712 Amendments of Florent MARCELLESI
Amendment 86 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Considers that meat consumption must progress towards markedly lower volumes, but with higher quality and higher sustainability, based on locally sourced produce, with supply focused on EU demand
Amendment 135 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Parliament to set up a Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to animal welfare during transport within and outside the EU, given the numerous and systematic violations of the Regulation 1/2005 by Member States, and considering the insufficient resources that the Commission invests in undertaking official audits on animal welfare during transport.
Amendment 262 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls to limit journeys of unweaned animals to both a maximum distance of 50km and a maximum duration of 1.5 hours, given the difficulty of ensuring their welfare during transport;
Amendment 311 #
2018/2110(INI)
Notes that the livestock sector, in particular intensive industrial livestock production, is responsible for a significant percentage of GHG emissions, and considers that the intensive production model leads to significantly compromised animal welfare and negative consequences for public health, in particular via the inappropriate use of antibiotics and its contribution to antimicrobial resistance.
Amendment 359 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the upcoming CAP reform to maintain and reinforce the link between increased CAP payments and improved animal welfare conditions which fully respect or go beyond the standards set out in Regulation 1/2005; Calls for coupled support likewise to be conditional upon improved animal welfare standards, to be assured by the Commission within their assessment of the CAP Strategic Plans
Amendment 380 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Considers that export-oriented agricultural policy gives rise to unnecessary suffering in live animal transport; Considers that both animal welfare and rural economies are better served by shorter supply chains focused on more local or regional consumption and breeding.
Amendment 382 #
2018/2110(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls for the prohibition of live animal exports to third countries, with limited exceptions for breeding purposes, provided that the breeds are suited to the relevant climatic and environmental context.
Amendment 1 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s Mid- Term Evaluation of the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP); welcomes the fact that the new regulation has seen an increase in exports from beneficiaries of the Everything But Arms (EBA) and GSP+ arrangements, which is an important step towards poverty eradication; notes that the focus on fewer beneficiaries under the 2012 regulation should further contribute to this aim; but recalls that GSP is at most a facilitator and for it to have a positive social and human rights impact, governments should enact effective legislation and social policies, as well as actively support institutions and legal reforms focusing on the promotion and protection of human and labour rights;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that the preference utilisation rate for EBA beneficiaries is high, meaning the potential benefit for the world’s poorest countries is also high; stresses that EBA should be complemented with trade-related assistance and capacity-building if it is to become more useful; recalls, however, that there is no direct link between trade liberalisation, economic growth and poverty reduction;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Regrets that the Mid-Term Evaluation indicates that the GSP had only a limited impact on sustainable development and environmental protection;in particular, notes with concern that the production and trade of textiles and clothing, which are the main import products under the GSP, have accelerated environment degradation in beneficiary countries in the absence of adequate environmental and waste management mechanisms[1]; [1] See Mid-Term Evaluation of GSP, cited above.
Amendment 15 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that GSP has by and large contributed to social development and human rights, in particular employment of women, implementation of good governance practices and ratification of core ILO conventions; stresses the importance of continued engagement and monitoring, together with the participation of civil society in these processesbelieves, however, that temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences in case of severe and systematic violations of fundamental rights shall be more effectively used; stresses the importance of continued engagement and monitoring, together with the participation of civil society in these processes, so as to enable all interested parties to submit petitions on alleged labour and human rights violations on companies or states benefiting from the duty-free access to the EU under the GSP list;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes with concern that there exists a more limited conditionality to adhere to fundamental labour and human rights under the Standard GSP and EBA arrangements; stresses the need to harmonise those standards towards the GSP+ approach as a way to improve compliance with ILO and UN conventions on labour and human rights; more broadly, stresses the need to ensure coherence between GSP and the FTA regimes, namely by providing sufficient incentives for countries to graduate from the EBA to the GSP+ status as well as from GSP+ to other FTA arrangements;
Amendment 22 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the more intensified GSP+ monitoring system, alongside the findings of UN and ILO monitoring bodies and information provided by third parties, has contributed to the fact that all GSP+ beneficiaries are making progress in implementing the 27 conventions; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to improve transparency of EU’s GSP+ monitoring, whose mechanism shall equally apply to GSP and EBA beneficiary countries, and to ensure a meaningful role for CSOs and Trade Unions in this framework;
Amendment 24 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes with concern that there is no conditionality to propel beneficiary countries of GSP and EBA arrangements to adhere to environmental standards and to comply with international conventions on climate change and environmental protection; takes the view that list of conventions on core human and labour rights as well as on environment and governance principles should be updated in the next reform of the GSP Regulation, notably by including as a new conditionality the ratification and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change, while GSP Standards and EBA arrangements should be harmonised towards the GSP+ approach; more broadly, calls on the Commission to provide technical support to improve environmental protection in the implementation of each of the three GSP arrangements;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for greater participation in the monitoring process from Member State embassies and development agencies.; but reiterates that the positive impact of the three GSP arrangements depend on whether the beneficiary countries have policies in place to effectively channel their resources to social and distribution- improving policies as well as adaptation and mitigation measures to limit the potential detrimental effects of increased production on the environment;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not positive, per se, in terms of reducing poverty and inequalities, and that it can even have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not properly regulated; underlines, in this context, that trade should remain a tool to development goals and not an end in itself; underlines the potential of the WTO as an efficient rules- based multilateral negotiating forum which provides a platform for open discussion on global trade-related issues; insists that the EU should continue to promote the democratisation of the WTO;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the unicity of WTO among international bodies in its ability to punish countries, with the result that countries give precedence to the WTO over UN institutions that cannot penalize them for broken agreements in other fields (such as human rights, labour conditions, health and environmental protection), given the lack of dispute settlement mechanism to enforce those rights; believes that the achievement of the Paris Agreement on climate change and Agenda 2030 implies to reverse the hierarchy of norms so as to make trade an effective tool to achieve SDGs;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that the lack of integration of human rights norms and standards into global rules governing trade and investment makes it difficult to hold companies accountable; stresses the need to rebalance trade and investment law with human rights law, notably in global supply chains; to this end, calls on the EU to make initiatives in the WTO for the regulation of a specific global supply chain, notably in the garment sector as a first step; in addition, reiterates the importance of the EU being actively involved in the process of the Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) and to uphold the primacy of human rights over trade interests;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CRecalls that developing countries form the majority of the WTO membership; calls for a trade agenda based on fair trade for the benefit of all, which puts development and social, environmental and human rights at the centre of the process and has a special focus on the needs of low-income developing countries and least-developed countries; stresses the need to reform the WTO, including the Dispute Settlement Mechanism on this line, so as to have a fair and balanced multilateral trading system;
Amendment 26 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the EU and its Member States to duly reflect the difficulties met by the developing countries in implementing the obligations under the WTO agreements. These problems include i.e.: (a) the prohibition of investment measures and subsidies, making it harder to encourage domestic industry; (b) import liberalization in agriculture, threatening the viability and livelihoods of small farmers whose products face competition from cheaper imported foods; (c) the negative impact of a high-standard intellectual property right (IPR) regime on access to medicine and transfer of technologies; and (d) increasing pressures on developing countries to open up their services sectors, which could undermine the viability of local service providers;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that WTO rules and other multilateral trade agreements should enlarge the scope for Special and Differential Treatment to enable a more active use of infant industry promotion tools; in particular, urges the EU and its Member States to secure the principle of “Special and Differential Treatment” (SDT) for all members classified by the World Bank as developing countries;
Amendment 31 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights that trade agreements can impact negatively on food security in developing countries; regrets that the two instruments proposed by developing countries in the remit of negotiations at the WTO to promote the livelihoods of small farmers, food security and rural development, namely Special Products (SP) and a Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) have not been established; calls on the EU to support developing countries' demands to protect their food production and to protect their population from the potentially destructive effects of cheap imports, including in the remit of Economic Partnership Agreements;
Amendment 34 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. InsistStresses that the WTO should clearly recognise the role that trade can play in contributing to the achievement of the SDGs and the fight against climate change, using the Paris Agreement commitments as a minimum benchmarkobjective of sustainable development should become the overriding principle guiding the work of the WTO, whose rules and operations should be designed accordingly, using the Agenda 2030 and Paris Agreement commitments as a minimum benchmark; to this end, calls for the full recognition of the right to discriminate a product based on the Process and Production Methods (PPM) to combat social and environmental dumping;
Amendment 42 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expresses its support for the mechanism of Carbon border tax adjustments as an important tool to guarantee fair competition for companies taking action to reduce their climate impact;
Amendment 43 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the EU to engage in rebalancing the global system of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in order to foster the legal transfer of climate-friendly technology in developing countries; to this end, calls for the adoption of a Declaration on “IPR and Climate Change”, comparable to the Doha Declaration of 2001 on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health; calls equally for the revision of WTO industrial subsidy rule, which should include waivers or peace clauses on climate relevant products;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that WTO should be supportive of and not run counter to the Convention of Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol; underlines that the provisions of Art.27.3(b) of TRIPS Agreement, which relates to the patentability or non-patentability of plant and animal inventions, and the protection of plant varieties, have raised serious concerns in developing countries for its consequence on biopiracy; supports the proposal of developing countries to amend the TRIPS agreement so that patent applicants are required to disclose the origin of genetic resources and any traditional knowledge used in the inventions, so as to avoid unappropriated patenting;
Amendment 45 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Deplores that the obligations under the WTO-Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPA) do not acknowledge the right of States to adopt regulation based on the precautionary principle; urges the EU and its Member States to defend full recognition of this principle in WTO obligations;
Amendment 46 #
2018/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned, in the above context, that bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements could lead to the fragmentation of international trade policy and thus undermine the role of the WTO; calls, therefore, for the EU and its Member States to make additional efforts to once again place the WTO at the centre of global trade governance, notably in a context where bilateral and regional free trade agreements (RTAs) contain provisions which are more stringent than those adopted at WTO; recalls that developing countries are the most in need of multilateral system to defend their interests; calls, therefore, for the EU and its Member States to make additional efforts to once again place the WTO at the centre of global trade governance and to refrain from requesting from developing countries WTO + provisions in plurilateral or bilateral treaties, thereby undermining flexibility mechanisms of WTO, set explicitly to protect their interests;
Amendment 8 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the SDGs stress that providing universal and affordable access to the internet for people in least developed countries (LDCs) by 2020 will be crucial for fostering development, as the development of a digital economy could be a driver of jobs and growth, export volum; but whereas according to the World Bank, up to 2/3 of the present jobs in developing countries could also be lost due to digitalisation, automation and labour-saving technologies in the coming decades, and export diversificationffecting especially low-skilled workers in developing countries;
Amendment 10 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas according to UNCTAD, digitisation is increasingly giving rise to monopolies and poses new challenges for anti-trust and competition policies of both developing and developed countries[1]; [1] UNCTAD, “South South Digital Cooperation for Industrialisation: A Regional Integreation Agenda” (2017);
Amendment 11 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas digitalisation in countries that suffer from poverty, poor governance, low resources to fight cybercrime, may provide new breeding grounds for cybercrime and destabilise global finance and security, as cybercriminals may conduct transnational from jurisdictions with little cybercrime legislation and weak law enforcement;
Amendment 12 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the speed at which the digital economy is unfolding, and the significant gaps that exist in terms of ability and readinessdeveloping countries on digital economy in terms of development of secure national policy, regulations and consumer protection, point up the urgent need to upscale capacity-building and technical assistance to developing countries, and especially to LDCs;
Amendment 16 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Amendment 18 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas E-waste represents a global environmental and health challenge; and whereas according to UNEP - INTERPOL[1], Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) is a priority area of environmental criminality; [1] UNEP - INTERPOL study “The rise of Environmental Crime. A growing Threat to Natural Resources, Peace, Development and Security" (2016).
Amendment 20 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas the United Nations System-wide Response to Tackling E- waste (2017) highlights that not enough attention is paid to the reduction of e- waste: official e-waste take-back and appropriate processing legislation is organised only in a limited number of countries, while there is a lack of responsibility of the private sector towards eco-design and a life-cycle approach to tackling e-waste;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesRecalls that the digital revolution presents societies with a whole set of new challenges, bringing both risks and opportunities; takes note of the Commission’s strategy on D4D, as mainstreaming digital technologies into EU development policy andwhich should aim at contributing to the achievement of the SDGs;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the huge potential of digital technology and services in the achievement of the SDGs, provided that disruptive effects of technologies, such as automated jobs and employability, digital exclusion and inequality, cybersecurity, data privacy and regulatory issues, are effectively addressed; and recalls that any digital strategy must be fully in line with and contribute to the realisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, notably SDG 4 on quality education, SDG 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls, SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth, and SDG 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure; recalls that if the SDGs are to be achieved by 2030, a strengthened global partnership is needed between governmental, scientific, economic and civil society actors;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the imperative that any digital trade strategy must be fully in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD); underlines that access to internet connectivity and digital payment methods are pivotal to enabling digital trade, sustainable development and inclusive growthbut requires, to be sustainable and inclusive, the setting-up of a strong regulatory framework to supervise banks, financial institutions and other e-money institutions as well as rules on competition and consumer data protection;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. CNotes with concern that the introduction of digital technology in developing countries has often outpaced the establishment of state institutions, legal regulations and other mechanisms that could help to manage new challenges that arise, notably regarding cybersecurity; against this background, calls for digitalisation to be featured prominently in the future post- Cotonou agreement as an enabler of inclusive and sustainable development;
Amendment 48 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CPoints out that technology, artificial intelligence and automation are already replacing some low and mid- skilled jobs, risking the creation of a new class of digital poor, particularly in LDCs; calls for a more concerted and holistic cross-sectoral effort from the international community to ensure that the shift towards a more digital economy leaves no one behind; stresses that state-funded social protection floors, including minimum income security, are essential in addressing some disruptive impacts of these new technologies;
Amendment 56 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the private sector to contribute to D4D through technology and innovation, expertise, investment, risk management, sustainable business models and growth, which should include from its inception a focus on prevention, reduction, repair, recycling and reuse of raw materials;
Amendment 58 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that digital economy raises challenges in terms of ownership of data and its transformation into profitable products and services; notes that it is likely to give rise to monopolistic market structures, which can be detrimental to developing countries, notably on patents; insists upon complementing the digital transformation by a sound regulatory framework, especially at times when market power of a company is no longer measured by turnover but by its data;
Amendment 59 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RegDeplorets that less than half of all developing countries have data protection legislation, and calls for the collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of data and statistics at local, regional, national and global levels and by all stakeholders in order to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; notes that timely and accurate data collection enables proper monitoring during implementation, adjusting policies and interventions when needed, and evaluating their results and impact upon completion; recalls, however, that while the “data revolution” makes it easier, faster and cheaper to produce and analyse data from a wide range of sources, it also raises huge security and privacy challenges; stresses that innovations for data collection in developing countries cannot replace official statistics;
Amendment 72 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on ACP countries to ring- fence a proportion of their national budgets for the primary and secondary education sectors, especially in a context where the quality and availability of teacher training, scarcity of textbooks and equipment, and class size remain serious challenges, affecting education quality in developing countries; calls equally for increased efforts to address the challenges of digital exclusion through education and training on essential digital skills and initiatives to facilitate the use of ICTs;
Amendment 78 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. CRecalls that basic education is a pre-requisite to development, which should be compulsory, free of charge and a priority of development aid, particularly in LDCs; calls for the introduction of digital literacy in school curricula at all levels of education in developing countries, with a view to the acquisition of the skills needed to improve access to information; but stresses that ICT tools should in no circumstances substitute for real teachers and schools;
Amendment 86 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the crucial need forat bridging the digital divide implies the deployment of and access to infrastructure, especially in rural and remote areas, that is adequate in coverage, quality and security; notes that the main causes hampering connectivity include underdeveloped terrestrial networks, lack of enabling public policies and regulatory frameworks, high taxation of digital products and services, low market competition and absence of an energy grid;
Amendment 90 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on all stakeholders in the digitally connected world to take active responsibility to promote greater cybersecurity awareness and know-how; points out to this end the importance of developing human capital in order to reduce threats to cybersecurity through training, education and increased awareness;
Amendment 94 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights that digital economy increases the generation of e-waste worldwide, which poses challenges for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, notably regarding health and the environment; stresses the link between e- waste and natural resources exploitation; calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance consumer awareness of the damaging effects of their e-devices and to address effectively business responsibility in the production of Electric and Electronic Equipment (EEE); likewise, stresses the need to support e-waste statistics and national e-waste policies in developing countries, so as to help minimize e-waste production, prevent illegal dumping and improper treatment of e-waste, promote recycling, and create jobs in the refurbishment and recycling sector;
Amendment 96 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the commitment of the EU’s External Investment Plan to promotinge investment in innovative digital solutions for local needs, financial inclusion and decent job creation; points out that digitalisation is an important investment opportunity and that, on adeems that the EIP should support the objective of incentivizing more inclusive and socially sustainable bausis of working together with European and international financial institutions and the private sector, blending would therefore constitute an important tool for leveraging financial resourcesness models, notably by engaging manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) to enforce producer responsibility, including in e- waste management, i.e. by supporting small and medium enterprises which develop reuse, repair and refurbishment activities; incorporate take-back schemes into their business activities, remove the hazardous components used in EEE, etc.;
Amendment 98 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to launch new initiatives with special focus on developing digital infrastructure, promoting e-governance and digital skills, strengtheningHighlights that according to the UN Sustainable Development Goals report (2017), many challenges remain ahead to fulfil SDGs, notably in terms of access to food, energy, water and sanitation, education and health; acknowledges theat digital economy and fostering start-up ecosystems, including funding opportunities for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to enable them to interact digitally with multinational enterprises and to access global value chainisation can potentially be a leverage to fulfil SDGs but stresses the need to set priorities, in a context of financial constraints of development assistance; believes that allocation of ODA should primarily target the fulfilment of those basic human needs;
Amendment 102 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Underlines the risks of supporting the development of digital technology in developing countries, if digital security is not guaranteed, as it could contribute to destabilising governments, national election systems, media, public disclosure, thus disrupting political and democratic stability;
Amendment 104 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that MSMEs in developing countries make up the majority of businesses and employ the majority of manufacturing and service sector workers; reiteratnotes with concern that international agencies have flagged the risks of deindustrialisation in developing countries resulting notably from automation; acknowledges that facilitating cross-border e- commerce willcould have a direct impact on improving livelihoods, fostering higher living standards and, boosting economic development; reaffirms the contribution that such endeavours could make and contributing to gender equality, since a great number of these companies are owned and run by women, provided that the widening digital divide in manufacturing exports between developed and developing countries is effectively addressed;
Amendment 110 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Acknowledges that digital technologies provide the energy sector with innovative tools to optimise the use of resources; however, recalls that digital technologies have a significant ecological footprint, as a consumer of energy resources (digital CO2 emissions are estimated to be at 2-5% of total emissions) and metals (such as silver, cobalt, copper and tantalum), calling into question their long-term sustainability; reasserts the need to shift patterns of production and consumption to combat climate change;
Amendment 112 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that as the largest sector of the African economy, agriculture can potentially benefit hugely from digital technologies; highlights that digital platforms can be used in developing countries to inform farmers about market prices and link them with potential buyers, as well as to provide practical information about growing methods and market trends, weather information, and warnings and advice about plant and animal diseases; underlines, however, in a context where agriculture is becoming more and more knowledge-intensive and high tech, that digital agriculture can also have huge social and environmental disruptive effect in developing countries, as access to the latest technology may remain restricted to big and industrialised farms active in the export market and cash crops, while limited knowledge and skills could marginalise further small-scale farming in developing countries;
Amendment 114 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recalls that agriculture and its associated industries remain one of the world’s largest sources of employment; therefore, warns against the disruptive effects of digital agriculture on employment, especially in Least Developed Countries, due to the potential of this technology to reduce labour intensity and generate labour savings on farms; points out equally that digital agriculture raises challenges in terms of food security (including on control of the agricultural database), as it could reinforce the concentration of power of the agri-food value chain in the hands of very few agrobusiness;
Amendment 115 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Insists that EU funding on agriculture in developing countries is in line with the transformative nature of Agenda 2030 and the Paris Climate Agreement and consequently, with the conclusions of the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) and the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. This implies the recognition of the multifunctionality of agriculture and a rapid shift from monoculture cropping based on the intensive use of chemical inputs towards a diversified and sustainable agriculture, based on agro- ecological farming practises, strengthening local food systems and small-scale farming;
Amendment 120 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that digital technologies such as SMS and mobile phone apps provide new tools for circulating important information, particularly for poor and isolated people; notes the potential of mobile phone technology, which has advantages including lower access costs due to increasing network coverage, user- friendliness and falling costs of calls and text messages; but recalls equally that mobile phones generate health and environmental risks, notably due to extraction of mineral resources and increasing levels of e-waste;
Amendment 124 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines that digitalisation has the potential to either boost or undermine democracy, as ICT can be used for harmful purposes to monitor, censor and control the communications of citizens, thereby jeopardising civil and human rights; calls on the EU to duly reflect upon these risks; to control the misapplication of digital technologies, when promoting the use of technological innovation in development aid and to promote internet governance;
Amendment 127 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that e-government applications may contribute to making public services faster and cheaper to access, improve consistency and citizen satisfaction, and increase public transparency, thus contributing significantly to fightingalthough ICT tools cannot on their own eliminate corruption; stresses the vitpotential role of technology and digitalisation for effective fiscal policy and administration, enabling an effective increase in domestic resource mobilisation; insists that it is imperative to create secure digital identities, as this could help determine the numbers of those in need of certain basic services;
Amendment 131 #
2018/2083(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. AcknowledgesStresses that according to the UN SDGs report (2017), an estimated 18 million additional health workers will be needed by 2030 to attain high and effective coverage of health services for all; in particular, notes that the shortage of these trained professionals is acute in almost all countries in sub-Saharan Africa and LDCs, stresses the need to address this challenge as a matter of priority; while acknowledging the central role of digital technology could also bring in access to health services and in training for health workers and health and e-health information services; calls, therefore, on policymakers to introduce the appropriate policy and regulatory frameworks to scale up in developing countries, notes that e- hHealth projects; asks the Commission to provide the necessary financial resources in this regard; implementation is characterized by high levels of training gaps, lack of a regulatory policy, technology use challenges;
Amendment 1 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Member States have adopted their national policy frameworks, which were assessed by the Commission in its recent communication COM(2017)0652, noting that only 8 out of 25 Member States fully meet the NPF requirements set out in Directive 2014/94/EU, and that 2 Member States failed to submit their NPF by 16 November 2016 as provided for in article 3 of Directive2014/94/EU;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the transport sector is Europe’s main source of carbon emissions and the only sector in which emissions are still rising;
Amendment 5 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas further coordination at EU level is needed in order to ensure the deployment of an adequate infrastructure network for alternative fuels in view of the full decarbonisation of the transport sector by 2050;
Amendment 11 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that although currently more than 65 % of battery electric vehicles and plug- in hybrid electric vehicles are produced outside the Union and new mobility will lead to a shift in skills, it is crucial to ensure the momentum to boost our industry and create new jobs in Europe; underlines the potential of battery and raw materials recycling not at least in the context of the circular economy and sustainable sourcing strategies; calls on the Member States to accelerate the uptake of research related to electro-mobility by making full use of EU funds; calls, therefore, for adequate and ambitious EU funding under the next multiannual financial framework to address potential gaps;
Amendment 18 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the availability and accessibility of private and public charging and refuelling infrastructures are crucial for increasing the consumer acceptance towards all alternative fuels vehicles; believes that priority should be given to the most emission neutral solutions seen from a full vehicle life- cycle perspective;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the EU to decarbonise the transport sector and to meet its targets of a 14 % share of renewable energy in transport by 2030 through the development of sustainability criteria for fuels, based on life-cycle emissions that take into account i.e. the impact of production, as well as the upstream emissions from electricity and manufacturing processes and their impacts on water demand, land use, the environment and the wider community. Additionally, calls on the Commission to come forward with ambitious collection and recycling targets for automotive and industrial batteries and strengthen collection and recycling systems during the upcoming revision of Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators. This is to ensure that the value of critical raw materials used in automotive and industrial batteries is kept within the economy, in line with the circular economy principles. The Commission should also come forward with a ‘Green batteries’ label for automotive and industrial batteries with 100% renewable energy based production that possess high power and high energy density, fast charging rates, low environmental impact and high recyclability.
Amendment 29 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on transmission system operators and distribution system operatorsDemands that any additional electricity for E-mobility must be renewables-based in order to bring about the necessary emission reductions in the transport sector. Trusts on the electricity market design reform to set the correct regulatory framework to ensure thegrid stability of local grids and to mitigate a future, to set the right signals to avoid energy consumption peaks and thus a de facto potential increase in energy prices; stresses, therefore, the crucial need to develop ando ensure affordable energy prices as well as security of supply; underlines the importance of investing in smart charging technologies, including smart grids; underlines that although smart charging will go hand in hand with, not at least to further enable self- consumption, demand response and active consumers, security of supply is essential;
Amendment 35 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair access for electricity providers toto develop, operate and fuel recharging points for all actors in order to avoid a monopoly situations; calls on the Commission to promote open access for all relevant actors to the market to ensure that consumers have a free choice of energy suppliers and energy sources;technologies; Underlines the need for comprehensive private and shared public charging infrastructure allowing charging of electric vehicles and bikes at home and in the workplace, taking into account the need for both public and private investments to achieve sufficient coverage as well as the minimum provisions outlined in the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive "1a" ; __________________ 1a OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13.
