69 Amendments of Beatrice COVASSI related to 2023/0081(COD)
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Any additional mobilisation of state aid should be targeted and temporary, and should be consistent with EU policy objectives such as the Green Deal and the Pillar of Social Rights. Projects of strategic common European interest should also be aligned with these goals, and should have genuine European added value. Such financing should have an equal positive impact in all Member State and shall not lead to aditional desparities among Member States in line with the EU's competition and cohesion policies.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Regarding external aspects, in particular regarding emerging markets and developing economies, the EU will seek win-win partnerships in the framework of its Global Gateway strategy, which contribute to the diversification of its raw materials supply chain, to the achievement of global climate objectives as well as to partner countries’ efforts to pursue twin transition and develop local value addition.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The net-zero transformation is already causing huge industrial, economic, and geopolitical shifts across the globe, which will become ever more pronounced as the world advances in its decarbonisation efforts. The road to net zero translates into strong opportunities for the expansion of Union’s net-zero industry, making use of the strength of the Single Market, by promoting investment in technologies in the field of renewable energy technologies , electricity and heat storage technologies, heat pumps, grid technologies, renewable fuels of non- biological origin technologies, electrolysers and fuel cells, fusion, small modular reactors and related best-in-class fuels, carbon capture, utilisation, and storage technologies, and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies and their supply chains, allowing for the decarbonisation of our economic sectors, from energy supply to transport, buildings, and industry. A strong net zero industry within the European Union can help significantly in reaching the Union’s climate and energy targets effectively, as well as in supporting other Green Deal objectives, while creating jobs andquality jobs and sustainable growth.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Union’s decarbonisation objectives, security of energy supply, digitalisation of the energy system and electrification of demand, for example in mobility and the need for fast recharging points, require an enormous expansion of electricity grids in the European Union, both at transmission level and at distribution level. At transmission level, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems are needed to connect offshore renewable energies; while at distribution level, connecting electricity providers and managing demand-side flexibility builds on investments in innovative grid technologies, such as electric vehicles smart charging (EVSC), energy efficiency building and industry automation and smart controls, advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) and home energy management systems (HEMS). The electricity grid needs to interact with many actors or devices based on a detailed level of observability, and hence availability of data, to enable flexibility, smart charging and smart buildings with smart electricity grids and small-scale flexibility services enabling demand -side response from consumers and the uptake of renewables. Connecting the net-zero technologies to the network of the European Union requires the substantial expansion of manufacturing capabilities for electricity grids in areas such as offshore and onshore cables, substations and transformers.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To achieve the 2030 objectives a particular focus is needed on some of the net-zero technologies, also in view their significant contribution towards the path to net zero by 2050. These technologies include solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies, onshore and offshore renewable technologies, battery/storage technologies, heat pumps and geothermal energy technologies, especially innovative applications of geothermal heating and cooling for public, private and industrial use, electrolysers and fuel cells, sustainable biogas/biomethane, carbon capture and storage technologies and grid technologies. These technologies play a key role in the Union’s open strategic autonomy, ensuring that citizens have access to clean, affordable, secure energy. Given their role, these technologies should benefit from even faster permitting procedures, facilitated access to data required for design, spatial planning and cost optimization, including subsurface data, obtain the status of the highest national significance possible under national law and benefit from additional support to crowd-in investments.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The development of carbon capture and storage solutions for industry is confronted with a coordination failure. On the one hand, despite the growing CO2 price incentive provided by the EU Emissions Trading System, for industry to invest into capturing CO2 emissions making such investments economically viable, they face a significant risk of not being able to access a permitted geological storage site. On the other hand, investors into first CO2 storage sites face upfront costs to identify develop and appraise them even before they can apply for a regulatory storage permit. Transparency about potential CO2 storage capacity in terms of the geological suitability of relevant areas and existing geological data, in particular from the exploration of hydrocarbon production sites, can support market operators to plan their investments. Member State should make such data publicly available and report regularly in a forward-looking perspective about progress in developing CO2 storage sites and the corresponding needs for injection and storage capacities above, in order to collectively reach the Union-wide target for CO2 injection capacity. The development and use of the CO2 injection and storage capacity must be subject to strict environmental standards, and ethical safeguards, in line with Directive 2009/31/EC, while extending them beyond the storage process and apply across the whole value chain, including capture, removal and transport, as well as the development of such infrastructure.