15 Amendments of Florent MARCELLESI related to 2018/0224(COD)
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) It is the Union's objective to encourage social progress and the sustainability and resilience of its society, by strengthening its scientific and technological bases and encourage its competitiveness, including in its industry, while promoting all research and innovation activities deemed appropriate to support the implementation of other Union policies and the honouring of the Union’s international commitments, in particular in the Paris Agreement, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the UN’s 2030 Agenda, to deliver on the Union's political strategic priorities and commitments, which ultimately aim at promoting peace, tackling climate change, sustainable development as embodied by the SDGs, the Union's values, and the well-being of its peoples.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) To deliver scientific, economic, climate and societal impact in pursuit of this general objective, the Union should invest in research and innovation through Horizon Europe - a Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2021-2027 (the ‘Programme’) to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality knowledge and technologies, to strengthen the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies and commitments, to support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry and society to address global challengesimprove people’s well-being and to address global challenges, notably the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and promote industrial competitiveness; to foster all forms of innovation, including breakthrough innovation, and strengthen market deployment of innovative solutions; and optimise the delivery of such investment for increased impact within a strengthened European Research Area.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is important to support industry to stay or become world leader in innovation, particularly in resource and energy efficient processes, digitisation and decarbonisation, notably through investments in key enabling technologies that will underpin tomorrow's business. The Programme's actions should be used to address and catalyse the transition towards a net-zero carbon European economy by mid century at the latest. The Programme's actions should be used to address global societal challenges as embodied in the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs, market failures or sub-optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner, without duplicating or crowding out private financing and have a clear European added value and fair public return on investments. This will ensure consistency between the actions of the programme and EU State aid rules, avoiding undue distortions of competition in the internal market.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Programme should promote and integrate cooperation with third countries and international organisations and initiatives based on common interest, mutual benefits and global commitments to implement the UN SDGs and the Paris Agreement. International cooperation should aim to strengthen the Union's excellence in research and innovation excellence, in particular eco-innovation, attractiveness and economic and industrial sustainability and competitiveness, to tackle global societal challenges, as embodied in the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs, and to support the Union's external policies. An approach of general opening for international participation and targeted international cooperation actions including with low- and middle income countries, should be followed, including through appropriate eligibility for funding of entities established in low to middle income countries. At the same time, association of third countries to the Programme should be promoted.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) RAcknowledging climate change as one of the biggest and most important global and societal challenges and reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme wishall contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 25at least 50 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. In order to address the European Court of Auditors recommendations [Report 31/2016], compulsory climate action targets should be laid out in programme specific legislations and require ex-ante earmarking in all programming and planning processes rather than only ex- post accounting. Accordingly, at least 50% of the Horizon Europe budget should be earmarked for climate-related expenditure and fully reflected in the formulation of strategic planning process and subsequent work programmes.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41 a) Given the substantial negative impact of fossil fuels in fostering climate change, the Horizon Europe Programme should commit to the phasing out of fossil fuel by not providing any financial support to activities or investments related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels or any other activity that is detrimental to the climate and contradicts the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme’s general objective is to deliver scientific, economic, climate and societal impact from the Union’s investments in research and innovation so as to strengthen the scientific and technological bases of the Union and foster its competitiveness, including in its industry, deliver on the Union strategic priorities, commitments and contribute to tackling global societal challenges, includingembodied by the Sustainable Development Goals and in the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) to address global societal challenges and strengthen the European knowledge base by supporting the creation and diffusion of high-quality new knowledge, skills, technologies and solutions to global challenges;
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(d a) to contribute to the fulfilment of the EU's commitment under the Paris Agreement by investing at least 50% of the Programme’s financial envelope in climate-related research and innovation.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Climate mainstreaming shall be adequately integrated in research and innovation content and applied at all stages of the research cycle. The Programme shall invest at least 50% of its overall financial envelope to climate- related research and innovation, in accordance with Article 6 (new).
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(c a) activities or investments related to the production, processing, distribution, storage or combustion of fossil fuels or any other activity that is detrimental to the climate and contradicts the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Legal entities’ including any affiliated entity should be excluded from participation when by the objective they pursue, their place of establishment, the nature or the location of their activities, would cause the European Union to breach international law or international humanitarian law as established by a decision of the United Nations Security Council or by a judgement or advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Horizon Europe shall exclude participation of undertakings established in a third country which promotes itself as an off-shore financial centre or in which there are no or nominal taxes, there is a lack of effective exchange of information with foreign tax authorities, there is a lack of transparency in regard to legislative, judicial or administrative provisions, or there is no requirement for a substantive local presence;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 37 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. In case of innovation that is highly relevant to developing countries' needs, including in the field of global health, the Commission shall include in the grant agreement licensing conditions to improve access and affordability of biomedical products in developing countries by means of 'humanitarian use licensing conditions';
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 47 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. To ensure that cross-cutting concerns are properly considered in the implementation of Horizon Europe, the Commission shall perform not only an economical but also societal, ethical and sustainability assessment and evaluation of the specific research programmes as part of regular monitoring and evaluation of Horizon Europe.