Amendment 42 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of sustainable urban planning, shifting from private use to shared and public use of transport, and of investing in the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in public transport services;
Amendment 44 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that although digital opportunities will arise from further developments in electro-mobility such as smart grids, e-payment or connectivity with other associated services, new challenges will result from smart charging and data exchange, such as data protection, interoperability of systems, future-proof systems or free flow of data;
Amendment 47 #
2018/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that fuels of fossil origin, such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, are still considered as alternative fuels under Directive 2014/94/EU, thus undermining the Union’s objective of decarbonising the transport sector by the mid-century; Calls on the Commission to come forward with sustainability criteria for hydrogen and synthetic fuels, based on lifecycle emissions that take into account the upstream emissions of electricity production required for all production processes and their impact on water demand and land use;
Amendment 7 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 a (new)
Citation 31 a (new)
– having regard to the High Level Expert Group final report on Sustainable Financing,
Amendment 8 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31 b (new)
Citation 31 b (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution on Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests 2016/2222(INI),
Amendment 19 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas forests provide essential ecosystem services, such as soil and water conservation and clean air;
Amendment 20 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas forests prevent land degradation and desertification and reduce i.e. the risk of floods, landslides and drought;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas clear, consistent and up- to-date information on forest cover is crucial for effective monitoring and law enforcement;
Amendment 27 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas FLEGT - VPA focus on industrial logging, while the vast majority of illegal logging stems from artisanal logging and timber from farms;
Amendment 28 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas FLEGT - VPA has a too narrow definition of “legality”, leaving sometimes aside crucial issues related to land tenure and rights of local people;
Amendment 29 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas FLEGT - VPA, REDD + and certification have remained separate initiatives, which should be further coordinated;
Amendment 30 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas the implementation of FLEGT objectives depends heavily on major producing, processing and trading countries such as China, Russia, India, South Korea and Japan and their commitment to fighting against illegal logging and trade in illegal timber products; and whereas bilateral political dialogue with these partners have produced limited results to date;
Amendment 31 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas a 2016 review of the EU Timber Regulation concluded that the implementation and the enforcement of the regulation was incomplete;
Amendment 38 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a 2016 joint report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL1 identify forest crimes as being among the five most salient challenges to achieving the SDGs and state that illegal logging represents between 15 and 30% of the global legal trade; _________________ 1 Nellemann, C. (Editor in Chief); Henriksen, R., Kreilhuber, A., Stewart, D., Kotsovou, M., Raxter, P., Mrema, E., and Barrat, S. (Eds). 2016. The Rise of Environmental Crime – A Growing Threat to Natural Resources, Peace, Development And Security, A UNEP-INTERPOL Rapid Response Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme and RHIPTO Rapid Response, Norwegian Center for Global Analyses, www.rhipto.org.
Amendment 39 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas forest crime can take several forms: illegal exploitation of high- value endangered wood species (CITES listed); illegal logging of timber for building material and furniture; illegal logging and laundering of wood through plantation and agricultural front companies to supply pulp for the paper industry and utilisation of the vastly unregulated wood fuel and charcoal trade to conceal illegal logging in and outside protected areas;
Amendment 40 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas large-scale deforestation for agriculture, mining and infrastructure development is causing severe human rights violations with devastating impacts on forest peoples, such as land grab, forced evictions, police harassment, arbitrary arrest, and criminalisation of community leaders, human rights defenders and activists;
Amendment 65 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas beef production, agricultural crops such as soy, and large industrial palm oil plantations and eucalyptus are the main drivers of deforestation in tropical countries;
Amendment 66 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas soy expansion accounted for nearly half of all forest destruction embodied in EU crop imports and 19% of all global deforestation due to agriculture between 1990 and 20081; _____________________ 1 Final report of European Commission Study “The impact of EU consumption on deforestation: Comprehensive analysis of the impact of EU consumption on deforestation” (2013), pp. 21 - 22.
Amendment 67 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas soy expansion has led to social and environmental problems, such as soil erosion, water depletion, pesticide contamination, forced displacement of people; whereas indigenous communities have been among those most affected;
Amendment 68 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J d (new)
Recital J d (new)
Jd. whereas the expansion of palm oil plantations has led to massive forest destruction and social conflicts that pit plantation companies against indigenous groups and local communities;
Amendment 69 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J e (new)
Recital J e (new)
Je. whereas in recent years, many private companies have adopted commitments to eliminate or reduce deforestation associated with their supply chains, in particular focusing on commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef and timber; whereas public measures aimed at agricultural products remain nevertheless relatively rare;
Amendment 70 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J f (new)
Recital J f (new)
Jf. whereas forests are vital for sustainable agriculture and improve food security and nutrition;
Amendment 71 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J g (new)
Recital J g (new)
Amendment 72 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J h (new)
Recital J h (new)
Jh. whereas primary forests are rich in biodiversity and store 30 to 70 percent more carbon than logged or degraded forests;
Amendment 75 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Agenda 2030 recognises that forests play a critical role in sustainable development as well as for the Paris agreement;
Amendment 79 #
2018/2003(INI)
2. Notes with concern that the forest sector is particularly vulnerable to poor governance, including corruption, fraud and organised crime; deplores that even in countries that have good forest laws, implementation is weak;
Amendment 82 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is alarmed that human rights violations, land grabs and the seizure of indigenous land have intensified, driven by the expansion of infrastructure, monoculture plantations for food, fuel and fibre, logging, and carbon mitigation actions such as biofuels, natural gas or large-scale hydropower development;
Amendment 83 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 84 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DHighlights that illegal logging causes loss of tax revenues for developing countries; in particular, deplores the fact that offshore tax havens and tax avoidance schemes are being used to fund shell companies and subsidiaries of major pulp, logging and mining companies associated with deforestation, as confirmed by the Panama and Paradise Papers; urges once more the EU to show strong political will and determination against tax avoidance and evasion domestically and with third countries;
Amendment 87 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognizes that forests are estimated to be a major resource for more than 2.4 billion people, who rely on forest goods and services for the direct provision of food, woodfuel, building materials, medicines, employment, and cash income;
Amendment 98 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes with concern that space for civil society and communities to challenge weak governance is shrinking;
Amendment 105 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that reducing tropical deforestation is necessary to enhance the speed and scale and reduce the cost of climate change mitigation to limit climate change below 1.5 degrees; therefore urges the EU to use its global political influence to advance partnerships and progress towards Paris Agreement commitments on forests in the contexts of climate change mitigation and adaptation and to mobilize additional financing for its implementation, with the view to promote sustainable forest management in developing countries and to decouple development from deforestation;
Amendment 106 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses the importance of the world’s last remaining intact primary forests for the important wildlife and disproportionally high amount of ecosystem services they provide, notes with concern the increasing rates of deforestation within these wilderness areas and the lack of global or EU policies, targets or finance dedicated to protecting them;
Amendment 108 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the announcement byCalls on the Commission thato make the FAO VGGT will become binding for the External Investment Plan; stresses that compliance with VGGT requires the existence of effective independent monitoring and enforcement, including appropriate dispute resolution and grievance mechanisms; insists that standards on land tenure are included in project design, monitoring and annual reporting and become binding for all EU external action funded by ODA;
Amendment 109 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the European Commission and the Member States to establish, as an immediate step, an effective administrative complaint mechanism for victims of human rights violations and other harmful impacts induced by ODA- funded activities to initiate investigation and reconciliation processes; this mechanism shall have standardized procedures, be of administrative nature, thus be complementary to judicial mechanisms, and EU Delegations could act as entry points;
Amendment 115 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages corporations to take actions to prevent corruption in their business practices, especially related to the allocation of land tenure rights and to enlarge their external monitoring systems on labour standards to broader deforestation-related commitments;
Amendment 116 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to address the risk of conflict timber, to ensure that it is defined as illegal through the VPA process; believes that the definition of legality of the Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) should be enlarged to include human rights, in particular community tenure rights in all VPAs;
Amendment 117 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores that defective local participation and lack of forest community agreements in land use zoning and concession allocation are common in many countries; Takes the view that the Timber Legality Assurance Systems (TLAS) should include procedural safeguards that empower communities, with the aim to reduce the likelihood of corrupt or inequitable allocation or transfers of land;
Amendment 118 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that transparency of data, better data, mapping, independent monitoring and auditing tools are essential to improving governance and facilitating compliance with zero- deforestation commitments; to these ends, calls on the EU to provide capacity building resources to developing countries;
Amendment 121 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Asks the EU to support the integration of forest and land governance objectives in the Nationally Determined Contributions of forested developing countries;
Amendment 122 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use the proposed ‘FLEGT structured dialogue’ to undertake a proper assessment of corruption risk in the forest sector and develop measures to strengthen participation, transparency, accountability and integrity, as the elements of an anti-corruption strategy;
Amendment 123 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Recalls that greater access to customs data on imports entering the EU would increase global value chain transparency and accountability; calls on the Commission to extend customs data requirements and include the exporter and the manufacturer as mandatory customs data elements, thereby enhancing the transparency and traceability of global value chains;
Amendment 131 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the EU to introduce mandatory requirements for the financial industry to undertake robust due diligence when assessing financial and non-financial environmental, social and governance risks; calls equally for public disclosure of due diligence process, at minimum through the annual reporting of investors;
Amendment 132 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the EU to address global deforestation by regulating European trade and consumption of forest-risk commodities, such as soy, palm oil, eucalyptus, beef, leather and cocoa, based on lessons learned from the FLEGT Action Plan, the Timber Regulation, the Conflict Mineral Regulation, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, legislation on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) and other EU initiatives to regulate supply chains;
Amendment 139 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
Paragraph 14 – point c
(c) enforce traceability of commodities and transparency, through labelling, throughout the supply chain;
Amendment 148 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU to introduce cross- compliance criteria for animal feed in the CAP reform with the objective of reducing imports of protein feed crops and livestock, while incentivising and enhancing domestic protein crop production, and reducing EU consumption level of meat and dairy;
Amendment 153 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to improve the reliability of voluntary certification schemes, through labelling, with a view to guaranteeing that only palm oil free from deforestation, forest degradation, illegitimate appropriation of land and other human rights violations enters the EU market, and that schemes such as the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) include all end-uses of palm oil;
Amendment 158 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to ensure the EUTR is strictly and effectively enforced and its product scope extended to all wood-based products;
Amendment 159 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls on the EU to develop a green timber procurement policy to support the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems around the world;
Amendment 161 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Recalls that deforestation accounts for nearly 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 162 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is alarmed that EU’s high dependence on imports of animal feed in the form of soybeans causes deforestation abroad; is worried about the environmental impact of increasing imports biomass and rising wood demand in Europe, notably to meet the EU renewable energy targets; Calls on the EU to comply with the principle of policy coherence for development (PCD), as enshrined in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to reform i.e. its energy, agricultural and trade policy accordingly;
Amendment 166 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. NRecalls that 80% of the forests is the traditional land and territories of indigenous peoples and local communities; notes with concern that the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples has reported receiving an increasing number of allegations concerning situations where climate change mitigation projects have negatively affected the rights of indigenous peoples; stresses the need to secure tenure rights for local forests communitie, notably renewable energy projects such as biofuel production and the construction of hydroelectric dam; stresses the need to secure tenure rights for local forests communities; highlights results-based payments and REDD+ as an opportunity to enhance forest governance, tenure rights and livelihoods;
Amendment 168 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the vital role of indigenous people for sustainable management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation; recalls that UNFCCC calls upon its state parties to respect the knowledge and rights of indigenous peoples as safeguards in implementing REDD+; urges partner countries to adopt measures to effectively engage indigenous peoples in climate change adaptation and mitigation measures;
Amendment 169 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Notes that the aviation industry relies heavily on carbon offsets, including forest; stresses however that forest offsets face serious criticism, since they are difficult to measure and impossible to guarantee; believes that ICAO should exclude forest offsets from the CORSIA1 mechanism; 1Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
Amendment 170 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the EU and its Member States to enhance synergies between FLEGT-VPA and REDD+;
Amendment 171 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that EU policy on biofuel should be consistent with the SDGs and the principle of PCD; reiterates that EU should phase out all policy incentives for agrofuels at the latest by 2030;
Amendment 172 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Deplores that the ongoing revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) does not introduce social sustainability criteria and other indirect land use consequences taking into account risks of land-grabbing; recalls that the Directive should be consistent with international tenure rights standards, i.e. ILO Convention No 169; FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Land Tenures and Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems; stresses equally the need to introduce more stringent criteria on forest biomass to avoid that the promotion of bioenergy triggers off deforestation abroad;
Amendment 174 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses the need to restore natural, biologically diverse forests; believes that forest restoration programmes should recognize local customary land rights; be inclusive and tailored to local conditions; promote nature-based solutions such as forest landscape restoration (FLR) to balance land uses, including protected areas, agroforestry, farming systems, small-scale plantations and human settlements;
Amendment 178 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recognises that sustainable wood value chains, sourced from sustainably managed forests, including sustainable forest plantations and family tree farming, can deliver important contributions to achievement of the SDGs and climate change commitments, in particular enhancement of rural livelihoods, food security, sustainable growth and reduced carbon and material footprints of the planet;
Amendment 182 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Underlines that forest crime, from unregulated or illegal burning of charcoal to large-scale corporate crimes concerning timber, paper and pulp, have major impact on global climate emissions, water reserves, desertification and rain fall patterns;
Amendment 183 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Notes with concern that, according to UNEP - INTERPOL, legislation to tackle environmental crime is deemed to be inadequate in many countries, due i.e. to lack of expertise and personnel, low fines or absence of criminal sanctions, etc. which constitute obstacles to the effective fight against these crimes;
Amendment 187 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to address the root causes of environmental crime; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen the share of ODA to governance and judicial sector reform to combat and prevent environmental crime, especially in LDCs;
Amendment 191 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to upgrade implementation and enforcement of international law of relevance to the promotion of transparent and accountable forest management, inter alia through exchange of best practices; stringent information disclosure; robust sustainability impact assessments, monitoring and reporting systems, taking into account the need to protect forest guards; enhanced cross-sectorial and cross-agency collaboration both at national and international levels, particularly with INTERPOL and UNODC, intelligence sharing and judicial cooperation and the enlargement of the scope of the ICC to cover environmental criminality;
Amendment 193 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to include ambitious forest-specific provisions in all EU trade and investment agreements, stresses that these provisions shall be binding, enforceable through effective monitoring and sanctions mechanisms that allow individuals and communities, outside or within the EU, to seek redress;
Amendment 194 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Urges the Commission to use FTA anti-corruption chapters to address deforestation and illegal logging;
Amendment 195 #
2018/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Calls on the EU to integrate forest diplomacy into its climate policy, with the aim to encourage countries which process and/or import significant quantities of tropical timber, like China and Vietnam, to adopt effective legislation banning the importation of illegally harvested timber and requiring operators to conduct due diligence (similar to the EU Timber Regulation), to this end, calls on the Commission to upgrade transparency on the discussions and actions taken under the BCM - FLEG with China;
Amendment 196 #
2018/2003(INI)
24d. Calls on the Commission and its Member States to adopt a policy stipulating that public funding, including climate finance and development funding, shall not be used to support the expansion of industrial scale logging, agriculture, mining, resource extraction, or infrastructure development into intact forest landscapes, and to co-ordinate donor policies in this respect;
Amendment 2 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses regret atDeplores the flact that nok of a human rights impact assessment was carried out by the EU prior to the launching of negotiations; reaffirms in the strongest possible terms that the parties to the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) and the particularly following the decision of the European Ombudsman of 26 February 2016, which concluded that the refusal of the European Commission to carry out a prior human rights impact assessment of the EU/Vietnam Free Trade Agreement is unjustified and constitutes a case of maladministration; recalls that the European Ombudsman, as well as the European Parliament in its urgency resolutions of 9 June 2016, 14 December 2017 and 15 November 2018, notify serious concerns regarding the protection of the human rights in Vietnam especially in relation to freedom of expression, assembly and association, religious freedom, and as regards detention of human rights activists and violence against women; reaffirms in the strongest terms that the parties to the IPA as well as investors protected by it must abide bythe IPA must respect all international human rights standards and obligations, in addition to those arising from domestic laws; calls on the European Commission to carry out independent human rights impact assessments and undertakeconduct prior consultation with the individuals and communities which couldo may be affected by trade and investment agreements before signature and ratification of EU-Vietnam IPA agreement and the conclusion of future agreements;
Amendment 3 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the protections afforded to investors are outpacing the development of investor responsibilities; underl as EU-Vietnam IPA guarantees enforceable rights to foreign investors, through the arbitration clause, but does not provide a mechanism for sanction for non- compliance with social and environmental standards; reiterates the need to give primacy for human rights and to social and environmental standards over the rights of inves,tors; underlines in this regard, the importance of an independent monitoring and complaint mechanism that can be utilised by theseized by affected populations affected and that has the authority to provide formake binding rulings with regard to the negative impact ofthat trade and investments agreements may have on human rights;, including through sanctions; further calls foron the EU and Vietnam to take a leading role in addressing this issue at at multilateral level, by taking an active part in UN through active participation in negotiations at the UN for a legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of multitransnational corporations and other business enterprises;, which ensures access to justice for victims of human rights violations and provide mechanisms for redress and accountability for the communities affected.
Amendment 6 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that Vietnam is a developing country; emphasisunderlines that in order to help contribute to reachieveng the Sustainable Development Goals, notablyin particular SDG 1 on poverty eradication, SDG 8 on decent work and SDG 10 on reduced inequalities, investment must serve to fostercontribute to the creation of quality jobs, support the local economiesy, family farming, and fully respect domestic regulations, including tax requirements;
Amendment 7 #
2018/0358M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 1 #
2018/0358(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GDeclines to gives its consent to the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part;
Amendment 4 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. UrgDeplores the EU and Vietnam to use the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (refusal of the European Commission to carry out a prior human rights impact assessment of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade agreement, in spite of serious concerns regarding the protection of human rights in Vietnam, especially in relation to freedom of expression, association and the right to organise and collective bargaining for trade unions; urges the EU and Vietnam to use the provisions in the FTA) to, inter alia, help to contribute to the strengthening of human rights in Vietnam; reiterates the importance of athe well- developed bilateral EU- and Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; recalls the EUnion’s commitment, under its Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, to systematically include human rights in its impact assessments, as and when they are carried out, including for trade agreements that have a significant economic, social and environmental impacts;
Amendment 6 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance ofDeplores the fact that the chapter on sustainable development is explicitly excluded from the mechanism for sanctions and resolution of disputes between States, which guarantees binding rights for transnational firms via the ICS arbitration mechanism, whereas the social and environmental standards are not binding due to the absence of a mechanism for sanction if these standards are not complied with; underlines the importance of mandatory and enforceable provisions in the chapter on trade and sustainable development into contributinge effectively to the strengthening of labour rights and environmental standards, including corporate responsibility and fair and ethical trade; notes, in this regard, that the ratification and implementation of core International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventionsLO conventions, notably Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, Convention 105 on the Abolition of Forced Labour and Convention 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, is key to ensuring that the FTA does not contribute to a race to the bottom; urges the Vietnamese Ggovernment to commit to a speedy reform of its labour code including the ratification and implementation of the outstanding core ILO cConventions and establiswith a clear timetable for its progress, prior to the European Parliament’s ratification of the FTA;
Amendment 10 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls its concern at the increasingly restrictive approach of the Vietnamese authorities with regard to the freedom of expression and other freedoms; recalls the close linksage between the FTA and the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)PCA and urges the Commission to use all available tools in the aAgreements, including suspension when needed, to protect and promote fundamental freedoms; more broadly, calls on Vietnam to sign and ratify all relevant human right treaties of the United Nations and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;
Amendment 11 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the importance to adapt trade policies to support national efforts to combat climate change in order to comply with the Paris Agreement; stresses in this context to the need to make EU- Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) consistent with EU-FLEGT agreement with Vietnam, notably by including in its trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters binding and enforceable provisions to halt illegal logging, deforestation, forest degradation and land grabbing; stresses the importance of effective monitoring of these provisions and sanctions mechanisms that allow individuals and communities, outside or within the EU, to seek redress; in particular, underlines that this mechanism must give special consideration to the rights of indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities, and the rights granted under ILO Convention C169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples where applicable;
Amendment 1 #
2018/0356(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GDeclines to gives its consent to the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam;
Amendment 3 #
2018/0272M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that halting the import of illegal timber from neighbouring countries is a major challenge and an absolute necessity for successful continuation of the process; to this end, calls on Vietnam to adopt an import legislation that provides mandatory due diligence obligations (covering i.e. risk assessment and mitigation) and which prohibits to place illegal timber on the market;
Amendment 9 #
2018/0272M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the crucial importance of full stakeholder involvement and of the major role that civil society must be able to play; encourages the Vietnamese Government to adopt a time bound Action Plan for VPA implementation, which further develop the working methods in relation to transparency, notably by ensuring the effective implementation of guidelines on public disclosure of information and the timely sharing of documents;
Amendment 10 #
2018/0272M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to end impunity in the forest sector by ensuring that infractions are prosecuted; calls on the Vietnamese Government to ensure the full implementation of provisions on whistle blowers of the VPA to contribute to this objective;
Amendment 13 #
2018/0272M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue its FLEGT-related support to Vietnam and to ensure the integrity of the FLEGT process, in particular through the stamping out of illegal timber and the full involvement of civil society both in the preparation of measures and monitoring of resultsimplementation and operationalisation of the Vietnamese Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) decree and the delivery of FLEGT licence;
Amendment 16 #
2018/0272M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that radical improvement in the enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation is important for the success of the entire FLEGT inithe success of the entire FLEGT initiative depends i.a. on tackling fraud and corruption which can be found at all stages of the timber trade, from the harvesting of timber, its transportation, processing, manufacturing, exporting, importing and selling; to this effect, calls on the EU to strengthen the scope and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation to tackle corruption risks in the EU’s timber supply chain, including through more regular and systematic controls and investigative.ons in EU harbours ;
Amendment 82 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The Connecting Europe Facility should integrate a gender perspective in all its working and decision making processes, make sure that committees and projects teams are gender balanced and ensure that the implementation of this fund contributes to the promotion of gender equality in compliance with EU gender mainstreaming obligations (article 8 TFEU).
Amendment 87 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Programme should aim at supporting climate change,the fight against climate change, ensuring an inclusive transition to a fully sustainable, net-zero carbon economy through environmentally and socially sustainable projects and, where appropriate, climate change mitigation and adaptation actions. In particular, the contribution of the Programme to achieving the goals and objectives of the Paris Agreement as well as the proposed 2030 climate and energy targets and long-term decarbonisation objective should be reinforced.
Amendment 93 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with Union’s commitments to implement the Paris Agreement, and the commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation should therefore mainstream climate action and lead to the achievement of an overall target of 250% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives18 . Actions under this Programme are expected to contribute 60at least 70 % of the overall financial envelope of the Programme to climate objectives, based inter alia on the following Rio markers: i) 100% for the expenditures relating to railway infrastructure, alternative fuels, cleanzero-emission mobility, decarbonised urban transport, electricity transmission, electricity storage, smart grids, CO2 transportationenergy efficiency and renewable energy; ii) 40% for railway infrastructure, sustainable navigable inland waterways and multimodal transport, and gas infrastructure - if enabling increased use of renewable hydrogen or bio- methaneused exclusively to transport sustainable bio- methane and renewable hydrogen with positive life-cycle and efficiency assessment according to a methodology to be developed by the Commission. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. In order to prevent that infrastructure is vulnerable to potential long term climate change impacts and to ensure that the cost of greenhouse gas emissions arising from the project is included in the project's economic evaluation, projects supported by the Programme should be subject to climate proofing in accordance with guidance that should be developed by the CommissionAnnex Ia and coherently with the guidance developed for other programmes of the Union where relevant. __________________ 18 COM(2018) 321, page 13 COM(2018) 321, page 13
Amendment 110 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In order to address the European Court of Auditors' recommendations 1a , climate mainstreaming mechanisms should differentiate between mitigation and adaptation, and Climate action spending should be materialized ex-ante through all programming and planning processes rather than simply reported ex- post. __________________ 1a European Court of Auditor Special report 31, 2016
Amendment 119 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) An important objective of this Programme is to deliver increased synergies between the transport, energy and digital sector. For that purpose, the Programme should provide for the adoption of cross-sectoral work programmes that could address specific intervention areas, for instance as regards connected and automated mobility or sustainable alternative fuels, if contributing to emissions reductions in view of the EU’s long term GHG emissions reduction target. In addition, the Programme should allow, within each sector, the possibility to consider eligible some ancillary components pertaining to another sector, where such an approach improves the socio-economic benefit of the investment. Synergies between sectors should be incentivized through the award criteria for the selection of actions.
Amendment 199 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
Amendment 218 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council27 identifiesd the trans-European energy infrastructure priorities which needed to be implemented in order to meet the Union's energy and climate policy objectives, identifies projects of common interest necessary to implement those priori that have been in application before the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement, and before the adoption of the Clean energy for all Europeans package, with its targets and objectives, and lays down measures in the field of the granting of permits, public involvement and regulation to speed up and/or facilitate the implementation of those projects, including for 2030 and 2050. In order to ensure that identified projects of common interest do adequately implement the most up-to-date EU priorities, the underlying Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 should be revised, so that objectives, procedures and selection criteria for the eligibility of such projects for Union financial assistance. mirror EU policy goals. __________________ 27 Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans- European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 (OJ L 115, 25.4.2013, p. 39).
Amendment 224 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 should also be revised concerning the measures in the field of the granting of permits, public involvement and regulation to speed up and/or facilitate the implementation of those projects, because developments on projects such as the Bay of Biscay interconnector or the Mid-Cat pipeline have demonstrated that an acceleration of projects should never be done at the expense of stakeholder involvement or an insufficient Environmental Impact Assessment.
Amendment 227 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Directive [recast Renewables Directive] stresses the need to set up an enabling framework comprising the enhanced use of Union funds, with explicit reference to enabling actions to support cross-border cooperation in the field of renewable energy. Regulation [Governance of the Energy Union] establishes a renewable energy financing mechanism to support EU renewable projects, which should also receive funding from the EU budget, given that both instruments contain strong cross- border dimensions.
Amendment 235 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Regulation [Governance of the Energy Union], stresses the need for Member States to use the 'energy efficiency first’ principle, which means to consider, before taking energy planning, policy and investment decisions, whether cost-efficient, technically, economically and environmentally sound, alternative energy efficiency measures could replace in whole or in part the envisaged planning, policy and investment measures, whilst still achieving the objectives of the respective decisions.
Amendment 242 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Innovative infrastructure technologies that enable the transition to a low carbonsustainable, renewables-based, highly energy efficient energy and mobility systems and improve security of supply are essential in view of the Union's decarbonisation agenda. In particular, in its Communication of 23 November 2017 "Communication on strengthening Europe's energy networks"28 , the Commission emphasised that the role of electricity, where renewable energy will constitute half of the electricity generation by 2030, will increasingly be driving the decarbonisation of sectors so far dominated by fossil fuels, such as transport, industry and heating and cooling and that accordingly, the focus under the trans- European energy infrastructure policy is increasinglymust be on electricity interconnections, electricity storages and smart grids projects. To support the Union's decarbonisation objectives, due consideration and priority should be given to technologies and projects contributing to the transition to a lowsustainable, net-zero carbon economy. The Commission willshould aim at increasing the number of cross-border smart grid, innovative storage as well as carbon dioxide transportationlimate relevant cross-border projects to be supported under the Programme to 100% . __________________ 28 COM(2017) 718
Amendment 247 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) Given the commitments made under the Paris Agreement, scarce public money should not be used to support fossil fuel based projects or those technologies that increase or maintain the role of fossil fuels in Europe.
