Activities of Andrzej GRZYB

Paragraph 4

4. Recalls its demand expressed in its COP23 resolution for the Commission to prepare by COP24 a mid-century zero emissions strategy for the Union; welcomes in this regard the publication of the Commission Communication "A Clean Planet for all – A European strategic long- term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy"; asks the Member States to agree on a cost- effective net- zero ~~2050~~ strategy, in line with actions taken at global level and taking into consideration differences in GDP per capita among Member States, as part of the future Europe debate, at the special EU summit in Sibiu in May 2019;

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 5

5. Notes that the strategy presents eight pathways for the economic, technological and social transformation needed for the Union to comply with the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement; stresses that there are many ways to reach net-zero GHG emissions ~~by 2050 at the latest~~, but that this requires swift action from the local and regional levels to the national level; calls on the Member States to put in place clear targets and policies and provide investment support for net-zero pathways and adopt long-term strategies as foreseen in the Governance Regulation;

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 6

6. Highlights that the first category of pathways aims at reducing GHG emissions by ~~only~~ around 80% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels; notes ~~with concern~~ that such ambition ~~represents the lower range of holding global warming below 2°C and is therefore not~~is in line with the Paris objective of holding global temperature rise to well below 2°C, with the further aim ~~of keeping it below 1.5°C~~limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels;

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 7

7. Points that the EU GDP is expected to increase more under zero emissions scenarios than in scenarios with lower emission reductions, however this may be spread unevenly across the EU taking into account differences in GDP per capita among Member States; considers that the price of non-action would be by far the costliest scenario and would not only result in massive GDP loss in Europe, but also further increase economic inequalities between Member States as some are expected to be harder hit than others by the consequences of inaction;

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the inclusion of ~~two 8.~~ 8 different pathways that explore various levels of ambition to deliver EU’s commitments under the Paris Agreement with two pathways aiming at reaching net zero GHG emissions by 2050, and considers this mid- century objective as ~~the only one compatible with the Union's commitments under the Paris Agreement~~an ambitious target to deliver the Union's commitments under the Paris Agreement in the context of climate action undertaken by EU's global competitors; notes that it's implementation would require coordination at the global level, which could only be delivered through innovation and R&D to enable commercial availability of key transition technologies and strong public support for lifestyle changes;

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes that the Commission clearly expresses that net-zero emissions are possible without net job losses and that they put a lot of emphasis on the transition in the energy intensive industry; highlights that a just transition towards net-zero GHG emissions has the potential to create a net gain of more than 1 million additional jobs in the Union; notes that the transition to net-zero emissions will involve social costs in many European regions, including the net job losses, especially in energy and energy intensive industry; stresses the importance of safeguarding a just transition in most affected employment sectors and to include just transition as one of the key elements of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework.

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 14

14. Stresses that reaching net-zero GHG emissions in 2050 in the most cost- efficient manner, requires raising and aligning the 2030 ambition level with net- zero 2050 scenarios; believes it is of upmost importance that the Union sends a clear message, at the latest during the UN Climate Summit in New York in September 2019, that it stands ready to review its contribution to the Paris Agreement;deleted

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 15

15. Supports an update of the Union’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC); calls therefore on EU leaders to consider r~~ais~~eviewing the level of ambition of the Union’s NDC ~~at the special EU Summit in Sibiu in May 2019, in view of the UN Climate Summit in September 2019;~~in 2025 taking into account the first official global stocktake in 2023.

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 16

16. Considers therefore that the Commission should, at the latest, use its 2022-2024 reviews of the 2030 climate package and other relevant legislation, to raise the ambition level accordingly; believes that insufficient 2030 ambition would limit future options, possibly limiting the availability of some options for cost-efficient decarbonisation; considers these reviews to be an important milestone for securing the EU climate commitments;deleted

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 17

17. Believes that, as a means to further ensure increased stability for markets, it would be appropriate for the EU to also establish a further interim emissions reduction target by 2040 that can provide additional stability and ensure that the long-term 2050 target is met;deleted

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the central importance of a renewable and low emission-based power sector and asks the Commission and the Member States to take all necessary action in that regard as it will have spill- over effects across all economic sectors; highlights that all pathways assume ~~full decarbonisation~~carbon neutrality of the power sector by 2050, a drastic reduction of fossil fuels and a strong increase in renewable and low- emission energies;

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2974(RSP)

Paragraph 27

27. Considers that in order for the Union to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, substantial private investments need to be mobilised; believes that this requires long- term planning and regulatory stability and predictability for investors and that future EU-regulations need to take this into consideration, especially for the period up to, and post 2030; stresses therefore that the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Action Plan adopted in March 2018 should be prioritised; Stresses that while implementing the Sustainable Finance Action Plan and supporting sustainable investments, investments in all technologies allowing for low-carbon energy transition should be supported.

2019/02/04
Committee: ENVI

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Expresses its deep concern at the fact that recent years have seen a dramatic rise in violations of FoRB worldwide, including persecution based on religion or belief, with alarming data of over 215 million persecuted Christians being the most numerous persecuted denomination around the world, persecuted Muslims of different denominations including Rohingya people, Yazidis and persecuted Buddhist, Falun Dafa and Bahá'ís; stresses that these violations are frequently at the root of or increasingly exacerbate wars or other forms of armed conflict, resulting in violations of humanitarian law, including mass murders or genocide; stresses that violations of FoRB undermine democracy, impede development, and negatively affect the enjoyment of other fundamental freedoms and rights; emphasises that this obligates the international community, the EU and its Member States to reaffirm their determination and strengthen their actions in promoting FoRB for all;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that, in accordance with Article 17 TFEU, the EU is committed to maintaining open, transparent and regular dialogues with churches and religious, philosophical and non-confessional organisations; highlights the supporting effect of these dialogues for respect for other human rights, equal rights for women, children’s rights, as well as for democracy, development, the rule of law, good governance, peace and stability, and environmental and labour standards; stresses that such interreligious and intercultural dialogues are often met by greater openness by some EU international partners and create a starting-point for progress in other areas;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the need to further engage in an open, regular and transparent manner with a wide range of representatives to promote and protect FoRB, including religious leaders and actors, scholars, Churches and other faith-based organisations, non-believers’ groups, national human rights institutions, human rights defenders, women’s rights and youth organisations, civil society representatives and the media;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Encourages the Commission to reflect on new ways to promote and protect FoRB, and address FoRB violations, in particular through human rights conditionality clauses in trade agreements and cooperation agreements;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Emphasises the importance of enhancing the promotion and protection of FoRB into human rights dialogues; calls on the EEAS and the EU Delegations to identify with their local interlocutors a set of common objectives to advance FoRB through human rights dialogue;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Considers that religious illiteracy, as well as the lack of knowledge and recognition of the role that religions play for a large part of humankind, fuel bias and stereotypes that contribute to increase tensions, misunderstanding and disrespectful and unfair treatment towards attitudes and behaviours of large part of populations; stresses the importance of education for preserving and building FoRB worldwide and fighting intolerance; calls on media communication and social media leaders to contribute positively and respectfully to public debates avoiding negative biases and stereotypes towards religions and believers, and exercise their freedom of expression in a responsible manner as required by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Right;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Welcomes the Special Envoy’s actions based on work plans focusing support and engagement along geographical and thematic priorities and initiatives at bilateral and multilateral levels;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses that the efficient implementation of the EU Guidelines requires that the Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the EEAS, the EU Delegations and CSDP Missions, work together, while involving representatives of Churches, and religious associations, philosophical and non-confessional organisations, experts, scholars and representatives of civil society, in a transparent, open and regular manner;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Calls for enhanced cooperation and joint and mutual effort between the EU Delegations and the Member States’ embassies to ensure a consistent and united voice in the promotion of FoRB outside the EU and to support communities and individuals facing violations of FoRB; in this regard, welcomes that a number of Member States have recently created new posts of responsibility for FoRB, akin to the Special Envoy role, and encourages the creation of similar position in other Member States; underscores the need for a consistent approach that deals with the rights of all religious communities as well as non-believers; encourages cooperation between the national officials in charge of FoRB outside their country and the Special Envoy, as well as the COHOM and the Parliament;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2155(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the EU and Member States to undertake all necessary steps to establish an official annual UN-led international day commemorating the victims and survivors of religious persecution;

2018/09/13
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Strongly condemns all heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by state and non-state actors such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and ISIS/Daesh inSyria and Iraq; is horrified at the vast range of crimes committed, including murder, torture, rape, enslavementand sexual slavery, the recruitment of child soldiers, forced religious conversions and the systematic killing of religious minorities, including Christians, Yazidis and others; urges the EU and its Member States to fight crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and to ensure that their perpetrators are brought to justice; calls for the EU to provide support for organisations that collect, keep and protect evidence – digital or otherwise – of the crimes committed by any parties to these conflicts, in order to facilitate their prosecution at an international level; supports the key role played by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases where the states concerned are unable or unwilling to exercise their jurisdiction; calls on all the signatories of the Rome Statute to coordinate and cooperate with the ICC; reiterates its call for the VP/HR to appoint an EUSR on International Humanitarian Law and International Justice with a mandate to promote, mainstream and represent the EU’s commitment to the fight against impunity;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Stresses that the EU should continue to actively support democratic and effective human rights institutions and civil society in their efforts to promote democratisation; welcomes, in this context, the European Endowment for Democracy’s consistent efforts to promote democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the EU;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention and stresses the need to combat by all means violence against women, including domestic violence; supports, in this connection, the joint EU- UN Spotlight Initiative; urges countries to step up their legislation in order to tackle, at the earliest possible stage, gender-based violence, female genital mutilation and sexual violence, while promoting gender equality; condemns the frequent violation of women’s sexual and reproductive ~~rights~~health; emphasises that proper, affordable healthcare and universal respect for and access to sexual and reproductive ~~rights~~health and education should be guaranteed for all women;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2098(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Welcomes the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; reiterates the importance of its efficient implementation by both the Member States and the EU institutions; stresses, in particular, the need to mainstream credibly the principle of universal accessibility and the rights of persons with disabilities in all relevant EU policies, including in the area of development cooperation, and underlines the prescriptive and horizontal nature of this issue; calls for the EU to in corporate the fight against discrimination on grounds of disability in its external action and development aid policies;

