], p. […]). 18 SEC(2015)XX
Amendment 109 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to reflect technological progress in the sectors concerned and adjust them to the relevant period of allocation, provisbenchmarks for free allocations to installations, should be made updated before the valuesstart of the benchmarks for free allocations to installations, determined on the basis of data from the years 2007-8, to be updated in line with observed average improvementfourth trading period in order to base free allocations on actual technological progress. That update should be carried out on the basis of robust, objective and verified data from installations. For reasons of predictability, thifurther updates should be done through applying a factor that represents the best assessment of progress across sectors, which should then take into accountalso be based on robust, objective and verified data from installations so that sectors whose rate of improvement differs considerably from this factor have a benchmark value closer to their actual rate of improvement. Where the data shows a substantial difference from that factor reduction of more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower per year over the relevant period, the related benchmark value shall be adjusted by that percentage. To ensure a level playing field for the production of aromatics, hydrogen and syngas in refineries and chemical plants, the benchmark values for aromatics, hydrogen and syngas should continue to be aligned to the refineries benchmarks.
Amendment 116 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Member States should partially compensate, in accordance with state aid rules, certain installations inFor sectors or sub-sectors which have been determined to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage because of, costs related to greenhouse gas emissions passed on in electricity prices should at least partially be compensated on the basis of harmonized arrangements in pursuing the goal of a level playing field. It should be possible for Member States to top up the compensation at Union level in accordance with state aid rules. The Protocol and accompanying decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties in Paris need to provide for the dynamic mobilisation of climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building for eligible Parties, particularly those with least capabilities. Public sector climate finance will continue to play an important role in mobilising resources after 2020. Therefore, auction revenues should also be used for climate financing actions in vulnerable third countries, including adaptation to the impacts of climate. The amount of climate finance to be mobilised will also depend on the ambition and quality of the proposed Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), subsequent investment plans and national adaptation planning processes. Member States should also use auction revenues to promote skill formation and reallocation of labour affected by the transition of jobs in a decarbonising economy.
Amendment 173 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The existing provisions which are in place for small installations to be excluded from the EU ETS allow the installations which are excluded to remain so, and it should be made possible for Member States to update their list of excluded installations and for Member States currently not making use of this option to do so at the beginning of each trading period. Member States should ensure that alternative measures for installations that have opted out do not result in higher compliance costs. For small emitters covered by the EU ETS, monitoring, reporting and verification requirements should be simplified for such installations.
Amendment 178 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
(-1) In Article 3, the following point is added: (w) 'small emitter' means an installation with low emissions which meets at least one of the following criteria: – the average annual emissions of that installation reported in the verified emission reports during the trading period immediately preceding the current trading period, with the exclusion of CO2 stemming from biomass and before subtraction of transferred CO2, were less than 50 000 tonnes of CO2(e) per year; – the average annual emissions referred to in the first indent are not available to that installation or are no longer applicable to that installation because of changes in the installation's boundaries or changes to the operating conditions of the installation, but the annual emissions of that installation for the next five years, with the exclusion of CO2 stemming from biomass and before subtraction of transferred CO2, is expected to be, based on a conservative estimation method, less than 50 000 tonnes of CO2(e) per year.
Amendment 183 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Article 1 – point -1 d (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point u b (new)
Article 3 – point u b (new)
(-1d) In Article 3, the following point is added: '(ub) “small emitter” means an installation with low emissions which meets at least one of the following criteria: – the average annual emissions of that installation reported in the verified emission reports during the trading period immediately preceding the current trading period, with the exclusion of CO2 stemming from biomass and before subtraction of transferred CO2, were less than 50 000 tonnes of CO2(e) per year; – the average annual emissions referred to in the first indent are not available to that installation or are no longer applicable to that installation because of changes in the installation's boundaries or changes to the operating conditions of the installation, but the annual emissions of that installation for the next five years, with the exclusion of CO2 stemming from biomass and before subtraction of transferred CO2, is expected to be, based on a conservative estimation method, less than 50 000 tonnes of CO2(e) per year;'
Amendment 209 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
From 2021 onwards, the share of allowances to be auctioned by Member States shall be 572%.
Amendment 253 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point d a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 276 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point 1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a – point 1 (new)
1) No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production, except for cases falling within Article 10c and electricity produced from waste gases, for which all emissions released from those waste gases shall be entirely allocated to the installation where these waste gases originate from. ((a) paragraph 1 third sub paragraph last sentence is to be amended as follows)
Amendment 288 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 297 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third subparagraph – introductory sentence
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third subparagraph – introductory sentence
The benchmark values for free allocation shall be adjusted in order to avoid windfall profits and reflect technological progress in the period between 2007-8 and each later period for which free allocations are determined in accordance with Article 11(1). This adjustment shall reduce the benchmark values set by the act adopted pursuant to Article 10a by 1% of the value that was set based on 2007-8 data in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the relevant period of free allocation, unless:
Amendment 313 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third subparagraph – point (i)
Article 10 a – paragraph 2 – third subparagraph – point (i)
(i) On the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11, the Commission shall identify whether the values for each benchmark calculated using the principles in Article 10a differ from the annual reduction referred to above by more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower annually. If so, that bBefore the start of the trading period benchmarks in individual sectors and subsectors, shall be updated based on the average of the verified emissions of the 10% most efficient installations in a sector or subsector in the Union in the years 2017 and 2018. Benchmark values shall be adjusted either 0.5% or 1.5% in respect of each year between 2008 set on the basis of information submitted pursuandt the middle of the period for which free allocation is to be made;o Article 11. The Commission shall consult the relevant stakeholders, including the sectors and subsectors concerned.
Amendment 318 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
(i) On the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11, the Commission shall identify whether the values for each benchmark calculated using the principles in Article 10a differ from the annual reduction referred to above by more than 0.5% of the 2007-8 value higher or lower annually. If so, that benchmark value shall be adjusted either 0.5% or 1.5% in respect of each year between 2008 and the middle of the period for which free allocation is to be made;(i) Beginning with the fourth trading period, benchmarks in individual sectors and sub sectors shall be updated on the basis of the average emission intensity of the 10% most efficient installations in the 5th and 4th last year preceding the relevant trading period. Data utilised to determine the benchmarks shall be exclusively representative, transparent, robust and easily available, with preference for data determined according to Art 14 of this directive. Benchmarks shall fully take into account the whole amount of waste gases used for electricity production as well as chemical, technical and physical limits for emission reduction of non-combustion source streams and process emissions. When updating the benchmarks, the Commission shall consult the relevant stakeholders, including the sectors and sub sectors concerned.
Amendment 345 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a, para. 5
Article 10a, para. 5
In order to respect the auctioning share set out in Article 10, the sum of free allocations in every year where the sum of free allocations does not reach the maximum level that respects the Member State auctioning share, the remaining allowances up to that level shall be used to prevent or limit reduction of free allocations to respect the Member State auctioning share in later years. Where, nonetheless, the maximum level is reached, free allocations shall be adjusted accordingly. Any such adjustment shall be done in a uniform mannerallowances from the market stability reserve and the new entrants reserve shall be utilised to compensate for the respective lack of free allocations. Any further adjustment of free allocation shall only be done thereafter and should not be applied on free allocations adjusted by a linear reduction factor as referred to in Article 9.
Amendment 347 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 5
Article 10a – paragraph 5
In order to respect the auctioning share set out in Article 10, the sum of free allocations in every year where the sum of free allocations does not reach the maximum level that respects the Member State auctioning share, the remaining allowances up to that level shall be used to prevent or limit reduction of free allocations to respect the Member State auctioning share in later years. Where, nonetheless, the maximum level is reached, free allocations shall be adjusted accordingly. Any such adjustment shall be done in a uniform mantargeted in accordance with the carbon leakage risk and shall in any case guarantee that 100% free allocation up to the level of the benchmarks is maintainerd.
Amendment 364 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6
Article 10a – paragraph 6
Amendment 392 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point e – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point e – point i
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 7 – first subparagraph
Article 10a – paragraph 7 – first subparagraph
Allowances from the maximum amount referred to Article 10a(5) of this Directive which were not allocated for free up to 2020 shall be set aside for new entrants and significant production increases, together with of more than 10% expressed as the rolling average of verified production data for the two preceding years compared to the production activity reported in accordance with Article 11. In addition, 250 million allowances placed in the market stability reserve pursuant to Article 1(3) of Decision (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council(*) shall be set aside for this purpose.
Amendment 414 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point f
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
400 million allowances shall be available to support, taken from the auctioning share, shall be available to support and leverage investments, using different instruments offered by the European Investment Bank, in innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes in industrial sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (CCS) of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies, in the territory of the Union. Additionally Member States should dedicate auctioning revenues as equity investment to the European Investment Bank, for example via EFSI, in order to leverage investments towards the further development of a competitive, innovative industrial base in Europe; taking into account the EU´s reindustrialisation goal of 20% GDP until 2020 and envisaging a share of 30% until 2030;
Amendment 456 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) paragraph 3 is amended as follows: 3. Subject to paragraphs 4 and 8, and notwithstanding Article 10c, no free allocation shall be given to electricity generators, to installations for the capture of CO2, to pipelines for transport of CO2 or to CO2 storage sites, except for electricity produced from waste gases, for which all emissions released from those waste gases shall be entirely allocated to the installation where these waste gases originate from.
Amendment 463 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
1. Sectors and sub-sectors where the product exceeds 0.2 from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries, defined as the ratio between the total value of exports to third countries plus the value of imports from third countries and the total market size for the European Economic Area (annual turnover plus total imports from third countries), by their emission intensity, measured in kgCO2 divided by their gross value added (in €), shall b by their emission intensity is above 0.01, as well as sectors that were deemed to be at risk of carbon leakage. Such sectors and sub- sectors shall be allocated allowances free of charge for the period up to 2030 at 100% between 2013 and 2020, may be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1, ofn the quantity determined in accordance with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 10a.basis of a qualitative assessment using the following criteria
Amendment 499 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10b – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) profit margins or the inability to pass on carbon costs as a potential indicator of long-run investment or relocation decisions.
Amendment 678 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Article 1 – point 11 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(11a) In Article 14, paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is inserted: 'That regulation shall also determine simplified monitoring, reporting and verification procedures for small emitters.'
Amendment 705 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 22 b (new)
Article 1 – point 22 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
(22b) In Article 27, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: '1. Following consultation with the operator, and subject to its agreement, Member States may exclude from the Community schemeEU ETS installations which have reported to the competent authority emissions of less than 250 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and, where they carry out combustion activities, have a rated thermal input below 35 MW, excluding emissions from biomass, in each of the three years preceding the notification under point (a), and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions: (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures that are in place applying to that installation and that will achieveare aimed at making an equivalent contribution to emission reductions that are in place and specifying how those measures would not result in higher compliance costs for such installations, before the list of installations pursuant to Article 11(1) has to be submitted and at the latest when this list is submitted to the Commission; (b) it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 250 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year. Member States may allow simplified monitoring, reporting and verification measures for installations with average annual verified emissions between 2008 and 2010 which are below 5 000 tonnes a year, in accordance with Article 14; (c) it confirms that if any installation emits 250 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the measures applying to that installation that will achieveare aimed at making an equivalent contribution to emission reductions are no longer in place, the installation will be reintroduced into the Community schemeEU ETS; (d) it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment. Hospitals may also be excluded if they undertake equivalent measures.'
Amendment 740 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – third subparagraph (new)
Amendment 743 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
(12b) in Article 14, paragraph 1, a new subparagraph is added: ' That regulation shall also determine simplified monitoring, reporting and verification procedures for small emitters.'
Amendment 762 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Amendment 768 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point (a)
Amendment 769 #
2015/0148(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23 b (new)
(23b) The following Article 28a(new) is added: Every 5 years, in line with the regular reviews foreseen in the Paris Agreement, the EU will assess its INDC in the context of global mitigation efforts following a global stocktake of nationally-determined contribution. The Commission shall submit a report assessing, in particular, the following elements: the implication of the options required at Union level; the efforts undertaken by other major economies, including developing countries; the Union industries' competitiveness in the context of carbon and investment leakage risks as well as the impact on the EU's industrialisation target of 20%. If, on that basis, the Commission deems it necessary to submit a legislative proposal to amend this Directive it shall in parallel present a full impact assessment and take into account the differentiated abilities and costs of decarbonisation in the power and industrial sectors covered by the EU ETS;
Amendment 15 #
2014/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of the reindustrialisation of Europe in order to achieve a share of at least 20% in industrial production as part of the European Member States´ GDP until 2020; therefore recalls the high importance of proactively supporting and strengthening the principles of competitiveness, sustainability and regulatory reliability in order to promote jobs and growth within Europe;
Amendment 5 #
2014/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that private investments and finance are likely to be the key engine for growth, which is projected to be approximately 5 % in developing countries in the coming years; emphasises that the future public-private partnerships (PPPs) within the post-2015 development agenda must have a greater focus on poverty reduction; recalls that such PPP schemes have potentially an even greater development impact in least developed countries, as the disproportionate investment risk does not incentivize sufficiently private investments;
Amendment 24 #
2014/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that properly structured and efficiently implemented PPPs can bring many benefits such as innovation; outlines that PPPs in developing countries are so far concentrated mostly in the energy and telecommunications sectors, whereas private engagement in social infrastructure remains rare; hence, encourages in particular initiatives in the areas of health care, clean water supply and wastewater treatment, as well as education;
Amendment 43 #
2014/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for increased technical assistance to the governments of the partner countries in order to share know-how and technical data, as well as to support the training of skills of local staff;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers it indispensable to increasingly engage with both local and European SMEs in PPPs as the private sector constitutes the main engine of job creation and inclusive growth with generating about 90 percent of jobs in developing countries;
Amendment 71 #
2014/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Suggests that the Commission should facilitate multi-stakeholder structural dialogue platforms to build trust and agree common goals among different stakeholders, such as governments, donors, the private sector, philanthropic foundations, local authorities and civil society organisations (CSOs), so as to create certainty from an investment and administrative perspective; underlines in this respect the important role of EU delegations in the respective countries as a facilitator of such dialogues.
Amendment 26 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C
Paragraph C
C. Is of the opinion that the effect of the TTIP on developing countries will vary depending on their economic structure and current trade relations; sees, however, the potential serious risk of diminished market access and resulting trade diversion for some countries; therefore calls for further facilitations in reciprocal trade with developing countries in the future so that they can increase their involvement in international markets;
Amendment 46 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)
Paragraph D a (new)
Da. Calls in general for the text of the agreement to take into account the particular characteristics and requirements of SMEs; underlines that this is the only way in which sustainable growth and well-paid jobs for the population can be created;
Amendment 51 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having in mind that bureaucratic burden and administrative costs which stem from tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) disproportionately more than big companies;
Amendment 53 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph E
Paragraph E
E. Is worriedaware of the responsibility inherent in the fact that the TTIP and other mega trade deals are likely significantly to reshape global trade rules and set new standards, while also being discriminatory, by excluding some 130 countries from the negotiations and risking sidelining important issues for developing countries such as food security, agricultural subsidies and climate change mitigation;; in order to avoid discrimination against non- EU countries where possible, urges the Commission to step up efforts to advance in multilateral fora and overcome the current Doha Round stalemate;
Amendment 60 #
2014/2228(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph E a (new)
Paragraph E a (new)
Ea. Underlines that in general, multilateral solutions involving the World Trade Organisation (WTO) should always be preferred to bilateral trade agreements; considers, however, that, in the light of inadequate progress in the Doha round of negotiations, bilateral trade agreements might give a valuable boost to future negotiations at WTO level;
Amendment 757 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashionway and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved without the inclusion of an reformed and well balanced ISDS mechanism; s. Such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to addressguarantees equal treatment of foreign and national investors and gives an effective investment protection and can be a useful instrument to increase direct foreign investment disputes;
Amendment 2 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for human rights, including economic, cultural and social rights, good governance, a fair and efficient judicial system, peace and security, is a prerequisite for the reduction of poverty and the achievement of the MDGs;
Amendment 25 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) in achieving respect for human rights; calls on the EU, to ensure that the necessary guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms make PCD a reality in Union policieherefore, to work together with committed partner countries to launch international initiatives (in the context of the United Nations, the G20, etc.) designed to develop further and improve guidelines, impact assessments and monitoring and reporting mechanisms, in particular in the areas of trade and agriculture; emphasises that only global mechanisms cand in those of the Member States, especially in trade and agriculture help to bring about a sustainable improvement in the situation in developing countries;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a concentrated EU effort against unlawful land-grabbing, by means of calling for adequate safeguards to prevent it and highlighting the direct responsibility of the EU and European companies in the matter; calls for an assessment of the impact of EU trade policy on land-grabbing, the implementation of the global Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security, and the adoption of binding guidelines for preventing unlawful land- grabbing; calls on the EU to commit, in line with the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, to a fundamental shift towards agro-ecology as a means of guaranteeing the right to food;
Amendment 12 #
2014/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas family farms offer a template for success because they put the principle of the environmentally and socially sustainable circular-flow economy into practice and because in that context women, as leaders, contribute not only entrepreneurial thinking, but also specific communication and social skills;
Amendment 66 #
2014/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws attention to the important role which women play in running family farms, and calls on the Member States to support business training aimed specifically at women farmers, in order to strengthen women’s involvement in family farming even further; urges in particular, in that connection, that support should be given to training projects for women who run family farms with a view to increasing women’s involvement in farming and regional organisations;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of November the 26th on the revision of the Commission's impact assessment guidelines and the role of the SME test1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0069
Amendment 11 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas SMEs account for more than 98 % of Europe’s businesses and provide more than 67 % of jobs in the Union; whereas they constitute the backbone of the European Union’s economy and are important drivers of European long-term economic growth and sustainable job creation opportunities within the 28 Member States; whereas they thus play an important role in the industrial ecosystem together with mid-cap and multinational companies; whereas nine out of ten SMEs are small businesses employing 10 people or less;
Amendment 18 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European Union committed itself to reindustrialising Europe by investing in and supporting the principles of sustainability, competitiveness and innovation, in order to achieve a share of at least 20% in industrial production as part of the European Member States´ GDP until 2020;
Amendment 32 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas despite recent efforts, SMEs continue to have difficulties with access to finance as a sufficiently diversified choice of equity instruments needed along the growth path of a company is not yet available throughout Member States and whereas EU programmes still fall short of significantly contributing to innovation;
Amendment 63 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that ourthe global economy will need to provide for an ever growing population – 9 billion people by 2050 – and that our natural resources are limited and therefore should be used in a very efficient way; points out new innovative solutions to these challenges such as new products, production processes, business practices and services, and a new supporting legal framework;
Amendment 70 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the EU needs to drastically change its entrepreneurial culture in order to contribute to economic growth by having more people starting up their own businesses and seeking more businesses opportunities, including in green growth, and by accepting failure and risk-taking; emphasises the importance of putting this issue at the centre of policy making; calls on Member States to cater for a softer landing after business failure, for instance by modifying and simplifying bankruptcy laws to allow people to start up a new business soon after failure of a previous venture, especially in new and innovative sectors; calls on the Commission to alleviate the fear of failure through awareness campaigns and education;
Amendment 84 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that in the current circumstances where insufficient access to appropriate sources of risk capital, particularly in the early stages, continues to be one of the most significant constraints on the creation and development of growth-oriented firms, the Commission’s Action Plan on improving access to finance for SMEs places a lot of emphasis on venture capital as a possible mode of growth finance; underlines, nonetheless, that this kind of funding is adequate only for a small number of SMEs and that bank loans remain the mainstill constitute an important source of funding, and that all alternatives should be developed by the private sector; points out the potential financing opportunities that should be explored through the European Fund for Strategic Investments;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to make sure that in the implementation phase of the ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ SMEs, in particularcluding green and innovative ones, will be key beneficiaries of the support provided for under this proposal; Calls on the EIB and the Commission that all categories listed in the Commission recommendation 'concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises' (C (2003) 1422) benefit to an equal extent;
Amendment 107 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the importance of actively pursuing collaboration across- sectoral collaborations, along value chains as well as geographical areas, which offers the potential to spark innovation and new growth opportunities through cross- fertilisation of ideas and innovative concepts; welcomes the Horizon 2020 action ‘Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains’, to better unlock the innovation potential of SMEs, including the eco-innovative and resource- efficient solutions they offer;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes the growing gap between the needs of SMEs and the skills of employees; notes that 26% of employers in Europe face difficulties at finding employees who hold the right skills;
Amendment 121 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the need to further develop basic R&D necessary fand to actively support further transformation of basic R&D outcomes into technological developments; highlights the importance of the reindustrialisation of Europe given the importance of the manufacturing industry for R&D&I and thus the EU’s future competitive advantage;
Amendment 125 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the importance of the commercialisation and valorisation by European companies of R&D output; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide for a more stable regulatory framework and adequate financial schemes in order to enable economic initiative and entrepreneurship and to limit the time to market of new products, services and business practices, notably in the green economy;
Amendment 135 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on Member States to avoid creating barriers to the internal market by gold-plating and to ensure consistent transposition into national legislation, among others by implementing an SME impact assessment, the SME Test, at Member State level; invites the Commission to step up its efforts in addressing gold-plating with individual Member States; stresses the need for a clear and uniform EU-wide interpretation by national regulators and open public procurement rules, including green procurement and e-procurement, which at the moment represents a substantial barrier for SMEs wishing to internationalise and at the same time a tremendous opportunity for Member States to be early adaptors;
Amendment 138 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account that no environmental legislation should be adopted or implemented in a way that might burden Small and Medium Sized Enterprises technically and economically unnecessarily; raises the example of the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU);
Amendment 142 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission decision for withdrawing obsolete or overly burdensome legislative proposals; calls on the Commission to refrain from legislative proposals that would lead to an unnecessary administrative burden for large businesses and SMEs and to continuously review existing legislation with the objective of decreasing the current administrative burden and adapting this to new business models; stresses, nonetheless, the need for ambitious actions that are technically and economically feasible but equally for an adequate and timely implementation of already existing legislation in order to reach the EU’s environmental targets;
Amendment 150 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 158 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that disruptive industries and technologies often indicate flaws in existing legislation; stresses the need for continuous monitoring of existing legislation and its implementation as well as the use of exemption clauses for certain innovative technologies to ensure that this does not hinder market entry for new technological developments;
Amendment 167 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that developing entrepreneurship skills and programmes to learn how the market, the economy and the financial system operate, function and interact, along with environmental awareness, should be included in basic education systems; believes that a well prepared business plan is the first step towards better access to finance and viability; calls on the Commission and the Member States to include financial education and entrepreneurship courses in their education programmes without delay; supports in this connection the ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ programme, designed to promote an entrepreneurial culture and develop the single market and competitiveness;
Amendment 177 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Notes the importance of addressing unsustainable consumption patterns and promoting a change in consumer behaviour; stresses the need for adequate consumer education and the need to encourage measures for greenerincentives for more sustainable consumption;
Amendment 181 #
2014/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Highlights the importance of exports for the creation of jobs and growth in Europe. Calls on the Commission to speed up pending trade agreements with our partners so as to facilitate European SMEs' access to new market;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the special report No 16/2014 from the European Court of Auditors on "The effectiveness of blending regional investment facility grants with financial institution loans to support external policies),
Amendment 126 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that SMMEs in developing countries face much heavier regulatory burdens than those within the EU, and that they lack legal protection and property rights and operate in the volatile informal economy; emphasises in this regard on the importance of land registration systems;
Amendment 145 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Encourages the establishment of vocational dual training institutions in which young people, while undergoing a professional apprenticeship programme with an emphasis on practical aspects of a profession, will have theoretical lectures at specialised professional schools;
Amendment 149 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls for an enlargement of the "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs" programme beyond Europe in particular to developing countries while providing the necessary financial means;
Amendment 161 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to promote the economic empowerment of women; notes that a savings-led approach to the financial inclusion of women has a proven track record; recommends a gender mainstreaming approach in all partnership programmes, combined with entrepreneurship training for women and youth and targeted female business angel networks;
Amendment 178 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises that the private sector must be part of the policy dialogue, alongside all other development partners; underlines in this context the important role of EU delegations in developing countries as a platform for such dialogues;
Amendment 210 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recommends that the EU continues to engage PPPs in renewable and green energy projects in developing countries, in particular in remote rural areas; welcomes the fact that one of the priorities of the EIB's IFE is the investment in energy, widely recognised as a key element in unlocking economic growth in Africa;
Amendment 266 #
2014/2205(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for an expansion of the current EIB and EBRD external lending mandate, to increase its role in achieving sustainable development and, in particular, to take a more active part in the new private sector strategy – through blending, co-financing of projects and local private sector development – with a focus on low-income countries and fragile states; calls, furthermore, for greater transparency and accountability in partnerships and projects associated with the EIB and EBRD;
Amendment 48 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in the context of the crisis in Ukrainegeopolitical crisis the issue of ensuring a reliable natural gas supply is more important than ever;
Amendment 142 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that equal energy security, competitiveness and sustainability in a fully integrated energy market constitute the main pillars for the creation of an Energy Union, which can be achieved by pooling resources, connecting networks, and ensuring unified energy market regulation and establishing unified negotiating positions vis-à-vis third countries;.
Amendment 162 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that, as the gas stress tests carried out by the Commission demonstrated, particular attention needs to be paid to the most vulnerable Member States;
Amendment 225 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 293 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to be ambitious in implementing existing EU energy efficiency legislation, and thus to be prepared with national and regional measures for sharply reducing energy demand both before and in response to supply shocks;
Amendment 303 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and to carry out a limited review of the Energy Efficiency Directive - considering reasonable time before 2020 - in order to update the provisions relevant to the indicative 2030 energy efficiency improvement target of at least 27 %; believes that measurement and verification of energy efficiency improvements should be an integral part of the annual European semester reporting;
Amendment 398 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 436 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that the development of renewable energy sources with the objective of 20 % by 2020 and at least 27 % by 2030 is essential, thereby taking into consideration energy costthe cost effectiveness and life-cycle costs of different technologies; stresses the importance of developing smarter energy grids and new energy storage solutions for the integration of renewables;
Amendment 447 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that hydro power is a major indigenous and renewable energy source; notes that hydro power will therefore continue to play a vital role for electricity generation and storage as well as for contributing sustainably to reducing the EU´s dependence on external energy sources;
Amendment 567 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase IT security and the protection of strategic energy infrastructures which provide crucial services for consumerbusinesses and households;
Amendment 580 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the development of well- integrated and competitive regional electricity and gas markets – including, where necessary, capacity markets – covering all parts of the Union; demands that the Commission act decisively against all instances of anti-competitive behaviour and barriers to market entry and exit;
Amendment 659 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Stresses that larger bidding zones advance the implementation of the internal energy market, increase market efficiency, competition and liquidity. Taking into account the increasing share of renewables, larger bidding zones support the necessary characteristics of a well-functioning and liquid electricity market; notes that increased liquidity leads to reduced trading costs, resilient price signals for investment decisions, better hedging for plant operators and more competition, which in turn leads to lower energy prices;
Amendment 705 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses that the EU’s energy diversification must prioritise those projects that diversify not only routes but alsoroutes and sources and must meet all requirements of EU law; emphasises that the diversification of routes must be directed towards reliable suppliers;
Amendment 726 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Expresses the opinion that Russia can no longer be considered a reliable partner as it explicitly questions EU law, including at the World Trade Organisation, and uses energy supply for political purposes; stresses, therefore, that moreIncreased attention should be concentrated on the development and further expansion of the gas supply infrastructure with Norway, the Southern Gas Corridor and the Mediterranean gas hub;
Amendment 782 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
Amendment 813 #
2014/2153(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Fully agrees with the European Council that a reliable and transparent governance system should be developed to help ensure that the EU meets its energy policy goals, with the necessary flexibility for Member States and on a basis of full respect for their freedom to determine their energy mix; avoiding additional red tape and bureaucracy;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 27 November 2014 on the revision of the Commission's impact assessment guidelines and the role of the SME test2 a, __________________ 2a Adopted text, P8-TA(2014)0069
Amendment 127 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Proposes that the Commission establishes as soon as possible a high- level Better Regulation Advisory Body involving both stakeholder expertise and national experts; proposes a strong and independent advisory mandate for this body, which should complement the Commission's work on impact assessments; believes that such a body's expertise, including as regards subsidiarity and proportionality, could provide added value for the impact assessment procedure and for other initiatives relating to better regulation; asks that Parliament and the Council be involved in the expert nomination procedure; suggests that the best practices and experience of existing better regulation bodies (such as those in Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany) be taken into account;
Amendment 158 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission's clear commitment to further improving the SME test and calls on the Commission to monitor effectively whether Member States apply the SME-test consistently during the legislative process, particularly in view of the extremely large number of small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the cornerstone of economic activity and employment; supports consideration of adapted agreements and more flexible SME impact assessment rules, provided that it can be shown that they do not undermine the effectiveness of legal provisions and that exemptions or more flexible provisions do not encourage fragmentation of the internal market or hamper access to it;
Amendment 221 #
2014/2150(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 64 #
2014/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas many million new jobs need to be created in the coming years in response to demographic growth at global level;
Amendment 290 #
2014/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of measures to support everyday hygiene for people in developing countries and thereby help to slow down or indeed halt the spread of epidemics; calls, therefore, for a particular focus on the provision of clean drinking water and the removal of wastewater;
Amendment 342 #
2014/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls in particular in this connection for the expansion of energy infrastructure in remote rural regions; decentralised renewable energy sources with connected battery units should play a key role here;
Amendment 365 #
2014/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for the creation of new types of instrument to help improve cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises in both developing and developed countries; calls in this connection for programmes such as ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ to be expanded to include countries outside Europe;
Amendment 369 #
2014/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Is particularly supportive of the further development of the Social Business Initiative for the area of development cooperation;
Amendment 389 #
2014/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the importance of including local authorities in the new development framework; stresses that this would require a truly participatory process, conducted early on in the development phase; considers that dealing with administrative procedures quickly and unbureaucratically is particularly important in this connection;
Amendment 420 #
2014/2143(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses the importance of access to private sources of financing; points out that small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries find it particularly difficult to secure bank loans, and even when they succeed the conditions are very unfavourable; calls, therefore, for targeted support to be provided for the development of local bank systems in developing countries; considers that a particular focus should be placed on micro-financing systems;
Amendment 1 #
2014/2077(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. In light of the increased focus on performance of EU aid, draws attention to the fact that Sub Saharan Africa is the region which is lagging behind the most with regard to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the only region worldwide where, according to projections, poverty will most probably not be halved by 2015; is concerned that declining levels of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to social services, particularly the education and reproin a broad range of different but equally important educativeon and health sectormeasures, over the past few years threaten to reverse progress on human capital development1; __________________ 1 MDG 2014 Report: Assessing progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals, Analysis of the Common African Position on the post- 2015 Development Agenda, 2014. Page 90. http://www.undp.org/content/dam/rba/docs /Reports/MDG_Africa_Report_2014_ENG .pdf
Amendment 2 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses its readiness to accept cuts in commitments to humanitarian aid, food aid and disaster preparedness; calls, however, at the same time for an increase inGiven the dramatic situation in the field of humanitarian aid, insists, as a matter of priority, that the level of payments tof the emergency aid reserve be substantially increased to cope with unforeseen events;, recalls that payments from the emergency aid reserve are financed outside the MFF, as a special instrument;
Amendment 7 #
2014/2040(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that certain cuts proposed by the Council arcannot be acceptabled, as some programmes, such as the Pan-African programme, may not require specific levels of commitments at this stageEU development assistance needs reasonable financing that is reliable for partners.
Amendment 31 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the context of this Regulation, supply chain due diligence is, as described within the OECD Due diligence Guidance, an on-going, proactive and reactive process through which business operators monitor and administer their purchases and sales with a view to ensuring that they do not contribute to conflict and adverse impacts thereof.
Amendment 38 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Union companies have expressed their interest through the public consultation in the responsible sourcing of minerals and reported on current industry schemes established by business to support due diligence in accordance with OECD Guidelines and designed to pursue their corporate social responsibility objectives, customer requests, or the security of their supplies. However, Union companies have also reported countless difficulties in the exercise of supply chain due diligence because of lengthy and complex global supply chains involving a high number of operators that are often insufficiently aware or ethically unconcerned. The cost of responsible sourcing and their potential impact on competitiveness notably on SMEs should be monitored by the Commission. and on companies exposed to global competition should be fully mapped out prior to implementation, as well as be monitored and reported on by the Commission, and should be revised if a negative impact is identified.
Amendment 42 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Smelters and refiners are an important point in global mineral supply chains as they are typically the last stage in which due diligence can effectively be assured by collecting, disclosing and verifying information on the mineral’s origin and chain of custody. After this stage of transformation it is often considered unfeasible to trace back the origins of minerals. A Union list based upon existing lists of responsible smelters and refiners could therefore provide transparency and certainty to downstream companies as regards supply chain due diligence practices.
Amendment 43 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Member StatA single Union-wide competent authorities ary should be responsibletablished in order to ensure the uniform compliance of the self- certification of responsible importers by carrying out appropriate ex-post checks so as to verify whether the self-certified responsible importers of the minerals and/or metals within the scope of the Regulation comply with the supply chain due diligence obligations. Records of such checks should be kept for at least 5 years. Member States are responsible to lay down the rules applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 48 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure the proper implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. The implementing powers relating to the list of responsible smelters and refiners and the list of Member Statsingle Union- wide competent authoritiesy should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/201111 . __________________ 11 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 51 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The Commission should report regularly to the Council and the European Parliament on the effects of the scheme. No later than three years after entering into force and every sixthree years thereafter, the Commission should review the functioning and the effectiveness of this Regulation, including as regards the promotion of responsible sourcing of the minerals within its scope from conflict-affected and high- risk areas. The reports may be accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate legislative proposals, which may include mandatory measures, but only when all aspects of the scheme can be demonstrated to have been fully evaluated and are functioning in such a way as to not cause harm, within the affected regions, as well as to trade and competition,
Amendment 80 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point e
Article 2 – point e
(e) ‘conflict-affected and high-risk areas’ means areasffected areas to be in a state of armed conflict, and fragile post-conflict as well as areas witnessing weak or non- existent governance and security, such as failed states, and widespread and systematic violations of international law, including human rights abuses;
Amendment 82 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) The Commission shall propose a list of conflict-affected and high-risk areas after the consultation of a committee consisting of Member States and industry representatives. The relevant Committee shall add or withdraw entries from the list of conflict affected and high-risk areas after a reasonable period of time.
Amendment 84 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘downstream’ means the metal supply chain from the smelters or refiners to the end use, excluding recycling;
Amendment 107 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Member StatEU-wide competent authorities arey is responsible to ensure the uniform compliance of the self- certification of responsible importers by carrying out appropriate ex-post checks so as to verify whether the self-certified responsible importers of the minerals and/or metals within the scope of the Regulation comply with the supply chain due diligence obligations. Records of such checks should be kept for at least 5 years. Member States areThe EU-wide competent authority is responsible to lay down the rules applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 110 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Member StatUnion-wide competent authoritiesy that has to be established shall carry out appropriate ex- post checks in order to ensure that self- certified responsible importers of the minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulation comply with their obligations pursuant to Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Regulation.
Amendment 117 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure the proper implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. The implementing powers relating to the list of responsible smelters and refiners and the list of Member StatEU-wide competent authoritiesy should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/201111 . __________________ 11 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 165 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of the information provided by the Member States in their reports as referred to in Article 15, the Commission shall adopt and make publicly available a decision listing the names and addresses of responsible smelters and refiners of minerals within the scope of this Regulation. Furthermore, the Commission will review Annex I on an annual basis in order to adapt to changing circumstances of mineral production in conflict affected and high risk areas. The Commission may adapt Annex I following such a review.
Amendment 168 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall identify on the list referred to in paragraph 1 those responsible smelters and refiners that source – at least partially – from conflict- affected and high-risk areas. In this context, it should take into account existing industry, governmental or other due diligence schemes such as the Conflict-Free Smelter Program, the ITRI Tin Supply Chain Initiative, London Bullion Market Association Responsible Gold Guidance, and the Responsible Jewellery Council Initiative.
Amendment 173 #
Amendment 174 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 175 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 177 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 187 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 'conflict-affected and high-risk areas' means areas in a state of armed conflict, fragile post-conflict as well as areas witnessing weak or non-existent governance and security, such as failed states, and widespread and systematic violations of international law, including human rights abuses; the commission shall decide a list of conflict-affected and high- risk areas after the consultation of a committee consisting of Members States and industry representatives;
Amendment 211 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Regulation shall not become binding until such time as it can be verified that all supporting measures are in place and effective, and that the Regulation will not cause unintended harm to conflict- affected communities, or to the competitiveness of EU businesses, particularly small and medium sized enterprises.
Amendment 247 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) 'Member StatThe EU-wide competent authorities'y’ means the designated one or morEU-wide authoritiesy with auditing competences and knowledge as regards raw materials and industrial processes.
Amendment 264 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Any importer of minerals or metals within the scope of the Regulation may self-certify as responsible importer by declaring to a Member Statthe EU-wide competent authority that it adheres to the supply chain due diligence obligations set out in this Regulation. The declaration shall contain documentation in which the importer confirms its adherence to the obligations including results of the independent third- party audits carried out.
Amendment 276 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Member StatEU-wide competent authoritiesy shall carry out appropriate ex- post checks in order to ensure that self- certified responsible importers of the minerals or metals within the scope of this Regulation comply with their obligations pursuant to Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Regulation.
Amendment 450 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of the information provided by the Member States in theirEU-wide competent authority in its reports as referred to in Article 15, the Commission shall adopt and make publicly available a decision listing the names and addresses of responsible smelters and refiners of minerals within the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 465 #
Amendment 466 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 468 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 469 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall make a decision to publish, including on the internet, a list of competent authorities in accordance with the template in Annex III and the regulatory procedure referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 13. The Commission shall update the list regularlll relevant information on the EU-wide competent authority.
Amendment 508 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The EU-wide competent authoritiesy shall keep records of the checks referred to in Article 10(1), indicating in particular their nature and results, as well as records of any notice of remedial action issued under Article 14(2).
Amendment 509 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Records of the EU-wide competent authorities'y's checks shall be kept for at least 5 years.
Amendment 511 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. CThe EU-wide competent authoritiesy shall exchange information, including with their respective customs authorities, on matters pertaining to self-certification and ex-post checks carried out.
Amendment 513 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. CThe EU-wide competent authoritiesy shall exchange information on shortcomings detected through the ex-post checks referred to in Article 10 and on the rules applicable to infringement in accordance with Article 14 with the cCompetent authorities of other Member States and with the Commissionmission and the committee referred to in Art. 2 e.
Amendment 514 #
2014/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. Cooperation between authoritiesthe EU-wide competent authority, the Commission and the committee referred to in Art. 2 e shall be in full respect of the Directive 95/46/EC and Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 on data protection and the provisions of the Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 relating to the disclosure of confidential information.
Amendment 19 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the state of the European carbon market in 21027 identified the need for measures in order to tackle structural supply-demand imbalances. The impact assessment on the 2030 climate and energy policy framework8 indicates that this imbalance is expected to continue, and would not be sufficiently addressed by adapting the linear trajectory to a more stringent target within this framework. A change in the linear factor only changes gradually the cap. Accordingly, the surplus would also only gradually decline, such that the market would have to continue to operate for more than a decade with a surplus of around 2 billion allowances or more. In order to address this problem and to make the European Emission Trading System more resilient to imbalances, a market stability reserve should be established. To ensure regulatory certainty as regards auction supply in phase 3 and allow for some lead-time adjusting to the introduction of the design change, the market stability reserve should be established as of phase 4 starting in 2021. In order to preserve a maximum degree of predictability, clear rules should be set for placing allowances into the reserve and releasing them from the reserve. Where the conditions are met, beginning in 2021, allowances corresponding to 120% of the number of allowances in circulation in year x-21 should be put into the reserve. A corresponding number of allowances should be released from the reserve when the total number of allowances in circulation is lower than 4500 million. __________________ 7 8COM(2012)652 final. COM(2012)652. 8 Insert reference. Insert reference.
Amendment 32 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Council conclusions of 23 and 24 October 2014 on the 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework give clear guidance on the continuation of free allocations and carbon leakage provisions after 2020, stating that "the most efficient installations in the sectors at risk of losing international competitiveness should not face undue carbon costs leading to carbon leakage" and that "future allocations will ensure better alignment with changing production levels in different sectors" and "at the same time, incentives for industry to innovate will be fully preserved and administrative complexity will not be increased." The conclusions further underline that both direct and indirect costs for the respective industry sectors will be taken into account as well as the need for affordable energy prices. It is of paramount importance that the Commission reviews the functioning of Directive 2003/87/EC in that respect.
Amendment 60 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. A market stability reserve is established, and shall operate from 1 January 2021With full respect of Commission Regulation (EU) 176/2014 of 25 February 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 in particular to determine the volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned in 2013-201a, a market stability reserve is established, and shall operate from the beginning of the next ETS trading period starting on 1 January 2021. _______________ 1a OJ L 56, 26.2.2014, p. 56.
Amendment 76 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. In each year beginning in 2021, a number of allowances equal to 120% of the total number of allowances in circulation in year x-21, as published in May year x-1, shall be placed in the reserve, unless this number of allowances to be placed in the reserve would be less than 100 million.
Amendment 94 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. In any year beginning in 2021, the allocation of allowances under Article 10a of the Directive 2003/87/EC or under any subsequent provisions following the review of this directive referred to in Article 2a, shall be adjusted by either placing allowances into, or withdrawing allowances from the reserve as appropriate, so as to ensure the full free allocation of allowances in respect of actual production to the most efficient installations in sectors at risk of carbon leakage. The number of allowances to be placed in or released from the reserve under this paragraph shall be calculated by reference to benchmarked carbon emissions in respect of the actual production of an installation, and the number of allowances allocated free to that installation, in year x. Any excess allowances over production emissions given to an installation will be withheld from, and any shortfall in allowances over production emissions will be added to, the allowances allocated to the installation in year x+1.