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The Union has helped buildshould promote a global economic system based on open and rules- based trade, providing quality jobs, including a living wage, job security and access to social protection, lifelong learning opportunities, good working conditions in safe and healthy workplaces, reasonable working time with a good work-life balance, as well as trade union representation and bargaining rights, pushed for respecting and advancing social and environmental sustainability standards, and is fully committed to those values.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The Union has helped build a global economic system based on open and rules-based trade, pushed for respecting and advancing social and environmental sustainability and climate transition standards, and is fully committed to those values.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to maintain competitiveness and reduce current strategic import dependencies in key net- zero technology products and their supply chains, while avoiding the formation of new ones, the Union needs to continue strengthening its net zero industrial base and become more competitive and innovation friendly. The Union needs to enable the development of manufacturing capacity faster, simpler and in a more predictable way. Union policies should ensure regional and social cohesion in view of overcoming structural differences between regions as well as social inequalities, including inequalities between women and men.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to maintain competitiveness and reduce current strategic import dependencies in key net- zero technology products and their supply chains, while avoiding the formation of new ones, the Union needs to continue strengthening its net zero industrial base and become more competitive and innovation friendly. The Union needs to enable the development of manufacturing capacity faster, simpler and in a more predictable way, reducing administrative burden and levelling the playing field with international competitors.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In addition, the Communication on the Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net- Zero Age42 sets out a comprehensive approach to support a clean energy technology scale up based on four pillars. The first pillar aims at creating a regulatory environment that simplifies and fast-tracks permitting for new net-zero technology manufacturing and assembly sites and facilitates the scaling up of the net-zero industry of the Union. The second pillar of the plan is to boost investment in and financing of net-zero technology production, through the revised Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework adopted in March 2023 and the creation of a European Sovereignty fund to preserve the European edge on critical and emerging technologies relevant to the green and digital transitions. The third pillar relates to developing the skills and quality jobs needed to make the transition happen and increase the number of skilled workers in the clean energy technology sector. The fourth pillar focuses on trade and the diversification of the supply chain of critical raw materials. That includes creating a critical raw materials club, working with like-minded partners, in full compliance with social and labour standards, to collectively strengthen supply chains and diversifying away from single suppliers for critical input. _________________ 42 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age, COM/2023/62 final, 01.02.2023.
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU already allow contracting authorities and entities awarding contracts through public procurement procedures to rely, in addition to price or cost, on additional criteria for identifying the most economically advantageous tender. Such criteria concern for instance the quality of the tender including social, environmental, governance and innovative characteristics. When awarding contracts for net-zero technology through public procurement, contracting authorities and contracting entities should duly assess the tenders’ contribution to sustainability and resilience in relation to a series of criteria relating to the tender’s environmental sustainability, compliance with human rights laws, EU governance rules and reporting obligations, innovation, system integration and to resilience.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) (26) Social sustainability criteria can already be applied under existing legislation and can include working conditions and collective bargaining in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights in line with Articles, 30 (3) of Directive 2014/23/EU, 18 (2) of Directive 2014/24/EU and 36 (2) of Directive 2014/25/EU. Contracting authorities should contribute to social sustainability by taking the appropriate measures to ensure that in the performance of public contracts economic operators comply with applicable obligations in the fields of social and labour law established by Union law, national law, collective agreements or by the international environmental, social and labour law provisions listed in Annex X of Directive 2014/23/EU, Annex X of Directive 2014/24/EU and Annex XIV of Directive 2014/25/EU43 . Public procurement contracts must include social clauses and where relevant apprenticeship clauses. _________________ 43 Commission Notice "Buying Social - a guide to taking account of social considerations in public procurement (2nd edition)", C(2021) 3573 final.
Amendment 260 #
(26a) Member States should use their purchasing power to promote Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP), including gender equality, in order to ensure a good balance between the three pillars of sustainable development - economic, social and environmental - when procuring goods, services or works.