2018/09/06
Committee: AFET

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Ivo BELET, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the national security and intelligence agencies of EU Member States and of some third countries cooperate very effectively through the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) and on a bilateral and multilateral basis; whereas the EU has an established complex of structures dealing wholly or in part with terrorism, notably through Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC), EU INTCEN and facilitated by the European Counter- Terrorism Coordinator;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Ivo BELET, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas on 6 July 2017 the Parliament set up a temporary Special Committee on Terrorism (TERR) with the aim of providing Parliament’s view as to the practical and legislative gaps in the current counter-terrorism regime that have allowed the recent terrorist attacks in the EU to occur and making recommendations that would help tackle the terrorist threat at EU level;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

F b. whereas, in order to allow the Parliament to dedicate sufficient attention and the specific efforts necessary for contributing effectively and responding to the challenges posed by terrorism, a standing parliamentary committee responsible for internal security and terrorism should be set up within the Parliament; whereas the setting up of such a standing parliamentary committee will signal the Parliament’s engagement and understanding of the importance of the issues of internal security, international organised crime and terrorism, which are at the forefront of EU citizens’ concerns; whereas it will also reflect the significance of this issue for the Parliament and will mirror the institutional setup in other EU institutions and bodies, such as the creation of a Security Union Task Force and the appointment of a Commissioner for the Security Union within the Commission, the creation of a European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) within Europol, as well as the existence of a Working Party on Terrorism within the Council;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Milan ZVER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Ivo BELET, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas of 88 legally binding counter-terrorism measures proposed from September 2001 to summer 2013 only a quarter were subject to impact assessments and only three to public consultation1a; whereas this ratio has improved in recent years and the most recent initiatives presented by the Commission in 2017 and 2018 were accompanied by the necessary justification; whereas with the Agenda on Better Regulation adopted in 2015 the Commission has also strengthened its policy on stakeholder consultation; __________________ 1a Study on The European Union’s Policies on Counter-Terrorism: Relevance, Coherence and Effectiveness, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs, PE 583.124, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2017/583124/IPOL_STU(201 7)583124_EN.pdf

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Andrzej GRZYB, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital T

T. whereas new forms of terrorism may be used for an attack, among them cyber-terrorism and the use of weapons of mass destruction, possibly in connection with new technical equipment such as drones; whereas there is the precedent of a foiled attack involving the highly toxic biological agent ricin; whereas there are cases where Daesh has used or planned to use chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials, and shared via social media channels possible tactics and methods for attacks and targets;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital U

U. whereas populism-fuelled political discourse regarding the terrorist threat can lead to polarisation within society; whereas there is a need for a proper education and training aiming at building resilience against populism

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital U

U. whereas populism-fuelled political discourse regarding the terrorist threat can lead to polarisation within society, exploited both by left- and right-wing agitators;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)

U a. whereas there is a big amount of disinformation and untrue stories concerning the terrorist threat disseminated in the European societies that aim at stirring unrest; whereas the disinformation campaigns lead to radicalisation within the Member States;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital Z

Z. whereas several European funds and programmes can be used for projects countering and preventing radicalisation; whereas the EU budget up to 2020 allocates EUR 314 million for anti- radicalisation projects1a; whereas there is no continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of those programmes; __________________ 1a Speech by Commissioner Jourová, in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, at the Conference on Radicalisation in Prisons, in Brussels, Borschette, 27.2.2018 http://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_SPEECH-18-1221_en.htm

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA

AA. whereas it is estimated that there are between 50 000 and 70 000 radicalised jihadists in the EU;1a; __________________ 1a Jean Charles Brisard, Centre d’Analyse du Terrorisme, TERR meeting of 9 April 2018

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital AH

AH. whereas Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (IRU) has made more than 50 000 referrals and on average 87 %1a of the content referred to companies by the IRU has been removed on the basis of voluntary consideration of the compatibility of the referred internet content with their own terms and conditions; __________________ 1a TERR hearing 24 April 2018, testimony by Mr Luigi Soreca, Director for Security, DG Home, European Commission

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AI

AI. whereas although ~~major~~some progress has been made with regard to removal of online terrorist content, there is a need to scale up the companies’ engagement; whereas the removals are often not complete, removing the content from one website but leaving it on another belonging to the same company~~; whereas effective and comprehensive~~, take too much time or allow for the content to return; whereas in some cases accounts are left undeleted even after violating company's terms of service; whereas effective, comprehensive and transparent reporting by companies has to be improved;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ

AJ. whereas, in response to larger companies removing more content ~~and doing so at a greater pace~~, Daesh is increasingly using new and/or smaller platforms which are less suited to fast removal of terrorist material; whereas this diversification to smaller platforms makes exchange of good practices and additional technical support essential to enable, for example, the introduction of platform- agnostic automated tools, such as the ~~database of hashes~~hashing technology which can identify online terrorist content with a high degree of accuracy; whereas establishing minimum EU standards for terms of service in this context is required;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Recital AK

AK. whereas prisons have become hothouses of extremism, incubating terrorists especially if high risk prisoners are not monitored and separated enough from the general population and there are no programs countering radicalisation implemented; whereas many of those serving prison sentences will soon be released back into their communities ~~and ther~~requiring intensive are ~~few~~integration efforts and greater resources to monitor their activities; whereas prison conditions can play a significant role in heightening or lessening risks of radicalisation;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital AL

AL. whereas retention of data is an essential part of the investigative process; whereas police ~~and~~, judicial authorities and intelligence services usually rely heavily on communications data to successfully proceed with their casework; whereas in order for interoperability of information systems to reach its full potential, harmonised data retention regimes across the EU are vital; whereas the necessity of an appropriate data retention regime when it comes to the fight against terrorism was consistently raised during the work of the TERR Committee;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital AM

AM. whereas the use of encryption by terrorists to protect their communications or stored data represents a considerable challenge for law enforcement and intelligence services, denying access to essential intelligence and evidence; whereas encryption becomes particularly critical when even the responsible online service providers are unwilling or unable to decrypt the communication;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital AV a (new)

AV a. whereas - in the context of the Information Management strategy (IMS), 6th Action list - there are currently two on-going pilot projects which aim at ensuring interlinking with decentralised systems, namely the ADEP project (Automation of data exchange processes on police records) and project QUEST (“Querying Europol Systems”); where-as such projects help provide real and workable solutions to the problems stemming from the lack of interconnectivity of decentralised information systems and help foster trust and cooperation between the Member States;

2018/09/18
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital BB a (new)

BB a. whereas in order to guarantee the CTG’s long-term public acceptance and rapprochement towards the EU security structure, there is a need to enhance its public visibility without limiting the privacy needed for effective intelligence cooperation;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital BD

BD. whereas efficient and systematic cooperation between the Member States and the EU agencies as well as among the agencies in the counter-terrorism field is imperative, especially cooperation between Europol and Eurojust in order to effectively detect, prevent, and investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of a terrorist attack; whereas Eurojust has appointed a specialised counter-terrorism prosecutor to make the bridge with the ECTC at Europol to increase cooperation and information exchange between the two agencies;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital BG

BG. whereas several EU instruments such as Decision 2005/671/JHA, the CT Directive and the Europol regulation require Member States to share information on terrorism with the relevant agencies; whereas increased information sharing with Europol and Eurojust on a regular basis and in a timely and systematic manner, including contextual information, facilitates their work in detecting links between cases and providing an overview of challenges and best practice related to investigations, prosecutions and convictions for terrorist offences; whereas information shared with Eurojust has increased over the past years, but differences continue to exist between the Member States in relation to the amount, type and scope of the information shared, which may result in fragmented information available1a; __________________ 1a While only 14 terrorism cases were referred to Eurojust in 2014, the number of cases dealt by Eurojust from 2014-2018 reached 263 with a total of 61 coordination meetings in 75 terrorism cases, 2 coordination centres and 14 cases with JITs supported by Eurojust

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital BG a (new)

BG a. whereas the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, to be established on the basis of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1339, shall have the important task of investigating and prosecuting criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union, its establishment and the allocation of financial resources to this new body should not negatively impact the abilities of existing structures, such as Eurojust, to facilitate the efforts of the Member States in the fight against terrorism;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital BG b (new)

BG b. whereas CEPOL substantially contributes to CT training for law enforcement officials of the Member States and in priority third countries;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital BJ

BJ. whereas joint investigation teams (JITs) facilitate the coordination of investigations and prosecutions in cases with a cross-border dimension and allow for real-time exchange of information/evidence; whereas the practical benefits resulting from the use of JITs include improved information exchange, exchange of best practices, enhanced collection of evidence and mutual recognition of the actions carried out by the parties; whereas JITs require appropriate funding to work effectively;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Recital BS

BS. whereas battlefield evidence is often essential to identify potential foreign terrorist fighters and needs to be included in the relevant databases in order to reach border guards in real time and to be shared with investigators and prosecutors for investigations and prosecutions;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital CA

CA. whereas cyber-attacks on electronic services or through interconnected systems are a key component of hybrid threats; whereas an increasing number of cyber- attacks have, or can have, kinetic effects on critical infrastructure; whereas there is a need to increase readiness to counter cyber threats;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Recital CB