Amendment 115 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Review of Directive 2003/87/EC By ...*, the Commission shall review Directive 2003/87/EC, taking into account the conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014, in particular with regard to carbon leakage provisions and the continuation of free allocations, better reflecting changing production levels and incentivising the most efficient performance taking into account direct and indirect carbon costs, and if appropriate shall, in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council. ________________ * OJ: Please, insert the date: six months from the entry into force of this Decision.
Amendment 118 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 190 #
2014/0011(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a Review Within six months from the entry into force of this Decision [insert number of this Decision when known], the Commission shall review Directive 2003/87/EC, taking into account the conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014, in particular with regard to carbon leakage provisions, including the continuation of free allocation of allowances, a better reflection of changing production levels, a periodical review of benchmarks, in order to avoid undue direct and indirect carbon costs due to carbon leakage and to incentivise best performance.
Amendment 4 #
2013/2249(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Observes from the final annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking that while the utilisation rate for commitment appropriations was 84 % overall, the rate for payment appropriations was 75 %; notes, moreover, that within this, the operational implementation rate was 97 % for commitment appropriations and 84 % for payment appropriations; remains concerned, despite improvements over 2011, that these rates reflect the significant delays in the implementation of the activities as compared with the initial plan; requests that the Joint Undertaking continue to improve its workflows and processes to shorten the period between the publication of calls for proposals and the signing of grant agreements;
Amendment 7 #
2013/2249(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Regrets to be informed that the following weaknessesNotes, despite what are positive conclusions in general, that the following weaknesses, which are specific to some extent, were noted in respect of the ex ante control of cost claims submitted by Clean Sky partners:
Amendment 8 #
2013/2249(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges that in 2012, the Commission’s Internal Audit Service audited the annual planning process for the management of grants; welcomes the audit conclusion that the existing internal control system gave reasonable assurance as to the achievement of the business objectives set for this process but regretnotes that the auditor issued critical reservmade two very important recommendations concerning delays in the implementation of the programme and the system for evaluating the utilisation of resources; calls on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority about the level of implementation of the programme and on the results achieved;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2249(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with satisfaction that the Court of Auditors judges that significant progress has been made as regards the IT aspects of the Joint Undertaking’s Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan; stresses, however, that the formalisation of these policies and procedures is lagging behinhas not yet been completed and asks the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation without delay;
Amendment 84 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1 - Subheading 4
Heading 1 - Subheading 4
Grounds for the political reservationdemanding formal commitments by the Commission and Member States.
Amendment 85 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1 - Subheading 4
Heading 1 - Subheading 4
Grounds for the political reservationpriority measures.
Amendment 99 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Regards mandatory reporting and improvement as an effective and appropriate budget discharge instrument designed to have tangible effects on error rates;
Amendment 319 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 157 – introductory part
Paragraph 157 – introductory part
157. Reserves its final judgmentCalls ofn this policy sectore Commission, in the light of the above considerations, particularly for the following reasons: and in the context of reporting and improvement obligations, to examine the following facts in particular detail:
Amendment 323 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 157 – point b
Paragraph 157 – point b
(b) it is not clear that the Commission, on the basis of an independent audit procedure, is performing more audits of final beneficiaries and granting authorities in year ‘n’ in those Member States which have attracted attention because of shortcomings in administrative and audit systems in year ‘n-1’;
Amendment 325 #
2013/2195(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 157 – point c
Paragraph 157 – point c
(c) it is not clear that the Commission itself audits all operational programmes at least once in the course of a programming period;
Amendment 3 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that its priorities for the 2014 budget are economic and sustainable growth, competitiveness, the creation of employment and the fight against youth unemployment; reiterates, therefore, its support for policies contributing to the fight against youth unemployment, research, development and innovation, digital agenda, competitiveness, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurship and self-employment, education, professional training and mobility;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 94
Paragraph 94
94. Believes that in the times of economic restraint, all efforts must be devoted to scrutinise institutional budgets for potential savings by introducing more practices which do not reduce the Members' quality of work; recalls that visible expressions of self-restraint include the fact that staff mission allowances have not been indexed since 2007 and the freeze on all Members' allowances at the 2011 level until the end of the current parliamentary term; welcomerespects, moreover, the freeze of all Members' allowances until the end of 2014;
Amendment 153 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the European CO2 reduction policy is proving successful, with industrial emissions falling by 1.3% in Europe in 2012, and the United States, thanks to its substantial gas deposits, achieving a reduction of as much as 4%; whereas it can be expected that over half the CO2 emissions ever produced will come from the developing countries;
Amendment 228 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced by coordinated and coherent policies that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and climate objectives (e.g. GHG emission reduction, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency); calls on the Commission to ensure that the achievement of objectives is subject to strict monitoring so that risks of conflicting objectives can be identified in good time and neutralised;
Amendment 233 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to take a multifaceted approach, the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of which ought to be enhanced by coordinated and coherent policies that address in equal measure issues such as competitiveness, energy security and, climate objectives (e.g. GHG emission reduction, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency); (The current energy and climate policy framework is pushing up energy costs and unfairly burdening European industry, and is therefore at odds with the Commission's recently adopted reindustrialisation objective ofand reindustrialisation; underscores the fact that future EU energy and climate policy must be geared towards supporting the Commission's plan to raisinge industry's share of EU GDP to 20% (which has declined from 15.5% in 2012 to 15.1%).); Or. de
Amendment 289 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is of the opinion that the EU is well on the way to achieving the 2020 renewables expansion target of 20%; stresses that expansion at national level, which is uncoordinated to some extent and is proceeding extremely quickly, is seriously impacting on the EU internal energy market (inter alia through loop flows); is of the opinion that, in future, energy supply systems must be more reliant on renewables; insists that all relevant aspects of energy supply systems be factored in to decisions on further expansion of renewables;
Amendment 347 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that support schemes, if better used, could be an appropriate tool to incentivise the development of as yet uncompetitive renewable energy sources (RES) and energy efficiency; sees an important role for the Commission in providing guidance in this regard; (In its current form - with highly varying arrangements across the EU, in part as a result of cost-inefficient models based on feed-in systems - support for if, in particular, support for renewables were based on cost- efficiency principles, were harmonised across the EU to a greater extent in the short to medium term, and, in the long term, were discontinued so that renewables g-enerates additional costs, in particular for consumers, which could be prevented by an intelligently designed support scheme.)gy technologies could be brought to market; notes that, in particular, support models with guaranteed prices for producers of renewables are market-distorting and must therefore be discontinued as quickly as possible; sees an important role for the Commission in ensuring this; Or. de
Amendment 422 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that increased energy efficiency, energy intensity and energy savings will play an essential role in the decarbonisation of the energy sector;
Amendment 437 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to develop better methods and tools for calculating and monitoring progress which could help to draw up a more consistent EU approach to energy efficiency; calls, in this connection, for energy efficiency to be expressed in terms of energy input per unit of GDP (energy intensity); notes that energy intensity in relation to economic output has been declining for decades, even without political measures; believes that more should be done to help EU industries to further reduce their energy intensity;
Amendment 465 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that as one of the cornerstones of the EU’s climate and energy package, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) should be able to best fulfil its main function, the reduction of GHG emissions, and respond efficiently to economic downturns and upturns; recalls that the main objective of the EU ETS is to reduce GHG emissions and not to provide investors with sufficient incentives to invest in low-carbon technologies, as these should be seen merely as a secondary objective and not as a basis for evaluating if the scheme works as intended; (A central problem of the ETS isinsists that owing to the different ways in which ithe ETS impacts manufacturing industry and the e-economy (see the controversial backloading debate). This could be solved by treating them separately (such as by having different reduction paths). Member States are not at present obliged to use ETS revenues specifically for energy, climate and environmental measures. It is essential to remedy this in order to reduce multiple burdens for industry and tonergy economy and in order to avoid carbon-leakage, these sectors need to be treated differently in future by the ETS; proposes examining whether such a system could possibly be applied only to electricity producers; Or. de boost R & D & I in the low-carbon sector.)
Amendment 478 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the Commission Communication on delivering the internal electricity market and making the most of public intervention; concurs with the Commission that the European level can help reduce or avoid the need for state intervention at regional, national or local level; calls on the Commission therefore to continue to work to reduce state intervention in the internal energy market;
Amendment 482 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Emphasises that climate policy must at all events sufficiently protect industries vulnerable to carbon leakage; calls for industrial plants that are at very vulnerable to carbon leakage and produce CO2 ‘efficiently’ (‘Benchmark’) to be issued with a 100 per cent free allocation of allowances without any subsequent deductions.
Amendment 487 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Emphasises that for energy-intensive sectors such as the steel industry, a CO2 price provides no incentives for corresponding investment within the EU and that technologically oriented instruments and arrangements would therefore be more effective than CO2 pricing; emphasises the need for ETS auction revenues in future imperatively to be used 100 per cent for investments by industry in low-carbon technologies and to compensate for indirect CO2 costs ;
Amendment 524 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -11 a (new)
Paragraph -11 a (new)
Amendment 535 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Takes the view that the future European energy and climate policy must reduce regulatory diversity and complexity and should always seek to set a simple, consistent and effective European framework, allowing Member States flexibility and freedom within this agreed framework and providing industry with stability and clarity for investment decisions; calls on the Member States to respect the European framework;
Amendment 570 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that Member States and regions should be encouraged to improve cooperation in order to optimise the efficiency of renewables expansion; in this context, the Commission has an important role to play as a facilitator in coordinating, financially supporting and preparing appropriate analyses of renewable energy resources and potential for the Member States and in doing more to bring about a continuous approximation of support systems;
Amendment 600 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to integrate Europe's industrial competitiveness as fully as possible in all other policy areas;
Amendment 681 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the lack of full implementation of internal energy market legislation remains one of the main obstacles to completion of the single market; highlights the importance of eliminating remaining infrastructure bottlenecks and instances of market failure and of ensuring that no new barriers to electricity and gas market integration are created; stresses that the abolition of regulated prices to the final consumer throughout the EU is essential for the completion of the internal market in energy;
Amendment 715 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes that in order to ensure security of supply there must be enough capacity to meet demand in peak periods and in periods of (political or technological) difficulties and that excess capacity or backup must therefore be ensured and maintained; points out the need for storage and more grid flexibility as a response to thebecause of the rising supply of very intermittence of somet sources of RES;
Amendment 812 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes that the EU’s main competitors on the global market place great emphasis on technological developments, innovation and improving industrial processes; notes also that their economies grow at a much faster pace than the EU; concludes that the EU must give priority to R&D and innovation; takes the view that, in particular, revenue from sales of ETS certificates should therefore be 100% ring-fenced in future to permit investments in innovation in the low- carbon sector and to avoid indirect CO2 costs;
Amendment 901 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Observes that, according to the IEA, energy prices in Europe rose by 38% between 2005 and 2012, whereas in the USA they fell by 4% over the same period; expresses its concern about the impact of this on Europe’s competitiveness; stresses the importance of the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement for the field of energy;
Amendment 908 #
2013/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes that it is important for the EU to maintain its leading role and for Member States to speak with one voice in order to define a strong and common position to defend during the 2015 Paris negotiations that will aim at reaching a new global climate binding agreement; stresses that only joint global efforts can successfully combat climate change, while on the other hand an ongoing commitment on the part of the EU alone would endanger Europe’s industrial base; stresses therefore that the outcome of the international climate negotiations must determine any ambitions to reduce CO2 which the EU may assume;
Amendment 2 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deeply regrets that the Council has cut EUR 38 billion in Heading 1a, under which main EU policies on innovation, research, infrastructure, SMEs, youth and education, needed to address the current economic crisis and important societal challenges, are financed; believes that an appropriate capping of CAP payments would make it possible tothe release of further budget resources for Heading 1a should be made possible;
Amendment 10 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to address the problems faced by SMEs through an ambitious COSME programme; in view of the particularly difficult situation for accessing finance, calls for the allocation of at least 60% of the COSME budget to the financial instruments; insists that the MFF should continue to provide for microfinancing programmes (such as the European Progress Microfinance Facility and the JASMINE); calls in addition for closer networking of existing and future tools for the promotion of entrepreneurship, e.g. the European Social Fund, the Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the Youth Guarantee and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, with a view to generating incentives and synergies at national and local levels;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2017(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that thefunding packages for major EU infrastructure projects (such as Galileo and, Copernicus) must be financed outside and above the MFF budget and insists that no EU funds must be used to cover additional cost overruns or to cover the costs of the ITER project and ITER) should be above the MFF ceiling so that, where necessary, additional appropriations can be released by the Member States;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2010(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls, in this regard, that the EU 2020 strategy should be at the heart of the next MFF (2014-2020) and invites the Commission to clearly prioritise it already in 2014 and to place emphasis on spending for entrepreneurship and self- employment, SMEs, research, development and innovation, renewable energy, sustainable development, and skills; highlights, in this regard, the importance of sufficient financial resources for the programs Horizon and COSME, which are essential to the EU 2020 strategy;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2010(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls that the biggest economic potential in the EU lies in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which create most of the new jobs; therefore the promotion of entrepreneurial mindsets and business start-ups through concrete actions, such as the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, is of utmost importance and should be provided with adequate resources;
Amendment 97 #
2013/2010(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. At times of crisis and European scepticism, today's youth should especially benefit from education programmes fostering the knowledge about the European Union and the European Institutions, including courses on media pluralism; stresses further the valuable role that can be played by the newly established Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom
Amendment 44 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s focus on industrial policy (IP), as such a focus is essential for economic development and competitiveness; stresses that only in this way can the problem of unemployment in Europe be solved and can prosperity and growth be ensured in the long term and lastingly; draws attention, furthermore, to the central importance of processing industry for lasting growth and employment in the European Union and stresses the interdependence between leading undertakings and SMEs;
Amendment 48 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to study the multiplier effects of leading competence units with reference to their production, value creation and employment networks in the economy as a whole; considers that leading competence units are not necessarily defined by their size but meet a range of criteria, such as international focus, a certain minimum share of the domestic and global market, intensive R&D and cooperation with a large network of undertakings; considers that such a study could above all draw attention to the interdependence of industrial businesses and SMEs, thus invalidating certain stereotypes with regard to the processing industrial base;
Amendment 58 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that Europe’s future industrial strength lies in a Renaissance of Industry for a Sustainable Europe (RISE) strategy that pursues technological, business and social innovation towards a third industrial revolution including a low-carbon modernisation offensive; argues that RISE and the preservation of traditional industrial sectors will create new markets, business models and creative entrepreneurs, new jobs and decent work, bringing an industrial renewal with economic dynamism, confidence and competitiveness; believes that the availability of energy and raw materials at competitive prices and energy and resource efficiency are key pillars of such a strategy;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that RISE must be embedded in an ecological and social market economy in accordancewhich complies with the principles of fair competition, the internalisation of external and which should have the aim of a balanced, competitives and environmentally conscious Ordnungspolitikcy; states that Europe’s future industrial competitiveness must be guided by the vision of innovation and sustainability;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that RISE needs a long-term framework based on clear targets, indicatorobjectives and a life-cycle and circular economy approach that steers investments into creativity, skills, innovation, sustainable technologies and promotes modernisation of Europe’s industrial base through a value chain- conscious policy that also inclucovers undertakings of all sizes, from SMEs to large groups; considers the basic industriesat this modernisation should build both on key industries and on new sectors of industry;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that IP must tackle the grand societal challenges set out in the Europe 2020 strategy and must be effectively integrated into the European Semester process; in order to establish the requisite preconditions for generating investment and creating jobs, particularly for young people;
Amendment 154 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Commends Vice-President Tajani’s work in coordinating IP more closely with the Competitiveness Council; stresses that RISE has to be coordinated with the IP of the Member Statespreconditions should be created which are favourable to undertakings and to industry both at EU and at national level, with particular reference to IP, to make it possible to compete internationally; considers that, in particular, smart regulation, reduced red tape, a balanced environmental policy which is geared towards competition, as well as flexible rules on working time and consideration by the education system of the needs of the labour market, are essential preconditions for industrial growth;
Amendment 237 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to develop a horizontal action plan to boost demand for innovative goods and services; calls on the Commission to use the environmental footprint to set sustainability and efficiency benchmarks for products;
Amendment 251 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Stresses that public procurement should be an innovation driver; believes that state aid guidelines should be open for innovation-enhancing policy measures; believes that standardisation and ecolabelling havehas an important role to play in the uptake of new technologies;
Amendment 329 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 368 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Stresses the importance of VC and business angel networks, in particular for women; calls for the prompt implementation of the women entrepreneurs’ on-line portal; believes that the European Investment Fund has a crucial role to play in the development of VC markets; believes that the distinction for tax purposes between equity and debt should be removed;
Amendment 395 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
Amendment 414 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Stresses the importance of enhancing voluntary mobility among young people, by promoting Erasmus for All and removing existing barriers for crossborder apprenticeships, traineeships and internships, and by strengthening the portability of pensions and labour and social protection rights across the EU; stresses that the ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ programme in particular should be significantly expanded and provided with sufficient additional resources from the Youth Guarantee scheme;
Amendment 434 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56a. Welcomes the European Raw Materials Initiative (RMI), the European Innovation Partnership on raw materials and its Strategic Implementation Plan; calls on the Commission to focus on securing the second pillar of the European Raw Materials Initiative, namely fostering the supply of raw materials from within the European Union; calls on the Commission to push forward with further measures seeking to harmonise rules and licensing procedures for raw materials extraction in the European Union;
Amendment 435 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 b (new)
Paragraph 56 b (new)
56b. Stresses that there is no conflict between the environment and raw materials extraction in Europe, since the extractive industries in Europe observe the highest standards in the world; calls on the Commission to incorporate existing sources of raw materials in a spatial planning concept similar to Natura 2000, and map the location of these sources; to that end, calls for the foundation of a European Geological Institute;
Amendment 436 #
2013/2006(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Highlights the fact that resources and energy are at the heart of RISE; advocates, since reliable and affordability-sustainability-accessibility triangle approach for both; le prices for energy and raw materials, and security of supply, are crucial for international competitiveness; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take active measures to combat excessive costs in the energy sector;
Amendment 268 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that harmonisation of renewable- and efficiency-related incentives and of auxiliary energy costs across all Member States – or at least greater compatibility in this regard – is essential for a well-functioning internal energy market, at both the wholesale and retail level, and for creating favourable conditions for the long-term development of the low-emissionrenewable energy sector;
Amendment 431 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls on the Commission to examine thoroughly the implications of integrating low-emission energy sources, especially renewables, into the energy grids with regard to financial support, system-wide technical requirements and market design; underlines that the lack of coordinated approach towards those sources has until now prevented their efficient and cost- effective integration within the European energy systems;
Amendment 444 #
2013/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Stresses the potential of Combined Heat and Power/District Heating and Cooling to accommodate the rising share of intermittent power by adding flexibility and resilience to the energy market and providing an economical energy storage for surplus electricity. Calls on the Commission to address and reward this ability in its forthcoming initiative concerning the framework for capacity remuneration mechanisms (CRMs) and support this kind of cross sectorial integration and balancing under "Horizon 2020".
Amendment 44 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, as a minimum, limit their annual anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds other than methane (NMVOC), ammonia (NH3), and particulate matter (PM2,5) and methane (CH4) in accordance with the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2020 and 2030, as laid down in Annex II.
Amendment 63 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall take all the necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs to limit their 2025 anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx, NMVOC, NH3, PM2,5 and CH4. The levels of those emissions shall be determined on the basis of fuels sold or fuels used, by a linear reduction trajectory established between their emission levels for 2020 and the emission levels defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030.
Amendment 64 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall take all the necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs to limit their 2025 anthropogenic emissions of SO2, NOx, NMVOC, NH3, and PM2,5 and CH4. The levels of those emissions shall be determined on the basis of fuels sold, by a linear reduction trajectory established between their emission levels for 2020 and the emission levels defined by the emission reduction commitments for 2030.
Amendment 67 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In order to comply withWith a view to the intermediate emission levels determined for 2025 in accordance with Article 4, paragraph 2, and the national emission reduction commitments set out in Annex II applicable from 2030 onwards for NOx, SO2 and PM2,5, Member States may, in the interests of greater EU-wide flexibility, apply to the Commission for an adjustment to their reduction target for relevant pollutants, in so far as atmospheric pollution and its harmful effects on human health and the environment are more effectively reduced in the Union as a whole through cost- efficient measures in other Member States. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13 concerning the development of methods and criteria and the decision on this compensatory balancing. Member States may offset NOx, SO2 and PM2,5 emission reductions achieved by international maritime traffic against NOx, SO2 and PM2,5 emissions released by other sources in the same year, provided that they meet the following conditions:
Amendment 68 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 71 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may establish adjusted annual national emission inventories for SO2, NOx, NH3, NMVOC and PM2,5 in accordance with Annex IV where non- compliance with their national emission reduction commitments or their intermediate emission levels would result from applying improved emission inventory methods updated in accordance with scientific knowledge. Member States may depart from the national emission reduction commitments applicable from 2030 onwards in accordance with Annex II to the extent that changes have occurred in the technical and economic factors which provided the basis for the original calculation of these targets. Member States shall notify the reasons for departing from these targets to the Commission and apply for a transfer of credits. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13 concerning the development of methods and criteria and the decision on the transfer of emission credits.
Amendment 106 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 5(1) and (3), 6(7), 7(9) and 8(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 108 #
2013/0443(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 88 #
2013/0340(NLE)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 2009/71/EURATOM
Article 1 – point d
Article 1 – point d
(2a) In Article 1, the following point is added: (d) to promote and enhance nuclear safety culture
Amendment 122 #
2013/0340(NLE)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point d
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that the national framework requires licence holders to establish and implement management systems which give due priority to nuclear safety, including promotion and enhancement of nuclear safety culture, and are regularly verified by the competent regulatory authority.
Amendment 131 #
2013/0340(NLE)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The obligation established in the first subparagraph includes ensuring that the competent regulatory authority and the licence holders, within their fields of responsibility, develop, publish and implement a transparency strategy including consultation processes covering, inter alia, information on normal operating conditions of nuclear installations, non- mandatory consultation activities with the workers and the general public and communication in case of abnormal evincidents and accidents.
Amendment 143 #
2013/0340(NLE)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8a – paragraph 2
Article 8a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the national framework requires that the objective set out in paragraph 1: (a) applies to existing nuclear installations to the extent reasonably achievable. for which a construction licence is granted for the first time after the entry into force of this directive; (b) is used as a reference for implementing state-of-the-art safety improvements to existing nuclear installations, including in the framework of the periodic safety reviews as defined in point (b) of Article 8c(1).
Amendment 174 #
2013/0340(NLE)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States, with the support of the competent regulatory authorities, shall periodically arrange, and at least every sixthree years, a system of topical peer reviews and agree on a time-frame and the modalities for implementation. For this purpose Member States shall:
Amendment 325 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. to construct a common legal framework for both electronic communication service providers and information service providers;
Amendment 722 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
(3) The information referquired to in paragraphs 1 and 2of suppliers under Services Directive 2002/22/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/136/EG, shall be provided in a clear, comprehensive and easily accessible manner and in an official language of the end-user's Member State of residence, and shall be updated regularly. A standard layout shall be established for the whole of Europe to ensure that the information is provided in a transferable and consumer-friendly form. It shall form an integral part of the contract and shall not be altered unless the contracting parties expressly agree otherwise. The end-user shall receive a copy of the contract in writing.
Amendment 729 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
(2) Consumers and other end-users unless they have otherwise agreed, shall have the right to terminate a contract with a one- month notice period, where six months or more have elapsed since conclusion of the contract after expiry of the minimum contract duration. No compensation shall be due other than for the residual value of subsidised equipment bundled with the contract at the moment of the contract conclusion and a pro rata temporis reimbursement for any other promotional advantages marked as such at the moment of the contract conclusion. Any restriction on the usage of terminal equipment on other networks shall be lifted, free of charge, by the provider at the latest upon payment of such compensation.
Amendment 734 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4
Article 28 – paragraph 4
(4) End-users shall have the right to terminate their contract without incurring any costs upon notice of changes in the contractual conditions unilaterally proposed by the provider of electronic communications to the public unlessif the proposed changes are exclusively to the benefito the detriment of the end-user. Providers shall give end-users adequate notice, not shorter than one month, of any such change, and shall inform them at the same time of their right to terminate their contract without incurring any costs if they do not accept the new conditions. Paragraph 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Amendment 738 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 6
Article 30 – paragraph 6
(6) Providers of electronic communications to the public which delay or abuse switching, including by not making available information necessary for porting in a timely manner, shall be obliged to compensate end-users who are exposed to such delay or abuse to the extent of the damage suffered. In this connection, portability transfer shall take account of any payments outstanding and may under reasonable circumstances be delayed accordingly.
Amendment 741 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30a Application of general principles and legal provisions to information service providers also The national regulatory authority shall ensure that information service providers comply with the same principles of transparency, non-discrimination and platform openness, including measures to facilitate the switching of providers, interoperability, 'any-to-any' communication, application and data portability and digital content search neutrality.
Amendment 803 #
2013/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) No 531/2012
Article 4 – paragraph 6a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6a (new)
The Commission shall submit reports on the evaluation and review of this Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council at regular intervals. The first report shall be submitted no later than 1In any event, the Commission shall, by 30 Julyne 2018. Subsequent reports shall be submitted every four years thereafter. The Commission shall, if necessary, submit appropriate proposals with a view to amending this Regulation, and aligning other legal instruments, taking account in particular of developments in information technology and of t5, conduct a review and evaluation of the overall legal framework for the electronic communications sector and submit to the European Parliament and the Council a report containing appropriate proposals with a view to amending this Regulation, and aligning other legal instruments. The evaluation shall include the following aspects in particular: - assessment of whether significant market price asymmetry and access rules may be otherwise regulated; - assessment of the need for further regulation in this area and applicability thereof to all market participants across the entire value chain; - ensuring user control of digital services and guaranteed portability when state of progress in the informwitching between different operating systems; - ensuring equal operating conditions for all market participants, including providers of 'over-the-top' online services and providers of telecommunications society. The reports shall be made publicervices; ensuring that users of 'over-the- top' online services are also protected by principles such as transparency, non- discrimination, openness, portability, interoperability and measures to facilitate the switching of providers, which are already applicable in the case of telecommunications service providers.
Amendment 15 #
2013/0234(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 30 #
2013/0234(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(1) The dDischarge ofor the budget implementation with regard to the Union’s contribution to the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall be part of the dischargof the budget of the Joint Undertaking for year N shall, after examination, be given by the European Parliament, upon on the recommendation of the Council, to the Commission before 15 May of year N + 2. The Governing Board shall lay down the discharge procedure in the financial rules of the Joint Undertaking, taking into accordance with the procedure provided forunt the particular circumstances arising from the nature of the Joint Undertaking as public-private partnership and, in Aparticle 319 of the Treatyular, the private sector contribution to its budget.
Amendment 32 #
2013/0234(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Within two months of the closure of each financial year, the annual accounts and balance sheet for the preceding year shall be submitted by the Executive Director to the European Court of Auditors. The Court's audit shall be based on these documents and performed on the spot.
Amendment 35 #
2013/0234(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 74 #
2013/0234(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(1) The dDischarge ofor the budget implementation with regard to the Union’s contribution to the ECSELof the budget of the year n of the Joint Undertaking shall be part of the discharge given by the European Parliament, following consideration and upon recommendation ofrom the Council, to the Commission in accordance with the procedure provided for before 15 May of the year n+2. The Governing Board shall lay down the discharge procedure in the financial regulation of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, taking into account the particular circumstances arising from the nature of the Joint Undertaking as a public-private partnership and, in Aparticle 319 of the Treatyular, the private sector contribution to its budget.
Amendment 77 #
2013/0234(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Within two months of the closure of each financial year, the annual accounts and balance sheet for the preceding year shall be submitted by the Executive Director to the European Court of Auditors. The Court's audit shall be based on these documents and performed on the spot.
Amendment 108 #
2013/0234(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 16 – point 2
Annex 1 – part 16 – point 2
2. The administrative costs of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking shall not exceed EUR 39 420 000 and shall be covered through (a) the financial contributions referred to in Article 3(1) for the Union contribution up to EUR 15 255 000, (b) Article 4(2) for the contribution by the private members up to EUR 19 710 000 or 1 % of the sum of the total cost of all projects, whichever figure is higher, but not exceeding EUR 48 million, (c) and Article 19(2) for the completion of the actions launched under Regulations 72/2008 and 74/2008. If part of the contribution for administrative costs is not used, it may be made available to cover the operational costs of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking.
Amendment 26 #
2013/0232(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) ‘research performing SME’ is an SME which reinvests at least 10% of its turnover to research and development activities or dedicates at least 10% full-time equivalents to research and development activities or either has at least 5 full-time equivalents (for SME with no more than 100 full-time equivalents) or 10 full-time equivalents (for SME with over 100 full-time equivalents) dedicated to research and development activities.
Amendment 32 #
2013/0232(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 a 2a. Any EUREKA Member or Associated EUREKA country that is not associated to Horizon 2020 may be a partner to Eurostars-2 provided it fulfils the condition set out in point (c) of Article 6(1). Those EUREKA Members or Associated countries that fulfil these conditions shall be regarded as partner states for the purposes of this Decision. Those partner states shall not be eligible for the Union's financial contribution under Eurostars-2
Amendment 35 #
2013/0232(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Without exceeding the maximum amount set out in paragraph 1, the Union's contribution shall be equal to one thirdup to half of the contributions of the participating states referred to in Article 7 (1)(a).30a It shall cover administrative and operational costsoperational costs, including the costs of the evaluation of proposals, and administrative costs. __________________ 30a A Union's contribution of half of the contributions of the participating states equals a top up rate of 33%.
Amendment 37 #
2013/0232(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. A maximum of 26% of the Union's financial contribution may be used to contribute to the administrative and project evaluation costs of Eurostars-2. Participating states shall cover any otherthe national administrative costs necessary for the implementation of Eurostars-2.
Amendment 40 #
2013/0232(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 - pint a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 - pint a a (new)
(aa) the proof by the participating States represented by the EUREKA Secretariat that the programme is set up in accordance with the bottom-up approach of Eurostars 2.
Amendment 48 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. TAll elements of the eCall in-vehicle system shall be accessible to all independent operators free of charge and without discrimination at least for repair and maintenance purposes and for the purpose of developing and implementing additional services based on an interoperable, standardised and open platform for possible future on-board application or services.
Amendment 54 #
2013/0165(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In adopting these legal acts, the Commission shall create the technical preconditions for an interoperable, standardised, secure and open platform. This must afford access to repair and maintenance work for all market participants in a non-discriminatory manner.
Amendment 5 #
2013/0045(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The initiative taken by the 11 Member States to introduce an FTT is only a first step towards an EU-wide FTT. The objective must be to ensure that, from 2020 onwards, all Member States introduce an FTT and the proceeds from it are transferred to the EU budget, from 2020 onwards, as genuine own resources. Accordingly, this Directive implementing enhanced cooperation should apply only until 2020 and contain a sunset clause to that effect.
Amendment 94 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that secure, affordable and environmentally sound energy provision is indispensable for the competitiveness of European industry; emphasises, therefore, that the energy supply system needs to be overhauled and the share of RES in the electricity supply, heating and cooling and transport sectors increased in a manner that is cost-efficient and without prejudice to supply security;
Amendment 135 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concernedPoints out that more than 50 % of European renewable energy production is accounted for by non-volatile, non- competitive hydroelectric power; expresses concern that, so far, only some of the new renewables on the energy market are economically competitive, although certain other technologies are closing the gap with market prices; agrees with the Commission that all available means must be used to bring the costs down and make new RES economically competitive; urges, however, that before support is made available to a renewable energy technology an assessment of the life-cycle costs must be carried out in order to determine whether the technology will be economically competitive in the future;
Amendment 222 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for cost-benefit analyses to weigh up more effectively the interests of various policy areas and to take greater account of the positive effects of renewables, in particular their cost- effective contribution to climate protection; points out that this applies in particular also to EU environmental protection law, for example the Water Framework Directive and the Birds Directive;
Amendment 276 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underscores the need for electricity storage solutions to facilitate the integration of RES into the energy supply; re-emphasises the urgent need for further research into electricity storagepoints out that flexible, hydropower-based storage is currently the only widely available and low-cost storage option for large and fluctuating volumes of electricity; re-emphasises the urgent need for further research into electricity storage and insists that specific storage solutions must not be singled out for preferential treatment; points out that, at present, various differing regulatory provisions, such as the classification of energy storage operators as final consumers, are an obstacle to more extensive use of storage facilities; recommends, therefore, that a clear distinction should be made at European level between electricity or energy storage operators and final consumers;
Amendment 286 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Considers that cross-border markets for electricity balancing services must be created and the European transmission system must be developed quickly to facilitate the cross-border integration of pumped-storage hydropower, particularly in Scandinavia, the Alps and the Pyrenees;
Amendment 293 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – introductory part
Paragraph 17 – introductory part
17. Is convinced that ICT will in future play a more important role in energy provision and in the management of RES; calls on the Commission to bring forward without delay proposals for the development, promotion and standardisation of smart grids and meters; calls on the Commission to give particular support to research and development in this sector; emphasises that important factors in this regard include not only planning certainty on the providers’ side but also acceptance on the part of consumers, as well as data protection;
Amendment 305 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Emphasises that hydropower must play a central role in the planned development of RES, primarily to balance out the increasingly volatile generation of power by RES but also, through pumped storage, as a method of storing electricity; stresses, therefore, that the existing development potential of hydroelectric power generation and pumped storage in the EU must be fully exploited;
Amendment 325 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Emphasises that hydropower in all its forms helps achieve the objective of a renewable energy supply in future and, in addition to generating energy, serves a number of other useful purposes, including flood prevention and helping to ensure a safe supply of drinking water; calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise public awareness of the multiple benefits of hydropower;
Amendment 347 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that the unlawful distortion of competition on the market is unacceptable; calls on the Commission to bring ongoing competition proceedings to a conclusion as quickly as possible; emphasises that the best conditions for the growth of RES are offered by free global markets; underscores the need to do more to dismantle barriers to trade; calls on the Commission not to create any new obstacles to trade in finished products or components used in renewable energy technologies; calls on the Commission to react to obstacles to trade in, and anti- competitive practices by, third countries in such a way as to safeguard fair competition;
Amendment 381 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to discriminate against hydropower, with its proven technology, compared to other methods of renewable energy production and to take it fully into account, for example in connection with research into, and the development and demonstration of, variable-speed pumped storage, which offers a more flexible system of controlling storage speeds and so can be connected up to the grid more quickly and efficiently;
Amendment 423 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Warns that pitching support at too high a level has the effect of over-compensating and thus of slowing technological progress and impeding market integration because it reduces the incentive to develop more innovative and better-value products; is convinced, therefore, that support should be mainly confined to the most commercially viable projects in order to speed up the process of turning RES into marketable products;
Amendment 468 #
2012/2259(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is convinced that only an EU-wide system for promoting RES will offer the most cost-effective framework in which their full potential can be realised; sees decisivpossible advantages in a technology- neutral European market for renewables, in which producers will have to cover a pre- determined quota of their energy output from RES, and in which one of the ways of reaching that quota will be through the trading of certificates on a market established for that purpose; notes the evidence of experience in the Member States that, in order to ensure quotas are met, heavy fines must be imposed for failure to meet them; notes that the impact on business competitiveness of a market- based system of this kind must be carefully ascertained and, in any event, other support system models should also be presented;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2221(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2221(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2221(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note that the Joint Undertaking’s 2011 final budget included commitment and payment appropriations amounting to 66 million euro and 35 million euro respectively and that the utilisation rates were 97 % for commitment appropriations and 48 % for payment appropriations were and respectively; further notes that out of the 63,6 million euro commitment appropriations available for operational activities, 20,1 million euro were implemented as a global commitment for the first 2011 call for proposals and 42,2 million euro were implemented as a global commitment for the second 2011 call for proposals; calls for a detailed progress report on these shortcomings which makes specific proposals for a gradual improvement in utilisation rates;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2221(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes noteCondemns the fact that Greece is using EU structural funds to cover its national contributions to the Greek beneficiaries of the ENIAC projects instead of providing national funding and that the Joint Undertaking acknowledged the continuation of Greek participation in ENIAC projects but provides no funding to the Greek beneficiaries as an expenditure co-financed by EU structural funds shall not receive assistance from another Union financial instrument in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006;
Amendment 14 #
2012/2221(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8 a (new)
Subheading 8 a (new)
Possible merger with Artemis Considers that cost benefit analysis of a merger with Artemis should be undertaken and that the European Parliament should be notified about the results of this assessment. This report should highlight the possible advantages and disadvantages of such a merger.
Amendment 2 #
2012/2220(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Postpones the decision granting the Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and HydrogenCH Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2220(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the Fuel Cells and HydrogenCH Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2219(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Postpones the decision to grant the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2219(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2219(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that the implementation rate for the 159 million euro commitment appropriations available for research activities was 66 % and it was implemented through a global commitment covering the fourth call for proposals; reiterates its concerned about the low implementation rate of the budget and, moreover, about the underlying activities of the Joint Undertaking,; takes duly note that the high level of unused appropriations of the administrative budget (44 %) indicates that it was not based on realistic estimates; calls for a detailed progress report on these shortcomings which makes specific proposals for a gradual improvement in the implementation rate and for a more realistic estimate of the financial resources needed;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2219(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls therefore for a detailed progress report which makes specific proposals for a gradual reduction in the error rate;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2218(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2218(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’'s budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2218(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the relatively low implementation rate for operational payment appropriations standing at 86 %, 53 % and 18 % for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 call for proposals,; notes the delays at the level of the Member States in signing the national grant agreements; is concerned about the low implementation rate of the budget and, moreover, about the underlying activities of the Joint Undertaking; calls for a detailed progress report on these shortcomings which makes specific proposals for a gradual improvement in the implementation rate;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2218(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes noteCondemns the fact that Greece is using Union Structural Funds to cover its national contributions to the Greek beneficiaries of the Artemis projects instead of providing national funding and that the Joint Undertaking acknowledged the continuation of Greek participation in Artemis projects but provides no funding to the Greek beneficiaries as an expenditure co-financed by Union Structural Funds shall not receive assistance from another Union financial instrument in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006;
Amendment 13 #
2012/2218(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Possible merger with ENIAC Considers that cost benefit analysis of a merger with ENIAC should be undertaken and that the European Parliament should be notified about the results of this assessment. This report should highlight the possible advantages and disadvantages of such a merger.