Amendment 253 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Schools, universities, libraries, local, regional or national administrations, main providers of public services, hospitals and medical centres, transport hubs and digitally intensive enterprises are entities and places that can influence important socio-economic developments in the area where they are located. Such socio- economic drivers need to be at the cutting edge of Gigabit connectivity in order to provide access to the best services and applications for European citizens, business and local communitieHigh speed connectivity bring the possibility to interact with administrations and participate in the political life, exercise the freedom of speech and other fundamental rights. A connected citizen is empowered to properly function in a digitised world and can be a vector of contributing to the promotion of democratic principles and human rights. The Programme should support access to Gigabit connectivity for these socio- economic drivers with a view to maximising their positive spill-over effects on the wider economy and society, including by generating wider demanduses for connectivity and services.
Amendment 259 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Recalls that the digital divide is created by lack of network access but also by uneven speeds between regions and lack of knowledge about the way the network can be used to improve citizens life. A comprehensive approach is needed to increase coverage, achieve similar levels of connectivity and equal knowledge for all.
Amendment 267 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Unconnected territories in all areas of the Union, including in central ones, represent bottlenecks and unexploited potential tovulnerabilities and gaps in the digital single market. In most rural and remote areas, high quality Internet connectivity can play an essential role in preventing digital divide, isolation and depopulation by reducing the costs of delivery of both goods and services and partially compensating for remoteness. High quality Internet connectivity is necessary for new economic opportunities such as precision farming or the development of a bio-economy in rural areas. The Programme should contribute to providing all European households, rural or urban, with very high capacity fixed or wireless connectivity, focusing on those deployments for which a degree of market failure is observed and which can be addressed using low intensity grants. In doing so, the Programme should aim at achieving a comprehensive coverage of households and territories, as gaps in an already covered area are uneconomic to address at a later stage.
Amendment 290 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) The positive results of the first Blending Call for proposals launched under the current programme in 2017, confirmed the relevance and added value of using EU grants for blending with financing from the European Investment Bank or National Promotional Banks or other development and public financial institutions as well as from private-sector finance institutions and private-sector investors, including through public private partnerships. The Programme should therefore continue to provide for dedicated Calls enabling combination between certain EU grants and other sources of financing while respecting full climate mainstreaming and proofing.
Amendment 298 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The policy objectives of this Programme will be also addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the policy window(s) [...] of the InvestEU Fund. The Programme's actions should be used to address market failures or sub-optimal investment situations, in a proportionate manner, without duplicating or crowding out private financing and have a clear European added value, generate long-term environmental and societal benefits, have a clear European added value, fulfil the additionality requirement and be 100% climate relevant.
Amendment 303 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32 a (new)
Recital 32 a (new)
(32a) Utmost transparency, accountability and democratic scrutiny of innovative financial instruments and mechanisms that involve the Union budget, especially as regards their contribution, both expected and achieved, to reaching Union objectives, should be ensured.
Amendment 309 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) At Union level, the European Semester of economic policy coordination is the framework to identify national reform priorities and monitor their implementation. Member States develop their own national multiannual investment strategies in support of these reform priorities. These strategies should be presented alongside the yearly National Reform Programmes as a way to outline and coordinate priority investment projects to be supported by national and/or Union funding and avoid any contradiction with the priorities of the Union, including the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement. They should also serve to use Union funding in a coherent manner and to maximise the added value of the financial support to be received notably from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund, the European Investment Stabilisation Function, InvestEU and the Connecting Europe Facility, where relevant. Financial support should also be used in a manner consistent with Union and national energy and climate plans where relevant.
Amendment 325 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Pursuant to paragraph 22 and 23 of the Inter-institutional agreement for Better Law-Making of 13 April 201639 , there is a need to evaluate this Programme on the basis of information collected through specific monitoring requirements such as on climate tracking and climate proofing, while avoiding overregulation and administrative burdens, in particular on Member States. Evaluations should be carried out by the Commission and communicated to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of Regions in order to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the funding and its impact on the overall goals of the Programme. __________________ 39 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016; OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14
Amendment 327 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) AdequatTransparent and accountable monitoring and reporting measures including measurable, gender disaggregated indicators should be implemented in order to report the progress of the Programme towards the achievement of the general and specific objectives set out in this Regulation. This performance reporting system should ensure that data for monitoring implementation of the Programme and its results are collected efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner. It is necessary to impose proportionate reporting requirements on recipients of Union funds in order to collect relevant data for the Programme, especially to ensure climate mainstreaming objectives, while respecting confidentiality of commercially sensitive information.
Amendment 341 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) “renewable alternative fuels” means alternative fuels as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/94/EU; renewable fuels or renewable power sources which serve as a substitute for fossil oil and gas sources in the energy supply to transport, including renewable electricity, biofuels and biogas as defined in the [recast Renewables Directive]. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout the text, i.e. replacing “alternative fuels” with “renewable alternative fuels”.)
Amendment 350 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘Blending operation’ means actions supported by the EU budget, including within blending facilities pursuant to Article [2(6)] of the Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/XXX (the ‘Financial Regulation’), combining selected non- repayable forms of support and/or financial instruments from the EU budget with repayable forms of support from development or other public finance institutions, as well as from commercial finance institutions and investors;
Amendment 353 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) ‘climate proofing’ means projects shall be subject to a life-cycle assessment with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate mitigation and adaptation. For that purpose, an assessment shall be provided based on guidance to be developed by the Commission, using the 1.5 degrees climatic scenario within sectoral decarbonisation pathways and the energy efficiency first principle.
Amendment 368 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) “cross-border project in the field of renewable energy” means a project selected or eligible to be selected under a cooperation agreement or any other kind of arrangements between Member States, regional and local authorities, including those set out in Articles 8, 9 or 10 of [recast of Directive 2009/28/EC], or arrangements between Member States and third countries as, including those defined in Articles 6, 7, 9 or 11 11 of [recast of Directive 2009/828/EC] in the planning or deployment of renewable energy, in accordance with the criteria set out in Part IV of the Annex to this Regulation;
Amendment 378 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new) [Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union]
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new) [Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union]
(ia) “Efficiency first principle” means the prioritisation, in all energy planning, policy and investment decisions, of measures to make energy demand and energy supply more efficient, by means of cost-optimal energy end-use savings, demand-side response initiatives and more efficient conversion, transmission and distribution of energy.
Amendment 411 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Programme has the general objective to develop and modernise the trans-European networks in the fields of transport, energy and digital and to facilitate cross-border cooperation in the field of renewable energy, taking into accountin accordance with the long-term decarbonisation commitments and with emphasis on synergies among sectors. The Programme supports especially infrastructure projects that contribute to minimise external costs in the fields of safety, environment and climate. To this effect, at least 70% of the overall financial envelope of the Programme shall contribute to fulfil the climate objectives.
Amendment 452 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Amendment 471 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) In the energy sector, to contribute to the development of projects of common interest relating to further integration of the internal energy market, investment in energy efficiency, smart grids and interoperability of networks across borders and sectors, facilitatensuring decarbonisation and ensurin line with climate commitments, enabling security of supply, and to facilitate cross- border cooperation in the area of renewable energy;
Amendment 529 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i i i
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i i i
Amendment 536 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) up to EUR 8,650,000,000 for the specific objectives referred to in Article 3(2)(b), out of which up to 1at least 20% for the cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy
Amendment 590 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 9
Article 4 – paragraph 9
9. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be transferred to the Programme. The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with [point (a) of Article 62(1)] of the Financial Regulation or indirectly in accordance with point (c) of that Article. Where possible those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 595 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 4 a (new)
– supports the Unions targets and objectives in the field of energy and climate policy.
Amendment 609 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 618 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy shall involve at least two Member States and shall be included in a cooperation agreement or any other kind of arrangement between Member States or arrangements between Member States and third countries as set out in [Articles 6, 7, 9 or 11 of Directive 2009/28/ECrevised Renewables Directive]. These projects shall be identified in accordance with the criteria and procedure laid down in Part IV of the Annex to this Regulation.
Amendment 628 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the applicant demonstrates, that the project would not materialise in the absence of the grant, or that the project cannot be commercially viable in the absence of the grant. This analysis shall take into account any revenues resulting from support schemes.
Amendment 631 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Funding under this Regulation shall contribute to the EU renewable energy financing mechanism pursuant to [Article 27a of the Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union] and to the enabling framework for renewable energy deployment pursuant to [Article 3(5) of recast of Directive 2009/28/EC] in order to ensure an effective use of Union funds. To this end up to 50% of resources distributed to the cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy pursuant to Article 4(2)(b) of this Regulation may be transferred to the EU renewable energy financing mechanism in order to support renewable energy deployment across the Union;
Amendment 652 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point g
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) the extent to which the deployed technology is best suited for the specific project, while proposing the best balance between state-of-the-art technologies in terms of data flow capacity, transmission security, network resilience and cost efficiencyensuring the future proofing of the infrastructure.
Amendment 662 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Only actions contributing to the achievement of the objectives referred to in Article 3 and which have been subject to climate proofing according to Annex Ia are eligible for funding. Such actions include in particular studies, works and other accompanying measures necessary for the management and implementation of the Programme and the sector-specific guidelines.
Amendment 769 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 788 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) actions relating to projects of common interest as set out at Article 14 in the categories of Annex II, 1 of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013;
Amendment 794 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) actions comprising exclusive use with renewable hydrogen or bio methane after having been classed eligible pursuant to a methodology developed by the European Commission. This shall at least comprise of the following elements: (i) list of obligatory technical adaptations to be implemented (ii) minimum efficiency and lifecycle coefficient to be achieved (iii) overall sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction level to be achieved. The methodology shall be adopted according to the procedure set out in Article 24.
Amendment 805 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) actions supporting access of all European households to very high capacity networks;
Amendment 814 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Actions contributing to the achievement of one or more objectives of at least two sectors, as provided for in Article 3(2) (a), (b) and (c) shall be eligible to receive Union financial assistance under this Regulation. Such actions shall be implemented through specific cross- sectoral work programmes addressing at least two sectors, including specific award criteria and financed with budget contributions from the sectors involved, commensurate to their sectorial budget and benefit.
Amendment 842 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) economic, social and environmental impact (benefits and costs);Efficiency first principle
Amendment 848 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) economic, social, climate and environmental impact (benefits and external costs);
Amendment 873 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) soundness of the implementation plan proposed; soundness, comprehensiveness and transparency of the project’s cost benefit analysis;
Amendment 881 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) consistency with Union and national energy and climate plans. and long-term strategies referred to in [Governance Regulation], in compliance with the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 885 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) lifecycle assessment of planned infrastructure to ensure compliance with the sector specific emission reduction and decarbonisation pathways in line with the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 893 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) Long-term resilience of the investments.
Amendment 903 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In the energy sector, the assessment of proposals against the award criteria referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that proposed actions are consistent with the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 909 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. For studies, the amount of Union financial assistance shall not exceed 50 % of the total eligible cost concerning actions providing synergies and in the field of energy. For other categories, financial assistance should not exceed 30% of the total eligible costs. For studies financed with the amounts transferred from the Cohesion Fund, the maximum co- financing rates shall be those applicable to the Cohesion Fund as specified in paragraph 2 (b).
Amendment 963 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) The co-financing rates may be increased to a maximum of 75 % for actions contributing to the development of projects of common interest which, based on the evidence referred to in Article 14(2) in the categories of Annex II.1(a) to (d) of Regulation (EU) No 347/2013, provide a high degree of regional or Union-wide security of supply, strengthen the solidarity of the Union or comprise highly innovative solutions.
Amendment 972 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) only expenditure incurred in Member States may be eligible, except where the project of common interest or cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy involves the territory of one or more third countries as referred to in Article 5 or Article 11 paragraph 4 of this Regulation or international waters and where the action is indispensable to the achievement of the objectives of the project concerned and commensurate benefit is within EU countries;
Amendment 1002 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) following a review in the framework of the UNFCCC process, it is established that the action is not in line with climate imperatives and objectives committed to under the Paris Agreement.
Amendment 1009 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. An action that has received a contribution under the Programme may also receive a contribution from anyselected other Union programme, including Funds under shared management, provided that the contributions do not cover the same costs. The rules and criteria of each contributing Union programme shall apply to its respective contribution to the action. In case of combination with InvestEU, the latter shall always take the highest risk tranche of the project in question. The cumulative funding shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and the support from the different Union programmes may be calculated on a pro- rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support.
Amendment 1010 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Actions which comply with all of the following cumulative, comparative, conditions:
Amendment 1020 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. The work programmes shall be adopted by the Commission by means of an implementing act. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to indelegated acts, in accordance with Article 224 of this Regulation.
Amendment 1029 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. The performance reporting system shall ensure that data for monitoring programme implementation and results are collected efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner. To that end, proportionate reporting requirements shall be imposed on recipients of Union funds and, where relevant, Member States, including to allow climate proofing and tracking.
Amendment 1034 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Programme shall be performed once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of the Programme, but no later than fourtwo years after the start of the programme implementation. It shall also include a comprehensive evaluation, if the procedures, objectives and eligibility criteria of Regulation 1315/2013 and Regulation 347/2013 are still adequate for the priorities of the ongoing funding period, especially with regards to Articles 7 and 10 of this Regulation, and aligned with EU policy goal under the Paris Agreement and the EU 2030 and 2050 objectives. This evaluation shall be followed by legislative proposals, where appropriate.
Amendment 1037 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. At the end of the implementation of the Programme, but no later than fourtwo years after the end of the period specified in Article 1, a final evaluation of the Programme shall be carried out by the Commission.
Amendment 1038 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the CEF Coordination Committee. The Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, aim for gender balance and ensure to take into account stakeholder contributions, including from civil society organisations..
Amendment 1042 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) (a) to amend part Ia of the Annex regarding the climate tracking and proofing of allocated resources;
Amendment 1045 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) To develop a methodology allowing to define actions comprising exclusive use with renewable hydrogen or bio methane. This shall at least comprise of the following elements for eligibility: (i) list of obligatory technical adaptations to be implemented (ii) minimum efficiency and lifecycle coefficient to be achieved (iii) overall sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction level to be achieved.
Amendment 1051 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. The recipients of Union funding shall acknowledge the origin and ensure the visibility of the Union funding (in particular when promoting the actions and their results), by providing coherent, effective and proportionate targeted information to multiple audiences, including the media and the public. They shall also publish information on how stakeholder concerns and contributions have been taken into account or problems remedied, including alternative routing scenarios and environmental concerns, and give a detailed account on how the allocated budget has been spent.
Amendment 1053 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. If necessary, appropriations may be entered in the budget beyond 2027 to cover the expenses proThe underlying TEN guidelines, eligibility criteria and subsequent lists of projects of common interest shall be revidsed for in Article 4(5) of this Regulation, to enable the manageby 2021 to align legislations and objectives with other EU legislation in energy, transport and digital policy, as well as with international commitments of actions not completed by 31 December 2027n the fight against climate change.
Amendment 1056 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part I – table – Transport – Specific Objectives and Indicators
Annex I – part I – table – Transport – Specific Objectives and Indicators
Transport Efficient and Number of cross-border and missing links interconnected networks addressed with the support of CEF and infrastructure for (including actions relating to urban nodes, smart, sustainable, maritime ports, inland ports and rail-road inclusive, safe and secure terminals of the TEN-T core network) secure mobility Number of CEF supported actions contributing to the digitalisation of transport Number of alternative fuel supply points built or upgraded with the support of CEF Number of CEF supported actions contributing to the safety of transport Adaptation to military Number of transport infrastructure mobility requirements components adapted to meet military deleted mobility requirements deleted
Amendment 1071 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part I – table – Energy – Indicators
Annex I – part I – table – Energy – Indicators
Energy Contribution to Number of CEF actions contributing to interconnectivity and projects interconnecting MS networks and integration of markets removing internal constraints Security of energy Number of CEF actions contributing to supply projects ensuring resilient gas networkelectricity network Number of CEF actions contributing to the smartening and digitalisation of grids and increasing energy storage capacity Sustainable development Number of CEF actions contributing to through enabling projects enabling increased penetration of decarbonisation renewable energy in the energy systems Number of CEF actions contributing to cross-border cooperation in the area of renewables
Amendment 1074 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part I a (new)
Annex I – part I a (new)
Ia Climate tracking and proofing of allocated resources So as to ensure the climate mainstreaming objectives stipulated in this Regulation are fulfilled, the Commission shall put in place a system for climate tracking for allocated resources and the actual spending based on the Rio Marker system, differentiating between mitigation and adaptation and the different sectors and its GHG emission reductions. Climate proofing shall go beyond current carbon pricing and CO2 footprint methodologies and at least comprise the following criteria: (a) Integration of the energy efficiency first principle (b) Long-term environmental and societal impact (c) Lifecycle assessment of projects with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate mitigation and adaptation. For that purpose, an assessment shall be provided based on guidance to be developed by the Commission, using the 1.5 degrees climatic scenario within sectoral decarbonisation pathways.
Amendment 1183 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part IV – point 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Annex I – part IV – point 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Efficiency and life-cycle costs.
Amendment 1185 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part IV – point 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex I – part IV – point 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) air, soil and water quality and other local pollution;
Amendment 1189 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part IV – point 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Annex I – part IV – point 3 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) health impacts;
Amendment 1191 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part IV – point 4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part IV – point 4 – paragraph 1
Promoters of a project, including Member States, potentially eligible for selection as a cross-border project in the field of renewable energy under a cooperation agreement or any other kind of arrangement between Member States and/or between Member States and third countries as set out in [Articles 6, 7, 9, or 11 of Directive 2009/28/ECrecast Renewable Directive], and seeking to obtain the status of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy, shall submit an application for selection as a cross- border projects in the field of renewable energy to the Commission. The application shall include the relevant information to allow the Commission to evaluate the project against the criteria laid down in points 2 and 3, in line with the methodologies referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 1192 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part IV – point 4 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part IV – point 4 – paragraph 5
The Commission shall, when selecting the cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy, aim for a manageable total number. The Commission shall endeavour to ensure an appropriate geographical balance in the identification of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy. Regional groupings may be used for the identification of projects.
Amendment 1201 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part V – point 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
Annex I – part V – point 2 – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– supports equal access to innovative digital services;
Amendment 1207 #
2018/0228(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part V – table – Core network “Rhine-Danube”
Annex I – part V – table – Core network “Rhine-Danube”
Core network corridor "Rhine – Danube" Cross-border sections for CAM - experimentation More extensive section for larger scale Frankfurt (M) – Passau – Vienna – Budapest – deployment of CAM Bucharest – Constanta – Iasi Karlsruhe – München – Salzburg – Wels Frankfurt (M) – Strasbourg
Amendment 55 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) 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 Specific Programme will contribute to mainstream climate actions and to the achievement of an overall target of 250 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under thise Specific Programme are expected toshould contribute 35at least 50% of the overall financial envelope of the Specific Programme to the climate objectives, in order to support actions or parts of actions that will help to deliver a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission economy by 2050 at the latest. Relevant actions will be identified ex-ante and fully reflected during the Specific Programme’s preparation and implementation in form of the Strategic plan and work programmes, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes, thereby ensuring that the objective of investing at least 50% of the Programme’s overall financial envelope to climate- related research and innovations achieved efficiently and in a timely manner.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) 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 70 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point p a (new)
(pa) ensuring that at least 50% of the Horizon Europe funding is spent on climate-related research innovation thereby ensuring that Programme contributes to increasing national climate and energy objectives and increases targets within the national energy and climate plans (NECPs);
Amendment 126 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 1
Protecting people against communicable diseases and cross-border health threats is a major challenge for public health, calling for effective international cooperation at EU and global level. This will involve prevention, preparedness, early detection, treatment and cure of infectious diseases, and also tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) following a ‘One Health approach’A number of infectious diseases lack private sector R&I investment because of the lack of market incentives to invest in the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of these often poverty-related diseases, calling for more ambitious public sector investment. Especially complex and costly late stage clinical trials and support to ethics and regulatory strengthening require pooled European efforts.
Amendment 136 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 1 – point 1.2 – point 1.2.4 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Trans-border aspects of infectious diseases and specific challenges in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as tropical diseasesin particular poverty-related diseases, such as neglected tropical diseases, AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Poverty-related and neglected diseases need to be tackled in a comprehensive approach based on partnership with Member States and affected regions, building on the success of EDCTP2. Development of new treatment methods for infectious diseases to counteract antibiotic resistance.
Amendment 141 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 3
Amendment 142 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part II – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 5
Amendment 147 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 2 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 2 a (new)
Amendment 149 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 1
Human activities are exerting increasing pressure on soils, seas and oceans, water, air, biodiversity and other natural resources. Nourishing the planet’s growing population is directly dependent on the health of natural systems and resources. However, combined with climate change, humanity’s growing demand for natural resources creates environmental pressures that go far beyond sustainable levels, affecting ecosystems and inhibiting their capacity to provide services for human well-beingmaintaining human well-being in the long term. Any production system that degradates the natural will not be sustainable, nor productive in the long-term and therefore not competitive. A functioning and prosperous ecosystem is the very basis for all resource utilization. Recognising the link between degradation of the natural resource base, including biodiversity, and the functioning of natural and semi- natural ecosystems to provide essential services to society and acting on solutions proposed as a result of that science is crucial. The concepts of the circular economy, thagroecology, sustainable bioeconomy and the blue economy provide an opportunity to balance environmental, social and economic goals and to set human activities on a path to sustainability.
Amendment 151 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 3
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 3
Amendment 152 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 4
They will help to maintain and enhance the provision of biodiversity, both wild and cultivated and secure the long-term provision of ecosystem services, climate mitigation and adaptation and carbon sequestorationge (both on land and seawaters). They will help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) and other emissions, waste and pollution from primary production (both terrestrial and aquatic), processing, consumption and other human activities. They will trigger investments, supporting the shift towards a circular economy, agroecology, sustainable bioeconomy and blue economy, whilst protecting environmental health and integrity.
Amendment 153 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 5
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.1 – paragraph 5
They will also foster participatory approaches to research and innovation, including the multi-actor approach, including civil society organisations, and develop knowledge and innovation systems at local, regional, national and European levels. Including all actors along the agri- food supply chain in the co-creation and sharing of knowledge plays a central role in the process of developing and implementing agroecological innovations to address challenges across food systems including adaptation to climate change. Social innovation with citizens’ engagement and trust in innovation will be crucial to encourage new governance, production and consumption patterns.
Amendment 154 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 3
– Climate and environmental impact of activities in the primary sector and along the value chain; potential of agriculture and forestry as carbon sinks and for mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions including negative emissions approaches;
Amendment 155 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– The use and delivery of ecosystems service functions in agriculture and forestry systems applying ecological approaches and testing nature-based solutions from farm to landscape levels for an environmentally friendly agriculture addressing challenges related to climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, agricultural pollution, and citizens’ health and well-being; exploring multispecies, high biodiversity approaches to ensure resilience and stability in production systems;
Amendment 156 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.3 – paragraph 2 – indent 11 a (new)
- Transition towards integrated and diversified food and farming systems and agronomic practices, including the use of agroecological approaches to benefit both conventional and organic agriculture.
Amendment 160 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 1
Bio-based innovation lays the foundations for the transition away from a fossil-based economy by encompassing the sustainable sourcing, industrial processing and conversion of biomass from land and sea into bio-based materials and products. It also capitalises on the potential of living resources, life sciences and industrial biotechnology for new discoveries, products and processes. Bio-based innovation, including technologies, can bring new economic activities and employment to regions and cities, contribute to revitalising rural and coastal economies and strengthen the circularity of the bioeconomy. Bio-based innovation lays the foundations for the transition away from a fossil-based economy by encompassing the sustainable sourcing, industrial processing and conversion of biomass from land and water into bio- based materials and products. It also capitalises on the potential of living resources, life sciences and industrial biotechnology for new discoveries, products and processes. Bio-based innovation, including technologies, can bring new economic activities and employment to regions and cities, contribute to revitalising rural and coastal economies and strengthen the circularity of the bioeconomy. Potential trade-offs between the various sources of biomass should be carefully assess, in particular ensuring that new uses of biomass does not jeopardise food production and security, not only in the EU but also in developing countries, does not lead to unsustainable land-use conversion or land grabbing practices.
Amendment 161 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
– Sustainable and equitable biomass sourcing and production systems, focusing on high-value applications and uses, social and environmental sustainability, impact on climate and biodiversity reduction targetsloss, including in third countries, in particular developing countries, and overall resource efficiency;
Amendment 162 #
2018/0225(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
Annex I – part II – point 5 – point 5.2 – point 5.2.6 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
– Life sciences and their convergence with digital technologies for prospecting, understanding and sustainably and fairly use biological resources, avoiding biopiracy and respecting the Nagoya protocol;
Amendment 57 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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 #
2018/0224(COD)
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.
Amendment 135 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 c (new)
Recital 25 c (new)
(25 c) Following the principle of budgetary efficiency, concentrated feeding operations should not be financed under the CAP.
Amendment 219 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The EAGF shall not finance concentrated feeding operations, following the principle of budgetary efficiency.
Amendment 221 #
2018/0217(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Following the principle of budgetary efficiency, interventions that lead support concentrated feeding operations shall not be financed under the EAFRD.
Amendment 19 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Member States should ensure the integration of a gender perspective throughout the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the interventions, with the aim to promote gender equality and combat gender discrimination, which is a core principle of the European Union and its Member States.
Amendment 21 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) In order to ensure consistency between the direct payments types of interventions and rural development types of interventions when addressing the objective of attracting women farmers, a framework definition for ‘women farmer’ with the essential elements should be set out at Union level.
Amendment 30 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) When providing decoupled direct support based on the system of payment entitlements, Member States should continue to manage a national reserve or reserves per group of territories. Such reserves should be used, as a matter of priority, for young farmers, women farmers and farmers commencing their agricultural activity. Rules on the use and transfers of payment entitlements are also necessary in order to guarantee a smooth functioning of the system.