CB. whereas the Commission Comprehensive Assessment of EU Security Policy and the evaluation study of Directive 2008/114/EC indicate that: the threat to critical infrastructures is likely to continue to rise, that there is a need to enhance preparation and response capabilities and to revise Directive 2008/114/EC, and that there is an interest in targeting transport infrastructures; whereas a better framework is needed to improve rail security and to address the issue of protection of public areas of transport infrastructures, such as airports ~~and~~, ports and maritime transport, as well as railway stations;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Recital CE

CE. whereas the private sector should be involved in the protection of critical infrastructure and soft targets, particularly in the cyber-domain;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Recital CG

CG. whereas the Commission, in its communication on the new Multiannual Financial Framework, proposes to significantly increase EU funding for security and defence, ~~including~~which is projected to reach 27,5 billion euro, including 2,5 billion on internal security;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Arnaud DANJEAN, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital CH a (new)

CH a. whereas vehicle rental companies lack the ability to exchange information such as booking or reservation data with law enforcement agencies for the purpose of cross-checks against official watch-lists and police databases;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital CI

CI. whereas in 2015 and 2016, explosives were used in 40 % of the terrorist attacks committed in the EU;1a; __________________ 1a Europol TeSat 2017, p. 10

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital CJ

CJ. whereas the explosive used in most of the attacks was triacetone triperoxide (TATP)1a, a home-made explosive that remains the explosive of choice for terrorists; whereas TATP can be quite easily manufactured using only a few substances; __________________ 1a Europol TeSat 2017, p. 15

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital CP

CP. whereas according to Europol’s Te- Sat 2018 report, firearms were used in 41 % of all attacks, a slight increase compared to 2016 (38 %);1a; __________________ 1a Europol TeSat 2018, p. 9

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Recital CX

CX. whereas the EU is cooperating with third countries in the area of counter- terrorism in a variety of ways; whereas a number of EU instruments can be used to finance CT programmes abroad; whereas the EU has deployed a network of CT experts within EU delegations; whereas EU agencies such as Europol, Eurojust and CEPOL are also cooperating with third countries in the area of counter-terrorism, through strategic and operational agreements for example;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Recital DA

DA. whereas deaths caused by terrorist attacks destroy families and leave a legacy of irrevocable sadness, and many of the injured survivors of terrorist attacks suffer from disabilities, disfiguring and life- changing loss of ~~sense~~limbs and ~~limb~~psychological problems and their plight impacts heavily on close family, while too often once the media spotlight has passed, the long-term needs of the victims are neglected;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that, at this stage, the EU and the Member States should improve cooperation through existing European agencies, specialised EU services and Member States’ security and justice institutions;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to further strengthen and support the ATLAS network of civilian anti-terror special operation units of the EU Member States;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to monitor all foreign terrorist fighters; calls for an effective and appropriate follow-up of the threat posed by returnees, and for this purpose invites Member States to share contextual information about returnees via Europol and intelligence assessments on that topic with EU INTCEN; calls on the Commission to assist Member States in the establishment of aligned classification systems in order to distinguish between high, medium and low-risk returnees;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Heinz K. BECKER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal that precludes convicted terrorist offenders as well as persons where there is clear evidence that they pose a severe threat to public security from applying for asylum or other forms of international protection throughout the European Union;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to establish regional – if applicable cross-border – stockpiling centres to ensure comprehensive availability of medical countermeasures including vaccines following the dual-use principle, and to use the Joint Procurement Mechanism to avoid parallel uncoordinated efforts;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Calls on Member States to create or strengthen specialised laboratories; asks the Commission and Parliament to fund and support relevant cross-border research activities;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to set common standards for vetting procedures at vulnerable institutions such as nuclear power plants or specialised laboratories;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Encourages Member States to make more use of technical detection systems of CBRN substances particularly at large-scale public events and calls on the Commission and the European Parliament to make further European funding available for comprehensive acquisitions of such systems;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9 c. Welcomes the approval of a regulation on civil aviation safety and the mandate of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 216/2008; calls on the Commission to take into account security aspects for forthcoming delegated and implementing rules on drones and drones operations, including regularly updated risk assessments; mandatory registration, electronic identification and geofencing in all drones categories; and mandatory security licenses and trainings for operators of security and inspection missions;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that terrorists have been known to start off in petty crime; is concerned that certain Member States’ justice systems have low conviction rates, with inadequate sentences being issued for serious crime and radicalised individuals being released prematurely or on parole; therefore encourages Member States to organise their justice systems such as to emphasise strongly the need to ensure effective intervention vis-à-vis habitual offenders and sufficient dissuasiveness for such offenders; encourages the Member States to consult such changes on the intergovernmental level;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Stresses that there is evidence of co-operation of criminals and criminal organisations and terrorist organisations posing a severe threat across the EU;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for the creation of an EU ‘Centre of Excellence for Preventing Radicalisation (CoE PR)’, to be embedded in the Commission with adequate financial and human resources; believes its tasks should include coordination, including of funding, and facilitation of cooperation among Member States, policymakers, practitioners (by involving former RAN and ESCN structures), experts, including IT sector, data scientists and researchers in the area of preventing and countering radicalisation, exchange of best practices, lighthouse projects and training, also by partnering with key strategic third countries; considers that this centre should also establish methodologies to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of programmes and projects;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on Eurojust to continue its work in monitoring the jurisprudence in Member States as regards radicalisation leading to terrorism, including the use of alternatives to prosecution and detention, and to report regularly in its Terrorism Conviction Monitor (TCM); to this end, calls on the Member States to transmit to Eurojust all relevant information on prosecutions and convictions for terrorist offences which affect or may affect two or more Member States;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Arnaud DANJEAN, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls on Member States to ban funding from third countries that oppose the EU’s fundamental values of democracy, pluralism, tolerance, and equality between men and women;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Asks the Member States to ban and remove all ~~religious~~ literature within their territory that incites to violent and terrorist acts; including all content produced by or expressing support for individuals or groups sanctioned by the European Union or United Nations; asks for such literature or content to be removed from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unit;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and ~~full~~permanent removal of terrorist content and solutions preventing upload or streaming of terrorist content, especially re-uploading already recognised and/or removed content; requests the Commission to present a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hour from upload and to introduce clear transparent reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, descriptions on what content was removed and why, how many views the content received prior to removal, how long the content stayed online prior to removal and whether or not the account associated with the offending content was deleted and when, as well as sanctions for non-compliance;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls for the c~~reation of an online European platform that citizens can use in order to flag terrorist and extremist content online~~ompanies to increase capacity to better enable users to flag terrorist and extremist content online and increase companies’ capabilities to receive, review, and respond to flagged content;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls for involvement of social media and audiovisual companies, including public broadcasters, in developing and disseminating effective counter-narratives, also with the inclusion of victims and to ensure that search engines place counter-narratives prominently;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)

29 b. Urges the Member States to guarantee safety, physical and psychological integrity of staff in prisons, to provide them with regular psychological counselling so that they do not become radicalised themselves and to develop and update official protocols of how to deal with radicalised prisoners;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Urges Member States to adopt the approach of ‘information sharing by default’ when it comes to sharing CT- related information with other Member States and relevant EU agencies and bodies, thus exchanging such information as a rule, and refraining from such exchange only in specific cases where circumstances require that it be withheld;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)

51 a. Stresses the need for continuous training to ensure the knowledge sharing and awareness of the necessary requirements in terms of system usage and the steps necessary to ensure the quality of the data-input.

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Calls on the Member States to examine the possibility of better coordination and cooperation between intelligence and law enforcement services at EU level by increasingly sending intelligence experts in addition to law enforcement staff to the meetings of the Counter-Terrorism Joint Liaison Team (CTJLT) at Europol, which could serve as a blueprint for further cooperation between law enforcement and intelligence; calls on the Commission to increase support to the CTJLT, including special funding;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57

57. Calls on Member States and European stakeholders to continue existing operational capabilities and enhance maximum effective cooperation in the fields of counter-terrorism and internal security; encourages Member States to actions aiming at creation of a custom to exchange information and cooperation, particularly in the context of terrorist threat;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 b (new)

67 b. Stresses the need for increased funding to CEPOL and to step up the development and delivery of innovative cyber related training;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70

70. Calls on Member States to make full use of the expertise and tools offered by Eurojust and the European Judicial Network (EJN), in particular in providing practical and legal information and support when it comes to MLA requests and assistance with mutual recognition requests, coordination of investigations and prosecutions, decisions on best placed jurisdiction to prosecute, or coordination of asset seizures and confiscations;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72

72. Calls for the swift adoption before the end of the current Parliament of the Commission proposals for a regulation and directive aimed at improving cross-border access to electronic evidence; requests online service providers (OSPs) to provide single points of contact for law enforcement/judiciary requests;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79 a (new)

79 a. Calls on the Commission to swiftly ensure that EBCGA reaches a standing corps of around 10,000 border guards1a; __________________ 1a http://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_MEMO-18-3621_en.htm

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA, Artis PABRIKS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85

85. Calls on the Member States, ~~Frontex~~EBCGA and Europol to establish a European Targeting Centre within Frontex that constitutes a joint venture with the national authorities and Europol; believes this centre should assist with the advance identification of travellers who pose a threat to the security of the EU and should function as a ‘round-the-clock’ service for national border guards when there are doubts regarding certain individuals; recommends the use of sophisticated software to increase the effectiveness of targeting and cooperation with international partners in this area;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86

86. Welcomes Europol’s participation in the law enforcement cell of the US-led Operation Gallant Phoenix (OGP) in Jordan, whereby it processes information obtained from the battlefield and exchanges it through established channels and procedures with Member States’ law enforcement authorities via the Europol National Units; calls for full access of Europol at OGP;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrzej GRZYB, Monika HOHLMEIER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 a (new)