Amendment 2 #
2012/2217(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 5 #
2012/2217(DEC)
Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ...Grants the Executive Director of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’'s budget for the financial year 2011;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2217(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note that the Joint Undertaking's final amending budget for the financial year 2011 included commitment appropriations of EUR 175 000 000 and payment appropriations of EUR 159 800 000; further acknowledges that the utilisation rates for commitment and payment appropriations were 94 % and 64 % respectively; calls in this connection for a detailed progress report on these shortcomings which makes specific proposals for a gradual improvement in utilisation rates;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2217(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the Joint Undertaking annual accounts received a qualified opinion from the Court of Auditors on the legality and the regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts on the grounds that the error rate resulting from the ex post audits was 6,16; notes that the Joint Undertaking completed ex-post audits covering EUR 44 300 000 (18,8 % of all cost claims received by the Joint Undertaking in the triennium beginning in 2008); regrets that the error rate resulting from these ex post audits was 6,16 % and 4,09 % when taking into account the corrective actions implemented such as a recovery mechanism; reiterates that the Joint Undertaking should reinforce without delay the quality of its ex-ante controls related to the grant management,; requests that the discharge authority is informed of the results of the following ex-post audit processes conducted by the Joint Undertaking and that a detailed progress report be produced which makes specific proposals for a gradual reduction in error rates;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2215(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. UnderlineInsists that, as already pointed out in the Court of Auditors' 2010 report, the Joint Undertaking needs to enhance its efforts to increase competition as the number of offers received for the operational procurement procedures signed in 2011 was still low and amounted to two on average while for grants the average number of proposals received was only one per call; acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking nature of work is characterised by the procurement of high technological components, never built before and without any commercial value, designed for the construction of an experimental fusion reactor in an extremely complex market in which monopoly or oligopoly situations are predominant; reiterates that the Joint Undertaking must find value for money in all possible acquisitions;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2215(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls in this connection for a detailed progress report which makes specific proposals for gradually rectifying these shortcomings;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
- A. whereas more than 96 % of SMEs in the EU have fewer than 50 employees and less than EUR 10 mio in annual turnover and whereas their ability to export goods and services outside their national borders is limited, mainly due to high fixed costs linked to international trade;
Amendment 8 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas industry plays a key role in the European economy and the manufacturing industry generates 25 % of thedirect jobs in the EU’s private sector and accounts for 80 % of private R&D;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to tackle SME market failures such as limited financial, human capital and organisational resources; welcomes the fact that the Commission endeavours to promote and support SMEs' economic activities in foreign markets both inside and outside the EU; in general SME internationalisation should be considered as a process; in order to be successful to expand their business outside the EU, SMEs need advice services already at their local level and not only on third markets; this necessity has to be reflected in EU support policies;
Amendment 20 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to launch the multilingual online portal foreseen in the Communication before the end of 2012 and to be fully up and running by the end of 2013 at the latest; believes that the portal should be easily accessible and user- friendly and should noteither duplicate existing portals nor cause additional search costs for SMEs;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is convinced that the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is an effective tool to support SMEs in accessing markets inside and outside the EU; agrees, however, that a new governance model for the EEN is needed, with a view to creating synergies with existing structures run by national or stakeholder organisations, to increaseing effectiveness, reducing the administrative and management burdens and to allowing for tailor- made support;
Amendment 32 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes making the large number of local, regional, national and European support schemes undergo a ‘mapping exercise’; believes that this exercise should include an assessment of the effectiveness of existing EU support schemes; believes that the mapping should be conducted at regular intervals and serve as basis for a benchmark and scoreboard system; believes that the initial mapping exercise should serve as a basis for an assessment of the effectiveness of existing EU support schemes;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Expects first specific proposals by the end of 2012 to rationastreamlisne and coordinate the existing EU support schemes and to create the best in order to make them effective and resposnsible synergies for EU SMEs, based on existing structures where feasible, without creating unnecessve to the needs of EU SMEs; EU action has to avoid any duplication or development of parallel structures and demonstrate a clear European value added; existing national support structures should be respected in consideration of the subsidiarity principle; the servicing of single EU SMEs has to be focused to the organisation identified as closest to their individual business needs; asks the Commission to regularly competition with national organisationsinform the responsible committees of the European Parliament about the progress of this ongoing exercise;
Amendment 55 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends that the Commission consider all dimensions related to internationalisation, namely exporting and importing including various forms of economic partnerships and cooperation; notes that there is not sufficient emphasis on this second dimension in the Communication;
Amendment 59 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for a significant increase (100%) and rational use of the budget allocated to the COSME programme and, in particular, underlines the need to further improve access to finance for SMEs; calls for the simplification and rationalisation of the various Community instruments devoted to access to credit, guarantees or venture capital, in particular for SMEs with internationalisation plans; calls on the Member States to use 1/3 of their national corporate tax receipts together with banks to provide guarantees for SMEs;
Amendment 76 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Emphasises that a simple and efficient intellectual property rights (IPR) and copyright regime is key for promoting the internationalisation of SMEs; considers that SMEs need effective IPR protection to encourage the development of new technologies as the basis for their international activities; underlines the need for immediate agreement on the European patent;
Amendment 87 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. BStrongly supports the focus on micro enterprises in a strengthened SME test; however believes that the concept of excluding micro-enterprises by default from any proposed legislation is not an adequate tool; calls instead for the establishment of a micro-dimension as an inherent part of the SME test in which all available options are systematically assessed, such asincluding exclusion from the scope or individual provisions(e.g. by applying de minimis rules), extended transition periods or, a lighter regime or a tailor made legislative approach;
Amendment 96 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Regrets that only a few Member States have integrated an SME test into their national decision-making process; calls on the Commission to submitand the Council to submit a proposal for minimum requirements for the systematic implementation of SME tests at national level;
Amendment 101 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for reinforcement of the role of the SME Envoy network in communication and coordination between Member States, and between national and European level, when transposing legislation; calls foron the Commission and the national administration to ensure that SME Envoys to becan act independent from individual ministries or directorates- general and to bly and follow a cross cutting approach in ensuring that SMEs interests are taken into account in all areas of law and policy - making; insists that SME Envoys are strongly involved in the SME test procedures;
Amendment 104 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Acknowledges the plans to establishSuggests the creation of a separate intermediate category (mid-caps) for the purpose of internationalisation support for companies with up to 1 000 employees; insists that any such new category must not dilute the effectiveness of the SME definition and should be applied in a limited number of areas such as access to funding for R&D or internationalisation activitiesThis would allow to easily differentiate between SMEs and mid - caps, but it should be applied in a limited number of areas such as access to funding R&D, internationalisation activities, structural and cohesion funds; insists that any such new category must not be part of the SME definition nor dilute its effectiveness; considers that there is no evidence that mid caps face similar market failures as SMEs such as in access to finance;
Amendment 107 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a separate visa regime within the framework of the Schengen Agreement in relation to import and export activities;
Amendment 108 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Highlights the Single Market as a key enabler in creating the best possible environment for SMEs; deplores that it still does not exist in many areas, particularly as regards its digital dimension; calls on the Commission to push for the implementation of the digital single market by 2015, to force Member States to apply existing legislation, and to make new proposals where internal market legislation is still missing; the access to public procurement should be facilitated for SMEs by applying the "only once principle", using electronical transmission systems and the "European Code of Best practices facilitating access by SMEs to public procurement contracts".
Amendment 118 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages the Commission Secretariat-General, in cooperation with business associations and other stakeholders, to establish an annual award within the College of Commissioners to honour the Member whoor Member State that has applied the ‘Think Small First’ principle in the most effective and successful manner within the framework of the European semester;
Amendment 121 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the Commission's Communication on reinforcing the competitiveness of Europe's industries; regrets that neitheracknowledges that the Commission has started to implement the concept of competitiveness-proofing norand the ex-post evaluation of legislation affecting industry are mentioned; insists that those concepts are consequently and systematically applied, including for changes of the implementing provisions of European legislation (such as ETS auctioning rules); calls on the Commission to report regularly on progress achieved in this field;
Amendment 155 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt specific measures to promote social entrepreneurship in Europe, in particular through improving access to public and private finance and improving the mobility and recognition of skilled workers and apprentice; nevertheless, this should not lead to a categorisation of "good" and "bad" entrepreneurs;
Amendment 156 #
2012/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Emphasises the importance of a reliable supply of raw materials for medium-sized enterprises in the industrial sector too; calls on the Commission and Member States to take specific steps to sustainably secure the supply of raw materials and to increase raw materials efficiency, in particular by ensuring free and fair access to internationally traded raw materials and by developing resource efficiency and recycling while considering a cost/benefit ratio;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises the importance of EU support policies for media pluralism, especially through research, education and dissemination activities; stresses the valuable role that can be played by the newly established Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Congratulates the Commission on the success of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs preparatory action, welcomes the decision to incorporate the programme into the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, but at the same time regrets the fact that action to extend the programme is being hampered because of the trifling financial allocation and, for that reason, interested and capable partners are being turned away, and therefore calls on the Commission to make funding available for the programme to grow adequately in 2012 and 2013;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2016(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for specific financial instruments to be set up to support EIF initiatives to build up a European funding infrastructure for social entrepreneurship in order to establish that sector as an equal economic sector in Europe;
Amendment 60 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the trend of rising energy prices is likely to continue given its link to fuel prices, the impact of climate policy and the investments needed to maintain and modernise energy systems; however, recognises that affordable energy prices are essential for the EU's competitiveness;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that end energy-consumers – individuals, SMEs and industry alike – are at the very core of the user-friendly internal energy market; notes that, as such, they must be duly protected, and able to exercise their rights fully, while encouraged to play a more active role in stimulating market competition, moving from passive service recipients to active informed consumers and prosumers;
Amendment 195 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that investment in infrastructure is urgently needed on a large scale and needs to be encouraged through stable as well as investment- and innovation-friendly regulatory frameworks, recognising that it cannot be achieved unless market-driven; recognises, however, that, in certain cases, key infrastructure may not be commercially viable, thus requiring public funding;
Amendment 209 #
2012/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the importance of increased storage capacity to increase the security of supply in the internal energy market; believes that pumped storage has a large role to play in storing electricity;
Amendment 28 #
2012/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for a freeze on budget lines related to all travel in 2013 and no indexation of any of the Members' individual allowances until the end of the legislature;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2001(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. considers that delegation journeys organized by the European Parliament should also raise local small and medium enterprises' awareness about the importance of the internal market and help them establish contacts to improve their export activity.
Amendment 12 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the European Union’s budget is one of the most important instruments ofwhere solidarity between Member States and between generations is being demonstrated, and that it provides a clear added value, given its extraordinary impact on the real economy and daily lives of European citizens; recalls that if the Union’s policies were to be financed solely by Member States, their costs would skyrocket and that, seen in this light, the European budget intrinsically represents a clear common saving for the wellbeing of all;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the promotion of growth and jobs require specific actions and enhanced budgetary efforts to support competitiveness, innovation and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), since most of the EU economic potential lies in SMEs, which, according to latest studies, created 85 % of net new jobs in the EU between 2002 and 2010 and are the backbone of our economic growth; therefore the promotion of entrepreneurial mindsets and business start-ups through concrete actions, such as the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, is of utmost importance and should be provided with adequate resources;
Amendment 35 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. At times of crisis and European scepticism, today's youth should especially benefit from education programmes fostering the knowledge about the European Union and the European Institutions, including courses on media pluralism;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2000(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that all the measures taken so far to combat the crisis should assist a return to the path of growth; stresses, in this regard, that the tailor-made austerity measures already taken need to be accompanied by targeted investments resulting in sustainable economic development; points out that the EU budget has a determining role to play in this context as a tool to ensure prompt and well coordinated action in all fields to mitigate the effects of the crisis on the real economy and to act as a catalyst to boost investment, growth and jobs in Europe;
Amendment 28 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In relation to the fixing of maximum yields, it might be necessary and appropriate at a later date to adapt the yields fixed or to fix maximum thresholds for emissions, taking into consideration their toxicity or addictiveness, with their toxicity or addictiveness being assessed using the latest scientific findings and internationally agreed standards.
Amendment 80 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to make this Directive fully operational and to keep up with technical, scientific and international developments in tobacco manufacture, consumption and regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission, in particular in respect of adopting and adapting maximum yields for emissions and their measurement methodthe measurement methods for emissions, setting maximum levels for ingredients that increase toxicity, addictiveness or attraddictiveness, the use of health warnings, unique identifiers and security features in the labelling and packaging, defining key elements for contracts on data storage with independent third parties, reviewing certain exemptions granted to tobacco products other than cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products and reviewing the nicotine levels for nicotine containing products. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 84 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) A Member State that deems it necessary to maintain more stringent national provisions for aspects falling inside the scope of this Directive should be allowed to do so, for all products alike, on grounds of overriding needs relating to the protection of public health. A Member State should also be allowed to introduceThe Directive intends to harmonise the specific rules for the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products and related products, thereby ensuring that individual Member States do not introduce national legislative provisions relating to labelling and packaging requirements that go further than the Directive. If a Member State already has more stringent national provisions, applying to all products alike, on grounds relating to the specific situation of this Member State and provided the provisions are justified by the need toaspects that fall within the scope of this Directive, it should be allowed to apply these on the basis of overriding requirements relating to the protection of public health. More stringentThese national provisions should, however, be necessary and proportionate, and not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States. Stricter national provisions require prior notification to, and approval from, the Commission taking into account the high level of health protection achieved through this Directive.
Amendment 90 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States should remain free to maintain or introduce national legislations applying to all products alike for aspects falling outside the scope of this Directive, provided they are compatible with the Treaty and do not jeopardise the full application of this Directive. Accordingly, Member States could, for instance, maintain or introduce provisions providing standardisation of packaging of tobacco products provided that those provisions are compatible with the Treaty, with WTO obligations and do not affect the full application of this Directive. A prior notification is required for technical regulations pursuant to Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliae provisions of this Directive, in order to protect public health; Member States may not prohibit or restrict the sale, import and consumption of tobacco products and related products, if these menet and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and on rules on Information Society services44the requirements of this Directive.
Amendment 111 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Amendment 120 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Amendment 130 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Amendment 141 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Amendment 232 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 273 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 325 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Prohibited elements and features may include but are not limited to texts, symbols, names, trade marks, figurative or other signs, misleading colours, inserts or other additional material such as adhesive labels, stickers, onserts, scratch-offs and sleeves or relate to the shape of the tobacco product itself. Cigarettes with a diameter of less than 7.5 mm shall be deemed to be misleading.
Amendment 403 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall require that manufacturers and importers of tobacco products inform their competent authorities of any new or updated information referred to in point (a) to (c) of paragraph 1. The new market authorisation procedure in the Member States shall stipulate the following: 1. scientific risk assessment, 2. empirical standards regarding evidence of health risks, 3. reduction of harmful substances in smoke, 4. compliance with the provisions of subparagraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph 1, 5. Post-marketing surveillance. Requirements in respect of labelling, text health warnings, product description, packaging, measuring, including methods for measuring tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, as well as the additional ingredients used in reduced-risk tobacco products, shall also be included among the conditions for market authorisation in the Member States. Member States shall be entitled to require tobacco manufacturers or importers to carry out additional tests or submit additional information. Member States shall make available to the Commission all information received pursuant to this Article. Member States shall be entitled to introduce an authorisation system and charge a proportionate fee. and notify it of the authorisation procedure.
Amendment 405 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. NovelLower-risk tobacco products placed on the market shall respect the requirements set out in this Directive. Because of the various risk-reducing properties of these tobacco products, it is necessary to adjust accordingly the measuring methods referred to in Article 4, content regulation referred to in Article 6 and labelling and packaging referred to in Articles 7,8,9,10,12 and 13.The provisions applicable depend on whether the products fall under the definition of smokeless tobacco product in point (29) of Article 2 or tobacco for smoking in point (33) of Article 2.
Amendment 449 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3), 4(3), 4(4), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [Office of Publications: please insert the date of the entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 459 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 3(2), 3(3), 4(3), 4(4), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 466 #
2012/0366(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act pursuant to Articles 3(2), 3(3), 4(3), 4(4), 6(3), 6(9), 6(10), 8(4), 9(3), 10(5), 11(3), 13(3), 13(4), 14(9), 18(2) and 18(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 1 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The imposition of the visa requirement on the nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu is no longer justified. These countries do not present any risk of illegal immigration or a threat to public policy for the Union in accordance with the criteria set out in recital 5 of Regulation (EC) N° 539/2001. Consequently, nationals of those countries should be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all and references to those countries should be transferred to Annex II.
Amendment 2 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The imposition of the visa requirement on the nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu is no longer justified. These countries do not present any risk of illegal immigration or a threat to public policy for the Union in accordance with the criteria set out in recital 5 of Regulation (EC) N° 539/2001. Consequently, nationals of those countries should be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all and references to those countries should be transferred to Annex II.
Amendment 3 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu should not come into force until bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and the countries concerned have been concluded in order to ensure full reciprocity.
Amendment 4 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu should not come into force until bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and the countries concerned have been concluded in order to ensure full reciprocity.
Amendment 5 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) in point 1, the references to Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South-Sudan is inserted;
Amendment 6 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
(a) in point 1, the references to Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South-Sudan is inserted;
Amendment 7 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
"Tuvalu*", "United Arab Emirates*" and "Vanuatu*"
Amendment 8 #
2012/0309(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references
"Tuvalu*", "United Arab Emirates*" and "Vanuatu*"
Amendment 1 #
Amendment 4 #
2012/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(12) thereof,
Amendment 11 #
2012/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) For the purposes of legal certainty and market predictability, it should be clarified that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the market, the Commission is able in exceptional circumstances to adapt the auction timetable pursuant to Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC. ’ the Commission is called upon to examine the following points before considering any adaptation to be made in exceptional circumstances to the auction timetable pursuant to Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC. 1. It should be ascertained whether such an adaptation would be compatible with the Commission’s reindustrialisation target, whereby industry is to account for 20% of European GDP by 2020; 2. It should be ensured that the auction timetable may not be adapted unless there were a danger that the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 might not be possible to achieve; 3. Before such far-reaching action is envisaged, an impact assessment should be carried out in order to gauge the effects on competitiveness and employment; it should be ensured, in keeping with the ‘smart regulation’ approach, that competitiveness-proofing checks will be carried out; 4. SME tests should likewise be employed to gauge the impact of the adaptation on small and medium-sized enterprises; 5. In addition, it is necessary to determine which aids and subsidies are harming the CO2 balance and which ones are having beneficial effects, the object being to ascertain whether amendment of the Directive would improve the CO2 balance or whether there are further opportunities to act in other areas; 6. If, after through examination, the auction timetable were to be altered by means of a change to the quantities of allowances to be auctioned, such action should not be followed by permanent deletion of allowances or bring about an adjustment of the maximum emission limit laid down for 2020; to compensate for the resulting disruption to the market, it should be ensured in addition that the list of carbon leakage sectors would not be shortened.
Amendment 39 #
2012/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
1a. In Article 10(4), the following subparagraph is inserted: "In order to ensure the predictability of the auctions, in particular as regards the estimated volumes of allowances in accordance with this paragraph any modification, including reduction of the volume or part of the volume of allowances to be auctioned require unanimity among all Member States."
Amendment 40 #
2012/0202(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 116 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The application may be submitted in any Member State only after the notification date of the initial authorisation decision.
Amendment 117 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) 2510 days from the date of submission of the application referred to in paragraph 1 for low-intervention clinical trials;
Amendment 118 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) 325 days from the date of submission of the application referred to in paragraph 1 for clinical trials other than low- intervention clinical trials;
Amendment 119 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) 430 days from the date of submission of the application referred to in paragraph 1 for any clinical trial with an advanced therapy investigational medicinal product.
Amendment 121 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Between the date of submission of the application referred to in paragraph 1 and the expiry of the relevant time period referred to in paragraph 3, tThe additional Member State concerned may communicate to the reporting Member State any considerations relevant to Part 1 of the application within the timelines laid down in paragraph 3 starting from the date of submission referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 122 #
2012/0192(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The reporting Member State, and only the reporting Member State, may, between the date of submission of the application referred to in paragraph 1 and the expiry of the relevant time period referred towithin the timelines specified in paragraph 35, request additional explanations from the sponsor concerning Part I of the assessment report, taking into account the considerations referred to in paragraph 5.
Amendment 41 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 443/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
From 2020 onwards, this Regulation sets a target of 95 g CO2/km as average emissions for the new car fleet as measured in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 and, Annex III and XII to Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and its implementing measures, and innovative technologies, ECE R83-06 and ECE R101 in each case as valid on the ...+. ____________________ + OJ: Please insert the date of adoption of this Regulation.
Amendment 62 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 443/2009
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 1
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 1
1. In calculating the average specific emissions of CO2, each new passenger car with specific emissions of CO2 ofthat are less than 35 50g CO2/km shall be counted as 1.3 passenger cars in the period from 2020 to 2023 anor emitting less than 50% of the CO2 value given by its specific emission target set in the formula in Annex 1, with a cap of 70g CO2/km shall be counted as 12 passenger cars as from 202416 onwards. The use of part or all of the accumulated credits can be done in any year within the period 2016-2025.
Amendment 68 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 443/2009
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2
Article 5 a (new) – paragraph 2
Amendment 103 #
2012/0190(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 10 – point c
Article 1 – point 10 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 443/2009
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. By 31 December 20142017 at the earliest, the Commission shall review the specific emissions targets, modalities and other aspects of this Regulation in order to establish the CO2 emission targets for new passenger cars for the period beyond 2020. and not before the new test cycle and test procedures are fully defined, implemented and the first results assessed."
Amendment 88 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) Electronic seals and/or stamps should serve as evidence that an electronic document was issued by a legal person, ensuring certainty of the document's origin and integrity.
Amendment 392 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 – section 4 – title
Chapter 3 – section 4 – title
Electronic seals and /or stamps
Amendment 401 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Qualified certificates for electronic seal and/or stamp shall meet the requirements laid down in Annex III.
Amendment 403 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Qualified certificates for electronic seal and/or stamp shall not be subject to any mandatory requirements exceeding the requirements laid down in Annex III.
Amendment 404 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. If a qualified certificate for an electronic seal and/or stamp has been revoked after initial activation, it shall lose its validity, and its status shall not in any circumstances be reverted by renewing its validity.
Amendment 406 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, establish reference numbers of standards for qualified certificates for electronic seal and/or stamp. Compliance with the requirements laid down in Annex III shall be presumed where a qualified certificate for electronic seal meet those standards. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2). The Commission shall publish those acts in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 408 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Article 22 shall apply mutatis mutandis to requirements for qualified electronic seal and/or stamp creation devices.
Amendment 409 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Article 23 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the certification of qualified electronic seal and/or stamp creation devices.
Amendment 410 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. Article 24 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the publication of a list of certified qualified electronic seal and/or stamp creation devices.
Amendment 412 #
2012/0146(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
Article 31
Articles 25, 26 and 27 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the validation and preservation of qualified electronic seals and/or stamps.
Amendment 165 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of individualnatural and legal persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 168 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The protection of natural and legal persons in relation to the processing of personal data is a fundamental right. Article 8(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 16(1) of the Treaty lay down that everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her.
Amendment 169 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The processing of personal data is designed to serve man; the principles and rules on the protection of individualnatural and legal persons with regard to the processing of their personal data should, whatever the nationality or residence of natural persons or the domicile of legal persons, respect their fundamental rights and freedoms, notably their right to the protection of personal data. It should contribute to the accomplishment of an area of freedom, security and justice and of an economic union, to economic and social progress, the strengthening and the convergence of the economies within the internal market, and the well-being of individuals.
Amendment 177 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure consistent and high level of protection of individuals and to remove the obstacles to flows of personal data, the level of protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals with regard to the processing of such data should be equivalent in all Member States. Consistent and homogenous application of the rules for the protection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural and legal persons with regard to the processing of personal data should be ensured throughout the Union.
Amendment 183 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The protection afforded by this Regulation concerns natural persons, whatever their nationality or place of residence, in relation to the processing of personal data. With regard to the processing of data which concern legal persons and in particular undertakings established as legal persons, including the name and the form of the legal person and the contact details of the legal person, the protection of this Regulation should notalso be claimed by any person. This should also apply where the name of the legal person contains the names of one or more natural persons.
Amendment 184 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The protection of individualnatural and legal persons should be technologically neutral and not depend on the techniques used; otherwise this would create a serious risk of circumvention. The protection of individuals should apply to processing of personal data by automated means as well as to manual processing, if the data are contained or are intended to be contained in a filing system. Files or sets of files as well as their cover pages, which are not structured according to specific criteria, should not fall within the scope of this Regulation.
Amendment 196 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Consent should be given explicitly by any appropriate method enabling a freely given specific and informed indication of the data subject's wishes, either by a statement or by a cleaother affirmative action by the data subject, ensuring that individuals are aware that they give their consent to the processing of personal data, including by ticking a box when visiting an Internet website or by any other statement or conduct, such as by means of appropriate browser settings, which clearly indicates in this context the data subject's acceptance of the proposed processing of their personal data. Silence or inactivity should therefore not constitute consentcan also constitute valid consent, if a data protection impact assessment does not consider that explicit consent is required. Consent should cover all processing activities carried out for the same purpose or purposes. If the data subject's consent is to be given following an electronic request, the request must be clear, concise and not unnecessarily disruptive to the use of the service for which it is provided.
Amendment 208 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 214 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Consent should not provide a valid legal ground for the processing of personal data, where there is a clear imbalance between the data subject and the controller. This is especially the case where the data subject is in a situation of dependence from the controller, among others, where personal data are processed by the employer of employees' personal data in the employment context. Where the controller is a public authority, there would be an imbalance only in the specific data processing operations where the public authority can impose an obligation by virtue of its relevant public powers and the consent cannot be deemed as freely given, taking into account the interest of the data subjectn it has not been given freely.
Amendment 246 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) Every natural or legal person should have the right not to be subject to a measure which is based on profiling by means of automated processing. However, such measure should be allowed when expressly authorised by law, carried out in the course of entering or performance of a contract, or when the data subject has given his consent. In any case, such processing should be subject to suitable safeguards, including specific information of the data subject and the right to obtain human intervention and that such measure should not concern a child.
Amendment 262 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) A personal data breach may, if not addressed in an adequate and timely manner, result in substantial economic loss and social harm, including identity fraud, to the individual concerned. Therefore, as soon as the controller becomes aware that such a breach has occurred, the controller should notify the breach to the supervisory authority without undue delay and, where feasible, within 24 hours. Where this cannot achieved within 24 hours, an explanation of the reasons for the delay should accompany the notification. The individualPersons whose personal data could be adversely affected by the breach should be notified without undue delay in order to allow them to take the necessary precautions. A breach should be considered as adversely affecting the personal data or privacy of a data subject where it could result in, for example, identity theft or fraud, physical harm, significant humiliation or damage to reputation. The notification should describe the nature of the personal data breach as well as recommendations as well as recommendations for the individual concerned to mitigate potential adverse effects. Notifications to data subjects should be made as soon as reasonably feasible, and in close cooperation with the supervisory authority and respecting guidance provided by it or other relevant authorities (e.g. law enforcement authorities). For example, the chance for data subjects to mitigate an immediate risk of harm would call for a prompt notification of data subjects whereas the need to implement appropriate measures against continuing or similar data breaches may justify a longer delay.
Amendment 268 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) Cross-border flows of personal data are necessary for the expansion of international trade and international co- operation. The increase in these flows has raised new challenges and concerns with respect to the protection of personal data. However, when personal data are transferred from the Union to third countries or to international organisations, the level of protection of individualnatural and legal persons guaranteed in the Union by this Regulation should not be undermined. In any event, transfers to third countries may only be carried out in full compliance with this Regulation.
Amendment 279 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90
Recital 90
(90) Some third countries enact laws, regulations and other legislative instruments which purport to directly regulate data processing activities of natural and legal persons under the jurisdiction of the Member States. The extraterritorial application of these laws, regulations and other legislative instruments may be in breach of international law and may impede the attainment of the protection of individualnatural and legal persons guaranteed in the Union by this Regulation. Transfers should only be allowed where the conditions of this Regulation for a transfer to third countries are met. This may inter alia be the case where the disclosure is necessary for an important ground of public interest recognised in Union law or in a Member State law to which the controller is subject. The conditions under which an important ground of public interest exists should be further specified by the Commission in a delegated act.
Amendment 283 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 96
Recital 96
(96) The supervisory authorities should monitor the application of the provisions pursuant to this Regulation and contribute to its consistent application throughout the Union, in order to protect natural and legal persons in relation to the processing of their personal data and to facilitate the free flow of personal data within the internal market. For these purposes, the supervisory authorities shall co-operate with each other and the Commission.
Amendment 298 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 129
Recital 129
(129) In order to fulfil the objectives of this Regulation, namely to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural and legal persons and in particular their right to the protection of personal data and to ensure the free movement of personal data within the Union, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. In particular, delegated acts should be adopted in respect of lawfulness of processing; specifying the criteria and conditions in relation to the consent of a child; processing of special categories of data; specifying the criteria and conditions for manifestly excessive requests and fees for exercising the rights of the data subject; criteria and requirements for the information to the data subject and in relation to the right of access; the right to be forgotten and to erasure; measures based on profiling; criteria and requirements in relation to the responsibility of the controller and to data protection by design and by default; a processor; criteria and requirements for the documentation and the security of processing; criteria and requirements for establishing a personal data breach and for its notification to the supervisory authority, and on the circumstances where a personal data breach is likely to adversely affect the data subject; the criteria and conditions for processing operations requiring a data protection impact assessment; the criteria and requirements for determining a high degree of specific risks which require prior consultation; designation and tasks of the data protection officer; codes of conduct; criteria and requirements for certification mechanisms; criteria and requirements for transfers by way of binding corporate rules; transfer derogations; administrative sanctions; processing for health purposes; processing in the employment context and processing for historical, statistical and scientific research purposes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and Council.
Amendment 304 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules relating to the protection of individualnatural and legal persons with regard to the processing of personal data and rules relating to the free movement of personal data.
Amendment 305 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation protects the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural and legal persons, and in particular their right to the protection of personal data.
Amendment 306 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The free movement of personal data within the Union shall neither be restricted nor prohibited for reasons connected with the protection of individualnatural and legal persons with regard to the processing of personal data.
Amendment 325 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) 'data subject' means an identified natural or legal person or a natural or legal person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by means reasonably likely to be used by the controller or by any other natural or legal person, in particular by reference to an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that person;
Amendment 395 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Unless another form of consent is determined to be proportionate by such an impact assessment, consent shall be captured in a specific, informed and explicit statement or other clear affirmative action.
Amendment 401 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Consent shall not provide a legal basis for the processing, where there is a significant imbalance between the position of the data subject and the controllern it has not been given freely.
Amendment 430 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
If the data processed by a controller do not permit the controller to identify a natural or legal person, the controller shall not be obliged to acquire additional information in order to identify the data subject for the sole purpose of complying with any provision of this Regulation.
Amendment 522 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Amendment 534 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Subject to the other provisions of this Regulation, a person may be subjected to a measure of the kind referred to in paragraph 1 onlymeasure which produces legal effects concerning a person or significantly affects this person, and which is intended to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to this person or to analyse or predict in particular the person's performance at work, economic situation, location, health, personal preferences, reliability or behaviour shall only be lawful if the processing:
Amendment 546 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) is based on the data subject's consent, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 7 and to suitable safeguards, Article 15 and Article 16.
Amendment 601 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
2. The controller shall implement mechanisms for ensuring that, by default, only those personal data are processed which are necessary for each specific purpose of the processing and are especially not collected or retained beyond the minimum necessary for those purposes, both in terms of the amount of the data and the time of their storage. In particular, those mechanisms shall ensure that by default personal data are not made accessible to an indefinite number of individualnatural persons.
Amendment 699 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a systematic and extensive evaluation of personal aspects relating to a natural or legal person or for analysing or predicting in particular the natural person's economic situation, location, health, personal preferences, reliability or behaviour, which is based on automated processing and on which measures are based that produce legal effects concerning the individual or significantly affect the individual;
Amendment 772 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 5
Article 41 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may decide that a third country, or a territory or a processing sector within that third country, or an international organisation does not ensure an adequate level of protection within the meaning of paragraph 2 of this Article, in particular in cases where the relevant legislation, both general and sectoral, in force in the third country or international organisation, does not guarantee effective and enforceable rights including effective administrative and judicial redress for data subjects, in particular for those data subjects residing in the Union whose personal data are being transferred. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 87(2), or, in cases of extreme urgency for individualnatural or legal persons with respect to their right to personal data protection, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 87(3).
Amendment 805 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall provide that one or more public authorities are responsible for monitoring the application of this Regulation and for contributing to its consistent application throughout the Union, in order to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural and legal persons in relation to the processing of their personal data and to facilitate the free flow of personal data within the Union. For these purposes, the supervisory authorities shall co-operate with each other and the Commission.
Amendment 812 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) be consulted by Member State institutions and bodies on legislative and administrative measures relating to the protection of individualnatural and legal persons' rights and freedoms with regard to the processing of personal data;
Amendment 850 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 67 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The European Data Protection Board shall regularly and timely inform the Commission about the outcome of its activities. It shall draw up an annual report on the situation regarding the protection of natural and legal persons with regard to the processing of personal data in the Union and in third countries.
Amendment 852 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 73 – paragraph 2
Article 73 – paragraph 2
2. Any body, organisation or association which aims to protect data subjects’ rights and interests concerning the protection of their personal data and has been properly constituted according to the law of a Member State shall have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in any Member State on behalf of one or more data subjects from among its membership if it considers that a data subject’s rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of personal data and it has minimum funding of EUR 80 000 and representative membership with a corresponding membership structure.
Amendment 854 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 75 – paragraph 1
Article 75 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to any available administrative remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority as referred to in Article 73, every natural and legal person shall have the right to a judicial remedy if they consider that their rights under this Regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of their personal data in non-compliance with this Regulation.
Amendment 858 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 – paragraph 1
Article 76 – paragraph 1
1. Any body, organisation or association referred to in Article 73(2) shall have the right to exercise the rights referred to in Articles 74 and 75 on behalf of one or more data subjects from among its membership.
Amendment 911 #
2012/0011(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 85 – paragraph 1
Article 85 – paragraph 1
1. Where in a Member State, churches and religious associations or communities apply, at the time of entry into force of this Regulation, comprehensive rules relating to the protection of individualnatural and legal persons with regard to the processing of personal data, such rules may continue to apply, provided that they are brought in line with the provisions of this Regulation.
Amendment 8 #
2011/2287(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Insists that, during a delegation trip, interpretation to an official language other than the three working languages, should only be provided on the explicit written request of a participating Member of the European Parliament; underlines that, during a delegation trip, a maximum of one interpreter per language should be approved by the organising Secretariat and that the number of interpreters should not exceed the number of participating Members of the European Parliament;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2217(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, had been designated as a vital communication priority for the Agency by the Management Board;
Amendment 22 #
2011/2217(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes therefore that, for five months, from 22 May 2010 to October 2010, the Agency covered the façade of its building with a green façadestructure, the planning, design, assembly and management of which cost EUR 294 641 and that the contract was realised by the companies Ramboll, as general contractor, and Green Fortune; is surprised that there has been no public tender; demands from the Agency’s Director details on how the companies were chosen as contractors; takes note from the Agency's Director, in her letter of 11 April 2012, that these costs were covered by the budget lines '2140 - Fitting- out of premises' (EUR 180 872) and '3323 - Communications' (EUR 113 769); underlines that the commitment appropriations under budget line 2140 increased from EUR 85 000 to EUR 271 049 against the opinion of the Agency's Head of Administration; notes that also in May 2010 the Head of Administration entered into sick leave and since then the position is occupied by an interim Head; notes from the Director's letter of 30 April 2012 that budget line 2140 has been reinforced by a budget transfer of EUR 180 872 from the budget line '2100 - Rent'; recalls that in December 2009 the Agency paid the rent for Q1 2010, thus avoiding reducing the amount to be repaid to the Commission; therefore calls on the Agency to explain the discharge authority why it has extracted EUR 180 872 from the budget line 'Rent', while rent is a fixed sum by contract, and to provide information and written evidence on the procedures with regards to the budgetary transfers; expects the Agency to complete all the requested actions by the end of August 2012;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s work towards a coherent European approach to collective redress (CR); calls on the Commission to further clarify the need for EU measures vis-à-vis the principle of subsidiarity and as regards the impact in particular for SMEs and, if any measures are proven necessary, to pay particular attention to consumer and SME protection;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that redress disputes are often related to different industrial sectors and areas of legislation; warns, therefore, against a sector-specific approach which would complicate access for consumers or SMEs to jurisdiction and lead to a fragmentation of national procedural laws; prefers a horizontal instrument to sector-specific action;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes the view that the scope of any EU action on collective redress should firstly apply to a limited law area, such as in the field of competition and clearly identified consumer protection laws;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Believes that any EU instrument on collective redress can only apply to infringements of EU law and should require the participation of plaintiffs from different Member States;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the new Commission Communication and its move beyond the RMI to include commodity markets; cCalls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodity markets and the RMI separately; the problems are different in nature and call for different measures;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s work on identifying critical raw materials (CRM); calls on the Commission to follow this up by analysing the supply chains depending on CRM, the refining capacity and the interaction between CRM and their associated base metals and the need to observe also non-scarce but important raw materials with a view to countering tendencies towards inflation giving rise to concentrations in ownership of suppliers;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that effective governance of RM policy is key to an effective strategy; emphasises the need for close co- ordination within the Commission and between Member States; recommends the establishment of an inter-departmental RM task force, as is the case in France and the United States, to elaborate, monitor and review policies including partnership agreements, to ensure strategic coherence and promote the establishment of an early- warning system; calls on the Commission to foster co-ordination between the Member States on the external dimension; believes the upcoming communication on the external dimension of energy could serve as a template;
Amendment 75 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the RM challenges are also an opportunity to invigorate the EU’s industrial base and increase competitiveness via an ambitious industrial innovation strategy; notes that in the medium to longwhile action in trade policy is the key problem to address in the short term, increasing efficiencies, recycling and lowering resource use will be key to competitiveness, sustainability and supply security; remarks that social innovation, lifestyle changes and new concepts such as eco-leasing, chemical leasing and sharing should be supported by the Commission;
Amendment 83 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that access to raw materials is fundamental to the whole industrial sector including SMEs, especially the unpredictable price fluctuation;
Amendment 85 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to launch a flagship initiative on resource efficiency; calls on the Commission to incorporate a resource efficiency improvement target of 3% per year net of GDP evolution; calls on the Commissidevelop a reliable methodology for measuring resource efficiency as well as for existing potential for further improvement within its Flagship Initiative ‘A resource-efficient Europe’ that also allows for drawing comparisons to develop a reliable methodology for measuring resource efficiencyindustries in other countries so that goals for improving raw materials efficiency in Europe could be discussed on an objective basis;
Amendment 103 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that a tax for mineral resources is not an adequate tool, but; calls on the Commission to investigate whether a tax on water and land use could be of benefitconcentrate on increasing raw materials efficiency in Europe;
Amendment 120 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes the importance of creating industrial synergies on recycling and helping companies discoverto evaluate how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote approaches such as that taken by the UK with its National Industrial Symbiosis Programmethe identification of best practices and their further dissemination;
Amendment 127 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to investigate whether closed landfills could be re-opened to recycle potential scrap material with best available technologies (BAT), to also examine remaining mining waste and metallurgical waste dumps, to complete a EU database on mining waste sites by 2012 and enforce the mining waste directive, to ensure that this waste is treated with the BAT, and to encourage the lifecycle management of buildings to ensure the recyclability of materials used in their construction;
Amendment 139 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to develop economic incentives for recycling currently uneconomical CRM including rare earths (REE), to investigate how markets for recycled materials can be supported by inter alia greenvoluntary certificates for recycled materials, eco-design requirements and fiscal incentives, and to ensure that cohesion policy and budgets are also leveraged to promote resource efficiency and recycling;
Amendment 148 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to identify priorities and allocate budgets for research into lifecycle recycling, substitution and resource efficiency using FP7 and FP8 funding, particularly for CRM such as REE; calls on the Commission to address within research programs existing challenges with regard to recycling and the aim of further increasing resource efficiency; insists on the importance of a European Innovation Partnership on RM; calls on the Commission to launch such a partnership in 2011;
Amendment 161 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes co-operation between national geological surveys and the publication of an annual European RM Yearbook (ERMY); stresses that data on secondary resources and urban mining should be included; asks the Commission to assess whether the creation of an EU Geological Service that pools the work of national surveys and works with international partners is necessary; supports the Commission'’s work in improving the EU'’s geological knowledge base; calls on the Commission to publish aromote in cooperation with the member states the development of a digital resource map of the Union;
Amendment 163 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 173 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reaffirms that the NATURA 2000 guidelines provide a sound basis under which non-energy extraction activities must take place; notes that codes of practice to achieve technical, social, competitive and environmental excellence are important instruments; calls on the Commission to protect environmentally sensitive areas that might hold RM, such as the Arctic, Barents Sea and Greenlandunderlines that RM held in one Member State pose a strategic and economic potential for the EU as a whole and therefore calls on the Commission to protect environmentally sensitive areas that might hold RM, and if possible extend existing partnership agreements with such countries to include financial aid for mining with the possibility to give undertakings priority access to the extracted RM;
Amendment 190 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the obligatory 'renaturation' of companies following raw material extraction often improves biodiversity in extraction areas compared to the state before the extraction; notes the importance of R&D in sustainable mining to further minimise the environmental footprint and possible adverse social and ecological effects;
Amendment 196 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes the importance of setting up land use planning policies for minerals that comprises a geological knowledge base;
Amendment 213 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the EU'’s intention to pursue an RM diplomacy, particularly for CRM; believes that priority actions for REE need to be developed in the very short term; calls on the Commission to address the issue of export restrictions and other trade distorting measures with regard to industrial relevant raw materials in form of a RM diplomacy encompassing various policies such as trade policy, development and foreign policy (bilateral dialogues);
Amendment 234 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the outcome of the WTO case against China and to make future use of WTO mechanisms where appropriate; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts on reaching an agreement on a ban of exports taxes on raw materials on the multinational level, ideally within the WTO;
Amendment 246 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that the Communication fails to name other regions or countries; calls on the Commission to establish other mutually beneficial partnerships with resource-rich countries such as a revised partnership agreement with the Home Rule Government of Greenland; believes that the EU should offer ‘infrastructure- resource’ partnerships which involve European companies; calls on the EU to support resource-rich developing countries in developing their geological knowledge; proposes in this context the establishment of co-operatively financed chairs at geological faculties;
Amendment 249 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. IUnderlines that the policy of some emerging countries, especially China, sourcing raw materials worldwide, in particular in Africa, might endanger the European Union's access to commodities on the continent; is concerned that a strategy for dialogue and co- operation with China is not identified; stresses the need for atrade and technology dialogue with China; calls on the Commission to examine how pilot projects on sustainable mining, substitution or recycling of CRM can be established with China; that also help to improve raw materials security in Europe;
Amendment 260 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Concurs that development policy plays a role in helping countries turn their resource wealth into sustainable and inclusive growth, inter alia by enhancing governance and transparency; does not consider development policy an RM diplomacy tool; agrees that trade agreements should provide the necessary flexibility to support developing countries in creating linkages from the extractive industry towards local industry; believes that countries'’ resource sovereignty must be respected in this context; nevertheless, the EU should consider on a case-by-case basis the possibility to limit autonomous preferences vis-à-vis countries that apply restrictive unjustified trade and investment measures on raw materials;
Amendment 277 #
2011/2056(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the work on RM and sustainability in the OECD, G8 and G20; calls on the Commission to promote the work of the OECD on the impact of export restrictions and about their use as a policy tool; supports the inclusion of non-OECD members in these discussions; calls for the creation of strategic co- operation between the EU, US and Japan on CRM in sharing demand and supply data, common forecasting, exchanging best practice, analysing supply chains, investigating the possibility for joint strategic stocks, and the establishment of joint R&D projects; asks the Commission to investigate the feasibility of an international statistics initiative on CRM based on the example of the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI);
Amendment 311 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – point 1 – point 1.3 – paragraph 2
In accordance with Article 18 of Horizon 2020, dedicated measures as set out in the specific objective ‘Innovation in SMEs’ (dedicated SME instrument) shall be applied in the specific objective ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and Part III ‘Societal challenges’. This integrated approach is expected to lead to around 15 % of their total combined budgets goAt least 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on 'Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies' and the priority 'Societal challenges' shall be used withing tohe SMEs instrument.
Amendment 567 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The SME instrument should be centrally managed in order to ensure coherent application of rules, visibility of the Instrument and a single entry point, facilitating participation of SMEs.