Amendment 293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) As indicated in the Communication on the Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age, published on 1 February 2023, the Union’s industry’s market shares are under strong pressure, due to subsidies in third countries which undermine a level playing field. This translates in a need for a rapid and ambitious reaction from the Union in modernising its legal framework and promoting European standards for key net zero technologies.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Access to finance is key for ensuring the Union’s open strategic autonomy and for establishing a solid manufacturing base for net-zero technologies and their supply chains across the Union. The majority of investments necessary to reach the Green Deal objectives will come from private capital53 attracted by the growth potential of the net- zero ecosystem. Well-functioning, deep and integrated capital markets will therefore be essential to raise and channel the funds needed for the green transition and net-zero manufacturing projects. Swift progress towards the Capital Markets Union is thus necessary for the EU to deliver on its net-zero objectives. The sustainable finance agenda (and blended finance) also plays a crucial role in scaling up investments into the net-zero technologies, while guaranteeing the competitiveness of the sector by giving investors and investee companies more harmonised information on what investments qualify as sustainable under the Taxonomy Regulation and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, and by requiring financial institutions to exercise due diligence over their value chain. _________________ 53 Commission Staff Working Document Identifying Europe's recovery needs Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation, SWD(2020) 98 final, Identifying Europe's recovery needs, 27.05.2020.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) A European Sovereignty Fund wshould provide a structural answer to the investment needs. It will help preserving a European edge on critical and emerging technologies relevant to the green and digital transitions, including strategic net- zero technologies. This structural instrument will build on experience of coordinated multi-country projects under the IPCEIs and seek to enhance all Member States’ access to such projects, thereby safeguarding cohesion and the Single Market against risks caused by unequal availability of State Aids. seek to safeguard cohesion and the Single Market against risks caused by unequal availability of State Aids. The European Sovereignty Fund should be based on additional funding under the mid-term review of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework. In addition, the Commission should explore the development of a new bond issuance program at EU level. The European Sovereignty Fund shall offer a toolbox of financial instruments (loans, guarantees, equity, etc) to support capital and operational expenditures of clean technology manufacturing in the EU in order to overcome barriers to production scale-up.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) To provide long-term financing to the Green Industrial Plan and support the achievement of the goals and objectives set in this Act, the Commission should explore the possibility to set up a large climate investment plan at EU level with a broadened scope. Building on this act, the future climate investment plan should support on the implementation of the European Green Deal and cover other areas and sectors such as buildings insulation, charging infrastructure, electricity grids and support to demand- side measures and households.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) At the same time, the unpredictability, complexity and at times, excessive length of national permit- granting processes undermines the investment security needed for the effective development of net-zero technologies manufacturing projects. Therefore, in order to ensure and speed up their effective implementation, Member States should apply streamlined and predictable permitting procedures. In addition, Net-Zero Strategic Projects should be given priority status at national level to ensure rapid administrative treatment and urgent treatment in all judicial and dispute resolution procedures relating to them, without preventing competent authorities to streamline permitting for other net-zero technologies manufacturing projects that are not Net- Zero Strategic Projects or more generally. In order to ensure that net-zero manufacturing projects and Net-Zero Projects can be treated with priority, Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities are adequately equipped and staffed.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58 a (new)
Recital 58 a (new)
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) The scaling up of European net- zero technology industries requires significant additional skilled workers which implies important investment needs in re-skilling and upskilling, including in the field of vocational education and training. ThisA regular mapping exercise focussing on the development of quality jobs at regional level as well as the collective bargaining coverage rate should contribute to the creationincrease the number of quality jobs in line with the targets for employment and training of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Labour shortages are particularly prevalent in sectors with challenging working conditions, and skills alone will not solve this problem.1a The poor quality of jobs, bad working conditions and a lock of investment in VET at company level are some of the reasons for the lack of skilled workers.2a Tackling those issues by means of decent working conditions and retention policies is therefore important for a well- functioning labour market fit for the digital and green transitions. Improving job quality in sectors and companies with poor working conditions is also an important element for addressing the issue of brain drain which results in growing inequalities between regions, unequal development as well as unequal capacity to drive innovation and create jobs. The energy transition will require a significant increase in the number of skilled workers in a range of sectors, including renewable energy and energy storage, and has a great potential for quality job creation. The skill needs for the fuel cell hydrogen sub-sector in manufacturing alone are estimated at 180.000 trained workers, technicians and engineers by the year 2030, according to the Commission’s European Strategic Energy Technology Plan65 . In the photo- voltaic solar energy sector, up to 66.000 jobs would be needed in manufacturing alone. The European network of employment services (EURES) is providing information, advice and recruitment or placement for the benefit of workers and employers, including across internal market borders. _________________ The same information regarding decent working conditions, social protection and access to the labour market should be provided for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, whereby advise and support for the validation of skills and competences and the recognition of qualifications is essential in this context. _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/news/ne ws-articles/skills-alone-will-not-solve- labour-shortages-in-europe 2a 2a https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/3092_ en.pdf https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/files/3075_ en.pdf 65 European Commission, Directorate- General for Research and Innovation, Joint Research Centre, The strategic energy technology (SET) plan, Publications Office, 2019, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/04888.