92 a. Calls on the EU and Member States to fully implement the recommendations contained in The Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95

95. Calls on the Commission to bring in a traceability certificate for artworks and antiques entering the EU market, especially for items originating from conflict-affected and high-risk countries as listed by the Commission, as well as from organisations, groups or individuals included in the EU terror list;deleted

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96

96. Calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, and to make the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties;deleted

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 a (new)

96 a. Calls on the European Commission to propose legislation for a robust tracing system for artworks and antiques entering the EU market, especially for items originating from conflict-affected and high-risk countries as listed by the Commission, as well as from organisations, groups or individuals included in the EU terror list; believes that this initiative should be supported by the creation of a standardised permit, without which trading of these items would be illicit, by the creation of a passport for the export of each item; believes that digital tools allowing to check the authenticity of the documents should be developed; notes that a comprehensive register of antiquities for sale should be systematically held up to date by art dealers;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 b (new)

96 b. Calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, and to make the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, including criminal penalties where necessary;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Emil RADEV, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97

97. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with Member States and international partners, ways of better monitoring financial flows and identifying users of electronic wallets and prepaid cards, crowdfunding platforms and online and mobile payment systems in relevant investigations; calls for a focus on virtual currencies and fintech and calls to explore the possibility to extend sanctions also to crowdfunding on social media for terrorist purposes;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107

107. Recommends that the private sector be involved when devising programmes for the protection of critical infrastructure and soft targets, particularly in the context of cyber-security, and highlights the need to develop public-private dialogues to this effect;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107 a (new)

107 a. Calls on the Commission to propose a European Certification Initiative for private security companies, aiming to specify requirements and conditions under which private security companies shall be able to operate within Critical Infrastructure environment;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/2044(INI)

Monika HOHLMEIER, Ivo BELET, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Milan ZVER, Andrzej GRZYB, Christian EHLER, Rachida DATI, Heinz K. BECKER, Elisabetta GARDINI, Lorenzo CESA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110

110. Believes that a system must be set up for car rental agencies to check the identity of clients against police databases, ~~showing only a red or green flag~~without granting them any kind of access;

2018/09/12
Committee: TERR

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) The Commission has examined available evidence, which points to the importance of having harmonised Union rules in this area to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and avoid, inter alia, disruptions to the scheduling of transport operations and the functioning of information and communication systems, higher costs to cross-border trade, or lower productivity for goods and services. ~~Evidence is not conclusive as to whether the benefits of summer-tim~~Therefore any changes implemented at EU level and in the Member States in connection with the repeal of Directive 2000/84/EC will seek to preserve the har~~rangements outweigh the inconvenienc~~monisation of time zones lin~~ked to a biannual change of time~~ the EU at least at the current level.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) A lively public debate is taking place on summer-time arrangements and some Member States have already expressed their preference to discontinue the application of such arrangements. The parliaments of some Member States are calling on their governments to take action on seasonal changes of time in the EU. National legislative initiatives have been launched to abolish seasonal changes of time – for example, a bill in Poland resulting from the ‘#czasowstrzymywacz’ social campaign and supported by all political parties in the Sejm – whose procedures and implementation are being held back by arrangements at EU level. In the light of these developments, it is necessary to continue safeguarding the proper functioning of the internal market and to avoid any significant disruptions thereto caused by divergences between Member States in this area. Therefore, it is appropriate to put an end in a coordinated way to summer-time arrangements.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Marek PLURA, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) The Commission has examined available evidence, which points to the importance of having harmonised Union rules in this area to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and avoid, inter alia, disruptions to the scheduling of transport operations and the functioning of information and communication systems, higher costs to cross-border trade, or lower productivity for goods and services. ~~Evidence is not conclusi~~Therefore any changes implemented at EU level a~~s to whether the benefits of summer-tim~~nd in the Member States in connection with the repeal of Directive 2000/84/EC will seek to preserve the har~~rangements outweigh the inconvenienc~~monisation of time zones lin~~ked to a biannual change of time~~ the EU at least at the current level.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) A lively public debate is taking place on summer-time arrangements and some Member States have already expressed their preference to discontinue the application of such arrangements. The parliaments of some Member States are calling on their governments to take action on seasonal changes of time in the EU. National legislative initiatives have been launched to abolish seasonal changes of time – for example, a bill in Poland resulting from the ‘#czasowstrzymywacz’ social campaign and supported by all political parties in the Sejm – whose procedures and implementation are being held back by arrangements at EU level. In the light of these developments, it is necessary to continue safeguarding the proper functioning of the internal market and to avoid any significant disruptions thereto caused by divergences between Member States in this area. Therefore, it is appropriate to put an end in a coordinated way to summer-time arrangements.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) This Directive should not prejudice the existing right of each Member State to decide on the standard time or times for the territories under its jurisdiction and falling under the territorial scope of the Treaties, and on further changes thereto. However, in order to ensure that the application of summer-time arrangements by some Member States only does not disrupt the functioning of the internal market, Member States should refrain from changing the standard time in any given territory under their jurisdiction for reasons related to seasonal changes, be such change presented as a change of time zone. Moreover, in order to minimise disruptions, inter alia, to transport, communications and other concerned sectors, they should notify the Commission in due time of their intention to change their standard time and subsequently apply the notified changes. The Commission should, on the basis of that notification, inform all other Member States so that they can take all necessary measures. It should also inform the general public and stakeholders by publishing this information.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) It is important to note that there are also ways to regulate the circadian rhythm in the Member States, in addition to defining time zones, such as: the working hours of public institutions, labour law, custom. Even today, in Member States located in the same time zone there are differences in working hours, including in public institutions and businesses. Such solutions can be an effective instrument for meeting social expectations while preserving the harmonisation of time zones in the EU at least at the current level in the implementation of this Directive.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) This Directive sh~~ould~~all apply from 1 April 2019, so that the last summer-time period subject to the rules of Directive 2000/84/EC should start, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 31 March 2019. Member States that, after that summer-time period, intend to adopt a standard time corresponding to the time applied during the winter season in accordance with Directive 2000/84/EC should change their standard time at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 27 October 2019, so that similar and lasting changes occurring in different Member States take place simultaneously. ~~It is desirable that~~ Member States should take the decisions on the standard time that each of them will apply as from 2019 in a concerted manner, so that any change implemented at EU level and in the Member States in connection with the implementation of this Directive maintains the harmonisation of time zones in the EU at least at the current level.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) This Directive should not prejudice the existing right of each Member State to decide on the standard time or times for the territories under its jurisdiction and falling under the territorial scope of the Treaties, and on further changes thereto. However, in order to ensure that the application of summer-time arrangements by some Member States only does not disrupt the functioning of the internal market, Member States should refrain from changing the standard time in any given territory under their jurisdiction for reasons related to seasonal changes, be such change presented as a change of time zone. Moreover, in order to minimise disruptions, inter alia, to transport, communications and other concerned sectors, they should notify the Commission in due time of their intention to change their standard time and subsequently apply the notified changes. The Commission should, on the basis of that notification, inform all other Member States so that they can take all necessary measures. It should also inform the general public and stakeholders by publishing this information.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) Implementation of this Directive should be ~~monitored~~coordinated and monitored, so that, among other things, any changes implemented at EU level and in the Member States in connection with the repeal of Directive 2000/84/EC maintain the harmonisation of time zones in the EU at least at the current level. The results of this monitoring should be presented by the Commission in a report to the European Parliament and to the Council. That report should be based on the information that is made available to the Commission by the Member States in a timely fashion to allow for the report to be presented at the specified time.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) It is important to note that there are also ways to regulate the circadian rhythm in the Member States, in addition to defining time zones, such as: the working hours of public institutions, labour law, custom. Even today, in Member States located in the same time zone there are differences in working hours, including in public institutions and businesses. Such solutions can be an effective instrument for meeting social expectations while preserving the harmonisation of time zones in the EU at least at the current level in the implementation of this Directive.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) This Directive sh~~ould~~all apply from 1 April 2019, so that the last summer-time period subject to the rules of Directive 2000/84/EC should start, in every Member State, at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 31 March 2019. Member States that, after that summer-time period, intend to adopt a standard time corresponding to the time applied during the winter season in accordance with Directive 2000/84/EC should change their standard time at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 27 October 2019, so that similar and lasting changes occurring in different Member States take place simultaneously. ~~It is desirable that~~ Member States should take the decisions on the standard time that each of them will apply as from 2019 in a concerted manner, so that any change implemented at EU level and in the Member States in connection with the implementation of this Directive maintains the harmonisation of time zones in the EU at least at the current level.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) Implementation of this Directive should be ~~monitored~~coordinated and monitored, so that, among other things, any changes implemented at EU level and in the Member States in connection with the repeal of Directive 2000/84/EC maintain the harmonisation of time zones in the EU at least at the current level. The results of this monitoring should be presented by the Commission in a report to the European Parliament and to the Council. That report should be based on the information that is made available to the Commission by the Member States in a timely fashion to allow for the report to be presented at the specified time.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may ~~still~~, for a final time, apply a seasonal change of their standard time or times in 2019, provided that they do so at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 27 October 2019. The Member States shall notify this decision in accordance with Article 2.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may ~~still~~, for a final time, apply a seasonal change of their standard time or times in 2019, provided that they do so at 1.00 a.m., Coordinated Universal Time, on 27 October 2019. The Member States shall notify this decision in accordance with Article 2.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

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

Member States shall adopt and publish, without delay and by 1 April 2019 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Marek PLURA, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

They shall apply those provisions from 1 April 2019, i.e. when the final transition to summertime comes into effect in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2000/84/EC.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

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

Member States shall adopt and publish, without delay and by 1 April 2019 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

Directive 2000/84/EC is repealed with effect from 1 April 2019, i.e. when the Member States make the final transition to summertime.