Amendment 569 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
Annex 1 – section 2 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4
The SME instrument will cover all fields of science, technology and innovation in a bottom-up approach with open calls (no predefined call topics) within a given societal challenge or enabling technology so as to leave sufficient room for all kinds of promising ideas, notably cross-sector and inter-disciplinary projects, to be funded.
Amendment 747 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – introductory part
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – introductory part
3.1.2. Unlock the potential of cost- competitive, efficient and renewable heating-cooling systems
Amendment 749 #
2011/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – paragraph 1
A substantial share of energy is consumed for heating or cooling purposes across the Union and the development of cost- effec competitive and efficient technologies, system integration techniques e.g. network connectivity with standardised languages and services in this area would have a major impact in reducing energy demand. This requires research and demonstration of new systems and components for industrial, commercial as well as residential applications, for example in decentralised and district supply of hot water, space heating and cooling. This should encompass different technologies: solar thermal, geothermal, biomass, heat pumps, combined heat and power etc, and meet the requirements of near-zero energy buildings and districts. Further breakthroughs are needed, in particular, in thermal storage from renewable energy sources and to foster the development and deployment of efficient combinations of energy sources and technologies in hybrid heating and cooling systems, for centralised and de-centralised applications.
Amendment 348 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) SMEs constitute a significant source of innovation and growth in Europe. Therefore a strong participation of SMEs, as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003, is needed in Horizon 2020. This should support the aims of the Small Business Act. Constituting more than 95% of all enterprises in the Union, there are, however, big differences between SMEs and a different approach is required for different types of SMEs. Therefore, Horizon 2020 should provide for a package of different instruments to support the research and innovation activities and capacities of SMEs, such as direct funding, better participation in collaborative projects, easier access to finance, skills enhancement and training, mobility of human resources, and Eurostars. Horizon 2020 should also support small "mid-caps" (entrepreneur- driven firms with up to 1,000 employees), many of which have high growth potential.
Amendment 418 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The maximum overall amount for the Union financial contribution from Horizon 2020 to the non-nuclear direct research actions of the Joint Research Centre shall be EUR 2212 million2.52%1 of the total Horizon 2020 budget, taking into account that the JRC budget is mainly based on fixed costs (staff and infrastructure). 1 The percentage is based on the financial allocation proposed by the Commission for Horizon 2020.
Amendment 423 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
The maximum overall amount for the Union financial contribution from Horizon 2020 to the non-nuclear direct research actions of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) shall be according to the necessity of the JRC, taking into account that the JRC budget is mainly based on fixed costs (staff and infrastructure).
Amendment 452 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The terms and conditions regarding the participation of the EFTA States that are party to the EEA Agreement shall be in accordance with the provisions of that Agreement.
Amendment 502 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a All research and innovation builds on the capacity of scientists, research institutions, businesses and citizens to openly access, share and use scientific information. To increase the circulation and exploitation of knowledge, free open online access to scientific publications, already embraced in the Seventh Framework Programme, shall be the general principle for scientific publications which receive public funding from Horizon 2020. Furthermore, Horizon 2020 shall experiment with online open access to scientific data produced or collected by publicly funded research aiming at open access to such data becoming the general rule by 2020. At the same time disclosure of research results shall be limited if patent activities can be compromised
Amendment 508 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The proposals submitted shall be evaluated by a body whose composition adequately reflects the expertise required to judge all the criteria established above.
Amendment 613 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Specific actions shall be undertaken within the specific objective ‘"Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’" set out in Point 1 of Part II of Annex I and each of the specific objectives under the priority ‘"Societal challenges’" set out in Points 1 to 6 of Part III of Annex I. These specific actions shall take the form of a dedicated SME instrumentprogram that is targeted at all types of SMEs with an innovation potential and shall be implemented in a consistent manner and tailored to the needs of SMEs as set out under the specific objective ‘"Innovation in SMEs’" in Point 3.3.(a) of Part II of Annex I.
Amendment 616 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected to lead to around 15should reach 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘'Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’' and the priority ‘'Societal challenges’' going to SMEs.
Amendment 617 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. The integrated approach set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 is expected to lead to around 15At least 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ goshall be used withing tohe SMEs instrument as set out in paragraph 2.
Amendment 805 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 12
Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 12
Horizon 2020 will take an integrated approach to the participation of SMEs, which cshould lread to around 15 ch 20% of the total combined budgets for all specific objectives on societal challenges and the specific objective ‘'Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’' being devoted to SMEs.
Amendment 1239 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
SMEs shall be supported across Horizon 2020. For this purpose a dedicated SME instrument shall provide staged and seamless support covering the whole innovation cycle. The SME instrument shall include visible funding modules for simple and fast access and be targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise. It shall be provided for all types of innovation, including service, non- technological and social innovations. The aim is to develop and capitalise on the innovation potential of SMEs by filling the gap in funding for early stage high risk research and innovation, stimulating innovations and increasing private-sector commercialisation of research results. The SME instrument shall be implemented in a bottom-up logic with open calls (no pre- defined call topics).
Amendment 1243 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 1
SMEs shall be supported across Horizon 2020. For this purpose a dedicated SME instrumentprogram shall provide staged and seamless support covering the whole innovation cycle. The SME instrument shall be targeted at all types of innovative SMEs showing a strong ambition to develop, grow and internationalise. It shall be provided for all types of innovation, including service, non-technological and social innovations. The aim is to develop and capitalise on the innovation potential of SMEs by filling the gap in funding for early stage high risk research and innovation, stimulating innovations and increasing private-sector commercialisation of research results.
Amendment 1250 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2
All of the specific objectives on societal challenges and on leadership in enabling and industrial technologies will apply the dedicated SME instrumentprogram and will allocate an amount for this.
Amendment 1253 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point a – paragraph 2 a (new)
The SME instrument should be centrally managed in order to ensure coherent application of rules, visibility of the Instrument and a single entry point, facilitating participation of SMEs.
Amendment 1814 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
*Including EUR 8975 million for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) of which EUR 1795 million for photonics and micro-and nanoelectronics, EUR 4293 million for nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing, EUR 575 million for biotechnology and EUR 1737 million for space. As a result, EUR 6663 million will be available to support Key Enabling Technologies. A minimum of 20% of the total combined budget for the specific objective on ‘Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies’ and the priority ‘Societal challenges’ shall be earmarked for the SME instrument.
Amendment 1817 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
** Around EUR 1131 million of this amount may go towards the implementation of Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) projects. Aroundt least one third of this mayshall go to SMEs.
Amendment 1819 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – subparagraph 2
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – subparagraph 2
** Around EUR 1131 million of this amount may go towards the implementation of Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) projects. Aroundt least one third of this mayshall go to SMEs.
Amendment 1822 #
2011/0401(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Annex II – Breakdown of the budget – table – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 147 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is appropriate to establish the terms and conditions for providing Union funding for participants in actions under Horizon 2020. In order to reduce the complexity of the existing funding rules and have a higher flexibility in the project implementation, a simplified cost reimbursement system should be adopted with enhanced use of lump sums, flat rates and scale of unit costs. For simplification purposes, a single reimbursement rate should be applied for each type of actionincluding a full-cost option should be applied with no differentiation according to the type of participant.
Amendment 157 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) In accordance with Regulation (EU) No XX/XX [Financial Regulation], these rules for the participation and dissemination should provide the basis for a wider acceptance of the usual accounting practices of the beneficiaries and to accept beneficiaries' own accounting practices in establishing eligible costs. For this purpose, the requirements of audit certificates, including the certificates on methodology, should be adapted appropriately. The Commission should establish to the greatest possible extent a single audit approach, leaving sufficient flexibility for the acknowledgement of common accounting practices, with due regard to nationally accepted accounting practices.
Amendment 189 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) 'experimental development' means the acquiring, combining, shaping and using of existing scientific, technological, business and other relevant knowledge and skills for the purpose of producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services, including activities such as prototyping, experimental production, testing, demonstrating, piloting, and market replication;
Amendment 242 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4a Guidance and information for potential participants 1. The Commission shall ensure that sufficient guidance and information is made available to all potential participants, in parallel with the publication of the first annual work programme of Horizon 2020. 2. The following documents shall be drawn up in close cooperation with all relevant stakeholders and adopted by the Commission by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 9(2): a) rules for submission, evaluation, selection and award; b) standard model grant agreement; c) rules on audit certification. 3. Furthermore, the following guidance and information documents shall be drawn up in close cooperation with all relevant stakeholders and disseminated by the Commission appropriately: a) guidance note on drafting proposals, including detailed information on the evaluation and selection process; b) guidance note for beneficiaries; c) guide to financial issues; d) guide to intellectual property rights (IPR); e) checklist for consortium agreement. 4. The stipulations the Commission adapts in the above mentioned documents, concerning the interpretation of the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) No XX/XX [Financial Regulation] and this Regulation, shall remain valid throughout the whole duration of the programme.
Amendment 244 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. For the purpose of calculating the size of an undertaking, the participant in an action shall be defined solely as the legal or natural person making the application, to the exclusion of its parent company, subsidiaries or foreign holdings.
Amendment 275 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10a A simplified two-stage evaluation procedure may apply, if stated so in the work programme, provided that no prolongation of the overall evaluation period is entailed.
Amendment 359 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission or the relevant funding body shall ensure that for grant agreements resulting from calls under the dedicated SME instrument the time between the deadline for proposals as established by the individual calls for proposals and the signature of the grant agreement, or where applicable the grant decision, shall be limited to a maximum period of five months.
Amendment 415 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Following single reimbursement rate of the eligible costs shall be applied per action for all activities funded therein, including an option for reimbursement on full-cost basis:
Amendment 416 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Method of cost Type of activity single rate for all participants calculation Research & direct costs + 100% + 20% Development flat rate full costs 70% direct costs + Close-to-market 70% + 20% flat rate full costs 70%
Amendment 494 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Alternatively to paragraph 1, a beneficiary may opt to determine its indirect eligible costs based on indirect costs that are actually incurred in direct relationship with the eligible costs attributed to the project, according to the beneficiary's usual cost accounting practices. In this case the reimbursement rates for full costs calculation stipulated in Article 22(3) shall apply.
Amendment 664 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Open access to research publications that are published after the duration of a project shall be supported through a lump sum to be paid at the end of a project.
Amendment 763 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 f (new)
Article 49 f (new)
Article 49f SME Instrument 1. Only SMEs may apply for calls for proposals issued under the dedicated SME instrument referred to in Article [18] of Regulation (EU) No XX/XX [Horizon 2020]. They shall be encouraged to participate jointly with other companies, research organisations and universities. Once a company has been validated as an SME this legal status shall be assumed to prevail for the entire duration of the project, even in cases where the company, due to its growth, later on exceeds the ceilings foreseen within the SME definition. 2. Calls for proposals under the SME instruments shall be open calls, taking a bottom-up approach towards the topic to the greatest possible extent. A simplified two-stage evaluation procedure may apply, if stated so in the work programme, provided that no prolongation of the overall evaluation period is entailed. 3. In accordance with Article 17a, the 'time-to-contract' under the SME instrument may not exceed six months. 3. In accordance with this Regulation, the grant agreement concluded under the SME instrument may lay down specific provisions, in particular on subcontracting, ownership, access rights, exploitation and dissemination of results. 4. Where revision of the grant agreement concluded under the SME instrument is necessary during the implementation of an action, in particular with regards to changes in the composition of the consortium, a simplified revision procedure shall apply. 5. The Commission shall ensure sufficient complementarities between the SME instrument under Horizon 2020 and the Financial Instruments under Horizon 2020 and COSME as well as schemes and instruments set up jointly with Member States, such as the Eurostars Joint Programme.
Amendment 764 #
2011/0399(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 g (new)
Article 49 g (new)
Article 49g Fast Track to Innovation 1. Any legal entity that is allowed to participate in activities covered by part II ('Industrial Leadership') and part III ('Societal Challenges') of the Specific Programme (Regulation (EU) xy/2012) shall be allowed to submit proposals to be considered under the Fast Track 2 Innovation Instrument. Within part II ('Industrial Leadership'), proposals may be submitted under every technology field identified under the specific objective 'Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies' in the [Specific Programme], without restriction to the topic of research. Within part III ('Societal Challenges'), proposals may be submitted under every societal challenge, without restriction to the technology field. 2. Proposals may be submitted at any time. The Commission shall initiate an evaluation period twice a year, at a fixed period of time. Time between the start of an evaluation period and the award of a grant shall not exceed six months. 3. Firstly, proposals shall be ranked according to the award criteria "impact" and "quality and efficiency of the implementation". Secondly, "excellence" as the crucial award criterion shall determine the final ranking leading to the grant decision. 4. Being implemented as a fast track, no more than five legal entities shall participate in an action. 3. The Horizon 2020 grant shall be determined in accordance with Article 22 (3a (new)).
Amendment 42 #
2011/0363(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities when preparing the 2014 annual work programme as referred to in Article 6(1). ItThe assessment shall include an opinion obtained from ENSREG (the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group). The Commission may decide, when adopting the annual work programme, to suspend all or part of the Union financial assistance pending the satisfactory completion of the ex ante conditionalities.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0363(NLE)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Evaluations shall take account of progress against performance indicators as referred to in Article 2(2). The assessment report shall be submitted to ENSREG (the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group) for review.
Amendment 7 #
2011/0333(CNS)
Da. whereas the Parliament considers that, in line with its position that a reform of the own-resource system of the Union is needed, , a CO2 footprint tax should be considered as possible own resource in addition to the new VAT resource proposed by the Commission,that a percentage rate of (x) should be added to the national VAT-rates for those goods that are especially CO2 intensive in their production and that this new tax should replace the Emission Trading System (ETS) system for those goods;
Amendment 218 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) On the basis of the sector specific guidelines laid down in separate Regulations, a list of priority areas for which this Regulation should apply has been drawn up and should be included in the Annex. In order to take into account possible changes in political priorities and technological capabilities, as well as traffic flows, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of adopting amendments to the Annex. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts them up, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 222 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) In order to guarantee broad and fair competition for projects funded under the CEF, the form of the contract must be consistent with the aims and circumstances of the project. The terms of the contract must be drafted in such a way as to spread the risks associated with the work to be carried out fairly, in order to maximise cost-effectiveness and ensure that the work is performed as efficiently as possible. This principle shall apply irrespective of whether a national or international contract model is employed.
Amendment 257 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(13) "bottleneck" means a physical and/or functional barrier that leads to a system break affecting the continuity of long- distance flows. Such a functional barrier can be absorbed by new infrastructure such as bridges or tunnels that address problems as for example gradients, curve radii, gauge. The need to upgradeeliminated by improving existing infrastructure shall notand/or bey considered as a bottleneckreating new infrastructure;
Amendment 423 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i
i) rail and inland waterways and roads: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible costs; the funding rate may be increased to 30% for actions addressing bottlenecks; the funding rate may be increased to 40% for actions concerning cross-border sections;
Amendment 447 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new)
iia) actions to support new technologies and innovations for all forms of transport which help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible costs.
Amendment 523 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a In order to guarantee broad and fair competition for projects funded under the CEF, the form of the contract must be consistent with the aims and circumstances of the project. The terms of the contract must be drafted in such a way as to spread the risks associated with the work to be carried out fairly, in order to maximise cost-effectiveness and ensure that the work is performed as efficiently as possible. This principle shall apply irrespective of whether a national or international contract model is employed.
Amendment 565 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Amendment 572 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If a large-scale project fails to comply with the general principles laid down in Article 13a, it may not be supported using CEF funds. The Commission shall give the Member State concerned the opportunity to bring the project into line with the general principles in question.
Amendment 577 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25
Article 25
Amendment 593 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point a
Annex – Part I – point a
Amendment 688 #
2011/0302(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Part I – point 10 – row 10
Annex – Part I – point 10 – row 10
Main -– Main-Donau- IWW studies and works on Canal -– Danube several sections and (Kehlheim – Sulina or bottlenecks; inland Constanta) waterway ports: hinterland connections
Amendment 328 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – indent 2
– efficient and sustainable use of resources through mitigation of(in line with the relevant environmental risksstandards);
Amendment 468 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. At least one public consultation shall be carried out by the project promoter, or, where this is laid down by national legislation, by the competent authority, before submission of the application file to the competent authority pursuant to paragraph 1(a) of Article 11. The public consultation shall inform stakeholders referred to in point 2(a) of Annex VI about the project at an early stage and identify the most suitable location or trajectory and the relevant issues to be addressed in the application file. The minimum modalities of this public consultation are specified in point 4 of Annex VI. A report summarising the results of activities related to the participation of the public prior to the submission of the application file shall be prepared by the project promoter and submitted together with the application file to the competent authority, which shall take due account of these results when taking the comprehensive decision.
Amendment 471 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
The project promoter, or, where national legislation so provides, the competent authority, shall establish and regularly update a project website to publish relevant information about the project, which shall be linked to the Commission website and which shall satisfy the requirements specified in point 5 of Annex VI. Commercially sensitive information shall be kept confidential.
Amendment 563 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Amendment 580 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter V – Article -15 (new)
Chapter V – Article -15 (new)
Amendment 592 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Projects of common interest falling under the categories set out in points 1(a) to (d) and 2 of Annex II, except for hydro- pumped electricity storage projects, shall be also eligible for Union financial support in the form of grants for works in accordance with the provisions of [Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility], if they are carried out according to the procedure referred to in paragraph 6(b) of Article 5 or if they fulfil the following criteria:
Amendment 636 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part 1 – point 2 – paragraph 1
(2) North-South electricity interconnections in Western Europe (“NSI West Electricity”): interconnections between Member States of the region and with Mediterranean third countries, notably to integrate electricity from renewable energy sources.
Amendment 639 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part 1 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part 1 – point 2 – paragraph 2
Member States concerned: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, MaltAustria, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom;.
Amendment 741 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 2 – point 3
Annex III – part 2 – point 3
(3) Proposed electricity transmission and storage projects falling under the categories set out in point 1(a) to, (b) and (d) of Annex II shall be part of the latest available ten- year network development plan for electricity, developed by the ENTSO for Electricity pursuant Article 8 of Regulation (EC) 714/2009.
Amendment 756 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point a
Annex IV – point 1 – point a
(a) for electricity transmission, the project changes the grid transfer capacity at the border of that Member State with one or several other Member States or at any other relevant cross-section of the same transmission corridor by at least 500 Megawatt or 20% compared to the situation without commissioning of the project;
Amendment 758 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point b
Annex IV – point 1 – point b
(b) for electricity storage, the project provides storage capacity allowing a net annual electricity generation of at least 5100 Gigawatt-hours;
Amendment 762 #
2011/0300(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1 – point d
Annex IV – point 1 – point d
(d) for gas storage or liquefied/compressed natural gas, the project aims at supplying directly or indirectly at least two Member States or at fulfilling the infrastructure standard (N-1 rule) at regional level in accordance with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) No 994/2010;, including storage facilities connected to distribution networks.
Amendment 281 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a Calculation of data volume in the area of the average wholesale charge The data volume in the area of the average wholesale charge that the operator of a visited network levies from the roaming customer's home provider for the provision of regulated data roaming services by means of that visited network shall be calculated in terabytes.
Amendment 303 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Calculation of data volume in the area of the average retail charge The data volume in the area of the average retail charge under a Euro-data tariff which a home provider levies from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming data services shall be calculated in gigabytes.
Amendment 326 #
2011/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a After an SMS is sent in the area of another Member State, in the event of defective transmission the provider shall notify the customer immediately by SMS.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the added value of EU programmes in favour of SMEs, as these have proven very helpful in supporting Member States’ efforts to secure SMEs’ access to funding opportunities in a time of deep financial crisis; stresses, nevertheless, that a better and more diverse access to funding, from grants to loans or equity financing, should be available in the future for all European industrial actors; strongly believes that in the foreseen financial envelope for the Programme for the Competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME), the budget allocated to financial instruments shallould be increased, at least to the level of the funds available for the CIP Programme 2007-2013, and the access to it improved, so that the programme can be extended to include even more SMEs, and so that it answers more adequately to SMEs’ various needs;
Amendment 43 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Particularly stresses the need for further financing of ‘Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs’ under the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020. Observes that the programme has adopted as its aims promoting European enterprise, exchanging knowledge and best-practice models and building networks and partnerships for those purposes.
Amendment 94 #
2011/0177(APP)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls its position that, given the wide array of tasks, challenges and objectives that the CAP is called on to respond to, the amounts allocated to the CAP in the budget yearperiod 2007- 2013 should be at least maintained during the next financial programming period; stresses, in this context, the important role played by the second pillar of the CAP, which makes a significant contribution to investment and job creation in rural areas and to enhancing the effectiveness and competitiveness of the farming industry;
Amendment 127 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 emphasized the need to increase energy efficiency in the Union to achieve the objective of saving 20% of the Union's primary energy consumption by 2020 compared to projections. This amounts to a reduction of the Union's primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020 or to an improvement of the Union's energy intensity to 104 tonnes of oil equivalent per million euro gross domestic product expressed in 2005 prices. This Directive represents, in combination with a number of existing legislative measures (such as the emissions trading scheme, the Renewable Energy Directive, the Ecodesign Directive, etc), an important instrument to achieve the objective.
Amendment 212 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) An assessment of the possibility of establishing a ‘white certificate’ scheme at Union level has shown that, in the current situation, such a system would create excessive administrative costs and that there is a risk that energy savings would be concentrated in a number of Member States and not introduced across the Union. The latter objective can better be achieved, at least at this stage, by means of national energy efficiency obligation schemes or other alternative measures that achieve the same amount of energy savings. The Commission should however define, by a delegated act, common criteria according to which energy efficiency measures could be measured and verified as well as the conditions under which a Member State could in future recognise the energy savings achieved in another Member State. It is appropriate for the level of ambition of such schemes to be established in a common framework at Union level while providing significant flexibility to Member States to take full account of the national organisation of market actors, the specific context of the energy sector and final customers' habits. The common framework should give energy utilities and other eligible actors the option of offering energy services to all final customers, not only to those to whom they sell energy. This increases competition in the energy market because energy utilities can differentiate their product by providing complementary energy services. The common framework should allow Member States to include requirements in their national scheme that pursue a social aim, notably in order to ensure that vulnerable customers have access to the benefits of higher energy efficiency. It should also allow Member States to exempt small companies from the energy efficiency obligation. The Commission Communication ‘Small Business Act’ sets out principles that should be taken into account by Member States that decide to abstain from applying this possibility.
Amendment 225 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) These audits should be carried out in an independentobjective and cost-effective manner. The requirement for independence allows the audits to be carried out by in-house experts, provided that these are qualified or accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member State has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality and to impose sanctions if needed.
Amendment 253 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) High-efficiency cogeneration (CHP) and district heating and cooling has significant potential for saving primary energy which is largely untapped in the Union. Member States should draw up national plansanalyses of their potential to develop high-efficiency CHP and district heating and cooling. These plans should cover a sufficiently long period toMember States should aim at provideing investors with information concerning national development plans anover a sufficiently long period which would contribute to a stable and supportive investment environment. NWhere the cost-benefit analysis is positive, new electricity generation installations and existing installations which are substantially refurbished or whose permit or licence is updated should be equipped with high-efficient CHP units to recover waste heat stemming from the production of electricity. This waste heat could then be transported where it is needed through district heating networks. To this end, Member States should adopt authorisation criteria to ensure the location of installations in sites close to heat demand points. Member States should however be able to lay down conditions for exemption from these obligations where certain conditions are met. When adopting authorisation criteria Member States should ensure that the regional and local competences as regards spatial planning are fully respected.
Amendment 293 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 313 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union's target of 20% primary energy savings by 2020 including the early actions of Member States and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
Amendment 334 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
1 a. ‘energy efficiency’ means the use of less energy inputs while maintaining an equivalent level of economic activity or service;
Amendment 353 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
2 b. ‘energy saving’ means a reduction of energy consumption through the implementation of energy efficiency, behaviour change or decreased economic activity;
Amendment 370 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
4 a. 'cost-optimal level’ means the energy performance level of products or services which leads to the lowest cost during the estimated economic lifecycle, where: (a) the lowest cost is determined taking into account energy-related investment costs, maintenance and operating costs, where applicable, and disposal costs, where applicable; and (b) the estimated economic lifecycle is determined by each Member State by product or service category. The cost-optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive; For cost-optimal levels related to buildings and building refurbishment, Article 2(14) of Directive 2010/31/EU shall apply;
Amendment 372 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘energy distributor’ means a natural or legal person, including a distribution system operator, responsible for transporting energy with a view to its delivery to final customers or to distribution stations that sell energy to final customers excluding energy transports from natural and legal persons for which manufacturing is the main business activity;
Amendment 376 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. ‘retail energy sales company’ means a natural or legal person who sells energy to final customers; excluding energy sales from natural and legal persons for which manufacturing is the main business activity;
Amendment 421 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 27 a (new)
27a. ´early action savings´ are those savings resulting from energy efficiency improvement measures initiated in a previous year not earlier than 1995 and still generating savings in 2016 and beyond;
Amendment 450 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall set a national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020. When setting these targets, they shall take into account the Union’s target of 20 % energy savings, the measures provided for in this Directive, the measures adopted to reach the national energy saving targets adopted pursuant to Article 4(1) of Directive 2006/32/EC, early actions and other measures to promote energy efficiency within Member States and at Union level.
Amendment 455 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may deviate from the provisions laid down in Articles 4 and 6. They shall notify to the Commission alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt in accordance with Article 19 (2). Member States opting for alternative or complementary measures shall ensure that the amount of primary energy savings or the decrease in energy intensity achieved by these alternative or complementary measures is sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
Amendment 471 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June 20146, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 31 December 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
Amendment 473 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. By 30 June1 December 20143, the Commission shall assess whether the Union is likely to achieve its target of 20 % primary energy savings by 2020, requiring a reduction of EU primary energy consumption of 368 Mtoe in 2020, taking into account the sum of the national targets referred to in paragraph 1 and the evaluation referred to in Article 19(4).
Amendment 479 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 669 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that eiMember States shall determine ther all energy distributors or all retail energmount of energy to be saved. When setting these targets they shales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport.l: a) take into account their national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3, b) set multi-annual targets to leave sufficient flexibility and predictability to the obliged parties and c) take into consideration the potential contribution and early actions This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers.
Amendment 714 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall express the amount of the achieved energy savings potential required from each obligated party in terms of either final or primary energy consumption. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savings shall also be used for calculating the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors in Annex IV shall apply.
Amendment 719 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Measures that target short-term savings, as defined in Annex V(1), shall not account for more than 10% of the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party and shall only be eligible to count towards the obligation laid down in paragraph 1 if combined with measures to which longer- term savings potential are attributed. Member States shall define measures targeting short-term savings and may use Annex V(1) as guideline.
Amendment 751 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) allow obligated parties to count savings obtained in a given year as if they had instead been obtained in any of the two previous or two following yearstowards the final target in 2020.
Amendment 756 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Member States shall publish the achieved energy savings achievedpotential by each obligated party and data on the annual trend of energy savingefficiency improvements under the scheme. For the purposes of publishing and verifying the energy savings achievedachieved energy efficiency measures including their energy savings potential, Member States shall require obligated parties to submit to them at least the followingthe relevant data:.
Amendment 759 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point a
Amendment 763 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 764 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point c
Amendment 778 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Member States mayshall exempt small energy distributors and small retail energy sales companies, namely those that distribute or sell less than the equivalent of 75220 GWh of energy per year, employ fewer than 10 persons or have an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total that does not exceed EUR 2 000 000, from the application of this Article. Energy produced for self use or have less than 15.000 customers. If the threshold of sold energy or the number of customers is exceeded over a time period of two years, then the concerned business shall be treated as an obligated party in the following third year. Energy produced for self use shall not count towards these thresholds. Energy produced for self use as well as sales and deliveries within industrial grids and the end use of recovered energy products shall not count towards these thresholds.
Amendment 793 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
As an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to take other measures to achieve energy savings among final customers. The annual amount of energy savings achieved through this approach shall be equivalent to the amount of energy savings required in paragraph 1account towards the final target in 2020.
Amendment 798 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest in the context of the national energy efficiency plan referred to in Article 19(2) of this directive, the alternative or complementary measures that they plan to adopt, including the rules on penalties referred to in Article 9, and demonstrating how they would achieve the required amount of savings. The Commission maenergy refuse suchficiency measures or make suggestions for modifications in the 3 months following notification. In such cases, the alternative approach shall not be applied by the Member State concerned until the Commission expressly accepts the resubmitted or modified draft measureswith the required verified energy savings potential.
Amendment 824 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States may make use of Voluntary Agreements among customers, energy companies, local institutions, in order to stimulate cooperation on energy efficiency programs and to boost the energy services market as a result of a common voluntary engagement of all the actors.
Amendment 838 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall promote the availability to all final customers of energy audits which are affordable, cost-effective and carried out in an independentobjective manner by qualified or accredited experts.
Amendment 863 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independentobjective and cost-effective manner by qualified or accredited experts, who could also be an in-house expert, at the latest by 30 June 2014 and every threfive years from the date of the previous energy audit. No market participant should be excluded from offering energy services. Member States shall ensure that data from energy audits are treated confidentially.
Amendment 880 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall secure that companies are supported with incentives to be able to finance recommendations from the energy audit.
Amendment 887 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Energy audits carried out in an independentobjective manner resulting from energy management systems or implemented under voluntary agreements concluded between organisations of stakeholders and an appointed body and supervised by the Member State concerned or by the Commission, shall be considered as fulfilling the requirements of paragraph 2. No market participant should be excluded from offering energy services.
Amendment 908 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Metering and informative billing Metering and billing information
Amendment 909 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
When Member States shallput in place the roll- out of smart meters based on a positive cost-benefit analysis as foreseen by Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC concerning electricity and gas markets, they shall ensure that the objectives of energy efficiency and final customer benefits as well as privacy issues and data security are fully taken into account when establishing the minimum functionalities of the meters and obligations imposed on market participants. Member States may ensure that final customers for electricity, natural gas, district heating or cooling and district- supplied domestic hot water are provided with individual meters that accurately measure, and allow to make availablereadings to be taken of, their actual energy consumption and provide information on actual time of useenergy consumption, in accordance with Annex VI.
Amendment 946 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In the case of electricity and on request of the final customer, meter operators shall ensure that the meter can account for electricity produced on the final customer's premises and exported to the grid. Member States shallmay ensure that if final customers request it, metering data on their real-time production or consumption is made available, according to the period of reading out, based on clear data protection legislation, general market rules, legal framework and legislation on calibration set by Member State to a third party acting on behalf of the final customer.
Amendment 962 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
In case of heating and cooling, where a building is supplied from a district heating network, a heat meter shallmay be installed at the building entry. In multi-apartment buildings, individual heat consumption meters shallmay also be installed to measure the consumption of heat or cooling for each apartment on basis of a positive cost- benefit-analysis. Where the use of individual heat consumption meters is not technically and economically feasible, individual heat cost allocators, in accordance with the specifications in Annex VI(1.2), shallmay be used for measuring heat consumption at each radiator.
Amendment 987 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Based on a positive cost-benefit analysis and clear data protection legislation and the internationally set standards the roll out of smart meters may be done.
Amendment 989 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In addition to the obligations resulting from Directive 2009/72/EC and Directive 2009/73/EC (cost-benefit analysis foreseen in Annex 1 point 2 of the Directives and the standardisation process led by the European Commission CEN TC294 for gas and CLC TC205 for electricity) with regard to billinginformation, Member States shall ensure, not later than 1 January 2015, that billingmay require that as far as it is technically possible, financially reasonable and proportionate in relation to the potential energy savings consumer information is accurate and based on actual consumption, for all the sectors covered by the present Directive, including energy distributors, distribution system operators and retail energy sales companies, in accordance with the minimum frequency set out in Annex VI(2.1). Appropriate information shall be made available with the billby consumer information to provide final customers with a comprehensive account of current energy costs, in accordance with Annex VI(2.2).
Amendment 1030 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1036 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall lay down rules on incentives and financing to give companies and residentials incentives to carry out energy efficiency investments.
Amendment 1067 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 JanuaryDecember 20145, Member States shall establish and notify to the Commission a national heating and cooling plan for developing the potential for the application of high-efficiency cogeneration and efficient district heating and cooling, containing the information set out in Annex VII. Administrative burden should be minimized. The plans shall be updated and notified to the Commission every five years. Member States shall ensure by means of their regulatory framework that national heating and cooling plans are taken into account in local and regional development plans, including urban and rural spatial plans, and fulfil the design criteria in Annex VII.
Amendment 1082 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to develop efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure to accommodate the development of high- efficiency cogeneration and the use of heating and cooling from waste heat and renewable energy sources in accordance with paragraphs 1, (3, 6) and 7. To enforce necessary investments in infrastructure, easy access to relevant funds as well as tax exemptions shall be taken into consideration. When developing district heating and cooling, they shall to the extent possible opt for high-efficiency cogeneration rather than heat-only generation.
Amendment 1103 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that all new thermal combustion electricity generation installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW:
Amendment 1117 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) arstudies are to be made on technical and economic feasibility of waste heat use. If local waste heat consumption is guaranteed and if it can be provided economically, the plant shall be provided with equipment allowing for the recovery of waste heat by means of a high-efficiencyt cogeneration unit; and.
Amendment 1131 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1202 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that national regulations on urban and rural spatial planning are adapted to the authorisation criteria referred to in paragraph 3 and artake in line withto account the national heating and cooling planalyses referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1221 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall, where appropriate and cost-effective, ensure that, whenever an existing electricity generation installation with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW is substantially refurbished or when, in accordance with Article 21 of Directive 2010/75/EC, its permit is updated, conversion to allow its operation as a high-efficiency cogeneration installation is set as a condition in the new or updated permit or licence, provided that the installation is sited in a location where the waste heat can be used by heat demand points in accordance with point 1 of Annex VIII.
Amendment 1257 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall adopt authorisation or equivalent permitting criteria to ensure that industrial installations with a total thermal input exceeding 20 MW generating waste heat that are built or substantially refurbished after [the entry into force of this Directive] capture and make use of their waste heat, when such a project is assessed as economically, commercially and technically feasible.
Amendment 1274 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall establish mechanisms to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to beashall ensure that the concerned installations and involved actors adequately cover the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers.
Amendment 1302 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 9
Article 10 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall establish by 1 January 2013 by means of a delegated act in accordance with Article 18 a methodology for the cost-benefit analysis referred to in paragraphs 4 (c), 7 (b) and 8(b). The methodology shall be prepared in consultation with the concerned actors. Any cost-benefit analysis shall take into account – the microeconomic viability, – overall energy and resource efficiency effects of locally existing energy networks, – the characteristics of local energy demand profile and – the operating life and typical investment cycles of affected installations.
Amendment 1322 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 1337 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that network regulation, and network tariffs set or approved by energy regulatory authorities for electricity, fulfil the criteria in Annex XI, taking into account guidelines and codes developed pursuant to Regulation 714/2009 and Regulation 715/2009.
Amendment 1342 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1386 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Member States may particularly facilitate the connection to the grid system of electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration from small scale and micro cogeneration units. For micro cogeneration units which are installed by individual citizens, the relevant authorities shall consider the possibility of replacing authorisations by simple notifications to the competent bodies. Member States that provide for priority access for produced from high-efficiency cogeneration as well as for electricity produced from renewable energy sources shall introduce national rules to ensure the stability of the power system.
Amendment 1396 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Member States shallmay take the appropriate steps to ensure that high-efficiency cogeneration operators can offer balancing services and other operational services at the level of transmission system operators or distribution system operators where this is consistent with the mode of operation and economical and technical feasible of the high-efficiency cogeneration installation. Transmission system operators and distribution system operators shall ensure that such services are part of a services bidding process which is transparent and open to scrutiny.
Amendment 1418 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Information and training 1. Member States shall ensure that information on available energy efficiency mechanisms and financial and legal frameworks is transparent and widely and actively disseminated to all relevant market actors, including consumers, builders, architects, engineers, environmental auditors and installers of building elements as defined in Directive 2010/31/EU. They shall ensure that banks and other financial institutions are informed of the possibilities of participating, including through the creation of public/private partnerships, in the financing of energy efficiency improvement measures. 2. Member States shall establish appropriate conditions and incentives for market operators to provide adequate and targeted information and advice to energy consumers on energy efficiency. 3. Member States, with the participation of stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, shall develop suitable information, awareness-raising and training programmes to inform citizens of the benefits and practicalities of taking energy efficiency improvement measures. 4. The Commission shall ensure that information on best energy-saving practices in Member States is exchanged and widely disseminated.
Amendment 1473 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Amendment 1496 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1). Every three years the national reports shall be accompanied by supplementary information in accordance with Annex XIV(2).
Amendment 1501 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 30 April1 October 20143, and every three years thereafter,the Member States shall submit supplementary reports with information on national energy efficiency policies, action plans, programmes andprovide the Commission with national energy efficiency plans which describe how the Member States intend to achieve the national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). These plans shall include measures implemented or planned at national, regional and local level to improve energy efficiency in view of achieving t. The national energy efficiency targets referred to in Article 3(1). The reports shall be complemented with updated estimates of expected overall primary energy consumption in 2020, as well as estimated levels of primary energy consumption in the sectors indicated in Annex XIV(1)plans shall be assessed by the Commission. The Commission may refuse a plan or suggest amendments to it the measures laid down in the plan are not sufficient to achieve the national energy efficiency target.
Amendment 1509 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall, not later than 1 January 2014, provide a template as guidance for the supplementary reports. This template shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 20(2). The supplementary reports shall in any case include the information specified in Annex XIV. While setting their national energy efficiency plans, the Member States shall take into account cost-effective energy efficiency measures and the risk of carbon leakage.
Amendment 1517 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4
Article 19 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall evaluate the annual reports and supplementary reportsinformation and assess the extent to which Member States have made progress towards the achievement of the national energy efficiency targets required by Article 3(1) and towards the implementation of this Directive. The Commission shall send its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council. Based on its assessment of the reports the Commission may issue recommendations to Member States.
Amendment 1561 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part III
Annex I – Part III
When implementing and applying the general principles for the calculation of electricity from cogeneration, Member States shall use the detailed Guidelines established by Decision 2008/952/EC38the manual for determination of combined heat and power (CEN/CENELEC-CWA 45547) or Guidelines for Implementation of the CHP Directive 2004/8/EC - March 2007.
Amendment 1566 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point f – subparagraph 3 – point 4 a (new)
Annex II – point f – subparagraph 3 – point 4 a (new)
4a. The reference values for the separate electricity production and heat production shall reflect the average load of the cogeneration plant during the reference period.
Amendment 1655 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – introductory part
The private data exported through the interface shall offer the final customer a possibility to consult his/her historic consumption levels (in local currency and in kWh, kJ or m3)over a range of time periods:
Amendment 1659 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 4 – point a
Amendment 1666 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 5
Annex VI – section 1 – point 1.1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 1676 #
2011/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
Annex VI – section 2 – point 2.1 – title
2.1 .Frequency of billing basedinformation on actual consumption
Amendment 192 #
2010/2245(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that to create a true Innovation Union by 2020 and to complete the European Research Area by 2014 the European Union needs the pan- European research infrastructures, such as the Biological and Medical Sciences Research Infrastructure (BMS RI) projects; stresses that it will therefore be of key importance to develop appropriate funding mechanisms for their sustainable implementation;
Amendment 21 #
2010/2233(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for stepped-up ERC (European Research Council) and EIT (European Institute of Technology) collaboration with the Gulf Cooperation Council in order to foster, and press ahead with, scientific dialogue and cooperation between regions in this area, too;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of establishing efficient intraday markets throughout Europe, in order to manage the growing volume of wind energy;
Amendment 93 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the 2005 Commission sector inquiry; calls for a second energy sector inquiry to be launched in 2012 in case there are serious signs of wide spread market abuse;
Amendment 98 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Asks the Commission to organise an annual summit with representatives of the energy related committees of the national parliaments and Members of the European Parliament as well as involving the energy industry on EU energy related policies, legislation and other related issues in order to assure a better mutual understanding;
Amendment 110 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recognises that the integration of renewable and decentralised energy sources – notably wind power – with existing energy systems depends on the upgrading and expansion of the European high voltage grid;
Amendment 120 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point a
Paragraph 15 – point a
(a) evaluate the problem of authorisation permits for energy infrastructure and remove red tape in order to shorten the protracted approval processes which impede the construction of cross-border transmission lines;
Amendment 178 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that some Member States need additional Union support for infrastructure which the markets alone can not provide, including the replacement of old power plants, electrical grids and supply networks;
Amendment 263 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Recognizes the important role of pumped storage plants as an efficient, reliable, environmentally friendly source of power for ancillary and balancing services;
Amendment 274 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Supports campaigns to enhance consumer awareness of the energy savings open to them in everyday life and existing mechanisms such as energy advice services in order to lead to a behavioural change;
Amendment 344 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls for increasing public awareness of the importance of adequate electricity supplies and the need for new power generation and transmission infrastructure;
Amendment 394 #
2010/2108(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Believes that electric mobility is a sustainable option for more energy efficiency and calls on the Commission and the Member States to foster relevant research and development;
Amendment 54 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas it is essential that new, cutting-edge energy technologies which make for sustainable energy production and more efficient energy use should be developed and marketed,
Amendment 57 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Amendment 62 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the aim must be to maintain the competitiveness of energy-intensive European undertakings facing global competition,
Amendment 113 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to introduce specific programmes and measures in the area of training for buildings-sector professions (engineers, architects) in order to increase awareness of energy-efficient building techniques among students before they even qualify, and calls on the Commission to monitor and assess the introduction of practical measures;
Amendment 128 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a revision of the CHP Directive to promote CHP and district heating/cooling by encouraging Member States to set up a stable and favourable regulatory framework by considering priority access to the electricity grid for CHP, by using industrial heat and by promoting use of CHP and district heating in buildings and sustainable funding for CHP, e.g. by making CHP a selection criterion for urban and rural development projects financed by the Structural Funds;
Amendment 150 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the Commission's work 'towards a single energy network' and, in that connection, calls on the Commission to submit practical proposals to simplify and speed up authorisation procedures for priority infrastructure projects;
Amendment 157 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to step up cooperation between the EU and energy grid operators (expanded role for ENTSO) with the aim of improving cross- border grid connections and performance;
Amendment 237 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the rapid and proper implementation of the Directives on Energy Labelling by adopting delegated acts covering new energy-related products; considers that the Directive on Eco-Design should also cover products for l, however, that consumer and investment goods arge buildings, industrial equipmdifferent, in tegrated lighting systems in buildings, prms of their complexity, customers and market volumpes and wather efficiency products and should also include a definition of minimum performance requirements for buildingsore calls on the Commission to take due account of this when it draws up the implementing measures for the Directive on Eco-Design;
Amendment 248 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 253 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Finds in this context that uniform technical standards are the appropriate means of achieving higher market penetration for energy efficient proudcts, pumps and engines, etc.