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) The scaling up of European net- zero technology industries requires significant additional skilled workers which implies important investment needs in re-skilling and upskilling, including in the field of vocational education and training. The creation of quality jobs should cover a wide range of sectors including both skilled and unskilled workers and as such contribute to a qualification of the entire workforce not leaving anyone behind. This should contribute to the creation of quality jobs in line with the targets for employment and training of the European Pillar of Social Rights. The energy transition will require a significant increase in the number of skilled workers in a range of sectors, including renewable energy and energy storage, and has a great potential for quality job creation. The skill needs for the fuel cell hydrogen sub-sector in manufacturing alone are estimated at 180.000 trained workers, technicians and engineers by the year 2030, according to the Commission’s European Strategic Energy Technology Plan65 . In the photo- voltaic solar energy sector, up to 66.000 jobs would be needed in manufacturing alone. The European network of employment services (EURES) is providing information, advice and recruitment or placement for the benefit of workers and employers, including across internal market borders. _________________ 65 European Commission, Directorate- General for Research and Innovation, Joint Research Centre, The strategic energy technology (SET) plan, Publications Office, 2019, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/04888.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) Since strengthening the manufacturing capacity of key net-zero technologies in the Union will not be possible without a sizeable skilled workforce, it is necessary to introduce measures to boost the activation of more people to the labour market, notably women and young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs), including via skills first approaches as a complement to qualifications-based recruitment. In addition, in line with the objectives of the Council Recommendation on ensuring a fair transition towards climate-neutrality, specific support for job-to-job transition for workers in redundant and declining sectors are important. This means investing in skills and in quality job creation, including a living wage, job security and access to social protection, lifelong learning opportunities, good working conditions in safe and healthy workplaces, reasonable working time with a good work-life balance, as well as trade union representation and bargaining rights, required for net-zero technologies in the Union. Building on and fully taking into account existing initiatives such as the EU Pact for Skills, EU level activities on skills intelligence and forecasting, such as by the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and the European Labour Authority, and the Blueprints for sectoral cooperation on skills, the objective is to mobilise all actors: Member States authorities, including at regional and local levels, education and training providers, social partners and industry, in particular SMEs, to identify skills needs, develop education and training programmes and deploy these at large scale in a fast and operational manner. Net-zero strategic projects have a key role to play in this regard. Member States and the Commission may ensure financial support including by leveraging the possibilities of the Union budget through instruments such as the European Social Fund Plus, Just Transition Fund, European Regional Development Funds, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Modernisation Fund, REPowerEU and the Single Market Programme.
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
ba) that by 2030, at least a 50% of the existing industrial manufacturing companies, have undertaken a project to adopt, install or use strategic net-zero technologies in their installations, in order to reduce CO2 emissions or energy consumption.
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
bb) The creation of quality jobs.
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b c (new)
bc) international competitiveness of the range of of net-zero technologies and related value chains and activities contributing to them;
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘net-zero technologies’ means renewable energy technologies66 ; electricity and heat storage technologies; heat pumps; grid technologies; renewable fuels of non-biological origin technologies; sustainable alternative fuels technologies67 ; electrolysers and fuel cells; advanced technologies to produce energy from nuclear processes with minimal waste from the fuel cycle, small modular reactors, and related best-in-class fuels; carbon capture, utilisation, and storage technologies; and energy-system related energy efficiency technologies. They refer to the final products, specific components and specific machinery primarily used for the production of those products, as well as the existing industrial processes that could use and install this products. They shall have reached a technology readiness level of at least 8. _________________ 66 ‘renewable energy' means ‘renewable energy’ as defined in Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources 67 ‘sustainable alternative fuels’ means fuels covered by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport, COM/2021/561 final and by the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport COM/2021/562 final.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘innovative net-zero technologies’ means technologies which satisfy the definition of ‘net-zero technologies’, except that they have not reached a technology readiness level of at least 8, and that comprise genuine innovation which helps achieve the objectives of this Regulation through improved energy or resource efficiency, sustainability, circularity or reduced carbon impact, and which are not currently available on the market and are advanced enough to be tested in a controlled environment.