Amendment 31 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Women in the agricultural sector face several challenges. Their employment rate is lower than men's employment rate, they carry out an important amount of unpaid work and most of them are classified as the holder's spouse. In order to improve the situation of women in rural areas, Member States may establish a complementary income support for women farmers. This type of interventions should be established to provide women farmers with an additional income support after the initial setting up.
Amendment 33 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) In the light of the need to fill the investment gap in the Union agricultural sector and improve access to financial instruments for priority groups, notably women farmers, young farmers and new entrants with higher risk profiles, use of the InvestEU guarantee and combination of grants and financial instruments should be encouraged. Since the use of financial instruments across Member States varies considerably as a result of differences in terms of access to finance, banking sector development, presence of risk capital, familiarity of public administrations and potential range of beneficiaries, Member States should establish in the CAP Strategic Plan appropriate targets, beneficiaries and preferential conditions, and other possible eligibility rules.
Amendment 34 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) In the light of the challenges that women in rural areas face, Member States should provide for a strategic approach and identify a clear and coherent set of interventions under the specific objective of empowering women in rural areas. Interventions may cover measures to combat unpaid work and ensure social security coverage, measures to create job opportunities, training activities, advisory services, measures to increase women's participation in local actions groups and the development of local partnerships under the Leader programme or the exchange of good practices.
Amendment 35 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 b (new)
Recital 42 b (new)
(42b) Women farmers also face significant barriers regarding access to land, high prices and access to credit. Member States shall set in their CAP Strategic Plans preferential conditions for financial instruments for women farmers who have newly set up a holding for the first time and should include in their CAP Strategic Plan the ring-fencing of at least an amount corresponding to 2% of the annual direct payments' envelope. An increase of the maximum amount of aid for the installation of women farmers, up to EUR 100.000, which can be accessed also through or in combination with financial instrument form of support, should be established.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall provide in their CAP Strategic Plan the definitions of agricultural activity, agricultural area, eligible hectare, genuine farmer, women farmer and young farmer:
Amendment 40 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) 'women farmer' shall be defined in a way that it includes: (i) being a woman; (ii) the conditions for being 'head of the holding'; (iii) the appropriate training and/or skills required.
Amendment 41 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) to promote gender equality in rural areas;
Amendment 42 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) attract women farmers;
Amendment 43 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) empower women in rural areas;
Amendment 48 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure the integration of a gender perspective throughout the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the interventions, with the aim to promote gender equality and combat gender discrimination.
Amendment 51 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the complementary income support for women farmers;
Amendment 52 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 53 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 54 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) women farmers who have newly set up a holding for the first time;
Amendment 56 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26a Complementary income support for women farmers 1. Member States may provide for complementary income support for women farmers under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans. 2. As part of their obligations to contribute to the specific objective 'attract women farmers' set out in point (g a) of Article 6(1) and to dedicate at least 2% of their allocations for direct payments to this objective in accordance with Article 86(3a), Member States shall provide a complementary income support for women farmers who have newly set up for the first time and who are entitled to a payment under the basic income support as referred to in Article 17. 3. The complementary income support for women farmers shall take the form of an annual decoupled payment per eligible hectare.
Amendment 57 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) installation of women farmers;
Amendment 58 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 64 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) empower women in rural areas;
Amendment 62 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 68 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) purchase of land with the exception of land purchase for environmental conservation or land purchased by young and women farmers through the use of financial instruments;
Amendment 64 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68a Empower women in rural areas 1. Member States shall grant support to empower women in rural areas under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6. 2. Member States may cover costs of: (a) measures to combat unpaid work done by women and ensure their social security coverage; (b) measures to create job opportunities for women in rural areas; (c) training activities; (d) advisory services; (e) measures to increase the participation of women in local action groups and the development of local partnerships under the Leader programme; (f) exchange of good practices;
Amendment 65 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 b (new)
Article 68 b (new)
Article 68b Installation of women farmers 1. Member States shall grant support for the installation of women farmers under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans with the view of contributing to the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 6. 2. Member States may only grant support under this type of interventions to help the installation of women farmers who fulfil the conditions included in the definition set out in point (d a) of Article 4(1); 3. Member States shall set conditions for the submission and the content of a business plan. 4. Member States shall grant support in the form of lump sums. Support shall be limited to the maximum amount of EUR 100 000 and may be combined with financial instruments.
Amendment 68 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 1
Article 71 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 68 a, Member States may grant support for cooperation under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans to prepare and to implement Operational Group projects of the European Innovation Partnership for agricultural productivity and sustainability as referred to in Article 114 and LEADER, referred to as community-led local development in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) [CPR], and to promote quality schemes, producer organisations or producer groups or other forms of cooperation.
Amendment 69 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 68 a, Member States may grant support for agricultural, forestry and rural business knowledge exchange and information under the conditions set out in this Article and as further specified in their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 71 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 86 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For each Member State the minimum amount set out in Annex Xa shall be reserved for contributing to the specific objective 'attract women farmers' set out in point (g a) of Article 6(1). On the basis of the gender impact assessment, the analysis of the situation in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats ('the SWOT analysis') and the identification of the needs that are to be addressed, the amount shall be used for the following types of interventions: (a) the Complementary Income Support for Women Farmers as laid down in Article 26a; (b) the installation of women farmers referred to in Article 68b.
Amendment 72 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 86 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. For each Member State the minimum amount set out in Annex X shall be reserved for contributing to the specific objective 'attract young farmers and facilitate business development' set out in point (g) of Article 6(1). On the basis of the gender impact assessment, the analysis of the situation in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats ('the SWOT analysis') and the identification of the needs that are to be addressed, the amount shall be used for the following types of interventions:
Amendment 73 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 95 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) Annex Ia on the gender impact assessment;
Amendment 77 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 97 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) interventions, based on the types of intervention set out in Title III, except the crop-specific payment for cotton laid down in Subsection 2 of Section 3 of Chapter II of that Title shall be designed to address the specific situation in the area concerned, following a sound intervention logic, supported by the ex-ante evaluation referred to in Article 125, the gender impact assessment referred to in Article 125a, the SWOT analysis referred to in Article 103(2) and the assessment of needs referred to in Article 96;
Amendment 78 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) in relation to the specific objective 'attract women farmers ' set out in point (g a) of Article 6(1), an overview of the CAP Strategic Plan relevant interventions and specific conditions such as those specified in Articles 22(4), 26a, 68b and 71(7) shall be presented. Member States shall in particular refer to Article 86(5) when presenting the financial plan in relation to the types of interventions referred to in Articles 26a and 68b. The overview shall also explain the interplay with national instruments with a view of improving the consistency between Union and national actions in this area;
Amendment 80 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 103 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 103 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Annex Ia to the CAP Strategic Plan referred to in point (a a) of Article 95(2) shall include a summary of the main results of the gender impact assessment referred to in Article 125a.
Amendment 82 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 2
Article 106 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall assess the proposed CAP Strategic Plans on the basis of the completeness of the plans, the consistency and coherence with the general principles of Union law, with this Regulation and the provisions adopted pursuant to it and with the Horizontal Regulation, their effective contribution to the specific objectives set out in Article 6(1), the impact on the proper functioning of the internal market and distortion of competition, the level of administrative burden on beneficiaries and administration. The assessment shall address, in particular, the adequacy of the strategy of the CAP Strategic Plan, the corresponding specific objectives, targets, interventions and the allocation of budgetary resources to meet the specific CAP Strategic Plan objectives through the proposed set of interventions on the basis of the gender impact assessment, the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation.
Amendment 83 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
Article 106 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
In duly justified cases, the Member State may ask the Commission to approve a CAP Strategic Plan which does not contain all elements except for the gender impact assessment, the SWOT analysis and the ex-ante evaluation. In that case the Member State concerned shall indicate the parts of the CAP Strategic Plan that are missing and provide indicative targets and financial plans as referred to in Article 100 for the whole CAP Strategic Plan in order to show the overall consistency and coherence of the plan. The missing elements of the CAP Strategic Plan shall be submitted to the Commission as an amendment of the plan in accordance with Article 107.
Amendment 84 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) ensure the implementation of gender mainstreaming throughout the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the interventions of the CAP Strategic Plans;
Amendment 85 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 110 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the gender impact assessment referred to in Article 125a conforms to the evaluation and monitoring system and that it is accepted and submitted to the Commission;
Amendment 86 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 111 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Member State shall decide the composition of the Monitoring Committee and shall ensure a balanced representation of the relevant public authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners referred to in Article 94(3), including at least one representative of a relevant body responsible for promoting gender equality.
Amendment 89 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 113 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) foster best practices on women's empowerment in rural areas;
Amendment 96 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 121 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Data and indicators shall be, where relevant, defined and collected disaggregated by gender.
Amendment 97 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 – paragraph 1
Article 125 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall carry out gender responsive ex- ante evaluations to improve the quality of the design of their CAP Strategic Plans.
Amendment 100 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 125 a (new)
Article 125 a (new)
Article 125a Gender impact assessments 1. Member States shall carry out gender impact assessments to ensure that the interventions proposed in the CAP Strategic Plans contribute to the promotion of gender equality. 2. The gender impact assessment shall be carried out under the responsibility of the authority responsible for the preparation of the CAP Strategic Plan. 3. The gender impact assessment shall appraise: (a) the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plan to promote gender equality, taking into account national and regional needs and potential for development as well as lessons drawn from implementation of the CAP in previous programming periods; (b) the internal coherence of the proposed CAP Strategic Plan and its relationship with other relevant instruments in pursuing gender equality; (c) the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources in pursuing gender equality; (d) how the expected outputs will contribute to gender equality; (e) whether the quantified target values for results are realistic, having regard to the support envisaged from the EAGF and EAFRD; (f) the adequacy of human resources and administrative capacity for management of the CAP Strategic Plan interventions linked to the specific objectives on gender equality; (g) the suitability of the procedures for monitoring the CAP Strategic Plan and for collecting the data necessary to carry out gender responsive evaluations; (h) the suitability of the milestones selected for the performance framework;
Amendment 102 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – paragraph 2
Article 127 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall carry out an interim gender responsive evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the EAGF and the EAFRD by the end of the third year following the start of implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans taking into account the indicators set out in Annex I. The Commission may make use of all relevant information already available in accordance with Article [128] of the [New Financial Regulation].
Amendment 103 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – paragraph 3
Article 127 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall carry out an gender responsive ex post evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the EAGF and the EAFRD.
Amendment 105 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 127 – paragraph 4
Article 127 – paragraph 4
4. Based on evidence provided in evaluations on the CAP, including evaluations on CAP Strategic Plans, as well as other relevant information sources, the Commission shall present an initial report on the implementation of this Article, including first results on the performance of the CAP and with a specific chapter on gender equality, to the European Parliament and the Council, after the completion of the interim evaluation. A second report including an assessment of the performance of the CAP and with a chapter on gender equality shall be presented by 31 December 2031.
Amendment 107 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 129 – paragraph 2
Article 129 – paragraph 2
2. Data needed for the context and impact indicators shall primarily come from established data sources, such as the Farm Accountancy Data Network, EIGE and Eurostat. Where data for these indicators are not available or not complete, the gaps shall be addressed in the context of the European Statistical Program established under Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council40 , the legal framework governing the Farm Accountancy Data Network or through formal agreements with other data providers such as the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency. __________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programs of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).
Amendment 108 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – Output Indicators – O.5 a (new)
Annex I – Table – Output Indicators – O.5 a (new)
O.5a Number of ha subject to enhanced income support for women farmers
Amendment 109 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – Output Indicators – O.6 a (new)
Annex I – Table – Output Indicators – O.6 a (new)
O.6a Number of beneficiaries subject to enhanced income support for women farmers
Amendment 110 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – Broad type of Intervention and Output Indicators – O.21 a (new)
Annex I – Table – Broad type of Intervention and Output Indicators – O.21 a (new)
Empower women in O.21a Number of women farmers trained rural areas
Amendment 111 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – Broad type of Intervention and Output Indicators – O.21 b (new)
Annex I – Table – Broad type of Intervention and Output Indicators – O.21 b (new)
Empower women in O.21b Number of women farmers given advice rural areas
Amendment 112 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – Broad type of Intervention and Output Indicators – O.21 c (new)
Annex I – Table – Broad type of Intervention and Output Indicators – O.21 c (new)
Empower women in O.21c Number of women participating in local action rural areas groups and local partnerships under the Leader programme
Amendment 113 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – EU specific objectives, Impact Indicators and Result Indicators – I.21 a (new) and R.30 a (new)
Annex I – Table – EU specific objectives, Impact Indicators and Result Indicators – I.21 a (new) and R.30 a (new)
Attract women farmers I.21a Attracting women R.30a Improving gender farmers: Evolution of balance: Number of number of women women farmers setting up a farm with support from the CAP
Amendment 114 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – EU specific objectives, Impact Indicators and Result Indicators – I.21 b (new) and R.30 b (new)
Annex I – Table – EU specific objectives, Impact Indicators and Result Indicators – I.21 b (new) and R.30 b (new)
Empower women in I.21b Contributing to R.30b Growth and jobs in rural areas increase women’s rural areas: New jobs for employment rate in rural women in supported areas: Evolution of projects women’s employment rate in predominantly rural areas
Amendment 115 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Table – EU specific objectives, Impact Indicators and Result Indicators – I.21 c (new) and I.21 d (new) and R.30 c (new)
Annex I – Table – EU specific objectives, Impact Indicators and Result Indicators – I.21 c (new) and I.21 d (new) and R.30 c (new)
Empower women in I.21c Contributing to R.30c Promoting social rural areas women’s economic inclusion: Number of empowerment in rural women from minority areas: Evolution of GDP and/or vulnerable groups per head among women benefitting from in predominantly rural supported social areas inclusion projects I.21d Promoting rural inclusion: Evolution of poverty index among women in rural areas
Amendment 116 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X a (new) – Table
Annex X a (new) – Table
ANNEX Xa MINIMUM AMOUNTS RESERVED FOR THE OBJECTIVE "ATTRACT WOMEN FARMERS" AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 86(3a) 2027 and the Calendar 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 subsequent years year Belgium 9 712 079 9 712 079 9 712 079 9 712 079 9 712 079 9 712 079 9 712 079 Bulgaria 15 475 439 15 644 780 15 814 121 15 983 462 16 152 803 16 322 144 16 322 144 Czech Republic 16 776 886 16 776 886 16 776 886 16 776 886 16 776 886 16 776 886 16 776 886 Denmark 16 922 490 16 922 490 16 922 490 16 922 490 16 922 490 16 922 490 16 922 490 Germany 96 462 159 96 462 159 96 462 159 96 462 159 96 462 159 96 462 159 96 462 159 Estonia 3 354 430 3 453 356 3 552 281 3 651 206 3 750 131 3 849 057 3 849 057 Ireland 23 278 766 23 278 766 23 278 766 23 278 766 23 278 766 23 278 766 23 278 766 Greece 37 120 578 37 120 578 37 120 578 37 120 578 37 120 578 37 120 578 37 120 578 Spain 94 203 434 94 346 677 94 489 919 94 633 162 94 776 404 94 919 647 94 919 647 France 142 955 739 142 955 739 142 955 739 142 955 739 142 955 739 142 955 739 142 955 739 Croatia 6 886 800 7 354 228 7 354 228 7 354 228 7 354 228 7 354 228 7 354 228 Italy 71 203 710 71 203 710 71 203 710 71 203 710 71 203 710 71 203 710 71 203 710 Cyprus 935 002 935 002 935 002 935 002 935 002 935 002 935 002 Latvia 5 992 672 6 165 893 6 339 113 6 512 334 6 685 555 6 858 775 6 858 775 Lithuania 10 216 405 10 494 645 10 772 885 11 051 125 11 329 365 11 607 604 11 607 604 Luxembourg 642 620 642 620 642 620 642 620 642 620 642 620 642 620 Hungary 24 395 393 24 395 393 24 395 393 24 395 393 24 395 393 24 395 393 24 395 393 Malta 90 150 90 150 90 150 90 150 90 150 90 150 90 150 Netherlands 14 077 407 14 077 407 14 077 407 14 077 407 14 077 407 14 077 407 14 077 407 Austria 13 296 391 13 296 391 13 296 391 13 296 391 13 296 391 13 296 391 13 296 391 Poland 59 459 556 60 071 486 60 683 415 61 295 345 61 907 274 62 519 203 62 519 203 Portugal 11 693 003 11 865 375 12 037 746 12 210 118 12 382 490 12 554 862 12 554 862 Romania 37 123 452 37 664 232 38 205 012 38 745 792 39 286 572 39 827 352 39 827 352 Slovenia 2 581 053 2 581 053 2 581 053 2 581 053 2 581 053 2 581 053 2 581 053 Slovakia 7 676 128 7 771 499 7 866 870 7 962 242 8 057 613 8 152 985 8 152 985 Finland 10 119 993 10 155 679 10 191 365 10 227 051 10 262 736 10 298 422 10 298 422 Sweden 13 455 218 13 459 695 13 464 172 13 468 649 13 473 126 13 477 604 13 477 604
Amendment 117 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XII – Table – Objectives and Core set of Indicators – R.30a (new)
Annex XII – Table – Objectives and Core set of Indicators – R.30a (new)
Attract women farmers R.30a Improving gender balance: Number of women farmers setting up a farm with support from the CAP
Amendment 118 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex XII – Table – Objectives and Core set of Indicators – R.30b (new) and R.30c (new)
Annex XII – Table – Objectives and Core set of Indicators – R.30b (new) and R.30c (new)
Empower women in R.30b Growth and jobs in rural areas: New jobs for rural areas women in supported projects R.30c Promoting social inclusion: Number of women from minority and/or vulnerable groups benefitting from supported social inclusion projects
Amendment 454 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall ensure the integration of a gender perspective throughout the preparation, implementation and evaluation of the interventions, with the aim to promote gender equality and combat gender discrimination.
Amendment 570 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Horizontal principles as set out in Article 3 of the Treaty on the European Union ('TEU') and in Article 10 of the TFEU, including principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the TEU should be respected in the implementation of CAP Strategic plans. Member States and the Commission should aim at eliminating inequalities and at promoting equality between men and women and integrating the gender perspective, as well as at combating discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Funds should not support actions that contribute to any form of segregation, discrimination or exclusion. The objectives of the Funds should be pursued in the framework of sustainable development and in line with the Aarhus Convention and the Union's promotion of the aim of preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment and combating climate change as set out in Article 11 and Article 191(1) of the TFEU, while applying the polluter pays principle.
Amendment 571 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) The objectives of CAP Strategic plans should be pursued in the framework of the objectives set out in the European Pillar of Social rights. In order to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all, it is necessary to target support towards the overarching and legally binding 2030 Agenda of the United Nations and to contribute to the SDGs and their targets set by 2030. Member States should ensure consistency, coherence and synergies with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the SDGs, taking into account local challenges.
Amendment 611 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 626 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 b (new)
Recital 17 b (new)
Amendment 762 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Member States should be allowed to use part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments for coupled income support in order to improve competitiveness, sustainability, and/or quality in certain sectors and productions that are particularly important for social, economic or environmental reasons and undergo certain difficulties. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regardCoupled income support should respond to clear environmental or social need or benefit. In line with 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, coupled income support should not have negative effects on developing countries and should not create distortions of the internal and international market, which adversely impact on agro-food sector investment, production and processing development in partner developing countries, but should only be granted for production methods that are more animal- and/or environment-friendly than the legal minimum standard requires. Furthermore, Member States should also be allowed to use an additional part of their financial ceiling available for direct payments to grant coupled income support specifically for the support of protein crop production in order to reduce the Union's deficit in this regard while minimising the impact of the Union´s consumption of agricultural commodities on global deforestation, notably soy and oil palm products. Therefore the production of leguminous plants grown as part of a crop rotation on arable land should be supported as part of a Union-wide protein strategy aimed at decreasing import dependency on soy and animal feed from third countries.
Amendment 1101 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(b c) "concentrated animal feeding operation" means a livestock holding rearing animals at a density beyond that permitted by the area and natural resources, or carrying capacity, of the holding, or in the case of cattle and ruminants, where the animals are without access to grazing or without the appropriate amount of supporting forage hectares to support pasture- or grassland- based grazing or foraging;
Amendment 1201 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 69 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall make sure that interventions referred to in this article are distributed in a way that contributes to achieving gender equality in rural areas.
Amendment 1423 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 97 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) an explanation of how the CAP Strategic Plan ensures gender mainstreaming and contributes to the objective to achieve gender equality;
Amendment 1428 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) attract young farmers and new entrants, promote gender equality, and facilitate bsusinesstainable development of businesses in rural areas;
Amendment 1469 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) improve the response of EU agriculture to societal demands on food, farming and health, including safe, nutritious and, sustainable food, food waste,, pesticide-free food, reduced food waste, low-input and organic agriculture as well as animal welfare.;
Amendment 1508 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a Union and Member States targets 1. In line with the objectives set out in articles 5 and 6 of the regulation, the combined CAP Strategic Plans shall lead to:(a) a net increase of the numbers or farmers, agricultural workers and associated jobs in rural areas; (b) a decrease by 30% of Greenhouse Gases emissions linked to the Agricultural Sector by 2027. (c) halting and reversing the loss of biodiversity (d) halting and reversing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (e) halting and reversing the loss of pollinators, birds and insects (f) increasing the the genetic diversity both within crops and animals (g) reducing exports of living animals (h) reducing air and water pollution due to the Agricultural sector (i) maintaining and increasing the surface of permanent grassland (j) reducing the use of pesticides, in line with Directive 2009/128/EC 2. In their draft Strategic Plans, Members States shall indicate how they intend to contribute to these targets and propose precise national targets. 3. In line with the procedure outlined in Chapter III of title V, the Commission shall make sure that the the combination of national targets will allow the achievement of the Union target set out in paragraph 1, that the interventions planned by members states are sufficient to reach their national targets. In order to ensure a level-playing field, the Commission shall ensure that Member States have adopted similar national targets.
Amendment 1567 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a Promotion of equality between men and women and non-discrimination The Member States and the Commission shall ensure that equality between men and women and the integration of gender perspective are taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of CAP strategic plans, including in relation to monitoring, reporting and evaluation. The Member States and the Commission shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation during the preparation and implementation of CAP strategic plans. In particular, accessibility for persons with disabilities shall be taken into account throughout the preparation and implementation of CAP strategic plans.
Amendment 1569 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 c (new)
Article 9 c (new)
Amendment 1586 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a Global dimension of the CAP 1. In accordance with Article 208 TFEU the Union and Member States shall ensure that development cooperation objectives are taken into account in all CAP interventions, and respect the Right to Food as well as the Right to Development. 2. Member States shall ensure that CAP strategic plans contribute to the maximum extent possible to the timely achievement of the goals set in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, notably SDG 2, SDG 10, SDG 12, and SDG 13, as well as in the Paris Agreement. Therefore CAP interventions shall: (i) contribute to developing diversified and sustainable agriculture and resilient agro- ecological practices both in the Union and in partner countries; (ii) contribute to maintaining the genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, in the Union and in partner countries; (iii) contribute to harnessing the potential of small-scale farmers, small agricultural enterprises, in particular women farmers, indigenous peoples active in agricultural production and pastoralists, both in the Union and in partner countries; (iv) contribute to the development of local food systems and domestic and regional markets both in the Union and in partner countries, with the aim of minimising food import dependency and shortening food chains; (v) end trade practices that distort global trade on agricultural markets; (vi) fully integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures; (vii) respect the “Climate first, trade second” principle 3. The compliance of the CAP with Policy Coherence for Development shall be assessed on a regular basis, inter alia using data from the monitoring mechanism set out in Article 119a. The Commission shall report to the Council and to the European Parliament about the results of the assessment and the EU’s policy response.
Amendment 1745 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the requirements as defined by Member States for implementing Directive 2000/60/EC, Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2009/147/EC, Directive 2008/50/EC, Directive (EU) 2016/2284, Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, Implementing Regulations (EU) 20163/429, Article 55 of85, 2018/783, 2018/784 and 2018/785 Regulation (EU) 2016/429, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 and Directive 2009/128/EC, Directive 98/58/EC, Directive 1999/74/EC, Directive 2007/43/EC, Directive 2008/119/EC, Directive 2008/120/EC, Regulation (EC) 2008/543 and Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, while encouraging the transition to agro-ecological practices ; _________________ 30 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 1781 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f c (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point f c (new)
(f c) equal rights and opportunities for all farmers and beneficiaries, including the promotion of equality between men and women in farming and rural development
Amendment 2499 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall ensure in line with chapter III of title V that coupled support for livestock shall only be granted to farms that stay within a defined maximum livestock stocking density for a given river basin 1a. _________________ 1a As defined in Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy
Amendment 2541 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Beneficiaries shall only be eligible for coupled payments if their standards of production are higher than the relevant minimum environmental and animal welfare standards in force
Amendment 2550 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When the coupled income support concerns bovine animals or sheeps and goats, Member States may only support animals raised in a grass-fed, pasture- based grazing system and with significantly higher environmental or animal welfare results.
Amendment 2554 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The Commission and Member States shall ensure though the procedure outlined in title V of this regulation, that the CAP strategic plans contain provisions to ensure that by the end of the strategic plan programming period, the total livestock stocking density per Member State shall not exceed 0.7 livestock units per hectare.
Amendment 2555 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Concentrated animal feeding operations shall not be eligible for coupled support.
Amendment 2598 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) other sectors referred to in points (a) to (h), (k), (m), (o) to, (p), (r), (ts) and (w) of Article 1(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
Amendment 4283 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 94 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) relevant bodies representing civil society and where relevantenvironmental partners and other parts of civil society, in particular those whose activities are related to the specific objectives laid out in Article 6 of this proposal, and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, rights of persons with disabilities, gender equality and non-discrimination.
Amendment 4849 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 124 – paragraph 1
Article 124 – paragraph 1
1. Based on the performance review of the year 2026, the performance bonus withheld from a Member State’s allocation following the second paragraph of Article 123 shall be attributed to this Member State if the result indicators applied to the specific environmental- and, climate- and animal welfare related objectives set out in points (d), (e), (f) and (fi) of Article 6(1) in its CAP Strategic Plan have achieved at least 90% of their target value for the year 2025.