Amendment 256 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 261 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to evaluate legislation and make sure that legislation addresses products, systems and their energy use and considers it necessary to increase the awareness of EU citizens regarding the energy and resource efficiency of consumer and energy-related products; considers that when evaluating energy consumption, applications should be considered as a whole, rather than single part-products onlyincrease the awareness of EU citizens regarding the energy and resource efficiency of consumer and energy-related products;
Amendment 290 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose incentives for particularly innovative technologies to promote energy efficiency. These include market placement impulse programmes, target R&D priorities or promotion of small-volume production for new technology demonstration purposes.
Amendment 334 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission in this context also to submit a proposal to harmonise renewables promotion measures at EU level in order to drive forward efficient development of renewable energies. Development of renewables should primarily take place in those regions in which the natural resources for the technologies in question are most abundantly present and can be used with maximum efficiency;
Amendment 337 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 b (new)
Paragraph 32 b (new)
32b. Calls on the Commission to submit an annual report on whether and how appropriate (fiscal and subsidy-linked) incentives at national level were created, such as, in the private sphere and in SMEs, depreciations of small-scale industrial equipment up to EUR 10 000 or, in the industrial sphere, progressive depreciations of 50% in the first year or the creation of appropriate investment incentives and of research subsidies, in order to push forward energy efficiency measures;
Amendment 338 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 c (new)
Paragraph 32 c (new)
32c. Calls on the Commission to create a legislative framework tying the proceeds from CO2 auctions to climate and energy efficiency measures by the ETS undertakings concerned;
Amendment 411 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Recognises the chances and potential opportunities arising for European undertakings from the development, manufacture and marketing of energy efficient technologies (e.g. for applications in the area of engines and drives, lighting, electrical appliances, etc.);
Amendment 412 #
2010/2107(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Considers, in this context, the development and placing on the market of innovative technologies to be the basis for improving energy efficiency in all fields of application, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for increasing the share of renewable energies;
Amendment 27 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas maintaining global leadership of European industry is only possible through new technologies/processes/solutions, R&D, a sophisticated supply-chain, better efficiency, strong human resources, good logistics and infrastructure, as cost-cutting is not the only way forward for industry in Europe,
Amendment 53 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, with the EUurope 2020 Strategy and the communication on an Integrated EU industrial policy, the Commission is finally acknowledging the importance of an active industrial policindustry for sustainable growth and employment in Europe;
Amendment 67 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with the European Parliament and the Council, a qualitative and, where possible, quantitative vision for European industry in the year 2020, which looks towards sustainable development in the long term and lays down guidelines, for example for energy and resource efficiency, with a view to ensuring that European industry becomes more stable and competitive and jobs are created as a resultcompetitiveness and sustainability of industry, with a view to developing growth, employment and thereby prosperity in Europe;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the new, integrated approach calls for extremely effective collaboration within the Commission, and calls on the Commission to set up a permanent industrial policy task force to this end; furthermore calls on the Commission to focus more on competitiveness aspects during the impact assessment process (“Competitiveness Proofing”) and to implement this essential part of smart regulation as quickly as possible;
Amendment 139 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 3
Paragraph 8 – indent 3
· must reflect not the product alone, but also demand and use, with a view to integrated development and more target- oriented production, leading to tangible benefits for consumers, businesses and the whole of societybe technology-neutral;
Amendment 156 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for research expenditure for the upcoming programming period from 2013 (RDP 8) to be significantly increased (EU target for public funding: 1% of GDP)above the current 6 % of the EU budget resources. Notes that, alongside strongly process- oriented research and innovation, research in basic cross-sectoral technologies is needed and, in addition, that procedures must be simplified;.
Amendment 184 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that, representing as it does an annual 17% of GDP in the EU, public procurement is a powerful instrument for stimulating innovation; pointplays an important role for the European single market; calls outn that competitors such as China and the USA have set ambitious targets for public procurement of innovative and environmental products, and calls for similar target setting in the EUe Commission to improve the well-proven EU procurement rules where necessary to ensure transparency, fairness and non- discrimination; calls on the Commission to inform about existing possibilities of involving ecological criteria in tenders under the existing EU procurement rules;
Amendment 207 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
· developing a standard form of business sustainability report which will analyse the "environmental rucksack" – resulting in economies and making firms more competitive in consequence – and group together and standardise existing reporting requirements and possibilities (e.g. EMAS), and which should be mandatory wherever possiblepromoting the use of voluntary environmental management systems such as ISO 14001 or EMAS;
Amendment 225 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
- intensification of raw material recovery by means ofthe strict implementation of the existing ambitious recycling rules, appropriate support for research, and a stop to the exporting of waste that contains raw materials,
Amendment 234 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
- optimal utilisation of and improved access to raw materials available in the EU, calling among other things for the rapid introduction of a European geo- information system that gives an overview of the raw materials available in the EU,
Amendment 243 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
- ensuring adequate and affordable provision of raw materials through fair trade agreements and strategic partnerships,
Amendment 276 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that industry needs an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices and security of supply, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climatsustainable production to take place, and prevents carbon leakage; points out that the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low- carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructure must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted;
Amendment 320 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Believes that a functioning capital market is essential for a dynamic, innovative economy; the barriers to access to credit financing have even aggravated through the economic crisis; financial market regulation must avoid jeopardising the short-term financing needs of the real economy and the ability of companies to invest; consequently, the cumulative impacts of new rules of Banking regulation and/or new taxes have to be accounted for to avoid any substantial negative impact on the competiveness of the financial and industrial sector;
Amendment 333 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a stronger, coordinated EU policy on lead markets, such as the environmental industEU initiatives that identify what drives (some 3.5 million employees, EUR 300 billion turnover, up to 50% of the global market); stresses that many "traditional" markets – steel, automobiles and shipbuildgrowth, innovation and competitiveness in different sectors, and then bring, for example – have a strong capacity for innovation and/or offer comparative advantages, of which full use should be made; for these purposes, product-specific legislation such as the eco-design directive should be developed further, and industry-stimulating initiatives such as the "green car initiative" put in placeward market based policy responses; market based solutions should be carried out without picking winners from different sector – EU should strengthen competitiveness in all sectors by establishing favourable and predictable framework conditions;
Amendment 367 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the establishment of a task force on restructuring operations and a stronger role for the European structural funds in restructuring processes so that employees and firms can be offered a future; calls for research and development in furtherance of conversion processes to be intensifiedTakes note that restructuring is the primary responsibility of companies and social partners; calls on the Member States for a social cushioning of the economic transition by improving mobility on the labour market in the context of the “Flexicurity” concept, retraining and other measures;
Amendment 402 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that sectoraleffective aind policy should not only be seen in the context of competition law, but must, in the interests of Europe, be used proactively, transparently and with clear rules to strengthen innovastrict EU rules on competition and state aid constitute the indispensable basis for a competitive European industry; undistorted competition andin the roll-out of new products, and in connection with industrial restructuring operationsEU single market leads to innovation and increases efficiency and productivity;
Amendment 414 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for future trade agreements to be drawn up in such a way that they form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition in the developed and developing worlds; the principle of sustainable development must be comprehensively applied, and social and environmental standards incorporated in free trade agreand open markets without protectionism; competition has to be targeted to the removal of trade barriers, service liberalization, intellectual property rights and public procurements; steps must be taken to ensure that European industries are not endangered by unfair practices, as is currently happening in the solar energy industrycalls for the establishment of an EU foreign direct investment strategy in emerging markets to enable better access in new markets and building up of local production;
Amendment 435 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that employees"’ ideas and skills must be used in the restructuring of industry, and therefore calls for the widest possible consultation, which should go beyond the minimum requirements (e.g. Directives 2002/14/EC and 2009/38/EC);
Amendment 442 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
Paragraph 26 – indent 1
• theimplementation of the recommendations of existing industry-specific approaches (task forces, high-level groups, innovation platforms such as Cars 21, etc.) to be rein a way that is tailored to the newed, comparably developed and equipped with clear strategic content by the Commission, in consultation with all stakeholdes of the specific industries, comparably developed by the Commission, in consultation with all stakeholders, and establish new sectoral initiatives in other appropriate sectors,
Amendment 450 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
Paragraph 26 – indent 2
Amendment 455 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Amendment 476 #
2010/2095(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that European industry, which profits from these political efforts and the favourable framewnote that social responsibility becomes a more and more important competitive factor fork conditions, should assume more responsibility for sustainable growth and employment in Europe; believes that industry should enter into clear voluntary commitments tompanies: ranging from innovative capability, risk management, strategic orientation, marketing to employee motivation; calls on European companies and entrepreneurs to continue their extensive corporate and social engagements, as well as their investments in Europe, sustain its own research efforts, contribute to a new culture of qualifications, develop even more innovative, sustainable products and processes, and enter wherever possible into strategic partnerships in order to ensure the increase of employment, innovation, further education and prosperity in Europe;
Amendment 2 #
2010/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to integraterefer to the existing obligation to follow the WTO principles of the WTO/TBT Agreement (transparency, openness, impartiality, consensus, efficiency, relevance and consistency) in the legal framework of European standardisation;
Amendment 15 #
2010/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes efforts by the European Standards Organisations (ESOs) and National Standards Bodies to include all stakeholders;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for each of these stakeholder organisations to be given a single vote when it comes to the formal approval of ppropriate possibilities to contribute to the European Sstandardisation process;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that the complexity and cost of standards can represent an obstacle toWelcomes and encourages the measures foreseen in the SME programme of CEN/CENELEC in order to facilitate the use of standards by SMEs;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the NSBs to simplify standards by reducing the number of references to other standards andand Trade Associations to providinge user- friendly guidelines for the use of standards;
Amendment 59 #
2010/2051(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to coordinate its standardisation activities with our international partners, particularly the United States. via the International Standardisation System;
Amendment 36 #
2010/2004(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is of the opinion that support for entrepreneurship and SMEs is a cornerstone of EU policy on youth and innovation; this appropriation is also intended to provide funding for the Small Business Act (SBA), as announced in the Commission Communication entitled Think Small First: A Small Business Act for Europe (COM(2008)0394); this appropriation aims in particular to facilitate access to financing for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), to facilitate their participation in public procurement and European initiatives and to promote their skills and innovation capacity; recalls that it has put forward several pilot projects and preparatory actions in recent years with the aim of supporting young entrepreneurs, promoting interconnections between SMEs and enhancing worker mobility, and underlines that it will closely monitor the legislative proposals to be presented following the completion of these projects and actions;
Amendment 25 #
2010/2002(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15a new
Paragraph 15a new
15a. recalls that SMEs play an important role in the recovery and boosting of the whole EU economy; calls for enhanced support for all programmes and instruments aiming at fostering SMEs; confirms its intention to amend the Draft Budget and to hand in proposals for pilot projects accordingly;
Amendment 61 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The strategic planning and harmonisation of spectrum use at Union level should enhance the single market for wireless electronic communications services and equipment as well as other Union policies requiring spectrum use, thus creating new opportunities for innovation and contributing to economic recovery and social integration across the Union, while at the same time respecting the important social, cultural and economic value of spectrum. To this end, the Union therefore needs a policy programme that covers the internal market in all Union policy areas involving the use of spectrum such as electronic communications, research and development, transport and energy. A delay of the necessary reform through current right holders should absolutely be avoided.
Amendment 81 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) As underlined in the Digital Agenda for Europe, wireless broadband is an important means to boost competition, consumer choice and access in rural and other areas where deployment of wired broadband is difficult or economically unviable. However, spectrum management may affect competition by changing the role and power of market players, for example if existing users receive undue competitive advantages. Therefore, the award conditions shall ensure fair competition to ensure broadband communications in regions while new entrants shall not be prevented from the market entry. Also, new technologies should not be discriminated just because they are later available on the market. Limited spectrum access, in particular when appropriate spectrum becomes scarcer, can create a barrier to entry for new services or applications and hamper innovation and competition. Acquisition of new usage rights, including through spectrum trading or other transactions between users, and the introduction of new flexible criteria for spectrum use can have an impact on the existing competitive situation. Member States should therefore take appropriate ex ante or ex post regulatory measures (such as action to amend existing rights, to prohibit certain acquisitions of spectrum rights, to impose conditions on spectrum hoarding and efficient use such as those referred to in Article 9 paragraph 7 of the Framework Directive, to limit the amount of spectrum for each operator, or to avoid excessive accumulation of spectrum) to avoid distortions of competition in line with the principles underpinning Article 5(6) of Directive 2002/20/EC (the ‘Authorisation’ Directive) and Article 1(2) of Directive 87/372/EEC (the ‘GSM’ Directive).
Amendment 108 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) TIn addition to a timely and pro- competitive opening up of the 900 MHz band in accordance with the revised GSM directive 2009/114/EC, the 800 MHz band is optimal for the coverage of large areas by wireless broadband services. Building on the harmonisation of technical conditions under Decision 2010/267/EU, and on Commission Recommendation of 28 October 2009 calling for analogue broadcasting to be switched off by 1 January 2012, and given rapid national regulatory developments, this band should in principle be made available for electronic communications in the Union by 2013. In the longer term, additional spectrum below 790 MHz could also be envisaged, depending on experience and the lack of spectrum in other bands adequate for coverage. Considering the capacity of the 800 MHz band to transmit over large areas, coverage obligations should be attached to rights.
Amendment 168 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
(a) encouraging efficient use of spectrum to best meet the increasing demand for use of frequencies. Therefore the principles of flexibility and use of spectrum that is market oriented and effective, as a result of ensuring fair competition by involving existing business models on national level are of utmost importance;
Amendment 187 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point c
Article 2 – point c
(c) applying the least onerousmost appropriate, least onerous and non-discriminatory authorisation system possible in such a way as to maximise flexibility and efficiency in spectrum usage;
Amendment 194 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – point d
Article 2 – point d
(d) guaranteeing the functioningdevelopment of the internal market, in particular and digital services by ensuring effective competition, and a level playing field.
Amendment 214 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point a
Article 3 – point a
(a) make sufficient appropriate spectrum available in a timely manner to support Union policy objectives;in particular to support policy objectives such as the prioritisation of broadband and safeguarding competition in particular through a timely implementation of Directive 2009/114/EC (revised GSM Directive)*; _____________________ * OJ L 274, 20.10.2009, p. 25.
Amendment 247 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – point g b (new)
Article 3 – point g b (new)
(gb) reduce the Union's carbon footprint by enhancing the technical efficiency of wireless communication networks and applications;
Amendment 259 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that selection conditions and procedures promote investment and efficient use of spectrum. In addition, Member States shall introduce incentives for the efficient use of spectrum for both networks and applications.
Amendment 270 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The measures in paragraph 1 stall be undertaken in addition to a timely and pro-competitive opening up of the 900 MHz band in accordance with Directive 2009/114/EC (revised GSM Directive), shall be non-discriminatory and shall not distort competition.
Amendment 291 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that authorisation and selection procedures avoid delays, are non-discriminatory and promote effective competition.
Amendment 313 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall, by 1 January 2013 make the 800 MHz band available for electronic communications services in line with the harmonised technical conditions laid down pursuant to the Decision No 676/2002/EC. In Member States where exceptional national or local circumstances would prevent the availability of the band, the Commission may authorise specific derogations until 2015. In accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2002/21/EC , the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall keep under review the use of the spectrum below 1UHF band (i.e. spectrum between 300 MHz and 3GHz) and assess whether additional spectrum could be freed and made available for new applications.
Amendment 326 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, is invited to take action at the appropriate levels to achieve the harmonisation and use of the 1.5 MHz band (1452-1492 MHz) and the 2.3 GHz band (2300-2400 MHz) for wireless broadband services. The Commission shall continuously monitor the capacity requirements for wireless broadband and in addition take action to promote a second Digital Dividend (698 – 790 MHz) and consider the longer-term convergence of services for 470 – 698 MHz.
Amendment 352 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. If necessary, the Commission shall ensure the availability of additional spectrum bands for the provision of harmonised satellite services for broadband access that will cover the whole territory of the Union including the most remote areas with a broadband offeringn order to ensure that all citizens and businesses have access to advanced digital services including broadband, in particular in remote and sparsely populated areas, Member States and the Commission shall ensure the availability of sufficient spectrum for the provision of harmonised broadband satellite services enabling Internet access at a comparable price to terrestrial offerings.
Amendment 366 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. If necessary, tThe Commission shall ensure that sufficient spectrum is made available under harmonised conditions to support the development of safety services and the free circulation of related devices as well as the development of innovative interoperable solutions for public safety and protection, civil protection and disaster relief.
Amendment 379 #
2010/0252(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, assisted by the Member States, which shall provide all appropriate information on spectrum use, shall create an inventory of existing spectrum use and of possible future needs for spectrum in the Union, in particular in the range from 300 MHz to 35 GHz.
Amendment 31 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. A financial counterparty and a non- financial counterparty as referred to in Article 7(2) shall clear all OTC derivative contracts which are considered eligible pursuant to Article 4 and are concluded with other financial counterparties in the relevant CCPs listed in the register as referred to in Article 4(4).
Amendment 32 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The clearing obligation referred to in the first subparagraph shall not apply to OTC derivative contracts concluded by a financial counterparty or a non-financial counterparty as referred to in Article 7(2) with its parent undertaking, subsidiary or another subsidiary of its parent undertaking.
Amendment 35 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Thatere shall be no clearing obligation shall also apply to financial counterparties and to theupon either of the counterparties if at least one of them is a non- financial counterparties referred to in Article 7(2) which enter into eligible OTC derivative contracts with third country entitiesy which is below the clearing threshold as referred to in Article 7(2).
Amendment 46 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 47 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Where a non-financial counterparty takes net positions and exposures in OTC derivative contracts exceeding the clearing threshold to be determined pursuant to paragraph 3(b) during a period of 90 consecutive days, it shall be subject to the clearing obligation set out in Article 3 with regard to all its eligible OTC derivative contracts and notify the competent authority designated in accordance with Article 48 of Directive 2004/39/EC thereof.
Amendment 52 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 55 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The criteria in accordance with which an OTC derivative contract is deemed to be objectively measurable as directly linked to commercial activity. The regulatory technical standards referred to in the first subparagraph shall take into account existing regulations and general accepted standards and audit procedures.
Amendment 61 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. In calculating the positions referred to in paragraph 2this Article, OTC derivative contracts entered into by a non-financial counterparty that are objectively measurable as directly linked to the commercial activity of that counterparty, of the parent undertaking or the subsidiary of that counterparty, or of another subsidiary of its parent undertaking, shall not be taken into account.
Amendment 63 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The clearing obligation referred to in Article 3(1) shall not apply to OTC derivative contracts that have been concluded by that non-financial counterparty prior to the date on which that non-financial counterparty becomes subject to that clearing obligation.
Amendment 64 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The clearing obligation shall subsist as long as the non-financial counterparty’s net positions and exposures in OTC derivative contracts exceed the clearing threshold and shall end once those net positions and exposures are below the clearing threshold.
Amendment 84 #
2010/0250(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 68 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By the same date, the Commission shall, in coordination with ESMA and the relevant sectoral authorities, assess the systemic importance of the transactions of non- financial firms in OTC derivatives and shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council, together with any proposals on the continued appropriateness of, or amendments to, the clearing obligation under Article 7 for non-financial firms.
Amendment 84 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In order to put modern technology to good use as a tool of participatory democracy, it is appropriate to provide for statements of support to be collected in paper form as well as online. Onlineonline as well as in paper form. Both collection systems should, in a comparable manner, have adequate security features in place in order to ensure, inter alia, that the person can be identifiedone and the same person signs only once and that the data are securely stored. For this purpose, the Commission should be required to set ouThe detailed technical specifications of the on- line collection systems should be worked out at an expert level and be regularly adapted to technical developments; the power to adopt detailed technical specifications for online collection systems should therefore be delegated to the Commission.
Amendment 151 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Prior to initiating the collection of statements of support from signatories, the organisers shall ensure that the online collection system used for that purpose complies with the provisions of paragraph 4. The organisers may, at any time, ask the relevant competent authority of the Member State in which the data collected is or will be stored, to certify that the online collection system complies with those provisions. The organisers shall, in any case, request that certification prior to submitting statements of support for verification in accordance with Article 9tarting the collection of statements of support. The organisers shall make a copy of the certificate issued in that regard publicly available on the website used for the online collection system. Within six months following the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall make available an open-source software package with the relevant support services (technical support, operation of an IT centre, ongoing maintenance and further development of the software) incorporating all of the technical and security features necessary for compliance with the provisions of this Regulation regarding the online collection systems. The software and the relevant support services shall be made available to the organisers free of charge.
Amendment 204 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – point 6 a (new)
Annex VIII – point 6 a (new)
6a. All sources of funding and support for the initiative, including the amount of financial support at the time of submission.
Amendment 19 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas citizens will refrain from interacting, expressing their opinions freely and entering into transactions if they do not have sufficient confidence in the legal framework of the new digital space; whereas the guaranteerecognition and enforcement of digital rights is an essential condition for confidence on the part of citizens,
Amendment 28 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning single market for online and communication services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital services is today severely hindered by fragmented rules at national level; whereas European companies and public services will gain economic and social benefits from the use of advanced ICT services and applications,
Amendment 60 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consumers, through the promotion of users’ access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deployment of next-generation infrastructure; emphasises that this requires policies that promote access on fair terms and at competitive prices for all communitieitizens, irrespective of location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusion, and that create incentives in the regulatory framework to support sustained private investment in next- generation access infrastructure;
Amendment 84 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the optimal solution to include millions of EU citizens located in island, mountainous and sparsely populated regions within an acceptable timeframe and at reasonable cost, may be through wireless technologies including satellite, WIFI and others like 3G mobile, any of which would enable an immediate connection to the Internet backbone with no more than the installation of one technical standard user terminal;
Amendment 91 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the worldsupporting the deployment of advanced wireless technologies and maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the world; underlines the importance of sustained competition and innovation in wireless services and ensuring that 75% of mobile subscribers are 3G (or beyond) users by 2015; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonispromote the co-ordinated deployment of the digital dividend without compromising existing broadcast services; calls on the Commission and BEREC to monitor spectrum assignment and usage and report on competition and market developments;
Amendment 106 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission should carry out an impact assessment to examine how an EU-wide number portability can be realised;
Amendment 116 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, 50% of EU households should be connected to high-speed networks by 2015; recalls the importance of an appropriate policy framework that enables the massive private investments needed to achieve this objective;
Amendment 216 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that the Commission should mandate BEREC with a benchmark study focusing on the reduction of wholesale roaming charges near to a real-cost level;
Amendment 217 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to engage BEREC ('Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications') to put forward before the end of 2010 a systemic approach to establishing a competitive market;
Amendment 218 #
2009/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to lay emphasis on a Roaming 3 regulation, focusing on an impact assessment on zero-price incoming calls;
Amendment 47 #
2009/2134(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. the redistribution of parliamentary seats among States needs to take place on a regular basis in order to reflect demographic change in the resident populations of the States and to respect strictly respect the principle of degressive proportionality; it may be possible to reach agreement on an apolitical, mathematical formula which would respect the criteria laid down in the Treaties and spelt out in the Act1,
Amendment 76 #
2009/2134(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Proposes that a redistribution of the existing 751 seats among States will take place, if justified objectively by figures established by Eurostat, based on the total resident population, before every election; the redistribution will be made in accordance with a mathematical formula respecting the criteria laid down in the Treaties, and will be announced at least twelve months before the end of the mandate;
Amendment 99 #
2009/2134(INI)
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The European Parliament shall be composed of representatives of the Union's citizens. 2a. Theyre shall not exceedbe seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the Presidentone seats allocated to constituencies established in the Member States. Representation of citizens shall be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State. No Member State shall be allocated more than ninety-six seats. The European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision establishing the composition of the European Parliament, respecting the principles referred to in the first subparagraphdistribution of those seats among the States shall be reviewed regularly. Not later than twelve months before the end of the mandate of each Parliament the European Council shall adopt by unanimity, on the initiative of the European Parliament and with its consent, a decision on the redistribution of seats. 2b. In addition, there shall be twenty-five seats allocated to a single constituency comprising the entire territory of the Union.
Amendment 115 #
2009/2134(INI)
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2a For the purposes of distributing seats between Member States in accordance with the principle of degressive proportionality pursuant to Article 14(2a) of the Treaty on European Union, the ratio between the population and the number of seats of each State must vary in relation to their respective populations in such a way that each Member from a more populous State represents more citizens than each Member from a less populous State and also, conversely, that no less populous State has more seats than a more populous State.
Amendment 7 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the viewBelieves that only by using an interoperable transport system will it be possible in future to combine most successfully the use of various transport modes and improve energy savings; stresses, in this regard, the importance of internalising external costs in order to restore balance in the use of the various transport modes and to promote, where possible and necessary, the use of less polluting modes oftherefore takes the view that greater importance must be accorded as a matter of urgency to the principle of co-modality, that is the coordination of the various modes of transport, and that quality drives must be carried out to strengthen each mode of transport in line with its potential, thus developing the various transport modes into an integrated transport network;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that only by using an interoperable transport system will it be possible in future to combine most successfully the use of various transport modes and improve energy savings; stresses, in this regard, the importance of internalising external costs in order to restore balance in the use of the various transport modes and to promote, where possible and necessary, the use of less polluting modes of transport; supports in particular electric-powered mobility with a view to boosting the use of low-CO2 technologies and achieving overall efficiency in the transport system;
Amendment 15 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recognises the importance of internalising external costs in all modes of transport order to restore balance between the use and the potential of the various transport modes and to promote, where possible and necessary, the use of less polluting modes of transport;
Amendment 18 #
2009/2096(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that the information and communication technologies (ICT), in conjunction with the satellite navigation system Galileo, will allow traffic flows to be optimised and urban and interurban congestion to be reduced; notes that too many heavy vehicles often travel empty, or partially empty, pointlessly blocking the roads; calls on the Member States to adopt policies to support the demand for innovation from private users;
Amendment 39 #
2009/2005(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Is worried that SMEs in particular will suffer from the economic crisis and will be cut off from urgently needed financing; therefore emphasises the importance of strengthening EU funds supporting SMEs;
Amendment 1 #
2009/2002(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the important challenges the Union is facing in the field of energy, information technology, research and innovation, notably to ensure security of energy supply, to combat climate change, to stimulate the evolution of an eco- efficient economy, to prevent a digital divide and to drive innovation in the aftermath of the financial crisis and economic downturn; believes that significant cuts to budget lines which implement policies to tackle these challenges would bare detrimental to EU’s sustainable economic recovery, regional development and job creation;
Amendment 43 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 45 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20). Manufacturers' compliance with the targets under this Regulation should be assessed at the Community level. Manufacturers whose average specific emissions of CO2 exceed those permitted under this Regulation should pay an excess emissions premium with respect to each calendar year from 1 January 2014. The premium should be modulated as a function of the extent to which manufacturers fail to comply with their target. In order to ensure consistency, the premium mechanism should be similar to the one set in Regulation (EC) No 443/20095. The amounts of the excess emissions premium should be considered as revenue in the General Budget of the European Union.
Amendment 53 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 78 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. From 2020, this Regulation sets a target of 13560 g CO2/km for the average emissions of new light commercial vehicles registered in the Community.
Amendment 88 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) ‘footprint’ means the track width multiplied by the wheelbase as stated in the certificate of conformity and defined in sections 2.1 and 2.3 of Annex I to Directive 2007/46/EC.
Amendment 94 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) 'complete vehicle' means any vehicle which need not be completed in order to meet the relevant technical requirements of Directive 2007/46/EC.
Amendment 97 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
For the calendar year commencing 1 January 20145 and each subsequent calendar year, each manufacturer of complete light commercial vehicles shall ensure that its average specific emissions of CO2 do not exceed its specific emissions target determined in accordance with Annex I or, where a manufacturer is granted a derogation under Article 10, in accordance with that derogation. For the purpose of determining each manufacturer's specific emissions of CO2, the following percentages of each manufacturer's new light commercial vehicles registered in the relevant year shall be taken into account: – 65% in 2015, – 75% in 20146, – 80% in 20157, – 100% from 20168 onwards. As of 1 January 2016 completed vehicles shall also be included in determining each manufacturer’s average specific CO2 emissions.
Amendment 113 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
In calculating the average specific emissions of CO2, each new light commercial vehicle with specific emissions of CO2 of less than 50 g CO2/km shall be counted as: - 2,5 light commercial vehicles in 2014 - 1,5 light commercial vehicles in 2015% of their vehicle specific CO2 target in accordance with Annex I, shall be counted as: - 12 light commercial vehicles from 20165 to 2025.
Amendment 127 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. For the calendar year commencing 1 January 20123 and each subsequent calendar year, each Member State shall record information for each new light commercial vehicle registered in its territory in accordance with Part A of Annex II. This information shall be made available to the manufacturers and their designated importers or representatives in each Member State. Member States shall make every effort to ensure that reporting bodies operate in a transparent manner.
Amendment 132 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. By 28 February of each year, commencing in 20134, each Member State shall determine and transmit to the Commission the information listed in Part B of Annex II in respect of the preceding calendar year. The data shall be transmitted in accordance with the format specified in Part C of Annex II.
Amendment 135 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – first subparagraph
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – first subparagraph
4. The Commission shall keep a central register of the data reported by Member States under this Article and this register shall be publicly available. By 30 June 20134 and each subsequent year, the Commission shall provisionally calculate for each manufacturer:
Amendment 139 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. In relation to the calendar year 20123 and 20134 and on the basis of the calculations performed pursuant to paragraph 5, the Commission shall notify a manufacturer where it appears to the Commission that the manufacturer's average specific emissions of CO2 exceed its specific emissions target.
Amendment 143 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. As of 1 January 2014 the monitoring shall be extended to completed vehicles.
Amendment 147 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. In respect of the period 1 January 20145 and every calendar year thereafter, the Commission shall impose an excess emissions premium on a manufacturer or pool manager, as appropriate, where a manufacturer's average specific emissions of CO2 exceed its specific emissions target. The excess emissions premiums shall be similar to premiums paid in other sectors under the European Emission Trading Scheme.
Amendment 151 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 161 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 163 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 167 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory phrase
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory phrase
1. By 31 October 20134 and 31 October each subsequent year, the Commission shall publish a list indicating for each manufacturer:
Amendment 174 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – first subparagraph
2. The Commission shall by 31 December 2012, adopt detailed provisions for a procedure to approve such innovative technologies in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 13(2). Those detailed provisions shall be in accordance with the provisions established according Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Regulation (EC) 443/2009 and be based on the following criteria for innovative technologies:
Amendment 179 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Amendment 187 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – first indent
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – first indent
– subject to confirmation of its feasibility on the basis of updated impact assessment results, the modalities for reaching, by the year 2020, a long-term target of 13560 g CO2/km, starting in 2020, in a cost-effective manner; and
Amendment 205 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
– confirm thidentify the modalities for a possible inclusion in this Regulation of vehicles in category N2 and M2 as defined in Annex II to Directive 2007/46/EC with a reference mass not exceeding 2 610 kg and to vehicles to which type-approval is extended in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 for the long-term target.
Amendment 215 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3
The European Commission shall make a proposal to the European Parliament and Council on those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(3).
Amendment 220 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 227 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 7
Article 12 – paragraph 7
7. TBy 2011 the Commission shall by 2015 review the method of determining the specificset up a procedure to obtain representative values of CO2 emissions of CO2and mass of completed vehicles in paragraph 7 of Part B of Annex II and, if appropriate, submit a proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend Annex IIfor monitoring purposes.
Amendment 235 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1
Annex I – point 1
1. The indicative specific emissions of CO2 for each light commercial vehicle, measured in grams per kilometre, shall be determined in accordance with the following formulae: (a) From 2014 to 2017: Indicative sSpecific emissions of CO2 = 175 + a × (M – M0) Where: M = mass of the vehicle in kilograms (kg) M0 = 1706,0 a = 0,093 (b) From 2018: Indicative specific emission of CO2 = 175 + a × (M – M0) Where: M = mass of the vehicle in kilograms (kg) M0 = the value adopted pursuant to Article 12(1) a = 0,093
Amendment 240 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 1 – introductory part
Annex II – part A – point 1 – introductory part
1. For the year beginning 1 January 20113 and each subsequent year, Member States shall record the following details for each new light commercial vehicle registered in its territory:
Amendment 243 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 3 – introductory part
Annex II – part A – point 3 – introductory part
3. For the calendar year commencing 1 January 20113 and each subsequent calendar year, each Member State shall determine, in accordance with the methods set out in Part B, for each manufacturer:
Amendment 246 #
2009/0173(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part A – point 3 – point d – point ii
Annex II – part A – point 3 – point d – point ii
(ii) the specific emissions of CO2 and the share of emissions reduction as a result of innovative technologies in accordance with Article 11;
Amendment 72 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to increase security of natural gas supply, it is also necessary to make provision for strategic supplies of natural gas to be maintained in the Member States. On account of the priority assigned to market-based instruments, these supplies should be maintained using public-private partnerships.
Amendment 86 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to ensure the highest level of preparedness in case of supply disruption, Emergency Plans should be established by all natural gas undertakings together with the Competent Authoritiethe Competent Authorities, after consultation of the natural gas undertakings. Such plans should be mutually consistent. Their content should follow best practices among existing plans and should define clear roles and responsibilities for all concerned natural gas undertakings and Competent Authorities. Joint emergency plans at regional level, should be established where possible and necessary.
Amendment 92 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The Gas Coordination Group, established by Directive 2004/67/EC of 26 April 2004 concerning the measures to safeguard security of natural gas supply, should act as adviser to the Commission when it is considering whether a Community emergency exists and to facilitate the coordination of security of supply measures in the case of a Community emergency. It should also monitor the adequacy and appropriateness of measures to be taken according to this Regulation.
Amendment 95 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) This Regulation aims at empowering natural gas undertakings and Competent Authorities of the Member States to ensure that the internal gas market works effectively for as long as possible in the case of a supply disruption, prior to measures being taken by Competent Authorities to address the situation in which the market alone can no longer deliver the required gas supplies. Such exceptional measures should be fully compliant with CommunityUnion rules and should be notified to the Commission and to the Gas Coordination Group.
Amendment 104 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Since gas supplies from third countries are central to the security of gas supply of the Community, the CommissionUnion, in the event of a Union Emergency the Commission, after consultation of the Gas Coordination Group, should coordinate the actions with regard to third countries, working with producer and transit countries on arrangements to handle crisis situations and to ensure a stable gas flow to the CommunityUnion. The Commission, after consultation of the Gas Coordination Group, should be entitled to deploy a task force to monitor gas flows in crisis situations within and, in consultation with the third countries involved, outside the CommunityUnion and, where a crisis arises due to difficulties in a third country, to assume a mediation and facilitation role.
Amendment 123 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
(1) "protected customers" means all household customers already connected to a gas distribution network and the power stations, cogeneration plants and district heating plants relevant to guaranteed supply, and, if the Member State concerned so decides, can also include small and medium-sized enterprises, schools and hospitals provided that they are already connected to a gas distribution network;
Amendment 129 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) “Competent Authority” means the national regulatory authority or national governmental authority designated by the Member States to be responsible for security of gas supply and/or the national regulatory authority. This is without prejudice to the choice of Member States to allocate certain tasks in this Regulation to other authorities than the Competent Authority. These tasks shall be performed under the supervision of the Competent Authority and shall be specified in the plans referred to in Article 4. The national governmental authority shall retain the lead role.
Amendment 131 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Security of gas supply is a shared task of the natural gas undertakings, Competent Authorities of the, Member States, the industrial gas customers, and the CommissionCommission and, where appropriate, customers other than protected customers, within their respective areas of responsibility. It requires a high degree of cooperation between them.
Amendment 156 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3 a (new)
Article 3a 1. Member States shall be required to establish a strategic natural gas supply covered by public-private partnerships for a 60-day period by (12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation). 2. The costs of maintaining the stocks shall be borne by the respective natural gas importers and producers and passed on to the final consumer.
Amendment 164 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By [31 March 2011; 12 months from entry into force] at the latest, the Competent Authority, after consultation of the natural gas undertakings, of the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial customers and of the regulatory authority, where it is not the Competent Authority, shall establish:
Amendment 167 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Where the regulatory authority is not the Competent Authority, the regulatory authority shall be formally involved in the processes of establishing the Preventive Action Plan and the Emergency Plan. The Competent Authority shall take utmost account of the assessments made by the regulatory authority insofar as they refer to network-related regulatory issues in particular concerning the development of the impact assessment regarding the fulfilment of infrastructure standards according to Article 6 with regards to future approval of tariffs and the consistency with network development plans.
Amendment 180 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. During the process mentioned in paragraph 2 the Commission may recommend at which regional level the exchange of information and consultations shall take place. The Commission, after consultation of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas ("ENTSO-G") and the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ("ACER"), may also recommend the establishment of a joint Plan at regional level, establishing the regions in the light of the infrastructure relevant to the security of natural gas supply.
Amendment 201 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
6. Within six months after the notification of the Plans by the Competent Authorities, the Commission shall assess the Plans of all Member States. The Commission shall consult ENTSO-G, ACER, the Gas Coordination Group and other concerned stakeholders on those plans. Where the Commission considers that a Plan is not effective to mitigate the risks as identified in the risk assessment or inconsistent with the risk scenarios or the Plans of other Member States, or that it does not comply with the provisions of this Regulation or other provisions of Community law, it shall require the revision of the Pinconsistent with the risk scenarios or the Plans of other Member States, it may call upon the Member States concerned to coordinate their plans.
Amendment 266 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The transmission system operators shall enable permanent physical capacity to transport gas in both directions on all interconnections within two years from the entry into force of this Regulation, except in cases where at the request of a Competent Authority, the Commission decides thatwhere the addition of a bi-directional flow capacity would not enhance thes security of supply of anyin the Member State. Such decision mays in an economically viable manner. A Commission decision to this effect taken at the request of the Competent Authority shall be previewed if circumstances changeceded by a technical feasibility study and a cost- benefit analysis. The level of the bi- directional flow capacity shall be reached in a cost efficient way and at least take into account the capacity required to meet the supply standard set in Article 7. Within that two year period, the gas transmission system operator shall adapt the functioning of the transmission system as a whole so as to enable bi-directional gas flows.
Amendment 275 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. National Regulatory Authorities shall take into accountintroduce appropriate incentives and include all the costs of efficiently fulfilling the N-1infrastructure standard and the costs of enabling the economic permanent physical capacity to transport gas in both directions in their approval of tariffs or methodologies, and exempt these costs from efficiency benchmarks, in line with Article 41 (8) of Directive […/…2009/73/EC]. In the case of costs incurred in more than one Member State, or in one Member State for the exclusive benefit of other Member States the national regulatory authorities of all Member States concerned shall jointly decide on the cost allocation. Article 8(1) of Rregulation (EC) No …/…715/2009 shall apply.
Amendment 311 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Consumers not benefiting from the supply standard of this Article shall, within the framework of the liberalised market, be appropriately remunerated, for any incurred losses caused by gas supply disruptions.
Amendment 320 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) taking into account all relevant national and regional circumstances, including the use of gas to supply electricity and district heating to protected customers;
Amendment 329 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The natural gas undertakings, the relevant organisations representing the interests of household and industrial customers including relevant power generators, Member States and the regulatory authority, where it is not the Competent Authority, shall cooperate with the Competent Authority and provide all necessary information for the risk assessmentnd impact assessment. Such provision of information shall respect confidentiality requirements for commercially sensitive data.
Amendment 339 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The risk and impact assessment shall be repeated every two years before 30 September of that year.
Amendment 342 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) Define the role and responsibilities of the natural gas undertakings and of the industrial customers, andtaking account of the different extents to which they are affected in the event of gas supply disruptions and after performing a transparent cost-benefit analysis, and define their interaction with the Competent Authority and where appropriate with the regulatory authority;
Amendment 358 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Emergency Plan shall also identify the necessary measures and actions to be taken in case of an Emergency to mitigate the impact of a gas supply disruption on the supply of electricity and district heat to protected customers.
Amendment 361 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The Competent Authority shall immediately inform the Commission and the Gas Coordination Group and provide ithem with all the necessary information when it declares any of the crisis levels. In the event of an eEmergency which may result in a call for assistance from the EU and its Member States the Competent Authority of the Member State concerned shall without delay notify the Commission’s Civil Protection Monitoring and Information Centre.
Amendment 385 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, after consulting the Gas Coordination Group, may declare a Community Emergency at the request of one Competent Authority or when the Community loses more than 120% of its daily gas import from third countries as calculated by ENTSO-G. It shall declare a Community Emergency where more than one Competent Authority has declared Emergency following the verification in accordance with Article 9(6). It may, in so far as the lost gas imports cannot already be compensated for by market mechanisms. It may, at the request of a Competent Authority and after consulting the Gas Coordination Group, declare a Community Emergency for specifically affected geographical regions comprising more than one Member State.