2019/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2018/0332(COD)

Marek PLURA, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. ~~Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive~~They shall apply those provisions from 1 April 2019, i.e. when the final transition to summertime comes into effect in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2000/84/EC.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0332(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1

Directive 2000/84/EC is repealed with effect from 1 April 2019, i.e. when the Member States make the final transition to summertime.

2019/01/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) Moreover if market participants do not provide any explanation to investors of how the activities they invest in contribute to environmental objectives, or if they use different concepts in their explanation of what is a ‘sustainable’ economic activity, investors will find it disproportionately burdensome to check and compare these different financial products. It has been found that this discourages investors from investing into ~~green~~sustainable financial products. Furthermore, the lack of investor confidence has major detrimental effects on the market for sustainable investment. It has further been shown that national rules or market-based initiatives taken to tackle this issue within national borders will lead to fragmenting the internal market. If financial market participants disclose how the financial products they claim are environment-friendly meet environmental objectives, and they use for such disclosures common criteria across the Union of what is an environmentally sustainable economic activity, this will help investors compare environment- friendly investment opportunities across borders. Investors will invest in ~~green~~sustainable financial products with higher confidence across the Union, improving the functioning of the internal market.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Establishing criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities may encourage firms to disclose on their websites, on a voluntary basis, information on the environmentally sustainable economic activities they carry out. This information will not only help relevant actors in the financial markets to easily identify which firms carry out environmentally sustainable economic activities, but it will also facilitate for these firms to raise funding for their ~~green~~sustainable activities.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) To avoid market fragmentation as well as harm to consumer interests due to divergent notions of environmentally sustainable economic activities, national requirements that market actors should comply with when they wish to market financial products or corporate bonds as being environmentally sustainable, should build on the uniform criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities. Those market actors include financial market participants offering ~~“green”~~sustainable financial products and non- financial companies issuing ~~“green”~~sustainable corporate bonds.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35

(35) The application of this Regulation should be reviewed regularly in order to assess the progress on the development of technical screening criteria for environmentally sustainable activities, the use of the definition of environmentally sustainable investment, and whether compliance with the obligations requires the establishment of a verification mechanism. The review should include also an assessment of whether the scope of this Regulation should be extended to cover social and economic sustainability objectives.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. An economic activity shall be considered to contribute ~~substantially~~ to climate change mitigation where that activity substantially contributes to the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level which prevents dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system by avoiding or reducing greenhouse gas emissions or enhancing greenhouse gas removals through any of the following means, including through process or product innovation:

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

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

(c) increasing clean, low-emission or climate-neutral mobility;

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

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

(e) increasing carbon capture and ~~storage use~~utilisation or storage of carbon dioxide emissions;

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

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

(f) phasing out anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases~~, including from fossil fuels~~;

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

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

(h) producing low-carbon, clean and efficient fuels from renewable or carbon- neutral sources.;

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0178(COD)

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

(h a) producing low-carbon hydrogen.

2018/12/17
Committee: ECON ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

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

(2) 'single-use plastic product' means a product with typically short life span and usually thrown away after one brief utilisation, that is made wholly or partly from plastic and that is not conceived, designed or placed on the market to accomplish, within its life span, multiple trips or rotations by being returned to the producer for refill or re-used for the same purpose for which it was conceived;

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – title

~~Consumption reduction~~Reduction in unnecessary use and littering

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

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

Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve a ~~significant~~ reduction in ~~the consumption~~unnecessary use of the single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex along with a reduction in the incidence of littering of those products on their territory by … [six years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive].

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Those measures must be proportionate and non-discriminatory and shall not distort the single market. They may include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer~~. Those measures may vary depending on the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph~~ and in addition to the extended producer responsibility obligations for litter established in Directive 2008/EC/98 and Directive 94/62/EC, they shall contain quantifiable litter reduction targets. They shall also take full account of the need to guarantee food hygiene, protection of public health and consumer safety.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Prior to adopting those measures, Member States shall conduct an assessment of the social, economic and environmental impacts, including an evaluation of: - the presence of a sufficient supply of fit- for-purpose alternatives; - the environmental impacts of alternative products; - where applicable, the impacts on food hygiene, food safety, food waste, good hygiene practices, good manufacturing practices, consumer information and traceability requirements in Union food legislation; - the impact on consumer health and safety, especially child safety;

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6

1. single-use plastic products listed in Part C of the Annex that have caps and lids with a significant part made of plastic may be placed on the market only if the caps and lids remain attached to the container during the product’s intended use stage. 2. metal caps or lids with plastic seals shall not be conside6 Article 6 deleted Product requirements Member States shall ensured to have a significant part made of plastic. 3. European standardisation organisations to develop harmonised standards relating to the requirement referred to in paragraph 1. 4. harmonised standards referred to in paragraph 3 in the Official Journal of the European Union, beverage containers referred to in paragraph 1 which are in conformity with those standards or parts thereof shall be presumed to be in conformity with the requirement covered by those standards or parts thereof laid down in paragraph 1.hat For the purposes of this Article The Commission shall request the From the date of publication of the

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

With regard to the schemes established pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the producers of the single-use plastic products listed in Part E of the Annex shall cover the costs of the collection of waste consisting of those single-use plastic products and its subsequent transport and treatment, including ~~the costs to clean up litter~~ and the costs of the awareness raising measures referred to in Article 10 regarding those products.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(b a) implement measures ensuring that reusable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer where appropriate and with due regard to food hygiene, public health and consumer safety considerations.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)

If necessary, before implementation of measures listed in points a to c of this article, Member States shall identify the volume of products listed in Part F of the Annex placed on the market in a given year by weight and the nature of the littering caused by usage of those products on their territories in accordance with the requirements of Article 9, paragraph 1, indent k of Directive 2008/98/EC, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851 of 30.5.2018.

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part A – indent 1 a (new)

- — Beverage bottles — Cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks) — Plates — Straws, except for straws intended and used for medical purposes — Beverage stirrers

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 2

~~— Cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks)~~deleted

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 3

~~— Pla~~deletesd

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 4

~~— Straws, except for straws intended and used for medical purposes~~deleted

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 5

~~— Beverage stirrers~~deleted

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0172(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part F – indent 1 a (new)

- Food containers, i.e. receptacles such as boxes, with or without a cover, used to contain food that is intended for immediate consumption from the receptacle either on-the-spot or take-away without any further preparation, such as food containers used for fast food, except beverage containers, plates and packets and wrappers containing food - Cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks) - Plates - Straws, except for straws intended and used for medical purposes - Beverage stirrers

2018/09/05
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The absence of any exception in Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 to the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate has had the unintended consequence of preventing manufacturers of generics and biosimilars established in the Union from manufacturing, ~~even for the exclusive purpose of exporting to third country~~with a view to enter the Union markets in which such protection does not exist or has expired. A further unintended consequence is that the protection conferred by the certificate makes it more difficult for those manufacturers to enter the Union market immediately after expiry of the certificatemmediately after expiry of the certificate and/or export to countries in which such protection does not exist or has expired, given that they are not in a position to build up production capacity until the protection provided by the certificate has lapsed, by contrast with manufacturers located in third countries where protection does not exist or has expired.

2018/10/17
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) The timely entry of generics and biosimilars onto the Union market is important for increasing competition, reducing prices and ensuring the sustainability of healthcare systems.

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The absence of any exception in Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 to the protection conferred by a supplementary protection certificate has had the unintended consequence of preventing manufacturers of generics and biosimilars established in the Union from manufacturing, even for the exclusive purpose of exporting to ~~third~~ country markets in which such protection does not exist or has expired. A further unintended consequence is that the protection conferred by the certificate makes it more difficult for those manufacturers with a view to enter the Union market immediately after expiry of the certificate and/or export to countries in which such protection does not exist or has expired, given that they are not in a position to build up production capacity until the protection provided by the certificate has lapsed, by contrast with manufacturers located in third countries where protection does not exist or has expired.

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In those specific and limited circumstances~~, and in order to creat~~ it is appropriate to eliminate the aforementioned, unintended side effects of the supplementary protection certificate so as to enable a level -playing field between Union-based manufacturers and those in third countr~~y manufacturers, it is appropriate to restrict the protection conferred by a~~ies. This would enable making exclusively for (i) export to third countries and (ii) entry onto the Union market immediately after expiry of the relevant supplementary protection certificate so, as ~~to allow making for the exclusive purpose of export to third countrie~~well as and any related acts strictly necessary for that making or for the actual export or that entry onto the Union market itself.

2018/10/17
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) SReasonable and proportionate safeguards should accompany the exception ~~in order to increase transparency, to~~, for the exclusive purpose of helping the holder of a supplementary protection certificate to ~~enfor~~check compliance wit~~s protection in the Union and to reduce the risk of illicit diversion onto the Union market during the term~~h the conditions set out hereunder. Those safeguards should not negatively affect competition among companies and should allow the exception to work effectively with no disruption on the main objectives of the excerpti~~ficate~~on.