Amendment 5134 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Climate and environment – GAEC 5 a (new)
Annex III – Climate and environment – GAEC 5 a (new)
Requirements and standards: Maximum livestock densities within the carrying capacity of the river basin, linked to area of fodder or pasture grazing for ruminants Main objective of the standard Closed loop nutrient cycling, minimising excess nutrient losses and water pollution
Amendment 5140 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 6 – Requirements and standards
Annex III – GAEC 6 – Requirements and standards
Amendment 5159 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – GAEC 8
Annex III – GAEC 8
Amendment 5234 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 a (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 a (new)
Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens (OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 53): Articles 3 to 6
Amendment 5235 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 b (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 b (new)
Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production (OJ L 182, 12.7.2007, p. 19) Article 3
Amendment 5236 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 c (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 c (new)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97 (OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1) Article 3
Amendment 5237 #
2018/0216(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – SMR 15 d (new)
Annex III – SMR 15 d (new)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing (OJ L 303, 18.11.2009, p. 1) Articles 3 and 4
Amendment 27 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) To enhance the impact of activities in Partner Countries, synergies will be enhanced between Erasmus and instruments for EU external action, such as Neighbourhood, Development and the International Cooperation Instrument and the Instrument for the Pre-Accession Assistance.
Amendment 39 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) The Programme shall be in line with the central aim of the Paris Agreement to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by raising awareness of responsible behaviour in order to keep the global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius. Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the Union budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review process.
Amendment 48 #
2018/0191(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Member States should endeavour to adopt all appropriate measures to remove legal and administrative obstacles to the proper functioning of the Programme. This includes resolving, where possible, and without prejudice to Union law on the entry and residence of third-country nationals issues that create difficulties in obtaining visas and residence permits and other legal or administrative difficulties that could prevent access to the programme. In line with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council39 , Member States are encouraged to establish fast-track admission procedures. _________________ 39 Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 21).
Amendment 3 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for action and its annexes, adopted in the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995,
Amendment 9 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the media act as a fourth power, have the capacity to influence and ultimately shape public opinion, and whereas media is a cornerstone of democratic societies and as such it haves a duty to ensure freedom of information, diversity of opinion and media pluralism;
Amendment 11 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the relationship between women and media is one of the major areas of concern in achieving gender equality in contemporary societies; whereas the eroticisation of violence and objectification of women in the media have a negative effect on the fight for the eradication of violence against women;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the media have a significant impact on how social and cultural gender norms governing both women and men are formed and evolve, and constitute an important industry of economic value, directly employing over one millihave a strong influence in the configuration of the subjectivity of the audience by perpetuating unequal and unhealthy corporal paradigms and ideas of masculinity and femininity; whereas media has a crucial role to play in portraying LGBTI individuals in a non- people inrejudiced way and in promoting acceptance towards the EUm;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the representation of women in advertising and the way products target potential consumers tend to perpetuate traditional gender norms;
Amendment 31 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas gender pay and pension gaps are a persistent problem in the EU, and are evident in different economic sectors, including the media; whereas the gender pay gap in the media sector is of 17%;
Amendment 38 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas public media organisations in the Member States are able tocan establish their own equality policies, which leads to a wide spectrum of practices in the EU: from very comprehensive policy frameworks covering media content and providing for a balanced representation of men and women in decision-making bodies, to there being no such policy in place;
Amendment 43 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas research has shown that only 4% of news coverage is against stereotypical portrayal; whereas women account for only 23% of the people we hear or read about in the news; whereas around 37 % of stories from both online and offline news sources are reported by women, a situation which has demonstrated no prospect of improvement in the past ten years8 ; whereas women are mostly asked to provide a popular opinion (41 %) or personal experience (38 %) and are seldom quoted as experts (just 17 % of stories); whereas research has also shown that less than one in five experts or commentators are women (18 %)9 ; __________________ 8 Lenka Vochocová, FEMM public hearing ‘Gender equality in the media sector in the EU’, 26 June 2017, recording available at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep- live/en/committees/video?event=20170626 -1500-COMMITTEE-FEMM 9 Global Media Monitoring project, regional report for Europe (2015), available at http://cdn.agilitycms.com/who- makes-the- news/Imported/reports_2015/regional/Euro pe.pdf
Amendment 46 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas there are many women in the media working at a top professional level who are just as appreciated by society as their male counterparts and who include renowned film makers, journalists and reporters; whereas although they perform equally well as men, they may bare more vulnerable and exposed to risks and dangersexposed to gender-based violence and workplace discrimination;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas women are not highly disproportionately under-represented in the news and information media and are even less visible in the domains of sport, politics, the economy and finances, notwithstanding the variety of media outlets across the Member States; whereas historical women are almost not present in related media content such as biographic documentaries;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas women writing in social media meet increasing levels of harassment; whereas this harassment has the potential of silencing women´s voice and weakens their participation in society;
Amendment 68 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that although women are overrepresented in this field at a graduate level and constitute a substantial workforce, they are underrepresented in management and top-level positions; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to unlock the Directive on Women on Boards, which has been on hold in the Council since 2013;
Amendment 72 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the fact that the representation of women in public service media in the EU is low on average, in both strategic and operational high-level posts and on boards (in 2017: 35.8 % for executive posts, 37.7 % for non-executive posts and 33.3 % as board members)10 ; ; __________________ 10 Gender Equality in Power and Decision- Making. Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States, 2017 (Source: EIGE Gender Statistics Database – Women and Men in Decision-Making).
Amendment 78 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States, in conjunction with equality bodies, to focus on theully implementation of the existing legislation addressing equality between women and men, and to encourage regulatory bodies to pay attention to women’s presence and advancedevelop, in case it has not been done yet, legislation focusing on non- stereotypical media content which also ensures equal presence of woment in the media sector and to non-stereotypical media content, including in management positions;
Amendment 96 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that while any regulatory action of sexism and stereotypical gender portrayals in media content is a prerogative of the Member States and subjecte Commission’s obligation to gender mainstreaming each EU policy and programme related to duthe considermmunications of the principle of freedom of expression, editorial freedom should not serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of womensector; recalls the prohibition of sex-based discrimination in media under the Audiovisual Services Directive; recalls that editorial freedom should not serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women and LGBTI individuals and that efforts should be made to promote positive role models that challenge traditional gender norms;
Amendment 101 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the role of media as agent of social change and its influence in the configuration of public opinion and calls on Member States to promote contents on gender equality in public media; encourages public and private media to mainstream gender equality in all their content and to use non-sexist language; encourages broadcasting organizations to adopt an equality plan for both its internal structure and content production;
Amendment 102 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that economic arguments cannot be an excuse to perpetuate gender stereotyping in media content;
Amendment 106 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to promote media literacy and educational initiatives on media with a gender approach to all relevant stakeholders, including children, parents, teachers, social workers, child protection officers, civil organisations and national authorities;
Amendment 108 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers that gender equality should be a compulsory module at universities of communication and journalism studies in order to ensure a long term impact; calls on national and European institutions to promote and fund gender trainings for media professionals, including the use of non- sexist language and avoiding gender stereotypes in the media; stresses that special attention needs to be paid to training on how media reports on cases of violence against women;
Amendment 109 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Considers that gender equality in education must include a range of issues, such as literacy including media-literacy, bullying including cyber-bullying, violence against LGBTI, hate speech, human rights and civic education; underlines that prevention measures should cover technology related aspects in particular, with a view to ensuring a safer internet and digital literacy as well as media literacy; calls upon Member States to adopt provisions to apply measures of protection, such as encryption and parental control;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Rrecommends that regulations issued by media and communication regulatory authorities set out criteria to ensure stereotype-free portrayals of women and girls andin particular concerning those from under-represented groups, as well as gender non-conforming persons. These regulations should also include the possibility of removing offensive content; recommends that specialist organisations, such as national equality bodies and women’s NGOs, are involved in monitoring the implementation of these regulations;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages the media and advertising sectors to safeguard the dignity of minor and adult women in their productions, through co-regulatory mechanisms, internal codes of conduct and other actions;
Amendment 127 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that public and private media organisations adopt internal polices which include anti-harassment measures, maternity, paternity or non- transferable parental leave schemes, and employee-oriented flexible working arrangements and mentorship and management training programmes for womenwhich ensure an equal distribution of childcare, as well as mentorship and management training programmes for women; deplores that the Commission has not submitted yet a reform of the Maternity Leave Directive dating from 1992;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to conduct further research on the participation of women in senior positions in the media; calls for the improvement of the collection of disaggregated data, in cooperation with EIGE, especially concerning the new social media technologies in order to develop methodologies to prevent gender-based violence and harassment in social media, commends the EIGE for its work in the field and invites it to continue to monitor the relevant set of indicators;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on sexism in advertising which ensures that the image of women is not used in a stereotypical, degrading or discriminatory way;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on Member States to create a special body that will be available to give advice on how to avoid sexism in advertisement campaigns;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A a (new)
Recital - A a (new)
-Aa. whereas indigenous women face a complex system of mutually reinforcing human rights abuses that derive from intersecting forms of vulnerability, including discrimination based on gender, class, ethnic origins, violations of rights of self-determination and control of resources;
Amendment 3 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A b (new)
Recital - A b (new)
-Ab. whereas it has been estimated that one in three indigenous women are raped during their lifetime; whereas indigenous women are more likely to experience different forms of sexual violence and have been victims of harassment, extortion and rape also by state officials and in the context of business activities, particularly of extractive industries, on indigenous lands; whereas there is significant underreporting of these crimes;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A c (new)
Recital - A c (new)
-Ac. whereas indigenous women face barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights, including lack of sexual and reproductive health advice, lack of access to facilities and supplies and legislation banning abortion even in cases of rape, leading to high levels of maternity mortality, teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A d (new)
Recital - A d (new)
-Ad. whereas indigenous women face widespread impunity regarding the violations of their rights, especially due to the denial of their right to remedy, the lack of monitoring mechanisms and gender-disaggregated data;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A e (new)
Recital - A e (new)
-Ae. whereas indigenous peoples´ lands and territories tend to be also areas of high biological diversity and therefore need to be subject to special protection;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A f (new)
Recital - A f (new)
-Af. whereas the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides that indigenous peoples need to be consulted and their free, informed and prior consent given to any measure affecting their lands and territories; whereas the implementation of this principle requires full participation of indigenous women in these processes;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A g (new)
Recital - A g (new)
-Ag. whereas the establishment of big infrastructure projects without the free, informed and prior consent of indigenous peoples has led to systematic violations of indigenous land rights and self- determination which have disproportionately affected indigenous women;
Amendment 10 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital - A h (new)
Recital - A h (new)
-Ah. whereas even though indigenous female human rights defenders are vital for the protection of women in indigenous communities, their activities have been criminalised and they have been object to different forms of violence, including harassment, rape and murder;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on all states to legally recognise the rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral territories; stresses the special connection between indigenous women and their ancestral territories, especially in relation to traditional practices for the sustainable management of natural resources, the model of community support and resilience, which hold lessons for other communities that cannot be lost; expresses its deep concern about the consequences of land grabbing and resource extraction on indigenous communities, particularly on indigenous women, leading to situations of poverty, exclusion, violations of human rights including gender-based violence, abuses and exploitation;
Amendment 23 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the direct impact that climate change has on indigenous women, forcing them to abandon their traditional practices or to be displaced, with the consequent risk of experiencing violence, abuse and exploitation; calls on all states and international organisations to actively include indigenous women in the design and implementation of climate mitigation and adaptation policies;
Amendment 33 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on all states to ensure the free, informed and prior consent of indigenous peoples to all projects that may affect them, and to ensure that the rights of indigenous peoples, including land-related rights, are respected and protected throughout the process; calls for the European Union to ensure that this consent is required for all European companies who pursue activities in third countries;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all states to ensure that indigenous peoples, in particular women, have access to judicial mechanisms in cases of corporate violations of their rights, and that private forms of remedy that do not ensure effective access to justice are not legitimised; calls on all states to recruit more women as part of their judicial systems in order to break the patriarchal system that is generally present in those structures; stresses the need to put in place the necessary mechanisms to avoid that indigenous women are treated in a discriminatory way, including appropriate interpretation services and legal assistance;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for EU legislation introducing due diligence obligations based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines to ensure respect for human rights, including indigenous women’s rights, and adequate social and environmental standards; calls for binding and enforceable provisions on human, labour and environmental rights in EU trade agreements that put a specific emphasis on the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly women;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on all states, including the EU and its Member States, to ensure the access to high quality health services and rights, particularly sexual and reproductive health services and rights, for indigenous women and girls;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on all states to ensure the preservation of indigenous peoples´ cultural diversity by developing in collaboration with indigenous peoples, particularly women, materials for education systems and capacity building programmes to increase awareness about indigenous peoples´ culture, traditions, languages and rights; calls on all states to include this type of materials and capacity building programmes as part of the training of public officials, including police, judiciary and health personnel;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on all states to take the necessary measures to ensure that state authorities refrain from making public statements or declarations that stigmatise and undermine the legitimate role played by indigenous women in protecting their territory in the context of land grabbing and resource extraction, and encourages public recognition of the important role they play in democratic societies;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Calls on all states, including the EU and its Member States, to collect gender-disaggregated data on the situation of indigenous women, including with regards to recognition and access to land rights, violence against women and food security;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to ensure that adequate funding is allocated for the support of indigenous human rights defenders, in particular women, notably under the EIDHR.ondemns the criminalisation and prosecution of indigenous women human rights defenders; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to commit specific EU funds for the safeguard of territories of community protection and to ensure that adequate funding is allocated for the support of indigenous human rights defenders, in particular women, notably under the EIDHR and the Protect Defenders mechanism; urges the EU Delegations in relevant countries to monitor closely the situation of indigenous women human rights defenders and to provide all appropriate support;
Amendment 53 #
2017/2206(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the COM and EEAS to design and implement programmes that address the specific and collective rights of indigenous peoples, including their right to non- discrimination as well as land-related rights;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Whereas parties under the Paris Agreement (COP 21) have committed to respect and promote human rights, namely gender equality and empowerment of women, when taking action to address climate change;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that gender disparities in the ownership of and access to resources (such as land, credit and technology), coupled with sociocultural barriers, increase the exposure of those resources to climatic risks; for instance, notes with concern that climatic stress on water and forest resources often leads to women having to travel longer distances for a longer time to fetch water or wood, limiting accordingly their economic perspectives;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that the role of women ‘as agents of change to drive climate decisions and investment, and to benefit from them accordingly, has so far been modest; considers that a paradigm shift is needed that puts gender concerns at the centre of climate management efforts and investments; in particular, deplores that women are underrepresented in the key climate-change related sectors of science - such as energy, engineering, transportation, information technology (IT) and computing – as skilled workers, professionals or decision-makers;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to make climate finance gender-responsive; welcomes the recent progress in multilateral finance mechanisms in terms of gender policy; welcomes equally private sector’s initiatives which aim to enhance their corporate social responsibility by paying a premium for projects that add sustainable criteria, including promoting livelihoods and educational opportunities for women; notes, however, that only 0.01% of all worldwide funding supports projects address both climate change and women’s rights, according to UNDP; encourages the private sector and other climate finance mechanisms at national and global level to engage in gender mainstreaming during all phases of the project cycle, namely design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 21 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Deems that the three financial mechanisms under the UNFCCC - the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Adaptation Fund (AF) should unlock additional finance for more gender- responsive climate investment policy;
Amendment 22 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Urges the need to identify and promote programmatic approaches that have been proven to be gender-responsive such as Population, Health and Environment Programmes (PHE) (among others), that provide an integrated solution to health, gender and environmental challenges, including climate change response and contribute to the achievement of the respective SDGs.
Amendment 24 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that women’s empowerment is central to the achievement of the SDGs; notes with concern that gender- based barriers exist in international and national policy processes on climate change; urges the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to mainstream gender into their climate policies and development cooperation; in particular, urges the EU to make development aid conditional to the inclusion of human rights-based and gender-sensitive climate change policy criteria;
Amendment 28 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the collection of sex- disaggregated data and gender statistics are a preliminary step towards conducting proper gender analysis on climate change; but notes that in many countries, gender statistics on environment are lacking; calls for the EU to upgrade capacity- building in developing countries’' national statistical systems , for the purposes of collecting gender statistics on the environment; in particular, calls on the OECD to improve data collection (such as data on resilience and vulnerability post- disaster) and further gender analysis of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms and its impacts;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes with concern that although they predominate in world food production (50 to 80%), women own less than 20% of land, according to UNDP; notes that increasing commercial demands on and for land are also creating challenges for poor women to gain or retain secure and equitable land access;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the adoption of the SDG places Policy Coherence for Development at the core of Agenda 2030; urges the EU to frame its energy policy according to these principles; notes with concern that European measures intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and emissions from transport in the EU have led to increased demand for biofuels, a demand that can be met only by importing the latter from developing countries; underlines that it results in land use changes, which affect vulnerable people, especially women; calls on the EU to address these concerns in the ongoing reform of the Renewable Energy Directive;
Amendment 37 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that forests support the livelihoods of 1.6 billion people and 80% of all terrestrial biodiversity and help absorb 30% of carbon emissions;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the pivotal role of forests in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation, the delivery of ecosystem services and the safeguarding of livelihoods; notes however that while women in forest-dependent communities contribute considerably to the management of forests, they do not often benefit from forest-related investments and are excluded in relevant decision making; stresses the critical role that gender equality and women’s empowerment play in the long-term success of REDD+; considers that REDD+ action should address structural inequalities around land and forest tenure;
Amendment 45 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that decentralised sustainable energy technologies increasingly become the most cost- effective energy options for the poor; calls for supporting women’s entrepreneurship in the energy sector so as to reduce their time dedicated to unpaid domestic and care work;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. SRecalls that in most developing countries women are the primary household energy managers and can also be powerful agents of change in the transition to sustainable energy; stresses the need to address the gender- differentiated investment risk in energy in order to accelerate universal access to energy;
Amendment 50 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. SRecalls that women are generally more affected by climate-related disasters than men because of underlying gender inequalities and discrimination; stresses the need to address the gender- differentiated investment risk in energy in order to accelerate universal access to energy;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Reiterates that Member States have obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women to take concrete steps to address the gender- related dimensions of disasters in a changing climate through i.e. the adoption of targeted, country-specific policies, strategies, legislation, budget;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes the Commission’s call for proposals on "Women & Sustainable Energy" making €20 million available to implement activities promoting women's entrepreneurship in the sustainable energy sector in developing countries and encourages the Commission to increase this amount in the following editions;
Amendment 57 #
2017/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for the identification and reinforcement of specific gender sensitive strategies that support the gender and social dimensions references by the global climate authority- the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This includes their reference to voluntary, rights-based family planning as a potential adaptation strategy.
Amendment 170 #
2017/2084(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission and the Member States to assist EU regions in taking coordinated steps to incentivise energy innovation at local and trans- regional level with the aim of developing coherent strategies; stresses that particular focus should be put on regions faced with the challenges of phasing-out lignite and coal generation and mining industries; underlines the need for assisting them in the development of inclusive, local just transition strategies and addressing societal, socio-economic and environmental impacts along with the reconversion of sites; inclusive stakeholder processes should develop how best to attract alternative new and innovative businesses and start-ups or industries with the aim of building a sustainable regional economy and boost peoples´ dignity, and to replace electricity generation capacity with renewables or energy efficiency solutions; calls for research and innovation policies to focus on how to revitalise concerned regions in terms of sustainable employment and growth perspectives, in particular where retiring lignite or coal-generating capacity is linked to mining activities;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2027(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that sinceRecalls that the European Union is the largest donor of aid to the LAC region, withdrawing it, including aid to middle-income countries, would be a backward step; notes that despite improvements in some countries, the region remains the most unequal in thate would impede the region’s future development; calls on the Commission and Council to make an unambiguous commitment with LAC (particularly MSME) to leave no one behind and alleviate the impact on countries that have recently achieved middle-income status or are in a process of transition towards itrld, while reducing socio-economic disparities between the urban, rural and the more remote areas is also a key challenge to address; calls on the Commission and Council to make the fight against poverty, inequality, exclusion and discrimination –especially of women and minority ethnic groups–, as well as the promotion of social cohesion and human rights, a key priority of the EU-LA strategic association;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2027(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to identify the instruments available and endow them with sufficient resources to help LAC to address the challenges facing it and to prepare itself for a possible future reduction in official development assistance (ODA); recalls that achieving fiscal equity is crucial to tackle inequality, to increase levels of social cohesion and to respond to growing social demand for quality public services; calls on the EU to upgrade its support on fiscal and public finance management reforms as a base for the state to provide high quality public services for social equity;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2027(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers it unsustainable that Latin America loses more money every year in servicing external debt than it receives in official development assistance; supports, therefore, the initiative taken by Latin American countries to create a framework agreement for sovereign debt restructuring facilitated by the United Nations;
Amendment 29 #
2017/2027(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes with concern that land grabs in LAC during the past decade are linked to the agrofood-feed-fuel complex as well as climate change mitigation strategies (i.e. placing forests under the carbon- offset programme as in the case of REDD+); notes equally that rising regional and international demands for minerals and fossil fuels have led to large scale mining concessions which can impact upon land rights of communities; calls on the LAC Member States to recognise all legitimate rights to land, including informal, indigenous and customary tenure rights, in line with the FAO Tenure Guidelines, and to abide by the free, prior and informed consent of the local people affected by land deals;
Amendment 41 #
2017/2027(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of looking into ways of increasing the involvement of the private sector, within a framework upholding human, environmental and labour rights and in which investors sign up to and apply the United Nations principles for responsible investment; welcomes, in this context, the drafting of a binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights; deems that such Treaty could be used as an instrument to establish binding obligations on States to reform trade and investment agreements so as to mitigate their potential negative impact on human rights and to regulate the relationship between the two regimes in case of conflict;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2027(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that LAC is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, a majority of which are attributable to climate change; calls on the Commission and the LAC countries to tackle the underlying causes and to take climate-resilience measureRecalls that reconciling environmental sustainability with economic development is a major challenge in Latin America, where environment is being heavily affected by biodiversity loss, deforestation, land degradation, water pollution, etc. with direct consequences on the poorest; points out that LAC is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, a majority of which are attributable to climate change; calls on the Commission and the LAC countries to tackle the underlying causes and to take climate-resilience measures, including through the support of agro-ecological farming practises (such as crop diversification, maintaining local genetic diversity, soil organic management, water conservation, etc.) that will strengthen the resilience of farmers;
Amendment 66 #
2017/2027(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls the commitments agreed by the EU in the EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) 2013 and 2015 Action Plans regarding the eradication of violence against women, and expresses its concern about the lack of implementation of chapter 7 thereof on the promotion of gender equality; calls on the Member States and the EEAS to cooperate and allocate economic and institutional resources to assure the fulfilment of the recommendations on the promotion of gender equality agreed in the action plans, especially regarding the eradication of all forms of violence, in accordance with the Belem de Pará Convention, the Istanbul Convention and the CEDAW Convention;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU and the Member States to ensure that the objectives of the SDGs, in particular Goal 5 on gender equality, the Gender Action Plan 2016- 2020 (GAP II), the Strategic engagement for equality between women and men 2016-2019, and Aid for Trade are fully reflected and implemented in EU foreign policies;
Amendment 18 #
2017/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes with concern that many difficulties remain to assess the relationship between trade and gender, due to a number of factors, including a lack of data; stresses the need to better understand the gender dynamics associated to trade agreements, which requires to use sex-disaggregated statistics in every single sector of the economy concerned;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that data used in trade impact assessment should be sector-based since the impacts of trade liberalisation vary from one sector to the other; notes that it could impact women negatively in sectors such as agriculture and food processing; in this respect, although they predominate in world food production (50 to 80%), women own less than 20% of land, hence, increasing commercial demands on and for land are also creating challenges for poor women to gain or retain secure and equitable land access;
Amendment 35 #
2017/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that a gender analysis should not only be limited to employment effects, but encompass public provision of social services; notes in this respect that the reduction of tax revenue of developing countries through tariff cuts could have a negative impact on the rights of women, as it could result in reducing the capacity of states to fund social services;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2015(INI)
4. Reiterates its concerns about the possiblStresses the risk that a reduction of state capacity to uphold human rights could have a disproportionate effect on the more vulnerable groups, including women; urges the EU to ensure that trade and investment treaties do not lead to the privatisation of baspublic services resulting from trade and investment agreements,, that could lead to gender inequality; and highlights that the issue of public provision of social services is especially salient for gender equality, given that changes in access to such services, and their quality, creates a gender-uneven distribution of unpaid care work;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance to adapt trade policies to support national efforts in order to comply with the Paris Agreement, bearing in mind that women are the first victims of climate change;
Amendment 12 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to United Nations Security Council resolutions on women, peace and security 1325 (2000);1820 (2009);1888 (2009);1889 (2010);1960 (2011);2106 (2013);2122 (2013) and 2242 (2015),
Amendment 25 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the principle of equality between women and men is enshrined in the EU Treaty and gender mainstreaming shall be promoimplemented in all EU activities as enshrined in Article 8 TFEU so as to deliver equality in practice;
Amendment 36 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas it is difficult to determine the budget allocated to actions pursuing gender equality as gender mainstreaming is not yet internalised in all budget allocations and spending decisions as part of a gender budgeting methodology;whereas according to the Commission EU financial commitments to gender equality have increased but the Commission’s and the EEAS’s human resource capacity to manage this increasing volume of work did not;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas gender equality tends to be absent from programme and project monitoring systems and evaluation processes and whereas gender analysis is hardly used in order to inform country strategy objectives, programmes, projects and dialogue;
Amendment 48 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the release in August 2017 of the first annual implementation report for the year 2016, which demonstrates a clearertain momentum towards the implementation of the GAP II;
Amendment 52 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the concept of gender mainstreaming is still often poorly understood and that qualitative reporting which would allow an evaluation of the implementation of the Gender Action Plan into existing policies and projects is lacking;welcomes the efforts made in providing training to some implementing actors;
Amendment 74 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the expansion of the gender action plan to all EU external services and to the member states and notes the impoa certaint progress in shifting EU institutional cultureachieved at headquarters and delegation levels; reiterates however the need for continued improvements in coherence and coordination among EU institutions and member states while using the existing structures and budget;