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘net-zero technology manufacturing project’ means a planned industrial facility or extension or repurposing of an existing facility manufacturing net-zero technologies, or projects in existing industrial facilities devoted to adopt, include or use net-zero technologies;
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘net-zero regulatory sandbox’ means a scheme that enables undertakings to test innovative net-zero technologies in a controlled real-world environment, under a specific plan, developed and monitored by a competent authority, including the innovation in existing industrial facilities in projects to adopt or use net-zero technologies.
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s a (new)
(sa) 'quality jobs' means a work providing good wages, ensuring work security via standard employment contract and access to social protection, giving access to good quality lifelong learning opportunities, securing good working conditions in safe and healthy workplaces, including a reasonable working time with good work-life balance, while ensuring trade union representation and bargaining rights.
Amendment 596 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s b (new)
(sb) 'hydrogen compressors' means a technology for compressed hydrogen transport via pipelines as well as for hydrogen liquefaction facilities
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s d (new)
(sd) “value chain” means activities related to the production of goods or the provision of services by a company, including the development of the product or the service and the use and disposal of the product as well as the related activities of upstream and downstream established business relationships of the company.
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The national competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the sole point of contact for the project promoter in the permit-granting process leading to a comprehensive decision for a given project and shall coordinate the submission of all relevant documents and information, without prejudice to the existing distribution of competences between administrative levels and the restrictions that may derive from such distribution. .
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7
Article 4 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that the national competent authority responsible for the entire permit-granting processes, including all procedural steps, and without prejudice to the existing distribution of competences between administrative levels with regard to the final permits award, has a sufficient number of qualified staff and sufficient financial, technical and technological resources necessary, including for up- and re-skilling, for the effective performance of its tasks under this Regulation.
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. The European Commission and the InvestEU Advisory Hub shall provide technical and financial support to the national competent authorities and Member States to carry out the permit- granting process.
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 c (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Member States shall consider increasing direct support to the national competent authority under national Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 d (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. The national competent authority shall specify and make available the detailed requirements and extent of information requested of a project developer before the permit-granting process commences. It shall also specify the maximum time required to come to a final decision.
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States and the European Commission, when competent, shall provide the following information on administrative processes relevant to net- zero technology manufacturing projects, including net zero strategic projects, online and in a centralised and easily accessible manner:
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
(iva) it respects collective agreements and workers' right to organise, take collective action and to bargain collectively as well as the right to be informed and consulted, also on mergers and investment decisions;
Amendment 809 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv a (new)
(iva) it contributes to increasing the competitiveness of SMEs
Amendment 813 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv b (new)
(ivb) its workers are covered by a collective agreement negotiated with trade unions;
Amendment 815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv c (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv c (new)
(ivc) it provides quality jobs including a living wage, job security and access to social protection, lifelong learning opportunities, good working conditions in safe and healthy workplaces, reasonable working time with a good work-life balance as well as trade union representation and bargaining rights;
Amendment 817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv d (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv d (new)
(ivd) it reinvests a large share of its profits, shares profits equitably with workers and does not pay extraordinary dividends and bonuses to managers while receiving public funding;
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv e (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv e (new)
(ive) it applies pay transparency in line with Union legislation and ensures diversity at work;
Amendment 858 #
4a. Companies responsible for net- zero manufacturing projects shall fulfil the following conditions: (a) they make substantial invests in employees’ reskilling and upskilling; (b) they allocate a minimum percentage of capital expenditure to Research and Development; (c) they demonstrate compliance with ILO conventions, including on forced labour, and have efficient due diligence procedures in line with Union legislation in place; (d) they offer decent wages and engage in collective bargaining; (e) they limit stock buybacks, dividend payments and executive pay.
Amendment 903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall ensure that the relevant administrative bodies are adequately resourced and staffed to respond within the applicable time limits to future requests.
Amendment 952 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may provide administrative support to net-zero strategic projectsprojects, in particular involving SMEs, to facilitate their rapid and effective implementation, including by providing:
Amendment 965 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The European Commission may mobilise the InvestEU Advisory Hub to provide technical assistance to net-zero projects in order to reinforce their technical, economic, environmental and social viability.