Amendment 415 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. When the Commission considers that in a CommunityUnion Emergency, an action taken by a Competent Authority or natural gas undertakings is inappropriate to deal with the Emergency, or that it seriously endangers the situation in another Member State, the Commission, after duly taking into account the opinion of the Gas Coordination Group, shall require the Competent Authority or natural gas undertaking to change its action.
Amendment 433 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. A Gas Coordination Group is established to facilitate the coordination of measures concerning the security of supply. The Group shall be composed of representatives of the Competent Authorities, the national regulatory authorities where they are not part of the Competent Authorities, ACER, ENTSO-G and representative bodies of the industry concernedgas and electricity industry and relevant customers. The Commission shall decide on the composition of the Group ensuring its representativity and shall chair the Group. The Group shall establish its rules of procedure.
Amendment 441 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Gas Coordination Group shall assistcooperate with the Commission in particular on issues related to:
Amendment 453 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall convene the Gas Coordination Group on ashall hold regular basimeetings.
Amendment 490 #
2009/0108(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a The production facilities required to maintain supplies (power stations, refineries, gas storage facilities, etc.) must be enabled to operate with as little hindrance as possible in order to guarantee supplies of natural gas, electricity and heat. The prescribed limit values may be exceeded to an extent to be defined. Modification of the conditions imposed by water legislation shall be permitted to an extent yet to be determined. In this context, dangers to the environment shall be avoided.
Amendment 59 #
2009/0010(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the EEPR for 2009 and 2010 shall be EUR 3,500 million, allocated as follows: (a) gas and electricity interconnection projects: up to EUR 1,750 million; (b) offshore wind energy projects: up to EUR 500 million; (c) projects for carbon capture and storage: up to EUR 1,250 million. (ca) investment in energy saving and energy efficiency especially in the framework of local energy saving programmes, up to EUR 1,000 million. When deciding on the concrete financing under paragraphs (a) to (ca), careful attention shall be given to ensure that the overall financial envelope is not surpassed.
Amendment 11 #
2008/2276(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Welcomes the ever-growing involvement of Parliament in European social and cultural life, as exemplified by events such as the Lux Prize, European Parliament prize for journalism, citizens' prize, European Charlemagne youth prize, the Energy Globe Awards, AGORA and the Youth Media Days, all launched in 2007, in addition to the traditional events;
Amendment 38 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms the threefold objective set for 2020 of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, achieving energy savings of 20% and attaining a 20% share for renewables in primary energy consumption; calls on Member States to consider a reduction of 50 to 80% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050;
Amendment 98 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its support for the Nabucco project to diversify sources of supply; is concerned, however, about the progress of the project and the risks to sources ofthe Nabucco offers huge opportunities to make use of the gas resources in the Caspian region and in the Middle East; underscores the need for further and increased EU support for the Nabucco project and calls the Commission to support activities aiming at securing gas supplyies for the gas pipeline; Europe from the regions where Nabucco should deliver gas - this regions are key for the European gas supply;
Amendment 124 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to urgently table proposals aiming at streamlining approval procedures, as requested by the European Council in March 2007, for infrastructure investments within its competences without impeding the citizens’ rights to raise reasoned objections; calls on Member States to also take appropriate measures to accelerate approval and licensing procedures for infrastructure investments in areas where the Union is not competent to make proposals;
Amendment 143 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 146 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure appropriate regulation and to allow for non- discriminatory access to new infrastructure, e.g. to the North Sea offshore grid;
Amendment 152 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States and the relevant stakeholders to consult and coordinate future plans for infrastructure investments (grids, pipelines, power plants, etc.) across borders with relevant parties in all countries which could be affected by planned investments to make best use of available resources.; considers that the establishment of an “Infrastructure Coordination Group” at a European level would help this coordination effort and could supplement the development of a 10-year network development plan as proposed in the internal energy market package;
Amendment 179 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Advocates an approach geared to conciliation in the dialogue with Russia, which supplies 42% of the EU's gas, as well as 100% of the gas imported by Poland, Finland and the Baltic States; notes that relations between the EU and Russia are based on interdependence and that, in the continuation of the negotiations, the EU should refrain from demanding ratification of the Energy Charter, while reminding the Russian authorities of their endorsement of the principles of the Charter; hopes, by way of example, that the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be carried out in cooperation with Russia in order to avoid competition between two gas pipelines and to be able ultimately to transmit gasunderlines that Europe needs all existing pipelines and planned pipeline projects to advance Europe's security of supply; the Nabucco gas pipeline project for example is - according to European rules - open for gas supply from Russia, Iran or the Caspian SeaRegion and Iran;
Amendment 218 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to present a draft directive on emergency energy management to streamline measures on a European level and to provide sufficient measures in case of a crisis on a European scale;
Amendment 289 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission to establish a nuclear safety agency; such an independent agency should have the power to inspect nuclear power stations and disconnect unsafe power stations from the grid; also calls on the Commission to make every effort to transpose the safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into Community law and make those standards legally enforceable for the Member States; while the decision by Member States to opt for nuclear energy or not is a sovereign one, it is too much to expect those Member States who abstain from nuclear energy to have to accept unsafe and dangerous nuclear power stations, especially since the effects of faults in nuclear power stations are felt beyond the borders of the State concerned;
Amendment 305 #
2008/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward the objective of developing and completing a smart interconnected electricity network to 2020 as an important ingredient for achieving the 2020-targets;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, as a key contribution to achieving an SME-friendly environment, the perception of the role of entrepreneurs and risk-taking has to change: entrepreneurship and the associated willingness to take risk should be applauded by political leaders and the media, and supported by administrations,
Amendment 20 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to propose solutions to make the 10 guiding principles and especially the “Think Small First “ principle mandatory in all future Community legislation affecting SMEs;
Amendment 29 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Member States to work hand-in-hand with business representatives for the definition of the priority areas for action, as well as for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the actions;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 83 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the main source of funding for SMEs comes from their own activity; calls on Member States to provide better conditions to enable SMEs to reduce costs and reinvest the profit in the companyin Europe still comes from credits and loans; but increased risk sensitivity of the financial institutions endangers the necessary access for more and more companies and calls on all institutions to ensure access to finance throughout the current crisis and to strengthen the capacity of SMEs in relation to its own funds by reinvesting profits;
Amendment 143 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that there is an imperative need to cut red tape by at least 25%whenever possible and to put in place a modern administration adapted to the needs of SMEs, to enable them to save time and money and to devote the resulting resources to their development; believes that being SME- friendly should become mainstream policy, based on the conviction that rules must respect the majority of those who will use them: the “Think Small First” principle;
Amendment 154 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that the Commission’s existing consultation period of 8 weeks should be extended to at least 12 weeks and that the consultation documents should be available in all languages; calls on the Commission andrecognises the essential and valuable role of representative business organisations, therefore, calls on the Commission wherever relevant, to integrate systematically also representative SME- organisations to involve SMEs actively and directly in the consultation process, into their advisory expert committees, high level groups and other appropriate fora;
Amendment 162 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages Member States to set up national dedicated information contact points and support agencies for SMEs, offering access to various sources of information, structured according to the life cycle of a businessbuild on existing structures in applying the ‘no wrong door’ approach to the provision of SME advisory services, implying that businesses at all stages of their life cycle need only approach one intermediary in order to access regional, national and EU level information and support;
Amendment 171 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates that the financial rules governing Community programmes often still lead to unnecessarily bureaucratic, long and costly procedures, particularly for the SMEs; calls on the Commission to enhance the role and visibility of the respective SME designates in the different policy areas; calls on the Commission to publish the data concerning the number of SMEs participating in each EU programme; furthermore, encourages all initiatives which enableallowing the development of an "SME spirit" in policy making within public authorities;
Amendment 182 #
2008/2237(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. At the same time, warns that a specific framework should be put in place by Community Institutions to prepare industry and, more specifically SMEs, for the challenges coming from the recently proposed Sustainable Consumption and Production Action plan (SCP): this means, inter alia, preliminary economic and social impact assessments as well as thresholds and exemptions for products whose impacts on climate change is limited; at the same time this means preliminary information, longer implementation periods and technical and financial assistance for SMEs and, particularly the micro and small businesses, which will be impacted upon by the plan.; again, this could be achieved through a strengthening of ECAP;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the Internet has created tremendous new opportunities for both consumers (in the form of increased choice and lower prices) and businesses (in the form of new channels to enter the global market);
Amendment 8 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the tremendous 'success story' of the Internet is based on the concept of a "free" net in which protection of privacy and free flow of information are key elements; the Internet should be kept as a creative space allowing new business models to flourish;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes with concern that often consumers and vendors using ICT are subject to discriminatory treatment in comparison to consumers and vendors acting in offline markets;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2204(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States (MS) to continue to work for a coordinated policy approach as well as a legal framework at international level which tackles outdated regulatory barriers that prevent the Internet from realising its full potential, supports digital transactions and which is governed by consistent principles across international borders, giving special attention to a legal framework for e- payment and e-commerce;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the benefits of the use of radio spectrum will be maximised through coordinated action at EU level in order to ensure optimal use in terms of efficiency,
Amendment 19 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in Europe the (re-)allocation of broadcast frequencies to digital broadcasters is currently under way in many Member States with the consequence of these frequencies being allocated and thereby locked away for many years,
Amendment 23 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises the importance of the i2010 initiative as part of the renewed Lisbon Strategy, and emphasises the importance of efficient access to and use of spectrum in achieving the Lisbon goals; stresses in this context the need for access to broadband services in order to overcome the "digital divide";
Amendment 43 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the potential benefits of a coordinated usage of spectrum in the EU in terms of economies of scale, as well as the need to make the best use of the digital dividend in order to avoid fragmentation, which leads to a sub-optimal use of this scarce resource; and that this potential benefit is especially important for mobile services;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages Member States to take into account the appropriateness of allowing unlicensed users access to the dividend, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and the not-for-profit sector, and to increase the overall efficiency of spectrum usage by focussing such unlicensed uses on the unused spectrum in the broadcast cluster ("white spaces");
Amendment 69 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages the Member States to assess in detail the social and economic value of any spectrum freed up in the upcoming years by the switchover from analogue to digital broadcast;
Amendment 99 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. In order to achieve a more efficient use of spectrum and to facilitate the emergence of innovative and successful national, cross-border and pan-European services, supports the coordination approach of the Commission, based on three different clusters of the UHF spectrum, taking into account the potential for radio interference arising from the co-existence of different types of networks in the same band and the existing authorisations;
Amendment 103 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recognises that the increased spectrum efficiency of digital terrestrial television should allow for around 100 MHz of digital dividend to be re-allocated to mobile broadband and other services (e.g. public safety services, RFID, road safety applications etc.) whilst ensuring that broadcasting services can continue to flourish;
Amendment 110 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recognises that the minimum harmonised spectrum requirement for mobile broadband services in the UHF band is at least 72 MHz at the top of the band (790-862 MHz), but that extra spectrum should be made available below this for mobile broadband services on at least a national basis where possible and where demand requires it;
Amendment 120 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to submit, as soon as these studies have been completed and having consulted both the Radio Spectrum Policy Group and the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations and taking due account of national specificities, a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council for the adoption of binding measures to reserve and coordinate at EU level common sub- bands of the digital dividend; underlines that one sub-band for mobile broadband services should be planned from 790-862 MHz as a starting point;
Amendment 122 #
2008/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that clustering within the UHF-band should be based on a bottom- up approach according to the specifics of the national markets while ensuring that harmonisation at community level takes places wherever this creates a clear added value;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the EU budget should better reflect the EU ambition to become a competitive, knowledge-based and efficient economy; this implies a significant further increase in resources devoted to research, innovation, adaptability, infrastructure, education and training; an effective orientation of the EU cohesion policy towards these objectives will be the means to deliver sustainable convergence in the regions;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way of delivering quick returns in fighting climate change and has the greatest cost-effective potential for emission reduction in the medium-term; considers the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) as the main financial instrument foralls on the Commission to consider the best way for the EU budget funds to complement Member State action and other policy tools on energy efficiency and calls for additional resources to be allocated to energy efficiency initiatives for both the production and the consumer side;
Amendment 16 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls foron the continued and increased support and resoCommission to evaluate the effectiveness and EU added value of the CIP and other measurces for the Ewhich support entrepreneurship and Iinnovation Programme within the CIP; believes that there is a need for the continued and increased support and resources for, and better integration of, such programmes which provides the key financial instruments for the advancement of SMEs in Europe; emphasises that in terms of innovation SMEs should be encouraged to work closely together with universities to stimulate knowledge transfer;
Amendment 21 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the importance of the CIP and of JEREMIE for closing the market gaps on SME finance and calls for the targeting of available resources towards the real needs of SMEs, i.e. to promote new mezzanine instruments; notes that SMEs are particularly hard hit by late payments, therefore delays have to be avoided by finding an efficient and transparent monitoring scheme to ensure that payments are effected within a specified period;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that high priority should be given to an effective management of EU spending; notes further that it is particularly important that allocations of funds are based on objective criteria and on a continuous evaluation of their performance; considers that strong and efficient Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) should be fostered in this respect;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that financial support is needed for the development of unbundling Trans-European Energy Networks which play an important role in the strategic energy policy and for the development of Trans European e-services with special regard to data security; in line with EU climate change objectives; believes that financing for Trans-European Energy Networks should be focused on low- carbon infrastructure such as smart energy networks to increase the efficiency, flexibility, safety, reliability and quality of the EU electricity and gas systems;
Amendment 27 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be considerably revised; points out that businesses affected by ETS auctioning should be involved in the decision on how revenues from auctioning are to be utilised.
Amendment 30 #
2008/2055(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Emphasises the importance of an improved co-ordination between the European Union and third countries, especially with regard to the creation of a worldwide partnership system and the stimulation of knowledge transfer with countries with strategic importance to improve the EU´s security of energy supply; believes that this goal should be reflected in the budget.
Amendment 15 #
2008/2026(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Wishes to ensure that sufficient appropriations are available to provide for the adequate participation, with the necessary infrastructure, of its delegations in all meetings including activities in relation to the WTO;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 23 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the need to provide financial resources for a European regulator that deals with nuclear security and safety, and establishes and monitors unified rules, processes and standards for the handling of nuclear materials and consequential accidents;
Amendment 24 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organisation is an important instrument in strengthening democracy at international level and therefore believes that sufficient resources should be allocated;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises the importance of improved coordination between the European Union and third countries; stresses especially the need for the allocation of resources to create partnerships with countries with strategic importance for the security of energy supply for the European Union;
Amendment 28 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers the planned Small Business Act an important strategy to support Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; notes that also a financial framework and legislative acts are required to support SMEs in the most appropriate way; notes that, since SMEs are particularly hard hit by late payments, the European Union has to avoid late payments by finding an efficient and transparent monitoring scheme to ensure that payments are effected within a specified period;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Asks the Commission which measures are being taken to reach the goal of reducing administrative burdens in the EU by 25% by 2012 and to check if the principle of the one-stop-shop is achievable in the future to reduce bureaucracy;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2024(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note that the European Commission, in its Communication on the Annual Policy Strategy for 2009, has presented its political priorities with a clear focus on climate change and sustainable Europe; points out that, besides the Seventh Framework Programme, a research programme for renewable energies and energy efficiency should be established; recalls and regrets, however, that the margins available under the different expenditure ceilings of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) restrict the room for manoeuvre to finance new priorities such as those proposed by the Commission without jeopardising old ones;
Amendment 12 #
2008/2024(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note that the European Commission, in its Communication on the Annual Policy Strategy for 2009, has presented its political priorities with a clear focus on climate change and sustainable Europe; notes in this context that energy efficiency is a key strategy to tackle the problem of climate change; recalls and regrets, however, that the margins available under the different expenditure ceilings of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) restrict the room for manoeuvre to finance new priorities such as those proposed by the Commission without jeopardising old ones;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2024(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out the importance of the principle of "sound budgeting"; notes that financial regulation should be focused on lump sum payment as well as flat-rate payment and should be based on a result based system; asks the Commission to prepare a PDB that gives a realistic picture of all budgetary needs for 2009, especially in Heading 4 of the MFF; wishes to recall that the Flexibility Instrument is intended for the financing of unforeseen political challenges and should not be misused in the course of the budgetary procedure to finance EU policies and activities that are already foreseeable;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2024(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers the Small Business Act a very important strategy to support Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; notes that a financial framework and legislative acts are also required to support SMEs in the most appropriate way;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2024(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers a clear and transparent presentation of the European Union's budget an absolute necessity also with regard to the need to communicate to European citizens how EU money is spent; is aware that activity-based budgeting aims to match financial and human resources to political objectives according to the policy areas of Commission spending; is concerned, however, that differentiating between operational and administrative expenditure of the Commission has become increasingly difficult and that an already substantial amount of what is, in reality, administrative expenditure is financed from operational allocations; asks the Commission which measures are being taken to reach the goal of reducing administrative burdens in the EU by 25% by 2012 and to check whether the principle of the one-stop-shop is realisable in the future to reduce bureaucracy;
Amendment 95 #
2008/0231(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 8
Article 2 – point 8
(8) ”regulatory body" means any body the European regulator y bodiesy authorised by the Member State to grant in that Member StateEuropean Commission, provided with adequate authority, competence and financial and human resources to fulfil its responsibilities, to grant licences and to supervise the siting, design, construction, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of nuclear installations;
Amendment 146 #
2008/0231(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 148 #
2008/0231(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that, in order to limit the consequences of severe accidents in nuclear installations, the following criteria for limited impact are fulfilled at all times: - no emergency protection action or long term action beyond 800 m from the nuclear installation. - no delayed action at any time beyond 3000m from the nuclear installation.
Amendment 150 #
2008/0231(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a For the purposes of advising and assisting the Member States in the areas referred to in Article 6, an European Regulatory Body is hereby established. It shall in particular review the correct implementation by the Member States of the safety obligations and requirements referred to in Article 6(1). The European Regulatory Body is composed of the Heads of the regulatory bodies of the Member States and representatives of the Commission.
Amendment 53 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175 (1) thereof and Article 95 thereof in relation to Articles 3, 4 and Annexes I and II,
Amendment 68 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The energy performance of buildings should be calculated on the basis of a methodology, which may be differentiated at national and regional level, and that includes, in addition to thermal characteristics, other factors that play an increasingly important role such as heating, ventilation and air-conditioning installations, lighting systems, application of renewable energy sources, passive heating and cooling elements, shading, indoor air- quality, adequate natural light and design of the building. The methodology for calculating energy performance should not only be based on the season where heating is required, but should cover the annual energy performance of a building.
Amendment 77 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Commission should lay down a comparativeharmonised methodology for calculating cost- optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements applicable to the requirements for technical building systems which comprise the building and its subsequent equipment. Member States should use this comparativeharmonised methodology to compare the results witestablish the minimum energy performance requirements which they have adopted. The results of this comparison and the data used to reach these results should be regularly reported to the Commission. These reports should enable the Commission to assess the progress of Member States in reaching cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements and to report on it. After a transitional period Member States should use this comparativeharmonised methodology when they review their minimum energy performance requirements.
Amendment 107 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) Ensuring mutual recognition of energy performance certificates issued by other Member States is likely to be important for the development of a cross border market for financial and other services supporting energy efficiency. To facilitate this, the Commission should establish common minimum standards for the content and presentation of certificates, and for the accreditation of experts.
Amendment 109 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Recent years have seen a rise in the number of air-conditioning systems in European countries. This creates considerable problems at peak load times, increasing the cost of electricity and disrupting the energy balance in those countries. Priority should be given to strategies which enhance the thermal performance of buildings during the summer period. To this end there should be further development of passive cooling techniques, primarily those that improve indoor climatic conditions and the microclimate around buildings.
Amendment 116 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Power should in particular be conferred on the Commission to adapt certain parts of the general framework set out in Annex I to technical progress, to establish a harmonised methodologiesy for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements and to establish common principles for defining buildings of which both carbon dioxide emissions and primary energy consumption are low or equal to zero. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.
Amendment 119 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) As lighting applications currently account for approximately 14 % of the energy used in the EU and as modern state of the art lighting systems can save more than 80 % of energy while maintaining lighting conditions in line with European standards, (this being an underexploited contribution to enabling the European Union to achieve the EU 2020 targets), the Commission should take appropriate steps towards the adoption of a Lighting Design Directive in order to complement the measures and aims laid down in this Directive. Higher energy efficiency arising from better lighting design and the use of energy efficient light sources in line with the provisions under the Energy use of products Directive is considered to be a significant contribution to better energy performance in buildings.
Amendment 151 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point 3
Article 2 – point 3
(3) "energy performance of a building": means the calculated or measured amount of energy needed to meet the energy demand associated with a typical use of the building, which includes inter alia energy used for heating, hot water, cooling, ventilation and lighting;
Amendment 194 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Member States shall apply a harmonised methodology of calculation of the energy performance of buildings in accordance with the general framework set out in Annex I. The methodology of calculation of energy performance of buildings shall use European standards.
Amendment 204 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The energy performance of buildings shall be expressed in a transparent manner and shall include an indicator for C02 emissions and for primary energy demand.
Amendment 207 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that minimum energy performance requirements for buildings are set, with a view to achieving cost- optimal levels and are calculated in accordance with the harmonised methodology referred to in Article 3.
Amendment 220 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
These requirements shall take account of general indoor climate (temperature, moisture, air quality) and indoor and outdoor lighting conditions, in order to avoid possible negative effects such as inadequate ventilation, inadequate lighting designs, as well as local conditions and the designated function and the age of the building.
Amendment 250 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall establish by 31 December 2010 a comparativeMember States shall apply a harmonised methodology for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings or parts thereof. The comparative methodology shall differentiate between new and existing buildings and between different categories of buildings. Those measures designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(2) in accordance with the general framework set out in Annex III a. The methodology for calculating cost- optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings or parts thereof shall include relevant European standards.
Amendment 270 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 - introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 - introductory part
For new buildings – regardless of their size – Member States shall ensure that, before construction starts, the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of the following alternative systems is considered and taken into account:
Amendment 294 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7
Article 7
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when buildings – regardless of their size – undergo major renovation, their energy performance is energy performance requirements in so far as this is technically, functionally and economically feasible. Member States shall determine these minimum energy performance requirements in accordance with Article 4. The requirements may be set either for the renovated building as a whole or for the renovated systems or components when these are part of a renovation to be carried out within a limited time period, with the objective of improving the overall energy performance of the building or parts thereof.
Amendment 340 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 346 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. The Commission shall establish common principles for definingdefinitions of buildings of which both carbon dioxide emissions and primary energy consumption are low or equal to zero.
Amendment 368 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The recommendations included in the energy performance certificate shall be technically, functionally and economically feasible for the specific building and shall provide transparent information as to their cost-effectiveness. The evaluation of cost-effectiveness shall be based on a set of standard conditions, such as on the assessment of energy savings and underlying energy prices and interest rates for investments necessary to implement the recommendations.
Amendment 384 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Certification for single-family houses may be based on the assessment of another representative building of similar design and size with a similar actual energy performance quality if the local climatic conditions are taken into account and if this correspondence can be guaranteed by the expert issuing the energy performance certificate.
Amendment 414 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The recommendations referred to in point (b) shall be specific to the system and shall provide transparent information as to their cost-effectiveness. The evaluation of cost- effectiveness shall be based on a set of standard conditions, such as on the assessment of energy savings and underlying energy prices and interest rates for investments.
Amendment 421 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the energy performance certification of buildings, the inspection of heating systems and air- conditioning systems are carried out in an independent manner by qualified andor accredited experts, whether operating as self-employed or employed by public bodies or private enterprises bodies.
Amendment 459 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 2 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – point 2 – subparagraph 2
The methodology of calculation of energy performance of buildings should take into accountall use harmonised European standards.
Amendment 468 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 3 – point e
Annex I – point 3 – point e
(e) built-in lighting installation (mainly in the non-residential sector);
Amendment 483 #
2008/0223(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III a (new)
Annex III a (new)
Amendment 67 #
2008/0222(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) construction products.
Amendment 43 #
2008/0221(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The aim of this Directive is to increase the fuel-efficiency and safety of road transport by promoting fuel-efficient tyres with optimum wet grip.
Amendment 64 #
2008/0221(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – introductory part
Member States shall ensure that tyre suppliers comply, in relation to tyres produced after the date of implementation of this Directive, with the following provisions:
Amendment 69 #
2008/0221(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – point 1
Article 4 – point 1
(1) suppliers shall ensure that C1 and C2 tyres, which are delivered to distributors or end-users, are equipped withpoints of sale are supplied with a label, displayed by any means or by a sticker on the tyre tread displaying a label, indicating the fuel efficiency class as set out in Annex I, Part Aand wet grip information and the external rolling noise measured value, as set out in Annex I, Part C; C1 tyre labels shall also indicate the wet grip class as set out in Annex I, Part Bs A, B and C respectively;
Amendment 77 #
2008/0221(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – point 2
Article 4 – point 2
(2) the format of the label and of the sticker referred to in paragraphoint 1 shall be as prescribed in Annex II;
Amendment 91 #
2008/0221(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – point 1
Article 5 – point 1
(1) distributors shall ensure that tyres, at the point of sale, bear the stickerlabelling information provided by suppliers in accordance with Article 4(1), point 1 in a clearly visible position is available at the point of sale;
Amendment 94 #
2008/0221(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – point 3
Article 5 – point 3
Amendment 131 #
2008/0221(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – table
Annex I – part B – table
G Wet grip classes 155≤G 65 ≤ G A 140≤G≤154 55 ≤ G ≤ 164 B 125≤G≤139 45 ≤ G ≤ 154 C Empty 135 ≤ G ≤ 144 D 110≤G≤124 25 ≤ G ≤ 134 E G≤109 115 ≤ G ≤ 124 F Empty G ≤ 114 G
Amendment 33 #
2008/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) To manage risks to human and animal health and the environment, Community legislation provides that substances and products can only be marketed after appropriate safety and efficacy data have been submitted. Some of those requirements can be fulfilled only by resorting to animal testing, hereinafter referred to as “regulatory testing”. It is necessarydesirable to introduce specific measures in order to increase the use of internationally accepted alternative approaches and to eliminate unnecessary duplication of regulatory testing. For that purpose Member States should recognise the validity of test data produced using internationally accepted test methods provided for in Community legislation.
Amendment 89 #
2008/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that a procedure is not carried out if another scientifically satisfactory method or testing strategy of obtaining the result sought, not entailing the use of an animal, is recognised by Community legislation and internationally accepted. In the absence of such a method, a procedure may not be carried out if a scientifically satisfactory method or testing strategy for obtaining the result sought, including computer supported, in vitro and other methodologies, not entailing the use of an animal, is reasonably and practicablly available.
Amendment 176 #
2008/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, all projects involving only procedures classified as "up to mild"moderate" or less shall be exempted from the requirement for a retrospective assessment.
Amendment 25 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Where charge limits are not denominated in euros, the applicable charge limits for the initial limits laid down in Articles 3, 4a, 4b, 6a and the revised values of the limits laid down in Articles 3(2) and 4(2) should be determined in the relevant currency by applying the reference exchange rates published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the dates specified in this Regulation. Where there is no publication on the date specified, the applicable reference exchange rates should be those published in the first Official Journal of the European Union following this date which contains such reference exchange rates.
Amendment 27 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The practice by some mobile network operators of billing for the provision of wholesale roaming calls on the basis of minimum charging periods of up to 60 seconds, as opposed to the per second basis normally applied for other wholesale interconnection charges, creates a distortion of competition between these operators and those applying different billing methods and undermines the consistent application of the wholesale price limits introduced by Regulation (EC) No 717/2007. Moreover it represents an additional charge which, by increasing wholesale costs, has negative consequences for the pricing of voice roaming services at retail level. Mobile operators should therefore be required to bill for the wholesale provision of regulated roaming calls on a per second basis subject only to the possibility of applying a minimum initial charging period of no more than 30 seconds for calls made.
Amendment 39 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) An SMS message is a Short Message Service text message, mainly composed of alphabetical or numerical characters but also capable of containing pictorial characters, which can be sent and received on a mobile or fixed telephone or other mobile or fixed device between mobile and/or fixed numbers assigned in accordance with a national numbering plan. An SMS message is clearly distinct from other messages such as MMS messages or e-mails. In order to ensure that the Regulation is not deprived of its effectiveness and that its objectives are fully met, any changes to the technical parameters of a roaming SMS message which would differentiate it from a domestic SMS message should be prohibited.
Amendment 44 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) In addition, in order to avoid bill shocks, mobile operators should offer all their roaming customers, free of charge, an opportunity to specify in advance a maximumdefine one or more maximum monthly usage and/or financial limits for their outstanding charges for data roaming services (the ‘cut-off limit’ facility) which they should offer to all their roaming customers, free of charge, with an appropriate warning message when this limit is approached. Upon this maximum limit being reached, the data roaming service should be terminated unless the customer specifically requests its continued provision.
Amendment 49 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) This common approach should nevertheless be maintained for a limited time period but may, in the light of a review to be carried out by the Commission, be further extended or amended. The Commission should review the effectiveness of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 as amended by this Regulation and the contribution which it makes to the implementation of the regulatory framework and the smooth functioning of the internal market, while keeping in mind its impact on the smaller mobile communications providers in the Community and their position in the Community-wide roaming market. in the light of its objectives of removing excessive prices for Community-wide roaming services, achieving a high level of consumer protection, fostering competition between mobile operators, and offering incentives for innovation and consumer choice. The Commission should also consider the contribution which it makes to the implementation of the regulatory framework and the smooth functioning of the internal market. The Commission should consider the impact on the competitive position of mobile communications providers of different sizes and from different parts of the Community and their position in the Community-wide roaming market. In that context, the Commission should pay particular attention to developments and trends in wholesale charges for data roaming services in relation to the safeguard wholesale limit provided for in this Regulation. The Commission should evaluate the extent to which competition has developed for the provision of roaming services, taking into account inter alia, developments in charges for mobile roaming services, products and offers available for roaming services, the quality of service provided and the impact of technological developments on the provision of roaming services, including substitution by new services such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The Commission should also assess whether the regulation of roaming services could be appropriately covered within the regulatory framework for electronic communications.
Amendment 59 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point g
Article 1 – point 3 – point g
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point i
(i) 'SMS message' means a Short Message Service text message, composed principally of alphabetical and/or numerical characters, capable of being sent between mobile and/or fixed numbers assigned in accordance with the national numbering plans;
Amendment 68 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point 2
Article 1 – point 4 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. This average wholesale charge shall apply between any pair of operators and shall be calculated over a twelve month period or any such shorter period as may remain before the end of the period of application of a maximum average wholesale charge as provided for in this paragraph or the expiry of this Regulation. The maximum average wholesale charge shall decrease to EUR 0.28 and EUR 0.26, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively and shall further decrease to EUR 0.23, EUR 0.20 and EUR 0.17 on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 2012 respectively on 1 July 2010 and shall remain at EUR 0.23 until the expiry of this Regulation.
Amendment 73 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph the home provider may apply an initial minimum charging period not exceeding 30 seconds to regulated roaming calls made. Mobile operators shall provide voice roaming wholesale services upon reasonable request and on reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions.
Amendment 78 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. The retail charge (excluding VAT) of a Eurotariff which a home provider may levy from its roaming customer for the provision of a regulated roaming call may vary for any roaming call but shall not exceed EUR 0.49 per minute for any call made or EUR 0.24 per minute for any call received. The price ceiling for calls made shall decrease to EUR 0.46 and EUR 0.43, and for calls received to EUR 0.22 and EUR 0.19, on 30 August 2008 and on 1 July 2009 respectively. The price ceiling for calls made shall further decrease to EUR 0.40, EUR 0.37, and EUR 0.34 and for calls received to EUR 0.16, EUR 0.13 and EUR 0.10, on 1 July 2010, on 1 July 2011 and on 1 July 2012 respectivelyon 1 July 2010 and shall remain at these levels until the expiry of this Regulation.
Amendment 100 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
It shall also include the free-of-charge number referred to in paragraph 2 for obtaining more detailed information and information on the possibility of accessing emergency services by dialling the European emergency number 112 free-of- charge.
Amendment 111 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. From 1 July 2009 at the latest, an automatic message from the home provider shall inform the roaming customer that he is roaming and provide basic personalised tariff information on the charges applicable to the provision of regulated data roaming services to that roaming customer in the Member State concerned, except when the customer has notified his home provider that he does not require this information.
Amendment 113 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
2. Such basic personalised tariff information shall be delivered to the roaming customer's mobile telephone or other device, when the roaming customer enters a Member State or initiates a regulated data roaming service in a particular Member State other than that of his home network for the first time after having entered that Member State. It shall be provided without undue delay and free of charge, by an appropriate means adapted to facilitate its receipt and easy comprehension.
Amendment 119 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. By 31 JulyDecember 20109 at the latest, the home providers shall provide a 'Cut-Off Limit' facility whereby they offer and keep available to all their roaming customers, free of charge, the possibility to specify in advance a maximum financial limit, expressed in volume and/or in the currency in which the roaming customer is billed, for their outstanding charges for regulated data roaming services. To this end, the home provider shall make available one or more maximum usage and/or financial limits for specified periods of use. In order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, one of these maximum usage and/or financial limits offered shall not exceed [x] megabytes (corresponding to EUR 50) or EUR 50 (excluding VAT) per monthly billing period.
Amendment 138 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
When this Cut-Off Limit is reached, the home provider shall, either automatically or on the request of a customer, immediately cease to provide the roaming customer with regulated data roaming services, unless and until the roaming customer requests the continued or renewed provision of those services.
Amendment 146 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 6a – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 165 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 6a – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) The average wholesale charge referred to in point a shall be calculated by dividing the total wholesale revenue received by the operator of the visited network from each operator of a home network for the provision of regulated data roaming services in the relevant period by the total number of megabytes of data actually consumed by the provision of those services within that period, aggregated on a per kilobyte basis.
Amendment 170 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 6a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 181 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall review the functioning of this Regulation and, after a full consultation, shall report to the European Parliament and the Council no later than 31 December 20110. The Commission shall evaluate in particular whether the objectives of this Regulation have been achieved. In its reportso doing, the Commission shall review, inter alia: – the developments in wholesale and retail charges and for the provision to roaming customers of voice and data communication services , including SMS and MMS, and shall, if appropriate, include recommendations regarding the need further to regulate these servicesfor pre-paid and post-paid customers separately; as well as in the quality and speed of these services, including the real benefits for roaming customers in terms of price reductions; – the availability and quality of alternative services to roaming (voice and SMS), for example VoIP or any evolution of it; – other possible alternatives to achieving a competitive situation for wholesale and retail roaming services, for example reasonable non-discrimination provisions for the wholesale market or the possibility for the roaming customer to chose between operators, other then the home operator, without having to change phone number; – the degree of competition including the competitive situation of smaller, independent or newly started operators; The Commission shall also assess future aspects of price developments without regulation and analyse alternative solutions for creating a competitive internal market for roaming, for example an independent body of regulators at EU level which would play an active role in the roaming sector. For this purpose the Commission may use the information supplied pursuant to Article 7(3).
Amendment 187 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. In its report, the Commission shall assess whether, in the light of the matters referred to in paragraph 1 and other relevant developments in the market including the quality of service provided, and with regard to both competition and consumer protection, there is need to extend the duration of this Regulation beyond the period set out in Article 13 or to amend it further, taking into account the developments in charges for mobile voice and data communication services at national level and the effects of this Regulation across different parts of the Community and also on the competitive situation of smaller, independent or newly started operators. In the light of its findingsis Regulation should expire, be repealed, be amended or extended in whole or in part, beyond the period set out in Article 13. In the light of its findings and after taking into consideration alternative methods of regulation, including the possibility of regulating roaming under the electronic communications regulatory framework, the Commission may submit a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 191 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 16
Article 1 – point 16
Regulation (EC) No 717/2007
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
16. In Article 13 "2010" is replaced by ", the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: "It shall expire on 31 December 20131".
Amendment 16 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The disparities between the laws or administrative measures adopted by the Member States in relation to the ecodesign of energy related products can create barriers to trade and distort competition in the Community and may thus have a direct impact on the establishment and functioning of the internal market. The harmonisation of national laws is the only means to prevent such barriers to trade and unfair competition. The extension of the scope to all energy related products ensures that ecodesign requirements for all significant energy related products can be harmonised at Community level. The Commission working plan shall only include products that have a significant impact on energy consumption.
Amendment 17 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) This Directive should apply only if there are no specific provisions with a similar objective, nature or effect in other existing rules of Community harmonisation legislation. Confusion in the market and excessive costs due to overlapping legislation must be avoided.
Amendment 28 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The Commission shouldall, on the basis of the experience from applying the Directive, review its operation and effectiveness and assess the appropriateness of extending its scope beyond energy related productcompile a report to review and assess its operation and effectiveness. Within the review the Commission should consult Member States' representatives as well as concerned interested parties.
Amendment 30 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a framework for the setting of Community ecodesign requirements for high-energy related-use products with the aim of ensuring the free movement of those products within the internal market.
Amendment 31 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where other Community legislation covers part or all of the requirements of this Directive, priority shall be given to that legislation.
Amendment 32 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Custom made products are exempt from the scope of this Directive.
Amendment 33 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Directive shall not apply to means of transport for persons or goods or to building and construction products.
Amendment 34 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. ‘Energy related product’, hereinafter referred to as '‘product'’, means any good having an significant impact on energy consumption during use which is placed on the market and/or put into service in the European Union, including parts intended to be incorporated into energy related products covered by this Directive which are placed on the market and/or put into service as individual parts for end-users and of which the environmental performance can be assessed independently; Or. de (in DE-COM document (auto-cleaned version) Art 2 para 1 is missing)
Amendment 36 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 21
Article 2 – paragraph 21
21. ‘Environmental performance’ of a product means the results of the manufacturer's management of the environmental aspproduct’s overall effects ofn the product environment throughout its life cycle, as reflected in its technical documentation file;
Amendment 40 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the product shall present significanttechnically feasible and economically justified potential for improvement in terms of its environmental impact, without entailing excessive costs, based on a life-cycle cost analysis, taking into account in particular:
Amendment 41 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) consider the life cycle of the product and all its significant environmental aspects, inter alia, energy efficiencyright through from production to use and disposal, making use of scientific data. The depth of analysis of the environmental aspects and of the feasibility of their improvement shall be proportionate to their significance. The adoption of ecodesign requirements on the significant environmental aspects of a product shall not be unduly delayed by uncertainties regarding the other aspects.
Amendment 47 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21
Article 21
Not later than 2012 the Commission shall review the appropriateness of extending the scope of the Directive to non energy related products, the effectiveness of this Directive and of its implementing measures, the threshold for implementing measures, market surveillance mechanisms and any relevant self-regulation stimulated, after consultation of the Consultation Forum referred to in Article 18, and, as appropriate, present proposals to the European Parliament and the Council for amending this Directive.
Amendment 49 #
2008/0151(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – Part 1 – point 1.3 – point d
Annex I – Part 1 – point 1.3 – point d
Amendment 28 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37a) It is important to complement the basic works requirements with the “sustainable use of natural resources”, which should take into account the following: (a) recyclability of the construction works, and their materials and parts after demolition; (b) durability of the construction works; (c) use of environmentally compatible raw and secondary materials in the construction works.
Amendment 29 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 5
Article 2 – point 5
5. "making available on the market" means any supply of a construction product for distribution or use on the Community market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of chargethe first change of ownership of a construction product within the Community market;
Amendment 30 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 6
Article 2 – point 6
Amendment 32 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 19
Article 2 – point 19
19. "micro-enterprise" means a micro- enterprise as defined “non safety-critical product” means a construction product belonging the Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium sized enterprises o a family of construction products for which the applicable system for assessment and verification of constancy of performance is system 5, as set out in Annex V;
Amendment 34 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraphs 1 and 2
Article 4 – paragraphs 1 and 2
1. The manufacturer or the importer when placing a construction product on the market shall make a declaration of performance if the following conditions are met: (a) the construction product is covered by a harmonised standard, or a European Technical Assessment has been issued for that product; and (b) the requirements in relation to essential characteristics of that product exist where the manufacturer or importer intends to place the product on the market. The manufacturer or the importer may make a declaration of performance where the requirements referred to in point (b) do not exist. 2. The declaration of performance referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover at least the essential characteristics for which requirements referred to in point b of paragraph 1 exis. In the case of kits or innovative products for which no harmonised standard exists, the declaration of performance shall be based on a European Technical Assessment.
Amendment 35 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The declaration of performance is obligatory in all Member States when placing a construction product on the market.
Amendment 38 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the reference number and date of issue of the harmonised standard, the European Assessment Document or the Specific Technical Documentation, which has been used for the assessment of each essential characteristic.
Amendment 39 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The copy of the declaration of performance may be supplied by electronic means only with the express agreement of the recipient.
Amendment 40 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the content of the declaration of performance may be made available on a web site in accordance with conditions established by the Commission. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 51(2).
Amendment 44 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall not prohibit or impede, within their territory or under their responsibility, the making available on the market or the use of construction products bearing the CE marking, when the requirements for this use in that Member State correspond to the declared performance.
Amendment 47 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The CE marking shall be followed by the two last digits of the year in which it was affixed, the name or the identifying mark of the producer, the unique identification code of the construction product and the number of the declaration of performance.
Amendment 49 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 50 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 51 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – title
Article 19 – title
Assessment and verificattestation of constformity of performancye
Amendment 52 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Assessment and verificattestation of constancy of the declared performanceformity of construction products in relation to their essential characteristics shall be carried out in accordance with one of the systems set out in Annex V.