Amendment 81 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Positively notes the practical steps towards culture change: placing the overall responsibility for reporting on the GAP lying with the head of delegation, an increased number of high level staff involved in the implementation of the GAP II and the appointment of an increasing number of gender champions and gender focal points in EU delegations; regrets however that only 20% of the gender focal point positions are covered and that no gender champions have been reported from fragile and conflict states; calls for more management level time to be dedicated to gender and for the remaining delegations to appoint their gender focal points. All gender focal points should be given sufficient time and capacity to carry out their tasks;
Amendment 94 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes that only a few recurrent components of gender equality are applied in programming and project selection;calls on implementing actors to use the whole scope of gender equality;
Amendment 96 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Strongly regrets that, as per the European Parliament's study assessment on the implementation of the GAP II, current programming appears to side-line the gender dimension in situations of crisis or difficult conflicts;and that, among other outcomes, this has meant that girls and women victims of war rape do not have access to non-discriminatory care, specifically comprehensive medical care, including abortion, despite the GAP II aiming to empower women to have control over their sexual and reproductive life;
Amendment 99 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Regrets that in a context of shrinking civil society space Objective 18 focusing on women’s rights organisations and women’s human rights defenders is receiving little attention;is concerned that the thematic priority on political and civil rights, specifically the participation of women and girls in political and civil rights, has been given little priority in GAP II implementation;
Amendment 115 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for strengthening human resource capacity dedicated to gender mainstreaming within the Commission services through tailored training and, rearrangement of the existing structures and additional staff; suggests that increased staff training as well as a gender focal point per unit and a gender coordination group across units in DG DEVCO, DG NEAR, DGECHO and the EEAS would better help to mainstream gender across the external policy units;
Amendment 118 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Welcomes the guidance note of 8 March 2016 that outlines the resources and tools for the implementation of GAP II that applies to DG DEVCO and EEAS and calls for the implementation of a guidance note for all the European services involved in the implementation of GAP II;
Amendment 119 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls on the Commission to systematically implement the GAP II, including in humanitarian settings where it must provide non-discriminatory access to medical services, in line with international humanitarian law;calls once again on the Commission to actively inform its humanitarian partners that the Commission's policy foresees that, in cases where the pregnancy threatens a woman’s or a girl’s life or causes unbearable suffering, international humanitarian law and/or international human rights law may justify offering a safe abortion rather than perpetuating what amounts to inhumane treatment;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the link between trade and gender is not sufficiently addressed in the GAP II; recalls in this respect that negotiation of trade agreements could be used as an effective tool for advancing equality between women and men and calls for all EU trade agreements to include referenclabour rights chapters and specific clauses ton women’s rights and gender equality;
Amendment 131 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the EEAS to promote the role of women as peace-builders, to encourage women’s participation in leadership and decision-making process, and to place these tasks at the core of the EU Global Strategy and Political Dialogues, particularly when it comes to conflict prevention and promoting human rights and democratic reform in post- conflict reconstruction;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Welcomes the thematic priority on economic and social Empowerment and the analysis of barriers in accessing productive resources including land and the corresponding activities;reiterates that while the EU has committed to investing in gender equality in agriculture, women farmers are not primary targets of agricultural ODA and calls on the EU and its Member States to allocate more resources to women farmers, in line with Objective 5 of the GAP II;
Amendment 135 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Strongly encourages the institutions to substantially improve the ratio of women Heads of Delegations, which is now 28 women out of 138 EU delegations, and the ratio of women Heads of Missions, which is now 5 out of 17;
Amendment 146 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls for the establishment of a sanction system for EU delegations lacking commitment in the GAP implementation;
Amendment 149 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Notes that adequate funding on gender equality in external relations will be necessary to sustain political commitment to this goal;stresses that current funding for gender equality and women’s empowerment actions remain inadequate and urges to reverse this situation in the next MFF;
Amendment 150 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Strongly condemns the reinstatement and expansion of the Global Gag Rule and its impact on women’s and girls’ global health care and rights;reiterates its call on the EU, together with its Member States, to fill the financing gap left by the US in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights, using EU development funding;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the importance of using gender mainstreaming inobligation under the treaties to apply gender mainstreaming in all EU activities, including political dialogues and across sectorial policy dialogues;
Amendment 167 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Notes that gender mainstreaming training is taking place only in some delegations and that large parts of the staff trained had contractual status with temporary assignments;calls on the EU delegations to fix this situation;
Amendment 169 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the importance of conducting systematic gender analysis, using sex-disaggregated data, with the participation of local CSOs and women’s groups; welcomes that 42 country gender analyses have been completed and encourages rapid completion for all other countries; encourages the EU to explore possibilities for sharing and managing gender analysis in a more systematic manner to help improve coordination and a far higher use of gender equality criteria in programme and project monitoring systems and evaluation processes and for gender analysis to play a role in defining country strategy objectives, programmes, projects and dialogue; encourages the EU to explore possibilities for sharing and managing gender analysis in a more systematic manner to help improve coordination and not to limit gender analysis to obvious policy fields like education and maternal health, but to consider as well policy fields, which are currently wrongly considered to be gender neutral notably agriculture, climate or energy;
Amendment 198 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages European Parliament delegations in their work with their partner countries to enquire systematically about gender programming and work on promoting gender equality as well as women’s empowerment and to include meetings with women organisations (women business organisations, organisations representing female workers, organisations defending human and women rights, etc.) in the mission programmes;
Amendment 206 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the European Parliament to ensure a better gender-balanced composition of members taking part in its delegations;
Amendment 213 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls on the Commission to collect gender-disaggregated data in the implementation of EU financed programmes on women’s empowerment;
Amendment 215 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Recalls, however, that engendering data is more than collecting gender- disaggregated data and calls for the improvement of data collection in order to be able to make a qualitative analysis of women’s situation, for example, regarding working conditions;
Amendment 216 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Stresses the need to improve the reliability of the gender analysis by harmonising the data collected by EU delegations in a manner to make it comparable;
Amendment 217 #
2017/2012(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Points that international and national partners, academia, think tanks, and women’s organisations should not only be consulted but their input and expertise should also feed into the monitoring of EU financed activities and programmes on gender equality;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (‘Victims’ Rights Directive’) seeks to place the victim of a crime at the centre of the criminal justice system, and aims to strengthen the rights of victims of crime so that any victim can rely on the same level of rights, no matter where the offence took place or, their nationality or residence status;
Amendment 35 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is still a systematic underreporting of incidences or perpetrators of domestic violence in the EU, particularly in cases involving minorities, migrants, people with dependent or precarious residence status, LGBTI persons, antisemitic offences, domestic and gender-based violence, trafficking and forced labour victims;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas even if under Article 1 of the Directive all victims of crime are granted equal rights without discrimination, in reality most Member States have not put in place policies or processes to ensure that undocumented victims can safely report labour exploitation, gender-based violence, and other forms of abuse without the risk of immigration penalties, perpetuating their vulnerability to abuse and impunity for perpetrators; whereas due to the lack of these policies or processes, crimes go unreported and make society less safe; whereas this reality disproportionately affects women and girls, who are also more exposed to trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 49 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas victims are often not well informed of the process and its outcomes; whereas all too often victims are unexpectedly informed of the release of an offender through media or other external factors;
Amendment 58 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 4
Recital I – indent 4
- ensuring equal accessibility for allto all victims, including persons with disabilities, LGBTI persons and child victims, to victim support services, particularly in the cases of LGBT victims of gender- based violence, including sexual violence, , and victims of hate crimes and honour- related crimes;
Amendment 60 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 4
Recital I – indent 4
- ensuring equal accessibility for all victims to victim support services, particularly in the cases ofand specialist support services, including in the cases of gender-based violence victims, LGBTI victims and victims of hate crimes and honour- related crimes;
Amendment 61 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I – indent 4
Recital I – indent 4
- ensuring equal accessibility for all victims to victim support services, particularly in the cases of LGBT victims and victims of hate crimes and honour- related crimes, regardless of their residence status;
Amendment 82 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
- weak links in the victim support system, including lack of sufficient access to legal aid and compensation and inconsistent referral mechanisms,
Amendment 83 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
- shortcomings in victim support services, including weak links in the victim support system and inconsistent referral mechanisms,
Amendment 86 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 4 – indent 3 a (new)
- the absence of measures taken to ensure that the lack of or uncertain residence status poses no barrier to victims´ ability to assert their right to safely report crime, obtain protection, services and justice under the directive;
Amendment 103 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that EU citizens and third country nationals not residentshould enjoy the same level of rights in the EU country where they fall victim to a crime should enjoy the same level of rights as a resident and/or nationals as a resident and/or national, regardless of their residence status, and that victims of criminal offences committed in a Member State other than the one in which the victim resides can lodge their complaint to the competent authorities of the Member State of residence; notes, however, that this right is often undermined by the uncertainty of Member States provisions on extraterritoriality;
Amendment 107 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on Member States to put in place measures that ensure that undocumented victims can safely report crime without the risk of immigration penalties, and obtain access to services (including shelters and other specialist services),protection and support, without discrimination;
Amendment 108 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Calls on Member State to enact legislation that provides avenues for undocumented victims, or victims with dependent residence status, to exit situations of abuse by making it possible to obtain independent residence status; and urges the European Commission to encourage and facilitate the exchange and evaluation of existing good practices among member states, which integrates the perspectives of victims and civil society;
Amendment 115 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the fact that individual assessments are crucial as they help the victim realise that he or she has certainto empowering all victims by informing them of their rights, and the right to make decisions, from the very beginning of the legal proceedings;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all individual assessments are gender sensitive and to pay particular attention to the individual assessment of minors and of child victims of human trafficking;
Amendment 141 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide gender sensitive training programmes and guidelines for law practitioners, police officers, prosecutors and judge, judges and health professionals to ensuring that they are better able to execute individual assessments without delay once a crime has taken place, to avoid further victimisation or secondary victimisation experienced by victims of crime and to empower victims, as a means of reducing post-traumatic stress; stresses that such training should also be included in education programmes and that compulsory training should be available, on a regular basis, to all professionals involved in dealing with victims of crime, in order to develop a victim-oriented mind- set; trainings should include guidance on how to ensure the victims' right to be protected from coercion, abuse and violence and the right to respect their body and mental health integrity;
Amendment 142 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide training programmes and guidelines for law practitioners, police officers, prosecutors and judges to ensuring that they are better able to execute individual assessments without delay once a crime has taken place, to avoid further victimisation or secondary victimisation experienced by victims of crime and to empower victims, as a means of reducing post-traumatic stress; stresses that such training should also be included in education programmes and that compulsory training should be available, on a regular basis, to all professionals involved in dealing with victims of crime, in order to develop a victim-oriented mind- setparticularly social workers and civil society organisations, in order to develop a victim-oriented mind-set; stresses that the training must be gender-sensitive and that it should emphasise non-discrimination as a cornerstone of the Directive;
Amendment 159 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to provide measures – such as facilities for submitting complaints online or the removal of financial charges – that would facilitate the victim’s ability to lodge a complaint and obtain ofa copy of that complaint, and that ensure that undocumented victims can lodge complaints without the risk of immigration-related consequences;
Amendment 196 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to guarantee assistance to victims from victim support services before, during and after criminal proceedings, including psychological support; deplores the fact that in some countries, governments rely heavily on NGOs to provide key support services to victims (‘volunteerism’), commends the work of these NGOs and calls on Member States to make available adequate resources to support their important work;
Amendment 197 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States to guarantee assistance to victims from victim support services before, during and after criminal proceedings, including psychological support; deplores th and health care and to ensure a gender perspective factross all support services; deplores that in some countries, governments rely heavily on NGOs to provide’s for the provision of key support services to victims (‘volunteerism’);
Amendment 200 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on all Member States to tackle impunity at all times and to work in a cross-sectoral way to identify and address systemic factors that contribute to repeat victimisation of people in situations of vulnerability and/or who face high levels of discrimination, as not doing so could have a severe impact the psychological recovery process of the victim;
Amendment 208 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to guarantee support services such as trauma support and counselling and access to necessary healthcare, including sexual and reproductive health as a part of targeted support for victims withho have specific needs, such as children,women and people with disabilities;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Member States to guarantee support services such as trauma support and counselling as a part of targeted support for victims with specific needs, such as children and, people with disabilities and victims of exploitation;
Amendment 246 #
2016/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls on the Member States to implement, properly and in full cooperation with the Commission and other relevant actors, including civil society, all provisions of the Victims’ Rights Directive;
Amendment 8 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft report
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for obligatory gender impact assessments to be included in any analysis of global value chains, including the gender dimension of available environmental impact assessments;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that sustainable agriculture, food security and sustainable forest management are core objectives of the SDGs; notes with concern that palm oil is an important driver of deforestation, particularly in Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Liberia, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Columbia and Peru; recalls that forests are essential for climate-change adaptation and mitigation;
Amendment 2 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Highlights the low deforestation rates of indigenous lands with secured customary systems of tenure and resource management, which has high potential for cost-effective reduction of emissions and securing global ecosystem services; calls for utilization of international climate and development funds to secure indigenous and community lands and to support indigenous peoples and communities who invest in protecting their lands.
Amendment 3 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. Recalls that poor rural women are especially dependent on forest resources for their subsistence; stresses the necessity to mainstream gender in national forest policies and institutions, so as to promote i.e. the equal access of women to the ownership of land and other resources;
Amendment 4 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that agriculture remains the most significant driver of global deforestation and that around half of all tropical deforestation since 2000 has been due to illegal conversion of forests for commercial agriculture which may also entail a conflict risk; Calls for improved coordination of forest, agriculture, land use and rural development policies with a view to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the climate change commitments;
Amendment 7 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes with concern that the global rush for land is driven by increasing global demand for biofuel and raw materials, speculation on land and agricultural commodities; underlines the ECA's Special Report N° 18/2016 conclusion that the EU certification system for the sustainability of biofuels is not fully reliable; calls on the EU Institutions to include as part of the reform of the Renewable Energy Directive specific verification procedures regarding land tenure conflicts, forced/child labour, poor working conditions for farmers and dangers to health and safety in in its voluntary scheme; likewise, calls on the EU to take into account the impact of ILUC and to include social responsibility requirements in the reform of the RED;
Amendment 11 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls on the EU to establish a binding regulatory framework to ensure that all agricultural commodity importers' supply chains are traceable to the origin of the raw material;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the EU is a major importer of products resulting from illegal deforestation; calls for the immediate termination of EU subsidies for biofuels produced from food crops and for a phase- out of such fuels; stresses the inadequacy of voluntary certification schemes, such as the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), in addressing land grabs and human rights violations; calls for binding regulations on agricultural commodity importers’ supply chainon the private sector and other stakeholders to upgrade certification standards to prevent land grabbing and minimise the risks of land conflict and rights abuses as well as to strengthen complaint procedures in certification systems;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the complexity of driving factors contributing to deforestation;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recognises that a comprehensive approach, considering all drivers of deforestation, with action and collaboration in both producing and consuming countries, is needed;
Amendment 23 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that 73% of all deforestation arises from the clearing of land for agricultural commodities, with 40% of all deforestation raises from large-scale industrial scale plantation style models;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Embraces the objective set in the Amsterdam Declaration of 2015 in Support of a Fully Sustainable Palm Oil Supply Chain by 2020; and encourages the EU to engage major players such as India and China on strengthening responsible and sustainable production in the palm oil supply chain;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the alarming scale of deforestation driven by palm oil; notes that palm oil is an important driver of deforestation on an alarming scale for commercial agriculture in Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as Liberia, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Columbia and Peru, where extremely biodiverse tropical forest is being converted to monocultural palm oil plantations;
Amendment 32 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to put in place mechanisms to address the conversion of forests for commercial agriculture within the FLEGT Action Plan, Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) framework; calls for increased EU financial and technical assistance to producer countries and their local authorities with a view to combating corruption and improving governance; calls on the Commission to urgently put forward an EU action plan on deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that in Malaysia1a oil palm plantations increased from 2.4 to 4.2 million ha between 1990 and 2005 replacing over 1 million ha of forest, while in Indonesia the area of oil palm plantations increased from 1.7 to 6.1 million ha between 1990 and 2000 replacing up to 3 million ha of forest. Notes that Malaysia's total forest loss between 2000 and 2012 amounted to 14.4% of its year 2000 forest cover or 47 278 km2 , an area larger than Denmark; __________________ 1a https://news.mongabay.com/2013/11/mala ysia-has-the-worlds-highest-deforestation- rate-reveals-google-forest-map/
Amendment 46 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that this conversion is associated with heavy environmental damage, particularly fires releasing high quantities of carbon and particulates which also cause respiratory problems;
Amendment 50 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is alarmed by the impacts of palm oil production on the human rights of indigenous peoples and small farmers, including their customary systems of tenure and resource management; calls on governments of palm-oil-producing countries to commit to and implement the ILO core labour standards and Decent Work agenda; calls for the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor, including child labour; improvement of the position of migrant workers; freedom of association; and the establishment of a legitimate, accessible, and transparent grievance mechanism, consistent with international best practices;
Amendment 59 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the social injustice experienced by many plantation workers;
Amendment 63 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that many land deals breach the principle of local communities’' free, prior and informed consent; calls for the EU and its Member States to ensure that EU-based investors adhere fully to international standards on responsible investment in agriculture, anotably the FAO-OECD Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains; the FAO voluntary guidelines on land tenure; the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD's Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises; underlines the need to take steps to ensure access to remedy for victims of corporate abuses.
Amendment 66 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists on development financial institutions ensuring that their social and environmental safeguard policies are binding, fully aligned with international human rights law; calls for increased transparency to the funding of private financial institutions and public financial bodies;
Amendment 69 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the role of oil palm as part of diverse intercropping systems in ensuring food security and income for smallholders and that efforts to halt deforestation must include local capacity building, technological aid and sharing of best practice between communities and support for smallholders to most effectively use their existing croplands without resorting to further forest conversion;
Amendment 70 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to put forward an EU action plan on responsible business conduct;
Amendment 73 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the strong potential of agroecological practices to maximise ecosystem functions such as soil formation, nutrient cycling, pollination, and regulation of pest species by natural predators on existing cropland via intercropping, agroforestry etc. without resorting to input dependency or monocultures;
Amendment 77 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that 70% of biofuel consumed in the EU is grown/produced in the EU, and of the biofuel imported into the EU, 23% is palm oil mainly from Indonesia, and another 6% is soya1a ; __________________ 1aEUROSTAT - Supply, transformation and consumption of renewable energies; annual data (nrg_107a), Globiom study, and http://www.fediol.be/
Amendment 79 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes the huge growth in palm oil as a first generation biodiesel, increasing by 2.6 million tonnes between 2010 and 2014, growth of 606%, while total share of palm oil in biodiesel consumed in the EU grew from 6% in 2010 to nearly one third in 2014 (31%), with almost half of palm oil used in the EU being used as transport fuel1a ; __________________ 1aEUROSTAT - Supply, transformation and consumption of renewable energies; annual data (nrg_107a), Globiom study, and http://www.fediol.be/
Amendment 80 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Notes the indirect effects of EU biofuel demand associated with tropical forest fragmentation habitat degradation and destruction 1a ; __________________ 1aCommission Renewable Energy Progress report, SWD(2015) 117 final https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/ rep/1/2015/EN/1-2015-293-EN-F1-1.PDF
Amendment 81 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Notes that certain biofuel production pathways increase overall greenhouse gas emission when emissions from indirect land use change (ILUC) are taken into account1a , palm oil biodiesel being the highest emitting biofuel 1b ; __________________ 1aCommission Renewable Energy Progress report, SWD(2015) 117 final - https://ec.europa.eu//tranparency/regdoc/r ep/1/2015/EN/1-2015-293-EN-F1-1.PDF 1bCommission-commissioned Globiom study https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files /documents/Final%20Report_GLOBIOM _publication.pdf
Amendment 82 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Notes the dominance of first generation biofuels and the lack of commercial availability of 2nd generation biofuels;
Amendment 83 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Notes that to solve legality issues with conversion of forests to agricultural land, mechanisms like the Voluntary Partnership Agreements triggering national legal reforms and transparency about land tenure in producer countries, as well as a legislation similar to the EU Timber Regulation can help ensure only legally produced products are placed on the EU market;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned by, amongst others, the European Court of Auditors report1a that concluded that the certification schemes do not guarantee genuinely sustainable palm oil, notably certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) certification, which is not effective in ensuring relevant standards and compliance therewith; __________________ 1aEuropean Court of Auditors’ Special Report No 18/2016 (2015 Discharge): The EU system for the certification of sustainable biofuels http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocu ments/SR16_18/SR_BIOFUELS_EN.pdf
Amendment 92 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is particularly concerned by the conclusion of the European Court of Auditors that the EU certification system for the sustainability of biofuels is not fully reliable; – whilst the RED lays down the fulfilment of EU environmental requirements for agriculture as sustainability criteria for biofuel feed stocks, voluntary schemes that did not have specific verification procedures to ensure compliance with this sustainability requirement were nevertheless recognised by the Commission; – the Commission did not require voluntary schemes to verify that the biofuel production they certified did not cause significant risks of negative socioeconomic effects, such as land tenure conflicts, forced/child labour, poor working conditions for farmers, etc. – notes that once Indirect Land-Use Change (ILUC) is taken into account crop-derived biofuels can in some cases even result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, e.g. burning of habitat with high carbon stocks like tropical forest and peatlands. Is concerned that the impact of ILUC on the sustainability of biofuels is not covered by the Commission's assessment of voluntary schemes; – notes that the Court found some schemes were insufficiently transparent or had biased governance structures, so thus increasing the risk of conflicts of interest and preventing effective communication with the Commission, national authorities, other schemes, certification bodies and economic operators; – notes that the Court found that Member State data relating to the share of compliant biofuels in total transport fuels may not be reliable, so statistics for biofuel certified as sustainable might be overestimated;
Amendment 99 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Supports the goals set out in the Sustainable Palm Initiative of the UNDP and the Amsterdam Declaration1a for a no deforestation and no conflict supply chain by 2020, as well as the New York Declaration on Forests1b which aim to "help meet private sector goal of eliminating deforestation from production of agricultural commodities such as palm oil, soy, paper and beef products by no later than 2020 recognising that some companies have more ambitious targets"; __________________ 1a 07.12.2015 1b United Nations Climate Summit, 2014
Amendment 100 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Notes that more than 60% of companies active in palm oil have committed to such initiatives, although currently only 2% of companies involved in the supply chain are able to trace back the palm oil they trade in to its source1a ; __________________ 1ahttp://forestdeclaration.org/wp- content/uploads/2015/09/2016-NYDF- Goal-2-Assessment-Report.pdf
Amendment 103 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to step up dialogue with governments of palm-oil- producing countries in order to increase environmental, land tenure and human rights standards, as well as transparency on land tenure and corporate ownership; and food and cosmetics producers to decrease dependence on palm oil;
Amendment 106 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission to uptake the issue of deforestation and the need to respect community rights in its Free Trade Agreement negotiations with producer countries;
Amendment 113 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for implementation of the UN FAO's Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security1a and specifically respect for community tenure rights; __________________ 1aRome 2012 http://www.fao.org/docrep/016/i2801e/i28 01e.pdf
Amendment 117 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Notes the role of European banks in providing loans to multinationals accused of deforestation and land grabbing for resources including palm oil plantation land;
Amendment 127 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a regulatory framework of strong and enforceable measures to guarantee that all actors throughout the supply chain, including EU financial institutions and the investments and loans they provide, are not involved in deforestation and conflict and respect community rights;
Amendment 129 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for implementation of effective sustainability criteria in the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC; Notes that sustainability criteria in Art.17 are intended to protect land of high biodiversity value, high carbon stocks and peatland, but further notes that the criteria limit themselves to land designated as such, and also do not contain social criteria;
Amendment 134 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Insists on the importance of supporting developing countries with increased funding to improve governance, protect forests and peatlands, uphold the rights of indigenous peoples, smallholders and local communities, and expand agroecological farming practices;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the phasing-out of all incentives for land-based biofuels, such as palm oil biodiesel, that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land or do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 152 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the importance of being able to distinguish between legally- and illegally-produced, as well as sustainably- and non-sustainably sourced palm oil as well as its residues/by-products, for importers and the supply chain as well as the consumers;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for ILUC emissions from biofuel production to be fully taken into account in the Renewable Energy Directive;
Amendment 157 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development, the reform of the RED should include social responsibility requirements and an end to subsidies for biofuels produced from food crops by 1st Jan 2021, with biofuels from food crops being gradually phased out by 2030, as they can act as incentives to deforestation, land use change and land grabbing, while affecting the food security and the Right to Food in third countries;
Amendment 158 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Notes the importance of supply chain transparency to enable accessing data on palm oil originating from high risk areas1a ; __________________ 1aSuch as the traceability tool recently published by the Stockholm Environmental Institute https://trase.earth/
Amendment 159 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Welcomes also to this end requirements of the food information to consumers regulation 1169/2011 that specify differentiation into types of vegetable oil1a ; __________________ 1aProvision of Food Information to Consumers regulation 1169/2011, Art. 18, Annex VII (A) 8 and 9
Amendment 162 #
2016/2222(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to honour the EU’s international commitments and to press ahead with developing an EU action plan to protect forests and forest people’s rights. , inter alia, COP 21, the UNFF1a , the UNCB1b , the New York Declaration on Forests, the Sustainable Development Goal to halt deforestation by 20201c , the FLEGT Action Plan, etc., and to press ahead with developing an EU action plan to protect forests and forest people’s rights and to urgently come forward with concrete proposals to halt deforestation and forest degradation; __________________ 1aUnited Nations Forum on Forest conclusions 1bUnited Nations Convention on Biodiversity, Aichi targets https://www.cbd.int/sp/targets/ 1cSustainable Development Goals, Art. 15.2, target of halting deforestation https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg 15
Amendment 24 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the promotion of equality between men and women and non- discrimination is one of the principles applicable to the EU Structural and Investment Funds including the EAFRD;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the EU is committed to ensure gender mainstreaming in all of its actions;
Amendment 27 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas smallholder farming structures, often referred to as family farming, is the most common operational farming model in the EU, and thus of great importance; notes this is not intended to favour any preconceived idea of what constitutes a family;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas both the traditional and conventional forms of agriculture may in some societies and cultures perpetuate gender inequality in European rural areas, and this may be influenced by financial inequalities that tend to be biased toward rural menfolk, exacerbated by access to finance and the large amount of money used for, inter alia, investment, high production costs in very input- dependent systems and debt;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas endocrine disruptors, especially pesticides, have been shown to affect workers' health including women's reproductive systems, causing birth defects and other defects, some of which can be inherited from generation to generation;
Amendment 52 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the status of smallholder or family farms as primary food producers can only be improved and their farming and livestock activities maintained through providing adequate financial resources and measures at EU level;
Amendment 57 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the CAP has a poor track record in sustaining small or family farms, with 2.4 million farms in the EU disappearing between 2005 and 2010, most of which were small farmers, causing huge joblessness in rural areas and disruption in community life;
Amendment 90 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas there are a significant number of female workers in agriculture, and most women are classified as the holder's spouse, corresponding to 80.1% of all spouses in 20071a ; _________________ 1aEuropean Commission (2012), 'Agricultural Economic Briefs. Women in EU agriculture and rural areas: hard work, low profile', Brief No 7 – June 2012.