2018/10/17
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) SReasonable and proportionate safeguards should accompany the exception ~~in order to increase transparency, to~~, for the exclusive purpose of helping the holder of a supplementary protection certificate to ~~enfor~~check compliance wit~~s protection in the Union and to reduce the risk of illicit diversion onto the Union market during the term~~h the conditions set out hereunder. Those safeguards should not negatively affect competition among companies and should allow the exception to work effectively with no disruption on the main objectives of the excerpti~~ficate.~~on

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) To this end, ~~this Regulation should impose a once-off duty~~ and to the extent it intends to rely on the exception, the person responsible for the making (‘the product for the exclusive purpose of export, requiring that person to provide certain information to the authority which granted the supplementary protection certificate in the Member State where the making is to take placemaker’), or any person acting on its behalf, should provide certain information to the registered holder(s) of the certificate, at its (their) registered address(es) on a confidentiality basis. The information should be provided before the making is intended to start for the first time ~~in that Member State~~. The making and related acts, including those performed in Member States other than the one of making in cases where the product is protected by a certificate in those other Member States too, shwould ~~only~~altogether fall within the scope of the exception ~~where~~, provided that the maker has sent this notification to the ~~competent industrial property authority (or other designated authority) of the Member State of making. The once-off duty to provide information to the authority s~~holder of the certificate. The notification should be without prejudice to any defences otherwise available to the maker and any other persons conducting the related acts referred to in Recital 9 against a claim from the hould ~~apply in each Member State where making is to take place, both as regards the making in that Member State, and as regards related acts, whether performed in that or another Member State, related to~~er of the certificate in relation to an alleged infringement or threat of infringement of the certificate, and should not be construed as an acknowledgment by the maker that the certificate or the basic patent is valid and/or that the making~~. The authority should be required to publish that information, in the interests of transparency and for the purpose of informing the holder of the certificate of the maker’s in~~ or any of the related acts referred to in Recital 9 would otherwise infringe the certificate and/or the basic patent~~ion~~.

2018/10/17
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) To this end, and to the extent it intends to rely on the exception, this Regulation should impose a once-off duty on the person ~~making~~responsible for the making, or any person acting on its behalf, the product for the exclusive purpose of export, requiring that person to provide certain information to the authority which granted the supplementary protection certificate in the Member State where the making is to take place. The information should be provided before the making is intended to start for the first time in that Member State. The making and related acts, including those performed in Member States other than the one of making in cases where the product is protected by a certificate in those other Member States too, shwould ~~only~~altogether fall within the scope of the exception ~~where~~, provided that the maker has sent this notification to the competent industrial property authority (or other designated authority) of the Member State of making. ~~The once-off duty to provide information to the authority should apply in each Member State where~~Only the making should be notified, not the related acts. Should making ~~is to~~ take place~~, both as regards the making in that Member State, and as regards related acts, whether performed in that or ano~~ in more than one Member State where a certificate exists, a notification should be required in each of therse Member State~~, related to that making. The authority should be required to publish~~s. Given the confidential and highly sensitive nature of thate information~~, in the interests of transparency and for the purpose of informing the holder of the certificate of the maker’s intention~~ contained in the notification, the authority should keep the notification and the information it contains confidential and take practical measures to protect such confidentiality.

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) The maker should also inform the holder of the certificate, in writing, that a notification has been sent to the authority in relation the certificate

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to ensure that holders of supplementary protection certificates already in force are not deprived of their acquired rights, the exception provided for in this Regulation should only apply to certificates that are granted on or after a specified date after entry into force, irrespective of when the application for the certificate was first lodged. The date specified should allow a reasonable time for applicants and other relevant market players to adjust to the changed legal context and to make appropriate investment and manufacturing location decisions in a timely way. The date should also allow sufficient time for public authorities to put in place appropriate arrangements to receive and publish notifications of the intention to make, and should take due account of pending applications for certificatesThe exception provided for in this Regulation should only become applicable following period of 1 year after the entry into force of this Regulation. The date specified should allow a reasonable time for applicants and other relevant market players to adjust to the changed legal context and to make appropriate investment and manufacturing location decisions in a timely way.

2018/10/17
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19

(19) In order to ensure that holders of supplementary protection certificates already in force are not deprived of their acquired rights, the exception provided for in this Regulation should only apply to certificates that are granted on or after a specified date after entry into force, irrespective of when the application for the certificate was first lodged. The date specified should allow a reasonable time for applicants and other relevant market players to adjust to the changed legal context and to make appropriate investment and manufacturing location decisions in a timely way. The date should also allow sufficient time for public authorities to put in place appropriate arrangements to receive and publish notifications of the intention to make, and should take due account of pending applications for certificates.The exception provided for in this Regulation should only become applicable following period of 1 year after the entry into force of this Regulation. The date specified should allow a reasonable time for applicants and other relevant market players to adjust to the changed legal context and to make appropriate investment and manufacturing location decisions in a timely way

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) It is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objective, of providing a level playing field for generic and biosimilar manufacturers with their competitors in third country markets where protection does not exist or has expired, to lay down rules restricting the exclusive right of a supplementary protection certificate holder to make the product in question during the term of the certificate, and also to impose certain information and labelling obligations on makers wishing to take advantage of those rulesenabling the making of the product in question during the term of the certificate. This Regulation complies with the principle of proportionality, and does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objectives pursued, in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Treaty on European Union.

2018/10/17
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure full respect for the right to property in Article 17 of the Charter by maintaining the core rights of the supplementary protection certificate, ~~by confining the exception to certificates granted on or after a specified date~~the right to health care in Article 35 of the Charter by making medicines more accessible to EU patients, the principle of proportionality in Article 52 of the Charter, point (a) of Article 6 TFEU on the right to health protection for European citizens, while allowing a reasonable predictability for applicants and other relevant market players, by postponing the application of the exception until expiry of a period of 1 year after the entry into force of this Regulation and by imposing certain conditions on the application of the exception,.

2018/10/17
Committee: ENVI

2018/0161(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) It is necessary and appropriate for the achievement of the basic objective, of providing a level playing field for generic and biosimilar manufacturers with their competitors in third country markets where protection does not exist or has expired, to lay down rules restricting the exclusive right of a supplementary protection certificate holder to make the product in question during the term of the certificate, and also to impose certain information and labelling obligations on makers wishing to take advantage of those rulesenabling the making of the product in question during the term of the certificate. This Regulation complies with the principle of proportionality, and does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objectives pursued, in accordance with Article 5(4) of the Treaty on European Union.

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

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

~~(f) an indicative list of the intended third country or third countries to which the product is to be exported.~~deleted

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

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

Regulation (EC) No 469/2009
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. ~~Paragraph 2 shall apply in the case only of certificates granted on o~~The exception set out in Paragraph 2 shall become applicable following a period of 1 year after [OP: please insert the date of the first day of the third month that follows the month in which this amending Regulation is published in the Official Journal)].;

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

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

4. The ~~notification sent to an~~ authority as referred to in Article ~~4(2)(b~~9(1) shall ~~be published by that authority within 15 days of receipt of the notification.;~~keep the notification referred to in paragraph 2(b) and the information listed in paragraph 3 confidential and shall take appropriate measures to preserve such confidentiality

2018/11/28
Committee: JURI

2018/0161(COD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Calls for an~~Is open to a debate over establishing international ~~legal~~ definition of ‘climate refugees’ and for strong diplomatic action by the international community with a view to amending the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and introducing the category of ‘environmental refugees’the term ‘climate migrants’ and calls for the issue of climate migration to be placed on the international agenda in order to bring new coordinated solutions;

2017/10/16
Committee: AFET

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 a (new)

Article 22 a Transitional period 1.Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure monitoring parameters and that water intended for human consumption complies with the parametric values set in Annex I, part B: Chlorate, Chlorite, Haloacetic Acids, Microcystin-LR, PFAS, PFAS-total, Uranium, by [3 years after end-date for transposition]. 2. During this transitional period, water suppliers shall not be obliged to carry out a supply risk assessment for the parameters listed in the first paragraph.

2018/06/19
Committee: ENVI

1a. The minimum procurement targets set out in Tables 4 and 5 in the Annex start on the dates listed in those tables, and shall be achieved within three-year periods followed by the report mentioned in Article 10 paragraph 1 of this Directive. The date of completion of the public procurement procedure, by way of signature of the contract, shall be considered to be the date of the public procurement contributing to the mandate.

2018/06/07
Committee: ENVI

2017/0291(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. For each calculation period Member States do not have to fulfil the targets referred to in paragraph 1 when in the year preceding the calculation period they achieve the requested number of the vehicles within the fleet covered by the scope of this Directive. This number is measured as a percentage of the corresponding targets set out in Tables 4 and 5 of the Annex starting in year 2025. The requested percentage is 20% of the relevant target for year 2024; 30% of the relevant target for 2027; 50% of the relevant target for 2030; 75% of the relevant target for 2033; 100% of the relevant target for 2036; 130% of the relevant target for 2039; 160% of the relevant target for 2042 and 200% of the relevant target for 2045.

2018/06/07
Committee: ENVI

2017/0291(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 – introductory part

Directive 2009/33/EC
Article 10

(9) Article 10 is ~~amended as~~replaced by the followsing:

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

Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Existing concession contracts may be exempted from the requirements of the directive until the contract is renewed.

2018/02/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/0114(COD)

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

Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7da – point 2 a (new)

2a. In case of new collection infrastructure, the method of collection of congestion charges shall not contribute to creation or further development of the congestion

2018/02/06
Committee: ENVI

2017/0114(COD)

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

Directive 1999/62/EC
Article 7g – point 4 – subparagraph 2

Within ~~one~~two years from the entry into force of the delegated act, Member States shall vary the infrastructure charge taking into account the reference CO2 emission values and the relevant vehicle categorisation. Charges shall be varied in such a way that no infrastructure charge is more than 100% above the same charge for equivalent vehicles having the lowest, but not zero, CO2 emissions. Zero-emission vehicles shall benefit from infrastructure charges reduced by 75% compared to the highest rate.