Amendment 53 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. A STD shall not be used when a harmonised standard exists for a construction product.
Amendment 54 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Amendment 55 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Use of Specific Technical Documentation by micro-enterprises 1. Micro-enterprises may replacefor non safety-critical products 1. For non safety-critical products the applicable system for assessment of the declared performance of construction product may be replaced by a STD. The STD shall demonstrate the compliance of the construction product with the applicable requirements. 2. If a construction product belongs to a family of construction products for which the applicable system for assessment and verification of constancy of performance is system 1 or 25, as set out in Annex V, the STD shall be verified by a relevant certification body as referred to in Annex V.
Amendment 62 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 7
Annex I – point 7
The construction works must be designed, built and demolished in such a way that the use of natural resources is sustainable and ensure the following: (a) recyclability of the construction works, their materials and parts after demolition; (b) durability of the construction works; (c) use of environmentally compatible raw and secondary materials in the construction works.
Amendment 65 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 7 a (new)
Annex I – point 7 a (new)
7a. Existing mandates to establish harmonised European standards shall be taken into account. The respective CEN committee shall develop standards to clarify the basic works requirement 7 “sustainability”.
Amendment 66 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – title
Annex V – title
Assessment and verificattestation of constformity of performancye
Amendment 67 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1 – title
Annex V – point 1 – title
1. SYSTEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATTESTATION OF CONSTANCY OF PERFORMANCEFORMITY
Amendment 68 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1.1 – introductory phrase
Annex V – point 1.1 – introductory phrase
1.1. System 1+ - Declaration of the performance for the essential characteristics of the product by the manufacturer on the basis of following items:
Amendment 69 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1.2 – introductory phrase
Annex V – point 1.2 – introductory phrase
1.2. System 21 - Declaration of the performance for the essential characteristics of the product by the manufacturer on the basis of following items:
Amendment 70 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1.3 – introductory phrase
Annex V – point 1.3 – introductory phrase
1.3. System 32+ - Declaration of the performance for the essential characteristics of the product by the manufacturer on the basis of following items:
Amendment 71 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1.4 – introductory phrase
Annex V – point 1.4 – introductory phrase
1.4. System 43 - Declaration of the performance for the essential characteristics of the product by the manufacturer on the basis of following items:
Amendment 72 #
2008/0098(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1.5 – introductory phrase
Annex V – point 1.5 – introductory phrase
1.5. System 54 - Declaration of the performance for the essential characteristics of the product by the manufacturer on the basis of following items:
Amendment 192 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Heat pumps using geothermal resources from the ground or water, and heat pumps using ambient heat from the air to transfer the thermal energy to a useful temperature level, need electricity to function. Heat pumps using ambient heat from the air often require the use of significant amounts of conventional energy. Therefore, only useful thermal energy coming from heat pumps using ambient heat from the air that meet the minimum requirements of the coefficient of performance established in Commission Decision 2007/742/EC, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme,aerothermal, geothermal or hydrothermal energy as heat source should be taken into account for the purpose of measuring compliance with the targets established by this Directive.
Amendment 287 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that Member States take provisions to safeguard the global competitiveness of the energy-intensive industry mitigating the renewable surcharges on their energy costs.
Amendment 323 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57 a (new)
Recital 57 a (new)
(57a) The unilateral transposition of environmental protection measures, such as the water framework directive, may jeopardise overriding environmental and energy objectives, including climate protection. For this reason legislative programmes, particularly in the environmental field, should take account of the consequences for the use of renewable energy and as far as possible avoid conflicts of interest.
Amendment 332 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
(a) “energy from renewable sources” means renewable non-fossil energy sources: wind, solar, geothermal, wave, tidal, hydropowerdistrict heating, aerothermal, wave, tidal, hydro (thermal and hydropower), sewage sludge, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;
Amendment 341 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point a – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – point a – subparagraph 1 a (new)
This definition may be adapted to technical progress by the Commission acting in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 21(3);
Amendment 357 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point d
Article 2 – point d
(d) “district heating or cooling” means the distribution of thermal energy, of which at least 50 % is derived from waste heat, combined heat and power or renewable sources, in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids, from a central source of production through a network to multiple buildings, for the use of space or process heating or coolingone or more consumers;
Amendment 375 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point h a (new)
Article 2 – point h a (new)
(ha) “transfer certificate” means a specially labelled electronic document serving as proof of the generation of a specified amount of energy from renewable sources and the attainment of Member States’ targets;
Amendment 381 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) “transport subsectors” means rail, road and inland waterway transport.
Amendment 402 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Each Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in transport in 2020 is at least 10% of final consumption of energy in transport in that Member State. In the case of electric power for rail operation that is delivered by the power generator or supplier, the same target shall apply for the share of renewable energy as for the share of renewable energy in the energy consumption of road transport. Each Member State shall indicate, for the subsectors of the transport industry, what share each of the subsectors shall contribute to attainment of the overall target and what shall be the target share of energy from renewable sources in the final energy consumption of each of the subsectors up to the year 2020.
Amendment 409 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In its legislative proposals, particularly in the environmental sphere, the Commission shall take account of their impact on the use of renewable energy and avoid conflicts of interest.
Amendment 421 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The national action plans shall set out Member States’ targets for the shares of energy from renewable sources in the various modes of transport, in electricity and in heating and cooling in 2020, and adequate measures to be taken to achieve these targets, including national policies to develop existing biomass resources and, mobilise new biomass resources for different uses, and the measures to be taken to fulfil the requirements of Articles 12 to 17. and promote their use in electricity and heating and cooling and * in the various modes of transport, taking account of competition with use for non- energy purposes (particularly food production and recycling), and the measures to be taken to fulfil the requirements of Articles 12 to 17. Each measure shall be shown together with its costs. [* Translator’s note: The words in non- bold italics appear in the German, but not in the English version of COM(2008)19.]
Amendment 443 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) final energy from renewable sources consumed inby the various modes of transport.
Amendment 459 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a), final consumption of electricity from renewable sources shall be calculated as the quantity of electricity produced in a Member State from renewable energy sources, excluding the production of electricity byin pumped storage units usingfrom water that has previously been pumped uphill, adjusted in accordance with Article 10.
Amendment 466 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Thermal energy generated by heat pumps using geaerothermal energy from the ground or water, geothermal and hydrothermal energy shall be taken into account for the purposes of paragraph 1(b). Thermal energy generated by heat pumps using ambient heat from the air shall be taken into account for the purposes of paragraph 1(b), provided that the energy efficiency of such heat pumps meets the minimum requirements of eco-labelling laid down pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000, where applicable, in particular the minimum coefficient of performance established in Decision 2007/742/EC, and reviewed in accordance with that Regulation provided that the primary energy input is less than the final energy output. For the calculation of renewable energy produced by heat pumps, only the share taken from the environment (aerothermal, geothermal and hydrothermal energy) shall be counted.
Amendment 478 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point b
(b) the electricity is produced by an installation that became operational after the date of entry into force of this Directive1 January 2005; and
Amendment 479 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 9 – point c
(c) the electricity ishas been issued with a guarantee of origin and a transfer certificate that forms part of a system of guarantee of origin equivalent to that laid down by this Directive and the transfer certificates have been transferred to and cancelled on the register of certificates of the Member State to whose target the electricity is to be allocated.
Amendment 494 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
To that end, Member States shall ensure that a guarantee of origin is issued in response to a request from a producerand a transfer certificate are issued in respect of the share of renewable energy from these installations. A guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. No more than one guarantee of originFor installations producing electricity from renewable sources which is not fed into a distribution or transmission network, a guarantee of origin and a transfer certificate shall be issued only in respect of eachonse to a request from the producer. For installations with a capacity of less than 5 MWth of energy producheating or cooling from renewable sources, the Member States shall decide whether guarantees of origin or transfer certificates are to be issued.
Amendment 499 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Guarantees of origin and transfer certificates shall be issued, transferred and cancelled electronically. They shall be accurate, reliable and fraud- resistant. A guarantee of origin and the transfer certificate shall specify, at least: (a) the energy source from which the energy was produced and the starting and ending dates of its production (b) whether the guarantee of origin relates to (i) electricity; or (ii) heating and/or cooling (c) the identity, location, type and capacity of the installation where the energy was produced, and the date of the installation’s becoming operational (d) the date and country of issue and a unique identification number (e) the amount and type of any investment aid that has been given for the installationir intended use: (i) in the case of transfer certificates, as an assessment of the fulfilment by the Member State of the requirements of this directive regarding the national targets; (ii) in the case of guarantees of origin, as evidence of renewable energy by energy producers, suppliers or consumers.
Amendment 503 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where an installation which became operational after 1 January 2005 has received investment aid necessary for the technical operation of the installation, a note to this effect shall appear on all the installation’s guarantees of origin and transfer certificates.
Amendment 505 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Guarantees of origin and transfer certificates may be separately traded and may be cancelled simultaneously or at different times. Rules to this effect shall be enacted by the Member States.
Amendment 507 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall recognise guarantees of origin and transfer certificates issued by other Member States in accordance with this Directive. Any refusal by a Member State to recognise a guarantee of origin or transfer certificate shall be based on objective, transparent and non- discriminatory criteria. In the event of refusal to recognise a guarantee of origin or transfer certificate, the Commission may adopt a Decision requiring the Member State in question to recognise it.
Amendment 510 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that all guarantees of origin and transfer certificates to be issued in respect of renewable energy generated in a given calendar year are issued, at the latest, three months after the end of that year.
Amendment 524 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 527 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. To prevent duplication of the issue of guarantees, they may only be issued in the guarantee register of the country in which the installation is located. In the case of installations located on the territory of more than one Member State, the Member States in question must ensure that there is no duplication of the issue of guarantees.
Amendment 528 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Each operator shall have an account in the guarantee register. Operators with installations in more than one Member State shall have an account in each of the relevant national registers. Each register shall also contain an account in the name of the Member State in question. Energy suppliers and consumers may apply to open an account. Every operator of an installation producing renewable energy shall have the right to inspect the guarantees issued in respect of his installation in the guarantee register. This will enable operators to prove that the energy produced in their installations derives from renewable sources.
Amendment 529 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 c and d (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 c and d (new)
1c. Immediately after the issuing of a guarantee, the relevant guarantees of origin shall be credited to the account in the national guarantee register of the operator in whose installations the energy was produced. 1d. Immediately after the issuing of a guarantee, the relevant transfer certificates shall be credited to the account of the Member State in question in the national guarantee register.
Amendment 533 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The national register of guarantees of origin shall record the guarantees of origin or transfer certificates held by each person. A guarantee of origin or transfer certificate shall only be held in one register at one time.
Amendment 534 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall appoint a central administrator linking the individual guarantee registers via interfaces. Guarantees shall be transferred via this central administrator (a) between Member States, (b) between persons in different Member States, and (c) between a Member State and persons in another Member State. The central administrator shall draw up an annual report on transfers between the individual guarantee registers.
Amendment 535 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. With a view to the implementation of this directive the Commission shall issue a regulation on a standardised and secure system for the registration of guarantees in the form of standardised electronic data banks with common data items to track the issuing, possession, transfer and cancellation of guarantees of origin and transfer certificates, to guarantee public access and appropriate confidentiality and to ensure that no transfers take place which are incompatible with the requirements of this directive. The regulation shall be issued in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 21(3).
Amendment 536 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Persons or Member States may transfer and submit for cancellation guarantees of origin or transfer certificates in their possession in accordance with the provisions of this directive.
Amendment 559 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 561 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where a transfer accounting certificate is cancelled, the energy to which it refers shall be included in the assessment of the attainment of the requirements of this Directive concerning national targets, pursuant to Article 10, paragraph b.
Amendment 565 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Guarantees of origin shall nomust be submitted to a competent body for cancellation morenot later than 1two years after their date of issue.
Amendment 569 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Where a guarantee of origin is cancelled in the case of electricity, the proof of the share of renewable energy in the overall energy mix shall thereby be deemed to have been provided in accordance with Article 3, paragraph 6(a) of Directive 2003/54/EC.
Amendment 570 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. A guarantee of origin can only be cancelled once. A cancelled guarantee of origin may no longer be transferred.
Amendment 578 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States whose share of energy from renewable sources equalled or exceeded the indicative trajectory in Part B of Annex I in the immediately preceding two-year period may request the competent bodies designated in accordance with Article 7 to transfer the guarantees of origin submitted for cancellation under Article 8(1) to another Member State. Such guarantees of origiransfer accounting certificates to the guarantee register to another Member State. Such transfer accounting certification shall immediately be cancelled by the competent body in the receiving Member State.
Amendment 589 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may provide for a system of prior authorisation for the transfer of guarantees of origin to or from persons in other Member States if, in the absence of such a system, the transfer of guarantees of origin to or from the Member State concerned is likely to impair their ability to ensure a secure and balanced energy supply or is likely to undermine the achievement of the environmental objectives underlying their support scheme. Member States may provide for a system of prior authorisation for the transfer of guarantees of origin to persons in other Member States if in the absence of such a system, the transfer of guarantees of origin is likely to impair their ability to comply with Article 3(1) or to ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources equals or exceeds the indicative trajectory in Part B of Annex I. The system of prior authorisation shall not constitute a means of arbitrary discriminationalso transfer transfer accounting certifications to persons, providing they are issued in respect of energy produced from installations which became operational after 1 January 2005. The assignation of these transfer accounting certificates to persons shall occur through a transparent and discrimination-free procurement procedure.
Amendment 592 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Subject to the provisions adopted pursuant toBy way of derogation from the provisions of Article 7, paragraph 24, guarantees of origin may be transferred between persons in different Member States provided they have been issued in relation to energy produced from renewable sources by installations that became operational after the date of entry into force of this Directive. Such transfer may accompany the transfer of the energy to which the guaranMember States may before the entry into operation of an installation producing energy from renewable sources, agree with other Member States or the future operators of this installation that the transfer accounting certificates of this installation shall be transferred immediately after the issue of the guarantee to the Member Statee ofr origin relates, or may be separate from any such transferperator. Such agreements may be limited in time.
Amendment 596 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. Subject toBy way of derogation from the provisions adopted pursuant to paragraph 2, guarantees of origin may be transferred between persons in different Member States provided they have been issued in relation to energy produced from renewable sources by installations that became operational after the date of entry into force of this Directivewithout restriction provided they (a) are not used to meet the national targets of this Directive or (b) come from installations which do not and have not received any aid and became operational after 1 January 2005.
Amendment 608 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 611 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. By 31 December 2014 at the latest, depending on data availability, the Commission shall assess the implementation of the provisions of this Directive for the transfer of guarantees of origintransfer certificates between Member States and the costs and benefits of this. It shall, if appropriate, submit proposals to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 618 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10
Article 10
Amendment 621 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
For the purpose of Article 5(9), Article 6(2), Article 8(2) and Article 9(2) and (3) units of renewable energy imputable to an increase in the capacity or regulatory capability of an installation shall be treated as if they were produced by a separate installation becoming operational at the moment at which the increase of capacity or regulatory capability occurred.
Amendment 716 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall develop certification schemes for installers of small-scale biomass boilers and stoves, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems and heat pumps as well as for installers of horizontal or vertical heat collectors (i.e. drilling and construction companies). Those schemes shall be based on the criteria laid down in Annex IV. Each Member State shall recognise certification awarded by other Member States in accordance with these criteria.
Amendment 720 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By (1 year after entry into force of the directive), on the basis of information received from Member States and in consultation with the relevant sectors, the minimum requirements and the conditions for mutual recognition shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21 (3) in respect of training programmes and certification for both the companies and the relevant personnel involved in installation, maintenance or servicing of small-scale biomass boilers and stoves, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, heat pumps and horizontal and vertical heat collectors, taking due account of existing certification schemes already applicable to those products and equipment.
Amendment 722 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
By (2 years after entry into force of the Directive) Member States shall establish or adapt their own training and certification requirements, on the basis of the minimum requirements referred to in paragraph 3.1. Member States shall notify the Commission of their certification programmes. Member States shall give recognition to the certificates issued in another Member State and shall not restrict the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment for reasons relating to the certification issued in another Member State.
Amendment 767 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall require transmission system operators and distribution system operators to provide any new producer wishing to be connected to the system with a comprehensive and detailed estimate of the costs associated with the connection. Member States may allow producers of electricity from renewable energy sources wishing to be connected to the grid to issue a call for tender for the connection work. Tenders shall be drawn up on the basis of the existing technical rules.
Amendment 771 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 8
Article 14 – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall ensure that fees charged by transmission system operators and distribution system operators for the transmission and distribution of electricity from plants using renewable energy sources reflect realisable cost benefithe costs resulting from the plant's connection to the network. Such cost benefits could arise from the direct use of the low-voltage grid.
Amendment 1035 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – new part to be added at the end of the annex
Annex II – new part to be added at the end of the annex
If the run-off statistics are known, the electricity generated can be calculated with the aid of the run-off coefficients for the last 15 years using the following formulae: QE = Hm * Vm * g * ρ * η * time where QE’ = electricity generated Hm = average drop Vm = average throughflow g = gravity constant ρ = density η = efficiency For small hydropower smaller surveys shall be carried out. In this case the annual report on actual annual electricity generated shall suffice. The additional electricity generated shall be calculated by means of a percentage increase in the variables concerned.
Amendment 1042 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 1
Annex IV – paragraph 1
1. The certification process shall be transparent and clearly defined by the Member State or the administrative body they appointa certification body to be appointed and accredited by the Member States (according to EN ISO 17024).
Amendment 1045 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 2
Annex IV – paragraph 2
2. Biomass, heat pump and, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal installers shall be certified by an accredited training programme or training provideras well as installers of horizontal or vertical heat collectors (i.e. drilling and construction companies) shall be certified by an accredited certification body.
Amendment 1052 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 3
Annex IV – paragraph 3
3. The accreditationquality assurance of the training programme or provider shall be done by Member States or administrthe certificativeon bodies they appoint. The accrediting. These bodyies shall ensure that the training programme offered by the training provider has continuity and regional or national coverage. The training provider shall have adequate technical facilities to provide practical training, including some laboratory equipment or corresponding facilities to provide practical training. The training provider shall also offer in addition to the basic training, shorter refresher courses on topical issues, including on new technologies, to enable life-long learning in installations. The training provider may be the manufacturer of the equipment or system, institutes or associations.
Amendment 1061 #
2008/0016(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – paragraph 9
Annex IV – paragraph 9
9. The training course shall end with an examination leading toand a certificate. The examination shall include a practical assessment ofion process (according to EN ISO 17024). The examination shall include the testing of practical skills. Part of the certification requirements shall be the proof of the successfully installingation of biomass boilers or stoves, heat pump systems, solar photovoltaic or solar thermal installations. by the installer.
Amendment 86 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) For other sectors covered by the Community scheme, in the absence of a ratified international agreement a transitional system should be foreseen for which free allocation in 2013 would be 80100 % of the amount that corresponded to the percentage of the overall Community-wide emissions throughout the period 2005 to 2007 that those installations emitted as a proportion of the annual Community-wide total quantity of allowances. Thereafter, the free allocation should decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no free allocation in 2020.
Amendment 96 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Transitional free allocation to installations should be provided for through harmonised Community-wide rules ("benchmarks") in order to minimise distortions of competition with the Community. These rules should take account of the most greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass, renewables and greenhouse gas capture and storage. Any such rules should not give incentives to increase emissions and ensure that an increasing proportion of these allowances is auctioned. Allocations must be fixed prior to the trading period so as to enable the market to function properly. They shall also avoid undue distortions of competition on the markets for electricity and heat supplied to industrial installations. These rules should apply to new entrants carrying out the same activities as existing installations receiving transitional free allocations. To avoid any distortion of competition within the internal market, no free allocation should be made in respect of the production of electricity by new entrants. Allowances which remain in the set-aside for new entrants in 2020 should be auctioned.
Amendment 104 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Community will continue to take the lead in the negotiation of an ambitious international agreement that will achieve the objective of limiting global temperature increase to 2°C and is encouraged by the progress made in Bali towards this objective. In the event that other developed countries and other major emitters of greenhouse gases do not participate in this international agreement, this could lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in third countries where industry would not be subject to comparable carbon constraints (“carbon leakage”), and at the same time could put certain energy- intensive sectors and sub-sectormanufacturing industries in the Community which are subject to international competition at an economic disadvantage. This could undermine the environmental integrity and benefit of actions by the Community. To address the risk of carbon leakage and that of loss of competitiveness, the Community will allocate 100 % of allowances free of charge up to 100% to sectors or sub-sectors meeting the relevant criteria. The definition of these sectors and sub-sectors and the measures required will be subject to re- assessment to ensure that action is taken where necessary and to avoid overcompensation. For those specific sectors or sub-sectorto installations covered by the Community scheme that are not primarily producing electricity. For those manufacturing industries where it can be duly substantiated that the risk of carbon leakage cannot be prevented otherwise, where electricity constitutes a high proportion of production costs and is produced efficiently, the action taken may take into account the electricity consumption in the production process, without changing the total quantity of allowances.
Amendment 111 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should therefore review the situation by June 2011 at the latest, consult with all relevant social partners, and, in the light of the outcome of the international negotiations, submit a report accompanied by any appropriate proposals. In this context, the Commission should identify which energy intensive industry sectors or sub-sectors are likely to be subject to carbon leakage not later than 30 June 2010. It should base its analysis on the assessment of the inability to pass on the cost of required allowances in product prices without significant loss of market share to installations outside the Community not taking comparable action to reduce emissions. Energy- intensive industries which are determined to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage could receive a higher amount of free allocation or an effective carbon equalisation system could be introduced with a view to putting installations from the Community which are at significant risk of carbon leakage and those from third countries on a comparable footing. Such a system could apply requirements to importers that would be no less favourable than those applicable to installations within the EU, for example by requiring the surrender of allowances. Any action taken would need to be in conformity with the principles of the UNFCCC, in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, taking into account the particular situation of Least Developed Countries. The question of security of supply of raw material in the European Union should also be taken into account. It would also need to be in conformity with the international obligations of the Community including the WTO agreement.
Amendment 150 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point u
Article 3 – point u
[(u)] 'Electricity generator' means an installation that, on or after 1 January 2005, has produced electricity for sale to third parties, which predominantly delivers to the public electricity grids, and which. is only covered by the category 'Supply of power or heat' in Annex I.
Amendment 159 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 –paragraph 1
Article 9 –paragraph 1
The Community-wide quantity of allowances issued each year starting in 2013 shall decrease in a linear manner beginning from the mid-point of the period 2008 to 2012. The quantity shall decrease by a linear factor of 1.740,9 2% compared to the average annual total quantity of allowances issued by Member States in accordance with the Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period 2008 to 2012.
Amendment 206 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall, by 30 June 20110, adopt Community wide and fully- harmonised implementing measures for allocating the allowances referred to in paragraphs 2 to 6 and 8 in a harmonised manner. Where a waste gas from a production process is used as a fuel or process gas, allowances shall be allocated to the operator of the installation generating the waste gas with the same allocation principles as applied for this installation.
Amendment 217 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagrah 3
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagrah 3
The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that gives incentives for greenhouse gas and energy efficient techniques and for reductions in emissions, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, the technological potential to reduce emissions, substitutes, alternative production processes, use of biomass and greenhouse gas capture and storage, and shall not give incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production.
Amendment 229 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagrah 4
Article 10a – paragraph 1 – subparagrah 4
The Commission shall, upon the conclusion by the Community of an international agreement on climate change leading to mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions comparable to those of the Community, review those measures for the following period starting 2021 to provide that free allocation only takes place where this is fully justified in the light of that agreement.
Amendment 254 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 4
Article 10a – paragraph 4
4. The maximum amount of allowances that is the basis for calculating allocations to installations which carry out activities in 2013 and received a free allocation in the period 2008 to 2012 shall not exceed, as a proportion of the annual Community- wide total quantity, the percentage of the corresponding emissions in the period 2005 to 2007 that those installations emitted. A correction factor shall be applied where necessary, to comply with the quantities determined in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3 and without changing the total quantity of allowances in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 258 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 5
Article 10a – paragraph 5
5. The maximum amount of allowances that is the basis for calculating allocations to installations which are only included in the Community scheme from 2013 onwards shall not exceed, in 2013, the total verified emissions of those installations in 2005 to 2007. In each subsequent year, the total allocation to such installations shall be adjusted by the linear factor referred to in Article 9. A correction factor shall be applied where necessary, to comply with the quantities determined in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 3 and without changing the total quantity of allowances in accordance with Article 9.
Amendment 264 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
6. Five percent of the Community-wide quantity of allowances determined in accordance with Articles 9 and 9a over the period 2013 to 2020 shall be set aside for providing liquidity for new entrants, as tnd for market situations creating carbon prices which are unreasonably high or low. The maximum that may be allocated to new entrants in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 267 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production by new entrantgiven to electricity generators.
Amendment 278 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 10a – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Installations with a production increasing by an average of more than 18% annually between the reference years for which production data was used for allocation and the second calendar year of the ongoing trading period can apply for an allocation from the reserve specified in paragraph 6.
Amendment 285 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 7
Article 10a – paragraph 7
7. Subject to Article 10b, the amount of allowances allocated free of charge under paragraphs 3 to 6 of this Article [and paragraph 2 of Article 3c] in 2013 shall be 8100% of the quantity determined in accordance with the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and thereafter the free allocation shall decrease each year by equal amounts resulting in no79% free allocation in 2020.
Amendment 293 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8
Article 10a – paragraph 8
8. In 2013 and in each subsequent year up to 2020, installations in sectors which are exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage shall be allocated allowances free of charge up the absence of a ratified international agreement that would create a level playing field for installations that are not primarily producing electricity, these installations shall be allocated the quantity of allowances determined in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 6 100 percent of the quantity determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6. free of charge. This also applies for installations which cannot clearly be assigned to one sector.
Amendment 297 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 9
Article 10a – paragraph 9
Amendment 312 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10b
Article 10b
Amendment 342 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 11a – paragraphs 2 to 5
Article 11a – paragraphs 2 to 5
2. Operators may request the competent authority, to the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to them by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used up, to issue allowancesissue allowances to the extent of all of the verified emissions of the year 2010 (including quantities according to paragraph 3 to 5), to them valid from 2013 onwards in exchange for CERs and ERUs issued in respect of emission reductions up until 2012 from project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012. Until 31 December 2014, the competent authority shall make such an exchange on request. 3. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used upof all of the verified emissions of the year 2010 (including quantities according to paragraph 2, 4 and 5), competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange CERs from projects that were established before 2013 issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances valid from 2013 onwards. The first subparagraph shall apply for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012. 4. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used upof all of the verified emissions of the year 2010 (including quantities according to paragraph 2, 3 and 5), competent authorities shall allow operators to exchange CERs issued in respect of emission reductions from 2013 onwards for allowances from new projects started from 2013 onwards in Least Developed Countries. The first subparagraph shall apply to CERs for all project types which were accepted by all Member States in the Community scheme during the period 2008 to 2012, until those countries have ratified an agreement with the Community or until 2020, whichever is the earlier. 5. To the extent that the levels of CER/ERU use allowed to operators by Member States for the period 2008 to 2012 have not been used upof all of the verified emissions of the year 2010 (including quantities according to paragraph 2 to 4) and in the event that the conclusion of an international agreement on climate change is delayed, credits from projects or other emission reducing activities may be used in the Community scheme in accordance with agreements concluded with third countries, specifying levels of use. In accordance with such agreements, operators shall be able to use credits from project activities in those third countries to comply with their obligations under the Community scheme.
Amendment 360 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 1 – point 13 a (new)
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(13a) In Article 16, the following paragraph 3a shall be added: "3a. In case of a carbon price higher than 50 euro the payment of an excess emissions penalty of EUR 50 for each tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emitted shall, in the trading period from 2013 to 2020, release the operator from the obligation to surrender an amount of allowances equal to those excess emissions when surrendering allowances in relation to the following calendar year."
Amendment 366 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 – title
Article 27 – title
Exclusion of small combustion installations subject to equivalent measures
Amendment 368 #
2008/0013(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 21
Article 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 27 - paragraph 1
Article 27 - paragraph 1
1. Member States may exclude, from the Community scheme, combustion installations which have a rated thermal input below 25MW, reported emissions to the competent authority of less than 150 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in each of the preceding 3 years, and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductiongreenhouse gas reducing measures, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions: (a) it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures that are in place, (b) it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 150 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year; (c) it confirms that if any installation emits 150 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the equivalent measures are no longer in place, the installation will be re-introduced into the system; (d) it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment.
Amendment 72 #
2008/0000(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to collect data and generate statistics on international trade in raw materials and commodities that takes place in real terms; believes there is a necessity to get a clear picture of global trade flows in commodities and raw materials not falsified by purely speculative transactions in order to better target economic policy measures;
Amendment 58 #
2007/2061(DEC)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77
Paragraph 77
Amendment 149 #
2007/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 234 #
2007/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 235 #
2007/0249(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 27 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) A competitive market should ensure that users are able to have the quality of service they require, but in particular cases it may be necessary to ensure that public communications networks attain minimum quality levels so as to prevent degradation of service, the blocking of access and the slowing of traffic over the networks. In particular, the Commission should be able to adopt implementing measures with a view to identifying the quality standards to be used by the national regulatory authoritieThe national regulatory authorities should be able to issue guidelines for appropriate quality standards.
Amendment 33 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A breach of security resulting in the loss or compromising personal data of an individual subscriber may, if not addressed in an adequate and timely manner, result in substantial economic loss and social harm, including identity fraud. Therefore, subscribers concerned by such security incidents should be notified without delay and informed in order to be able to take the necessary precautions. The notification, if the national regulatory authorities consider this necessary after notification by the service provider, and after consultation with other responsible authorities. A notification under these circumstances should include information about measures taken by the provider to address the breach, as well as recommendations for the users affected. , as appropriate for each individual case.
Amendment 43 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may, in the light of national conditions, require that designated undertakings provide tariff options or packages to consumers which depart from those provided under normal commercial conditions, in particular to ensure that those on low incomes or with special social needs are not prevented from accessing or using the network access referred to in Article 4(1), or the services identified in Articles 4(3), 5, 6 and 7 as falling under the universal service obligations and provided by designated undertakings. Demonstrable additional net costs are to be refunded to the designated undertaking.
Amendment 44 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may, besides any provision for designated undertakings to provide special tariff options or to comply with price caps or geographical averaging or other similar schemes, ensure that support is provided to consumers identified as having low incomes, disability or special social needs. The Member States shall ensure that those undertakings on which they impose such obligations are compensated for the demonstrable additional net costs arising.
Amendment 47 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that where contracts are concluded between subscribers and undertakings providing electronic communications services that allow voice communication, subscribers are clearly informed whether or not access to emergency services is provided. Providers of electronic communications services shall ensure that customers are clearly informed of the lack of access to emergency services in advance of the conclusion of a contract and regularly thereafter..
Amendment 49 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that where contracts are concluded between subscribers and undertakings providing electronic communications services and/or networks, subscribers are clearly informed in advance of the conclusion of a contract and regularly thereafter of any limitations imposed by the provider on their ability to access or distribute lawful content or run any lawful applications and services of their choice.
Amendment 51 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that where contracts are concluded between subscribers and undertakings providing electronic communications services and/or networks, subscribers are clearly informed in advance of the conclusion of the contract and regularly thereafter of their obligations to respect copyright and related rights. Without prejudice to Directive 2000/31/EC on electronic commerce, this includes the obligation to inform subscribers of the most common acts of infringements and their legal consequences.
Amendment 53 #
2007/0248(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2002/22/EC
Article 20 – paragraph 7
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. Subscribers shall have a right to withdraw from their contracts without penalty upon noticein the event of modifications in the contractual conditions proposed by operatorsby operators, if the modifications as a whole are disadvantageous to them. Subscribers shall be given adequate notice, not shorter than one month, ahead of any such modifications and shall be informed at the same time of their right to withdraw, without penalty, from such contracts, if they do not accept the new conditions.
Amendment 90 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The sector-specific ex-ante market regulation under this framework serves the transition from former monopolies into a competitive market for electronic communications networks and services. As soon as markets are competitive, ex- ante regulation should not be continued and Community and national competition law should solely apply. With growing competitive dynamics on European electronic communications markets the potential benefits of sector-specific ex- ante price and access regulation decrease significantly over time. To ensure a timely transition to the sole application of Community and national competition law, the provisions of this framework on sector-specific ex-ante regulation should expire on a defined date unless the Commission demonstrates that continued ex-ante regulation will still be warranted after that date.
Amendment 123 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
Amendment 169 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) The purpose of functional separation, whereby the vertically integrated operator is required to establish operationally separate business entities, is to ensure the provision of fully equivalent access products to all downstream operators, including the vertically integrated operator’s own downstream divisions. Functional separation has the capacity to improve competition in several relevant markets by significantly reducing the incentive for discrimination and by making it easier for compliance with non- discrimination obligations to be verified and enforced. In exceptional cases, it may be justified as a remedy where there has been persistent failure toit would support in achieveing effective non-discrimination in several of the markets concernedmarkets, and where there is little or no prospect of infrastructureffective competition within a reasonable timeframe after recourse to one or more remedies previously considered to be appropriate. However, it is very important to ensure that its imposition preserves the incentives of the concerned undertaking to invest in its network and that it does not entail any potential negative effects on consumer welfare. Its imposition requires a coordinatedn analysis of differenta relevant markets related to the access network, in accordance with the market analysis procedure set out in Article 16 of the Framework Directive. When performing the market analysis and designing the details of this remedy, national regulatory authorities should pay particular attention to the products to be managed by the separate business entities, taking into account the extent of network roll-out and the degree of technological progress, which may affect the substitutability of fixed and wireless services. In order to avoid distortions of competition in the internal market, proposals for functional separation should be approved in advance by the Commission.
Amendment 228 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3a (new)
(3a) The following subparagraph is added in Article 3(3): ‘3a. The national regulatory authorities shall for their part demand only such information and documentation from providers of communications services and/or networks as is necessary for the performance of the duties conferred on them by the Member States.’
Amendment 237 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall collect information on the subject of appeals, the number of requests for appeal, the duration of the appeal proceedings, the number of decisions to grant interim measures taken in accordance with paragraph 1 and the reasons for such decisions. Member States shall make available such information to the Commission and the European Communications Market Authority (hereinafter referred to as 'the Authority')BERT on an annual basis.
Amendment 241 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that undertakings providing electronic communications networks and services provide all the information, including financial information, necessary for national regulatory authorities to ensure conformity with the provisions of, or decisions made in accordance with, this Directive and the Specific Directives. Those undertakings shallmay also be required to submit information concerning future network or service developments that, where these have already reached a pre- implementation stage and it seems likely that they could have an impact on the wholesale services made available to competitors. These undertakings shall provide such information promptly on request and to the timescales and level of detail required by the national regulatory authority. The information requested by the national regulatory authority shall be proportionate to the performance of that task. The national regulatory authority shall give the reasons justifying its request for information.
Amendment 248 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. National regulatory authorities shall contribute to the development of the Internal Market by working with the Commission and in the Authorityframework of BERT so as to ensure the consistent application, in all Member States, of the provisions of this Directive and the Specific Directives. To this end, they shall, in particular, work within the Commission and the Authorityframework of BERT to identify the types of instruments and remedies best suited to address particular types of situations in the marketplace.
Amendment 263 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Within the two month period referred to in paragraph 4, the Commission may take a decision requiring the national regulatory authority concerned to withdraw the draft measure. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion of the Authority submitted in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation [……/EC] before issuing a decision. The decision shall be accompanied by a detailed and objective analysis of why the Commission considers that the draft measure should not be adopted together with specific proposals for amending the draft measure. BERT shall draw up a recommendation as to the form to be taken by the regulatory measure. This recommendation shall be submitted to the national regulatory authority. The NRA shall take proper account of this recommendation, but may depart from it. Any such departure must be amply justified to the Commission and BERT.
Amendment 295 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 – point a
Article 1 – point 8 – point a
Directives 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Unless otherwise provided in Article 9 regarding radio frequencies, or unless otherwise necessary to achieve the objectives of paragraphs 2 to 4, Member States shall take the utmost account of the desirability of making regulations on each of the clearly-defined relevant markets technologically neutral and shall ensure that, in carrying out the regulatory tasks specified in this Directive and the Specific Directives, in particular those designed to ensure effective competition, national regulatory authorities do likewise.
Amendment 296 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 – point a
Article 1 – point 8 – point a
Directives 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) ensuring that users, including disabled users, elderly users, and users with special social needs derive maximum benefit in terms of choice, price, and quality, and that any additional net costs suppliers can show they have incurred as a result of the imposition of such public service obligations are compensated for;
Amendment 300 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 – point b
Article 1 – point 8 – point b
Directives 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
b) ensuring that there is no distortion or restriction of competition in the electronic communications sector, in particular for the delivery of content;
Amendment 305 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8 – point c
Article 1 – point 8 – point c
Directives 2002/21/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point d
d) working within the Commission and the Authorityframework of BERT so as to ensure the development of consistent regulatory practice which also takes account of the objectives of this Directive with due regard to the specific conditions on the individual national markets, and the consistent application of this Directive and the Specific Directives .
Amendment 334 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) avoid harmful interferences caused by lack of coordination between Member States and operators occupying neighbouring bands,
Amendment 359 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Restrictions that require an electronic communications service to be provided in a specific band shall be justified in order to ensure the fulfilment of a general interest objective in conformity with Community law, such as safety of life, the promotion of social, regional or territorial cohesion, the avoidance of inefficient use of radio frequencies, or, as defined in national legislation in conformity with Community law, the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism or the provision of radio and television broadcasting services.
Amendment 372 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall regularly review the necessity of the restrictions referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4. They shall provide a report thereon which shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 375 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The Member States intend to split the spectrum of the UHF bands IV/V (470- 862 MHz) into equal shares for further developing broadcasting and mobile communication services. As a first step, Member States shall follow the outcome of the World Radio Conference 2007. The harmonised subband of 790-862 MHz shall be vacated and assigned to mobile broadband services as soon as possible, but not later than six months after the date of entry into force of this Directive. Thereafter, at least one-third of the additional spectrum that will be released in the UHF bands IV/V (470-862 MHz) in the process of the digital switchover of broadcasting services shall be immediately allocated and assigned to mobile broadband networks until the aim referred to in the first subparagraph is met. Frequencies shall be allocated and assigned to mobile broadband networks in a harmonised manner. For this purpose, the necessary planning procedures shall be initiated immediately. At the request of a mobile network operator, the national regulatory authority shall review whether the existing allocations and assignments of radio frequencies issued for the purpose of broadcast content services are necessary for the fulfilment of the objectives referred to in Article 9(4). This review shall be completed within three months. Should those allocations and assignments not be necessary for the fulfilment of those objectives, new allocations to mobile communications services and assignments shall be issued by the national regulatory authority within six months. If there are compelling reasons, the national regulatory authority may extend the time limit after notification to the Commission by an additional three months.
Amendment 382 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. For a period of fivone years starting on [1 January 2010], Member States shall ensure that holders of rights to use radio frequencies which were granted before that date may submit an application to the competent national regulatory authority for a reassessment of the restrictions to their rights in accordance with Article 9(3) and (4).
Amendment 388 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 9 a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
If the right holder withdraws his application, the right shall remain unchanged until its expiry or till the end of the 5 year period, whichever is the earlier date.
Amendment 397 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 3
Article 9 a – paragraph 3
3. After the fivone-year period referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that Article 9(3) and (4) apply to all remaining assignments and allocations of radio frequencies which existed at the date of entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 467 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9c – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) create an exception to the principle of services or technology neutrality, as well as to harmonise the scope and nature of any exceptions to these principles. All exceptions shall be in accordance with Articles 9(3) and (4) other than those aimed at ensuring the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity and media pluralism.
Amendment 484 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 11 – point -a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
(-a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall ensure that national regulatory authorities control the assignment of all national numbering resources and the management of the national numbering plans. Member States shall ensure that adequate numbers and numbering ranges are provided [...]. Even where services include nomadic functionalities, the availability of both non-geographic and geographic services is essential. National regulatory authorities shall establish objective, transparent and non- discriminatory assigning procedures for national numbering resources."
Amendment 485 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – point 11 – point a
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. National regulatory authorities shall ensure that numbering plans and procedures are applied in a manner that gives equal treatment to all providers of publicly available electronic communications servicesand users of numbers across the European Union. In particular, Member States shall ensure that an undertaking assigned a range of numbers does not discriminate against other providers of electronic communications serviceand users as regards the number sequences used to give access to their services.
Amendment 487 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 1 – point 11 – point b
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Member States shall support the harmonisation inand availability of numbering resources within the Community where that promotes the functioning of the internal market orit is necessary to supports the development of pan-European services. The Commission may take appropriate technical implementing measures on this matter, which may include establishing tariff principles for specific numbers or number ranges. The implementing measures may grant the Authority specific responsibilities in the application of those measures.
Amendment 505 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Where an undertaking providing electronic communications networks public or private undertaking has the right under national legislation to install facilities on, over or under public or private property, or may take advantage of a procedure for the expropriation or use of property, national regulatory authorities, taking due account of the principle of proportionality, shall be able to impose the sharing of such facilities or property, including entries to buildings, masts, antennae, ducts, and manholes and street cabinets.
Amendment 512 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. To ensure that measures taken in accordance with paragraph 1 are proportionate, national regulatory authorities shall investigate the availability of all ducts, including those of telecommunications operators, energy providers, local communities and sewage pipes, capable of carrying telecommunications lines in the area where access is requested.