Amendment 93 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. whereas in the predominantly rural areas of the EU, only 61% of women aged 20 to 64 were employed in 20091b ; _________________ 1bEuropean Commission (2011), 'Agriculture and Rural Development. EU Agricultural Economic Briefs. Rural Areas and the Europe 2020 Strategy – Employment', Brief No 5 – November 2011.
Amendment 99 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the provision of adequate public services, including health, education and care for children and the elderly, are important for all inhabitants of rural areas; whereas such services are particularly important for women, given that they have traditionally played a leading role in looking after young and elderly members of the family as they ensure a fair distribution of work, family and care responsibilities;
Amendment 100 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the provision of other basic servicinfrastructures such as transport links, access to the Internet, and energy provision and social, health and educational services are vital for making rural areas attractive and viable places to live; whereas women have a multifunctional role in rural areas and arecan therefore particularly dependent on such services in order to ensure a better work- life balancbenefit from such infrastructures as they provide useful means to develop womens' careers in fields other than conventional agriculture;
Amendment 132 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recognises women’'s contribution to the economy in rural areas as entrepreneurs, heads of the family business and promoters of sustainable development and their importance as stakeholders in the entire economic and social development of these areas; stresses, in particular, women’'s fundamental role as members of smallholder or family farms, which constitute the main socioeconomic cell of rural areas that cares foroccupied with food production, preservation of traditional knowledge and skills, cultural identity and protection of the environment;
Amendment 138 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses, nevertheless, the unequal access of women to farmland ownership and agricultural education and training, as well as persistently weak institutional support to increase political participation and power or representation for rural women;
Amendment 148 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that women's participation in the labour market in rural areas includes a wide scope of jobs that goes beyond conventional agriculture; stresses in this regard that women in rural areas can be agents of change to move towards sustainable and ecologically-sound agriculture and can play an important role in the creation of green jobs;
Amendment 156 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Member States to monitor the situation of women in rural areas and to make useake the most of existing measures and specific instruments under the CAP in order to increase the participation of women as beneficiaries; recommends that the Commission keep the provision onurges the Commission to improve the thematic sub- programmes on ‘'Women in rural areas’' when reforming the CAP in the future, as these sub- programmes can play a role in creating job opportunities for women in rural areas, and to include gender mainstreaming in all the areas linked to the design and implementation of the CAP;
Amendment 166 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to improve CAP monitoring and evaluation indicators to identify women's "invisible" work and to systematically disaggregate indicators by gender;
Amendment 168 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EncourageAsks the Member States, in the light of the conditionalities as regards equality between women and men and non-discrimination, to to raise awareness of the possibilities offered by and make greater and more synergistic use of the instruments available under the EAFRD, Leader+ and the ESF for creating better living and working conditions in rural areas and to raise awareness of all possibilities offered to women in such areas under existing legislationfor women living in rural areas;
Amendment 170 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the high proportion of self-employed workers in rural areas with a lack of appropriate social protection and the high proportion of 'invisible' work that affects women in particular; calls therefore on the Member States and regions with legislative powers to improve the legislation regarding gender equality in the labour market, in particular regarding wages, ownership rights and decision making, as well as to ensure social security for both men and women working in rural areas;
Amendment 177 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the Commission to propose new targeted actions addressed to encourage women's participation in the labour market such as a specific programme financed by the EAFRD in order to support female entrepreneurship;
Amendment 181 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States to encourage the participation of female spouses or other family members in the joint management of farmNotes that women's participation in the joint management of family farms is often disregarded; calls therefore on the Member States to ensure that women's participation in the management of farms is fully recognised and that they receive full social security coverage and inheritance rights;
Amendment 204 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EncouragesCalls on the Member States to promote equality between women and men in the management bodies and representation of all types of organisations, associations and public institutions;
Amendment 211 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the relevant national, regional and local authorities to encourage the participation of women in local action groups and the development of local partnerships under the Leader programme, as well as to ensure gender- balanced participation on their management boards;
Amendment 221 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to fully implement the existing legislative acts relating to equal treatment of women and men in social security matterquality directives; calls on the Commission to monitor the transposition of their provisions in order to address the challenges faced by women living and working in rural areas;
Amendment 234 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to improve conditions for women in rural areas, and to provide not only adequate informational material on support possibilities specifically aimed at women farmers and women in rural areas, but also access to education and credit, including by promoting greater access to postgraduate training and specialist courses for entrepreneurs and agricultural producers, while also promoting the establishment of associations and the provision of wide- ranging professional diversification advice;
Amendment 256 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to facilitate access to land for womenand ensure ownership rights for women that include inheritance rights following death of a spouse;
Amendment 273 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States and regional and local governments to provide good quality facilities and free, high- quality public services for everyday life in rural areas, including aid to victims of domestic violence and prevention measures tailored to the conditions existing inparticularly in the areas of health, education and care; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that rural areas, as well asre not deprived of equal access to essential infrastructure such transport and broadband infrastructure;
Amendment 281 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Condemns all forms of Violence Against Women (VAW) and notes that assistance to victims plays a crucial role in their ability to escape situations of gender-based violence;
Amendment 294 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls therefore on the Member States and regional and local governments to ensure that victims of violence against women living in rural and remote areas are not deprived of equal access to assistance and reiterates its call on the EU and its Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 300 #
2016/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for a EU Directive on violence against women;
Amendment 1 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. having regard to Article 2 and Article 3(3), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 2 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-A a. having regard to Article 14(1) and Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC,
Amendment 3 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-A a. whereas the EU is committed to promoting gender equality and ensuring gender mainstreaming in all of its actions;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the share of women in advisory groups in the period 2014-2015 was 51.9%1a, being this the only indicator linked to women's participation that met the target established, in this case a target of 50 %; _________________ 1aHorizon 2020 Monitoring report 2015. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/p df/archive/h2020_monitoring_reports/sec ond_h2020_annual_monitoring_report.pd f
Amendment 10 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the share of women experts registered in the expert databases was 31.1% and of women participating in the evaluation panels 36.7%1b, both below their corresponding targets of 40%; _________________ 1bHorizon 2020 Monitoring report 2015. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/p df/archive/h2020_monitoring_reports/sec ond_h2020_annual_monitoring_report.pd f
Amendment 11 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the gender dimension in research and innovation content was visible in 36.2 % of granted projects1c; _________________ 1cHorizon 2020 EU framework programme for research and innovation”, EPRS Study, February 2017
Amendment 12 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas in the period 2014-2015 the share of women participants in Horizon 2020 projects was 35.8% of the total workforce, including non- researchers1d; _________________ 1dHorizon 2020 EU framework programme for research and innovation”, EPRS Study, February 2017
Amendment 13 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas Horizon 2020, like all EU programmes, aims to achieve Europe 2020 as well as other international commitments such as the COP21 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including SDG 5 for gender equality; whereas these goals will not be achieved without new innovation, research and development;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the fact that applicants have the possibility to include training and specific studies on gender as eligible costs in their proposals;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Welcomes that gender balance in staff is one of the ranking factors in the evaluation criteria in Horizon 2020 but, considering that women only represent a 35.8% of the workforce, calls on the Commission to introduce a requirement of a minimum participation of 40% of the under-represented sex in the next Framework Programme;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Welcomes that the way sex and/or gender analysis is taken into account in a proposal is assessed by evaluators alongside the other relevant aspects of the proposal but regrets the fact that only 36.2% of the signed grants in the same period took into account the gender dimension in the research and innovation content ; calls, therefore, on the Commission to include the elaboration of a gender impact assessment as an ex-ante conditionality to apply to all grants under the Framework Programme 9;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Regrets that the share of women experts registered in the expert databases was 31.1% and of women participating in the evaluation panels 36.7%, not reaching the target of 40% of participation of the under-represented sex ; calls on the Commission to propose new measures to address this situation;
Amendment 26 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that there are currently no indicators in place to assess the percentage of projects specifically addressing matters of gender equality and issues closely linked to gender equality such as, inter alia, health and in particular maternal and new born health, poverty related and neglected diseases which disproportionately affect women and children , food and nutrition, water and sanitation, and access to resources; nor to measure the percentage of calls for proposals that solicit such projects; calls on the Commission to include indicators on this in future Horizon 2020 annual monitoring reports and in the new Framework Programme;
Amendment 31 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that a further review is needed in order to assess the results, based also on indicators such as the percentage of women participants and women project coordinators in Horizon 2020, and to propose adjustments to the specific actions ifwhere required;
Amendment 40 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to show a firmer commitment to ensuring that gender mainstreaming be further strengthened within Horizon 2020 and the future framework programme 9, and calls for the development of gender equality targets in strategies, programmes and projects at all stages of the research cycle;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to overcome remaining structural gender inequalities among researchers, particularly in working conditions –such as pay gaps and discriminatory contractual arrangements- and in the representation of women in governing boards of research institutions and universities6a; _________________ 6a C.f. She Figures 2015. https://ec.europa.eu/research/swafs/pdf/p ub_gender_equality/she_figures_2015- final.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none
Amendment 52 #
2016/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls for the maintenance of an independent line of funding for gender- specific structural change projects (such as GERI for 2014-2016), as well as of other gender equality topics in research and innovation;
Amendment 66 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas owners are faced with difficult decisions when they are no longer able to sufficiently care for their equidae; whereas in some Member States euthanasia is too often the firsta costly recourse for owners who are no longer able to meet the equid’s welfare needs, yet in other Member States, equidae can only be euthanised where there is a clear immediate veterinary need, irrespective of the long-term welfare of the animal concerned;
Amendment 67 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas equine animals are slaughtered for human consumption both within and outside of the Union;
Amendment 72 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas the import of equine meat from outside the Union poses potential health risks to consumers due to, among other factors, pharmaceutical treatments, unreliable traceability systems and poor enforcement controls in the countries of origin;
Amendment 75 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
M c. whereas as horses are not considered to be food-producing animals in many countries outside the Union, equine meat is routinely imported from these countries to be sold and placed on the EU market;
Amendment 153 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to support the production and dissemination of information on how to meet the needs of equidae, whatever their role, based around the ‘five freedoms’ and covering the entirety of an equid’s life; calls also on the Commission to include guidance on responsible breeding and the benefits of equid sterilisation; recommends that such guidance should be disseminated to breeders, equid societies, farms, stables, sanctuaries, transporters and slaughterhouses, and that it should be accessible in a variety of formats and languages, including online;
Amendment 193 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the European Food Safety Authority to formulate guidance for the audits of the Food and Veterinary Office, facilitating and enhancing implementation of scientific research on the welfare of equidae at the time of slaughter;
Amendment 198 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to conduct regular audits of slaughterhouses licensed to slaughter equine animals;
Amendment 251 #
2016/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission, in the interest of public health and animal welfare, to increase the number of audits conducted in slaughterhouses outside the Union, which are authorised for the export of equine meat to the EU, and to conditionally suspend the import of equine meat produced in third countries that do not satisfy EU traceability and food safety requirements;
Amendment 74 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Improvements to the energy efficiency in buildings reduce the demand in heating fuels, especially also solid heating fuels and therefore contribute to improving in- and outdoor air quality and achieving, in a cost effective manner, objectives of Union’s air quality policy, as established in particular by the Air Quality Directive 1a. Therefore, reduction of energy demand in buildings should be considered an element of air quality policy, in general and especially in Member States where achieving Union’s limits on emissions of air pollutants is problematic and energy efficiency could help attain these goals. __________________ 1aDirective (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and repealing Directive 2001/81/EC (OJ L 344, 17.12.2016, p. 1- 31)
Amendment 78 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) TNot at least in the light of the Paris Agreement, the Union is committed to developing a secure, competitive and decarbonised energy system by 205012 . To meet this goal, Member States and investors need milestones to ensure that buildings are decarbonised by 2050. In order to ensure this decarboniseda stable framework established through a clear long-term vision to achieve a nearly zero energy buildings stock by 2050, Member States should identify the intermediary stepwith binding milestones to achievinge the short-term (2030), mid-term (20340) and long- term (2050) objectives. __________________ 12 Communication on an Energy roadmap 2050, (COM(2011) 885 final).
Amendment 84 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
Amendment 93 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The provisions on long-term renovation strategies provided for in Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council13 should be moved to Directive 2010/31/EU (revised), where they fit more coherently and where they act to concretize Member States' plans to arrive at a nearly zero energy buildings stock by 2050 in the EU. While keeping this long-term objective, they should be evaluated on progress and updated every 5 years in order to set out the chosen measures to reach ambitious renovation rates and milestones. The long-term renovation strategies will contribute to boost competitiveness and create local, non-outsourceable jobs, help to combat youth unemployment and energy poverty and provide citizen with energy efficient, healthy and safe buildings. __________________ 13 Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 97 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) On a local and regional level, integrated spatial planning and holistic district refurbishment schemes should take account of the merits of buildings fully integrated in their neighbouring energy system, mobility plan and general environment, as this approach will allow to implement more effectively the objectives on energy savings renovations, renewable based district heating and cooling systems, smartness and sustainable mobility set out in this Directive and will maximise important non-energy benefits such as reduced greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, health improvements and reduced energy poverty.
Amendment 108 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7 b) From the planning stage, a holistic district approach should ensure that buildings are designed and transformable to fulfil the needs of their current and future occupants, as well as deliver services to the systems.
Amendment 109 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7 c) National long-term renovation strategies should specify the contributions of the building segments to the yearly 3% renovation rate to achieve the overall energy efficiency target of 40% by 2030 in accordance with directive 2012/27/EU (revised).
Amendment 110 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 d (new)
Recital 7 d (new)
(7 d) Access to independent energy advisory services are essential for citizens as well as for local and regional authorities, in order to be informed about deep or staged deep renovations, energy efficient technologies, available financial instruments and accompanying measures. Combined with energy efficiency devices and kits at little or no upfront costs, they can be financed from EU funds 3a and bring about substantial savings also in households characterized by split- incentives and/or low income. __________________ 3aCOM Study Feasibility study to finance low-cost energy efficiency measures in low income households from EU Funds https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files /documents/low_cost_energy_efficiency_ measures_-_final_report.pdf
Amendment 111 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 e (new)
Recital 7 e (new)
(7 e) Healthy buildings should be characterized by being affordable and constructed from materials designed to last and that are non toxic, that are repairable and recyclable in line with the provisions of a Circular Economy, as well as helping occupants to use energy efficiently and produce energy. They should have sufficient natural and adapted in-built lightening and be ventilated and heated properly to maintain an healthy indoor environment while meeting the minimum energy requirements.
Amendment 121 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to adapt this Directive to the technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission to supplement it by defining the smartness indicator and enabling its implementation. The smartness indicator in accordance with the methodology set out in this Directive. The smartness indicator, should be connected with the energy performance certificate and should be used to measure buildings’ capacity to use ICT and electronic systemsprovide flexibility to optimise operation and interact with the grid. The smartness indicator will raise awareness amongst building owners and occupants of the value behind building automation and electronic monitoring of technical building systems and will give confidence to the occupant about the actual savings of these new enhanced- functionalities.
Amendment 124 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Underlying cost-optimality calculations for elaborating Member States long-term renovation strategies and decisions on their minimum performance criteria, should also duly take account the economic and non-energy benefits of energy efficiency measures, such as job creation, asset value, reduced import dependence, health and in- and outdoor air quality, via harmonised reference values as a part of the guidance for the extended cost-optimality calculation methodology.
Amendment 126 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9 b) Technical building systems, building automation and control systems and household appliances must also continue to contribute achieving energy savings by regularly updated and upwards-revised eco-design minimum requirements and full lifecycle assessments, as well as adequate energy labelling.
Amendment 127 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) IA holistic approach, deep renovation, innovation and new technologyies also make it possible for buildings to support the overall decarbonisation of the economy. For example, buildings can leverage the developmwhole neighbourhoods to become nearly zero energy districts (NZEDs), in which highly energy efficient buildings are key components of the infrastructure necessary for the smart charging of electric vehicles also provide a basis for Member States, if they choose to, to use car batteries as a source of power. To reflect this aim, the definition oflocal energy system and sustainable mobility plans. To reflect this aim, a holistic approach in spatial planning taking also into account non- energy co-benefits such as health and air quality, a focus on deep renovations, openness to future innovations and the extension of the definition and role of energy saving technical building systems should be extendedis imperative.
Amendment 141 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The impact assessment identified two existing sets of provisions, whose aim could be achieved in a more efficient manner compared to the current situation. First the obligation, before any construction starts, to carry out a feasibility study on highly-efficiency alternative systems becomes an unnecessary burden for new buildings and can be streamlined with the requirements to achieve NZEBs standard. Second, provisions related to inspections of heating systems and air- conditioning systems were found to not sufficiently ensure, in an efficient manner, the initial and maintained performance of these technical systems. Even cheap technical solutions with very short payback periods, such as hydraulic balancing of the heating system and installation/replacement of thermostatic control valves, are insufficiently considered today and should be made mandatory. Provisions related to inspections are amended to ensure a better result from inspections.
Amendment 146 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Notably for large installations,Passive building systems that do not consume energy in operation, effective facility management by professionals, as well as well-maintained energy and resource efficient building automation and control systems for the electronic monitoring of technical building systems have proven to be an effective replacement for inspections. Tall their merits and deliver business cases for cost-effective and significant energy savings. In case of staged deep renovations the optimal order of efficiency improvements should be carefully planned. Replacement and sizing of technical building systems and building automation and control systems should take into account plans for a staged deep renovation. In those cases, they allow continued savings generated beyond the payback period, which can be re-invested during the next phase of a staged-deep renovation. Notably for large installations, building automation and control systems can be an effective complement for inspections. On the condition that they trigger action by owners and managers on the information provided, they can help maintaining energy savings over time, and thus the installation of such equipment should be considered as the most cost-effective alternative to inspections in large non- residential and multi-family buildings of a sufficient size that allow a payback of less than three years. The current possibility to opt for alternative measures is therefore deleted. It should be possible to exempt technical systems explicitly covered by an energy performance contract from an additional inspection requirement. For small scale installations, the documentation of the system performance by the installers and the registration of this information in the databases on energy performance certification by the certifiers will support the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements set for all technical building systems and reinforce energy performance certificates role. In addition, existing regular safety inspections and programmed maintenance work will remain an opportunityccasion to provide direct advice on the possibilities of energy efficiency improvements. as well as renewable, alternative highly efficient installations.
Amendment 155 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Member States should introduce safeguards to prevent partly diminished energy saving improvements 1a offset by an increase in the number of appliances, larger homes (rebound effect), or unattended behavioural changes following the installation of smart systems, via adequate policies, awareness raising and obligatory information and training measures for occupants of new or renovated buildings on technical building systems, as well as via passive and low-tech solutions and continued energy efficiency improvements, full life- cycle assessments and adequate sizing of appliances and systems through the Eco- Design process. __________________ 1aEuropean Environmental Agency (EEA), Figure 7 of Progress on energy efficiency in Europe
Amendment 159 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) To ensure their best use in building renovation, financial measures related to energy efficiency should be linked to the depth of the renovation, whichand an holistic approach of the renovation to ensure high energy performance of the concerned building or districts, with a specific focus on energy poor households. Such renovations should be assessed by comparing energy performance certificates (EPCs) issuedbefore and after the renovation and by comparing levels of non-energy benefit reference values such as comfort, air quality, energy poverty and access to sustainable mobility of the inhabitants before and after the renovation.
Amendment 171 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Public contract rules should be changed to enable authorities to choose providers offering the highest energy performance level and rules on public debt and deficit must be reformed, which still classify energy efficiency investments by private third parties (energy performance contracting) as public debt in the account balance of local, regional and national authorities.
Amendment 179 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Access to financing is easier with an ambitious and stable long-term framework in place and when good- quality information is available. Public buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m² should therefore be required toThis information also includes EPCs, information from maintenance and inspections and energy performance databases. Public buildings, including those owned, managed and occupied by public authorities, should live -up to their role and lead by example by becoming nearly zero energy buildings in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2012/27/EU (revised) and disclose their actual energy consumption.
Amendment 184 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To meet the objectives of energy efficiency policy for buildings, the transparency and role of EPCs should be improvstrengthened by ensuring that that all necessary parameters for calculations, for both certification and minimum energy performance requirements, are set out and applied consistently. Member States sh, and by including recommendations on how the energy performance of the building could be improved. Member States could make EPCs evolve to individual building renovation passports and could put in place adequate measures to ensure, for example, that the performance of installed, replaced or updated technical building systems is documented in view of building certification and compliance checking.
Amendment 188 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The implementation and monitoring of efficiency policies and measures in buildings must be strengthened and energy savings must be verifiable and actually correspond to real- life savings, including the economic value of non-energy benefits, especially important in situations where re- negotiated rental agreements might be linked to the renovations.
Amendment 194 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The provisions of this Directive should not prevent Member States from setting more ambitious energy performance requirements at district or building level and for building elements as long as such measures are compatible with Union law. It is consistent with the objectives of this Directive and of Directive 2012/27/EC that these requirements may, in certain circumstances, limit the installation or use of products subject to other applicable Union harmonisation legislation, provided that such requirements should not constitute an unjustifiable market barrier.
Amendment 199 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
(19a) Cities, regional and local authorities show already the example by implementing energy efficiency measures, building renovation schemes and enabling self-generation. Bodies such as the Covenant of Mayors, smart cities and communities or 100% renewable energy communities contribute through the actions of their members to increase energy performance and allow the sharing of best practice on achieving the energy transition. Especially projects on district level showcase the need to consider the function of buildings integrated in a local energy system, local mobility plan and their ecosystem in general.
Amendment 203 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point -1 (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 216 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a(new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a(new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – point 3 a (new)
(1a) in Article 2, the following point is added: ‘3a. "Decarbonised building stock" means a highly energy efficient building stock which has been renovated to at least nZEB level and where the remaining energy needs are met by renewable energy sources;’
Amendment 219 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3 b (new)
Article 2 – point 3 b (new)
(1b) in Article 2, the following point is added: ‘3b. "Trigger point" means an occasion during the life-time of a building on which holistic, energy savings renovations are easier, less-disruptive and more cost -efficient, for example when a building is sold, rented, changes its use, is extended or undergoes maintenance work;’
Amendment 224 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 3 c (new)
Article 2 – point 3 c (new)
(1c) in Article 2, the following point is added: ‘3c. "Building renovation passport" means a long-term renovation roadmap for a specific building outlining staged measures to achieve nZEB standard in line with audit results, quality criteria and other indicators established with the building owner;’
Amendment 234 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 14 – point a
Article 2 – point 14 – point a
(1d) in Article 2, point 14, point a is replaced by the following: ‘(a) the lowest cost is determined taking into account energy-related investment costs, maintenance and operating costs (including energy costs and savings, the category of building concerned, earnings from energy produced), where applicable, and disposal costs, where applicable; and (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32010L0031&from= , as well as non-energy related benefits such as durability, air quality and reduced health costs ; and’ Or. en)
Amendment 236 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 e (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 – point 14 – point b
Article 2 – point 14 – point b
(1e) in Article 2, point 14, point b is replaced by the following: ‘(b) the estimated economic lifecycle is determined by each Member State. It refers to the remaining estimated economic lifecycle of a building where energy performance requirements are set for the building as a whole, or to the estimated economic lifecycle of a building element where energy performance requirements are set for building elements. (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32010L0031&from=The cost- optimal level shall lie within the range of performance levels where the extended cost benefit analysis calculated over the estimated economic lifecycle is positive;’ Or. en)
Amendment 244 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
Article 2 a – paragraph 1
(a) the first paragraph consists of Article 4 of the Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency16 , other than its last subparagraph; __________________ 16ollowing paragraph is inserted: ‘1. Member States shall establish, by January 2020, a long-term strategy for the transformation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private to achieve a nearly zero energy building stock by 2050. This strategy shall encompass: (a) an overview of the national building stock by building segment, including building typologies, according to set criteria; (b) identification of cost-effective approaches, actions and retrofit scenarios to be implemented with a view to stimulate best value deep renovations relevant to the building type and climatic zone, especially through renovation requirements at trigger points in the life-cycle of a building, which shall be building-segment specific, tightened every two years and must be fulfilled before a building is rented; (c) quantifiable objectives, policies and measures to stimulate cost-effective deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations to achieve an overall yearly renovation rate of at least a 3% of the existing building stock; (d) independent, easily accessible, free-of-charge energy advisory services to support citizen in energy savings renovation projects, including on deep or staged-deep renovations, the choice of materials and technologies, financing instruments and monitoring of energy performance results; (e) a forward-looking perspective to guide investment decisions of individuals, building cooperatives, the construction industry, public institutions including municipalities and financial institutions; (f) policies and actions with quantifiable objectives to target the worst performing segments of the national building stock, households subject to energy poverty and to split-incentive dilemmas for renovations, by introducing renovation requirements at trigger points to ensure that buildings with an energy use of more than 300KWh/m2 are not rented after January 2023; (g) policies and actions with quantifiable objectives to target all public buildings, including buildings owned, occupied or managed by public authorities, hospitals and health care facilities, educational buildings and social housing; (h) an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits, including economic values of non-energy benefits such as better air quality, advanced health, reduced energy poverty, enhanced energy security and greenhouse gas emissions reductions. (i) an overview of existing national initiatives to promote skills, training and education in the construction and energy efficiency sectors, including their gender equality perspective and planned new initiatives to ensure the workforce has the competencies to achieve the energy transition.’ OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 13
Amendment 263 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
‘2. In their long-term renovation strategy referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall set out a roadmap with clear milestones and binding, quantifiable actions and measures to deliver on the long-term 2050 goal to decarbonise their national building stock, with specific milestones for 2030ensure a nearly zero energy national building stock in the EU, with binding milestones for 2030 and 2040. When setting binding 2030 and 2040 milestones, Member States shall take into account that the cumulated national contributions to the Union goal in 2030 must be no more than 169Mtoe in the residential and 108Mtoe in the non-residential building sector.