2018/02/06
Committee: ENVI

2016/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Highlights that trade and human rights reinforce each other, and business community has an important role to play in offering positive incentives in terms of promoting human rights, democracy, and corporate responsibility; welcomes that women are being an essential part and one of the main beneficiaries of global value chains resulting in more inclusive societies;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. Points out that global value chains contribute to enhancing international core labour, environmental, social and human rights standards, including establishment and enforcement of occupational health and safety measures, educational opportunities, impartial institutions, and corruption reduction; underlines that global value chains stand for a unique opportunity for sustainable progress, especially in developing countries;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls on the Commission to further promote the ratification and effective implementation of the core ILO conventions, with a special focus on the eradication of child labour and forced labour, as well as full compliance by EUuropean and international companies with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; recommends strengthening the role of OECD National Contact Points and their cooperation with independent national and regional human rights institutions with a view to improving the governance of global value chains;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recommends strengthening the role of OECD National Contact Points and their cooperation with independent national and regional human rights institutions with a view to improving the governance of global value chains; underlines the importance of effective enforcement by judicial means, including access to remedies for victims;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission to develop an EU-wide ~~mandatory~~ due diligence system and invites EU Member States to integrate measures to strengthen due diligence in global supply chains in their national action plans on business and human rights;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to ~~swiftly submit a legislative proposal~~launch an initiative with the aim of setting up comprehensive labelling measures in order to guarantee enhanced consumer information ~~on the content and origin of products sold on the EU market throughout their supply chain~~;

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2301(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses the need for binding contractual agreements on human rights between companies and their suppliers along the entire value chain; underlines the importance of effective enforcement by judicial means, including access to remedies for victims.deleted

2017/05/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)

- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief1a, __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52013 IP0279

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas the values of freedom, respect for human rights and the principle of holding periodic and genuine elections are essential elements of democracy; whereas democracy provides the environment for the protection and effective realization of human rights;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the EU’s commitment to effective multilateralism, with the UN at its core, is an integral part of the Union’s external policy, based on the belief that a multilateral system founded on universal rules and values is best suited to addressing global crises, challenges and threats; whereas engaging with third countries, in all bilateral and multilateral fora, is one of the most effective tools for addressing human rights issues in third countries;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the EU has played a leading role in negotiating and implementing a number of initiatives for global responsibility which go hand in hand with the promotion and respect of international human rights standards;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)

Lc. whereas the freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief must be unconditionally enhanced through interreligious and intercultural dialogues;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M k (new)

Mk. whereas migration represents a global challenge requiring immediate and effective solutions; whereas the humanitarian aid provided by the European Commission, being the leading global donor, helps refugees and displaced people in over 30 countries;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas violence against ~~LGBTI people~~minorities continues in many places around the world, and discrimination in health care, education, employment and other sectors is widespread;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital T

T. whereas the UNGPs on Business and Human Rights apply to all states and to all business enterprises, whether transnational or other, regardless of their size, sector, location, ownership and structure, but whereas effective control and sanction mechanisms remain a challenge to the worldwide implementation of the UNGPs; whereas special features of SMEs must be taken proper account of and bundled with flexible corporate social responsibility approach adapted to their potential;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its serious concern that the promotion and protection of human rights and democratic values are under threat worldwide, that the universality of human rights is increasingly, and seriously, being challenged by a number of authoritarian regimes as well as terrorist groups such as ISIS;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Expresses its serious concern at the numerous, ever-increasing attempts made to shrink the space of civil society and human rights defenders, and the growing number of repressive laws adopted throughout the world~~, under the pretext of combating terrorism (through the introduction of counter-terrorism laws)~~;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on all the EU institutions and the Member States to act on their commitments to promote, protect and realise human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to place human rights at the centre of the EU’s relations with all third countries ~~– including its strategic partners – and at all levels~~;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises that, in order ~~for the EU to be a credible actor in external relations~~to advance human rights and democracy in the world, it should ensure increased coherence between its internal and external policies with regard to respect for human rights and democratic values, and it should aim towards a systematically consistent and coherent implementation of the EU’s human rights policy;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Andrzej GRZYB, Cristian Dan PREDA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Draws attention to its long-term commitment to promote human rights and advance democratic values, as reflected, inter alia, in the annual award of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in the work of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, in support and active involvement in European Endowment for Democracy and in the monthly plenary debates and resolutions on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Encourages the EU to develop~~Welcomes a work plan, with a clear timetable, measurable benchmarks, and a clear division of roles and responsibilities, for the implementation of the Action Plan;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reiterates its belief that the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy should be strengthened by a more ~~cri~~analytical approach whereby, in addition to achievements and best practices, the report would highlight very specific challenges and constraints faced in third countries;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes that the EUSR to consults systematically with civil society, including local civil society organisations, ahead of his visits to third countries;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates its support for dedicated Human Rights Dialogues as aone of the most effective tools of the EU’s human rights policy; acknowledges that they ~~can be an efficient~~are a useful tool for bilateral engagement and cooperation, provided they allow counterparts to engage on issues of substance and send ~~meaningful~~ political messages, ~~rather than merely~~as well as exchanging information on best practices and challenges;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Urges~~Welcomes the efforts of the EEAS systematically to include a preparatory dialogue with civil society, which should feed directly into the Human Rights Dialogues; further urges the VP/HR and the EEAS to raise individual cases of human rights defenders in a transparent and consistent manner during dialogues; calls on the EEAS systematically to follow up on the commitments made during human rights dialogues;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of ~~the lack of safe~~increasing migration ~~channel~~pressures, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 h (new)

35h. Welcomes the increase in resources for the Triton and Poseidon operations; notes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med/Sophia operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 e (new)

39e. Welcomes the new European External Investment Plan (EEIP) with the aim to encourage private investment in Africa and the EU Neighbourhood, and thereby creating sustainable growth and jobs, with the effect of reducing long-term root causes of irregular migration;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Notes the persistent financing gap, due to increasing humanitarian needs, with regard to humanitarian aid and the shortcomings in the World Food programme resulting in cutting food; calls on the member states of the United Nations, and on the European Union and its Member States, at a minimum, to honour their financial pledges; welcomes the generous EU commitments in regards to the humanitarian aid and civil protection;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Recalls the different but complementary roles of states and companies with regard to human rights protection; strongly reiterates that, where human rights abuses occur, states must grant the victims access to effective remedy; recalls, in this context, that respect for human rights by third countries, including guarantees of effective remedy for people under their jurisdiction, constitutes an essential element of the EU’s external relations with these countries; welcomes that the EU has played a leading role in negotiating and implementing a number of initiatives for global responsibility which go hand in hand with the promotion and respect of international standards, whereas human rights breaches require effective remedies;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Reiterates that attention needs to be drawn to the special features of SMEs, which mainly operate at local and regional level inside specific sectors; considers it essential, therefore, for Union CSR policies, including national CSR action plans, to take proper account of the specific requirements of SMEs, to be in keeping with the 'think small first' principle, and to recognise the informal, intuitive SME approach to CSR; voices again its opposition to all measures that could result in additional administrative or financial constraints for SMEs, and its support for measures enabling SMEs to take joint action;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)

48b. Welcomes the new Generalised Scheme of Preferences Regulation (GSP+), which entered into force on 1 January 2014, as a key EU trade policy instrument to promote human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance in vulnerable developing countries; welcomes, in particular, the stringent and systematic GSP+ monitoring mechanism and calls for a focus on effective implementation at national level of the conventions listed in the convention;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

56. Stresses the importance of not undermining the acquis of the Beijing Platform for Action regarding access to education and health as a basic human right, ~~and the protection of sexual and reproductive rights,~~ and to ensure that all necessary safe medical assistance is provided to female war rape victims; points out that family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception ~~and safe abortion~~ are important elements in saving women’s lives, and highlights the need to place these policies at the core of development cooperation with third countries;

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66

66. Encourages the EU institutions and the Member States to contribute further to reflections on the recognition of same-sex marriage or same-sex civil union as a political, social and human and civil rights issue;deleted

2016/10/12
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)

69a. Welcomes the Council conclusions on the EU´s support to transitional justice as well as EU´s policy framework, the EU being the first regional organisation to adopt such policy;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71

71. Deeply regrets the lack of respect for international humanitarian law, and expresses its grave concern over the alarmingly increasing rate of collateral damage in armed conflicts around the world, and of deadly attacks against hospitals, schools, humanitarian convoys and other civilian targets;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)

71a. Expresses its serious concerns about the rising influence of non-state actors' perpetrations in conflicts around the world;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73

73. Condemns, in ~~keep~~linge with Article 10 TFEU, all acts of violence and discrimination on the basis of ideology, religion or belief; expresses its serious concern over the continued reports of violence and discrimination against religious minorities, mainly Christians, around the world;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85

85. ~~Calls on the EU to adop~~Notes that free and open-source software~~, and to encourage other actors to do so, as such software~~ might provides for better security and for greater respect for human rights;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97

97. Calls on those states that have abolished the death penalty, or that have a long-standing moratorium on it, to uphold their commitments and not to reintroduce it; calls on the EU to continue to use cooperation and diplomacy in all possible forums worldwide, as well as to ensure that the right to a fair trial is fully respected for each and every person facing execution; ~~stresses the importance of the EU continuing to monitor the conditions under which executions are carried out;~~

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 101

101. Welcomes the progress made in 2015 in reviewing Regulation (EC) No 1236/2006 on trade in goods which could be used for capital punishment and torture, in order to improve further the EU’s export control regime and to strengthen provisions ~~to guard against European governments or companies providing a~~against any complicit contribution to acts of torture or to the death penalty outside of the EU;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104

104. Expresses its grave concern over the use of armed drones in the absence of an appropriate international legal framework; urges the EU to adopt an EU common position on the use of armed drones that upholds human rights and international humanitarian law;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105

105. Emphasises the EU ban on the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons that enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention; calls on the EU to oppose and ban the practice of extrajudicial and targeted killings;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106

~~106. Calls on the VP/HR, the Member States and the Council to include armed drones in relevant European and international disarmament and arms control mechanisms;~~deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107