Amendment 1166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Contracting authorities or contracting entities shall base the award of contracts for net-zero technology listed in the Annex in a public procurement procedure on the most economically advantageous tender, which shall include the best price- quality ratio, comprising at least the social and environmental sustainability and resilience contribution of the tender, in compliance with Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, or 2014/25/EU and applicable sectoral legislation, as well as with the Union’s international commitments, including the GPA and other international agreements by which the Union is bound.
Amendment 1181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) environmental and social sustainability going beyond the minimum requirements in applicable legislation, including job quality, measures to improve diversity at work, as well as respect of collective agreements and trade union rights to negotiate;
Amendment 1195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b d (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b d (new)
(bd) contribution to decent wages and working conditions including and where relevant inclusion of apprenticeships.
Amendment 1197 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) where applicable, the tender’s contribution to the energy system integration and energy efficiency;
Amendment 1251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and Articles 107 and 108 the Treaty, and to the Union’s international commitments including the GPA and other international agreements by which the Union is bound, Member States, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law, shall assess the sustainability, job quality and resilience contribution as referred to in Article 19(2) of this Regulation when designing the criteria used for ranking bids in the framework of auctions, the aim of which is to support the production or consumption of energy from renewable sources as defined in Article 2, point (1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
Amendment 1279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty and Article 4 of Directive 2018/200173 and in line with the Union’s international commitments, when deciding to set up schemes benefitting households or consumers which incentivise the purchase of net-zero technology final products listed in the Annex, Member States, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law, shall design them in such a way as to promote the purchase by beneficiaries of net-zero technology final products with a high environmental and social sustainability and resilience contribution as referred in Article 19(2), by providing additional proportionate financial compensation. _________________ 73 Directive 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources
Amendment 1324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) develop and deploy credentials, including micro-credentials, to facilitate the transparency of skills acquired and enhance the transferability between jobs andquality jobs to facilitate the cross-border mobility of the workforce, and to promote matching with relevant quality jobs through tools such as the European Employment Services (EURES) network and EURAXESS.
Amendment 1334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. provide dedicated training on upskilling and re-skilling of personnel from permitting bodies in so far as to support the growing needs of national or regional authorities for highly qualified workforce in order for them to deliver on the shortened deadlines listed in this regulation.
Amendment 1344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) assist the uptake and recognition of learning credentials of the European Net- Zero Industry Academies in the Member States to promote the recognition of skills and the matching of skills and quality jobs, inter alia by promoting the validity and acceptance of the credentials throughout the labour market of the European Union;
Amendment 1346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) facilitate the development of European occupation profiles consisting of a common set of knowledge, skills and competences for key professions in the net- zero technologies, drawing inter alia upon the learning programmes developed by the European Net-Zero Industry Academies, and, where appropriate, using the terminology provided by the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) classification to facilitate transparency and mobility between quality jobs and across internal market borders;
Amendment 1349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) promote adequate working conditions in quality jobs in net-zero technology industries, the activation of youth, women and seniors to the labour market for net- zero technology industries, and the attraction of skilled workers from third countries, and thereby achieve a more diverse workforce;
Amendment 1350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) facilitate closer coordination and the exchange of best practices between Member States to enhance the availability of skills in the net-zero technologies, including by contributing to Union and Member States policies to attract new talents from third countries by providing information regarding decent working conditions, social protection and access to the labour market as well as support for the validation of skills and competences and the recognition of qualifications.
Amendment 1393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The InvestEU Advisory Hub should be mobilised to provide assistance to small and medium enterprises in benefiting from the permitting and financing conditions necessary to contribute to the achievements of the objectives set in Article 1.
Amendment 1427 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – point c – point i a (new)
ia) decent working conditions and social conditionalities.
Amendment 1445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall appoint a high-level representative to the Platform. Where relevant as regards the function and expertise, a Member State may have more than one representative in relation to different tasks related to the work of the Platform. Each member of the Platform shall have an alternate. Cross-industry social partners may designate four representatives as observers to the Platform with an equal representation of trade unions and employer organisations.
Amendment 1476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 11
Article 29 – paragraph 11
11. The Platform shall coordinate and cooperate with existing industrial alliances, as well as national sectorial social partners.
Amendment 1494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the participation of SMEs in net- zero projects and net-zero technology manufacturing
Amendment 1497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 – point h a (new)