Amendment 516 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
Article 13 a – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure thatcourage undertakings providing public communications networks or publicly available electronic communications services to take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the security of their networks or services. Having regard to the state of the art, the ability to use the latest innovations, the ability to stay flexible and responsive to threats, and the cost of implementation, these measures shall ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk presented. In particular, measures shall be taken to prevent or minimise the impact of security incidents on users and on interconnected networks.
Amendment 517 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure thatcourage undertakings providing public communications networks to take all necessary steps to ensure the integrity of their networks so as to ensure the continuity of supply of services provided over those networks.
Amendment 536 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 13 a – paragraph 4
Article 13 a – paragraph 4
Amendment 606 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 24 a (new)
Article 1 – point 24 a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 25 – paragraph 1a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1a (new)
Amendment 610 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 25 a (new)
Article 1 – point 25 a (new)
Directive 2002/21/EC
Article 29a (new)
Article 29a (new)
(25a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 29a Articles 14 to 16 shall expire on 31 December 2014."
Amendment 616 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 2 – point a
Article 2 – point a
“access” means the making available of facilities and/or services to another undertaking, under defined conditions, on either an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, for the purpose of providing electronic communications services or delivering information society services or broadcast content services. It covers inter alia: access to network elements (including wavelength transfer unless optical fibre capacity can be made available) and associated facilities, which may involve the connection of equipment by fixed or non-fixed means (in particular this includes access to the local loop and to facilities and services necessary to provide services over the local loop); access to physical infrastructure including buildings, ducts and masts; access to relevant software systems including operational support systems; access to number translation or systems offering equivalent functionality; access to fixed and mobile networks, in particular for roaming; access to conditional access systems for digital television services; access to virtual network services..
Amendment 644 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – point 6 a (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
(6a) In Article 9, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. National regulatory authorities may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8, impose obligations for transparency in relation to interconnection and/or access, requiring operators to make public specified information, such as accounting information, technical specifications, network characteristics, restrictions on access to services and applications, traffic management policies, terms and conditions for supply and use, and prices."
Amendment 674 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 8 c (new)
Article 2 – point 8 c (new)
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 1a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1a (new)
(8c) In Article 13, the following paragraph is inserted: "1a. Where no voluntary commercial agreement can be concluded, a national regulatory authority may regulate access to new generation access networks whilst ensuring that access seekers bear a reasonable share of the risk incurred by the investing operator. Risk sharing contracts may either include an upfront payment covering the risk premium for a certain amount of accesses in particular regions, or take the form of long-term access contracts with minimum quantities for given time periods. Short-term contracts without minimum quantities shall include a price premium which covers the investment risk of the investor under the assumption that the full investment risk is born by him or her. Long-term access contracts shall reflect the time period necessary to allow amortisation of investment costs in new markets."
Amendment 703 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 9
Article 2 – point 9
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 13a – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 13a – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) evidence that the imposition of appropriate obligations amongst those identifiedset out in Articles 9-13 to achieve effective competition following a co- ordinatedn analysis of the relevant markets in accordance with the market analysis procedure set out in Article 16 of Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive) has failed andor would fail on a persistent basis to achieve effective competition and that there are important and persisting competition problems/market failures identified in several of these producto address competition problems in that markets.
Amendment 707 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 2 – point 9
Article 2 – point 9
Directive 2002/19/EC
Article 13a – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 13a – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 725 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. Member States shall not make the use of radio frequencies subject to the granting of individual rights of use but. They shall include the conditions for usage of such radio frequencies in theunder general authorisation, unless it is justified to grant individual rights in order to: in bands specified for this purpose.
Amendment 728 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 736 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 743 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Member States shall harmonise frequency bands on the basis of common general principles. They shall apply harmonised licensing rules in respect of those frequency bands. National regulatory authorities shall be responsible for that licensing and the specification thereof.
Amendment 745 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 3 – point 3
Article 3 – point 3
Directive 2002/20/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Where it is necessary to grant individual rights of use for radio frequencies and numbers, Member States shall grant suchindividual rights, upon request, to any undertaking providing or using networks or services under the general authorisation, subject to the provisions of Articles 6, 6a, 7 and 11(1)(c) of this Directive and any other rules ensuring the efficient use of those resources in accordance with Directive 2002/21/EC (Framework Directive).
Amendment 821 #
2007/0247(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Annex I – point 3 – point ga (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point ga (new)
Directive 2002/20/EC
Annex I – part A – point 19a (new)
Annex I – part A – point 19a (new)
(ga) The following point is added: "19a. Transparency obligations on public communications network providers to ensure end-to-end connectivity, including unrestricted access to content, services and applications, in conformity with the objectives and principles set out in Article 8 of Directive 2002/21/EC, disclosure regarding restrictions on access to services and applications and regarding traffic management policies and, where necessary and proportionate, access by national regulatory authorities to such information needed to verify the accuracy of such disclosure."
Amendment 41 #
2007/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) However, at present, the right to sell gas in any Member State on equal terms, without discrimination or disadvantage cannot be guaranteed to anyll companyies in the Communityall Member States. In particular, non- discriminatory network access and an equally effective level of regulatory supervision in each Member State do not yet exist.
Amendment 140 #
2007/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 d – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Agency shall monitor the implementation of the technical code, the 10-year investment plan and the annual work programme by transmission system operators and shall include the results of its monitoring activities in its annual report. The Agency shall inform the Commission of any failure on the part of transmission system operators to comply with the technical code, the 10-year investment plan or the annual work programme.
Amendment 209 #
2007/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – point 7 – point d a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(da) The following paragraph 6a is inserted: “(6a) In the event of long-term physical congestion, transmission system operators shall relieve congestion by adding new capacities according to market demand. In order to assess the market demand transmission system operators shall undertake open season procedures.”
Amendment 238 #
2007/0199(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005
Article 6 a – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Where a LNG or storage system operator considers that it is not entitled for confidentiality reasons to make public all the data required, it shall seek the authorisation of the competent authorities to limit publication with respect to the point or points in question. The competent authorities shall grant or refuse the authorisation on a case by case basis, taking into account in particular the need to respect legitimate commercial confidentiality and the objective of creating a competitive internal gas market. If the authorisation is granted, available storage and/or LNG facility capacity shall be published without indicating the numerical data that would contravene confidentiality.
Amendment 50 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 2c – paragraph 3 – point g
Amendment 57 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation 1228/2003
Article 2c – paragraph 5
Article 2c – paragraph 5
5. The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity shall publish a Community-wide 10-year network investment plan, approved by the Agency, every two years. The investment plan shall include the modelling of the integrated network, scenario development, a generation adequacy report and an assessment of the resilience of the system. The investment plan shall, in particular, build on national investment plans and on the Guidelines for Trans-European energy networks in accordance with Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. The investment plan shall identify investment gaps, notably with respect to cross -border capacities.
Amendment 69 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2d – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2d – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Agency shall monitor implementation by transmission network operators of the technical code, 10-year investment plan and annual working programme and shall include the results of its monitoring work in its annual report. If transmission network operators fail to comply with the technical code, 10- year investment plan and annual working programme, the Agency shall inform the Commission accordingly.
Amendment 95 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 2 g
Article 2 g
The costs related with the activities of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity mentioned in Articles 2a to 2h shall be borne by the transmission system operators and shall be taken into accountincluded in the calculation of tariffs.
Amendment 132 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Amendment 145 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point e
Amendment 147 #
2007/0198(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point g
Amendment 67 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point d
Article 4 – point d
(d) take individual decisions in specific cases referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 8.
Amendment 80 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Consultation of Market Participants and Consumers In the performance of its duties, the Agency shall consult extensively and at an early stage with all relevant market participants and consumers in an open and transparent manner, in particular with regard to its tasks vis-à-vis TSOs.
Amendment 89 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency may provide an opinion to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity as provided for in Article 2d(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 and to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas as provided forAfter consultation with all stakeholders following Article 5a, the Agency shall prepare Strategic Guidelines for the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity and for the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas in the areas listed in Article 2c(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003 and in Article 2d(2c(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 on the technical or market codes, on the draft annual work programme and the draft 10-year investment plan.. . These Strategic Guidelines shall ensure non-discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market. Once prepared, the Agency shall transmit the draft Strategic Guidelines to the Commission, which may adopt these Strategic Guidelines in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003 and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) 1775/2005 .
Amendment 100 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. After consultation with all stakeholders following Article 5a, the Agency shall prepare Strategic Guidelines on market codes. Once prepared, the Agency shall transmit the draft Strategic Guidelines on market codes to the Commission, which may adopt these Strategic Guidelines in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 13(2) of Regulation (EC) 1228/2003 and Article 14(2) of Regulation (EC) 1775/2005.
Amendment 104 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 111 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The Agency shall provide a duly justified opinion to the Commission, in accordance with Article 2e(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 and Article 2e(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 where it considers that a draft technical or market code does not ensure non- discrimination, effective competition and the efficient functioning of the market, that a technical or market code or has not been adopted within a reasonable period of time or that the transmission system operators fail to implement a technical or market code.
Amendment 164 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Administrative Board shall, after having consultedreceiving the assent of the Board of Regulators, appoint the Director in accordance with Article 13(2).
Amendment 179 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. The Administrative Board shall, after having consulted the Board of Regulators, exercise disciplinary authority over the Director.
Amendment 208 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The European Parliament and the Council may call upon the Chairperson of the Board of Regulators to submit a report on the performance of his/her duties.
Amendment 217 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Board of Regulators shall provide an opinionits assent to the Director before the adoption of the opinions, recommendations and decisions referred to in Articles 5, 6, 7 and 8. In addition, the Board of Regulators, within its field of competence, shall provide guidance to the Director in the execution of the Director's tasks.
Amendment 223 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Board of Regulators shall deliver an opinion on the candidate to be appointedassent to the appointment of a candidate as Director in accordance with Article 10(1) and Article 13(2). The Board shall reach this decision on the basis of a majority of three quarters of its members.
Amendment 230 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall be managed by its Director, who shall act independently in the exercise of his function accordance with decisions adopted by the Board of Regulators. Without prejudice to the respective powers of the Commission, the Administrative Board and the Board of Regulators, the Director shall not seek or accept any instruction from any government or from any body.
Amendment 244 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The Administrative Board, acting on a proposal from the Commission and after having consulted and given utmost consideration to the opinion of the Board of Regulators, taking into account the evaluation report and only in those cases where it can be justified by the duties and requirements of the Agency, may extend the term of office of the Director once for not more than three years.
Amendment 253 #
2007/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. The Director may be removed from office only upon a decision by the Administrative Board, after consultingwith the prior assent of the Board of Regulators. The Administrative Board shall reach this decision on the basis of a majority of three quarters of its members.
Amendment 38 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) However, at present, the right to sell gas in any Member State on equal terms and without discrimination or disadvantages cannot be guaranteed to anyll companyies in the Communityall Member States. In particular, non-discriminatory network access and an equally effective level of regulatory supervision in each Member State do not yet exist, since the current legal framework is insufficient.
Amendment 40 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Communication of the Commission of 10 January 2007 entitled "An Energy Policy for Europe" highlighted the importance of completing the internal market in natural gas and of creating a level playing field for all gas companies established in the Community. The Internal Energy Market Communication and the final Report on the Competition Sectoral Enquiry showed that the present rules and measures do not provide the necessary framework for achieving the objective of a well functioning internal market. On the other hand, the final Report on the Competition Sectoral Enquiry and the impact assessment produced to support the third legislative package on the internal energy market provided no convincing evidence that made it possible to establish the best or only way to improve the way that market works.
Amendment 45 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Without effective separation of networks from activities of production and supply, there is an inherent risk of discrimination not only in the operation of the network but also in the incentives for vertically integrated companies to invest adequately in their networks. The main motivation for investing is the remuneration received by the operator. Should the national regulatory authority set a low level of remuneration, this would lead to a decrease in investment. On the other hand, should it set a fair and proportionate level of remuneration, ensuring that revenue covers costs and pays off such investment, it would automatically generate an increase in investment, regardless of whether the network operator belongs to an integrated group. Therefore, the primary major determining factor for investment resides in pricing regulation and in the role and powers of the national regulatory authorities, which should be reinforced in order to complete the internal market to the benefit of the consumer.
Amendment 47 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The rules on legal and functional unbundling currently in place have not yet led to effective unbundling of the transmission system operators in each Member State, partly due to lack of implementation of existing European legislation. At its meeting in Brussels on 8 and 9 March 2007, the European Council invited the Commission to develop legislative proposals for the effective separation of supply and production activities from network operations.
Amendment 49 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Only the removal of the inherent incentive for vertically integrated companies to discriminate against competitors as regards network access and investment can ensure effective unbundling. Ownership unbundling, which implies the network owner being appointed as the network operator and being independent from any supply and production interests, is clearly the mostonsidered by the Commission as an effective and stable way to solve the inherent conflict of interest and to ensure security of supply. For this reason, tThe European Parliament in its Rresolution on Pprospects for the internal gas and electricity market adopted on 10 July 2007 referred to ownership unbundling at transmission level as the mostan effective tool to promote investments in infrastructures in a non-discriminatory way, fair access to the grid for new entrants and transparency in the market. Member States should therefore be required to ensure that the same persSince the Community has no competence to order expropriations or persons are not entitled to exercise control, including through minority blocking rights on decisions of strategic importance such as investments, over a production or supply undertaking and, at the same time, hold any interest in or exercise any right over a transmission system operator or transmission system. Converselyf undertakings and means of production and is bound by the fundamental right of property, Member States should, however, also be entitled to apply less intrusive and onerous mechanisms in order to resolve conflicts of interest and to ensure investment. Moreover, control over a transmission system operator should preclude the possibility of holding any interest in or exercising any right over a supply undertakingly such alternatives can ensure the equal treatment of public and private undertakings, one of the underlying principles of Community law.
Amendment 50 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Only tThe removal of the inherent incentive for vertically integrated companies to discriminate against competitors as regards network access and investment can ensure effective unbundling. Ownership unbundling, which implies the network owner being appointed as the network operator and being independent from any supply and production interests, is clearly the most effective and stablone way to solve the inherent conflict of interest and to ensure security of supply. For this reason, t. The European Parliament, in its Rresolution on Pprospects for the internal gas and electricity market, adopted on 10 July 2007 referred to ownership unbundling at transmission level as the most effective tool to promote investments in infrastructures in a non-discriminatory way, fair access to the grid for new entrants and transparency in the market. Member States should therefore be required to ensure that the same person or persons are not entitled to exercise control, including through minority blocking rights on decisions of strategic importance such as investments, over a production or supply undertaking and, at the same time, hold any interest in or exercise any right over a transmission system operator or transmission system. Conversely, , considered moreover that the application of further unbundling measures for the gas sector is not straightforward, and therefore urged the development of specific solutions to enable this sector to achieve the completion of the internal gas market, taking into accountrol over a transmission system operator should preclude the possibility of holding any interest in or exercising any right over a supply undertaking the differences between the upstream and downstream markets.
Amendment 59 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Since ownership unbundling requires, in some instances, the restructuring of undertakings, Member States which decide to implement ownership unbundling should be granted additional time to apply the relevant provisions. In view of the vertical links between the electricity and gas sectors, the unbundling provisions should apply, moreover, across the two sectors.
Amendment 60 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The setting up of system operators independent from supply and production interests should enable vertically integrated companies to maintain their ownership of network assets whilst ensuring an effective separation of interests, provided that the independent system operator performs all the functions of a network operator, or efficient and effective unbundling is implemented, and detailed regulation and extensive regulatory control mechanisms are put in place.
Amendment 64 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The setting up of system operators independent from supply and production interests should enable vertically integrated companies to maintain their ownership of network assets whilst ensuring an effective separation of interests, provided that the independent system operator performs all the functions of a network operator or efficient and effective unbundling is implemented and detailed regulation and extensive regulatory control mechanisms are put in place.
Amendment 67 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Where the undertaking owning a transmission system is part of a vertically integrated undertaking, Member States should therefore be given a choice between three options: ownership unbundling and, as a derogation, setting up system operators which are independent from supply and production interests. The full effectiveness of the independent system operator solution needs to be assured by way of specific additional rules. To preserve fully the interests of the shareholders of vertically integrated companies, Member States should have the choice of implementing ownership unbundling either by direct divestiture or by splitting the shares of the integrated company into shares of the network company and shares of the remaining supply and production business, provided that the requirements resulting from ownership unbundling are complied with, the establishment of an independent system operator or effective and efficient unbundling.
Amendment 70 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Where the undertaking owning a transmission system is part of a vertically integrated undertaking, Member States should therefore be given a choice between ownership unbundling and, as a derogation,, effective and efficient unbundling of transmission systems and of transmission system operators, and setting up system operators which are independent from supply and generation interests. The full effectiveness of the independent system operator solution needs to be assured by way of specific additional rules. To preserve fully the interests of the shareholders of vertically integrated companies, Member States should have the choice of implementing ownership unbundling either by direct divestiture or by splitting the shares of the integrated company into shares of the network company and shares of the remaining supply and generation business, provided that the requirements resulting from ownership unbundling are complied with.
Amendment 77 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The implementation of effective unbundling should respect the principle of non-discrimination between the public and private sectors. To this effect, the same person should not be able to exercise any influence, solely or jointly, over the composition, voting or decision of the bodies of both transmission system operators and supply undertakings. Provided that the Member State in question can demonstrate that this requirement is respected, two distinct public bodies could control on the one hand generation and supply activities and on the other transmission activities.
Amendment 79 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Full sSeparation of network and supply activities should apply throughout the Community, so that any network operator in the Community or its affiliated companies should be prevented from having any supply or production activities in any Member State. This should apply equally to EU and non-EU companies. To ensure that network and supply activities throughout the Community are kept separate, regulatory authorities should be empowered to refuse certification to transmission system operators that do not comply with the unbundling rules. To ensure a consistent application across the Community and the respect of the international obligations of the Community, the Commission should have the right to review the decisions on certification taken by the regulatory authorities.
Amendment 80 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Full sSeparation of network and supply activities should apply throughout the Community, so that any network operator in the Community or its affiliated companies should be prevented from having any supply or production activities in any Member State. This should apply equally to EU and non-EU companies. To ensure that network and supply activities throughout the Community are kept separate, regulatory authorities should be empowered to refuse certification to transmission system operators that do not comply with the unbundling rules. To ensure a consistent application across the Community and the respect of the international obligations of the Community, the Commission should have the right to review the decisions on certification taken by the regulatory authorities.
Amendment 116 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In view of the creation of an internal market for electricity, Member States should foster the integration of their national markets and the cooperation of network operators at European and regional level. Regional integration initiatives are an essential intermediate step in achieving European integration of energy markets, which remains the final objective. The regional level contributes towards accelerating the integration process by making it possible for the actors concerned, particularly the Member States, the national regulatory authorities and the transmission system operators, to cooperate on specific issues.
Amendment 124 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) Member States should consider with the social partners concerned the implications of the amendments to the Directive 2003/55/EC, in particular the different models to ensure independent transmission system operators, in terms of the employment, working conditions and information, consultation and participation rights of workers, with a view to mitigating the negative consequences.
Amendment 144 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point (b a) (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
Article 2 – point 36 a (new)
Amendment 162 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 c (new)
Article 1 – point 1 c (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(1c) In Article 3, the following paragraph shall be inserted: "3a. Member States shall ensure that all customers have the right to be supplied by a supplier, provided that the latter consents, irrespective of the Member State in which the latter is approved as a supplier. In this connection, Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that undertakings which are approved as suppliers in their country of origin can supply their citizens without having to fulfil any further preconditions."
Amendment 172 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Amendment 177 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 1 – point 2 b (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 184 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5a – paragraph 4
Article 5a – paragraph 4
Amendment 190 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 5b
Article 5b
1. Member States shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at least at the regional level. In particular, Member States shall promote the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and foster the consistency of their legal and regulatory framework. The geographical2. When the cooperation between several Member States at a regional level encounters significant difficulties, following the joint request of these Member States, the Commission may designate, in agreaement with all Member States covncerned by, a regional cooperations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas by the Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005. rdinator. 3. The regional coordinator shall promote at regional level the cooperation of national regulatory authorities and other competent public authorities, network operators, gas exchanges, grid users and market parties. In particular, the regional coordinator shall : (a) promote new efficient investments in interconnections. To this end, the regional coordinator shall assist transmission system operators in drawing up their regional interconnection plan and shall contribute to the coordination of their investments decisions and, where appropriate, of their open season procedure; (b) promote the efficient and safe use of the networks. To this end, the regional coordinator shall contribute to the coordination between transmission system operators, national regulatory authorities and other competent national public authorities in drawing up their common allocation and common safeguard mechanisms; (c) submit an annual report to the Commission and Member States concerned on the progress achieved in the region and on any difficulty or obstacle that may hinder such progress.
Amendment 199 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 4
Article 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7 – paragraph –1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph –1 (new)
"–1. In order to ensure the independence of transmission system operators, Member States shall ensure that, as from [date of transposition plus one year], vertically integrated undertakings must comply with the provisions of Article 7(1)(a) to (d) or Article 9 or Article 9b."
Amendment 215 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7a
Article 7a
Amendment 224 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7b
Article 7b
Amendment 226 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 7b – paragraph 13
Article 7b – paragraph 13
Amendment 238 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 c (new)
Article 1 – point 6 c (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 – paragraphs 4 a to 4 h (new)
Article 8 – paragraphs 4 a to 4 h (new)
Amendment 240 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 d (new)
Article 1 – point 6 d (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Amendment 269 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 9a – paragraph 3
Article 9a – paragraph 3
Amendment 279 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10 – point (b a) (new)
Article 1 – point 10 – point (b a) (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – second subparagraph
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – second subparagraph
Amendment 282 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10 – point (c)
Article 1 – point 10 – point (c)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 318 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point (e a) (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point (e a) (new)
‘(ea) ) The project is of European interest and crosses at least one national border within the EU.
Amendment 350 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 13
Article 1 – point 13
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
The Commission's approval of an exemption decision shall lose its effect after twofive years from its adoption if construction of the infrastructure has not yet started, and after five years if the infrastructure has not become operational. This period may be prolonged by the Commission if it can be demonstrated that, despite all reasonable endeavours to commence construction works in time, there were specific reasons for a delay.
Amendment 364 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24a – paragraph 3 – point (b)
Article 24a – paragraph 3 – point (b)
(b) its management is appointed for a fixed term of at least five years, renewable once, or for a non- renewable fixed term of at least fiveup to ten years, and may only be relieved from office during its term if it no longer fulfils the conditions set out in this Article or it has been guilty of serious misconduct.
Amendment 409 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point (l)
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point (l)
(l) without prejudice to the competence of other national regulatory authorities, ensumonitoring high standards of public service for natural gas, the protection of vulnerable customers, and that consumer protection measures set out in Annex A are effective.
Amendment 416 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point (l a) (new)
Article 24c – paragraph 1 – point (l a) (new)
‘(la) ensuring that the customer protection measures set out in Annex A are effective.’
Amendment 451 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The regulatory authorities shall be responsible for fixing or approving prior to their entry into force the terms and conditions for:
Amendment 459 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – point (a)
Article 24c – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) connection and access to national networks, including transmission and distribution tariffs, and terms, conditions and tariffs and the methods used to calculate such tariffs, and terms, conditions and tariffs, or at least the methods used to calculate such tariffs, for access to LNG facilities. These tariffs and methodologies shall allow the necessary investments in the networks and LNG facilities to be carried out in a manner allowing these investments to ensure the viability of the networks and LNG facilities;
Amendment 466 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 5
Article 24c – paragraph 5
5. In fixing or approving the tariffs and methodologies, the regulatory authorities shall ensure that network operators are granted adequate incentive, over both the short and long term, to increase efficiencies, foster market integration, and support the related research activities.
Amendment 482 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 6
Article 24c – paragraph 6
6. Regulatory authorities shall have the authority to require transmission, storage, LNG and distribution system operators, if necessary, to modify the terms and conditions, including tariffs and methodologies referred to in this Article, to ensure that they are proportionate and applied in a non- discriminatory manner.
Amendment 484 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 8
Article 24c – paragraph 8
8. Any party who is affected and who has a right to complain concerning a decision on methodologies taken pursuant to this Article or, where the regulatory authority has a duty to consult, concerning the proposed tariffs and methodologies, may, at the latest within two months, or a shorter time period as provided by Member States, following publication of the decision or proposal for a decision, submit a complaint for review. Such a complaint shall not have suspensive effect.
Amendment 490 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 13
Article 24c – paragraph 13
13. Member States shall ensure that suitable mechanisms exist at national level under which a party affected by a decision of the national regulatory authority has a right of appeal to a bodcourt or other national authority independent of the parties involved and of government influence.
Amendment 495 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24c – paragraph 14
Article 24c – paragraph 14
Amendment 500 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24d – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 24d – paragraph 2 a (new)
"2a. Regulatory authorities shall have the power to enter into agreements with other regulatory authorities in the Union, to foster regulatory cooperation."
Amendment 517 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24f – paragraph 4
Article 24f – paragraph 4
Amendment 519 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14
Article 1 – point 14
Directive 2003/55/EC
Article 24f – paragraph 5
Article 24f – paragraph 5
Amendment 529 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 16 b (new)
Article 1 – point 16 b (new)
Directive 2003/55/EC
Annex A – point (a)
Annex A – point (a)
Amendment 540 #
2007/0196(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 17
Article 1 – point 17
Directive 2003/55/EC
Annex A – point (h)
Annex A – point (h)
(h) have at their disposal their consumption data, and shall be able to, by explicit agreement and free of charge, give any undertaking with a supply licenseauthorised supply undertaking access to its metering data. The party responsible for data management is obliged to give these data to the undertaking. Member States shall define a format for the data and a procedure for suppliers and consumers to have access to the data. No additional costs can be charged to the consumer for this service.
Amendment 92 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) However, at present, the right to sell electricitygas in any Member State on equal terms and without discrimination or disadvantages cannot be guaranteed to anyll companyies in the Communityall Member States. In particular, non-discriminatory network access and an equally effective level of regulatory supervision in each Member State do not yet exist, since the current legal framework is insufficient.
Amendment 98 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Communication of the Commission of 10 January 2007 entitled “An Energy Policy for Europe” highlighted the importance of completing the internal market in electricity and of creating a level playing field for all electricity companies established in the Community. The Internal Energy Market Communication and the final Report on the Competition Sectoral Enquiry showed that the present rules and measures do not provide the necessary framework for achieving the objective of a well functioning internal market. Furthermore, the final Report on the Competition Sectoral Enquiry and the impact assessment conducted to support the third legislative package on the internal energy market provided no convincing evidence to make it possible to determine the best or only way to improve the way the internal market works.
Amendment 100 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Without effective separation of networks from activities of generation and supply, there is an inherent risk of discrimination not only in the operation of the network but also in the incentives for vertically integrated companies to invest adequately in their networks. The main motivation for investing is the remuneration received by the operator. If the national regulatory authority sets a low level of remuneration, this will lead to a decrease in investment. On the other hand, if it sets a fair and proportionate level of remuneration, ensuring that revenue covers costs and pays off such investment, it will automatically generate an increase in investment, regardless of whether the network operator belongs to an integrated group. Therefore, the primary major determining factor for investment resides in pricing regulation and in the role and powers of the national regulatory authorities, which should be reinforced in order to complete the internal market to the benefit of the consumer.
Amendment 102 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The rules on legal and functional unbundling currently in place have not yet led to effective unbundling of the transmission system operators in each Member State, partly due to lack of implementation of existing European legislation. At its meeting in Brussels on 8 and 9 March 2007, the European Council invited the Commission to develop legislative proposals for the effective separation of supply and generaproduction activities from network operations.
Amendment 104 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Only the removal of the inherent incentive for vertically integrated companies to discriminate against competitors as regards network access and investment can ensure effective unbundling. Ownership unbundling, which implies the network owner being appointed as the network operator and being independent from any supply and production interests, is clearly the mostonsidered by the Commission as an effective and stable way to solve the inherent conflict of interest and to ensure security of supply. For this reason, tThe European Parliament in its Resolution on Prospects for the internal gas and electricity market adopted on 10 July 2007 referred to ownership unbundling at transmission level as the mostan effective tool to promote investments in infrastructures in a non-discriminatory way, fair access to the grid for new entrants and transparency in the market. Member States should therefore be required to ensure that the same person or persons are not entitled to exercise control, including through minority blocking rights on decisions of strategic importance such as investments, over a production or supply undertaking and, at the same time, hold any interest in or exercise any right over a transmission systemSince the Community has no competence to order expropriations of undertakings and means of productions and is bound to the fundamental right of property, Member States should, however, also be entitled to apply less intrusive and opnerator or trous mechanismission system. Conversely, control over a transmission system operator should preclude the possibility of holding any interest in or exercising any right over a supply undertakings to resolve conflicts of interest and to ensure investment. Moreover, only such alternatives can insure the equal treatment of public and private undertakings, being one underlying principle of Community law.
Amendment 106 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Only tThe removal of the inherent incentive for vertically integrated companies to discriminate against competitors as regards network access and investment can ensure effective unbundling. Ownership unbundling, which implies the network owner being appointed as the network operator and being independent from any supply and production interests, is clearly the most effective and stablone of the way tos of solveing the inherent conflict of interest and to ensure security of supply. For this reason, t. The European Parliament in its Rresolution on Pprospects for the internal gas and electricity market adopted on 10 July 2007 referred to ownership unbundling at transmission level as the most effective tool to promote investments in infrastructures in a non-discriminatory way, fair access to the grid for new entrants and transparency in the market. Member States should therefore be required to ensure that the same person or persons are not entitled to exercise control, including through minority blocking rights on decisions of strategic importance such as investments, over a production or supply undertaking and, at the same time, hold any interest in or exercise any right over a transmission system operator or transmission system. Conversely, control over a transmission system operator should preclude the possibility of holding any interest in or exercising any right over a supply undertaking.
Amendment 108 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Since ownership unbundling requires, in some instances, the restructuring of undertakings, Member States which decide to implement ownership unbundling should be granted additional time to apply the relevant provisions. In view of the vertical links between the electricity and gas sectors, the unbundling provisions should apply, moreover, across the two sectors.
Amendment 109 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
Amendment 111 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The setting up of system operators independent from supply and generation interests should enable vertically integrated companies to maintain their ownership of network assets whilst ensuring an effective separation of interests, provided that the independent system operator performs all the functions of a network operator or efficient and effective unbundling is implemented respectively and detailed regulation and extensive regulatory control mechanisms are put in place.
Amendment 117 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Where the undertaking owning a transmission system is part of a vertically integrated undertaking, Member States should therefore be given a choice between three options: ownership unbundling and, as a derogation, setting up system operators which are independent from supply and generation interests. The full effectiveness, the establishment of thean independent system operator solution needs to be assured by way of specific additional rules. To preserve fully the interests of the shareholders of vertically integrated companies, Member States should have the choice of implementing ownership unbundling either by direct divestiture or by splitting the shares of the integrated company into shares of the network company and shares of the remaining supply and generation business, provided that the requirements resulting from ownership unbundling are complied withor effective and efficient unbundling.
Amendment 121 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Where the undertaking owning a transmission system is part of a vertically integrated undertaking, Member States should therefore be given a choice between ownership unbundling and, as a derogation,, effective and efficient unbundling of transmission systems and of transmission system operators, and setting up system operators which are independent from supply and generation interests. The full effectiveness of the independent system operator solution needs to be assured by way of specific additional rules. To preserve fully the interests of the shareholders of vertically integrated companies, Member States should have the choice of implementing ownership unbundling either by direct divestiture or by splitting the shares of the integrated company into shares of the network company and shares of the remaining supply and generation business, provided that the requirements resulting from ownership unbundling are complied with.
Amendment 127 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The implementation of effective unbundling should respect the principle of non-discrimination between the public and private sectors. To this effect, the same person should not be able to exercise any influence, solely or jointly, over the composition, voting or decision of the bodies of both transmission system operators and supply undertakings. Provided that the Member State in question can demonstrate that this requirement is respected, two distinct public bodies could control on the one hand generation and supply activities and on the other transmission activities.
Amendment 129 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Full sSeparation of network and supply activities should apply throughout the Community, so that any network operator in the Community or its affiliated companies should be prevented from having any supply or generaproduction activities in any Member State. This should apply equally to EU and non-EU companies. To ensure that network and supply activities throughout the Community are kept separate, regulatory authorities should be empowered to refuse certification to transmission system operators that do not comply with the unbundling rules. To ensure a consistent application across the Community and the respect of the international obligations of the Community, the Commission should have the right to review the decisions on certification taken by the regulatory authorities.
Amendment 146 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In view of the creation of an internal market for electricity, Member States should foster the integration of their national markets and the cooperation of network operators at European and regional levelnational level. Regional integration initiatives are an essential intermediate step in achieving European integration of energy markets, which remains the final objective. The regional level contributes towards accelerating the integration process by making it possible for the actors concerned, particularly the Member States, the national regulatory authorities and the transmission system operators, to cooperate on specific issues.
Amendment 148 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) Regional coordinators could be appointed to facilitate dialogue between all relevant actors, national authorities, transmission system operators, users, electricity exchanges and other market actors. Their involvement could be particularly beneficial for the planning of cross-border investment. They will report annually to the Commission and the Member States on the progress made and difficulties encountered.
Amendment 169 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
(1a) In Article 3(3), subparagraph 1 shall be replaced by the following: “(3) Member States shall ensure that all household customers, and, where Member States deem it appropriate, small enterprises, (namely enterprises with fewer than 50 occupied persons and an annual turnover or balance sheet not exceeding EUR 10 million), enjoy universal service, that is the right to be supplied with electricity of a specified quality within their territory at reasonable, cost-based and easily and clearly comparable and transparent prices. To ensure the provision of universal service, Member States may appoint a supplier of last resort. Member States shall impose on distribution companies an obligation to connect customers to their grid under terms, conditions and tariffs set in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 23(2). Nothing in this Directive shall prevent Member States from strengthening the market position of the domestic, small and medium-sized consumers by promoting the possibilities of voluntary aggregation of representation for this class of consumers.”
Amendment 170 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 1 – point 1 b (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(1b) In Article 3, the following paragraph shall be added: "(3a) Member States should ensure that all customers are entitled to have their electricity provided by a supplier, subject to the supplier’s agreement, regardless of in which Member State the supplier is registered. In this regard, Member States must take all measures necessary to ensure that companies registered in their country of origin can supply customers without having to fulfil any further conditions.”
Amendment 171 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 c (new)
Article 1 – point 1 c (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 b (new)
(1c) In Article 3, the following paragraph shall be added: “(3b) Member States should ensure that customers are entitled to: (a) change supplier within two weeks, subject to the conditions of the supply agreement; and (b) receive all consumption data. It should be ensured that these procedures are accessible to all market players without discrimination with regard to cost, effort or time.”
Amendment 172 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 d (new)
Article 1 – point 1 d (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 c (new)
(1d) In Article 3, the following paragraph shall be added: The Member States should set out a definition of energy poverty at national level. Regulators and other market players should be involved in a consultation process in this regard.”
Amendment 191 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Amendment 197 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 5a
Article 5a
1. Member States shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at least at the regional level. In particular, Member States shall promote the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and foster the consistency of their legal and regulatory framework. The geographical area covered by regional cooperations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas b1a. When the cooperation between several Member States at a regional level encounters significant difficulties, following the joint request of these Member States the Commission may designate, in agreement with all Member States concerned, a regional coordinator. 1b. The regional coordinator shall promote at a regional level the cooperation of national regulatory authorities and any othe Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions fr competent public authorities, network operators, power exchanges, grid users and market parties. In particular, the regional coordinator shall: (a) promote new efficient investments in interconnections. To this end, the regional coordinator shall assist transmission system operators at drawing up of their regional interconnection plan and contribute to the coordination of their investments decisions and, where appropriate, of their open season procedure; (b) promote the efficient and safe use of the networks. To this end, the regional coordinator shall contribute to the coordination between transmission system operators, national regulatory access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity." uthorities and other competent national public authorities with the preparation of common allocation and common safeguard mechanisms; (c) annually submit a report to the Commission and Member States concerned on the progress achieved in the region and on any difficulty or obstacle that may hinder such a progress.
Amendment 198 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 5 a
Article 5 a
1. Member States and regulatory authorities shall cooperate among themselves for the purpose of integrating their national markets at least at thone or more regional levels. In particular, Member States shall promote the cooperation of network operators at a regional level, and foster the consistency of their legal and regulatory framework. The geographical area covered by regional cooperations shall be in line with the definition of geographical areas by the Commission in accordance with Article 2h(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity.
Amendment 209 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 5a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5a – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 222 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 h (new)
Article 1 – point 3 h (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Amendment 224 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 h (new)
Article 1 – point 3 h (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Amendment 257 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 8a
Article 8a
Amendment 260 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 8b
Article 8b
Amendment 264 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 8b – paragraph 13
Article 8b – paragraph 13
Amendment 269 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 8b a (new)
Article 8b a (new)
Amendment 282 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 6 g (new)
Article 1 – point 6 g (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 9 –paragraphs 1a to 1 k (new)
Article 9 –paragraphs 1a to 1 k (new)
Amendment 299 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 10 a – paragraph 3
Article 10 a – paragraph 3
Amendment 335 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 10 - point (c)
Article 1 – point 10 - point (c)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 352 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22a – paragraph 3 – point (b)
Article 22a – paragraph 3 – point (b)
(b) its management is appointed for a non fixed term of five years, which may be renewed once, or for a non-renewable fixed term of at least fiveup to 10 years, and may only be relieved from office during its term if it no longer fulfills the conditions set out in this Article or it has been guilty of serious misconduct
Amendment 374 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22b – point (f a) (new)
Article 22b – point (f a) (new)
"(fa) harmonisation of data exchange processes for the most important market processes at regional level."
Amendment 413 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (k)
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (k)
(k) without prejudice to the competence of other national regulatory authorities, ensumonitoring high standards of universal and public service for electricity, and the protection of vulnerable customers, and that consumer protection measures set out in Annex A are effective;
Amendment 416 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (k a) (new)
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (k a) (new)
(ka) ensuring that consumer protection measures set out in Annex A are effective.
Amendment 433 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (o a) (new)
Article 22c – paragraph 1 – point (o a) (new)
(oa) harmonisation of data exchange processes for the most important market processes at regional level.
Amendment 458 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 3 – point (c)
Article 22c – paragraph 3 – point (c)
(c) to request any information from electricity undertakings relevant for the fulfilment of its tasks;
Amendment 470 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 4 – point (a)
Article 22c – paragraph 4 – point (a)
(a) connection and access to national networks, including transmission and distribution tariffs. These tariff and the methods used to calculate such tariffs. These tariffs and methodologies shall allow the necessary investments in the networks to be carried out in a manner allowing these investments to ensure the viability of the networks;
Amendment 478 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 5
Article 22c – paragraph 5
5. In fixing or approving the tariffs or methodologies, the regulatory authorities shall ensure that network operators are granted adequate incentive, over both the short and long term, to increase efficiencies, foster market integration and support the related research activities.
Amendment 485 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 6
Article 22c – paragraph 6
6. Regulatory authorities shall have the authority to require transmission and distribution system operators, if necessary, to modify the terms and conditions, including tariffs or methodologies referred to in this Article, to ensure that they are proportionate and applied in a non- discriminatory manner.
Amendment 488 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 8
Article 22c – paragraph 8
8. Any party who is affected and who has a right to complain concerning a decision on methodologies taken pursuant to this Article or, where the regulatory authority has a duty to consult, concerning the proposed tariffs or methodologies, may, at the latest within two months, or a shorter time period as provided by Member States, following publication of the decision or proposal for a decision, submit a complaint for review. Such a complaint shall not have suspensive effect.
Amendment 491 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 12
Article 22c – paragraph 12
12. Decisions taken by regulatory authorities shall be motivated and justified in order to facilitate legal scrutiny.
Amendment 496 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 13
Article 22c – paragraph 13
13. Member States shall ensure that suitable mechanisms exist at national level under which a party affected by a decision of the national regulatory authority has a right of appeal to a bodycourt or other autonomous national authority that is independent of the parties involved and of government influence.
Amendment 502 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22c – paragraph 14
Article 22c – paragraph 14
Amendment 511 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22d - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 22d - paragraph 2 a (new)
"(2a) Regulatory authorities shall have the right to enter into agreements with other EU regulatory authorities to foster regulatory cooperation."
Amendment 533 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Amendment 537 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 2003/54/EC
Article 22f – paragraph 5
Article 22f – paragraph 5
Amendment 545 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 14 c (new)
Article 1 – point 14 c (new)
Directive 2003/54/EC
Annex A – point (a) – introductory part and indents 1 and 2
Annex A – point (a) – introductory part and indents 1 and 2
(14c) Annex A point a, first and second indents shall be amended as follows: "(a) have a right to a contract with their electricity supplier and, in addition, with the distribution system operator where relevant, that specifies where relevant for each type of contract:: - the identity and address of the company, - the services provided, the level of commercial and technical quality services offered, as well as the time for service activation,"
Amendment 553 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 15
Article 1 – point 15
Directive 2003/54/EC
Annex A – point (h)
Annex A – point (h)
(h) have at their disposal their consumption data, and shall be able to, by explicit agreement and free of charge, give any undertaking with a supply licensewith no transaction fee, give any supplier access to its metering data. The party responsible for data management is obliged to give these data to the undertakingsatisfy all justified requests for such data. Member States shall define an easily understandable format for the data and a procedure for suppliers and consumers to have easy access to the data. No additional costs can be charged to the consumer forThe regulatory authorities shall recognise any costs incurred by this service;
Amendment 561 #
2007/0195(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 15
Article 1 – point 15
Directive 2003/54/EC
Annex A – point (i)
Annex A – point (i)
(i) shall be properly informed every monthand regularly informed of actual electricity consumption and costs. No additional costs can be charged to the consumer forprices. The regulatory authorities shall recognise any costs incurred by this service;.