107. Calls on the EU to take all possible measures towards ensuring greater transparency and accountability on the part of third countries in the use of armed drones as regards to the legal basis for their use and to operational responsibility, to allow for judicial review of drone strikes and to ensure that victims of unlawful drone strikes have access to effective remedies;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL, Cristian Dan PREDA, Andrzej GRZYB

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108

108. Calls on the Commission to keep Parliament properly informed about the use of EU funds for all research and development projects associated with the construction of drones, for civil as well as military purposes; calls for human-rights impact assessments to be conducted of future drone development projects;deleted

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 f (new)

110f. Recalls that the experience gained by the EU, politicians, academics, the media, NGOs and civil society, and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies, could positively contribute to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide; in this context welcomes the work of the European Endowment for Democracy;

2016/10/18
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the 20 March 2015 European Council conclusions (EUCO 11/15),

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regards to its resolution of 25 November 2015 on the prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (2015/2063(INI)),

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)

– having regard to the 9 February 2015 Foreign Affairs Council conclusions on counter-terrorism,

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 d (new)

– having regard to the EU Action Plan on Strategic Communication. Ref. Ares(2015)2608242 - 22/06/2015,

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 e (new)

– having regard to the European Endowment for Democracy feasibility study on Russian-Language Media Initiatives in the Eastern Partnership and Beyond entitled "Bringing Plurality and Balance to the Russian Language Media Space",

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 f (new)

– having regard to the 60 anniversary NATO Strasbourg/Kehl Summit declaration, 4 April 2009,

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 g (new)

– having regard to NATO Wales Summit Declaration, 5 September 2014,

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas following NATO Strasbourg/Kehl Summit declaration stressing the increasing importance for the NATO to communicate in an appropriate, timely, accurate and responsive manner on its evolving roles, objectives and missions the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (NATO StratCom COE) was established in Latvia in 2014 what was welcomed in NATO Wales Summit declaration;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the multi-layered character of current EU strategic communications at various levels, including NATO, the EU, the Member States, and NGOs as well as civic organisations; applauds such initiatives as @EUvsDisinfo by EEAS East StratCom Task Force, Information Warfare Initiative by CEPA, Baltic Centre for Media Excellence and other implemented recommendations of the European Endowment for Democracy feasibility study; calls for the best possible coordination and exchange of information between the different actors involved;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Encourages NATO to adopt at its Summit in Warsaw 2016 policy on coherent, innovative, responsive and effective Strategic Communication including appropriately adapted and culturally attuned strategic narratives aligning words and actions to counter opposing narratives basing on credibility to fight propaganda;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Emphasises that the EU, among others, is a targeted audience for Da’esh and calls for the EU and its Member States to work more closely to protect society, in particular young people, from recruitment and radicalisation; calls on each Member State to investigate the socio-demographic reasons that are at the root cause of vulnerability to radicalisation;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Welcomes the establishment of NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (NATO StratCom COE) in 2014 in Latvia. Stresses its support to NATO StratCom COE mission and activity; calls on EU institutions, Member States, especially NATO Members, to cooperate, contribute and support NATO StratCom COE and to utilize its findings and analysis;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recognises the possible impact of hostile propaganda on decision-making processes in the EU; calls therefore for the EU Strategic Communication Task Force to be reinforced by turning it into a fully- fledged unit within the EEAS, responsible for the east and for the south, with proper staffing and adequate budgetary resources and to develop deeper cooperation with NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to conduct a thorough review of the efficiency of the existing EU financial instruments and to come forward with a proposal for a flexible solution which can provide direct support to independent media outlets especially in the target group native language and enable the channelling of additional resources to organisations that ~~have the ability to do so, such as~~proved its effectiveness in the area, notably the European Endowment for Democracy;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Recognises that strategic communications efforts should not divert attention and resources from protecting and promoting European Union values and international Human Rights standards; calls upon the EU and its Member States to strengthen resolve to uphold the European Union's freedom of expression guidelines and international Human Rights agreements such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the OSCE Helsinki Accords;

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2030(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, Member States the Vice- President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, ~~and~~ the EEAS and NATO.

2016/05/30
Committee: AFET

2016/2019(BUD)

Paul RÜBIG, Albert DESS, Manfred WEBER, Markus FERBER, Michael GAHLER, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Axel VOSS, Sven SCHULZE, Claudia SCHMIDT, Ulrike MÜLLER, Csaba SÓGOR, Andrzej GRZYB, Angélique DELAHAYE, Anne SANDER, Mercedes BRESSO, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Monika HOHLMEIER, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

~~39. Sees no added value in financially supporting the European Parliamentary Association;~~deleted

2016/03/15
Committee: BUDG

2016/0382(COD)

Marijana PETIR, Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Angélique DELAHAYE, Andrzej GRZYB, Louis MICHEL

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

(dda) ‘highly sustainable crop-based biofuels’ means biofuels that: – are produced from cereals, other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops, – save the GHG emissions in compliance with the criteria laid down in Article 26(7) when compared to fossil fuel in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 28(1), – generate high value protein, other animal feed or cellulosic by-products, and – are produced from feedstocks obtained in accordance with the requirements and standards laid down in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f f

(ff) ‘~~waste-based fossil~~low carbon fuels’ means liquid and gaseous fuels produced from gaseous waste streams ~~of non-renewable origin, including waste processing gases and exhaust gases;~~ , being gaseous effluents which the holder is required to discard and which are generated as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale. The portion of gaseous wastes or by- products used for “low carbon fuels”, cannot be credited under other emissions reduction schemes, such as the EU Emission Trading Scheme, and should be applied based on a full material life cycle approach.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall collectively ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in 2030 is at least 27% and the contribution from sustainable biofuels consumed in transport, produced from food and feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of the calculation of the Union’s gross final consumption of energy in transport in 2030.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Marijana PETIR, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Albert DESS, Andrzej GRZYB

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3

3. From 1 January 2021 onwards, the share of energy from renewable sources in each Member State’s gross final consumption of energy shall not be lower than that shown in the third column of the table in part A of Annex I. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure compliance with this baseline, which shall include: (a) support for the use of biofuels that are generated in the course of the processing of high-value protein concentrate, other feed or cellulosic by- products which support food security goals and the transition towards a biobased and circular economy in the Union; and (b) phasing out the use of vegetable oils in biofuels and bioliquids that drive direct and illegal land use changes, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions from peatland.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4

For the calculation of a Member State’s gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources, the contribution from biofuels and bioliquids, as well as from biomass fuels consumed in transport, if produced from food or feed crops, shall be no more than 7% of final consumption of energy in road and rail transport in that Member State. This limit shall be reduced to 3,8% in 2030 following the trajectory set out in part A of Annex X. Member States may set a lower limit and may distinguish between different types of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels produced from food and feed crops, for instance by setting a lower limit for the contribution from food or feed crop based biofuels produced from oil crops, taking into account indirect land use change.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 5

5. An operator of a district heating or cooling system may refuse access to suppliers where at least one of the following conditions is met: (a) the system lacks the necessary capacity due to other supplies of waste heat or cold, of heat or cold from renewable energy sources or of heat or cold produced by high-efficiency cogeneration, or there is a lack of other technical conditions for access that are necessary to ensure the safe operation of the district heating system; (b) the system is an efficient district heating and cooling system within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU, or providing access would lead to a deterioration in the energy efficiency of the system; (c) providing access would lead to an excessive increase in the prices for heating, cooling or tariffs for heat or cooling supplied to final customers. Member States shall ensure that where such a refusal takes place the operator of the district heating or cooling system provides relevant information to the competent authority according to paragraph 9 on measures that would be necessary to reinforce the system.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 6

6. New district heating or cooling systems may, upon request, be exempted from the application of paragraph 4 for a defined period of time. The competent authority shall decide on such exemption requests on a case-by-case basis. An exemption shall only be granted if the new district heating or cooling system constitutes 'efficient district heating and cooling' within the meaning of Article 2(41) of Directive 2012/27/EU and if it exploits the potential for the use of renewable energy sources and of waste heat or cold identified in the comprehensive assessment made in accordance with Article 14 of Directive 2012/27/EU.deleted

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. With effect from 1 January 2021, Member States shall require fuel suppliers to include a minimum share of energy from advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin, from ~~waste-based fossil fuels~~low carbon fuels, which are generated from gaseous effluents produced as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, and from renewable electricity in the total amount of transport fuels they supply for consumption or use on the market in the course of a calendar year.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The minimum share shall be at least equal to 1.5% in 2021, increasing up to at least ~~6.8~~9 % in 2030, following the trajectory set out in part B of Annex X. Within this total share, the contribution of advanced biofuels, other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in ~~part A of~~ Annex IX shall be at least ~~0.5~~1,5 % of the transport fuels supplied for consumption or use on the market as of 1 January 2021, increasing up to at least ~~3.6~~5,3 % by 2030, following the trajectory set out in part C of Annex X.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point b – subparagraph 1

(b) for the calculation of the numerator, the energy content of advanced biofuels and other biofuels and biogas produced from feedstock listed in Annex IX, renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non- biological origin, ~~waste based fossil fuels~~from low carbon fuels, which are generated as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, supplied to all transport sectors, and renewable electricity supplied to road vehicles, shall be taken into account.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6

6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 32 to further specify the methodology referred to in paragraph 3(b) of this Article to determine the share of biofuel resulting from biomass being processed with fossil fuels in a common process, to specify the methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emission savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin and ~~waste-based fossil fuels~~Low carbon fuels, which are generated from gases effluents produced as an unavoidable and not intentional consequence of the manufacturing or production of products whose intended purpose is commercial use and/or sale, and to determine minimum greenhouse gas emission savings required for these fuels for the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article.

2017/07/20
Committee: ENVI

2016/0382(COD)