Amendment 273 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall specify how their binding milestones contribute to achieving the Unions 40% energy efficiency target by 2030 in accordance with Directive 2012/27/EU (revised) and with the Union goal of reducing EU greenhouse gas emissions by 100% by 2050.
Amendment 279 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 a – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In addition, the long term renovation strategy shall set out specific measures and financing instruments to decrease energy demand, as well as quantifiable measures and policies that contribute to the alleviation of energy poverty.
Amendment 291 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. To guide investment decisions as referred to in point (d) in paragraph 1, Member States shall introduce mechanisms and make use of the measures of the Smart Finance for Smart Buildings Initiative for:
Amendment 293 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the aggregation of projects for example by using project development assistance, including in cities and communities, to make it easier for investors to fund the renovations referred to in points (b) and (c) in paragraph 1;
Amendment 296 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) de-risking energy efficiency operations for investors and the private sector; and, i.e. in line with the DEEP database project and the guidance on risk evaluation and benefits of energy efficiency investments, as well as by setting up voluntary approaches for building passports for investors in residential buildings and collaborate on a common energy performance indicator;
Amendment 301 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/21/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) independent, free-of-charge energy advisory services as one-stop- shops for consumers, informing citizens on energy savings renovations, including deep and staged-deep renovations, technologies, monitoring, as well as available financial instruments.’
Amendment 305 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c b (new)
(cb) the establishment of sustainable energy investment forums and flexible financing platforms in the framework of the Smart Finance for Smart Buildings Initiative and in association with the public consultation in §3a (new) of this Article;
Amendment 306 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c c (new)
(cc) social housing renovation and dedicated funds covering up-front investments of energy poor households.
Amendment 307 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 – point c d (new)
(cd) facilitation of the aggregation of SMEs in groups and consortia to enable them to apply for financing and offer packaged solutions for renovations.
Amendment 310 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 a (new)
(ba) the following paragraph is added: ‘3a. Each Member State shall carry out a public consultation, including women's organisations, on the draft long-term renovation strategy at least six months prior to the submission of its long-term renovation strategy to the Commission. The result of the public consultation shall be published in summarised form as an annex to the strategy.’
Amendment 317 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 b (new)
(bb) the following paragraph is added: ‘3b. As part of the public consultations on draft long-term strategies, structured permanent stakeholder dialogue platforms shall continuously exchange expertise and dedicated working groups shall develop solution-oriented approaches at least on the following topics: (i) Split incentive dilemmas, (ii) multi-apartment building renovations with individual ownerships, (iii) access to and accounting for citizen energy projects beyond individual buildings or building ownership (iv) integration of energy saving district refurbishment schemes and sustainable urban mobility plans. A report summarising discussions and results from permanent stakeholder platforms should be presented to the national Parliament at least every 2 years.’
Amendment 323 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b c (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 c (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 c (new)
(bc) the following paragraph is added: ‘3c. Public contract rules shall be changed to enable authorities to choose providers offering the highest energy performance level and rules on public debt and deficit must be reformed, which still classify energy efficiency investments by private third parties (energy performance contracting) as public debt in the account balance of local, regional and national authorities.’
Amendment 325 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b d (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 d (new)
Article 2 a – paragraph 3 d (new)
(bd) in Article 2a, the following paragraph is added: ’3d. Member States shall update their long-term renovation strategies every 5 years and eventually adapt their quantifiable policies, measures and actions as well as the binding short term (2030) and mid-term (2040) milestones, in order to achieve a NZEB stock in the EU by 2050.’
Amendment 329 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
(a) in paragraph 1, the second subparagraph is deleted; replaced by the following: ‘Streamlined with the requirement to achieve NZEB standard, Member States shall ensure - in compliance with Article 15, § 8 of the RES Directive 1a and Article 14 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 1b - that, before construction starts, the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of renewable high-efficiency alternative systems such as decentralized energy supply systems based on renewable sources, cogeneration, district or block heating based on renewable sources as well as highly efficient heat pumps as defined in Annex VII of Directive 2009/28/EC, are considered; __________________ 1aDirective COM(2016) 767 final/2 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) 1bDirective 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency.’ (This AM applies equally to Art 7, § 5)
Amendment 335 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 7 – subparagraph 5
Article 7 – subparagraph 5
(4) in Article 7, the fifth subparagraph is deleted;paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘Streamlined with the requirement to achieve NZEB standard, Member States shall ensure - in compliance with Article 15, § 8 of the RES Directive1a and Article 14 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 1b - that, before renovation starts, the technical, environmental and economic feasibility of renewable high-efficiency alternative systems such as decentralized energy supply systems based on renewable sources, cogeneration, district or block heating based on renewable sources as well as highly efficient heat pumps as defined in Annex VII of Directive 2009/28/EC, are considered. __________________ 1Directive COM(2016) 767 final/2 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) 1bDirective 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency.’
Amendment 339 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b – introductory part
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 342 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
(b) after paragraph 2 is replaced by the following, the following paragraphs are added: ‘2a. Member States shall ensure that in all new non-residential buildings and in all existing non-residential buildings undergoing major renovation with mwith more than ten parking spaces undergoing major renovation related to the electrical infrastructure of the buildings ore than te in- built or adjacent parking spaceslot, at least one of every tenth is equipped with auniversally accessible recharging points within the meaning of Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure17 , which is capable of starting and stopping charging in reaction to price signal, capable of dynamically modulating charging in reaction to price signals, and where possible offering bi- directional charging. Additionally, at least one tenth of existing parking spaces should be transformed into dedicated parking space for persons with reduced mobility and for sustainable, collective and soft mobility modes, such as car- sharing, e-scooters or bikes. This requirement shall apply to all non- residential buildings, with more than ten parking spaces, as of 1 January 20253 while respecting any eventual laws on parking space reductions.
Amendment 366 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in the previous subparagraph to buildings owned and occupied by small and mediumicro-sized enterprises as defined in Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003. that are part of a sustainable urban mobility plan and that have designated priority parking areas for people with reduced mobility and sustainable, collective or soft transport means such as electric scooters, car-sharing and bikes;
Amendment 374 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that newly built residential buildings and those undergoing major renovations related to the electrical infrastructure of the building or the adjacent or built-in parking lot, with more than ten parking spaces, include the pre- cabltubing to enable the installation of recharging points for electric vehicles for every parking space, and designated priority parking areas for persons with reduced mobility as well as for sustainable, collective and soft transport solutions such as electric scooters, car-sharing and bikes.
Amendment 402 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may decide not to set or apply the requirements referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 to public buildings whichprovided that they are already covered by comparable requirements according to Directive 2014/94/EU.;
Amendment 408 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall simplify permitting and approval procedures for owners and tenants to deploy recharging points in existing residential and non- residential buildings.
Amendment 409 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States shall consider electric vehicle charging infrastructure in buildings alongside other transport charging infrastructure such as at airports, sea- and inland ports (for land- born services such as cleaning, air - conditioning), at train and public transport stations (for electric trains, buses, trams or trolley buses) and rest stations, also linking up to Renewable Projects of Energy Union Interest (RPEI)1a e.g. electro-mobility corridors alongside European transport networks equipped with fast-charging stations. __________________ 1a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union (draft report), Article 11 a.
Amendment 415 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8– paragraph 5
Article 8– paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that, when a technical building system is installed, replaced or upgraded, the overall energy performance of the complete altered system is assessed, including at full and at part load conditions, documented it and passed on to the building owner, so that it remains available for the verification of compliance with the minimum requirements set pursuant to paragraph 1 and the issue of energy performance certificates. Member States shall ensure that this information is included in the national energy performance certificate database referred to in Article 18(3).
Amendment 423 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 431 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 supplementing this Directive with a definition of ‘smartness indicator’ in accordance with the design and methodology set out in Annex Ia and with the conditions under which the ‘smartness indicator’ would be provided as additional information to prospective new tenants or buyeconnected to the energy performance certificates referred to in Article 11 and would be provided by the owners as additional information to prospective new investors, tenants, buyers and market participants, such as aggregators..
Amendment 441 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
The smartness indicator shall cover flexibility features, enhancedand enhanced energy saving features, enhanced energy savings, benchmarking, functionalities and capabilities resulting from more interconnected and built-in intelligent devices being integrated into the conventional technical building systems. The features shall enhance the ability of occupants and the building itself to report energy consumption and indoor air quality conditions, react to comfort or operational requirements, take part in demand response and contribute to the optimum, smoothefficient and safe operation of the various energy systems and district infrastructures to which the building is connected.;
Amendment 445 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 450 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
‘6. Member States shall link their financial measures, actions and policies for energy efficiency improvements in the renovation of buildings to the energy savings achieved due to such renovationthrough deep or staged-deep renovation of buildings or districts with a view of reaching a nearly zero energy building stock by 2050 in the EU. These savings shall be determined by comparing real energy performance certificates issued before and after renovation. Non-energy benefits such as health benefits or increased air quality shall be considered by comparing appropriate reference values.’;
Amendment 466 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 6a
Article 10 – paragraph 6a
‘6a. When Member States shall put in place an independently managed database for registering EPCs it shallwhich is without additional costs to the citizen and is maintained by building professionals such as certifiers or installers, to allow tracking the actual energy consumption of the buildings covered, regardless of their size and category. The database shall also contain the actual energy consumption data of buildings frequently visitowned, managed or occupied by the public with useful floor area of over 250 m² whichauthorities, as well as those frequently visited by the public and shall be regularly updated.
Amendment 475 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 10 – paragraph 6b
Article 10 – paragraph 6b
6b. Aggregated anonymised data compliant with EU data protection requirements shall be made available on request, at least for the public authorities for statistical and research purposes.’;publicly available, whereas the full datasets shall be available for the building owner.
Amendment 484 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) In Article 13 paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. Member States shall take measures to ensure that where a total useful floor area over 500 m2 of a building for which an energy performance certificate has been issued in accordance with Article 12(1) is (a) occupied by public authorities and frequently visited by the public, the energy performance certificate is displayed in a prominent place clearly visible to the public. lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:153:0013:0035:en:PDF), or (b) a residential multi-apartment building, the energy performance certificate of apartments for rent or for sale are displayed in a prominent place clearly visible, such as the entrance hallway of a building or building unit. The recommendations included in the energy performance certificate shall be visible. " Or. en (http://eur-
Amendment 486 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
‘1. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish a regular, mandatory inspection of the accessible parts of systems used for heating buildings, such as the heat generator, control system and circulation pump(s) for non-residential buildings with total primary energy use of over 250MWh and for residential buildings with a centralised technical building system of a cumulated effective rated output of over 1020 kW. That inspection shall include an assessment of the boileheat generator efficiency and, the boileheat generator sizing compared with the heating requirements of the building. The assessment of the boile, and the heating system performance at full and part load conditions, including effectiveness of individual room temperature control and hydronic balancing, as well as the safety measures in place to protect against carbon monoxide poisoning and the leakage of any substances harmful to health and safety. The assessment of the heat generator sizing does not have to be repeated as long as no changes were made to the heating system or as regards the heating requirements of the building in the meantime. Member States shall introduce measures to ensure that recommendations from inspections and maintenance are implemented within 3 months of the inspection.’;
Amendment 502 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directive 20140/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
‘2. As an alternative to paragraph 1 Member States mayshall set requirements to ensure that non-residential buildings with total primary energy use of over 250 MWh per year are equipped with building automation and control systems by 2023. These systems shall be programmed and regularly maintained by professionals and capable of:
Amendment 503 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
(a) continuously monitoring, logging, analysing, and adjusting energy usagedjusting and reporting energy usage to optimize energy performance at full load and part load conditions and, where applicable, also on energy generation and demand in response to price signals, and occupants needs;
Amendment 509 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. As an alternative to paragraph 1 Member States mayshall set requirements to ensure that residential buildings with centralised technical building systems of a cumulated effective rated output of over 100 kW are equipped:
Amendment 519 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) with effective control functionalities to ensure optimum generation, distribution and use of energy. at full and part load conditions, including hydronic balancing;
Amendment 523 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Directigve 2010/31/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. For existing buildings and installations, Member States shall, in line with the revised energy efficiency labelling regulation 1a and the energy efficiency classes as defined in Commission delegated Regulation 811/2013/EU, set the necessary requirements to establish the labelling of space heaters and combination heaters in use with a rated heat output ≤ 20 kW and which are not based on renewable energy sources in accordance with Article 2 a) of the revised Renewables Directive 1b , accompanied by adequate information on renewable, highly energy efficient alternatives as well as eventual financial instruments available in case of replacement, in view of promoting an increased replacement rate of old heating systems and an increased switch to renewable energy based solutions. __________________ 1aRegulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting a framework for the energy efficiency labelling repealing Directive 2010/30/EU 1bDirective on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources 2009/28/EC [version as amended in accordance with proposal COM(2016)/0382 and specifically its points (a) to (c)]
Amendment 528 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall lay down the necessary measures to establish a regular inspection of the accessible parts of air- conditioning systems for non-residential buildings with total primary energy use of over 250MWh and for residential buildings with a centralised technical building system of a cumulated effective rated output of over 1002 kW. The inspection shall include an assessment of the air- conditioning efficiency and the sizing compared to the cooling requirements of the building, as well as the cooling system performance at full and part load conditions, including effectiveness of individual room temperature control and hydronic balancing. The assessment of the sizing does not have to be repeated as long as no changes were made to this air-conditioning system or as regards the cooling requirements of the building in the meantime.; Member States shall introduce measures to ensure that recommendations from inspections and maintenance are implemented within 3 months of the inspection;;
Amendment 545 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) continuously monitoring, logging, analysing and, adjusting energy usageand reporting energy usage, and if applicable generation and distribution;
Amendment 549 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. As an alternative to paragraph 1 Member States mayshall set requirements to ensure that residential buildings with centralised technical building systems of a cumulated effective rated output of over 1002 kW are equipped:
Amendment 558 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) with effective control functionalities to ensure optimum generation, distribution and use of energy at full and part load conditions, including hydronic balancing.;
Amendment 568 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 19
Article 19
(9) in Article 19, ‘2017’ is replaced by ‘20284’;
Amendment 572 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(9a) in Article 19, the following paragraph is added: The Commission shall, in particular, assess the need for further harmonisation of energy performance certificates in accordance with Article 11 of this Directive with a view of establishing energy performance certificates on the basis of calculated demand as the standard for all newly built and renovated buildings or building units. The Commission shall also assess and eventually propose introducing building renovation passports, in order to provide a long-term, step-by-step renovation roadmap for a specific building. The Commission shall also further assess and eventually propose additional and updated measures concerning electric vehicle charging infrastructure and buildings, as well as the content and frequency of the inspections referred to in Articles 14 and 15.
Amendment 577 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall in particular provide information in the form of independent, easily accessible and free energy advisory services to the owners, managers or tenants of buildings, on energy performance certificates, their purpose and objectives,. The information given shall encompass national policies, actions and measures on energy savings renovations and energy performance certificates, which shall include updated information on cost-effective waymeasures to improve the energy performance of the building and, where appropriate, on financial instruments available to improve the energy performance of the building.;, including by stages, with the objective of attaining the nearly zero-energy building standard. The advisory services shall make available low-cost energy efficiency measures 1a, assist with monitoring and provide information on financial instruments available. __________________ 1aEuropean Commission study on the "Feasibility of financing low cost energy efficiency measures for low income households from EU funds".
Amendment 582 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(10a) in Article 20, the following paragraph is added: 2a. Member States may also opt for the introduction to Building Renovation Passports in line with Article 2, point 3 a (new), containing information on energy performance and tailored advice for the individual building to reach NZEB status by 2050 in the EU at the latest.
Amendment 583 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(10a) in Article 20, the following paragraph is added: 2a. Member States shall ensure that all occupants of new or renovated buildings receive adequate and equal information about new technological, building automation and control and/or demand response features and that the principles of data integrity, equal participation - including from a gender perspective - and individual comfort are respected when programming the relevant values for individual homes;
Amendment 591 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by XXXX [Please insert the date 126 months following the date of entry into force] at the latest. They shall immediately communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 592 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 1 – subparagraph 1
Annex 1 – point 1 – subparagraph 1
‘1. The energy performance of a building shall reflect its typical energy use for heating, cooling, domestic hot water, ventilation and lighting, lighting and other technical buildings systems, as well as building automation and control systems.
Amendment 609 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 2
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 2
The calculation of primary energy shall be based on primary energy factors per energy carrier, which mayshall be based on national or regional annual weighted averages or on more specific information made available for individual district system.
Amendment 611 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex I – point 2 – subparagraph 3
Annex I – point 2 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 617 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Annex 1 – point 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The application of primary energy factors shall ensure that the optimal energy performance of the building is pursued, thereby supporting the national implementation of the requirements of Article 9.
Amendment 618 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 3
Annex 1 – point 3
(b a) point 3 is replaced by the following: "3. The methodology shall be laid down taking into consideration at least the following aspects: (a) the following actual thermal and hygroscopic characteristics of the building including its internal partitions: (i) thermal capacity; (ii) insulation; (iii) passive heating; (iv) cooling elements; and (v) thermal bridges; " Or. en (http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:153:0013:0035:en:PDF)
Amendment 624 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 – point 4 – introductory part
Annex 1 – point 4 – introductory part
‘4. The positive influence of the following aspects shall, where relevant in the calculation, be taken into account:’;
Amendment 625 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c a(new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c a(new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex I – Point 4 – point a
Annex I – Point 4 – point a
Amendment 626 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex I – point 4 – point a b
Annex I – point 4 – point a b
(ca) in point 4 the following point is inserted: ‘(ab) spatial and material configuration of the building;’
Amendment 627 #
2016/0381(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 1 a (new)
Directive 2010/31/EU
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Amendment 482 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Dispatching of power generation facilities and demand response shall be non-discriminatory and market based unless otherwise provided under paragraphs 2 to 4Member States shall ensure that when dispatching electricity-generating installations, transmission system operators shall give priority to generating installations using variable renewable energy sources in so far as the secure operation of the national electricity system permits and based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.
Amendment 495 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 508 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 518 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 532 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 541 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 543 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 558 #
2016/0379(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Amendment 83 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. This Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final. COM(2015) 626 final.
Amendment 281 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 295 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
Amendment 312 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) For the purposes of this Directive, it is necessary to defineclarify the sconceptpe of press publication in a way that embraces only journalistic publications, published by a service provider, periodically or regularly updated in any media, for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Such publications would include, for instance, daily newspapers, weeklotection set out in Article s2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC. In order to improve legal certainty for all concerned parties, and to ensure the freedom to carry out certain acts necessary for monthly magazines of general or special ithe normal functioning of the Internest and news websites. Periodical publications which are published for scientific or academic purposes, such as scientific journals, should not be covered by the protection granted to press publications under this Directive. This protection doess well as to take account of certain fundamental rights, these Articles should not extend to acts of hyperlinking, which do not constitute communication to the public.
Amendment 326 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 340 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 519 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Article 2 – paragraph 4
Amendment 731 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 995 #
2016/0280(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 43 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 47 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 50 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Following the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change4 , the EIB should aim to sustainincrease the current high level of climate relevant spending under the ELM, contributing to increasing its climate-related investment in developing countries from 25 % to 35 % by 2020, in accordance with the commitment taken in its climate strategy. The EIB should take into account the conclusions of the European Council of 22 May 2013 to phase out environmentally or economically harmful subsidies, including those for fossil fuels. _________________ 4 Council Decision (EU) 2016/590 of 11 April 2016 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (OJ L 103, 19.4.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 51 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
Amendment 65 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Decision 4666/201/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point (d)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point (d)
Amendment 69 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
To ensure that private sector investments have the greatest development impact, the EIB shall endeavour to strengthen the local private sector in beneficiary countries through support to local investment as provided for in point (a) of paragraph 1. EIB financing operations supporting the general objectives set out in paragraph 1 shall endeavour to also enhance its support to investment projects run by SMEs from the Union. In order to effectively monitor the use of funds for the benefit of the SMEs concerned, the EIB shall establish and maintain adequate contractual provisions imposing standard reporting obligations on both the financial intermediaries and the final beneficiaries;
Amendment 70 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 71 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 6
(b b) in Article 3, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: "6. EIB financing operations supporting the general objective set out in point (b) of paragraph 1 shall support investment projects predominantly in the areas of transport, energy, environmental infrastructure, information and communication technology, health and education. This includes production and integration of energy from renewable sources, energy efficiency measures, energy systems transformation enabling a switch to lower carbon intensive technologies and fuels, sustainable energy security and energy infrastructure, including for gas production and transportation to Union energy market, as well as electrification of rural areas, environmental infrastructure such as water and sanitation and green infrastructure, telecommunications and broadband network infrastructure." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1488449786444&uri=CELEX:02014D0466-20160926)
Amendment 72 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Decision 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 7 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 7 - subparagraph 1 a (new)
EIB operations shall inter alia integrate concrete actions to phase out financing projects detrimental to the achievement of the Union's climate objectives and step up efforts to support renewable energy sources and energy efficiency.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Decision 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Over the period covered by this decision, the EIB should endeavour to sustain the current high level of climate-relevant operations, whileso that the minimum volume of those operations shall represent at least 25 35% of the total EIB financing operations.
Amendment 75 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Decision 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 78 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Decision 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragaraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragaraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 79 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c a (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 9
Article 3 – paragraph 9
(c a) paragraph 9 is replaced by the following: "9. The EU guarantee shall cover only EIB financing operations carried out in eligible countries that have concluded a framework agreement with the EIB establishing the legal conditions under which such operations are to be carried out." content/EN/TXT/?qid=1488449786444&uri=CELEX:02014D0466-20160926) Legal conditions under which operations are to be carried out shall also include environmental, social and human rights and labour standards." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
Amendment 80 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
(3 b) in Article 9, paragraph 1, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "1. The EIB shall carry out thorough due diligence and, where appropriate, shall require project promoters to carry out local public consultation, in line with Union social and environmental principles, with the relevant national and local stakeholders, as well as with civil society, at project planning stage and implementation stage on social, human rights, environmental, economic and development-related aspects of investment projects covered by the EU guarantee, and to provide information relevant for the assessment of the contribution to the fulfilment of Union external policy and strategic objectives." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1488449786444&uri=CELEX:02014D0466-20160926)
Amendment 81 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 c (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 82 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 d (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
(3 d) in Article 9, paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is inserted: "The EIB shall establish a practical guidance on the assessment of aspects related to all basic human rights to be used during the ex-ante assessment and ongoing monitoring on a project-by- project basis, including for projects involving financial intermediaries, based on the existing frameworks, in particular the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan for Human Rights.";
Amendment 83 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 e (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
(3 e) in Article 9, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. In addition to the ex-ante assessment of development-related aspects, the EIB shall monitor the implementation of financing operations. In particular, it shall require the project promoters to carry out thorough monitoring during project implementation until completion, inter alia, on the economic, development, social, environmental and human rights impact of the investment project. The EIB shall verify on a regularsystematic basis the information provided by the project promoters and make it publicly available if the project promoter agrees. Where possible, p. Project completion reports related to EIB financing operations shall be published excluding confidential information." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1488449786444&uri=CELEX:02014D0466-20160926)
Amendment 84 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a
Decision 466/2014/E·U
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 87 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a a (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(a a) in Article 11, paragraph 1, point c is replaced by the following: "(c) an assessment of the contribution of EIB financing operations to the fulfilment of Union external policy and strategic objectives, taking into account the regional technical operational guidelines referred to in Article 5;" . The Commission, in cooperation with the European External Action Service (EEAS), shall establish a framework and methodology for annual reporting by the EIB on its operations covered by the Community Guarantee and their compliance with the general principles guiding Union external action as referred to in Article 21 TEU. The key objective of this reporting shall be to monitor the compliance of the EIB with obligations under the Treaty on the European Union and notably the provisions of its Article 21, including respect for and promotion of human rights, eradication of poverty, and the management of environmental risks. That methodology shall be developed by the Commission and the EEAS during the first year following the entry into force of this revised Decision and build on reporting on human rights compliance by the EIB, as requested by the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan for Human Rights. Based on the annual reporting from the EIB, the Commission shall submit each year to the European Parliament its own evaluation of the information provided by the EIB and suggest possible changes in the policies and procedures followed by the EIB for adoption by the Member States after taking into account the opinion of the European Parliament on those changes. Possible recommendations by the European Commission and the European Parliament on how to improve EIB reporting to that end shall be reflected by it in the context of the updating of the Regional Technical Operational Guidelines." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?qid=1488449786444&uri=CELEX:02014D0466-20160926)
Amendment 88 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point b
Decision 466/2014/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j
Amendment 91 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory sentence
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory sentence
(5 a) in Article 12, paragraph 1, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: "1. In accordance with its own transparency policy and Union principleslaw on access to documents and information, and progressively with International Aid Transparency Initiative sStandards, the EIB shall make publicly available on its website information relating to:" content/EN/TXT/?qid=1488449786444&uri=CELEX:02014D0466-20160926)Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
Amendment 92 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 b (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(5 b) In Article 12, paragraph 1, the following point is added: "(ba)The EIB shall make available on its public register the following documents: - all Result Measurement (ReM) Sheets for projects falling under the coverage of this guarantee, in particular those indicating how such guarantee contributes to the goals of the Union's external action, noting in particular its economic, social and environmental impact; - monitoring and evaluation reports; - project completion reports; - opinions delivered by the Commission under the procedure described in Article 19 of the EIB Statute."
Amendment 93 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 c (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(5 c) In Article 12, paragraph 1, the following point is added: "(d a) information on beneficial ownership for every project covered by the EU guarantee".
Amendment 94 #
2016/0275(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 d (new)
Decision No 466/2014/EU
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – subparagraph 2
(5 d) Article 13, subparagraph 2 is replaced by the following: "In its financing operations, the EIB shall apply the principles and standards set out in Union law on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing, including a requirement to take reasonable measures to identify the beneficial owners where applicable." . The EIB shall ensure that all companies and financial institutions involved in transactions disclose information regarding beneficial ownership of any legal structure directly or indirectly related to the company, including trusts, foundations and bank accounts. In order to be eligible for EIB financing and investment, all beneficiaries, whether corporations or financial intermediaries, that are incorporated in different jurisdictions shall disclose country-level information about their sales, assets, employees, profits and tax payments for each countent/EN/TXT/?qid=1488449786444&uri=CELEX:02014D0466-20160926)ry where, as specified in their audited annual accounts, they have operations." Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-